David McGee
@signalandmeaning.com
Someone should ask President Trump what he thinks of Marcus Aurelius and his philosophy. I’d like to know.
June 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Someone should ask President Trump what he thinks of Marcus Aurelius and his philosophy. I’d like to know.
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People who never read books now in charge of books.
May 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
People who never read books now in charge of books.
It’s real trouble when you can’t count on the local police to follow the law, and protect and serve, while an extra judicial kidnapping of a child and her family is conducted in broad daylight.
@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It’s real trouble when you can’t count on the local police to follow the law, and protect and serve, while an extra judicial kidnapping of a child and her family is conducted in broad daylight.
Reposted by David McGee
@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"The Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal workforce, has used budget figures to produce a rough estimate that Trump's firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs
An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"The Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal workforce, has used budget figures to produce a rough estimate that Trump's firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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Hitler used tariffs to “liberate” Germany from a globalized world order—careening the economy backwards, Timothy W. Ryback writes.
Hitler’s Terrible Tariffs
By seeking to “liberate” Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards—and drove up the price of eggs 600 percent.
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April 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Hitler used tariffs to “liberate” Germany from a globalized world order—careening the economy backwards, Timothy W. Ryback writes.
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“I am of the belief that every billionaire who can’t live on $999m is kind of a sociopath...It’s a strange way to live when you have objectively more money than a person can spend.”
Read a profile of @abigaildisney.bsky.social in @theguardian.com today!
Read a profile of @abigaildisney.bsky.social in @theguardian.com today!
Abigail Disney: ‘Every billionaire who can’t live on $999m is kind of a sociopath’
She is one of the heirs to the Walt Disney fortune – and has long argued for rich people like her to pay more tax. Now she is working out how best to meet the challenge of Trump, Musk and the politics...
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“I am of the belief that every billionaire who can’t live on $999m is kind of a sociopath...It’s a strange way to live when you have objectively more money than a person can spend.”
Read a profile of @abigaildisney.bsky.social in @theguardian.com today!
Read a profile of @abigaildisney.bsky.social in @theguardian.com today!
America forgot. Both turds and cream floats to the top.
March 23, 2025 at 4:57 AM
America forgot. Both turds and cream floats to the top.
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
I’m tried of the news agencies reporting that there may be a Federal government shutdown this month. The shutdown started happening on inauguration day. The current administration is dismantling what makes us a nation of laws and policies and instead manufacturing a fascist state from what remains.
March 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I’m tried of the news agencies reporting that there may be a Federal government shutdown this month. The shutdown started happening on inauguration day. The current administration is dismantling what makes us a nation of laws and policies and instead manufacturing a fascist state from what remains.
Now that my non-compete has expired, I am more #OPENTOWORK than ever. It still seems a very challenging environment to seek a role. This article in the Atlantic provides some underlying economic reasons. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Job Market Is Frozen
Unemployment is low, but workers aren’t quitting and businesses aren’t hiring. What’s going on?
www.theatlantic.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Now that my non-compete has expired, I am more #OPENTOWORK than ever. It still seems a very challenging environment to seek a role. This article in the Atlantic provides some underlying economic reasons. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered by a Chinese researcher.
Good thing we are completely prepared this time. www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...
Good thing we are completely prepared this time. www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...
New coronavirus discovered in Chinese bats sparks alarm
The virus binds to humans in a similar way to the virus that causes COVID-19.
www.newsweek.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered by a Chinese researcher.
Good thing we are completely prepared this time. www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...
Good thing we are completely prepared this time. www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...
This is a significant advancement. Pairing quantum computing with machine learning could help accelerate access to fusion energy, leading to additional leaps in technology.
Microsoft said it created a new phase of physical existence that is not a liquid, solid or gas, a development many experts didn’t think possible.
Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers
Microsoft’s new “topological qubit” is not based on a solid, liquid or gas. It is another phase of matter that many experts did not think was possible.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This is a significant advancement. Pairing quantum computing with machine learning could help accelerate access to fusion energy, leading to additional leaps in technology.
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Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend.
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend.
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
One cannot “ask the right questions” with “zero education,” but you can be snowed by an LLM without the knowledge to know the right questions to ask.
If you have zero education, but learn how to ask AI models the right questions , in many jobs you will be able to outperform someone with an advanced degree, but who is unwilling to use Large Language Models.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
February 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
One cannot “ask the right questions” with “zero education,” but you can be snowed by an LLM without the knowledge to know the right questions to ask.
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The digital infrastructure of the United States Government is both critical and fragile. Many of us who work in digital government have been trying to figure out what’s going on as norms and protocols are being subverted — Thread on some of what we know so far:
February 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The digital infrastructure of the United States Government is both critical and fragile. Many of us who work in digital government have been trying to figure out what’s going on as norms and protocols are being subverted — Thread on some of what we know so far:
Nothing is more Trumpian than the Emperor-elect hosting his inaugural parade inside an arena.
January 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Nothing is more Trumpian than the Emperor-elect hosting his inaugural parade inside an arena.
There are a lot of familiar themes in this history lesson. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
There are a lot of familiar themes in this history lesson. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
With this decision Meta ended my relationship with Facebook. I’m out.
Meta quietly updated its hateful conduct policy to allow users to refer to "women as household objects or property" among other offensive language.
Calling women ‘household objects’ now permitted on Facebook after Meta updated its guidelines | CNN Business
Meta on Tuesday announced sweeping changes to how it moderates content that will roll out in the coming months, including doing away with professional fact checking. But the company also quietly updat...
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
With this decision Meta ended my relationship with Facebook. I’m out.
Watch out for phishers that are using open enrollment to access your personal and health information. They’ve become quite sophisticated.
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Watch out for phishers that are using open enrollment to access your personal and health information. They’ve become quite sophisticated.