Dvd Avins
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Utah, this year, legalized open carry of firearms on college campuses. And the FBI head in Salt Lake City, experienced in anti-terrorism, was female and from Asia so she was recently fired.
September 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Utah, this year, legalized open carry of firearms on college campuses. And the FBI head in Salt Lake City, experienced in anti-terrorism, was female and from Asia so she was recently fired.
What I say about this is not long, but too long for this platform. If you still have Facebook, click through. www.facebook.com/dvd.avins/po...
August 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
What I say about this is not long, but too long for this platform. If you still have Facebook, click through. www.facebook.com/dvd.avins/po...
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Wrote about Paul Skenes .. who has a 1.99 ERA career ERA in his first 46 career starts .. which is the lowest in the Live Ball era.
Feels like we're kind of just acting like that's normal.
(Fun fact: He's allowed a .574 OPS in his *losses.* It is the lowest ever.)
www.mlb.com/pirates/news...
Feels like we're kind of just acting like that's normal.
(Fun fact: He's allowed a .574 OPS in his *losses.* It is the lowest ever.)
www.mlb.com/pirates/news...
Is it possible we're ... underrating Paul Skenes?
Paul Skenes can’t really ever be underrated, because he was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 Draft, and then barely more than a year later was named the 2024 National League Rookie of the Year. He s...
www.mlb.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Wrote about Paul Skenes .. who has a 1.99 ERA career ERA in his first 46 career starts .. which is the lowest in the Live Ball era.
Feels like we're kind of just acting like that's normal.
(Fun fact: He's allowed a .574 OPS in his *losses.* It is the lowest ever.)
www.mlb.com/pirates/news...
Feels like we're kind of just acting like that's normal.
(Fun fact: He's allowed a .574 OPS in his *losses.* It is the lowest ever.)
www.mlb.com/pirates/news...
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Generative AI needs to be burned to the ground and then salted.
White hat hackers: These applications are not safe. They are not private. They can be exploited. They do harm. It's actually pretty easy to do. No code, no supercomputer needed. Just a calendar invite.
Google: Welp. Security is hard
White hat hackers: These applications are not safe. They are not private. They can be exploited. They do harm. It's actually pretty easy to do. No code, no supercomputer needed. Just a calendar invite.
Google: Welp. Security is hard
NEW: In a likely first, security researchers have shown how generative AI agents can be hijacked to cause physical consequences.
They tricked Google's Gemini AI into turning off smart home lights, opening windows, and turning on a boiler.
They hid instructions to the AI in a *calendar invitation*
They tricked Google's Gemini AI into turning off smart home lights, opening windows, and turning on a boiler.
They hid instructions to the AI in a *calendar invitation*
Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home
For likely the first time ever, security researchers have shown how AI can be hacked to create real world havoc, allowing them to turn off lights, open smart shutters, and more.
www.wired.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Generative AI needs to be burned to the ground and then salted.
White hat hackers: These applications are not safe. They are not private. They can be exploited. They do harm. It's actually pretty easy to do. No code, no supercomputer needed. Just a calendar invite.
Google: Welp. Security is hard
White hat hackers: These applications are not safe. They are not private. They can be exploited. They do harm. It's actually pretty easy to do. No code, no supercomputer needed. Just a calendar invite.
Google: Welp. Security is hard
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Meanwhile, the Republicans fundraise off rural Americans by painting cities as death traps.
Rural Americans, especially men, die younger.
New research shows a 60-year-old rural man is expected to live two years less than his urban peer – and the gap is widening.
New research shows a 60-year-old rural man is expected to live two years less than his urban peer – and the gap is widening.
Rural Americans don’t live as long as those in cities − new research
The study shows rates for smoking, obesity and chronic conditions such as heart disease are comparatively higher in rural areas, leading to shorter life expectancy.
theconversation.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Meanwhile, the Republicans fundraise off rural Americans by painting cities as death traps.
This was part of AOC clapping back at Trump, who had insulted her. But I don't think Trump was the only Queens boy she had in mind. It seems likely Andrew Cuomo's electoral career is finally done.
June 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This was part of AOC clapping back at Trump, who had insulted her. But I don't think Trump was the only Queens boy she had in mind. It seems likely Andrew Cuomo's electoral career is finally done.
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📊The new Quinnipiac poll asked voters about antisemitism — and it turns out the more that a group believes antisemitism is a serious issue, the less likely they are to approve of how Trump is approaching it.
June 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
📊The new Quinnipiac poll asked voters about antisemitism — and it turns out the more that a group believes antisemitism is a serious issue, the less likely they are to approve of how Trump is approaching it.
