Katiesaurus
@katiesaurusseven.bsky.social
Never read the writers who signed the Harper's letter. Substack supports Nazis, so don't read those either.
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Nothing gold can stay, Ponyboy.
BTS ARMY 💜⁷
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Nothing gold can stay, Ponyboy.
BTS ARMY 💜⁷
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NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
www.propublica.org
January 26, 2026 at 1:05 PM
NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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by the end of the 1880s, French right was increasingly taken by a wave of proto-fascistic & anti-immigrant + anti-semitic populism, and the military establishment & then their far-right allies exploited a completely fake prosecution of a disfavored minority as their vehicle for "reclaiming honor"
In 2024, I read this definitive deep-dive history of The Dreyfus Affair, and the whole book made me feel dizzy like France’s political life in the 1890s–1900s was swept with a total psychosis, that even the rest of the world could see clearly in real-time,
January 26, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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He is sending the guy that took a 50 thousand dollar bribe to go and investigate ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:20 PM
He is sending the guy that took a 50 thousand dollar bribe to go and investigate ICE
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reading this and watching the live decibel meter at any modern day NFL game that apparently only allows low IQ folks to attend
January 26, 2026 at 4:08 PM
reading this and watching the live decibel meter at any modern day NFL game that apparently only allows low IQ folks to attend
"In practical terms, the platform now operates under the threat that the President could have it banned with the stroke of a pen, a fact that inevitably gives President Trump tremendous ongoing influence over one of the largest speech platforms in the country."
Apropos of the TikTok news last week, I have a piece coming out abt how the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the ban-or-sale law belongs in the First Amendment anticanon. It's not just wrong, but so wrong we should hold it up as an exceptional symbol of wrongness.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
TikTok v. Garland and the First Amendment Anticanon
<p><span>This essay argues that last term’s decision in <i>TikTok v. Garland</i>, which unanimously upheld the federal law that sought to ban TikTok in the Unit
papers.ssrn.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:06 PM
"In practical terms, the platform now operates under the threat that the President could have it banned with the stroke of a pen, a fact that inevitably gives President Trump tremendous ongoing influence over one of the largest speech platforms in the country."
"It is one of roughly a dozen bills Republicans have filed this session aimed at immigrants, though this one singles out U.S. citizens."
A Tennessee lawmaker is trying to disqualify some U.S. citizens from a shot at running for federal office, a move likely to face constitutional questions as Republicans target immigrants this session.
Tennessee Republican bill would limit federal office to natural-born citizens • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee Rep. Johnny Garrett is trying to disqualify some U.S. citizens from a shot at running for federal office.
tennesseelookout.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 PM
"It is one of roughly a dozen bills Republicans have filed this session aimed at immigrants, though this one singles out U.S. citizens."
"...reporters have succumbed to flawed journalistic conventions, such as providing 'both sides' of every controversy with equal weight, even when one side is obviously lying or otherwise detached from reality."
My latest, for the MIT Press Reader: Why is an anti-immigrant extremist force cracking down on non-immigrants? Because when extremists can't win over their in-group, they must assign dissenting members to an out-group in order to maintain legitimacy.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/anatomy-of-e...
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/anatomy-of-e...
Anatomy of Extremism: What ICE Is Revealing in Minnesota
The federal persecution of immigrants and white citizens alike lays bare the unstable logic of in-group power.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
January 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
"...reporters have succumbed to flawed journalistic conventions, such as providing 'both sides' of every controversy with equal weight, even when one side is obviously lying or otherwise detached from reality."
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ICE facilities are notoriously low on staff in order to maximize profits. Those in ICE custody should protest. Those who live near ICE facilities should go and protest on the outside. Tie them up with having to respond.
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
ICE facilities are notoriously low on staff in order to maximize profits. Those in ICE custody should protest. Those who live near ICE facilities should go and protest on the outside. Tie them up with having to respond.
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I think the solution to this worry is to knock all this dumb shit off
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:37 AM
I think the solution to this worry is to knock all this dumb shit off
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While federal agents were up front, Minneapolis PD were the ones that announced they were under arrest. Can be heard very clearly and you can see MPD vehicles in the back.
