Theodore Grunewald
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Distractedly commencing a dilatory relocation from that other place.
Distractedly commencing a dilatory relocation from that other place.
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“‘Waymo is making an explicit choice to gamble with children’s lives,’ [Philip] Koopman writes. ‘They say they like the odds, but it is not their gamble to make.’”
Why Waymo is having a hard time time stopping for school buses
By trying to drive more assertively, Waymo appears to be adopting some dangerous human habits.
www.theverge.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
“‘Waymo is making an explicit choice to gamble with children’s lives,’ [Philip] Koopman writes. ‘They say they like the odds, but it is not their gamble to make.’”
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Also and critically, Waymo's 'should the robot stop or go' problem is not school bus specific. They have the same problem w slight variations for:
police & fire vehicles
transit vehicles
traffic light outages
pedestrians
construction
People need to wake up to the generality of Waymo's defects.
police & fire vehicles
transit vehicles
traffic light outages
pedestrians
construction
People need to wake up to the generality of Waymo's defects.
February 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Also and critically, Waymo's 'should the robot stop or go' problem is not school bus specific. They have the same problem w slight variations for:
police & fire vehicles
transit vehicles
traffic light outages
pedestrians
construction
People need to wake up to the generality of Waymo's defects.
police & fire vehicles
transit vehicles
traffic light outages
pedestrians
construction
People need to wake up to the generality of Waymo's defects.
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This article does not explain why Waymo is having a hard time etc.
Also, Austin schools has demanded Waymo shutdown for 8 of the most prime hours a day. No way Waymo can do that without demolishing their...valuation.
Nothing personal, just business and hubris and janky recalcitrant stochastic AI.
Also, Austin schools has demanded Waymo shutdown for 8 of the most prime hours a day. No way Waymo can do that without demolishing their...valuation.
Nothing personal, just business and hubris and janky recalcitrant stochastic AI.
Why Waymo is having a hard time time stopping for school buses
Why Waymo is having a hard time time stopping for school buses
By trying to drive more assertively, Waymo appears to be adopting some dangerous human habits.
buff.ly
February 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM
This article does not explain why Waymo is having a hard time etc.
Also, Austin schools has demanded Waymo shutdown for 8 of the most prime hours a day. No way Waymo can do that without demolishing their...valuation.
Nothing personal, just business and hubris and janky recalcitrant stochastic AI.
Also, Austin schools has demanded Waymo shutdown for 8 of the most prime hours a day. No way Waymo can do that without demolishing their...valuation.
Nothing personal, just business and hubris and janky recalcitrant stochastic AI.
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DOGE isn't really gone, it's just become the way that the Office of Management and Budget operates, writes our friends at @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social.
prospect.org/2026/02/05/d...
prospect.org/2026/02/05/d...
DOGE Lives On Through Russell Vought
Trump’s White House OMB director has quietly institutionalized the government demolition agenda set in motion by Elon Musk’s wrecking crew.
prospect.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
DOGE isn't really gone, it's just become the way that the Office of Management and Budget operates, writes our friends at @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social.
prospect.org/2026/02/05/d...
prospect.org/2026/02/05/d...
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We need UN election observers in America.
February 5, 2026 at 6:06 PM
We need UN election observers in America.
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The assault on Georgia’s elections is a scandal worse than Watergate. And when power does change hands, heads need to roll (proverbially).
February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The assault on Georgia’s elections is a scandal worse than Watergate. And when power does change hands, heads need to roll (proverbially).
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The conservative movement has never been that fond of democracy. Its big goal has always been separating wealth and power from the reach of the voting public.
All signs point to big GOP losses this year. So naturally instead of changing, these guys—especially Trump—turn to anti-democratic means.
All signs point to big GOP losses this year. So naturally instead of changing, these guys—especially Trump—turn to anti-democratic means.
Pay attention to this now. Trump is signaling his desire to rig the midterms.
Trump’s FBI raid could lead to a takeover of elections in Georgia’s largest county
Trump wants control "over the voting in at least 15 places.” He could start in Fulton County, Georgia.
www.motherjones.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The conservative movement has never been that fond of democracy. Its big goal has always been separating wealth and power from the reach of the voting public.
All signs point to big GOP losses this year. So naturally instead of changing, these guys—especially Trump—turn to anti-democratic means.
