Michael Stanford
@halfagain.bsky.social
DSP guy, Capitals, City, Basketball, and a wide range of shallower interest takes from the greater DMV.
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Really smart piece on how to think about democracy amidst the failure of shared knowledge.
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Really smart piece on how to think about democracy amidst the failure of shared knowledge.
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
I have had conversations with conspiracists that were amazing in their accuracy right up until the point where they would have had to grapple with systems and the slow boring of hard boards. Much, much easier to imagine a shadowy cabal, because you can do something about the cabal.
I think an underrated function of conspiracy theories is that they prevent us from noticing the actual collusion of forces that harms and collectively assails us; noticing this would be more painful than believing in even the most evil and outlandish conspiracy, because it is actually true
It is hard to get over that the Q-Anon folks spent years feverishly looking in pizza parlors for the cabal of rich, elite pedophiles and it turns out THERE WAS ONE, right in front of their noses, which they failed to identify and instead voted for three times in a row.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I have had conversations with conspiracists that were amazing in their accuracy right up until the point where they would have had to grapple with systems and the slow boring of hard boards. Much, much easier to imagine a shadowy cabal, because you can do something about the cabal.
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Stop me if you've heard this before:
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Stop me if you've heard this before:
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
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If releasing the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency must end. It’s that simple.
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If releasing the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency must end. It’s that simple.
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This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Correct, they all gotta go.
again i am perfectly fine with locking every one of Jeffrey Epstein's friends in prison, Democrat, Republican or Whatever.
Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Correct, they all gotta go.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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If this is what they are doing with the AI, what do you think they are doing with the much simpler and easier to control algorithm that chooses which posts you see and which of your posts are seen by others?
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
If this is what they are doing with the AI, what do you think they are doing with the much simpler and easier to control algorithm that chooses which posts you see and which of your posts are seen by others?
If you pepper spray a 1 year old you don’t belong in society. I mostly oppose the carceral state but this is a clear exception.
"President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement crackdown has hit a disgusting new low, after federal agents reportedly pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Chicago and then lied about it."
Damning Video Shows DHS Agents Pepper-Spray a Baby
The Department of Homeland Security has denied it.
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
If you pepper spray a 1 year old you don’t belong in society. I mostly oppose the carceral state but this is a clear exception.
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So much cooler now.
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
So much cooler now.
Holy moly, these are *incredible* shots.
I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Holy moly, these are *incredible* shots.
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
LT seems like the kind of psycho you don’t want to fight
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
LT seems like the kind of psycho you don’t want to fight
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I would LOVE to believe the "election truth" people who claim the 2024 presidential race results have suspicious anomalies that indicate fraud. Politics aside, it would vindicate warnings from my collegues and that elections systems have serious vulnerabilities.
But there's just nothing there.
But there's just nothing there.
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I would LOVE to believe the "election truth" people who claim the 2024 presidential race results have suspicious anomalies that indicate fraud. Politics aside, it would vindicate warnings from my collegues and that elections systems have serious vulnerabilities.
But there's just nothing there.
But there's just nothing there.
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you cannot actually*know*a Republican in the Senate caucus by meeting them offline-just like a lot of women who end up in relationships with reactionary men don't really meet them on dates, because their real lives are on 8chan or whatever. You have to understand that online comes first to know them
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
you cannot actually*know*a Republican in the Senate caucus by meeting them offline-just like a lot of women who end up in relationships with reactionary men don't really meet them on dates, because their real lives are on 8chan or whatever. You have to understand that online comes first to know them
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the Senate caucus believes meaningful deals can be reached with Republicans on literally anything
those of us who are online and can see into the groyper world their staffers live in know that isn't true
the *fact that Dems know that physical reality is supposedly primary means they get duped*!
those of us who are online and can see into the groyper world their staffers live in know that isn't true
the *fact that Dems know that physical reality is supposedly primary means they get duped*!
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
the Senate caucus believes meaningful deals can be reached with Republicans on literally anything
those of us who are online and can see into the groyper world their staffers live in know that isn't true
the *fact that Dems know that physical reality is supposedly primary means they get duped*!
those of us who are online and can see into the groyper world their staffers live in know that isn't true
the *fact that Dems know that physical reality is supposedly primary means they get duped*!
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Nico Harrison trading Luka Doncic is like if Ted Leonsis had hired Adam Proteau to be the Caps GM after 2013.
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Nico Harrison trading Luka Doncic is like if Ted Leonsis had hired Adam Proteau to be the Caps GM after 2013.
Why are D senators looking for every single opportunity to roll over and show their bellies?
US senators will say anything. "Standing up to donald trump gave him more power." No it didn't. That isn't true.
This is what bullies want you to think, and it's why they get stronger
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Why are D senators looking for every single opportunity to roll over and show their bellies?
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the reactionary centrists with cushy opinion gigs couldn't make it through a 15 minute live discussion with a randomly selected progressive operative, political scientist or Resistance-era precinct captain
No, false.
This wasn’t about a mere “policy agenda”—pre-Trump shutdowns were, which is also why they were much shorter—it was about egregious lawbreaking.
No one explained how it could’ve gone any other way? I did.
Just put on the red hat and say you like the serially lying authoritarian, Josh.
This wasn’t about a mere “policy agenda”—pre-Trump shutdowns were, which is also why they were much shorter—it was about egregious lawbreaking.
No one explained how it could’ve gone any other way? I did.
Just put on the red hat and say you like the serially lying authoritarian, Josh.
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
the reactionary centrists with cushy opinion gigs couldn't make it through a 15 minute live discussion with a randomly selected progressive operative, political scientist or Resistance-era precinct captain
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It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
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just saying if one of the 8 folding Dems wants they can use this as an excuse to change their mind and not give Trump exactly what he wants
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
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Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
just saying if one of the 8 folding Dems wants they can use this as an excuse to change their mind and not give Trump exactly what he wants
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Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...