RAdam X the Xtreme
@radamx.bsky.social
X-Men comic nerd, scifi nerd, science nerd, international relations news junkie, NYC is my homeland
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the thing is there really is a epochal tech revolution happening, it’s called renewables and green industry
Really refuse to let the worst people have ownership of techno-optimism
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
the thing is there really is a epochal tech revolution happening, it’s called renewables and green industry
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This was in the NYT. It's an excerpt from an op-ed by a rabidly anti-immigrant "contributing opinion writer." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
Stop printing lies in the newspaper. There need to be consequences for printing lies in the newspaper. He literally says and believes exactly this, several times per day and on camera.
December 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This was in the NYT. It's an excerpt from an op-ed by a rabidly anti-immigrant "contributing opinion writer." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
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all those pics of Mickey doing 9/11 are now fully approved by Disney
December 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
all those pics of Mickey doing 9/11 are now fully approved by Disney
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Gallego: "This administration, since they started striking these boats illegally, has been very happy to show their snuff films . Now suddenly they're willing to show the first hit but not the second. Why? ... they're afraid the public is going to see the military killed 2 men that had surrendered."
December 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Gallego: "This administration, since they started striking these boats illegally, has been very happy to show their snuff films . Now suddenly they're willing to show the first hit but not the second. Why? ... they're afraid the public is going to see the military killed 2 men that had surrendered."
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(2) seems to be an even more dubious point than (1). first because agencies are shaped by congress as well as executive appointments, and second because the agency rule-making process is more transparent and democratic than top-down decrees from political appointees
The theory of the unitary executive is that (1) the constitution requires it and (2) you get democratic accountability through presidential control through the power to remove agency heads. (1) is dubious (2) seems ridiculous at the present moment.
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
(2) seems to be an even more dubious point than (1). first because agencies are shaped by congress as well as executive appointments, and second because the agency rule-making process is more transparent and democratic than top-down decrees from political appointees
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This is a smart move:
"The [Canadian] government says it will fast-track immigration for U.S. H-1B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the United States and the rest of the world."
"The [Canadian] government says it will fast-track immigration for U.S. H-1B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the United States and the rest of the world."
‘Come North!’ Canada Makes Play for H-1B Visa Holders With New Talent Drive www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
‘Come North!’ Canada Makes Play for H-1B Visa Holders With New Talent Drive
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is a smart move:
"The [Canadian] government says it will fast-track immigration for U.S. H-1B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the United States and the rest of the world."
"The [Canadian] government says it will fast-track immigration for U.S. H-1B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the United States and the rest of the world."
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You have two bids for Warner brothers. Both are illegal. The fact that one deal is extremely illegal doesn’t make the other deal legal
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
You have two bids for Warner brothers. Both are illegal. The fact that one deal is extremely illegal doesn’t make the other deal legal
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The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
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I just read this out loud to my wife. If you have a spouse or partner, try it, especially if they don’t know what’s coming. Hearing it out loud makes the bonkers-ness sink in.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I just read this out loud to my wife. If you have a spouse or partner, try it, especially if they don’t know what’s coming. Hearing it out loud makes the bonkers-ness sink in.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
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I don’t know that this will get much attention but it should
A huge night for Democrats:
—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I don’t know that this will get much attention but it should
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And look, Ryan Lizza seems like a huge creep.
I am not on Team Lizza here.
But Olivia was cheating on her fiance with the famous presidential candidate (also a huge creep). And everyone in their peer network knew about it. And then the fiance, what, didn’t help her cover that shit up?
Come on.
I am not on Team Lizza here.
But Olivia was cheating on her fiance with the famous presidential candidate (also a huge creep). And everyone in their peer network knew about it. And then the fiance, what, didn’t help her cover that shit up?
Come on.
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM
And look, Ryan Lizza seems like a huge creep.
I am not on Team Lizza here.
But Olivia was cheating on her fiance with the famous presidential candidate (also a huge creep). And everyone in their peer network knew about it. And then the fiance, what, didn’t help her cover that shit up?
Come on.
I am not on Team Lizza here.
But Olivia was cheating on her fiance with the famous presidential candidate (also a huge creep). And everyone in their peer network knew about it. And then the fiance, what, didn’t help her cover that shit up?
Come on.
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I live in DC. You think “official Washington” didn’t care what Trump administration 2 was likely to do?
