John McKevitt
@johnjmckevitt.bsky.social
Actuary / Dad / couch enthusiast. Burn it all down and salt the earth.
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There has to be accountability for this. Of whatever kind.
It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
January 7, 2026 at 5:06 PM
There has to be accountability for this. Of whatever kind.
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Oh my god STOP PUTTING AI IN EVERYTHING it is bad for us, it is bad for the world, it is also just BAD AT THE JOB YOU GIVE IT jesus fucking christ
The National Weather Service used AI to create a forecast for Idaho. Low chances of wind for the nonexistent towns of Cocrerrireod, Orangeotild and Whata Bod www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
January 7, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Oh my god STOP PUTTING AI IN EVERYTHING it is bad for us, it is bad for the world, it is also just BAD AT THE JOB YOU GIVE IT jesus fucking christ
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No US oil company should risk investing in Venezuela. Companies that take part in Trump's lawless takeover of Venezuela's resources should keep in mind that any American tax dollars they take to invest in a foreign country will be recovered by the next administration.
January 7, 2026 at 4:12 PM
No US oil company should risk investing in Venezuela. Companies that take part in Trump's lawless takeover of Venezuela's resources should keep in mind that any American tax dollars they take to invest in a foreign country will be recovered by the next administration.
As a cubs fan I genuinely hate this family. Fuck them.
VARNEY: Is there any support in Congress for buying or taking over Greenland?
SEN. RICKETTS: The president has been clear we need to protect our northern flank
SEN. RICKETTS: The president has been clear we need to protect our northern flank
January 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
As a cubs fan I genuinely hate this family. Fuck them.
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What I find particularly remarkable is how so much American debate seems oblivious to how much the foundations of US global power is dependent on access to infrastructure, bases and depots in Europe and Canada
Walk through what that 'mask off' world looks like: Europe accelerates rearmament, functioning as an independent power bloc - to which the United States' neighbors, threatened by our bullshit, will want to realign, creating flash-points for potential trans-Atlantic Big Boy Wars. 4/
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
What I find particularly remarkable is how so much American debate seems oblivious to how much the foundations of US global power is dependent on access to infrastructure, bases and depots in Europe and Canada
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that a company is openly aiding and abetting the creation and distribution of child sexual abuse material should be an international scandal, its board bound over for trial, and its assets seized.
that it is not should be an embarrassment to politicians around the world and across ideological lines
that it is not should be an embarrassment to politicians around the world and across ideological lines
For my newsletter this morning, I called for a ban on Grok after X, the child porn app formerly known as Twitter, started removing the clothes of women and girls in photos posted on the site. www.burnsnotice.com/grok-the-chi...
Grok, the Child Porn Generator, Should Be Illegal
X, the child porn company formerly known as Twitter, is now removing the clothes of women and children with photos on the site on behalf of its users.
I first joined Twitter in December 2015. Deeply ...
www.burnsnotice.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
that a company is openly aiding and abetting the creation and distribution of child sexual abuse material should be an international scandal, its board bound over for trial, and its assets seized.
that it is not should be an embarrassment to politicians around the world and across ideological lines
that it is not should be an embarrassment to politicians around the world and across ideological lines
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"Defunded by Congress and fearing the Trump administration might pervert the organization to further undermine free media, the board members agreed it was better to salt the earth than leave behind a place for Trump to plant his poisonous, choking weeds." — @lizdye.bsky.social
Corporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbye
Better nothing than a MAGA mouthpiece.
www.publicnotice.co
January 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"Defunded by Congress and fearing the Trump administration might pervert the organization to further undermine free media, the board members agreed it was better to salt the earth than leave behind a place for Trump to plant his poisonous, choking weeds." — @lizdye.bsky.social
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i suspected as a very young person and have since had repeatedly confirmed over the course of my life and career that moral courage is not a feature strongly represented at the highest levels of your average institution
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
i suspected as a very young person and have since had repeatedly confirmed over the course of my life and career that moral courage is not a feature strongly represented at the highest levels of your average institution
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For whatever reason, because of whatever backstory, for whatever ideological drives this guy has always worked for Russia.
#BREAKING US President Trump says doubts 'NATO would be there for us if we really needed them', in Truth Social post
January 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
For whatever reason, because of whatever backstory, for whatever ideological drives this guy has always worked for Russia.
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Cannot overstate how radical Kennedy’s takeover of public health has been. He gutted the nation’s vaccine panel, restocked it with anti-vaxxers and allies, then bypassed it entirely to slash a third of recommended childhood vaccines himself.
CDC staff ‘blindsided’ as child vaccine schedule unilaterally overhauled
The Trump administration took unprecedented steps to recommend fewer vaccines for children without extensive consultations with career scientists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Cannot overstate how radical Kennedy’s takeover of public health has been. He gutted the nation’s vaccine panel, restocked it with anti-vaxxers and allies, then bypassed it entirely to slash a third of recommended childhood vaccines himself.
