Obscurem 🇺🇦
@obscurem.bsky.social
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Obscurem 🇺🇦
@obscurem.bsky.social
· Sep 3
I don't post on my profile much, it feels like I'm posting a sign instead of a conversation. So most of my posts are replies. That's what you'll mostly get when you follow me. That and the occasional sign like this one.
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The bill will likely be vetoed but is almost certainly going to be overridden.
The bill invalidates current drivers licenses and birth certificates of trans people who have amended them previously to align with their gender identity.
This is one of the most extreme bill to pass.
The bill invalidates current drivers licenses and birth certificates of trans people who have amended them previously to align with their gender identity.
This is one of the most extreme bill to pass.
January 28, 2026 at 11:47 PM
The bill will likely be vetoed but is almost certainly going to be overridden.
The bill invalidates current drivers licenses and birth certificates of trans people who have amended them previously to align with their gender identity.
This is one of the most extreme bill to pass.
The bill invalidates current drivers licenses and birth certificates of trans people who have amended them previously to align with their gender identity.
This is one of the most extreme bill to pass.
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"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports
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actually communicating “I’m here and I’m working for you and here’s how” is an aspect of governing that’s neglected by far too many people who think the work speaks for itself (or, frankly, don’t have the communication chops Zohran does)
this is how you combat the forces that want to make you fail
this is how you combat the forces that want to make you fail
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 25, 2026 at 6:21 PM
actually communicating “I’m here and I’m working for you and here’s how” is an aspect of governing that’s neglected by far too many people who think the work speaks for itself (or, frankly, don’t have the communication chops Zohran does)
this is how you combat the forces that want to make you fail
this is how you combat the forces that want to make you fail
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Please reshare the below post, unfortunately some accounts with lots of followers have reposted the false claim and loads of people are falling for it.
I'm seeing people mistakenly claim the gun photo was posted before today, but its just how Google sometimes dates images based on the original date of the thread its posted in, not when it was posted. The photo was posted an hour ago in this 5 day old thread
www.reddit.com/r/fivethirty...
www.reddit.com/r/fivethirty...
January 24, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Please reshare the below post, unfortunately some accounts with lots of followers have reposted the false claim and loads of people are falling for it.
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Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
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“I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me"...“We were willing to do for this man, this human, what they were not willing to do for Renee Good,” Zemien said.
January 23, 2026 at 11:28 PM
“I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me"...“We were willing to do for this man, this human, what they were not willing to do for Renee Good,” Zemien said.
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New real-world field study *inoculating* against misinformation in live social media scroll feeds out in Harvard Misinfo Review @misinforeview.bsky.social
We targeted +375k users with a short ad on Insta using a novel quasi-experimental method (1/3)
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/preb...
We targeted +375k users with a short ad on Insta using a novel quasi-experimental method (1/3)
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/preb...
January 23, 2026 at 12:12 PM
New real-world field study *inoculating* against misinformation in live social media scroll feeds out in Harvard Misinfo Review @misinforeview.bsky.social
We targeted +375k users with a short ad on Insta using a novel quasi-experimental method (1/3)
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/preb...
We targeted +375k users with a short ad on Insta using a novel quasi-experimental method (1/3)
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/preb...
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And then we did their assignment structure they built, and it was fantastic.
Like, way better than anything I've designed on my own.
Like, way better than anything I've designed on my own.
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
And then we did their assignment structure they built, and it was fantastic.
Like, way better than anything I've designed on my own.
Like, way better than anything I've designed on my own.
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By the midpoint of the class, I was pretty bitter. It actually started looking like a counterexample to the ideal of inclusive democracy. That maybe I should go back to being the authoritarian technocrat, that my teaching experience was much more important.
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
By the midpoint of the class, I was pretty bitter. It actually started looking like a counterexample to the ideal of inclusive democracy. That maybe I should go back to being the authoritarian technocrat, that my teaching experience was much more important.
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I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
asking the sommelier which wine pairs best with swedish fish
December 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
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The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
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Norway’s military will send 13,500 letters warning citizens that property could be requisitioned in wartime. Officials say this reflects the most serious security situation since WWII and a broader push to boost national preparedness. #Norway
January 20, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Norway’s military will send 13,500 letters warning citizens that property could be requisitioned in wartime. Officials say this reflects the most serious security situation since WWII and a broader push to boost national preparedness. #Norway
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This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
January 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
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January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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I got sent some records. From November to December, Friend Global Inc. would have paid the full price of $857,708. Instead, they paid $166,044. CTA gave Friend "bonuses" of 1800 in-car ads and 525 station platform ads. If you're seeing ads after 12/28/25, it's CTA not being proactive about removals.
January 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
I got sent some records. From November to December, Friend Global Inc. would have paid the full price of $857,708. Instead, they paid $166,044. CTA gave Friend "bonuses" of 1800 in-car ads and 525 station platform ads. If you're seeing ads after 12/28/25, it's CTA not being proactive about removals.
