Jason Smith
@newqueuelure.bsky.social
physicist messing around with economic theory and science fiction; he/him; ALX; was @infotranecon on twitter; gmail and ig are this username
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econ: https://information-equilibrium.ghost.io/
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Jason Smith
@newqueuelure.bsky.social
· Feb 23
thread of charts i put up on twitter in 2020 about how i think about "intelligence", why IQ is silly, and why we need a social safety net
let's start: we're born with a neural network that seeks input and has a few innate specialized subnets for things we evolved to do like speak or recognize faces
let's start: we're born with a neural network that seeks input and has a few innate specialized subnets for things we evolved to do like speak or recognize faces
please find him in contempt and put him in jail
BREAKING:
Minnesota's chief federal judge has demanded the acting head of ICE personally appear in court Friday to explain what the judge described as repeated failures to comply with dozens of court orders amid its enforcement efforts in the state.
Minnesota's chief federal judge has demanded the acting head of ICE personally appear in court Friday to explain what the judge described as repeated failures to comply with dozens of court orders amid its enforcement efforts in the state.
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 PM
please find him in contempt and put him in jail
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the legislative branch in the US has three general powers
i. writing laws the executive branch enforces
ii. appropriating funds the exec spends
iii. impeaching the exec
(i) has *already* failed so the only thing you can do is (ii) or (iii)
yet the democrats just propose (i)
feckless!
i. writing laws the executive branch enforces
ii. appropriating funds the exec spends
iii. impeaching the exec
(i) has *already* failed so the only thing you can do is (ii) or (iii)
yet the democrats just propose (i)
feckless!
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:36 PM
the legislative branch in the US has three general powers
i. writing laws the executive branch enforces
ii. appropriating funds the exec spends
iii. impeaching the exec
(i) has *already* failed so the only thing you can do is (ii) or (iii)
yet the democrats just propose (i)
feckless!
i. writing laws the executive branch enforces
ii. appropriating funds the exec spends
iii. impeaching the exec
(i) has *already* failed so the only thing you can do is (ii) or (iii)
yet the democrats just propose (i)
feckless!
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Not a one of these would have prevented the murders of Good or Pretti, nor would they have protected any residents from abduction or family separation, nor would that have constrained an administration that regularly ignores courts.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Not a one of these would have prevented the murders of Good or Pretti, nor would they have protected any residents from abduction or family separation, nor would that have constrained an administration that regularly ignores courts.
democrats are coalescing around a sternly worded letter
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:12 PM
democrats are coalescing around a sternly worded letter
@markwarner.bsky.social and @kaine.senate.gov need to resign and let @abigailspanberger.com choose two new senators that care that people are being murdered; this is just not acceptable
Fuck these feckless democrats. “CBP stays at border” is insulting — ‘the border’ is considered anywhere 100 miles from the edge of the map including the ocean so ‘the border’ includes nearly every major city in the US: Boston, DC, NYC, LA, SF, Chicago, Seattle, Portland &c — and CBP isn’t ICE.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 27, 2026 at 1:03 PM
@markwarner.bsky.social and @kaine.senate.gov need to resign and let @abigailspanberger.com choose two new senators that care that people are being murdered; this is just not acceptable
Fuck these feckless democrats. “CBP stays at border” is insulting — ‘the border’ is considered anywhere 100 miles from the edge of the map including the ocean so ‘the border’ includes nearly every major city in the US: Boston, DC, NYC, LA, SF, Chicago, Seattle, Portland &c — and CBP isn’t ICE.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Fuck these feckless democrats. “CBP stays at border” is insulting — ‘the border’ is considered anywhere 100 miles from the edge of the map including the ocean so ‘the border’ includes nearly every major city in the US: Boston, DC, NYC, LA, SF, Chicago, Seattle, Portland &c — and CBP isn’t ICE.
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I am once again begging the city to tax me more and buy some adorable mini-plows for our otherwise walkable neighborhoods!
Bonus points if we get to name them!
Bonus points if we get to name them!
How much extra do I need to pay in taxes to @alexandriavagov.bsky.social so that they can buy some of these machines and clear all of the sidewalks (and crosswalks!) for us, thus keeping pedestrians safe from ice and residents safe from throwing out their backs while shoveling.
Because I'll pay it!
Because I'll pay it!
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I am once again begging the city to tax me more and buy some adorable mini-plows for our otherwise walkable neighborhoods!
Bonus points if we get to name them!
Bonus points if we get to name them!
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When this is over, the entire fortunes of Trump and every member of his cabinet need to be appropriated and distributed to their victims as reparations.
