Peoria Bummer
@peoriabummer.bsky.social
Tech ethics and policy, CS education, tabletop games, D&D, indie rock, guitar, and gardening.
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CBP is looking for "quantum sensors" that it can use to detect fentanyl in cars. AI also obviously involved somehow some way. from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
CBP Wants AI-Powered ‘Quantum Sensors’ for Finding Fentanyl in Cars
US Customs and Border Protection is paying General Dynamics to create prototype “quantum sensors,” to be used with an AI database to detect fentanyl and other narcotics.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:27 PM
CBP is looking for "quantum sensors" that it can use to detect fentanyl in cars. AI also obviously involved somehow some way. from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
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I have a whole thesis on the governing ethos of the Times and similar as 'weakly held liberalism' - people immersed in a liberal social context without any genuine belief or principle backing it up, who thus idealize conservatism as authentic and strong.
I honestly think a lot of it is that the NYT crowd really are the 'coastal elites' everyone complains about, so they went to find the Minnesota working class they expected: old, white and racist.
It never occurred to them to look for communities that didn't look like that.
It never occurred to them to look for communities that didn't look like that.
January 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I have a whole thesis on the governing ethos of the Times and similar as 'weakly held liberalism' - people immersed in a liberal social context without any genuine belief or principle backing it up, who thus idealize conservatism as authentic and strong.
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ICE is abducting children the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
January 23, 2026 at 1:41 PM
ICE is abducting children the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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FWIW:
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
January 22, 2026 at 10:02 PM
FWIW:
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
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Hi Scott. Why do you still have this false post up?
The report was published in December 2024 (13 months ago and has been widely available since then, no watermarked "leaked" copy needed.)
Also it did not say he was guilty of sex trafficking.
A good journalist would remove this.
The report was published in December 2024 (13 months ago and has been widely available since then, no watermarked "leaked" copy needed.)
Also it did not say he was guilty of sex trafficking.
A good journalist would remove this.
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Hi Scott. Why do you still have this false post up?
The report was published in December 2024 (13 months ago and has been widely available since then, no watermarked "leaked" copy needed.)
Also it did not say he was guilty of sex trafficking.
A good journalist would remove this.
The report was published in December 2024 (13 months ago and has been widely available since then, no watermarked "leaked" copy needed.)
Also it did not say he was guilty of sex trafficking.
A good journalist would remove this.
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I absolutely believe 7th grade civics-class ideas about America as a nation of immigrants and free people
At the end of the day, this is why you can't take anything Stancil does seriously. He's not a serious person with serious political ideas. He's an idiot with a concept of america formed by 7th grade civics class. He is exactly the kind of idiot that got us into this mess.
Hard agree. It’s just wrong! There’s a reason my community is full of Latino and Hmong and Somali people, and it’s because another America does exist and has existed. A free and welcoming America we can return to
January 22, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I absolutely believe 7th grade civics-class ideas about America as a nation of immigrants and free people
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If you actually care about advancing AI in ways that will genuinely improve human lives, your number one priority right now should be figuring out how to slap a muzzle over the constantly gibbering mouths of these absurdly ass-brained AI company executives.
January 22, 2026 at 1:46 AM
If you actually care about advancing AI in ways that will genuinely improve human lives, your number one priority right now should be figuring out how to slap a muzzle over the constantly gibbering mouths of these absurdly ass-brained AI company executives.
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People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 2:08 PM
People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.
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My brother fought in the infantry and lost soldiers in Afghanistan. The press used to report deaths before families had been told and I would check my phone over and over, scared it would ring.
I went to the inquest of one of his killed men. I saw his red-eyed parents, girlfriend and baby daughter.
I went to the inquest of one of his killed men. I saw his red-eyed parents, girlfriend and baby daughter.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
My brother fought in the infantry and lost soldiers in Afghanistan. The press used to report deaths before families had been told and I would check my phone over and over, scared it would ring.
I went to the inquest of one of his killed men. I saw his red-eyed parents, girlfriend and baby daughter.
I went to the inquest of one of his killed men. I saw his red-eyed parents, girlfriend and baby daughter.
Any news outlet posting “5 takeaways” can go fuck themselves.
January 22, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Any news outlet posting “5 takeaways” can go fuck themselves.
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There’s no point during the detention of a five-year-old that any person with a functioning moral center would not step back to reassess the situation and their place in it. That nobody involved did proves they lack the common interiority required to successfully coexist in ordered society.
January 22, 2026 at 3:36 AM
There’s no point during the detention of a five-year-old that any person with a functioning moral center would not step back to reassess the situation and their place in it. That nobody involved did proves they lack the common interiority required to successfully coexist in ordered society.
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This case contains some crazy allefornigations
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 AM
This case contains some crazy allefornigations
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This DHS memorandum says that the DHS General Counsel's office has adopted a new position that the Fourth Amendment allows entry into the home to make an arrest just based on an administrative warrant.
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This DHS memorandum says that the DHS General Counsel's office has adopted a new position that the Fourth Amendment allows entry into the home to make an arrest just based on an administrative warrant.
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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“buddy, we BEEN bein’ hated” is not the flex we think it is
January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
“buddy, we BEEN bein’ hated” is not the flex we think it is
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I like how the rules of media sanewashing have a paradoxical effect. Trump doesn’t simply fuck up his speech; he only “appears to” because the rules dictate we have to leave room for the possibility he’s announcing a campaign to acquire the sovereign nation of Iceland—another NATO ally—as well.
For the second time in two days, Trump appears to confuse Iceland and Greenland.
"They‘re not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. I mean, our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
"They‘re not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. I mean, our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I like how the rules of media sanewashing have a paradoxical effect. Trump doesn’t simply fuck up his speech; he only “appears to” because the rules dictate we have to leave room for the possibility he’s announcing a campaign to acquire the sovereign nation of Iceland—another NATO ally—as well.
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hey i skimmed your post and saw some words i recognize. anyway here's my opinion on what i imagine you said
September 8, 2024 at 8:03 PM
hey i skimmed your post and saw some words i recognize. anyway here's my opinion on what i imagine you said
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The NYT reports that Air Force One has turned around due to a situation officials are describing as “creature on the wing”
January 21, 2026 at 5:11 AM
The NYT reports that Air Force One has turned around due to a situation officials are describing as “creature on the wing”
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Trump has demanded $200,000 in ransom cash, a parachute, and to be let out of the aft stairway over Washington State
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Trump has demanded $200,000 in ransom cash, a parachute, and to be let out of the aft stairway over Washington State
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Hopefully his other job is driving ambulances
January 21, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Hopefully his other job is driving ambulances
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Is this gonna be like the wild bus trip in Virginia last night?
January 21, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Is this gonna be like the wild bus trip in Virginia last night?
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a few nights ago i rode a bus for about 15 minutes or so. once it got close to the stop near my home i hit the button to request a stop. soon after, the bus driver stopped the bus and let me off
January 21, 2026 at 2:24 AM
a few nights ago i rode a bus for about 15 minutes or so. once it got close to the stop near my home i hit the button to request a stop. soon after, the bus driver stopped the bus and let me off
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Watching the Olympics in 2026
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Watching the Olympics in 2026