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Edumacator at Georgia Tech. Cognition, psycholinguistics, and statistics. Electronics, drones, Ukraine, bikes, cats, and crows.
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Chicago Snowfall
December 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Chicago Snowfall
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I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
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27-year-old Honduran man with end-stage renal failure denied dialysis until he signed a voluntary deportation order. Abolish DHS completely. Arrest most of its leaders.
Family says critically ill man was pressured into deportation order after 'Charlotte's Web' sweep
Relatives of a 27-year-old Honduran man say he was denied dialysis and pressured into signing a voluntary deportation order after being detained during "Operation Charlotte's Web." ICE denies the alle...
www.wfdd.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
27-year-old Honduran man with end-stage renal failure denied dialysis until he signed a voluntary deportation order. Abolish DHS completely. Arrest most of its leaders.
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For those who thankfully have left Twitter, just know the site under Musk now fully belongs to Nazis and white nationalists.
This the present and future of the GOP btw. White supremacy, misogyny, cruelty & a delight in violence.
It's going to be an ugly rough road ahead but we have the majority.
This the present and future of the GOP btw. White supremacy, misogyny, cruelty & a delight in violence.
It's going to be an ugly rough road ahead but we have the majority.
December 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
For those who thankfully have left Twitter, just know the site under Musk now fully belongs to Nazis and white nationalists.
This the present and future of the GOP btw. White supremacy, misogyny, cruelty & a delight in violence.
It's going to be an ugly rough road ahead but we have the majority.
This the present and future of the GOP btw. White supremacy, misogyny, cruelty & a delight in violence.
It's going to be an ugly rough road ahead but we have the majority.
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
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Siccing dogs on people is a slave tracker thing, a Bull Connor thing, a police brutality thing, a jackboot thug thing, an evil abuse of both dog and man which only a fully corrupted spirit could enact.
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Siccing dogs on people is a slave tracker thing, a Bull Connor thing, a police brutality thing, a jackboot thug thing, an evil abuse of both dog and man which only a fully corrupted spirit could enact.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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It would cost $30 billion to end homelessness in the USA.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
It would cost $30 billion to end homelessness in the USA.
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If nothing else this would dramatize for the public the fact that the Supreme Court is now little more than an arm of the Republican Party.
I feel like if the Court tries to nullify birthright citizenship then House Democrats should commit to impeaching all the Republican justices as soon as they get a majority. Even if the Senate won’t convict, make them make a spectacle out of it.
December 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If nothing else this would dramatize for the public the fact that the Supreme Court is now little more than an arm of the Republican Party.
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I‘ve been listening to Sarah Marshall’s The Devil You Know and it’s so great. She knows this stuff inside out and weaves a tale of so many subjects; the satanic panic (duh), evangelicalism, the patriarchy, media, so much more. Highly recommend.
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I‘ve been listening to Sarah Marshall’s The Devil You Know and it’s so great. She knows this stuff inside out and weaves a tale of so many subjects; the satanic panic (duh), evangelicalism, the patriarchy, media, so much more. Highly recommend.
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Normalize the dismantling of intrusive, nonconsensual surveillance technologies
December 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Normalize the dismantling of intrusive, nonconsensual surveillance technologies
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The Land of Giants, a conceptual proposal to build power line towers so that they look like people. [choishine.com]
The Land of Giants Transmission Towers
Choi+Shine Architects - The Land of Giants™
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December 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Land of Giants, a conceptual proposal to build power line towers so that they look like people. [choishine.com]
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Forgot to post here!
Asked Mamdani for comment on the anti-ICE mobilization that sabotaged a major ICE raid last wkd.
Mamdani described the action as people exercising their free speech, that he looks forward to protecting that right.
He has not previously commented on the community defense.
Asked Mamdani for comment on the anti-ICE mobilization that sabotaged a major ICE raid last wkd.
Mamdani described the action as people exercising their free speech, that he looks forward to protecting that right.
He has not previously commented on the community defense.
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Forgot to post here!
Asked Mamdani for comment on the anti-ICE mobilization that sabotaged a major ICE raid last wkd.
Mamdani described the action as people exercising their free speech, that he looks forward to protecting that right.
He has not previously commented on the community defense.
Asked Mamdani for comment on the anti-ICE mobilization that sabotaged a major ICE raid last wkd.
Mamdani described the action as people exercising their free speech, that he looks forward to protecting that right.
He has not previously commented on the community defense.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
So Netflix will own HBOMax, all of Warners IP. They won t stop until we have basically one channel but spread out over 100 channels.
From October 2025: History tells us that Warner Bros. Discovery’s plan to sell itself is probably going to end in disaster.
Read more from @charlespulliam.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Read more from @charlespulliam.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
So Netflix will own HBOMax, all of Warners IP. They won t stop until we have basically one channel but spread out over 100 channels.
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And there's the motive.
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories
The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
And there's the motive.
Dime store Stalin mf
Breaking news: President Trump replaced the architect he handpicked to design his $300 million White House ballroom.
It is unclear whether he was fired or resigned.
It is unclear whether he was fired or resigned.
Trump hires new White House ballroom architect
Although the two had clashed over the size of the project, the decisive factor was the small firm’s limited capacity to handle such an enormous project.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Dime store Stalin mf
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The Court wrote a roadmap for illegal gerrymanders: Just wait to pass them until the “eve” of the election, and no one can stop you.
Supreme Court Just Okayed One Neat Trick to Illegally Gerrymander Your State
The Supreme Court was simply hamstrung, Justice Samuel Alito wrote, unable to...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Court wrote a roadmap for illegal gerrymanders: Just wait to pass them until the “eve” of the election, and no one can stop you.
Govt services should not turn a profit
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Govt services should not turn a profit
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To be fair, someone in the middle of a manic episode can exhibit the same kind of grandiose delusions, pressured speech, and physical tics.
Neither state of mind is great in a CEO, tho, and everyone does need friends who will be honest with you about it.
Neither state of mind is great in a CEO, tho, and everyone does need friends who will be honest with you about it.
I think it’s bad that leaders of companies are visibly up to their gills in stimulants now. Did nobody tell them that, contrary to how they make you feel, those things make you stupid? This is why everyone needs some fuck up friends growing up, to teach them that there’s no good way to abuse drugs.
The CEO of Palantir.
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
To be fair, someone in the middle of a manic episode can exhibit the same kind of grandiose delusions, pressured speech, and physical tics.
Neither state of mind is great in a CEO, tho, and everyone does need friends who will be honest with you about it.
Neither state of mind is great in a CEO, tho, and everyone does need friends who will be honest with you about it.
Useless tools in a useless opposition party
They would need to purge a decent chunk of their party including the House Minority Leader.
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102 House Democrats, Including Jeffries, Help GOP Send Crypto Bill to Trump's Desk | Common Dreams
More than 100 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives helped Republicans send what would be the country's first major cryptocurrency law to the desk of President Donald Trump.
www.commondreams.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Useless tools in a useless opposition party
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A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social
Behind the Scenes: How UC Faculty Beat Back Trump's Attacks
YouTube video by UC Faculty
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December 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social
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The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
Um.... This is an actual judicial opinion (dissenting in the TX gerrymandering case)
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
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good reminder that ezra notwithstanding, charlie kirk was and turning point usa is a vicious proto-fascist organization devoted to harassing and silencing political enemies and glorifying violence.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
good reminder that ezra notwithstanding, charlie kirk was and turning point usa is a vicious proto-fascist organization devoted to harassing and silencing political enemies and glorifying violence.