Kheti The Scribe
@kheti.bsky.social
To writing you must turn your mind. See for yourself, it saves one from work. The farmer's back is bent from labor, the washerman has a crocodile for a neighbor, but the scribe's only threat is the whims of corrupt officials.
Dayen shared the article, but Robert Kuttner has the byline on it.
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Dayen shared the article, but Robert Kuttner has the byline on it.
At that point you might as well make Trump's resignation or impeachment a condition of reopening the government.
The number of Republicans who would take that deal is the same, maybe a little higher.
The number of Republicans who would take that deal is the same, maybe a little higher.
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
At that point you might as well make Trump's resignation or impeachment a condition of reopening the government.
The number of Republicans who would take that deal is the same, maybe a little higher.
The number of Republicans who would take that deal is the same, maybe a little higher.
Impoundment is a) the only issue that really matters and b) impossible to enforce an agreement on that lasts a minute after the government reopens.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Impoundment is a) the only issue that really matters and b) impossible to enforce an agreement on that lasts a minute after the government reopens.
...okay guys, we're on our ninth reply explaining what a dummymander is. Thank you all very much and please stop.
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
...okay guys, we're on our ninth reply explaining what a dummymander is. Thank you all very much and please stop.
Thank you! In retrospect that should have been obvious.
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Thank you! In retrospect that should have been obvious.
...the Republicans who were engaging in partisan redistricting because they were afraid of being punished by voters for Trump's policies will stop redistricting because they're now even more afraid of being punished by voters?
I feel like I'm missing steps here.
I feel like I'm missing steps here.
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
...the Republicans who were engaging in partisan redistricting because they were afraid of being punished by voters for Trump's policies will stop redistricting because they're now even more afraid of being punished by voters?
I feel like I'm missing steps here.
I feel like I'm missing steps here.
Enjoy? The contributors are the only ones who enjoy counterculture zines, and with this counterculture all of the contributors are going to be AI.
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Enjoy? The contributors are the only ones who enjoy counterculture zines, and with this counterculture all of the contributors are going to be AI.
Wikipedia says yes. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/say_the...
say the quiet part loud - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
en.wiktionary.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Wikipedia says yes. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/say_the...
Extremely specific questions of etiquette about which slurs may be said in which public forums.
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Extremely specific questions of etiquette about which slurs may be said in which public forums.
Same thing with doctors and patients with dementia or seizures, except it's not even their fault so the whole situation makes everyone feel that much shittier.
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Same thing with doctors and patients with dementia or seizures, except it's not even their fault so the whole situation makes everyone feel that much shittier.
Sorry to be a wet blanket, but Oct 10 (date of the Walter Reed visit) is 43 days after the beginning of Labor Day weekend, not 3 months.
It is however 6 months after Trump's first annual physical on April 11, almost to the day.
It is however 6 months after Trump's first annual physical on April 11, almost to the day.
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Sorry to be a wet blanket, but Oct 10 (date of the Walter Reed visit) is 43 days after the beginning of Labor Day weekend, not 3 months.
It is however 6 months after Trump's first annual physical on April 11, almost to the day.
It is however 6 months after Trump's first annual physical on April 11, almost to the day.
He identifies himself as an oyster farmer. Approximately nobody has the intimate knowledge of aquaculture economics to say "oh, that's a agritourism business".
October 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
He identifies himself as an oyster farmer. Approximately nobody has the intimate knowledge of aquaculture economics to say "oh, that's a agritourism business".
Second attempt (fresh chat, prompted to identify a plot), the model used the screenshot to cheat and still got the wrong answer.
It identified it as sci fi, but indexed hard on the 🤖 and Star Wars didn't make the list of four candidates.
It identified it as sci fi, but indexed hard on the 🤖 and Star Wars didn't make the list of four candidates.
October 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Second attempt (fresh chat, prompted to identify a plot), the model used the screenshot to cheat and still got the wrong answer.
It identified it as sci fi, but indexed hard on the 🤖 and Star Wars didn't make the list of four candidates.
It identified it as sci fi, but indexed hard on the 🤖 and Star Wars didn't make the list of four candidates.
First ChatGPT attempt to decode this left me feeling like I had carelessly uploaded malware via screenshot
October 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
First ChatGPT attempt to decode this left me feeling like I had carelessly uploaded malware via screenshot
3. Obama and (especially) Biden deserve a lot of credit for reviving the use of the pardon as a real tool to correct overreaching judicial punishment for a meaningful number of people.
October 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
3. Obama and (especially) Biden deserve a lot of credit for reviving the use of the pardon as a real tool to correct overreaching judicial punishment for a meaningful number of people.
Important notes:
1. Presidential pardons declined massively from Truman to Bush II as pardons began to be treated as potential scandals instead of routine correctives.
2. In a ~normal~ administration, only a tiny sliver of all pardons are for political allies
1. Presidential pardons declined massively from Truman to Bush II as pardons began to be treated as potential scandals instead of routine correctives.
2. In a ~normal~ administration, only a tiny sliver of all pardons are for political allies
October 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Important notes:
1. Presidential pardons declined massively from Truman to Bush II as pardons began to be treated as potential scandals instead of routine correctives.
2. In a ~normal~ administration, only a tiny sliver of all pardons are for political allies
1. Presidential pardons declined massively from Truman to Bush II as pardons began to be treated as potential scandals instead of routine correctives.
2. In a ~normal~ administration, only a tiny sliver of all pardons are for political allies
To be fair, if he wants to name a Republican for bipartisan credit, it's not like he can say he admires the most moderate sitting GOP senator
October 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
To be fair, if he wants to name a Republican for bipartisan credit, it's not like he can say he admires the most moderate sitting GOP senator
Interesting to see you value job creation over worker safety concerns. AI politics makes for strange bedfellows, I guess.
October 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Interesting to see you value job creation over worker safety concerns. AI politics makes for strange bedfellows, I guess.
This appears to be some kind of pro-schumer parody account, portraying people who want a change in Democratic leadership as insane?
bsky.app/profile/glos...
bsky.app/profile/glos...
much lower priority, but bonus points if you can articulate how you'll imprison schumer and jeffries
October 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This appears to be some kind of pro-schumer parody account, portraying people who want a change in Democratic leadership as insane?
bsky.app/profile/glos...
bsky.app/profile/glos...
In a bygone era, these were the last words spoken before some dude sunk their life savings and decades of work into inventing one in their garage.
October 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In a bygone era, these were the last words spoken before some dude sunk their life savings and decades of work into inventing one in their garage.