All signs point to big GOP losses this year. So naturally instead of changing, these guys—especially Trump—turn to anti-democratic means.
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Updating the @prospect.org tracker of people immigration agents have killed or caused to die and I'm heartbroken to say that we have sixteen more entries. SIXTEEN.
Our total is now 24 deaths since January 2025 -- not counting the dozens who died in custody.
Our total is now 24 deaths since January 2025 -- not counting the dozens who died in custody.
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Updating the @prospect.org tracker of people immigration agents have killed or caused to die and I'm heartbroken to say that we have sixteen more entries. SIXTEEN.
Our total is now 24 deaths since January 2025 -- not counting the dozens who died in custody.
Our total is now 24 deaths since January 2025 -- not counting the dozens who died in custody.
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This is a clear violation of his oath and the duties of his office.
Chelation is part of my specialty & shouldn’t be done w/o input from a medical toxicologist. It is both high-risk & inefficient, so should only be done in rare situations with close monitoring, not on kids in retail space for cash.
Chelation is part of my specialty & shouldn’t be done w/o input from a medical toxicologist. It is both high-risk & inefficient, so should only be done in rare situations with close monitoring, not on kids in retail space for cash.
February 5, 2026 at 6:08 PM
This is a clear violation of his oath and the duties of his office.
Chelation is part of my specialty & shouldn’t be done w/o input from a medical toxicologist. It is both high-risk & inefficient, so should only be done in rare situations with close monitoring, not on kids in retail space for cash.
Chelation is part of my specialty & shouldn’t be done w/o input from a medical toxicologist. It is both high-risk & inefficient, so should only be done in rare situations with close monitoring, not on kids in retail space for cash.
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RFK is using his position to push things that have never shown any benefit in autism & have shown serious harms, including numerous dead kids thru the years. Why push for things known to harm instead of looking for things that could actually provide benefit? Because the harmful things are profitable
February 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM
RFK is using his position to push things that have never shown any benefit in autism & have shown serious harms, including numerous dead kids thru the years. Why push for things known to harm instead of looking for things that could actually provide benefit? Because the harmful things are profitable
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Kamala launching an Elon Musk-controlled hub in 2026
a woman holding a child on a balcony with the words " kim there 's people that are dying "
ALT: a woman holding a child on a balcony with the words " kim there 's people that are dying "
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Kamala launching an Elon Musk-controlled hub in 2026
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This reeks of “gen x consultant”
I don’t even care if they aren’t. It’s coded that way. Very mid-50s, very uncomfortable moving beyond text, very “hello there fellow youths.”
But youths aren’t on X; they’re on Reels, Snap, and TikTok. It’s sad.
I don’t even care if they aren’t. It’s coded that way. Very mid-50s, very uncomfortable moving beyond text, very “hello there fellow youths.”
But youths aren’t on X; they’re on Reels, Snap, and TikTok. It’s sad.
February 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
This reeks of “gen x consultant”
I don’t even care if they aren’t. It’s coded that way. Very mid-50s, very uncomfortable moving beyond text, very “hello there fellow youths.”
But youths aren’t on X; they’re on Reels, Snap, and TikTok. It’s sad.
I don’t even care if they aren’t. It’s coded that way. Very mid-50s, very uncomfortable moving beyond text, very “hello there fellow youths.”
But youths aren’t on X; they’re on Reels, Snap, and TikTok. It’s sad.
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67, eh? 🙄
Anyway; why are they investing in the CSAM platform run by their enemy???
Seriously. X is a low value platform for reaching mass audiences: expensive, and in this redesigned to limit the reach of progressive content.
Why why why would they invest more into such a thing???
Anyway; why are they investing in the CSAM platform run by their enemy???
Seriously. X is a low value platform for reaching mass audiences: expensive, and in this redesigned to limit the reach of progressive content.
Why why why would they invest more into such a thing???
Kamala Harris’ former campaign account has rebranded to “headquarters_67” (on Twitter), it is now a Gen-Z led hub for progressive content.
February 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
67, eh? 🙄
Anyway; why are they investing in the CSAM platform run by their enemy???
Seriously. X is a low value platform for reaching mass audiences: expensive, and in this redesigned to limit the reach of progressive content.
Why why why would they invest more into such a thing???
