Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast)
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An AI-assisted textbook at UCLA has some academics worried
The UCLA literature professor who developed the textbook says it will save students money and allow her to be the teacher she’s always wanted to be. Others aren’t so sure.
www.insidehighered.com
I’m going to say it again, generative AI and the push for it to be used in every Avenue of learning and education is because generative AI literally is a weapon for knowledge destruction not a knowledge creation tool and silicon valleys goal is to monetize and gate off all of human knowledge
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One of the darkest parts of this timeline is knowing it is Bovino's obsession with visibility that activated most people. Without the propaganda ops, ICE/ERO could have kept going under the surface as they are. Terrain is different now. How many CBP will remain + will they continue w/ same tactics?
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the darkest parts of this timeline is knowing it is Bovino's obsession with visibility that activated most people. Without the propaganda ops, ICE/ERO could have kept going under the surface as they are. Terrain is different now. How many CBP will remain + will they continue w/ same tactics?
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It's been rumored for a bit they would leave mid-November. It's not the weather, just the natural lifespan of a ~225 person operation.
Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.
Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.
Bovino left LA to come to Chicago and it's not like LA saw immigration operations stop - just less showboating from his crew. So even if these circulating rumors over the last week turn out real, I'm pessimistic about how much change to expect on the ground.
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's been rumored for a bit they would leave mid-November. It's not the weather, just the natural lifespan of a ~225 person operation.
Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.
Before Border Patrol arrived, ICE was still here. They were smashing cars to pull people out of them, taking people from court and check-in appointments, etc.
The economic shell game that is ai is bursting and by the time it’s done….
hope you know how to hunt for food and eat cheap
hope you know how to hunt for food and eat cheap
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The economic shell game that is ai is bursting and by the time it’s done….
hope you know how to hunt for food and eat cheap
hope you know how to hunt for food and eat cheap
We get it Schumer led his people to accept trumps deal because Schumer is a corrupt liar who likes what Trump is doing because it makes him money.
Yall really are bad at this whole gaslighting thing.
Schumer is pro genocide
Pro fascist as we can see through his ties to Netanyahu and aipac
Yall really are bad at this whole gaslighting thing.
Schumer is pro genocide
Pro fascist as we can see through his ties to Netanyahu and aipac
Schumer led Senate Democrats in fighting Trump over healthcare, period.
If you think Senate leaders can control members of their caucus, you don’t know much about the Senate. And before you say “McConnell,” remember why we still have the ACA when Trump and McConnell wanted it gone.
If you think Senate leaders can control members of their caucus, you don’t know much about the Senate. And before you say “McConnell,” remember why we still have the ACA when Trump and McConnell wanted it gone.
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We get it Schumer led his people to accept trumps deal because Schumer is a corrupt liar who likes what Trump is doing because it makes him money.
Yall really are bad at this whole gaslighting thing.
Schumer is pro genocide
Pro fascist as we can see through his ties to Netanyahu and aipac
Yall really are bad at this whole gaslighting thing.
Schumer is pro genocide
Pro fascist as we can see through his ties to Netanyahu and aipac
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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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The democrats voted to destroy what’s left of the judiciary last night btw.
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The democrats voted to destroy what’s left of the judiciary last night btw.
I actually won’t be voting for democrats in any election going forward until they remove everyone of the members of the party that are fascist sympathizers and collaborators. At any level.
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I actually won’t be voting for democrats in any election going forward until they remove everyone of the members of the party that are fascist sympathizers and collaborators. At any level.
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the listener-member model that public radio has turned to after decades of government underfunding conflicts with its goal to reflect and serve all Americans. spoke with @lauragarbes.bsky.social about her book LISTENERS LIKE WHO? www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...
Funding cuts may make public radio more reliant on old, rich, white donors
After years of interviews, research, and writing, Laura Garbes submitted the final draft of her book on public radio in December 2024. By the time Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the P...
www.niemanlab.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
the listener-member model that public radio has turned to after decades of government underfunding conflicts with its goal to reflect and serve all Americans. spoke with @lauragarbes.bsky.social about her book LISTENERS LIKE WHO? www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...