January 26, 2026 at 7:07 AM
While federal agents were up front, Minneapolis PD were the ones that announced they were under arrest. Can be heard very clearly and you can see MPD vehicles in the back.
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Minneapolis, MN -
Many more agents outside the hotel filing in, a few journos had weapons pointed at them. Teargas deployed at the small remaining protesters outside the hotel.
Many more agents outside the hotel filing in, a few journos had weapons pointed at them. Teargas deployed at the small remaining protesters outside the hotel.
January 26, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Minneapolis, MN -
Many more agents outside the hotel filing in, a few journos had weapons pointed at them. Teargas deployed at the small remaining protesters outside the hotel.
Many more agents outside the hotel filing in, a few journos had weapons pointed at them. Teargas deployed at the small remaining protesters outside the hotel.
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Oh my god listen to him try to use his big boy voice
Minneapolis, MN -
Very developing situation here. FPS agents ran into the hotel. Tear gas deployed. Hotel patrons forced to put their hands up. One agent’s nose bloodied.
Very developing situation here. FPS agents ran into the hotel. Tear gas deployed. Hotel patrons forced to put their hands up. One agent’s nose bloodied.
January 26, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Oh my god listen to him try to use his big boy voice
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I have used literally EXACTLY this tactic, it works as perfectly as if it were tailor-made for the purpose.
I once read a thread on sexism in international relations/spying where women were instructed to make wrong claims about X whenever they wanted to get secret information on X; a man would just disclose the key info by means of mansplaining
January 26, 2026 at 9:28 AM
I have used literally EXACTLY this tactic, it works as perfectly as if it were tailor-made for the purpose.
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stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 AM
stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
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Over the last 48 hours, the talking point on the right has solidified; the only reason that we are seeing violent clashes against ICE is because of sanctuary policies and failure to cooperate from city officials who are fanning the flames.
Take a look; it's wild how quickly they're all adopting it.
Take a look; it's wild how quickly they're all adopting it.
![Kevin Bass
@kevinnbass
I am horrified. I cannot believe it.
I analyzed public databases and media reporting on violent confrontations with ICE over the past year.
Just 9 counties accounted for TWO-THIRDS of violent confrontations with ICE in America.
This is twice all violent confrontations in the remaining 3,134 counties COMBINED.
A violent confrontation in these 9 counties was 590 TIMES more likely than any of these other 3,134 counties.
590 times.
I plotted these 9 counties, and I found that all 9 counties are sanctuary jurisdictions run by Democrat politicians that resist immigration law enforcement.
These violent confrontations are RARE in states and cities where local officials cooperate with law enforcement.
[Underneath is a chart claiming to prove his point]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreih447kj7ureou7fzaooxxes6o4hrxdepmijsxoz5tadyvefalf5e4@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Over the last 48 hours, the talking point on the right has solidified; the only reason that we are seeing violent clashes against ICE is because of sanctuary policies and failure to cooperate from city officials who are fanning the flames.
Take a look; it's wild how quickly they're all adopting it.
Take a look; it's wild how quickly they're all adopting it.
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If the people who lied yesterday about what happened are on the news today when you knew they would lie again then you’re simply not the news
WELKER: Look at these images. A protester on the ground being pepper sprayed. A 5-year-old being detained. A citizen being pulled out of his home half naked, later released upon determination he was wrongly detained. Are federal agents acting humanely?
BLANCHE: Yes. Our agents are acting humanely
BLANCHE: Yes. Our agents are acting humanely
January 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM
If the people who lied yesterday about what happened are on the news today when you knew they would lie again then you’re simply not the news
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In 2020 they put Scalise on to deny the election. He's been invited back every month to lie about covid, Hunter Biden, Haitians eating dogs, Zelenskyy, and Kamala Harris. He's back today to lie about ICE. Inviting him on is an endorsement of the credibility of his lies and a request for more of them
BRENNAN: Liam Ramos's father had no criminal record
SCALISE: These are very bad people. Google 'the worst of the worst DHS'
B: That doesn't apply to the dad of 5 year old Liam or the 2 year old who was separated from her mother. They are not the worst of the worst, are they?
