@jdkeaton.bsky.social
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Nothing convinced me more that the Constitution is meant to change and grow with us than reading the arguments had over ratifying it in the first place. Not a single man who supported it would be ok with only 15 changes to it in 200+ years since the 12th amendment.
When the Constitution was up for ratification, a critic who had rejected it and left Philadelphia, had this to say about the flaws in the construction of the presidency. Now Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is the only protection we have against this prediction of monarchy becoming true.
November 25, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Nothing convinced me more that the Constitution is meant to change and grow with us than reading the arguments had over ratifying it in the first place. Not a single man who supported it would be ok with only 15 changes to it in 200+ years since the 12th amendment.
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A document all high school seniors should read before they vote for the first time. I'd also love to see it appear regularly in a box on newspaper front pages, and become an election-year staple of social media. We also need to remember it for/on our 250th birthday.
Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
November 25, 2024 at 2:58 AM
A document all high school seniors should read before they vote for the first time. I'd also love to see it appear regularly in a box on newspaper front pages, and become an election-year staple of social media. We also need to remember it for/on our 250th birthday.
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The future of journalism is incredibly bleak. An industry already in crisis now faces this + heightened legal threats + the “nonprofit killer” bill + tariff-induced cutbacks in household discretionary spending. It’s existential. If you can, please support journalism now, before the worst hits.
Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC chair pick, is signaling his intention to punish broadcasters that the incoming administration believes has been unfair to them.
He's doing something else here, too: he's discouraging broadcasters from critically covering Trump moving forward.
He's doing something else here, too: he's discouraging broadcasters from critically covering Trump moving forward.
November 25, 2024 at 12:12 AM
The future of journalism is incredibly bleak. An industry already in crisis now faces this + heightened legal threats + the “nonprofit killer” bill + tariff-induced cutbacks in household discretionary spending. It’s existential. If you can, please support journalism now, before the worst hits.
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Trying to get home from Dallas to DC. Flight delayed for hours, finally canceled. Airline tried to rebook me on a flight to Denver(!), and then take a red eye to DC
Thanks to a Biden reg, I was able to get a refund and rebook on another airline
Trump promised airline CEOs he’ll get rid of the reg
Thanks to a Biden reg, I was able to get a refund and rebook on another airline
Trump promised airline CEOs he’ll get rid of the reg
Delta CEO says the Trump administration will reverse government 'overreach' seen under Biden
The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says the incoming Trump administration will be a “breath of fresh air” for airlines after what he called government “overreach” under President Joe Biden.
apnews.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Trying to get home from Dallas to DC. Flight delayed for hours, finally canceled. Airline tried to rebook me on a flight to Denver(!), and then take a red eye to DC
Thanks to a Biden reg, I was able to get a refund and rebook on another airline
Trump promised airline CEOs he’ll get rid of the reg
Thanks to a Biden reg, I was able to get a refund and rebook on another airline
Trump promised airline CEOs he’ll get rid of the reg
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This evil is returning. Call your local elected officials and ask what they're going to do to stop it.
“Children relied on neighbors and strangers to pick them up outside their homes after school,” WJTV reported following the 2019 raids. “They drove the children to a community center where ppl tried to keep them calm. But many kids could not stop crying for mom and dad.” www.wjtv.com/news/childre...
November 24, 2024 at 9:52 PM
This evil is returning. Call your local elected officials and ask what they're going to do to stop it.
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Things people do not like, non-exhaustive list:
1. Algorithmic feeds generated by recommender systems for “maximum engagement”
2. Advertisers
3. Being the product
4. Elon Musk
5. Extremist trash
6. Being abused online
So it’s pretty easy to see why Bluesky has taken off.
1. Algorithmic feeds generated by recommender systems for “maximum engagement”
2. Advertisers
3. Being the product
4. Elon Musk
5. Extremist trash
6. Being abused online
So it’s pretty easy to see why Bluesky has taken off.
November 24, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Things people do not like, non-exhaustive list:
1. Algorithmic feeds generated by recommender systems for “maximum engagement”
2. Advertisers
3. Being the product
4. Elon Musk
5. Extremist trash
6. Being abused online
So it’s pretty easy to see why Bluesky has taken off.
1. Algorithmic feeds generated by recommender systems for “maximum engagement”
2. Advertisers
3. Being the product
4. Elon Musk
5. Extremist trash
6. Being abused online
So it’s pretty easy to see why Bluesky has taken off.
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“Intellectual diversity is essentially a fake problem that is used to create cover for ideologically committed, far-right faculty who are not intellectually honest.” Craig Campbell, UT anthropology professor.
www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11...
www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11...
The Right-Wingification of UT
Texas targets liberal enemies within one of the top U.S. schools
www.austinchronicle.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:37 PM
“Intellectual diversity is essentially a fake problem that is used to create cover for ideologically committed, far-right faculty who are not intellectually honest.” Craig Campbell, UT anthropology professor.
www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11...
www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11...
