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@sababausa.bsky.social
30-something Jewish 🇺🇸 🇦🇹 dual-citizen biologist patent lawyer who grew up in South Jersey, Delaware, and Geneva 🇨🇭. Now in Northern Virginia
Proud dad to twin daughters 👶👶
Proud dad to twin daughters 👶👶
I say we’re due for an ocean liner revival
Forget “cruise ships,” I’m sailing from Ellis Island to Southampton, I’ll pack my work laptop, on account of Don’t Die
Forget “cruise ships,” I’m sailing from Ellis Island to Southampton, I’ll pack my work laptop, on account of Don’t Die
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I say we’re due for an ocean liner revival
Forget “cruise ships,” I’m sailing from Ellis Island to Southampton, I’ll pack my work laptop, on account of Don’t Die
Forget “cruise ships,” I’m sailing from Ellis Island to Southampton, I’ll pack my work laptop, on account of Don’t Die
Idk where exactly the idea emerged that Rep. Massie’s petition would force the DoJ to release the Epstein Files
It would try to force an embarrassing House floor vote on trying to compel DoJ to release them, but it’s legislation—it still needs to get through the senate and Trump’s signature
It would try to force an embarrassing House floor vote on trying to compel DoJ to release them, but it’s legislation—it still needs to get through the senate and Trump’s signature
The discharge petition is one signature short of a majority in the House (Taylor-Greene, Boebert, Mace, Massie, and all sitting Dems), so when Rep. Grijalva is sworn in it’ll set the gears in motion
If the bill passes the House it’ll still need to be taken up and pass the senate,
If the bill passes the House it’ll still need to be taken up and pass the senate,
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Idk where exactly the idea emerged that Rep. Massie’s petition would force the DoJ to release the Epstein Files
It would try to force an embarrassing House floor vote on trying to compel DoJ to release them, but it’s legislation—it still needs to get through the senate and Trump’s signature
It would try to force an embarrassing House floor vote on trying to compel DoJ to release them, but it’s legislation—it still needs to get through the senate and Trump’s signature
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every guy implicated with the Epstein stuff is like
“In my soul I know these two truths:
one: I am 100% innocent of these defamatory allegations, and two: Natalie Portman was excellent in Léon: The Professional”
“In my soul I know these two truths:
one: I am 100% innocent of these defamatory allegations, and two: Natalie Portman was excellent in Léon: The Professional”
June 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
every guy implicated with the Epstein stuff is like
“In my soul I know these two truths:
one: I am 100% innocent of these defamatory allegations, and two: Natalie Portman was excellent in Léon: The Professional”
“In my soul I know these two truths:
one: I am 100% innocent of these defamatory allegations, and two: Natalie Portman was excellent in Léon: The Professional”
Sort of incidental to everything that happened last night, I think the next senate Democrat majority will still be at least around 5 to 10 votes shy of nuking the filibuster 🫤
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Sort of incidental to everything that happened last night, I think the next senate Democrat majority will still be at least around 5 to 10 votes shy of nuking the filibuster 🫤
Based Gorsuch continues apace, this time arguing the federal government should have no power over the laws of Native American tribes, which should be full sovereigns akin to the states
(Clarence Thomas joins for what I can only assume are bad-faith reasons)
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
(Clarence Thomas joins for what I can only assume are bad-faith reasons)
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Based Gorsuch continues apace, this time arguing the federal government should have no power over the laws of Native American tribes, which should be full sovereigns akin to the states
(Clarence Thomas joins for what I can only assume are bad-faith reasons)
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
(Clarence Thomas joins for what I can only assume are bad-faith reasons)
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
It’s treated as conventional wisdom, even, that the anger of the Dem base is marginal
“Eh, what’s the difference, this move isn’t about us, it’s about the dumdum median voter”
“Eh, what’s the difference, this move isn’t about us, it’s about the dumdum median voter”
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It’s treated as conventional wisdom, even, that the anger of the Dem base is marginal
“Eh, what’s the difference, this move isn’t about us, it’s about the dumdum median voter”
“Eh, what’s the difference, this move isn’t about us, it’s about the dumdum median voter”
Sen. King really repeats the “shutdown gave Trump more power” canard with no pushback
It’s one thing to cave, but god damn they’re making it embarrassing as hell
It’s one thing to cave, but god damn they’re making it embarrassing as hell
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Sen. King really repeats the “shutdown gave Trump more power” canard with no pushback
It’s one thing to cave, but god damn they’re making it embarrassing as hell
It’s one thing to cave, but god damn they’re making it embarrassing as hell
I see some wonkish accounts on here trying to talk themselves into the senate moderates’ caving being a wise move,
and then I’m seeing my former Max Baucus staffer law professor on goddamn LinkedIn demanding ppl call their senators telling them to vote no