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Lander doing the right thing.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Lander doing the right thing.
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The government is surveilling US senators and the phone companies are illegally failing to report it
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Phone companies failed to warn senators about surveillance, Wyden says
Government surveillance of lawmakers, though legal, raises concerns that members of Congress cannot effectively legislate when they are being spied on.
www.politico.com
May 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The government is surveilling US senators and the phone companies are illegally failing to report it
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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“He sat back in his chair and he had a slight smile on his face with his hand up to his chin ... It looked to me like, I don’t know, like he was proud of what he did.”
via @invisible.institute / @propublica.org
via @invisible.institute / @propublica.org
Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again.
The Invisible Institute and ProPublica reviewed over 300 complaints accusing Chicago officers of sexual assault and misconduct. Time and time again, the police department downplayed or ignored claims,...
www.propublica.org
May 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“He sat back in his chair and he had a slight smile on his face with his hand up to his chin ... It looked to me like, I don’t know, like he was proud of what he did.”
via @invisible.institute / @propublica.org
via @invisible.institute / @propublica.org
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Read more about Christopher Young, a political adviser to Musk who also serves in DOGE, helping to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X
Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Musk while serving in the Department of Government Efficiency, helping to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
www.propublica.org
May 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Read more about Christopher Young, a political adviser to Musk who also serves in DOGE, helping to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Those accused of housing discrimination “know that we don’t have those resources anymore,” one HUD official said. “They also feel emboldened that this administration will not consider the things that they are doing to be illegal.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
How the Trump Administration Is Weakening the Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws
Starting with cases involving sexual orientation and identity, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is hobbling enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. Said one HUD attorney: “People are…
www.propublica.org
May 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Those accused of housing discrimination “know that we don’t have those resources anymore,” one HUD official said. “They also feel emboldened that this administration will not consider the things that they are doing to be illegal.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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"Celgene had kept the price of Thalomid low when it was initially intended for AIDS patients...as the company “didn’t want huge numbers of people demonstrating in front” of its office.
That wasn’t a problem with cancer patients. There was “plenty of room for very substantial increases”..."
That wasn’t a problem with cancer patients. There was “plenty of room for very substantial increases”..."
New from @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social:
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.
The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
May 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"Celgene had kept the price of Thalomid low when it was initially intended for AIDS patients...as the company “didn’t want huge numbers of people demonstrating in front” of its office.
That wasn’t a problem with cancer patients. There was “plenty of room for very substantial increases”..."
That wasn’t a problem with cancer patients. There was “plenty of room for very substantial increases”..."
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Hey! Press covering Trump!
The statute that lets him impose tariffs at will? It EXPLICITLY excludes movies.
He has no authority to do this. Not just bc of an absence of authorization, but bc the law says “you CANNOT do this.”
Do NOT say “Trump has imposed movie tariffs,” bc he did not. He CANNOT.
The statute that lets him impose tariffs at will? It EXPLICITLY excludes movies.
He has no authority to do this. Not just bc of an absence of authorization, but bc the law says “you CANNOT do this.”
Do NOT say “Trump has imposed movie tariffs,” bc he did not. He CANNOT.
May 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hey! Press covering Trump!
The statute that lets him impose tariffs at will? It EXPLICITLY excludes movies.
He has no authority to do this. Not just bc of an absence of authorization, but bc the law says “you CANNOT do this.”
Do NOT say “Trump has imposed movie tariffs,” bc he did not. He CANNOT.
The statute that lets him impose tariffs at will? It EXPLICITLY excludes movies.
He has no authority to do this. Not just bc of an absence of authorization, but bc the law says “you CANNOT do this.”
Do NOT say “Trump has imposed movie tariffs,” bc he did not. He CANNOT.
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"The people who’ve been able to get back out of the pit of despair and disinformation have all described one thing that was critical to allowing them to do so: a friend.
Having someone in their life who was willing to give them the space to come back with dignity and not be treated as a fool..."
Having someone in their life who was willing to give them the space to come back with dignity and not be treated as a fool..."
May 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"The people who’ve been able to get back out of the pit of despair and disinformation have all described one thing that was critical to allowing them to do so: a friend.
Having someone in their life who was willing to give them the space to come back with dignity and not be treated as a fool..."
Having someone in their life who was willing to give them the space to come back with dignity and not be treated as a fool..."
