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Still one of the most underrated campaigns in American military history
August 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Still one of the most underrated campaigns in American military history
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One underrated aspect of the Vicksburg campaign is how badly Jefferson Davis misunderstood the assignment, and how not up for the moment John Pemberton was.
The moment it was proven that Vicksburg couldn't keep the Mississippi completely closed, the Confederates should have begun evacuation.
The moment it was proven that Vicksburg couldn't keep the Mississippi completely closed, the Confederates should have begun evacuation.
Still one of the most underrated campaigns in American military history
August 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
One underrated aspect of the Vicksburg campaign is how badly Jefferson Davis misunderstood the assignment, and how not up for the moment John Pemberton was.
The moment it was proven that Vicksburg couldn't keep the Mississippi completely closed, the Confederates should have begun evacuation.
The moment it was proven that Vicksburg couldn't keep the Mississippi completely closed, the Confederates should have begun evacuation.
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Incredible, must-read investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social into how Tea's founder got women to join the app, how its founding story changed, how it spammed Are We Dating the Same Guy Facebook groups, how it hired an influencer marketing firm to promote it
www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
How Tea’s Founder Convinced Millions of Women to Spill Their Secrets, Then Exposed Them to the World
A 404 Media investigation reveals how the man who started Tea, the ‘women dating safety’ app, tried to hire a female ‘face’ for the company and then hijack her grassroots community.
www.404media.co
August 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Incredible, must-read investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social into how Tea's founder got women to join the app, how its founding story changed, how it spammed Are We Dating the Same Guy Facebook groups, how it hired an influencer marketing firm to promote it
www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
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I do think it’s very funny that “[LLMs] also love groups of three, overtly parallel structure, and impersonal writing” describes the sentence itself that has been written.
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
July 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I do think it’s very funny that “[LLMs] also love groups of three, overtly parallel structure, and impersonal writing” describes the sentence itself that has been written.
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important note: the LAPD has figured out it can get footage from Waymos: www.404media.co/lapd-publish...
LAPD Publishes Crime Footage It Got From a Waymo Driverless Car
Police are starting to realize they can demand footage from driverless cars.
www.404media.co
June 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
important note: the LAPD has figured out it can get footage from Waymos: www.404media.co/lapd-publish...
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I can’t compete with this
June 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I can’t compete with this
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ICE agents briefly detained a U.S. marshal in Arizona
“The deputy marshal was detained because he "fit the general description of a subject being sought by ICE,"
ICE is out of control www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
“The deputy marshal was detained because he "fit the general description of a subject being sought by ICE,"
ICE is out of control www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
ICE agents mistakenly detain U.S. marshal in Arizona
The deputy marshal was detained because he "fit the general description of a subject being sought by ICE," according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
www.nbcnews.com
June 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
ICE agents briefly detained a U.S. marshal in Arizona
“The deputy marshal was detained because he "fit the general description of a subject being sought by ICE,"
ICE is out of control www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
“The deputy marshal was detained because he "fit the general description of a subject being sought by ICE,"
ICE is out of control www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Wrote this in the summer of 2020, definitely a good sign to be dusting it off now.
"Less lethal" weapons are tools of colonial occupation marketed to police, and tools of police marketed to colonial soldiers. Anti-civilian weapons more than "less-lethal" www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
"Less lethal" weapons are tools of colonial occupation marketed to police, and tools of police marketed to colonial soldiers. Anti-civilian weapons more than "less-lethal" www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
What 'Less Lethal' Weapons Actually Do
Rubber bullets and tear gas are not as innocuous as they sound
www.scientificamerican.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Wrote this in the summer of 2020, definitely a good sign to be dusting it off now.
"Less lethal" weapons are tools of colonial occupation marketed to police, and tools of police marketed to colonial soldiers. Anti-civilian weapons more than "less-lethal" www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
"Less lethal" weapons are tools of colonial occupation marketed to police, and tools of police marketed to colonial soldiers. Anti-civilian weapons more than "less-lethal" www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
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BREAKING: The D.C. Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, bars the CFPB from terminations pending appellate review of a district court injunction. Judge Pillard (Obama) and Katsas (Trump) take the action over the disset of Judge Rao (Trump).
UPDATE: In the CFPB litigation, as discovery was produced, DOJ claimed several documents as privileged. Given that most relate to Paoletta, whose declaration was the key justification of the RIF, plaintiffs said, basically: "Hold up, you can't say he authorized this *and* we can't tell you why."
![IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NATIONAL TREASURY
EMPLOYEES UNION, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
RUSSELL VOUGHT, in his official capacity
as Acting Director of the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau, et al.,
Defendants.
Case No. !"-cv-&'(-ABJ
MOTION TO COMPEL
The defendants claim that they did not violate the preliminary injunction because they
“determined, after a particularized assessment,” that the employees they RIFed were “unnecessary
to the performance of [CFPB’s] statutory duties.” To support this assertion, they submitted a
declaration from Mark Paoletta, the Chief Legal Officer of the CFPB, claiming to have conducted
the required assessment—along with Victoria Dorfman and Daniel Shapiro. Paoletta Decl. ¶ Y.
Yet now, the defendants seek to withhold information related to how they conducted that supposed
assessment under the guise of privilege. They cannot have it both ways. The defendants cannot
rely on Paoletta’s testimony and then shield the documents that would enable the plaintiffs and the
Court to assess that testimony. Given the centrality of Paoletta’s purported assessment to the showcause hearing, this Court should reject (or at least investigate in camera) the defendants’ attempts
to hide the discussions regarding this very assessment.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreihpfyr5ynhjg73dbl26r4d6atpcfksmv6ycmfwaxz2n2ufhtlbllm@jpeg)
April 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
BREAKING: The D.C. Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, bars the CFPB from terminations pending appellate review of a district court injunction. Judge Pillard (Obama) and Katsas (Trump) take the action over the disset of Judge Rao (Trump).
