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"Does not pose a present danger." Corp advice and bail bonds. Also: PPM for OSS on Azure, vice chairperson @bytecodeallies. Mostly Linux, mostly helpful
Periods like theil are not "in" any place after they have bought multiple passports. But they will continue to hang out on CA, come on.
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Periods like theil are not "in" any place after they have bought multiple passports. But they will continue to hang out on CA, come on.
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This is very bad.
Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds • Stateline
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent confidential draft agreements on voter data sharing to more than a dozen states, part of the Trump administration’s effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls, wit...
stateline.org
December 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is very bad.
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What if everyone was just tofu fighting
December 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
What if everyone was just tofu fighting
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Israel’s public broadcaster Kan airs footage showing the total destruction of Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza:
Video: Mosab Abu Toha via X (@MosabAbuToha)
Video: Mosab Abu Toha via X (@MosabAbuToha)
December 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Israel’s public broadcaster Kan airs footage showing the total destruction of Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza:
Video: Mosab Abu Toha via X (@MosabAbuToha)
Video: Mosab Abu Toha via X (@MosabAbuToha)
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This here...this is what should be happening all the time.
And not just with ICE Agents...but with politicians and billionaires too.
Why should people that do this much harm have a right to peace? Why should they have a right to walk a mall unaccosted? To go to a fucking McDonald's? To comfort?
And not just with ICE Agents...but with politicians and billionaires too.
Why should people that do this much harm have a right to peace? Why should they have a right to walk a mall unaccosted? To go to a fucking McDonald's? To comfort?
ICE agent recognized out Christmas shopping—throws tantrum when citizens profile him.
"We're trying to prevent you from kidnapping our neighbors," they say.
"I'm not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!" he yells.
"Not right now you're not—but the past 5 days you have."
Philadelphia, PA
"We're trying to prevent you from kidnapping our neighbors," they say.
"I'm not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!" he yells.
"Not right now you're not—but the past 5 days you have."
Philadelphia, PA
December 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This here...this is what should be happening all the time.
And not just with ICE Agents...but with politicians and billionaires too.
Why should people that do this much harm have a right to peace? Why should they have a right to walk a mall unaccosted? To go to a fucking McDonald's? To comfort?
And not just with ICE Agents...but with politicians and billionaires too.
Why should people that do this much harm have a right to peace? Why should they have a right to walk a mall unaccosted? To go to a fucking McDonald's? To comfort?
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And Dr Sarah Taber has pointed out, over, and over again that the struggling family farm myth is just that. A myth.
Yes, that includes small family farms.
The median small family farm comes in at $116K annual income and over $1.2M net worth. AFTER farm debts & expenses.
That puts the median small family farm household around the top 1/3 of the US for income, and the top 15% for wealth.
The median small family farm comes in at $116K annual income and over $1.2M net worth. AFTER farm debts & expenses.
That puts the median small family farm household around the top 1/3 of the US for income, and the top 15% for wealth.
December 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
And Dr Sarah Taber has pointed out, over, and over again that the struggling family farm myth is just that. A myth.
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Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
How Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet
Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on tra...
www.propublica.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
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"Searching Old Digital Haystacks: Some Thoughts on the Richman v. United States Litigation," a new post from me. Lots of law nerdery just in time for Christmas.
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
December 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Searching Old Digital Haystacks: Some Thoughts on the Richman v. United States Litigation," a new post from me. Lots of law nerdery just in time for Christmas.
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
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This is what every institution he threatens with frivolous defamation suits should be doing
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
December 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This is what every institution he threatens with frivolous defamation suits should be doing
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Washington State leaders need to intervene here.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Washington State leaders need to intervene here.
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
It is time for the good stuff
December 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
It is time for the good stuff
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4/4
With no chance of a revival in property investment, this suggests that Beijing will have little choice but to engineer another surge in manufacturing investment.
This of course has global implications, i.e. more downward price pressures on a wider variety of manufactured goods.
With no chance of a revival in property investment, this suggests that Beijing will have little choice but to engineer another surge in manufacturing investment.
This of course has global implications, i.e. more downward price pressures on a wider variety of manufactured goods.
December 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
4/4
With no chance of a revival in property investment, this suggests that Beijing will have little choice but to engineer another surge in manufacturing investment.
This of course has global implications, i.e. more downward price pressures on a wider variety of manufactured goods.
With no chance of a revival in property investment, this suggests that Beijing will have little choice but to engineer another surge in manufacturing investment.
This of course has global implications, i.e. more downward price pressures on a wider variety of manufactured goods.
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It’s a Christmas miracle!
The Justice Department said it found over a million more pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents, extending the time it will take for a full release. A law passed by Congress gave the department a deadline of last Friday to release the files. nyti.ms/49rG0QL
A Million More Epstein Documents Have Been Found, Justice Dept. Says
Democratic lawmakers, who had criticized the Justice Department’s release of the material, accused the Trump administration of violating the law mandating the release of the files.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It’s a Christmas miracle!
Christmas eve dinner in Puglia. Biggest flight ongoing: how much pasta if you are serving 15? The fight is between 1.25 and 1.5 kilos, with a rebel arguing for a flat kilo.
savages.
savages.
December 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Christmas eve dinner in Puglia. Biggest flight ongoing: how much pasta if you are serving 15? The fight is between 1.25 and 1.5 kilos, with a rebel arguing for a flat kilo.
savages.
savages.
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HANG UP YOUR QUARTERSTAFF, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DESPAIR. AND YOU WILL WIN.
December 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
HANG UP YOUR QUARTERSTAFF, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DESPAIR. AND YOU WILL WIN.
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I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules ft.trib.al/TgoG45B
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules
France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’
ft.trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
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It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
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ICE is out of control.
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
ICE is out of control.
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okay!!!
The First National Website Dedicated To Documenting ICE License Plates Is Here ~ L.A. TACO
“Something like the plate tracker helps to encourage and promote legal transparency and legal accountability, especially when they're going around, switching plates, trying to hide, trying to be undet...
lataco.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
okay!!!
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The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
Kevin Drum is smiling somewhere
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Kevin Drum is smiling somewhere
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"Ava" shares, "This is how the almond fields in CAs Central Valley look at dawn when we arrive to pruin the trees. They are shrouded in fog and the air is full of moisture. The weather is cold but we work hard despite the elements. This is how we feed our families." #WeFeedYou
December 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Ava" shares, "This is how the almond fields in CAs Central Valley look at dawn when we arrive to pruin the trees. They are shrouded in fog and the air is full of moisture. The weather is cold but we work hard despite the elements. This is how we feed our families." #WeFeedYou