and then I’m seeing my former Max Baucus staffer law professor on goddamn LinkedIn demanding ppl call their senators telling them to vote no
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I see some wonkish accounts on here trying to talk themselves into the senate moderates’ caving being a wise move,
and then I’m seeing my former Max Baucus staffer law professor on goddamn LinkedIn demanding ppl call their senators telling them to vote no
and then I’m seeing my former Max Baucus staffer law professor on goddamn LinkedIn demanding ppl call their senators telling them to vote no
insane that the British Broadcasting Corporation is experiencing a political crisis over coverage of the President of the United States
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
insane that the British Broadcasting Corporation is experiencing a political crisis over coverage of the President of the United States
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Japanese banks started offering widespread 100-year mortgages in an attempt to increase homeownership and promote multigenerational, ancestral modes of property ownership, and it failed to improve housing affordability but did create a vehicle for the wealthy to evade estate taxes
August 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Japanese banks started offering widespread 100-year mortgages in an attempt to increase homeownership and promote multigenerational, ancestral modes of property ownership, and it failed to improve housing affordability but did create a vehicle for the wealthy to evade estate taxes
Well worth a read
I hadn’t appreciated Watson had drawn directly on Charles Murray in expounding his racist viewpoints
I hadn’t appreciated Watson had drawn directly on Charles Murray in expounding his racist viewpoints
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Well worth a read
I hadn’t appreciated Watson had drawn directly on Charles Murray in expounding his racist viewpoints
I hadn’t appreciated Watson had drawn directly on Charles Murray in expounding his racist viewpoints
The little appliqués in no-man’s-land next to the portraits of Andrew Jackson and Daniel Webster are sending me 😂
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The little appliqués in no-man’s-land next to the portraits of Andrew Jackson and Daniel Webster are sending me 😂
The world’s richest man is held to the same standard as Donald Trump, which is the media has tacitly agreed to never report what he says because it’s too embarrassing & discrediting
Optimus will be built at a rate of a billion units per year and eliminate poverty
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The world’s richest man is held to the same standard as Donald Trump, which is the media has tacitly agreed to never report what he says because it’s too embarrassing & discrediting
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This Congress is enacting legislation at 15% the rate of the last Congress (and also 7 to 20% to previous 30 years of Congresses)
most of the bills that are moving are like the “No Chinese fentanyl or trans athletes protect the border and Mike Flynn Medal act“
www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...
most of the bills that are moving are like the “No Chinese fentanyl or trans athletes protect the border and Mike Flynn Medal act“
www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
This Congress is enacting legislation at 15% the rate of the last Congress (and also 7 to 20% to previous 30 years of Congresses)
most of the bills that are moving are like the “No Chinese fentanyl or trans athletes protect the border and Mike Flynn Medal act“
www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...
most of the bills that are moving are like the “No Chinese fentanyl or trans athletes protect the border and Mike Flynn Medal act“
www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...
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How does the CEO of Palantir look like Pauly Shore auditioning for a reboot of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race
He also had strong opinions about people's
gizmodo.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
How does the CEO of Palantir look like Pauly Shore auditioning for a reboot of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
How does the CEO of Palantir look like Pauly Shore auditioning for a reboot of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race
He also had strong opinions about people's
gizmodo.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
How does the CEO of Palantir look like Pauly Shore auditioning for a reboot of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
This Congress is enacting legislation at 15% the rate of the last Congress (and also 7 to 20% to previous 30 years of Congresses)
most of the bills that are moving are like the “No Chinese fentanyl or trans athletes protect the border and Mike Flynn Medal act“
www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...
most of the bills that are moving are like the “No Chinese fentanyl or trans athletes protect the border and Mike Flynn Medal act“
www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
This Congress is enacting legislation at 15% the rate of the last Congress (and also 7 to 20% to previous 30 years of Congresses)
most of the bills that are moving are like the “No Chinese fentanyl or trans athletes protect the border and Mike Flynn Medal act“
www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...
most of the bills that are moving are like the “No Chinese fentanyl or trans athletes protect the border and Mike Flynn Medal act“
www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...
