Nicholas Sarwark
@sarwark.org
Self determination advocate.
Keeping Phoenix families on the road with Consolidated Auto Sales & Service, educating civic leaders with the Libertarian Policy Foundation, providing affordable self-defense with the Altor.
https://nsarwark.substack.com/
Keeping Phoenix families on the road with Consolidated Auto Sales & Service, educating civic leaders with the Libertarian Policy Foundation, providing affordable self-defense with the Altor.
https://nsarwark.substack.com/
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If you are curious about the Kat Abughazaleh indictment from a “SPECIAL JUNE 2024 GRAND JURY” and whether this indictment is like other ones coming out of the Northern District of Illinois, searching on Court Listener can give you a lot of information.
A thread of examples below that I found:
A thread of examples below that I found:
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One of the interesting parts of the ELIZA effect doesn't even involve computers at all: people like people who speak like them. Simply regurgitating a person's words back at them, makes them feel like they are being understood, that there is a bond being formed.
June 27, 2024 at 12:48 AM
One of the interesting parts of the ELIZA effect doesn't even involve computers at all: people like people who speak like them. Simply regurgitating a person's words back at them, makes them feel like they are being understood, that there is a bond being formed.
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Yeah, really, that’s the thing: don’t assume that OpenAI has a strategy or a masterstroke idea. This is a company that is basically running a 24/7 no IT loads refused multi-billion dollar burn rate hackathon until it runs out of cash and investors to swindle
bsky.app/profile/chan...
bsky.app/profile/chan...
Only $15m?
I must be cynical as I expected that number to be much larger. My experience on Tiktok these days and blocking every 3 accounts due to Sora slop invading my feed.
Do you suppose the strategy is to kill Tiktok by flooding it with slop?
Never mind, that assumes they have strategy.
I must be cynical as I expected that number to be much larger. My experience on Tiktok these days and blocking every 3 accounts due to Sora slop invading my feed.
Do you suppose the strategy is to kill Tiktok by flooding it with slop?
Never mind, that assumes they have strategy.
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Yeah, really, that’s the thing: don’t assume that OpenAI has a strategy or a masterstroke idea. This is a company that is basically running a 24/7 no IT loads refused multi-billion dollar burn rate hackathon until it runs out of cash and investors to swindle
bsky.app/profile/chan...
bsky.app/profile/chan...
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If you feel overwhelmed, remember that you can still make a difference doing little things. A compliment or word of encouragement, a tip to a favorite takeout place, a donation to a local charity, an email to your favorite author, time with a pet, a walk outside, or a phone call to a loved one.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If you feel overwhelmed, remember that you can still make a difference doing little things. A compliment or word of encouragement, a tip to a favorite takeout place, a donation to a local charity, an email to your favorite author, time with a pet, a walk outside, or a phone call to a loved one.
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Near the end of the vote to reopen the government Jeanne Shaheen and John Thune shook hands.
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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It's worse than you thought.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
It's worse than you thought.
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Bernie Sanders tonight. Also not… saying much bsky.app/profile/madd...
Progressive groups are calling for Chuck Schumer's ouster after centrist Dems' shutdown cave. Dem senators' phone lines are "exploding" with the same demands. So far, Senate Dems don't have a ton to say.
New at @zeteo.com w/ @swin24.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
New at @zeteo.com w/ @swin24.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Bernie Sanders tonight. Also not… saying much bsky.app/profile/madd...
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Joking aside, the Arc de Trumpf is really going to go across from Memorial Bridge on the Virginia side of the river where it's going to loom over the entrance to Arlington Cemetery...
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Joking aside, the Arc de Trumpf is really going to go across from Memorial Bridge on the Virginia side of the river where it's going to loom over the entrance to Arlington Cemetery...
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This hidden provision is so crooked and selfish, it doesn't even apply to US Representatives. Just US Senators.
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This hidden provision is so crooked and selfish, it doesn't even apply to US Representatives. Just US Senators.
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Mark Kelly notably declines to endorse Chuck Schumer as the leader of Senate Dems going forward
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Mark Kelly notably declines to endorse Chuck Schumer as the leader of Senate Dems going forward
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It's a terrible idea to hire Captain Ahab! He's clearly nuts!
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It's a terrible idea to hire Captain Ahab! He's clearly nuts!
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OK, fine. MA went on a podcast (youtu.be/qpBDB2NjaWY?...) and said that “The origin of the concept of carry — carried interest, in the venture capital and private equity world ... actually goes all the way back, 400, 500 years ago, to the whaling industry.”
