Scratched Tooth
@keencritic.bsky.social
Superfan of Sondheim stuff, big fan of musical theatre in general. Lover of family, cats, reading, travel, pilpul. Tend to get overwrought. Also, Lord, I am affected by a bald patch.
For all you triskaidekaphiles out there!
Not tired of winning.🥳
NEWS: The Supreme Court of Virginia today confirmed that Virginia’s redistricting referendum will proceed as scheduled on April 21.
Elias Law Group is proud to represent Don Scott, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, in this critical case.
elias.law/press-releas...
Elias Law Group is proud to represent Don Scott, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, in this critical case.
elias.law/press-releas...
February 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM
For all you triskaidekaphiles out there!
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Not tired of winning.🥳
NEWS: The Supreme Court of Virginia today confirmed that Virginia’s redistricting referendum will proceed as scheduled on April 21.
Elias Law Group is proud to represent Don Scott, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, in this critical case.
elias.law/press-releas...
Elias Law Group is proud to represent Don Scott, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, in this critical case.
elias.law/press-releas...
Supreme Court of Virginia Clears Path for April 21 Redistricting Referendum - Elias Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court of Virginia today confirmed that Virginia's redistricting referendum will proceed as scheduled on
elias.law
February 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Not tired of winning.🥳
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WIN: A Montana court blocked a state law that would have required students to declare their intent to remain in the county after graduation to register to vote using their college address.
If upheld, the measure would have barred thousands of students from voting in their own communities.
If upheld, the measure would have barred thousands of students from voting in their own communities.
🚨 Montana Student Residency Requirement Challenge
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM
WIN: A Montana court blocked a state law that would have required students to declare their intent to remain in the county after graduation to register to vote using their college address.
If upheld, the measure would have barred thousands of students from voting in their own communities.
If upheld, the measure would have barred thousands of students from voting in their own communities.
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NEW: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem joined election deniers in Arizona to rally support for a suppressive bill that would disenfranchise millions.
Noem also encouraged state election officials to use the department’s citizenship verification program, despite it incorrectly flagging dozens of citizens.
Noem also encouraged state election officials to use the department’s citizenship verification program, despite it incorrectly flagging dozens of citizens.
Noem joins Arizona election deniers to rally for SAVE America Act
“Your state has been an absolute disaster on elections,” Noem said
www.democracydocket.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM
NEW: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem joined election deniers in Arizona to rally support for a suppressive bill that would disenfranchise millions.
Noem also encouraged state election officials to use the department’s citizenship verification program, despite it incorrectly flagging dozens of citizens.
Noem also encouraged state election officials to use the department’s citizenship verification program, despite it incorrectly flagging dozens of citizens.
"[S]keptical belief does not mean believing things without 'really' believing them. It means understanding your beliefs as limited, contingent and fallible...that they can’t be proven correct, that...refusal to come around to them does not indicate stupidity or obstinacy or bad faith."
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Opinion | Ash Wednesday and the Burden of Living Your Beliefs
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:49 PM
"[S]keptical belief does not mean believing things without 'really' believing them. It means understanding your beliefs as limited, contingent and fallible...that they can’t be proven correct, that...refusal to come around to them does not indicate stupidity or obstinacy or bad faith."
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@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social looks askance at the first Circuit Court decision on a crucial matter of interpreting and reconciling two federal statutes on detaining "aliens". Seeking en banc hearing in the 5th Circuit would probably be futile, but there's hope in other courts--including the Supremes.
Opinion | A Very Dangerous Ruling in New Orleans
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social looks askance at the first Circuit Court decision on a crucial matter of interpreting and reconciling two federal statutes on detaining "aliens". Seeking en banc hearing in the 5th Circuit would probably be futile, but there's hope in other courts--including the Supremes.
Should we look to AI bots for companionship, emotional bonding, even love? Count me a definite "No":
"It should alarm us that some of the insiders who know the tools best believe they can cause harm". No shit, Sherlock!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
"It should alarm us that some of the insiders who know the tools best believe they can cause harm". No shit, Sherlock!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
Opinion | ‘We’re All Polyamorous Now. It’s You, Me and the A.I.’
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Should we look to AI bots for companionship, emotional bonding, even love? Count me a definite "No":
"It should alarm us that some of the insiders who know the tools best believe they can cause harm". No shit, Sherlock!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
"It should alarm us that some of the insiders who know the tools best believe they can cause harm". No shit, Sherlock!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...
There are two separate but related scandals swirling around Epstein: the sex-with-and-trafficking-of-young-children scandal and the cozying-up-to-the-complicit-elites one.
Both are terrible, and from the individual victims' standpoint, the first is worse.
cont'd
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
Both are terrible, and from the individual victims' standpoint, the first is worse.
cont'd
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
The Epstein Files and the Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
There are two separate but related scandals swirling around Epstein: the sex-with-and-trafficking-of-young-children scandal and the cozying-up-to-the-complicit-elites one.
Both are terrible, and from the individual victims' standpoint, the first is worse.
cont'd
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
Both are terrible, and from the individual victims' standpoint, the first is worse.
cont'd
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
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NEW EPISODE: I lay out the concrete, actionable steps state and federal Democrats can take to block election subversion, from banning mass voter challenges to stripping immunity from officials who interfere with voting.
Watch, act and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzgy...
Watch, act and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzgy...
I Warned You About Trump. Here’s the Plan to Stop Him in 2026.
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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February 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
NEW EPISODE: I lay out the concrete, actionable steps state and federal Democrats can take to block election subversion, from banning mass voter challenges to stripping immunity from officials who interfere with voting.
Watch, act and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzgy...
Watch, act and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzgy...
Having just stepped on the tines of a rake and been hit in the face with the handle, AIPAC muses, "That felt good! I think I'll do it again."
www.jta.org/2026/02/10/p...
www.jta.org/2026/02/10/p...
