Jonathan Rapkin
@jonathanrapkin.bsky.social
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RIP Tom Lehrer - the day he announced his items were public domain on a website, we mirrored it. Thank you for your service
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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
July 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
RIP Tom Lehrer - the day he announced his items were public domain on a website, we mirrored it. Thank you for your service
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My prediction for the Canadian Federal Election: The Liberals win a small majority with 180 seats.
April 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
My prediction for the Canadian Federal Election: The Liberals win a small majority with 180 seats.
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If not obvious:
- this was not the first time Signal was used to conduct government business
- likely not the first time used to conduct sensitive government business
- this violates the Presidential Records Act
- this was not the first time Signal was used to conduct government business
- likely not the first time used to conduct sensitive government business
- this violates the Presidential Records Act
March 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
If not obvious:
- this was not the first time Signal was used to conduct government business
- likely not the first time used to conduct sensitive government business
- this violates the Presidential Records Act
- this was not the first time Signal was used to conduct government business
- likely not the first time used to conduct sensitive government business
- this violates the Presidential Records Act
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Approval/disapproval streams crossed for the first time today. Expect approval to sink only very very slowly. Trump voters are much more invested this time compared to 2017 when he hit the 30s by March. Knowing all about Trump, '24 voters will rationalize a ton before admitting a mistake.
March 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Approval/disapproval streams crossed for the first time today. Expect approval to sink only very very slowly. Trump voters are much more invested this time compared to 2017 when he hit the 30s by March. Knowing all about Trump, '24 voters will rationalize a ton before admitting a mistake.
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Star Wars: Special 2025 Edition
Episode IV: A No Hope
Special thanks to the out-of-this-world cartoonist @rubenbolling.bsky.social
Episode IV: A No Hope
Special thanks to the out-of-this-world cartoonist @rubenbolling.bsky.social
Tom the Dancing Bug: Friday's Comic
Star Wars: Special 2025 Edition
contrarian.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Star Wars: Special 2025 Edition
Episode IV: A No Hope
Special thanks to the out-of-this-world cartoonist @rubenbolling.bsky.social
Episode IV: A No Hope
Special thanks to the out-of-this-world cartoonist @rubenbolling.bsky.social
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“Secretary Kennedy will make death great again.”
RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Hailed By National Alliance of Funeral Directors
“Secretary Kennedy will make death great again," the group said.
www.borowitzreport.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“Secretary Kennedy will make death great again.”
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Musk made a tactical error in today’s press conference: he spoke, revealing himself to be a total moron
February 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Musk made a tactical error in today’s press conference: he spoke, revealing himself to be a total moron
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Excellent- all faith groups should do
NEW: Over 100 Jewish organizations just released a statement ringing the alarm bell over the Trump admin’s attacks on democratic norms & values.
We know where this leads, for Jews & others. I’m proud @thejcpa.bsky.social brought together this broad coalition. jewishpublicaffairs.org/news/major-j...
We know where this leads, for Jews & others. I’m proud @thejcpa.bsky.social brought together this broad coalition. jewishpublicaffairs.org/news/major-j...
February 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Excellent- all faith groups should do
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Trump/Musk/Rubio w/USAID:
- Illegally vaporized agency, reducing headcount from 14k to 296
- potentially killing millions in next few weeks
- Abrogated contracts, clinical trials, food delivery, etc
- destroying America's global reputation
- world's richest man killing world's poorest for sport
- Illegally vaporized agency, reducing headcount from 14k to 296
- potentially killing millions in next few weeks
- Abrogated contracts, clinical trials, food delivery, etc
- destroying America's global reputation
- world's richest man killing world's poorest for sport
The Trump administration's action is an "unlawful seizure of this agency," says Robin Thurston, legal director of Democracy Forward, discussing the lawsuit in response to the USAID shutdown.
February 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Trump/Musk/Rubio w/USAID:
- Illegally vaporized agency, reducing headcount from 14k to 296
- potentially killing millions in next few weeks
- Abrogated contracts, clinical trials, food delivery, etc
- destroying America's global reputation
- world's richest man killing world's poorest for sport
- Illegally vaporized agency, reducing headcount from 14k to 296
- potentially killing millions in next few weeks
- Abrogated contracts, clinical trials, food delivery, etc
- destroying America's global reputation
- world's richest man killing world's poorest for sport
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This is why scholars are calling this a constitutional crisis. When blatently illegal action go unchallenged by the ruling regime, and only those perceived to be against the regime face consequences, then the rule of law does not exist. If congress and courts remain silent, that's how you'll know.
Arguably the biggest national security breach in U.S. history. Private employees downloading personnel data on every federal employee and tax and social security data on every American onto private unsecured servers. Needless to say, completely illegal and subject to major prison sentences.
3/ different pieces fit together. There also seems to be a significant amount of downloading government data onto private servers, etc, totally outside any cybersecurity regime. Additionally it’s unclear to the people inside whether the people doing these things actually work for the US govt…
February 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is why scholars are calling this a constitutional crisis. When blatently illegal action go unchallenged by the ruling regime, and only those perceived to be against the regime face consequences, then the rule of law does not exist. If congress and courts remain silent, that's how you'll know.
Happy Birthday Mom!
January 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Happy Birthday Mom!
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An executive order cannot supersede a statute. Congress has found ByteDance a danger to national security and SCOTUS has upheld it. Trump’s job as of noon tomorrow is to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” That means enforcing the ban until ByteDance sells TikTok.
January 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
An executive order cannot supersede a statute. Congress has found ByteDance a danger to national security and SCOTUS has upheld it. Trump’s job as of noon tomorrow is to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” That means enforcing the ban until ByteDance sells TikTok.
What is your favorite BlueSky client? Looking for something that has a native iPad version.
January 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
What is your favorite BlueSky client? Looking for something that has a native iPad version.
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Mexico & Canada sending firefighters to help in California really says it all about who we are and who we must resist becoming.
January 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Mexico & Canada sending firefighters to help in California really says it all about who we are and who we must resist becoming.
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Happy birthday, Mr. Chretien. This is a message Democrats, the 🇺🇸 media, & all Americans actually need to hear & start heeding as well: "Start showing that spine & toughness."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
January 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Happy birthday, Mr. Chretien. This is a message Democrats, the 🇺🇸 media, & all Americans actually need to hear & start heeding as well: "Start showing that spine & toughness."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
How does one get rid of unwanted followers on Bluesky? Is there a way to make an account private? (I am blocking followers/trols, but that does not seem to get rid of them entirely.)
January 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
How does one get rid of unwanted followers on Bluesky? Is there a way to make an account private? (I am blocking followers/trols, but that does not seem to get rid of them entirely.)
Academic friends: Introducing Positron, a multilingual IDE for R and Python. This looks promising.
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Positron
A next-generation data science IDE
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December 5, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Academic friends: Introducing Positron, a multilingual IDE for R and Python. This looks promising.
positron.posit.co
positron.posit.co
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Political Analysis has joined Bluesky! PA aims to provide original and significant advances in the general area of political methodology, including both quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches. Follow us here to stay updated on our newest issues and FirstView articles.
December 3, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Political Analysis has joined Bluesky! PA aims to provide original and significant advances in the general area of political methodology, including both quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches. Follow us here to stay updated on our newest issues and FirstView articles.
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To President Biden and all elected Democrats: Stop playing by rules that no longer exist. At this point, it's not just spinelessness, it's complicity.
November 16, 2024 at 2:46 AM
To President Biden and all elected Democrats: Stop playing by rules that no longer exist. At this point, it's not just spinelessness, it's complicity.