Anyway; why are they investing in the CSAM platform run by their enemy???
Seriously. X is a low value platform for reaching mass audiences: expensive, and in this redesigned to limit the reach of progressive content.
Why why why would they invest more into such a thing???
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Perhaps it was coincidental timing, but nothing underscores the collapse of the Washington Post like firing most of the Pulitzer prize winning #climate reporters the very same day as their opinion pages publishes a BS screed by climate misinformer Bjorn Lomborg.
February 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Perhaps it was coincidental timing, but nothing underscores the collapse of the Washington Post like firing most of the Pulitzer prize winning #climate reporters the very same day as their opinion pages publishes a BS screed by climate misinformer Bjorn Lomborg.
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Camp East Montana remains the largest facility in the US.
ICE detains over 3,100 people there on a typical day. From the reporting I have read, the conditions at Camp East Montana are extremely bad. detentionreports.com/facility/ERO...
ICE detains over 3,100 people there on a typical day. From the reporting I have read, the conditions at Camp East Montana are extremely bad. detentionreports.com/facility/ERO...
February 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Camp East Montana remains the largest facility in the US.
ICE detains over 3,100 people there on a typical day. From the reporting I have read, the conditions at Camp East Montana are extremely bad. detentionreports.com/facility/ERO...
ICE detains over 3,100 people there on a typical day. From the reporting I have read, the conditions at Camp East Montana are extremely bad. detentionreports.com/facility/ERO...
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Concentration camps on American soil is a fucking atrocity that we will not fucking abide. American rage is growing, this is not who we want to be!
The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch
A massive warehouse in Tremont. Pa. that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in an $119 million ICE deal.
www.inquirer.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Concentration camps on American soil is a fucking atrocity that we will not fucking abide. American rage is growing, this is not who we want to be!
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Camp East Montana, the tent camp in El Paso, is reportedly a terrible place. And I struck by news that the admin wants to build warehouse detention facilities that are nearly 200% larger — holding up to 8,500 people in a single location.
Camp East Montana remains the largest facility in the US.
ICE detains over 3,100 people there on a typical day. From the reporting I have read, the conditions at Camp East Montana are extremely bad. detentionreports.com/facility/ERO...
ICE detains over 3,100 people there on a typical day. From the reporting I have read, the conditions at Camp East Montana are extremely bad. detentionreports.com/facility/ERO...
February 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Camp East Montana, the tent camp in El Paso, is reportedly a terrible place. And I struck by news that the admin wants to build warehouse detention facilities that are nearly 200% larger — holding up to 8,500 people in a single location.
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Give us your face in order to prove that you aren’t a criminal.
February 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Give us your face in order to prove that you aren’t a criminal.
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“‘One of the reasons I was angry was because I shouldn’t have to prove I am innocent,’ Rajah said. ‘I shouldn’t have to prove I’m wrongly identified as a criminal.’ He described the incident as feeling ‘quite like Minority Report, Orwellian’”.
‘Orwellian’: Sainsbury’s staff using facial recognition tech eject innocent shopper
Man misidentified by London supermarket using Facewatch system says: ‘I shouldn’t have to prove I am not a criminal’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
“‘One of the reasons I was angry was because I shouldn’t have to prove I am innocent,’ Rajah said. ‘I shouldn’t have to prove I’m wrongly identified as a criminal.’ He described the incident as feeling ‘quite like Minority Report, Orwellian’”.
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Glad that Will asked me to comment on concentration camp history and the current detention plans for a warehouse in Tremont, Pennsylvania.
The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch
A massive warehouse in Tremont. Pa. that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in an $119 million ICE deal.
www.inquirer.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Glad that Will asked me to comment on concentration camp history and the current detention plans for a warehouse in Tremont, Pennsylvania.
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I think in the end AI's primary effect will not be to replace workers so much as to destroy whatever is left of our notion of a shared reality.
While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
February 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I think in the end AI's primary effect will not be to replace workers so much as to destroy whatever is left of our notion of a shared reality.
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gravity is antifa
February 5, 2026 at 6:27 PM
gravity is antifa
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the Barbara Kruger mural the chase is happening in front of reads:
"WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"
"WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"
February 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
the Barbara Kruger mural the chase is happening in front of reads:
"WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"
"WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"
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What a headline.
Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 6:26 PM
What a headline.