Informema
@informema.bsky.social
Mostly here to learn. Didn’t just fall from a coconut tree. Anonymous to preserve family holidays. Header image credit: http://flic.kr/p/8ergyT
Also, gen-x doesn’t deserve a Democratic candidate, but millennials most certainly do.
February 12, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Also, gen-x doesn’t deserve a Democratic candidate, but millennials most certainly do.
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This is something congress can fix and must fix.
It's real simple. Pass a law that says "in immigration cases, a habeas petition may be brought in the district of arrest of brought within 3 months of the initial arrest"
It's real simple. Pass a law that says "in immigration cases, a habeas petition may be brought in the district of arrest of brought within 3 months of the initial arrest"
So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:41 PM
This is something congress can fix and must fix.
It's real simple. Pass a law that says "in immigration cases, a habeas petition may be brought in the district of arrest of brought within 3 months of the initial arrest"
It's real simple. Pass a law that says "in immigration cases, a habeas petition may be brought in the district of arrest of brought within 3 months of the initial arrest"
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RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
Top FDA official Vinay Prasad overruled the agency’s reviewers--career scientists--when he refused to accept Moderna’s application for a new influenza vaccine www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application
The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
But how can you live without fear so close to not one but two unsecured state borders where no one knows what criminals are coming across from Indiana or Kentucky?
February 11, 2026 at 6:08 PM
But how can you live without fear so close to not one but two unsecured state borders where no one knows what criminals are coming across from Indiana or Kentucky?
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A government by and for rapists and family annihilators.
February 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
A government by and for rapists and family annihilators.
Going to add that substack offers a terrible user experience for its readers, one that prioritizes harvesting more engagement over giving users simple control of content they want to read. Evan if it weren’t fascist-friendly I would avoid reading content on there for this reason alone.
February 11, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Going to add that substack offers a terrible user experience for its readers, one that prioritizes harvesting more engagement over giving users simple control of content they want to read. Evan if it weren’t fascist-friendly I would avoid reading content on there for this reason alone.
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These guys couldn’t even accept having to prove they’d been vaccinated
Markwayne Mullin defends "show me your papers": "If you're here legally, there's nothing to hide. Most people already are walking around with a government-issued ID, meaning your Real ID or your driver's license. If you go board a train here, you gotta show your ID."
February 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM
These guys couldn’t even accept having to prove they’d been vaccinated
Tasks that code-parroting machines are not adept at accomplishing. We’re not dictation-taking-typists, who were made expendable by PCs with word processors. We’re problem solvers who, at most, might become slightly more productive if LLMs can help to speed up mundane tasks.
February 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Tasks that code-parroting machines are not adept at accomplishing. We’re not dictation-taking-typists, who were made expendable by PCs with word processors. We’re problem solvers who, at most, might become slightly more productive if LLMs can help to speed up mundane tasks.
Normie coder here, with no monetary interest in AI, and I’m not freaking out at all. We don’t spend most of our time writing code. We spend a lot of it helping non-coders to figure out what exactly they need from their systems, how to integrate into existing systems without breaking things, etc.
February 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Normie coder here, with no monetary interest in AI, and I’m not freaking out at all. We don’t spend most of our time writing code. We spend a lot of it helping non-coders to figure out what exactly they need from their systems, how to integrate into existing systems without breaking things, etc.
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Really bad - not just b/c the FDA refused even to review the application after previously indicating they would, but b/c this biotech is very important: the article doesn't mention it, but an mRNA vax could be produced much faster than a std. flu vax, & so, offer a superior fit w/ circulating virus.
The FDA has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, the company said, in another setback for the technology that’s been a target of some Trump administration health officials. https://cnn.it/4kt8iyn
February 10, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Really bad - not just b/c the FDA refused even to review the application after previously indicating they would, but b/c this biotech is very important: the article doesn't mention it, but an mRNA vax could be produced much faster than a std. flu vax, & so, offer a superior fit w/ circulating virus.
Really shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves, but maybe Democrats’ ”Project 2028” should include drafts of some Constitutional amendments just in case.
February 11, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Really shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves, but maybe Democrats’ ”Project 2028” should include drafts of some Constitutional amendments just in case.
Also Clinton happened to be the first candidate from a postwar generation that made up an unusually-large proportion of the electorate (so impactful demographically, that 7 straight, and 8 of 9, administrations would be of that generation). I remember it being a big deal at the time.