AIPAC defends $2.3M spend against 'pro-Israel' politician in NJ-11, where anti-Israel candidate prevails - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The pro-Israel lobbying group's PAC ran attack ads against Tom Malinowski, who has expressed openness to conditioning military aid to Israel.
www.jta.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Having just stepped on the tines of a rake and been hit in the face with the handle, AIPAC muses, "That felt good! I think I'll do it again."
www.jta.org/2026/02/10/p...
www.jta.org/2026/02/10/p...
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I'm going to laugh so hard at the Bad Bunny hating Christian Nationalists if Jesus ever shows up for the Second Coming only speaking Aramaic.
February 12, 2026 at 3:14 AM
I'm going to laugh so hard at the Bad Bunny hating Christian Nationalists if Jesus ever shows up for the Second Coming only speaking Aramaic.
Thank God! I mean, the notion of Epstein as a Mossad agent has scared the shit out of me.
www.timesofisrael.com/epstein-file...
www.timesofisrael.com/epstein-file...
Epstein files source who alleged Mossad links is identified as Holocaust denier
Confidential tipster who told FBI that sex offender was tied to Israeli intelligence is a scam artist, but the allegations gained widespread traction online and in news reports
www.timesofisrael.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Thank God! I mean, the notion of Epstein as a Mossad agent has scared the shit out of me.
www.timesofisrael.com/epstein-file...
www.timesofisrael.com/epstein-file...
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NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
If this--automatically opposing any AIPAC-backed candidate--became common practice, it would be wonderful. Until AIPAC decided to endorse its least-favorite candidate in every race.
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaig...
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaig...
Tom Malinowski vows to oppose any candidate endorsed by AIPAC
Tom Malinowski vowed to oppose any candidate backed by AIPAC following his defeat in the Democratic primary in New Jersey's 11th Congressional District.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:54 PM
If this--automatically opposing any AIPAC-backed candidate--became common practice, it would be wonderful. Until AIPAC decided to endorse its least-favorite candidate in every race.
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaig...
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaig...
Wut indeed!
Wut.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Is this because Trump is mad at Abbott? (www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Is this because Trump is mad at Abbott? (www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...)
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Wut indeed!
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It’s not too late for states and Congress to stop Trump from subverting the midterms. I recently explained three things states can do and four things Congress should insist on in order to protect the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
February 11, 2026 at 2:28 AM
It’s not too late for states and Congress to stop Trump from subverting the midterms. I recently explained three things states can do and four things Congress should insist on in order to protect the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
Everyone in the world should read this thread!
February 10, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Everyone in the world should read this thread!
My GUESS is that AI will be relied on to solve or help solve mathematical problems, but not to come up with or select problems to solve.
Note that all the problems in this article were selected by humans.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/s...
Note that all the problems in this article were selected by humans.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/s...
These Mathematicians Are Putting A.I. to the Test
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 PM
My GUESS is that AI will be relied on to solve or help solve mathematical problems, but not to come up with or select problems to solve.
Note that all the problems in this article were selected by humans.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/s...
Note that all the problems in this article were selected by humans.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/s...
The unceasing centrist versus progressive debate.
Even those who are skeptical (or worse) of the commentariat's breast-beating over excessive "wokeness" and the harm it has done--looking at you, @bjkeefe.bsky.social--must recognize a pragmatic need to win.
Read!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
Even those who are skeptical (or worse) of the commentariat's breast-beating over excessive "wokeness" and the harm it has done--looking at you, @bjkeefe.bsky.social--must recognize a pragmatic need to win.
Read!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
Opinion | What Should Democrats Do to Create a Durable Majority? Our Readers Have Thoughts.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The unceasing centrist versus progressive debate.
Even those who are skeptical (or worse) of the commentariat's breast-beating over excessive "wokeness" and the harm it has done--looking at you, @bjkeefe.bsky.social--must recognize a pragmatic need to win.
Read!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
Even those who are skeptical (or worse) of the commentariat's breast-beating over excessive "wokeness" and the harm it has done--looking at you, @bjkeefe.bsky.social--must recognize a pragmatic need to win.
Read!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
"Vigil" is about the lessons George Saunders has learned from life.
He might also have learnedcthem from Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
He might also have learnedcthem from Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
Opinion | George Saunders on Anger, Ambition and Sin
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:57 PM
"Vigil" is about the lessons George Saunders has learned from life.
He might also have learnedcthem from Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
He might also have learnedcthem from Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
Perhaps those who did not learn from Algeria in 1992 will learn from this. Democracy is not self-sustaining.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
Opinion | Bangladesh Has Exposed Democracy’s Deeper Problem
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Perhaps those who did not learn from Algeria in 1992 will learn from this. Democracy is not self-sustaining.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
Steve Rattner takes a position on Sino-American competition: we are losing, fast.
Spoiler warning: it's Trump's and MAGA's fault.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
Spoiler warning: it's Trump's and MAGA's fault.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
Opinion | I Just Returned From China. We Are Not Winning.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Steve Rattner takes a position on Sino-American competition: we are losing, fast.
Spoiler warning: it's Trump's and MAGA's fault.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
Spoiler warning: it's Trump's and MAGA's fault.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
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I am regularly asked what specifically blue states and Congress should do to protect the midterm elections.
Here you go, I list and explain them one by one.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
Here you go, I list and explain them one by one.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
It’s not too late for states and Congress to stop Trump from subverting the midterms
With only nine months before the midterm elections, Trump is plotting to prevent Democrats from taking control of Congress.
www.democracydocket.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I am regularly asked what specifically blue states and Congress should do to protect the midterm elections.
Here you go, I list and explain them one by one.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
Here you go, I list and explain them one by one.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...