January 26, 2026 at 7:44 AM
When this is over, the entire fortunes of Trump and every member of his cabinet need to be appropriated and distributed to their victims as reparations.
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Civil asset forfeiture for billionaires.
January 26, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Civil asset forfeiture for billionaires.
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You could do a lot without any legal change. I oversaw civil forfeiture for DOJ Criminal Division, which did huge cases including against banks. Spent most of my career trying to get people to go after bigger targets.
Civil asset forfeiture for billionaires.
January 26, 2026 at 11:44 AM
You could do a lot without any legal change. I oversaw civil forfeiture for DOJ Criminal Division, which did huge cases including against banks. Spent most of my career trying to get people to go after bigger targets.
adjusting for inflation this is comparable to the assets the nazis stole from the jewish people and used to fund the concentration camps
January 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM
adjusting for inflation this is comparable to the assets the nazis stole from the jewish people and used to fund the concentration camps
so sending goons out to murder americans is not impeachable?
January 26, 2026 at 1:47 PM
so sending goons out to murder americans is not impeachable?
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That tech oligarchs are noisy and incensed about the remote possibility of a wealth tax and utterly silent about the murder of a man who was only using the phone they invented to chronicle the thuggish government goon squads should tell you everything about these desiccated souls.
January 25, 2026 at 1:37 AM
That tech oligarchs are noisy and incensed about the remote possibility of a wealth tax and utterly silent about the murder of a man who was only using the phone they invented to chronicle the thuggish government goon squads should tell you everything about these desiccated souls.
Think they just care about not having to boycott the World Cup
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 24, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Think they just care about not having to boycott the World Cup
Bill Kristol Gimli-Legolas meme
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 24, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Bill Kristol Gimli-Legolas meme
You know GWB could come out and say “I created ICE and it was a mistake” but he won’t because he’s a war criminal in favor of people being murdered by the gestapo.
January 24, 2026 at 10:39 PM
You know GWB could come out and say “I created ICE and it was a mistake” but he won’t because he’s a war criminal in favor of people being murdered by the gestapo.
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On top of some obvious things, it's clear the dems in congress don't game anything out. What are you going to do when the murder the next person? And then the next one? and then a member of congress? It's just "vote for this and pray it goes away"
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
On top of some obvious things, it's clear the dems in congress don't game anything out. What are you going to do when the murder the next person? And then the next one? and then a member of congress? It's just "vote for this and pray it goes away"
Obviously we’re not making it sufficiently unpleasant for the defectors that Schumer or Jeffries can’t find anyone.
Dude, it's not just these "seven democrats". It was coordinated by MAJORITY of Establishment Democrats who ensured this still went through. Our anger needs to be directed somewhere, but we need to go wider. This *will not fix what is broken*. Schumer and Jeffries will always find another seven.
Any comment from these useless, weak, pathetic, feckless pieces of shit that voted for ICE and DHS funding this week?
Any comments from these 7 Vichy Democrats on ICE murdering Alex Pretti?
Tom Suozzi
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Laura Gillen
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Marie Glusenkamp Perez
Any comments from these 7 Vichy Democrats on ICE murdering Alex Pretti?
Tom Suozzi
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Laura Gillen
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Marie Glusenkamp Perez
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Obviously we’re not making it sufficiently unpleasant for the defectors that Schumer or Jeffries can’t find anyone.
we need to make bright orange phone cases that say phone in big letters on them or else they're going to keep doing this shit and getting away with it
OMG. "DHS said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Update from Devon Lum
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
we need to make bright orange phone cases that say phone in big letters on them or else they're going to keep doing this shit and getting away with it
if there's any state of emergency petulance from the feds spanberger should order the plows to push the snow into piles blocking the bridges over the potomac
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
if there's any state of emergency petulance from the feds spanberger should order the plows to push the snow into piles blocking the bridges over the potomac
Bet y’all can’t guess which day of the week I had to drive to work in a different building.
January 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Bet y’all can’t guess which day of the week I had to drive to work in a different building.
Realizing Bovino and Bongino are different people.
no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch
January 23, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Realizing Bovino and Bongino are different people.
All I see is a pedocon with a child
The Trump administration today announced a new government-backed fossil fuel industry mascot.
Meet Coalie the lump of coal!
Meet Coalie the lump of coal!
January 23, 2026 at 12:39 PM
All I see is a pedocon with a child
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And this is why the Times sucks for politics. Losing 12% of your support when you won by 51% means you lose the next election 60/40. It's not a small share.
January 22, 2026 at 3:41 PM
And this is why the Times sucks for politics. Losing 12% of your support when you won by 51% means you lose the next election 60/40. It's not a small share.