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Evergreen Active Club and Northwest Nationalists (3N) are defunct after getting wrecked by antifascists. The leader and co-founder Daniel Rowe remains involved with the Hammerskins. For those that were wondering what he’s up to, he’s currently in Canyon County Idaho jail
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Evergreen Active Club and Northwest Nationalists (3N) are defunct after getting wrecked by antifascists. The leader and co-founder Daniel Rowe remains involved with the Hammerskins. For those that were wondering what he’s up to, he’s currently in Canyon County Idaho jail
The national level Democratic Party sold out everyone of these people and the state governments who represent them.
We followed a court order and worked quickly to make sure that nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites who rely on FoodShare, including about 270,000 kids, had food to eat.
Now, President Trump wants to yank that money away from hungry kids, families, and seniors in Wisconsin? Hell no.
Now, President Trump wants to yank that money away from hungry kids, families, and seniors in Wisconsin? Hell no.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The national level Democratic Party sold out everyone of these people and the state governments who represent them.
A perfect encapsulation of the Democratic Party and why it has collapsed fully under the weight of fascism.
They stand for nothing
They attempt to gaslight when their corruption is exposed by their actions
They are working directly with the fascists to destroy America.
They stand for nothing
They attempt to gaslight when their corruption is exposed by their actions
They are working directly with the fascists to destroy America.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A perfect encapsulation of the Democratic Party and why it has collapsed fully under the weight of fascism.
They stand for nothing
They attempt to gaslight when their corruption is exposed by their actions
They are working directly with the fascists to destroy America.
They stand for nothing
They attempt to gaslight when their corruption is exposed by their actions
They are working directly with the fascists to destroy America.
The senate democrats are just moving as fast as they can to work with the fascists.
Did they all just do a unanimous consent agreement?
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The senate democrats are just moving as fast as they can to work with the fascists.
This must hit so hard if you’re stupid and perpetually afraid of your shadow.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This must hit so hard if you’re stupid and perpetually afraid of your shadow.
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Also just so everyone is crystal clear the democrats knew that they were going to fold the entire time and only waited until the won the elections to bury their bad acts.
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Also just so everyone is crystal clear the democrats knew that they were going to fold the entire time and only waited until the won the elections to bury their bad acts.
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Lessons on resisting an authoritarian takeover. A conversation among scholars and activists:
Most Americans weren’t paying attention to the fact that Korean democracy was startlingly challenged less than a year ago when the president at the time (President Yoon) declared martial law and tried to have his political enemies arrested.. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
003: South Korea: K-Pop Demon Hunters IRL
Podcast Episode · American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism · 11/06/2025 · 1h 12m
podcasts.apple.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Lessons on resisting an authoritarian takeover. A conversation among scholars and activists:
Just a reminder as it seems pertinent: historically anti communism is always a pathway to proto fascism or outright and open fascism/nazism.
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just a reminder as it seems pertinent: historically anti communism is always a pathway to proto fascism or outright and open fascism/nazism.
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oh, you mean like this other hidden lil nugget?
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
oh, you mean like this other hidden lil nugget?
The democrats voted to destroy what’s left of the judiciary last night btw.
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The democrats voted to destroy what’s left of the judiciary last night btw.
Secret wars based on unreality and used to expand the extrajudicial murder of those claimed to be enemies domestically is how the ratchet of authoritarian violence works.
Extrajudicial murder abroad leads to similar at home very quickly.
Extrajudicial murder abroad leads to similar at home very quickly.
"[T]his is not just a secret war, but a secret unauthorized war. Or, in reality, a make-believe war, because most of these groups we probably couldn’t even be in a war with,” said @bcfinucane.bsky.social about US claims it is in armed conflict with 24 cartel groups
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
Trump Has a Secret List of 24 “Designated Terrorist Organizations.” We Got Some of the Names.
The U.S. claims it is engaged in “armed conflict” with Tren de Aragua, Ejército de Liberación Nacional, and Cártel de los Soles, among others.
theintercept.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Secret wars based on unreality and used to expand the extrajudicial murder of those claimed to be enemies domestically is how the ratchet of authoritarian violence works.
Extrajudicial murder abroad leads to similar at home very quickly.
Extrajudicial murder abroad leads to similar at home very quickly.
The deep irony is going to be the democrats voted to help the fascists materially and the fascists will just continue crushing the public using all means including never restarting snap because the goal was to kill all social services not reopen government.
