@jacobwisner.bsky.social
Data specialist and legal tech developer. Former nuclear engineer and physicist. Opinions are my own. He/Him Grey+A
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Automatic license plate readers may seem like a good idea until you hear about the ways they enable cops to abuse women, all while not actually making you any safer skepchick.org/2025/11/the-...
The Police State Gets Flocked
Transcript: Earlier this year, I talked about the data and research that suggest that using tools like ChatGPT is bad for learning, because it offloads critical thinking to an algorithm, leaving ki…
skepchick.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Automatic license plate readers may seem like a good idea until you hear about the ways they enable cops to abuse women, all while not actually making you any safer skepchick.org/2025/11/the-...
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Guillotines
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Every year Tesla ranks as the worst for road worthiness amongst ALL brands, not just EV.
Every. Single. Year.
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Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
Tesla Model Y Is The Most Defective Car This Year, Germany Says - Jalopnik
The report comes from TÜV SÜD, a German auditing, inspection, and certification firm, and is based on data collected from about 9.5 million vehicle inspections.
www.jalopnik.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Every year Tesla ranks as the worst for road worthiness amongst ALL brands, not just EV.
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
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Hmm, I wonder if this helps?
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Hmm, I wonder if this helps?
At least somebody is
Swiss lawmakers seek probe into whether gifts to Trump may have breached law reut.rs/4rpPnHM
Swiss lawmakers seek probe into whether gifts to Trump may have breached law
Two Swiss lawmakers have asked prosecutors to examine whether gifts reportedly given to U.S. President Donald Trump - including a Rolex watch and a gold bar - by Swiss business leaders may have violated Switzerland's anti-bribery laws.
reut.rs
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
At least somebody is
Making black garlic Mac and cheese (topped with cripsy bacon an onions), beef pot pie, and dirty rice to bring to thanksgiving. My place smells amazing right now and it's kind of driving me insane)
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Making black garlic Mac and cheese (topped with cripsy bacon an onions), beef pot pie, and dirty rice to bring to thanksgiving. My place smells amazing right now and it's kind of driving me insane)
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Here’s a list of people that should be in jail.
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Here’s a list of people that should be in jail.
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data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
It really is grueling summed up like this. A crime a day calendar. youtu.be/hybL-GJov7M?...
Every Illegal Act Trump Committed in 2025 (So Far)
YouTube video by LegalEagle
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It really is grueling summed up like this. A crime a day calendar. youtu.be/hybL-GJov7M?...
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Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Jesus Christ
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Jesus Christ
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Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
This feels like a Cities Skylines simulation error made real
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This feels like a Cities Skylines simulation error made real
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People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Don't talk to cops.
Every day is shut the fuck up Friday.
FBI are cops.
Every day is shut the fuck up Friday.
FBI are cops.
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Don't talk to cops.
Every day is shut the fuck up Friday.
FBI are cops.
Every day is shut the fuck up Friday.
FBI are cops.
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Must be nice to have a real supreme court
Bolsonaro gets 27 years for his attempted coup to hold power in Brazil. Trump is acquitted by Republicans in impeachment & then re-elected so he can inflict more ego-driven destruction at home & around the world. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Must be nice to have a real supreme court
Can't wait for their Christmas article about the nutritional virtues of wallpaper paste.
Cabbage is affordable, delicious, and astoundingly versatile, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes. The underrated crucifer “is fit for a king”:
The Most Underrated Thanksgiving Vegetable
Embrace cabbage.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Can't wait for their Christmas article about the nutritional virtues of wallpaper paste.
That's adorable.
The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
ALT: a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
That's adorable.
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Idk how many times people are gonna have to say "stop using ai it is literally killing us" before people listen.
No not even as a joke. don't go near this shit.
No not even as a joke. don't go near this shit.
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Idk how many times people are gonna have to say "stop using ai it is literally killing us" before people listen.
No not even as a joke. don't go near this shit.
No not even as a joke. don't go near this shit.
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Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst