@jesseransom.bsky.social
Attempted rationality and silly machinery. Trying to make bits (mechanical or digital) do my bidding, and then giving up and focusing on dinner.
The only real product the socials have is all of us, so trying to move myself over toward a lesser evil...
The only real product the socials have is all of us, so trying to move myself over toward a lesser evil...
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This is what is happening.
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
This is what is happening.
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NEW: DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.
Top Officials Placed on Leave After Denying DOGE Access to Federal Payroll Systems
DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.
www.wired.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
NEW: DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.
Anybody wanna bring Webrings back? 50%-ish joking, but wondering how else to carve out a high signal:noise slice of Internet for education and amusement while avoiding search engines who don't cite sources or sites which steal and mangle content but beat the original's SEO...
March 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Anybody wanna bring Webrings back? 50%-ish joking, but wondering how else to carve out a high signal:noise slice of Internet for education and amusement while avoiding search engines who don't cite sources or sites which steal and mangle content but beat the original's SEO...