Democrats played themselves. Again.
Democrats played themselves. Again.
OK, where are we on the SNAP benefits cases?
Two things happened this morning:
* DOJ told SCOTUS they're still fighting to stop full November SNAP benefit payments, via their stay request at SCOTUS
* District court judge in Mass. stayed USDA's 11/8 memo ordering states to "undo" full payments
Two things happened this morning:
* DOJ told SCOTUS they're still fighting to stop full November SNAP benefit payments, via their stay request at SCOTUS
* District court judge in Mass. stayed USDA's 11/8 memo ordering states to "undo" full payments
![Judge Indira Talwani: ELECTRONIC ORDER: granting in part Plaintiffs' Further Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Emergency Virtual Hearing Request [
80
]. Good cause shown, the USDA Memorandum issued on Saturday, November
8, 2025, directing that "ItJo the extent States sent full SNAP payment files for November 2025," they "must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025" and shall "advise the appropriate FNS Regional Office representative of steps taken to correct any actions taken that do not comply with this memorandum[,l" see Attachment to Defendants' Third Notice to Court 4 [ 79 4 is STAYED pending further court order. The clerk shall reset the hearing scheduled for November 13, 2025, to a remote hearing today at 3:30 p.m.(SEC) (Entered:
11/10/2025)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreif6tnsoqzmk6snokm2m64ne264idl5paz4wwle4phmab2aftkto4y@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The deep irony is going to be the democrats voted to help the fascists materially and the fascists will just continue crushing the public using all means including never restarting snap because the goal was to kill all social services not reopen government.
Democrats played themselves. Again.
Democrats played themselves. Again.
This is the general formula for much of the American neo reactionary new right especially in tech. It is that they’ve always been correctly clocked as gross nerds of the worst kind and fascism has given them the feeling of the power they have always craved to dominate others.
it’s important to understand that Nate Silver’s entire consciousness is filtered through the lens of being a gross nerd his entire life. the opportunity to feel like he’s one of the cool kids is something he can’t pass up, it’s load-bearing for his dork psyche.
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is the general formula for much of the American neo reactionary new right especially in tech. It is that they’ve always been correctly clocked as gross nerds of the worst kind and fascism has given them the feeling of the power they have always craved to dominate others.
The reason we continue to see Democrats literally capitulating with fascists at key moments where actual continued resistance would have fractured the fascists power is because fracturing the systemic powers that support fascism would also destroy neoliberalism and its theater in place of action.
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The reason we continue to see Democrats literally capitulating with fascists at key moments where actual continued resistance would have fractured the fascists power is because fracturing the systemic powers that support fascism would also destroy neoliberalism and its theater in place of action.
The language of gwot was always fascism and the enabling crimes against humanity
The US government's lawless killing spree at sea continues.
The "designated terrorist organizations" supposedly operating these vessel are of course unidentified.
As are the purported "narco-terrorists" killed.
Using the language of counterterrorism doesn't actually make this counterterrorism.
The "designated terrorist organizations" supposedly operating these vessel are of course unidentified.
As are the purported "narco-terrorists" killed.
Using the language of counterterrorism doesn't actually make this counterterrorism.
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The language of gwot was always fascism and the enabling crimes against humanity
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Neoliberalism will not stop fascism and in fact will defend fascism as long as it can as an act of self defense because actually dealing with fascism and its root causes also ends neoliberal political theater and it’s corruption.
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Neoliberalism will not stop fascism and in fact will defend fascism as long as it can as an act of self defense because actually dealing with fascism and its root causes also ends neoliberal political theater and it’s corruption.
If the economy crashes with the level of anger and violence already present in society I don’t think any elected official makes it out of office unscathed.
Frankly, I think if the bottom falls out, America doesn’t come back for decades, if at all
This is one of a few kill shots that loaded atm.
Frankly, I think if the bottom falls out, America doesn’t come back for decades, if at all
This is one of a few kill shots that loaded atm.
This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If the economy crashes with the level of anger and violence already present in society I don’t think any elected official makes it out of office unscathed.
Frankly, I think if the bottom falls out, America doesn’t come back for decades, if at all
This is one of a few kill shots that loaded atm.
Frankly, I think if the bottom falls out, America doesn’t come back for decades, if at all
This is one of a few kill shots that loaded atm.