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samuel-bagg.bsky.social
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.

Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.

blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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lyndab08.bsky.social
"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."
Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
radbeard.bsky.social
That moment when your old boss wins a Nobel prize
October 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
radbeard.bsky.social
Canceling Disney plus. Let me know how Aliens Earth ends :(
September 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
radbeard.bsky.social
I keep asking people how they deal with the feeling of their brain crying everyday when they get home from work but they don't know what I'm talking about.
September 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
This guy gets it
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
“Our institutions are not acting as if American democracy is under threat,” Donald Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, contended in an email. It has become routine, Moynihan wrote, for Trump to fire people in independent agencies or civil servants, or to impound funds and even close agencies. All of these things were widely assumed to be illegal. While the courts are not making definitive rulings on such powers, they are allowing Trump to exercise them. Maybe they will clip Trump’s wings later, but in the meantime enormous damage will be done and undoing that damage will be extraordinarily difficult. For example, ending U.S.A.I.D. without congressional action is illegal, but it is happening, and millions will die as a result.
July 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
I'm stunned. ICE attorneys not identifying themselves in COURT?
July 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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bartenderhemry.bsky.social
Sounds like ICE killed a guy and then held american citizens hostage at gunpoint until they agreed to destroy the evidence
ufw.bsky.social United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Jul 11
Our staff is on the ground supporting families. Many workers-including US citizens, were held by federal authorities at the farm for 8 hours or more. US citizen workers report only being released after they were forced to delete photos and videos of the raid from their phones. 4/
July 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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evanbernick.bsky.social
Ok. I don’t know how many alarms this is. It’s all of them.
justinbaragona.bsky.social Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · Jun 12
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."

Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
radbeard.bsky.social
I'm too invested in these eagles. Gizmo, you need to do more practice flapping!
June 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
"She was also Gaza’s youngest influencer, offering practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was no gas.

'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”
Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes
Yaqeen Hammad offered tips for surviving life under bombardment and is just one of dozens of minors who have died
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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alondra.bsky.social
Science Magazine gets it wrong. 🧵
kakape.bsky.social Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · May 13
“Her departure, which she announced this morning in an essay in Time, is believed to be the first time in the agency’s 75-year history that a member of the 24-person board resigned over a policy disagreement with an administration”
@policyhound.bsky.social on Alondra Nelson’s bombshell resignation 🧪
NSF board member resigns in protest of Trump policies at agency
Alondra Nelson fingers DOGE in taking an unprecedented step
www.science.org
May 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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davidimiller.bsky.social
🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar.

Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET

Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Webinar on Responding to NSF Grant Terminations Join the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) on Friday, May 9th, at 2:00 PM ET for an informative webinar on responding to NSF grant terminations. We will discuss the rules, procedures and available options for grantees who have had their grant terminated.
May 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
t.co/lg46ijHLDF
April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
The people we threw into a foreign gulag are now being used as bargaining chips by the president of another country
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Apr 21
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has proposed a prisoner exchange with Venezuela, offering to repatriate hundreds of Venezuelans who were deported from the United States in exchange for “political prisoners.” cnn.it/4lEiVP1
April 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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titonka.bsky.social
Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.”

x.com/nayibbukele/...
x.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
The Trump regime is claiming tyrannical powers. Not an exaggeration, not hyperbole, not a partisan statement. The reality we now face.
joeura.bsky.social Joe Ura @joeura.bsky.social · Apr 13
If the government can pay a foreign state to imprison you and, in so doing, remove you from the protection of US law, the Constitution is worthless.
April 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
radbeard.bsky.social
@emilynplays.bsky.social Are you still streaming?
April 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
radbeard.bsky.social
Starting to understand the seemingly timeless desire to just be a bird and fly away from *gestures broadly* all this
April 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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banjofiend.bsky.social
@kenwhite.bsky.social seems like this is going to keep getting worse

www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Makled said he responded: "I said, 'T'm not a famous lawyer. Let's get to the bottom. What's the issue here?' " According to Makled, there were two men in the room with him. One told him it's a federal crime to lie to a federal agent. "I'm aware of that," Makled said. "But you're not identifying yourself." One agent handed him a pamphlet about confiscating phones at the border. Makled, who is familiar with the law, said he was well aware that the government can confiscate one's phone for a period of time and then give it back. But he said he told the agents he wasn't going to let them have his phone because it contained privileged information with all of his clients. So, he said, the agents asked for a list of texts that he believed to be privileged. Makled said he told them that that was impossible given his thousands of texts.
April 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
I called this opinion a gimmick: A way to strip Boasberg of review while still giving the illusion of due process. @kovarsky.bsky.social lays out a bunch of legal evidence that's what's going on.
April 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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hmmvryintrstng.bsky.social
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country

"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us. So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.
April 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Also, a woman was handcuffed at a subway station in NYC (Franklin Ave) when she intervened asking why a delivery man was asked to show work permit by undercover agents. There is a video of that.
March 30, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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blardyslartfast.bsky.social
Full fascist Nazi "rounding up the undesirables" and putting them in camps phase. Right in your face
rehmansiddiq.com Rehman Siddiq @rehmansiddiq.com · Mar 27
This is no way to treat ANY human. No human deserves to be treated inhumanely, no matter their crimes. Justice should be served through the courts, not through cruelty without due process. We don’t bite dogs when they bite us.
March 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
radbeard.bsky.social
Does anybody have a book recommendation for something with the vibe of either Severance or Dark?
March 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM