hugoboom
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This is not my anon account I guess
Being honest and saying that, of all my Bluesky accounts, this is one of them
Being honest and saying that, of all my Bluesky accounts, this is one of them
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This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.
September 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.
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ABC running a new version of Swan Lake in the late night slot based on a treatment from Mephen N. Stiller.
September 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
ABC running a new version of Swan Lake in the late night slot based on a treatment from Mephen N. Stiller.
[prediction] Adams negotiations to leave NY mayoral race wrap up in the next 72 hours
September 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
[prediction] Adams negotiations to leave NY mayoral race wrap up in the next 72 hours
Theory (ignoring the fact that the GOO never want another election). The GOP gerrymander helps Democrats in the midterms by forcing more Democratic primaries eliminating a lot of schumerjefferiesstaletoast and making unpopular republicans run in districts that they do not entirely know.
September 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Theory (ignoring the fact that the GOO never want another election). The GOP gerrymander helps Democrats in the midterms by forcing more Democratic primaries eliminating a lot of schumerjefferiesstaletoast and making unpopular republicans run in districts that they do not entirely know.
I do not typically point people to the Bulwark but this article raises the interesting point that The NY Times is garbage at the moment partially because it can be, thanks to Jeff Bezos and Shill Lewis
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...
The Washington Post is dying. I can tell you “how.” But not “why.”
Is Jeff Bezos killing the newspaper on purpose or by accident?
www.thebulwark.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I do not typically point people to the Bulwark but this article raises the interesting point that The NY Times is garbage at the moment partially because it can be, thanks to Jeff Bezos and Shill Lewis
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...
Seriously considering changing my party registration based on Swalwell, Gillibrand, and Jeffries. As a jew I do not feel that Democratic Party leadership represents me. If I was a NYer I would have voted for Mamdani in the primary.
June 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Seriously considering changing my party registration based on Swalwell, Gillibrand, and Jeffries. As a jew I do not feel that Democratic Party leadership represents me. If I was a NYer I would have voted for Mamdani in the primary.
I have varied opinions on AI but I need someone to explain to me how, when OpenAI is convicted for copying dark web libraries of copyrighted material to their servers — how is any of what they produced using those materials not covered? Wouldn’t a conviction impact any use of those materials.
June 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I have varied opinions on AI but I need someone to explain to me how, when OpenAI is convicted for copying dark web libraries of copyrighted material to their servers — how is any of what they produced using those materials not covered? Wouldn’t a conviction impact any use of those materials.
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spent my afternoon making a short little web game for New Yorkers called "Don't Rank Cuomo"... it has 10 levels. it's very realistic and challenging. can YOU don't rank Cuomo? play in browser (free): radiatoryang.itch.io/cuomo
June 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
spent my afternoon making a short little web game for New Yorkers called "Don't Rank Cuomo"... it has 10 levels. it's very realistic and challenging. can YOU don't rank Cuomo? play in browser (free): radiatoryang.itch.io/cuomo
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The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
June 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
@cnn.com devoting a ridiculous amount of time to coverage of damage in Israel and a little bit of time to damage in Iran. And if this was in Gaza (or almost anywhere else outside of the west) CNN would not cover it at all.
June 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
@cnn.com devoting a ridiculous amount of time to coverage of damage in Israel and a little bit of time to damage in Iran. And if this was in Gaza (or almost anywhere else outside of the west) CNN would not cover it at all.
Had a good walk in Philly today.
Saw this
Great crowd. City did a good job. Not a lot of cops. Good protection of the route.
Next time bigger screens with more height and better sound system
Saw this
Great crowd. City did a good job. Not a lot of cops. Good protection of the route.
Next time bigger screens with more height and better sound system
June 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Had a good walk in Philly today.
Saw this
Great crowd. City did a good job. Not a lot of cops. Good protection of the route.
Next time bigger screens with more height and better sound system
Saw this
Great crowd. City did a good job. Not a lot of cops. Good protection of the route.
Next time bigger screens with more height and better sound system
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I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.
June 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.