S: *keeps talking*
SCALISE: These are very bad people. Google 'the worst of the worst DHS'
B: That doesn't apply to the dad of 5 year old Liam or the 2 year old who was separated from her mother. They are not the worst of the worst, are they?
S: *keeps talking*
January 25, 2026 at 5:59 PM
In 2020 they put Scalise on to deny the election. He's been invited back every month to lie about covid, Hunter Biden, Haitians eating dogs, Zelenskyy, and Kamala Harris. He's back today to lie about ICE. Inviting him on is an endorsement of the credibility of his lies and a request for more of them
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This newspaper has used your wordle money to build and staff a neurolab where every day they discover a new way to avoid saying “Trump Lies”
January 25, 2026 at 9:05 PM
This newspaper has used your wordle money to build and staff a neurolab where every day they discover a new way to avoid saying “Trump Lies”
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We’re going to waltz into the holocaust with the press writing that the weekend’s executions have freed up last minute seats at the correspondents dinner
January 26, 2026 at 2:39 PM
We’re going to waltz into the holocaust with the press writing that the weekend’s executions have freed up last minute seats at the correspondents dinner
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By an apparent 8–1 vote, the Supreme Court says it is reasonable to assume—as a state court did—that the defendant would still be convicted if the jury HAD seen the report that he never researched homemade silencers on his laptop.
Only KBJ notes her dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Only KBJ notes her dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
![In light of all this evidence, a fairminded jurist could easily conclude that the disclosure of the forensic report on the
computer would not have “undercut” the relevance or force
of these “item[s] of the State’s case,” Kyles, 514 U. S., at 451,
or “‘put the whole case in such a different light as to undermine confidence in the verdict,’” Strickler, 527 U. S., at 290.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiarsfv3wpaehxib3de44xrgz4riz6g2xys3m7p3v2r63khexe7t7e@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 2:44 PM
By an apparent 8–1 vote, the Supreme Court says it is reasonable to assume—as a state court did—that the defendant would still be convicted if the jury HAD seen the report that he never researched homemade silencers on his laptop.
Only KBJ notes her dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Only KBJ notes her dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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A witness claimed the defendant used a laptop to research homemade silencers. Her testimony tied the defendant to a homemade silencer used in a crime. Prosecutors concealed a forensic report showing no searches about silencers on that laptop. So lower court orders new trial.
Today SCOTUS reverses.
Today SCOTUS reverses.
January 26, 2026 at 2:44 PM
A witness claimed the defendant used a laptop to research homemade silencers. Her testimony tied the defendant to a homemade silencer used in a crime. Prosecutors concealed a forensic report showing no searches about silencers on that laptop. So lower court orders new trial.
Today SCOTUS reverses.
Today SCOTUS reverses.
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As one of the “some of us have been saying this for years” people, all I want is a future solution that doesn’t exclude anyone from the dream of not being executed by the state, and am not sure people can get there without knowing the history.
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 PM
As one of the “some of us have been saying this for years” people, all I want is a future solution that doesn’t exclude anyone from the dream of not being executed by the state, and am not sure people can get there without knowing the history.
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*black people are yelling about being sick of our people getting executed*
“Omg, this is just like those annoying vegans.”
“Omg, this is just like those annoying vegans.”
Counterpoint: maybe the next time someone goes vegan, I will just shout "SOME OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS" at them and see how it goes.
January 26, 2026 at 2:48 PM
*black people are yelling about being sick of our people getting executed*
“Omg, this is just like those annoying vegans.”
“Omg, this is just like those annoying vegans.”
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The biggest challenge to Minnesota's effort to halt "Operation Metro Surge" is a law passed during the Clinton administration which strips jurisdiction from federal judges to "enjoin or restrain the operation" of laws relating to immigration arrests, detention, and removal.
Judge Menendez notes that the proceedings will delve into the legal questions more than the evidentiary record.
January 26, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The biggest challenge to Minnesota's effort to halt "Operation Metro Surge" is a law passed during the Clinton administration which strips jurisdiction from federal judges to "enjoin or restrain the operation" of laws relating to immigration arrests, detention, and removal.