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I thought the role of the courts in the US authoritarian takeover was one of the key differences (in a positive way!) between the current US situation and Germany in the 1930s. After reading the text linked here (in German - but surely automatic translation can help) this has changed somewhat. 1/
Gelenkte Justiz Zerstörung der Rechtsprechung im Dritten Reich. Richterbriefe zur einheitlichen Ausrichtung der Rechtsprechung im nationalsozialistischen Sinne | APuZ 49/1963 | bpb.de
www.bpb.de
January 13, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I thought the role of the courts in the US authoritarian takeover was one of the key differences (in a positive way!) between the current US situation and Germany in the 1930s. After reading the text linked here (in German - but surely automatic translation can help) this has changed somewhat. 1/
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I wrote about this here, fwiw. the right doesn't really disavow empathy; they just use it in very specific ways to justify violence. therevealer.org/what-we-can-...
What We Can Learn from the Right’s Attack On “Toxic Empathy” — The Revealer
Why are prominent right-wing figures and conservative Christians claiming empathy is bad?
therevealer.org
January 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I wrote about this here, fwiw. the right doesn't really disavow empathy; they just use it in very specific ways to justify violence. therevealer.org/what-we-can-...
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This is exactly what I told someone yesterday.
Even if I spot you the first shot (I shouldn’t, but let’s go with that), shots 2 and 3 were inexcusable and this officer will lose his case if it ever goes to court.
Even if I spot you the first shot (I shouldn’t, but let’s go with that), shots 2 and 3 were inexcusable and this officer will lose his case if it ever goes to court.
January 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
This is exactly what I told someone yesterday.
Even if I spot you the first shot (I shouldn’t, but let’s go with that), shots 2 and 3 were inexcusable and this officer will lose his case if it ever goes to court.
Even if I spot you the first shot (I shouldn’t, but let’s go with that), shots 2 and 3 were inexcusable and this officer will lose his case if it ever goes to court.
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Dr. Fukuyama, you can't miss
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Dr. Fukuyama, you can't miss
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When you came down the steepest bridge in the city, THIS was the most logical route to exit the landing. On the sides are two-way routes in and out. Basically, if you didn't brake to almost a complete on any busy day, you would wreck and hurt yourself and multiple others.
January 6, 2026 at 7:56 PM
When you came down the steepest bridge in the city, THIS was the most logical route to exit the landing. On the sides are two-way routes in and out. Basically, if you didn't brake to almost a complete on any busy day, you would wreck and hurt yourself and multiple others.
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This is what the "he's just a guy with dumb takes-" thing misses. This guy will stalk, harass, and brigade people(almost always women) until they block him, then he'll just keep fixating anyway and trying to coordinate harassment anyway. But someone his targets are to blame.
January 5, 2026 at 12:05 AM
This is what the "he's just a guy with dumb takes-" thing misses. This guy will stalk, harass, and brigade people(almost always women) until they block him, then he'll just keep fixating anyway and trying to coordinate harassment anyway. But someone his targets are to blame.
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For example, Democratic opposition to nationwide abortion bans was rooted in the idea that banning abortion is ineffective for preventing abortion, not in the idea that bodily autonomy and reproductive freedoms are capital-R Rights.
January 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
For example, Democratic opposition to nationwide abortion bans was rooted in the idea that banning abortion is ineffective for preventing abortion, not in the idea that bodily autonomy and reproductive freedoms are capital-R Rights.
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"In normal liberal democracy terms, the US is in bad shape. But in consolidated authoritarianism terms, we’re doing pretty well."
I wrote about the weirdness of walking around the monuments in DC, three ways the Trump regime stumbled this year, and why I'm cautiously optimistic heading into 2026.
I wrote about the weirdness of walking around the monuments in DC, three ways the Trump regime stumbled this year, and why I'm cautiously optimistic heading into 2026.
Washington DC is Messed Up, But the Regime is Failing
America is no longer a constitutional democracy yet is far from consolidated authoritarianism. It's important to recognize both of those at once.
www.arcdigital.media
January 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM
"In normal liberal democracy terms, the US is in bad shape. But in consolidated authoritarianism terms, we’re doing pretty well."
I wrote about the weirdness of walking around the monuments in DC, three ways the Trump regime stumbled this year, and why I'm cautiously optimistic heading into 2026.
I wrote about the weirdness of walking around the monuments in DC, three ways the Trump regime stumbled this year, and why I'm cautiously optimistic heading into 2026.
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It's this but then the exterminator sends you text messages asking for more money every 3 hours for the rest of your life
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 4, 2026 at 3:46 AM
It's this but then the exterminator sends you text messages asking for more money every 3 hours for the rest of your life