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Used to be @jmsl on the site formerly known as Twitter. Account now deleted. Also @jmsl@mastodon.social
Vice president of dog walking. Come for the intellectual dryer lint, stay for the bad takes.
Vice president of dog walking. Come for the intellectual dryer lint, stay for the bad takes.
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When democracy dies. Conrad Felixmüller’s “Self-Portrait in City Landscape (Dresden)" (1930). A popular artist during the Weimar Republic, Felixmüller’s work was banned and declared degenerate when the Nazis took power.
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
When democracy dies. Conrad Felixmüller’s “Self-Portrait in City Landscape (Dresden)" (1930). A popular artist during the Weimar Republic, Felixmüller’s work was banned and declared degenerate when the Nazis took power.
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Incredible impact from @mattburgess1.bsky.social whose work put a spotlight on Starlink’s use in scam compounds in February.
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Incredible impact from @mattburgess1.bsky.social whose work put a spotlight on Starlink’s use in scam compounds in February.
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This is a well-done essay, rather in the spirit of E.B. White’s own brilliant essays in the years around 1940. Shame on those ignorant fools who chose to steal White’s title for their newest attacks.
NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This is a well-done essay, rather in the spirit of E.B. White’s own brilliant essays in the years around 1940. Shame on those ignorant fools who chose to steal White’s title for their newest attacks.
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The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
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Elon’s power is that he offers a positive vision of the future. This attracts employees, funding, support. There’s a massive techno positive hole and he fills it.
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Elon’s power is that he offers a positive vision of the future. This attracts employees, funding, support. There’s a massive techno positive hole and he fills it.
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I had to click to see if this was a real excerpt or someone doing a parody
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I had to click to see if this was a real excerpt or someone doing a parody
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"Nuremberg defendants were surprisingly normal, opportunists who, as he put it in a 1946 lecture, 'exist in every country of the world, who would willingly climb over the corpses of half of the … public if they could gain control of the other half.'”
What's real & not in the new Nuremberg movie:
What's real & not in the new Nuremberg movie:
The Psychiatrist Who Studied Nazi Officials After the War Found Something Shocking. It Didn’t Earn Him Any Fans.
Understanding the minds of monsters is no easy task.
slate.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Nuremberg defendants were surprisingly normal, opportunists who, as he put it in a 1946 lecture, 'exist in every country of the world, who would willingly climb over the corpses of half of the … public if they could gain control of the other half.'”
What's real & not in the new Nuremberg movie:
What's real & not in the new Nuremberg movie:
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New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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“Under an Umbrella.” Ukrainian editorial cartoonist Oleksiy Kustovsky captures life in the Ukrainian city of Kherson, where protective nets are now stretched across the streets to protect civilians from Russian drones.
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“Under an Umbrella.” Ukrainian editorial cartoonist Oleksiy Kustovsky captures life in the Ukrainian city of Kherson, where protective nets are now stretched across the streets to protect civilians from Russian drones.
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That was the entire point of #metoo. That one woman wasn't even enough. That a man had to derail the careers of dozens before people started saying "oh yeah maybe we shouldn't let him ruin the careers of so many people."
November 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
That was the entire point of #metoo. That one woman wasn't even enough. That a man had to derail the careers of dozens before people started saying "oh yeah maybe we shouldn't let him ruin the careers of so many people."
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Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
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They followed the rules — but it didn’t matter. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Opinion | We Came Here Legally. ICE Locked Us Up Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
They followed the rules — but it didn’t matter. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
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UBS trying to blackmail Swiss regulators per this FT scoop
UBS chair talked to Scott Bessent about moving Swiss bank to US
Discussions came as Colm Kelleher tries to pressure Switzerland to back down over proposed capital rules
www.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
UBS trying to blackmail Swiss regulators per this FT scoop
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How are we going to explain to future generations that rich people got so mad at being made fun of on social media that they decided to bring in fascism for everyone.
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
How are we going to explain to future generations that rich people got so mad at being made fun of on social media that they decided to bring in fascism for everyone.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1... same as it ever was
How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time
The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth that persists for many of the same reasons conspiracies d...
www.technologyreview.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1... same as it ever was
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today in yikes www.404media.co/openais-sora...
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
today in yikes www.404media.co/openais-sora...
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Ancient Teotihuacan Murals May Reveal a 2,000-Year-Old Written Language www.discovermagazine.com/ancient-teot...
Ancient Teotihuacan Murals May Reveal a 2,000-Year-Old Written Language
Researchers uncover signs of a written Uto-Aztecan language in Teotihuacan’s murals, linking the ancient city’s people to the Aztecs. Discover what they found.
www.discovermagazine.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Ancient Teotihuacan Murals May Reveal a 2,000-Year-Old Written Language www.discovermagazine.com/ancient-teot...
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Thought this might make you laugh.
September 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Thought this might make you laugh.
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Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
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Apparently, it's bad luck to mention a "MacBook" in a software company. You have to call it "the Scottish laptop".
September 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Apparently, it's bad luck to mention a "MacBook" in a software company. You have to call it "the Scottish laptop".
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Historian Joseph Fronczak has described fascism as a form of "participatory anti-democracy." That FB post is a perfect example of that dynamic. It's not just that ordinary "conservative" Oregonians are tolerating a military crackdown on their state, they are positively thrilled by it.
September 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Historian Joseph Fronczak has described fascism as a form of "participatory anti-democracy." That FB post is a perfect example of that dynamic. It's not just that ordinary "conservative" Oregonians are tolerating a military crackdown on their state, they are positively thrilled by it.