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That "intellectual diversity" and "free speech" were trojan horses for right-wing power-grabs has been obvious from the start and I remain disappointed how many supposedly rational folks took bad-faith actors at their word.
“Intellectual diversity is essentially a fake problem that is used to create cover for ideologically committed, far-right faculty who are not intellectually honest.” Craig Campbell, UT anthropology professor.
www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11...
www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11...
The Right-Wingification of UT
Texas targets liberal enemies within one of the top U.S. schools
www.austinchronicle.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:12 PM
That "intellectual diversity" and "free speech" were trojan horses for right-wing power-grabs has been obvious from the start and I remain disappointed how many supposedly rational folks took bad-faith actors at their word.
If it’s late in the season, and Mike Tomlin needs to beat a last place team, they have no fucking shot
November 22, 2024 at 4:22 AM
If it’s late in the season, and Mike Tomlin needs to beat a last place team, they have no fucking shot
Such a predictable Tomlin loss.
November 22, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Such a predictable Tomlin loss.
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“Some members shared information on “safe states” and cities…and some Haitians have suggested that fellow Haitians flee now, even before Trump is inaugurated next year. Some shared tips on how to emigrate from the United States, potentially to Canada…”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 19, 2024 at 2:05 PM
“Some members shared information on “safe states” and cities…and some Haitians have suggested that fellow Haitians flee now, even before Trump is inaugurated next year. Some shared tips on how to emigrate from the United States, potentially to Canada…”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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I don't know what the need is that keeps driving me to say this but I can't stop dwelling on this. 76.5 million people in the United States of America voted for a rapist criminal for President.
I did not vote for the rapist.
I did not vote for the rapist.
November 19, 2024 at 6:01 AM
I don't know what the need is that keeps driving me to say this but I can't stop dwelling on this. 76.5 million people in the United States of America voted for a rapist criminal for President.
I did not vote for the rapist.
I did not vote for the rapist.
@alexkozora.bsky.social dammit Alex I need ur in game commentary here too!!!
November 17, 2024 at 7:22 PM
@alexkozora.bsky.social dammit Alex I need ur in game commentary here too!!!
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Researchers say Twitter changed its algorithm to promote posts from Elon Musk and Republicans in the run-up to the election.
"The date at which (the spike) in engagement occurs coincides with Elon Musk's formal endorsement of Donald Trump on 13th July 2024."
eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/
"The date at which (the spike) in engagement occurs coincides with Elon Musk's formal endorsement of Donald Trump on 13th July 2024."
eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/
November 13, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Researchers say Twitter changed its algorithm to promote posts from Elon Musk and Republicans in the run-up to the election.
"The date at which (the spike) in engagement occurs coincides with Elon Musk's formal endorsement of Donald Trump on 13th July 2024."
eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/
"The date at which (the spike) in engagement occurs coincides with Elon Musk's formal endorsement of Donald Trump on 13th July 2024."
eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/
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Put him in fucking jail
When a colleague told Trump co-conspirator P5, "We think [a batch of votes heavily in Biden's favor is] right," P5 responded, 'find a reason it isnt,' 'give me options to file litigation,' and 'even
if itbis [sic].'"
When the colleague feared a riot, P5 responded, "Make them riot" and "Do it!!!"
if itbis [sic].'"
When the colleague feared a riot, P5 responded, "Make them riot" and "Do it!!!"
![In the immediate post-election period, while the defendant claimed fraud without proof, his private operatives sought to create chaos, rather than seek clarity, at polling places where states were continuing to tabulate votes. For example, on November 4, PS -a Campaign employee, agent, and co-conspirator of the defendant— tried to sow confusion when the ongoing vote count at the TCF Center in Detroit, Michigan, looked unfavorable for the defendant. There, when a
colleague at the TCF Center told PS "We think [a batch of votes heavily in Biden's favor is] right,"17 PS responded, "find a reason it isnt," "give me options to file litigation," and "even
if itbis [sic]."18 When the colleague suggested that there was about to be unrest reminiscent of the Brooks Brothers Riot," a violent effort to stop the vote count in Florida after the 2000 presidential election, responded, "Make them riot" and "Do it!!!"20](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/bafkreihmwtn7lbu7w5srjyyfkxrz52rvsp6wyfpt72tygjbdkjtnv2guna@jpeg)
October 2, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Put him in fucking jail
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I have to say, it's kind of amazing how every single dipshit hack dickweed who's been way overpaid for way too long to make America fucking dumber via the worst journalism on the goddamn planet has come out of the fucking woodwork to defend this dumb asshole who sent nudes to Captain Brainworms
September 22, 2024 at 12:55 AM
I have to say, it's kind of amazing how every single dipshit hack dickweed who's been way overpaid for way too long to make America fucking dumber via the worst journalism on the goddamn planet has come out of the fucking woodwork to defend this dumb asshole who sent nudes to Captain Brainworms
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3,192,662!
September 18, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3,192,662!