@zdneal.bsky.social
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There's significant evidence from state legislative term limits that they do, in fact, empower both lobbyists and state executive branches.
"Disagreeing" without offering any counter-evidence is just vibes.
"Disagreeing" without offering any counter-evidence is just vibes.
I disagree with the suggestion that term limits would further empower lobbyists and therefore we shouldn't consider them as a viable path forward. The current system of federal elected officials who are financially incentivized to become insider traders until they choose to retire isn't working.
January 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
There's significant evidence from state legislative term limits that they do, in fact, empower both lobbyists and state executive branches.
"Disagreeing" without offering any counter-evidence is just vibes.
"Disagreeing" without offering any counter-evidence is just vibes.
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You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
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much like how Taibbi is now worse than his old nemesis Tom Friedman, Yggy is now worse than Jonah Goldberg
I was wondering how this might all turn out to have been my fault
January 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
much like how Taibbi is now worse than his old nemesis Tom Friedman, Yggy is now worse than Jonah Goldberg
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Just catching up to these pics, holy shit what a low-effort staging. “Put a black sheet in front of the omelette station and uhh everyone look lethal and kinetic.”
Several of the photos have Twitter up on a screen in the background but I can’t make out what search term appears
January 4, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Just catching up to these pics, holy shit what a low-effort staging. “Put a black sheet in front of the omelette station and uhh everyone look lethal and kinetic.”
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if you leak to me i certainly won’t pull this shit
🟡 NEW: The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:24 AM
if you leak to me i certainly won’t pull this shit
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They gentrified the tinfoil hat
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
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Stop saying that all Schumer and Jeffries ever do is write strongly worded letters. Bullshit. They're not strongly worded at all.
January 4, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Stop saying that all Schumer and Jeffries ever do is write strongly worded letters. Bullshit. They're not strongly worded at all.
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this was an illegal act of war; congress wasn't notified. this is the sort of thing you publish immediately.
January 4, 2026 at 6:17 AM
this was an illegal act of war; congress wasn't notified. this is the sort of thing you publish immediately.
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the calculation here was that one US life is worth infinite numbers of Venezuelan lives.
also they of course didn't want to cross the administration or get yelled at by the right. 1
also they of course didn't want to cross the administration or get yelled at by the right. 1
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 6:17 AM
the calculation here was that one US life is worth infinite numbers of Venezuelan lives.
also they of course didn't want to cross the administration or get yelled at by the right. 1
also they of course didn't want to cross the administration or get yelled at by the right. 1
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Mao: Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun
MAGA: Political power grows out of the cheapness of a barrel of oil
MAGA: Political power grows out of the cheapness of a barrel of oil
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Mao: Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun
MAGA: Political power grows out of the cheapness of a barrel of oil
MAGA: Political power grows out of the cheapness of a barrel of oil
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“We have, in Western society, managed to simultaneously botch the dreams of democracy, capitalism, social coherence, and techno-utopianism, all at once. It's embarrassing actually. I am embarrassed. You should be embarrassed.” @apenwarr.ca ht @spavel.bsky.social
I have been reminded that I already wrote four years ago about how to design a control system for agentic systems. apenwarr.ca/log/20211201
100 years of whatever this will be
What if all these weird tech trends actually add up to something?
Last time, we explored why various bits of trendy technology are, in my o...
apenwarr.ca
January 4, 2026 at 5:29 AM
“We have, in Western society, managed to simultaneously botch the dreams of democracy, capitalism, social coherence, and techno-utopianism, all at once. It's embarrassing actually. I am embarrassed. You should be embarrassed.” @apenwarr.ca ht @spavel.bsky.social
And Marisa Kabas
Note to all: if you’re going to leak, go with Klippenstein or The Intercept
BREAKING: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops
January 4, 2026 at 6:10 AM
And Marisa Kabas
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as i grow old, i live in fear of someone confronting me: “Have you no recency, sir, at long last, have you no recency?”
January 4, 2026 at 5:04 AM
as i grow old, i live in fear of someone confronting me: “Have you no recency, sir, at long last, have you no recency?”
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Thinking about this and the Polymarket stuff at the same time and frowning
🟡 NEW: The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Thinking about this and the Polymarket stuff at the same time and frowning
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the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 4, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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if you’re at a demo & someone is clearly filming for a hostile audience, instead of snapping a pic and dropping it in chats to ask people if anyone knows who it is, just ask the person where you can find them on social media!
they’re doing this for views! they want to self promo! stop being afraid!
they’re doing this for views! they want to self promo! stop being afraid!
January 4, 2026 at 5:59 AM
if you’re at a demo & someone is clearly filming for a hostile audience, instead of snapping a pic and dropping it in chats to ask people if anyone knows who it is, just ask the person where you can find them on social media!
they’re doing this for views! they want to self promo! stop being afraid!
they’re doing this for views! they want to self promo! stop being afraid!
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The president of Cuba is 65. Trump is 79
Rubio "Cuba is a disaster. It's run by incompetent, senile men." As Trump tries to stay awake.
January 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
The president of Cuba is 65. Trump is 79
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I would like to live in precedented times. You know, where the things that keep happening aren’t weird, gobsmacking and terrifying.
January 3, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I would like to live in precedented times. You know, where the things that keep happening aren’t weird, gobsmacking and terrifying.
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This POS posted this with a soundtrack of CCR's "Fortunate Son," which adds to the obscenity.
Yeah-yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes
Hoo, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
Hoo, they only answer, "More, more, more, more"
Yeah-yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes
Hoo, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
Hoo, they only answer, "More, more, more, more"
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
This POS posted this with a soundtrack of CCR's "Fortunate Son," which adds to the obscenity.
Yeah-yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes
Hoo, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
Hoo, they only answer, "More, more, more, more"
Yeah-yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes
Hoo, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
Hoo, they only answer, "More, more, more, more"
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Hard to process this attack on Venezuela. The greatest political lesson of my youth, one that was hammered home to us all over nearly twenty years, was that the U.S. should stop engaging in regime change and oil wars. And yet, here we are again.
January 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Hard to process this attack on Venezuela. The greatest political lesson of my youth, one that was hammered home to us all over nearly twenty years, was that the U.S. should stop engaging in regime change and oil wars. And yet, here we are again.
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There are 63 current MLB players from Venezuela, and over 400 throughout MLB’s history. MLB success relies on migrant labor from Venezuela. When will MLB make a statement about this horrific US Military attack on Venezuela, & about the thousands of Venezuelan refugees kidnapped & deported in 2025?
January 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
There are 63 current MLB players from Venezuela, and over 400 throughout MLB’s history. MLB success relies on migrant labor from Venezuela. When will MLB make a statement about this horrific US Military attack on Venezuela, & about the thousands of Venezuelan refugees kidnapped & deported in 2025?
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DC NewsBreak: Local pederast who couldn’t run casino to “run Venezuela.”
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
DC NewsBreak: Local pederast who couldn’t run casino to “run Venezuela.”
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