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Particularly degenerate homophobia at the highest court in the land this week
I wanted to try and figure out how Neil Gorsuch concluded that 'Pride Puppy', an ABCs book about a lost dog at a pride parade that he insists he read, exposes kids to "bondage" and "sex workers." The answers are somehow even dumber than you can imagine. A brief thread:
I Think Neil Gorsuch Is Lying About a “Religious Freedom” Case Again
Why did Gorsuch claim that ‘Pride Puppy’, an alphabet book about a lost dog, introduces kids to bondage and sex workers? Let’s find out!
ballsandstrikes.org
April 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Particularly degenerate homophobia at the highest court in the land this week
I have rarely seen the shortcoming of Democratic/left messaging worse than seeing "due process" over and over and over and almost never "a fair hearing" or "facts presented to a court."
April 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I have rarely seen the shortcoming of Democratic/left messaging worse than seeing "due process" over and over and over and almost never "a fair hearing" or "facts presented to a court."
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Scary things that you may have recently read headlines about that it turned out you didn’t have to worry about include: microplastics in your brain, black plastic spatulas, intermittent fasting, and plant based meat alternatives.
Also, no, you do not eat a credit card’s worth of plastic a month.
Also, no, you do not eat a credit card’s worth of plastic a month.
April 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Scary things that you may have recently read headlines about that it turned out you didn’t have to worry about include: microplastics in your brain, black plastic spatulas, intermittent fasting, and plant based meat alternatives.
Also, no, you do not eat a credit card’s worth of plastic a month.
Also, no, you do not eat a credit card’s worth of plastic a month.
Consecutive headlines in WaPo daily email:
In the rain-soaked South, a warning to prepare for ‘generational’ floods still to come
National Weather Service halts automated translation for alerts
In the rain-soaked South, a warning to prepare for ‘generational’ floods still to come
National Weather Service halts automated translation for alerts
April 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Consecutive headlines in WaPo daily email:
In the rain-soaked South, a warning to prepare for ‘generational’ floods still to come
National Weather Service halts automated translation for alerts
In the rain-soaked South, a warning to prepare for ‘generational’ floods still to come
National Weather Service halts automated translation for alerts
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It’s so important that this story is being told - a truly terrible thing happened to Becky and people need to know. It’s also important to emphasise that every person who ended up at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, or crossing the Darien Gap, or in a detention centre is somebody’s Becky.
- 32,809 have been arrested by Ice during Trump 2.
- German tourist Jessica Brösche spent more than a month in detention, including eight days in solitary confinement, suffering one of the worst human rights violations
- Rebecca Burke (UK) was trying to leave but was detained for 19 (!) days
- German tourist Jessica Brösche spent more than a month in detention, including eight days in solitary confinement, suffering one of the worst human rights violations
- Rebecca Burke (UK) was trying to leave but was detained for 19 (!) days
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It’s so important that this story is being told - a truly terrible thing happened to Becky and people need to know. It’s also important to emphasise that every person who ended up at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, or crossing the Darien Gap, or in a detention centre is somebody’s Becky.
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Definitely read this.
I associated A&E's long-running cop reality show "The First 48" with re-run marathons. But when I learned that it was mentioned as a factor in the 2024 exoneration of a man convicted of murder in Minnesota, the state I live in and cover, I perked right up.
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March 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Definitely read this.
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"What we’re seeing is a wholesale abandonment of consumer protection, leaving people to fend for themselves when credit card companies, banks, payday lenders and payment apps violate the law."
CFPB Probes of Big Tech and Finance Frozen Under Trump
CFPB Probes of Big Tech and Finance Frozen Under Trump
Fend for Yourself: Under Trump, Consumer Protection Bureau’s Probes of Big Tech and Finance Firms Freeze Up
Companies may avoid consequences for alleged wrongdoing as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against Capital One and Rocket Homes and pauses investigations into Meta and others —...
www.propublica.org
March 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"What we’re seeing is a wholesale abandonment of consumer protection, leaving people to fend for themselves when credit card companies, banks, payday lenders and payment apps violate the law."
CFPB Probes of Big Tech and Finance Frozen Under Trump
CFPB Probes of Big Tech and Finance Frozen Under Trump
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It took NYT four days to report this, which still misdescribes both the Trump White House actions (they dispatched C-130 transports filled with black-clad security agents with heavy weapons) and the full furor of the Greenlanders' reactions. Most US media simply ignore the whole story.
March 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It took NYT four days to report this, which still misdescribes both the Trump White House actions (they dispatched C-130 transports filled with black-clad security agents with heavy weapons) and the full furor of the Greenlanders' reactions. Most US media simply ignore the whole story.