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when he says “this is a 1939 moment or hopefully a 1981 moment” wtf is he talking about? The Iran Hostages myth?
(Also, if you want to place yourself on the good peace-through-strength side in the 1930s, I’d have said 1938 but 🤷♂️)
(Also, if you want to place yourself on the good peace-through-strength side in the 1930s, I’d have said 1938 but 🤷♂️)
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
when he says “this is a 1939 moment or hopefully a 1981 moment” wtf is he talking about? The Iran Hostages myth?
(Also, if you want to place yourself on the good peace-through-strength side in the 1930s, I’d have said 1938 but 🤷♂️)
(Also, if you want to place yourself on the good peace-through-strength side in the 1930s, I’d have said 1938 but 🤷♂️)
When DNA’s structure was in doubt & suspecting his competitor Rosalind Franklin knew more, James Watson goaded her, and Watson’s own memoir describes this in unbelievable condescension (he called her “Rosy” “Medusa” “Loathely Lady” “Wicked Witch of the West”, criticized her clothes as unattractive)
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
When DNA’s structure was in doubt & suspecting his competitor Rosalind Franklin knew more, James Watson goaded her, and Watson’s own memoir describes this in unbelievable condescension (he called her “Rosy” “Medusa” “Loathely Lady” “Wicked Witch of the West”, criticized her clothes as unattractive)
Just an old-fashioned traditional justice of the United States Supreme Court
JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT:
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Just an old-fashioned traditional justice of the United States Supreme Court
ICYMI, yesterday, far-right-wing federal district court judge Reed O’Connor approved a deal to dismiss criminal fraud charges against Boeing for the 737 Max air disasters
There had been a *stronger* Biden-era plea deal in 2024, which O’Connor rejected, but now he approves a weaker Trump deal
There had been a *stronger* Biden-era plea deal in 2024, which O’Connor rejected, but now he approves a weaker Trump deal
O’Connor now accepts the Trump Administration‘s revised non-prosecution agreement, which does not include any independent monitor
So O’Connor is ok with no monitor, but was not ok was an independent monitor whose hiring had a diversity policy involved
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
So O’Connor is ok with no monitor, but was not ok was an independent monitor whose hiring had a diversity policy involved
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum Opinion and Order – #358 in United States v. The Boeing Company (N.D. Tex., 4:21-cr-00005) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: Because the Government has not acted with bad faith, has given more than mere conclusory reasons for its dismissal, and has satisfied its obligations under the CVRA, the ...
storage.courtlistener.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
ICYMI, yesterday, far-right-wing federal district court judge Reed O’Connor approved a deal to dismiss criminal fraud charges against Boeing for the 737 Max air disasters
There had been a *stronger* Biden-era plea deal in 2024, which O’Connor rejected, but now he approves a weaker Trump deal
There had been a *stronger* Biden-era plea deal in 2024, which O’Connor rejected, but now he approves a weaker Trump deal
This is kinda nuts, and a perfect illustration of how flagship reporting—with actual sources and fact-checking—struggles to keep pace with, and separate spheres from, the speed & allure of viral do-it-yourself armchair sleuthing,
..:not to mention some of the strange psychology of belief
..:not to mention some of the strange psychology of belief
A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
A case study in how bad information can spread — and how hard it is to correct it.
dandiamond.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is kinda nuts, and a perfect illustration of how flagship reporting—with actual sources and fact-checking—struggles to keep pace with, and separate spheres from, the speed & allure of viral do-it-yourself armchair sleuthing,
..:not to mention some of the strange psychology of belief
..:not to mention some of the strange psychology of belief
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How many times has a federal prosecutor brought a *misdemeanor* charge all the way to a jury trial and an acquittal? Has to be vanishingly rare, right?
In the 2023–24 fiscal year the US District Court for the district of DC had 59 jury trials total, and 94 class A misdemeanor charges total
In the 2023–24 fiscal year the US District Court for the district of DC had 59 jury trials total, and 94 class A misdemeanor charges total
November 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
How many times has a federal prosecutor brought a *misdemeanor* charge all the way to a jury trial and an acquittal? Has to be vanishingly rare, right?
In the 2023–24 fiscal year the US District Court for the district of DC had 59 jury trials total, and 94 class A misdemeanor charges total
In the 2023–24 fiscal year the US District Court for the district of DC had 59 jury trials total, and 94 class A misdemeanor charges total