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Viktor Orbán’s government has pumped more than €1bn in unlawful subsidies into pro-regime media, according to a state aid investigation prepared for Brussels and seen by @financialtimes.com’s @bmoens.bsky.social
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Hungary accused of illegal subsidies for pro-government media
[FREE TO READ] Viktor Orbán faces scrutiny over his tightening grip on critical voices
on.ft.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Viktor Orbán’s government has pumped more than €1bn in unlawful subsidies into pro-regime media, according to a state aid investigation prepared for Brussels and seen by @financialtimes.com’s @bmoens.bsky.social
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on.ft.com/3YHc7X9
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Coded Llama 3.2 model from scratch and shared it on the HF Hub.
Why? Because I think 1B & 3B models are great for experimentation, and I wanted to share a clean, readable implementation for learning and research: huggingface.co/rasbt/llama-...
Why? Because I think 1B & 3B models are great for experimentation, and I wanted to share a clean, readable implementation for learning and research: huggingface.co/rasbt/llama-...
March 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Coded Llama 3.2 model from scratch and shared it on the HF Hub.
Why? Because I think 1B & 3B models are great for experimentation, and I wanted to share a clean, readable implementation for learning and research: huggingface.co/rasbt/llama-...
Why? Because I think 1B & 3B models are great for experimentation, and I wanted to share a clean, readable implementation for learning and research: huggingface.co/rasbt/llama-...
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Sure, I'm a free speech absolutist, but there are limits.
March 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Sure, I'm a free speech absolutist, but there are limits.
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There should be an MMORPG based on Gary Larson’s The Far Side
March 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
There should be an MMORPG based on Gary Larson’s The Far Side
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Quite a fun moment when the security contractors who had been terminated by the USIP but had switched their allegiances to DOGE entered the property with an unconfiscated key and headed immediately to the gun safe.
March 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Quite a fun moment when the security contractors who had been terminated by the USIP but had switched their allegiances to DOGE entered the property with an unconfiscated key and headed immediately to the gun safe.
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Really key stuff here. DOGE flipped the Institute's security contractors - Inter-Con - against them by threatening to cancel all their security contracts across the federal government.
This is where DOGE's money meets up with guns and the lawyers are kicked to the side.
This is where DOGE's money meets up with guns and the lawyers are kicked to the side.
BREAKING: DOGE Strong-Armed USIP Security Contractors to Switch Sides talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/break...
March 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Really key stuff here. DOGE flipped the Institute's security contractors - Inter-Con - against them by threatening to cancel all their security contracts across the federal government.
This is where DOGE's money meets up with guns and the lawyers are kicked to the side.
This is where DOGE's money meets up with guns and the lawyers are kicked to the side.
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NEW: Perkins Coie has hired Williams & Connolly to fight Trump's executive order targeting Perkins.
There had been concern in the legal community about whether major law firms would shy away from the fight out of fear of incurring Trump's wrath.
But Williams & Connolly is considered formidable.
There had been concern in the legal community about whether major law firms would shy away from the fight out of fear of incurring Trump's wrath.
But Williams & Connolly is considered formidable.
Top Law Firm Targeted by Trump Over Clinton Campaign Work Hires Counsel
President Trump stripped Perkins Coie of access to federal buildings and personnel, citing its work for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign. The firm hired Williams & Connolly, which is skilled in fightin...
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
NEW: Perkins Coie has hired Williams & Connolly to fight Trump's executive order targeting Perkins.
There had been concern in the legal community about whether major law firms would shy away from the fight out of fear of incurring Trump's wrath.
But Williams & Connolly is considered formidable.
There had been concern in the legal community about whether major law firms would shy away from the fight out of fear of incurring Trump's wrath.
But Williams & Connolly is considered formidable.
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Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"
February 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"
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My 100th birthday... in prison? - This is abuse.
February 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
My 100th birthday... in prison? - This is abuse.
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Here me out: Mike Bloomberg
February 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Here me out: Mike Bloomberg
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Embarrassing confession: My first book, “Legality”, is really about my breakup with Taylor Swift.
February 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Embarrassing confession: My first book, “Legality”, is really about my breakup with Taylor Swift.
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👇 Many notable participants aren't on Bluesky (yet), eg keynoter Dean Baquet & some on the response to his keynote panel (these will be live streamed), but among those on Bluesky are @katiestallard.bsky.social @amywilentz.bsky.social @angshah.bsky.social @davidakaye.bsky.social @sheeraf.bsky.social
"Facts Under Fire: Reporting in Impossible Times," a UCI conference that will begin Friday afternoon and end Saturday afternoon will a feature a varied array of impressive people discussing urgent issues; free (even a free lunch) but please register ASAP to attend, sites.uci.edu/factsunderfi...
Forum for the Academy and the Public 2025
sites.uci.edu
February 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
👇 Many notable participants aren't on Bluesky (yet), eg keynoter Dean Baquet & some on the response to his keynote panel (these will be live streamed), but among those on Bluesky are @katiestallard.bsky.social @amywilentz.bsky.social @angshah.bsky.social @davidakaye.bsky.social @sheeraf.bsky.social
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how did the dodgers miss out on luka wtf
February 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
how did the dodgers miss out on luka wtf
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The Theory of the Forms is the original conspiracy theory and Plato the first conspiracy theorist
January 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The Theory of the Forms is the original conspiracy theory and Plato the first conspiracy theorist