How Andreessen Horowitz Disrupted VC & What’s Coming Next
YouTube video by a16z
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November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
OK, fine. MA went on a podcast (youtu.be/qpBDB2NjaWY?...) and said that “The origin of the concept of carry — carried interest, in the venture capital and private equity world ... actually goes all the way back, 400, 500 years ago, to the whaling industry.”
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Still seething that my former sainted editor cut my long couple paragraphs about all the ways Andreessen misunderstood the economics of 18th-century whaling. He was so wrong, y’all. Whaling was not like venture capital.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Still seething that my former sainted editor cut my long couple paragraphs about all the ways Andreessen misunderstood the economics of 18th-century whaling. He was so wrong, y’all. Whaling was not like venture capital.
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Because this is a brand-destroying action by Senate Dems.
Interesting that NY gov Kathy Hochul felt compelled to put out a statement against Dems' deal to end the shutdown
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Because this is a brand-destroying action by Senate Dems.
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it takes 10 pounds of plant to make a pound of cow. even acknowledging that we feed cows some stuff not suitable for human consumption, a basic knowledge of the tropic pyramid implies veganism is better for the environment
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
it takes 10 pounds of plant to make a pound of cow. even acknowledging that we feed cows some stuff not suitable for human consumption, a basic knowledge of the tropic pyramid implies veganism is better for the environment
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💯. It wasn't about just the ACA subsides—it was about those and … everything else.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
💯. It wasn't about just the ACA subsides—it was about those and … everything else.
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In this story, trump adviser and former House speaker / Clinton era shutdown guy newt gingrich dunks on Dems for his correct prediction that they didn’t have what it takes to win this shutdown
I mean…. Show me the lie
I mean…. Show me the lie
NEW Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet: zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
In this story, trump adviser and former House speaker / Clinton era shutdown guy newt gingrich dunks on Dems for his correct prediction that they didn’t have what it takes to win this shutdown
I mean…. Show me the lie
I mean…. Show me the lie
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One of the biggest arguments I ever got in was with some primmies who insisted that food forests aren't agriculture and I just couldn't make them see why that was such a racist position to take. "They're horticulturalists" shut the fuck up and go back to Europe
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
One of the biggest arguments I ever got in was with some primmies who insisted that food forests aren't agriculture and I just couldn't make them see why that was such a racist position to take. "They're horticulturalists" shut the fuck up and go back to Europe
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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Oh, look. More law-breaking.
people.com/donald-trump... I just knew this was coming. And if you think this doesn’t end with a massive gold trump statue in DC you’re not paying attention
Donald Trump Is Putting His Face on Both Sides of a New Coin. U.S. Treasury Reveals 'First Drafts'
The U.S. Treasury revealed the draft of a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump on both sides.
people.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Oh, look. More law-breaking.
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Any political benefits Republicans might have derived from Democrats giving in on the CR will be negated because Trump and Vought are as dumb as they are malicious.
he's going to ask Vought to nuke SNAP even after the government reopens, isn't he
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Any political benefits Republicans might have derived from Democrats giving in on the CR will be negated because Trump and Vought are as dumb as they are malicious.
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Rhetorical pleas against infighting are always begging the question about who's actually on the same side as you.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Rhetorical pleas against infighting are always begging the question about who's actually on the same side as you.
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In addressing whether removing Senator Schumer as leader should be an issue in Democratic primaries, Senator Sanders broadens the focus: "We need to take on the Democratic establishment all over this country."
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
In addressing whether removing Senator Schumer as leader should be an issue in Democratic primaries, Senator Sanders broadens the focus: "We need to take on the Democratic establishment all over this country."
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November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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watching the PBS Frontline episode on the rise of AfD, and they have a clip from Elon speaking to the AfD convention at the very start
man, is he not good at public speaking, whatsoever
man, is he not good at public speaking, whatsoever
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
watching the PBS Frontline episode on the rise of AfD, and they have a clip from Elon speaking to the AfD convention at the very start
man, is he not good at public speaking, whatsoever
man, is he not good at public speaking, whatsoever
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Rupee to draw support from Trump’s trade optimism, curbed by firm dollar reut.rs/4qRwgpN
Rupee to draw support from Trump’s trade optimism, curbed by firm dollar
The Indian rupee is likely to open slightly higher on Tuesday, with upbeat comments from U.S. President Donald Trump on a potential trade deal lending support, though a mostly firm dollar and hedging demand are expected to hinder.
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Rupee to draw support from Trump’s trade optimism, curbed by firm dollar reut.rs/4qRwgpN