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Hey gang, take it from a comms professional:
THE TIME TO PUBLISH THAT BAD NEWS IS NOW NOW NOW
THE TIME TO PUBLISH THAT BAD NEWS IS NOW NOW NOW
June 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hey gang, take it from a comms professional:
THE TIME TO PUBLISH THAT BAD NEWS IS NOW NOW NOW
THE TIME TO PUBLISH THAT BAD NEWS IS NOW NOW NOW
It is Thursday evening and I am watching two addicts fight over the lid to a can of soup. How is everyone else doing?
June 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It is Thursday evening and I am watching two addicts fight over the lid to a can of soup. How is everyone else doing?
The newsletter thing is just the dumbest most unworkable thing in that it obviously implodes because only so many people can afford to subscribe and it closes off information from a lot of people who might consume it if it was part of a newspaper. If ever aggregation had a victim it is substack.
May 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The newsletter thing is just the dumbest most unworkable thing in that it obviously implodes because only so many people can afford to subscribe and it closes off information from a lot of people who might consume it if it was part of a newspaper. If ever aggregation had a victim it is substack.
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The fact that there's zero daylight between "pope they picked" and "only pope they would've picked if JD Vance really did kill the previous pope" is kind of interesting.
May 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The fact that there's zero daylight between "pope they picked" and "only pope they would've picked if JD Vance really did kill the previous pope" is kind of interesting.
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Something I hope everyone covers this tomorrow notes is that...the President has no authority whatsoever to make trade deals without congress. None. Not even the pretext of one.
New: Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that the US will strike a trade deal with the UK, according to a person familiar with the matter, the first agreement for the administration since it imposed sweeping tariffs against its trading partners last month @theguardian.com story TK
May 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Something I hope everyone covers this tomorrow notes is that...the President has no authority whatsoever to make trade deals without congress. None. Not even the pretext of one.
The people in Blank Street coffee with laptops. Are they extras? Are they temps who are brought in by the people who do the store interiors?
May 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The people in Blank Street coffee with laptops. Are they extras? Are they temps who are brought in by the people who do the store interiors?
At some level it is worth noting that Jill Stein makes Jeremy Corbyn look like a political genius. And I love Corbyn as a poliitical philosopher. He is more consistent than Bernie. But Jill Stein and the American Green Party are the Washington Generals. A political party whole game plan is loosing.
May 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
At some level it is worth noting that Jill Stein makes Jeremy Corbyn look like a political genius. And I love Corbyn as a poliitical philosopher. He is more consistent than Bernie. But Jill Stein and the American Green Party are the Washington Generals. A political party whole game plan is loosing.
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A modest request:
In reports about Trump's endless, lawless exec orders, maybe point out that he *does not have* legal power to do these things.
Trump did not "make it official" or "make good" on this bullying, as @semafor.com contends. He has ZERO official power to do this.
King Canute dept.
In reports about Trump's endless, lawless exec orders, maybe point out that he *does not have* legal power to do these things.
Trump did not "make it official" or "make good" on this bullying, as @semafor.com contends. He has ZERO official power to do this.
King Canute dept.
May 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A modest request:
In reports about Trump's endless, lawless exec orders, maybe point out that he *does not have* legal power to do these things.
Trump did not "make it official" or "make good" on this bullying, as @semafor.com contends. He has ZERO official power to do this.
King Canute dept.
In reports about Trump's endless, lawless exec orders, maybe point out that he *does not have* legal power to do these things.
Trump did not "make it official" or "make good" on this bullying, as @semafor.com contends. He has ZERO official power to do this.
King Canute dept.
Really, if I cannot get traction with ErrorVision then I will never understand social media. Which is OK.
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May 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Really, if I cannot get traction with ErrorVision then I will never understand social media. Which is OK.
“Please also note that this is exactly the type of brother I am, as you’d expect: You tell me that a tree fell on your house and I say, I wonder what that looks like as a chart. “
Congrats to Joe Biden, personally responsible for saving over 2.3 billion American lives just from fentanyl seizures at the border alone!
The free-to-read newsletter has more. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
The free-to-read newsletter has more. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
May 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“Please also note that this is exactly the type of brother I am, as you’d expect: You tell me that a tree fell on your house and I say, I wonder what that looks like as a chart. “
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May 3, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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