Talk to someone who works at NIH. Or State. Or CFPB. Or DOJ. They all knew what was at stake. They were all scared + furious.
And reporters like Nuzzi saw none of it because they didn’t care.
Talk to someone who works at NIH. Or State. Or CFPB. Or DOJ. They all knew what was at stake. They were all scared + furious.
And reporters like Nuzzi saw none of it because they didn’t care.
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I live in DC. You think “official Washington” didn’t care what Trump administration 2 was likely to do?
Talk to someone who works at NIH. Or State. Or CFPB. Or DOJ. They all knew what was at stake. They were all scared + furious.
And reporters like Nuzzi saw none of it because they didn’t care.
Talk to someone who works at NIH. Or State. Or CFPB. Or DOJ. They all knew what was at stake. They were all scared + furious.
And reporters like Nuzzi saw none of it because they didn’t care.
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Nuzzi is the type of journalist who treats politics as offering entertaining characters, and zero stakes or substance.
She has had a remarkably successful career within that particular genre.
Her self-immolation, along with this vacuous memoir, illustrates the genre’s limits.
She has had a remarkably successful career within that particular genre.
Her self-immolation, along with this vacuous memoir, illustrates the genre’s limits.
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Nuzzi is the type of journalist who treats politics as offering entertaining characters, and zero stakes or substance.
She has had a remarkably successful career within that particular genre.
Her self-immolation, along with this vacuous memoir, illustrates the genre’s limits.
She has had a remarkably successful career within that particular genre.
Her self-immolation, along with this vacuous memoir, illustrates the genre’s limits.
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An entire section on his Wikipedia page is labeled “Allegations of grift, ethical misconduct, philandering, nepotism and cronyism.”
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
An entire section on his Wikipedia page is labeled “Allegations of grift, ethical misconduct, philandering, nepotism and cronyism.”
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“It’s my body part, but I wasn’t in control.”
@khaleelrahman.bsky.social follows the story of one Uyghur woman in her emotional journey after forced sterilization by the Chinese government.
Read the full article: zeteo.com/p/china-uygh...
@khaleelrahman.bsky.social follows the story of one Uyghur woman in her emotional journey after forced sterilization by the Chinese government.
Read the full article: zeteo.com/p/china-uygh...
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“It’s my body part, but I wasn’t in control.”
@khaleelrahman.bsky.social follows the story of one Uyghur woman in her emotional journey after forced sterilization by the Chinese government.
Read the full article: zeteo.com/p/china-uygh...
@khaleelrahman.bsky.social follows the story of one Uyghur woman in her emotional journey after forced sterilization by the Chinese government.
Read the full article: zeteo.com/p/china-uygh...
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"Elon’s entire incoherent free speech framework collapses into a single coherent principle: speech I like is protected, speech I don’t like should be punished.
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
Three Tweets That Capture The Entire Elon Musk Free Speech Con
We’ve spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate…
www.techdirt.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Elon’s entire incoherent free speech framework collapses into a single coherent principle: speech I like is protected, speech I don’t like should be punished.
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
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these people are fraudsters selling snake oil and after their reforms crash and burn they'll be on to the next institution to do the same song and dance
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
these people are fraudsters selling snake oil and after their reforms crash and burn they'll be on to the next institution to do the same song and dance
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every time i read about one of these college presidents promising to reinvent the liberal arts education i think of "marge v. the monorail"
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
every time i read about one of these college presidents promising to reinvent the liberal arts education i think of "marge v. the monorail"
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T’ain’t no STEAM curriculum and there never was!
every time i read about one of these college presidents promising to reinvent the liberal arts education i think of "marge v. the monorail"
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
T’ain’t no STEAM curriculum and there never was!
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State media watch
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
State media watch
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The authoritarian takover of the state bureaucracy might not *sound* like a big deal. But SCOTUS giving Trump the ability to fire the federal government is a God-King power, and represents a failure of the American Revolution.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Supreme Court Is About to Give Trump His Crony State
During oral arguments, the conservative justices made clear that they intend to allow Trump to fire FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter—and reorder the separation of powers.
www.thenation.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The authoritarian takover of the state bureaucracy might not *sound* like a big deal. But SCOTUS giving Trump the ability to fire the federal government is a God-King power, and represents a failure of the American Revolution.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
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The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!