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Sonoran-desert based urbanist. Community is the core. Palm trees aren't trees.
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We at ProPublica obtained internal government data in May that showed the Trump administration knew the vast majority of Venezuelans sent to El Salvador had not been convicted of violent crimes. Our reporting is featured in Frontline. Read our full coverage: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
December 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We at ProPublica obtained internal government data in May that showed the Trump administration knew the vast majority of Venezuelans sent to El Salvador had not been convicted of violent crimes. Our reporting is featured in Frontline. Read our full coverage: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Nothing so telling as to how little we read than people saying how well AI and LLMs work.
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Nothing so telling as to how little we read than people saying how well AI and LLMs work.
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The notion that lonely terminally online people are a big part of our path towards fascism is what scares me about all of these institutions; governments, universities, etc; just digitizing everything and discounting human connection. We are social beings man, we need to interact with each other.
December 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The notion that lonely terminally online people are a big part of our path towards fascism is what scares me about all of these institutions; governments, universities, etc; just digitizing everything and discounting human connection. We are social beings man, we need to interact with each other.
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This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
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This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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I keep hearing from more and more real estate people about condo defect liability laws, which as Halina Bennet explains have caused multi-family builders to switch almost entirely to apartments.
www.slowboring.com/p/the-proble...
www.slowboring.com/p/the-proble...
The problem with condo liability rules
How well-intentioned policy choked the housing market
www.slowboring.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I keep hearing from more and more real estate people about condo defect liability laws, which as Halina Bennet explains have caused multi-family builders to switch almost entirely to apartments.
www.slowboring.com/p/the-proble...
www.slowboring.com/p/the-proble...
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Traditional American politics is premised on the notion that sometimes you lose and sometimes you win and you have to deal with that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Traditional American politics is premised on the notion that sometimes you lose and sometimes you win and you have to deal with that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
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A lot of exciting data center jobs coming down the pike.
October 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A lot of exciting data center jobs coming down the pike.
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Take some time this weekend to get caught up in our #OptOutOctober series, where we’re providing daily tips to reclaim your privacy, one small task at a time. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy
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October 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Take some time this weekend to get caught up in our #OptOutOctober series, where we’re providing daily tips to reclaim your privacy, one small task at a time. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Literally last week every MAGA idiot around was insisting, loudly, how terrible it was that the Biden admin pressured YouTube to remove COVID misinfo, even as YouTube said it ignored the pressure. Those same folks will either be silent or cheer this on:
This was done at the direction of Pam Bondi. The US government is now dictating what apps you can have on your phone.
The underlying threat here is if Apple didn't comply, they'd slap billions in tariffs on Apple products.
The underlying threat here is if Apple didn't comply, they'd slap billions in tariffs on Apple products.
October 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Literally last week every MAGA idiot around was insisting, loudly, how terrible it was that the Biden admin pressured YouTube to remove COVID misinfo, even as YouTube said it ignored the pressure. Those same folks will either be silent or cheer this on:
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The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.
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What Jim said
And
A serving member of the military would without question be court-martialed for saying in public any one of a number of things the president has said over both terms in office
And
A serving member of the military would without question be court-martialed for saying in public any one of a number of things the president has said over both terms in office
A serving member of the military might be court-martialed for saying in public what Trump did here.
(The entire *point* of super-quiet submarines is that adversaries do not know where they are. Navy goes to extreme lengths to conceal any clues to their location.)
(The entire *point* of super-quiet submarines is that adversaries do not know where they are. Navy goes to extreme lengths to conceal any clues to their location.)
Trump: "We were a little bit threatened by Russia recently, and I sent a submarine, nuclear submarine. The most lethal weapon ever made. Number one, you can't detect it."
September 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What Jim said
And
A serving member of the military would without question be court-martialed for saying in public any one of a number of things the president has said over both terms in office
And
A serving member of the military would without question be court-martialed for saying in public any one of a number of things the president has said over both terms in office
What if we all find out that, indeed, the juice is actually loose?
September 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
What if we all find out that, indeed, the juice is actually loose?
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The Department of Homeland Security Is Unlawfully Collecting DNA
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Department of Homeland Security Is Unlawfully Collecting DNA
The department’s accelerated DNA collection program is a civil rights and civil liberties nightmare. Consent is not the cure.
www.lawfaremedia.org
September 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The Department of Homeland Security Is Unlawfully Collecting DNA
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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Yes, conservatives have been using a lot of "they did this" talk right now that's dangerous and bad
And also
Nice to know they're perfectly capable of using they/them pronouns after all.
And also
Nice to know they're perfectly capable of using they/them pronouns after all.
September 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Yes, conservatives have been using a lot of "they did this" talk right now that's dangerous and bad
And also
Nice to know they're perfectly capable of using they/them pronouns after all.
And also
Nice to know they're perfectly capable of using they/them pronouns after all.
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Freedom from government censorship polls with 90% support. There are no "broad divisions" on this, except perhaps in the newsrooms of big corporate media.
These Quisling fucking cowards. Let it be known that it was us who saved their worthless asses in the historical record.
September 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Freedom from government censorship polls with 90% support. There are no "broad divisions" on this, except perhaps in the newsrooms of big corporate media.
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Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
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1/ Judge Kelly cites #whistleblowers report in granting preliminary injunction blocking deportation of Guatemalan migrant children.⤵️
The whistleblowers pointed to government's own data on kids likelihood of being "victims of child abuse, including death threats, gang violence, human trafficking."
The whistleblowers pointed to government's own data on kids likelihood of being "victims of child abuse, including death threats, gang violence, human trafficking."
September 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
1/ Judge Kelly cites #whistleblowers report in granting preliminary injunction blocking deportation of Guatemalan migrant children.⤵️
The whistleblowers pointed to government's own data on kids likelihood of being "victims of child abuse, including death threats, gang violence, human trafficking."
The whistleblowers pointed to government's own data on kids likelihood of being "victims of child abuse, including death threats, gang violence, human trafficking."
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So turns out can actually drive to McDonalds, you don't have to use DoorDash? holy shit I just saw one of these in the wild. Im gonna save so much money.
September 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
So turns out can actually drive to McDonalds, you don't have to use DoorDash? holy shit I just saw one of these in the wild. Im gonna save so much money.
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A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
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We deeply apologize for helping perpetuate the idea that podcasters were good at solving crimes.
September 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We deeply apologize for helping perpetuate the idea that podcasters were good at solving crimes.
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If we can just degrade the status of a targeted group a little bit more, I’m sure we can back away from the cliff edge of fascism
I'm kind of shocked that anyone is still proposing technocratic solutions to the "debate" over immigration. Even if this were a good idea (and it is not), Republican elites and media will never tell their base about it. You can't policy your way out of a propaganda problem!
September 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If we can just degrade the status of a targeted group a little bit more, I’m sure we can back away from the cliff edge of fascism