Paul Czarnecki
@peczar.bsky.social
Music, technology, communications. Opinions are my own. I may be wrong…but I doubt it (C. Barkley).
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My dad, who has lived under a dictatorship, knows one when he sees one. His first text this morning is that we are now officially in a dictatorship. It is all pretty grim.
June 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My dad, who has lived under a dictatorship, knows one when he sees one. His first text this morning is that we are now officially in a dictatorship. It is all pretty grim.
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Trying to wrap my head around the combined effect of the beginning of paid NCAA athletes and the end of research grants and international student admissions. Universities could change a lot, very quickly...
June 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Major media are afraid to tell us that Trump is in the process of setting up a dictatorship. They know it — everyone closely following the news knows it — but they fear that telling such a stark truth would seem “partisan” and make them a target. Their failure to sound the alarm endangers us all.
June 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Major media are afraid to tell us that Trump is in the process of setting up a dictatorship. They know it — everyone closely following the news knows it — but they fear that telling such a stark truth would seem “partisan” and make them a target. Their failure to sound the alarm endangers us all.
Color me skeptical that the Musk-Trump "feud" is legitimate.
June 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Color me skeptical that the Musk-Trump "feud" is legitimate.
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The theme of today in particular but this era in general is that everything Trump does is completely transparent in intent and eventual outcome and sane people are left sitting around and waiting for his supporters to slowly experience reality crashing on the rocks around them.
June 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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If the New York times has to close the comments section on every Ross Douthat column, shouldn’t they rethink his employment? Or is that the intended effect…clickbait journalism?
June 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
If the New York times has to close the comments section on every Ross Douthat column, shouldn’t they rethink his employment? Or is that the intended effect…clickbait journalism?
Musk stole all the data he needed from the federal government and the media narrative is that he failed and is walking away. Unreal.
June 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Musk stole all the data he needed from the federal government and the media narrative is that he failed and is walking away. Unreal.
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Big congrats to Democrats for just... not filling that vacancy. Great job, guys.
JUST IN: Trump nominates Emil Bove to serve as 3rd Circuit appeals court judge reut.rs/3SY4g3U
May 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Big congrats to Democrats for just... not filling that vacancy. Great job, guys.
Amazing how “leave it to the states” goes out the window under federal Republican regimes
The broad wording of the proposal would prevent states from enforcing both existing and proposed laws designed to protect citizens from AI systems.
GOP sneaks decade-long AI regulation ban into spending bill
Sweeping provision would halt all local oversight of AI by US states.
arstechnica.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Amazing how “leave it to the states” goes out the window under federal Republican regimes
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I do not and will not use LLMs for any of my writing or thinking because their very nature is to suggest the most likely word that comes next. An LLM thought is the modal thought. That spells the death of creativity.
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” —Frank Zappa
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” —Frank Zappa
May 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I do not and will not use LLMs for any of my writing or thinking because their very nature is to suggest the most likely word that comes next. An LLM thought is the modal thought. That spells the death of creativity.
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” —Frank Zappa
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” —Frank Zappa
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I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
May 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
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Spot on by Bill Gates. I knew he thought this but am glad he finally said it publicly. He has put up with such shitty misinformation from Musk over vaccines too.
May 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Spot on by Bill Gates. I knew he thought this but am glad he finally said it publicly. He has put up with such shitty misinformation from Musk over vaccines too.
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You can’t pose for photos with Trump one day and talk constitutional crisis the next without making people deeply cynical and harming the party brand.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Whitmer says nation in constitutional crisis: ‘This is a very serious moment’
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has expressed her belief that the nation is facing a “constitutional crisis” under President Trump due to his open defiance of court orders.
thehill.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
You can’t pose for photos with Trump one day and talk constitutional crisis the next without making people deeply cynical and harming the party brand.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Yet another school shooting and Americans are worried about a handful of transgender athletes playing sports.
April 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Yet another school shooting and Americans are worried about a handful of transgender athletes playing sports.
Exactly. This has been building for decades.
I’m not a lawyer or anything but I feel like you can draw a pretty direct line from John Yoo being allowed to slip back into the comforts of tenure and the occasional NYT oped to what’s happening with the CECOT and doj
April 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Exactly. This has been building for decades.
Who switches political parties first, Fetterman or Newsom?
April 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Who switches political parties first, Fetterman or Newsom?
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Whether it’s Democrats pursuing traditional data-driven economic policies or Republicans having Big Balls create tariff guidelines using ChatGPT, the two parties have taken different approaches to managing the economy
April 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Whether it’s Democrats pursuing traditional data-driven economic policies or Republicans having Big Balls create tariff guidelines using ChatGPT, the two parties have taken different approaches to managing the economy
The cowardice of CEOs, university presidents and big law firms is pathetic.
April 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The cowardice of CEOs, university presidents and big law firms is pathetic.
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Remember last time Trump was president and unmarked vans swept up people off the street and he tried to get the military to use force against protesters? If you think the administration's vindictive defiance will stop with immigrants, you're naive.
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Opinion | They’re coming for immigrants first
And the Trump administration is signaling that no one else might be safe, either.
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March 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Remember last time Trump was president and unmarked vans swept up people off the street and he tried to get the military to use force against protesters? If you think the administration's vindictive defiance will stop with immigrants, you're naive.
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WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite. “This isn’t an audit, it’s a heist,” one told @telliotter.bsky.social.
'It's a Heist': Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
www.wired.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite. “This isn’t an audit, it’s a heist,” one told @telliotter.bsky.social.
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
One of the many reasons I’m glad we left Kentucky
Kentucky House overwhelmingly approves Senate Bill 89, to allow pollution in more water sources. Bill is backed by coal industry and other business and development groups, opposed by environmentalists and state regulators.
March 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
One of the many reasons I’m glad we left Kentucky
Something most Americans don't understand.
www.brookings.edu/articles/why...
www.brookings.edu/articles/why...
Why business leaders should demand stronger climate adaptation policies from the federal government
The increasing impacts of climate change and extreme weather events such as hurricanes, floods, and wildfires present a real threat to American businesses.
www.brookings.edu
March 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Something most Americans don't understand.
www.brookings.edu/articles/why...
www.brookings.edu/articles/why...