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Also Clinton happened to be the first candidate from a postwar generation that made up an unusually-large proportion of the electorate (so impactful demographically, that 7 straight, and 8 of 9, administrations would be of that generation). I remember it being a big deal at the time.
Given his narcissism I could easily see him overseeing an Apprentic-like “primary“ that functions like his cabinet meetings where prospective successors compete to kiss his ass. He also likes to pit everyone against each other whom he sees as mooching off of his own success.
February 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Given his narcissism I could easily see him overseeing an Apprentic-like “primary“ that functions like his cabinet meetings where prospective successors compete to kiss his ass. He also likes to pit everyone against each other whom he sees as mooching off of his own success.
These Republican voters were no more delusional on Trump’s Immigration policy than was the WSJ editorial board: www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
Opinion | Weekend Interview: Trump Tangles With the Journal’s Editors
The former president oscillates between bullying and ingratiation as he tries to influence dictators, would-be immigrants and newspaper editorialists.
www.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:46 PM
These Republican voters were no more delusional on Trump’s Immigration policy than was the WSJ editorial board: www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
It’s not just an assumption that his supporters made, it’s they way that Trump and outlets like the WSJ presented his views during the campaign: tough policies to deter/remove “bad” people coupled with increased and easier immigration for “good” people: www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
Opinion | Weekend Interview: Trump Tangles With the Journal’s Editors
The former president oscillates between bullying and ingratiation as he tries to influence dictators, would-be immigrants and newspaper editorialists.
www.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:29 PM
It’s not just an assumption that his supporters made, it’s they way that Trump and outlets like the WSJ presented his views during the campaign: tough policies to deter/remove “bad” people coupled with increased and easier immigration for “good” people: www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
To the extent these folks were entrepreneurs who built things of use to society it was before they were billionaires. They did so despite very little chance they would become billionaires. We would have plenty of entrepreneurs (maybe even more) with a 100% marginal tax on >$1 billion.
February 8, 2026 at 5:20 AM
To the extent these folks were entrepreneurs who built things of use to society it was before they were billionaires. They did so despite very little chance they would become billionaires. We would have plenty of entrepreneurs (maybe even more) with a 100% marginal tax on >$1 billion.
Audra McDonald
Nicole Scherzinger
Rose Byrne
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Florence Pugh
Will Ferrell
Nicole Scherzinger
Rose Byrne
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Florence Pugh
Will Ferrell
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Audra McDonald
Nicole Scherzinger
Rose Byrne
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Florence Pugh
Will Ferrell
Nicole Scherzinger
Rose Byrne
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Florence Pugh
Will Ferrell
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The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
February 6, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
Putting aside what works for long-term relationships, I do think adults would be generally better off if in childhood and young adulthood socialization wasn’t so gendered. Normalized cross-gender friendships probably make people better partners, even if one doesn’t ultimately partner with a friend.
February 6, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Putting aside what works for long-term relationships, I do think adults would be generally better off if in childhood and young adulthood socialization wasn’t so gendered. Normalized cross-gender friendships probably make people better partners, even if one doesn’t ultimately partner with a friend.
Even if this is where the party settles, progressive groups have an important part to play in sounding very displeased so that a handful of congressional Ds can play their desired role of “independent-minded centrists”.
February 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Even if this is where the party settles, progressive groups have an important part to play in sounding very displeased so that a handful of congressional Ds can play their desired role of “independent-minded centrists”.
Some institutions, particularly public schools with less state funding, are exceptions. And the net cost curve is steeper than 25 years ago, so relatively wealthier families pay more than 25 years ago, but on net, and especially for those with less-than-average wealth, it’s more affordable.
February 5, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Some institutions, particularly public schools with less state funding, are exceptions. And the net cost curve is steeper than 25 years ago, so relatively wealthier families pay more than 25 years ago, but on net, and especially for those with less-than-average wealth, it’s more affordable.
Yes, all colleges have for decades reported data to the federal government, including net cost to students after financial aid, and when adjusted for inflation net cost was highest 25 years ago.
February 5, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Yes, all colleges have for decades reported data to the federal government, including net cost to students after financial aid, and when adjusted for inflation net cost was highest 25 years ago.
I think a lot of 2nd/3rd-gen “dual income“ households take for granted how much of their (grand)parents’ feeling of wealth growth was simply from going from one to two incomes in the household, which has for a while now been the baseline/norm.
February 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I think a lot of 2nd/3rd-gen “dual income“ households take for granted how much of their (grand)parents’ feeling of wealth growth was simply from going from one to two incomes in the household, which has for a while now been the baseline/norm.