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keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
capitalbnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
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Amount of blood US has expended defending Greenland: zero. Amount of blood Denmark has expended defending the US: 43 Danish soldiers gave their lives in Afghanistan, responding to a US appeal under article 5 of NATO. Ogles has no idea about any of this, because he's an incompetent buffoon.
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"
January 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Amount of blood US has expended defending Greenland: zero. Amount of blood Denmark has expended defending the US: 43 Danish soldiers gave their lives in Afghanistan, responding to a US appeal under article 5 of NATO. Ogles has no idea about any of this, because he's an incompetent buffoon.
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Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
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Yes. AND Grok is Elon Musk. Grok is the like 14 people who still work at Twitter. Grok is whoever works at xAI. Grok is PEOPLE who can be held accountable and should be.
Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
January 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Yes. AND Grok is Elon Musk. Grok is the like 14 people who still work at Twitter. Grok is whoever works at xAI. Grok is PEOPLE who can be held accountable and should be.
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Any oil major considering an investment in Venezuela under illegal, coercive conditions knows that Trump will not be President by the time the investment is complete & they will not be liked by locals at that point. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Oil companies in talks with White House on how to drill in Venezuela, officials say
The president said Tuesday that some Venezuelan oil will be shipped to U.S. refineries. He faces challenges getting firms to put their money into the country’s shattered industry.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Any oil major considering an investment in Venezuela under illegal, coercive conditions knows that Trump will not be President by the time the investment is complete & they will not be liked by locals at that point. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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New: I spoke with a Colombian asylum seeker who was the victim of a ‘Kavanaugh stop’ about what it was like to be racially profiled, abducted in front his family and held in ICE detention hours from home for more than a month—despite doing everything “the right way.”
This is Nick’s story.
This is Nick’s story.
The hell of being a target of a ‘Kavanaugh stop’
A Maryland man from Colombia describes his journey from detainment to incarceration—and miraculous freedom.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
New: I spoke with a Colombian asylum seeker who was the victim of a ‘Kavanaugh stop’ about what it was like to be racially profiled, abducted in front his family and held in ICE detention hours from home for more than a month—despite doing everything “the right way.”
This is Nick’s story.
This is Nick’s story.
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Musk rewarded for building a nonconsensual undressing app with a doubling in valuation for xAI, new investment from Fidelity, the Qatar Investment Authority, Valor Equity Partners, Nvidia...
Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Musk rewarded for building a nonconsensual undressing app with a doubling in valuation for xAI, new investment from Fidelity, the Qatar Investment Authority, Valor Equity Partners, Nvidia...
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You *very much* want to preserve the chance the mask holds just long enough to get a different president.
If that mask drops, Trump breaks NATO & Europe recalculates the tail risks that we are all too rich & pampered to think about - the ones with body counts denominated in millions - go way up. 2/
If that mask drops, Trump breaks NATO & Europe recalculates the tail risks that we are all too rich & pampered to think about - the ones with body counts denominated in millions - go way up. 2/
January 7, 2026 at 4:15 AM
You *very much* want to preserve the chance the mask holds just long enough to get a different president.
If that mask drops, Trump breaks NATO & Europe recalculates the tail risks that we are all too rich & pampered to think about - the ones with body counts denominated in millions - go way up. 2/
If that mask drops, Trump breaks NATO & Europe recalculates the tail risks that we are all too rich & pampered to think about - the ones with body counts denominated in millions - go way up. 2/
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Is it time to talk about how the research that made him famous (vastly overestimating the number of medical errors in America) is probably bogus
What a fucking joke.
Vaccines: bad and dangerous!
AI and deregulation: amazing and will transform your health!
This is the state of our current (broken) FDA.
Makary is a bad faith actor who should have been a tech bro instead of a surgeon 🤦🏻♂️
Vaccines: bad and dangerous!
AI and deregulation: amazing and will transform your health!
This is the state of our current (broken) FDA.
Makary is a bad faith actor who should have been a tech bro instead of a surgeon 🤦🏻♂️
Makary is now shilling big time for unproven and untested wearables
January 7, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Is it time to talk about how the research that made him famous (vastly overestimating the number of medical errors in America) is probably bogus
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Danish guy gets it
January 7, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Danish guy gets it
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Five years ago, this great moment was captured on video:
January 7, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Five years ago, this great moment was captured on video:
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January 7, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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I spent a bit of my evening on the Capitol thinking how easy it was for Trump to return to office after January 6. Then I passed by the statue of Jefferson Davis in Statuary Hall by the House of Representatives and everything made sense.
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 AM
I spent a bit of my evening on the Capitol thinking how easy it was for Trump to return to office after January 6. Then I passed by the statue of Jefferson Davis in Statuary Hall by the House of Representatives and everything made sense.
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Everyone should read PALO ALTO by Malcolm Harris to understand that this has been baked in from the beginning
i think it goes underdiscussed that a growing subsection of silicon valley / tech really does, more and more, sound like a legitimately dangerous and frightening cult
i'm really tired of the "these people are so twee and quirky" tone. they're twee and quirky in the same way aum shinrikyo and the manson family were
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Everyone should read PALO ALTO by Malcolm Harris to understand that this has been baked in from the beginning