Echo Quebec
@echoquebec.bsky.social
any pronouns | mainly here to lurk on lawsky (IANAL)
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This is why I am so, so skeptical of leftist calls for “community” as the alpha and omega of political organizing. What happens if the relevant community thinks you suck, or thinks the person that wronged you is great?
Give me impersonal institutions over social groups any day.
Give me impersonal institutions over social groups any day.
February 4, 2026 at 12:27 AM
This is why I am so, so skeptical of leftist calls for “community” as the alpha and omega of political organizing. What happens if the relevant community thinks you suck, or thinks the person that wronged you is great?
Give me impersonal institutions over social groups any day.
Give me impersonal institutions over social groups any day.
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“We’re doing Iran-Contra but in the open this time”
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
“We’re doing Iran-Contra but in the open this time”
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It feels like we’re living in a schizophrenic HOI4 mod
January 19, 2026 at 11:24 PM
It feels like we’re living in a schizophrenic HOI4 mod
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The natural endpoint of this administration's use of 18 USC 111
@perrystein.bsky.social update! New info on the FBI seeking search warrants for Renee Good's car.
"Law enforcement applied for a warrant to search Good’s car under a civil rights statute"
"as new facts emerged in the case," they applied for a warrant under an assault statute. It was rejected.
"Law enforcement applied for a warrant to search Good’s car under a civil rights statute"
"as new facts emerged in the case," they applied for a warrant under an assault statute. It was rejected.
January 20, 2026 at 12:52 AM
The natural endpoint of this administration's use of 18 USC 111
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Rachel Maddow posting a crimethinc link is wild lmao
January 19, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Rachel Maddow posting a crimethinc link is wild lmao
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They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 AM
They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.
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Congratulations! You have passed the time travel component of your physical exam. Will pass. Will have passed.
January 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Congratulations! You have passed the time travel component of your physical exam. Will pass. Will have passed.
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
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If you wreck the Fed I don’t think you’re going to like what it looks like on the other side.
January 12, 2026 at 12:59 AM
If you wreck the Fed I don’t think you’re going to like what it looks like on the other side.
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I wake up, I check my phone, I see slopulism. I go to lunch, I check my phone, I see slopulism. I go to a party, I check my phone, I see slopulism
January 10, 2026 at 4:37 AM
I wake up, I check my phone, I see slopulism. I go to lunch, I check my phone, I see slopulism. I go to a party, I check my phone, I see slopulism
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Hi, I'm trans, if this is what you think defending us looks like please stop.
January 7, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Hi, I'm trans, if this is what you think defending us looks like please stop.
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In a liberal democracy, nobody is above the filing fee
Something I found out just tonight is that you have to pay a $9 filing fee to be sworn in as an official of the city of New York, here is Zohran Mamdani signing the papers shortly before becoming mayor www.cityclerk.nyc.gov/content/oath...
January 1, 2026 at 7:31 AM
In a liberal democracy, nobody is above the filing fee
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chat are we gonna die
December 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
chat are we gonna die
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Get in losers, we’re going to Avignon
December 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Get in losers, we’re going to Avignon
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as always, evergreen tweet
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
as always, evergreen tweet
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oh good i needed a RLHF dataset
the Epstein files have been trending on HuggingFace.
> This dataset is provided for...
> Evaluating information retrieval and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) systems.
> It is not intended for: Fine-tuning language models.
??
> This dataset is provided for...
> Evaluating information retrieval and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) systems.
> It is not intended for: Fine-tuning language models.
??
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
oh good i needed a RLHF dataset
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Literally this is how I found out
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Literally this is how I found out
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NFTs are amazing because you apparently “own” them but the AWS outtage yesterday took out everyones apes lol
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
NFTs are amazing because you apparently “own” them but the AWS outtage yesterday took out everyones apes lol
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Things that it is permissible to deadname:
- The Department of Defense
- Twitter
- The Department of Defense
This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:
* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.
Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.
Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Things that it is permissible to deadname:
- The Department of Defense
- Twitter
- The Department of Defense
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i actually got raptured but the afterlife is just more of the same thing
September 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
i actually got raptured but the afterlife is just more of the same thing
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the rapture is in beta testing right now so you’ll need an invite code from someone who’s already there
September 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
the rapture is in beta testing right now so you’ll need an invite code from someone who’s already there
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I’m more used to saying this to people on the Left than people on the Right, but, “hate speech” is not an exception to the First Amendment. “Hate speech” is protected by the First Amendment unless it falls into a traditional established exception.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "There's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society...We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech."
September 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I’m more used to saying this to people on the Left than people on the Right, but, “hate speech” is not an exception to the First Amendment. “Hate speech” is protected by the First Amendment unless it falls into a traditional established exception.
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"Lemme just jump into a 100+ years of debate on lethality and ballistics by suggesting we ban one of the most popular hunting calibers in the country regardless of action type..."
August 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"Lemme just jump into a 100+ years of debate on lethality and ballistics by suggesting we ban one of the most popular hunting calibers in the country regardless of action type..."
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I think a lot of anti-gun Americans would be genuinely surprised at what isn't restricted in parts of Europe that are assumed to have "good" firearms law
August 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I think a lot of anti-gun Americans would be genuinely surprised at what isn't restricted in parts of Europe that are assumed to have "good" firearms law