A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
San Francisco September
September 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
San Francisco September
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Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Reading Sahil Lavingia's blog post about working for DOGE and it's just painful how little any of them bothered to learn anything about civic tech. Silicon Valley types thinking they're the first people to name problems and solve them
sahillavingia.com/doge
sahillavingia.com/doge
DOGE Days
My experience joining the United States DOGE Service as a software engineer, and what I learned along the way.
sahillavingia.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Reading Sahil Lavingia's blog post about working for DOGE and it's just painful how little any of them bothered to learn anything about civic tech. Silicon Valley types thinking they're the first people to name problems and solve them
sahillavingia.com/doge
sahillavingia.com/doge
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After months of reporting and research, I’m really excited and proud to publish this series on AI and energy. It’s a deep look at AI’s energy requirements, where that energy mix comes from, and its carbon debt.
www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/a...
www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/a...
Power Hungry
An unprecedented look at the state of AI’s energy and resource usage, where it is now, where it is headed in the years to come, and why we have to get it right.
www.technologyreview.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
After months of reporting and research, I’m really excited and proud to publish this series on AI and energy. It’s a deep look at AI’s energy requirements, where that energy mix comes from, and its carbon debt.
www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/a...
www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/a...
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Incredible that he did the "hat on a hat" thing literally, without even realising it. That's terminal humourphobia. That's being so harrowingly, cosmically unfunny that time, space and language bend around you.
"They say I wear a lot of hats," Elon Musk jokes in cabinet meeting. He grabbed a red "Gulf of America" hat from the cabinet room table and put it over his black DOGE hat.
"Even my hat has a hat."
"Even my hat has a hat."
April 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Incredible that he did the "hat on a hat" thing literally, without even realising it. That's terminal humourphobia. That's being so harrowingly, cosmically unfunny that time, space and language bend around you.
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Ümit Bektaş is one of Turkey’s most talented photographers.
His photos here are going viral. You’re not looking at AI: these are real photos from Turkey’s current pro-democracy protests. Despite mounting police repression, the demonstrations are expanding. Erdogan hopes protesters will tire out.
His photos here are going viral. You’re not looking at AI: these are real photos from Turkey’s current pro-democracy protests. Despite mounting police repression, the demonstrations are expanding. Erdogan hopes protesters will tire out.
March 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Ümit Bektaş is one of Turkey’s most talented photographers.
His photos here are going viral. You’re not looking at AI: these are real photos from Turkey’s current pro-democracy protests. Despite mounting police repression, the demonstrations are expanding. Erdogan hopes protesters will tire out.
His photos here are going viral. You’re not looking at AI: these are real photos from Turkey’s current pro-democracy protests. Despite mounting police repression, the demonstrations are expanding. Erdogan hopes protesters will tire out.
Agua Vista Park fishing pier foggy morning 📷
March 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Agua Vista Park fishing pier foggy morning 📷
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Now that Trump has ousted Brown, and the heads of the Navy and Coast Guard, the remaining top military leaders are all white and male, particularly striking given that minorities make up nearly 40 percent of the military and women constitute fully a fifth.
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/king-donal...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/king-donal...
"King Donald I" Accelerates White Nationalist Purge of Military Leaders
A suggested guide to how the US media should be bravely—and clearly—covering our national crisis
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Now that Trump has ousted Brown, and the heads of the Navy and Coast Guard, the remaining top military leaders are all white and male, particularly striking given that minorities make up nearly 40 percent of the military and women constitute fully a fifth.
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/king-donal...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/king-donal...
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Over on X, simple tweets by my colleague Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution have been blocked. They were nothing but video of a town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick R-GA where he was asked questions about DOGE
February 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Over on X, simple tweets by my colleague Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution have been blocked. They were nothing but video of a town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick R-GA where he was asked questions about DOGE
Inner Richmond. Cold and foggy.
January 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Inner Richmond. Cold and foggy.
$7/lb for the long mountain yams (Dioscorea japonica) - such a pain to peel
January 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
$7/lb for the long mountain yams (Dioscorea japonica) - such a pain to peel
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🛰️Evening satellite update - Calendar says January, but it looks more like June from space. Marine layer is filling in along the coast and inland valleys. #cawx https://t.co/r9TB29AMKS https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/1880480635363692691
January 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
🛰️Evening satellite update - Calendar says January, but it looks more like June from space. Marine layer is filling in along the coast and inland valleys. #cawx https://t.co/r9TB29AMKS https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/1880480635363692691
New buildings going up in Dogpatch at the old PG&E Smokestack
January 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
New buildings going up in Dogpatch at the old PG&E Smokestack
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January 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Florida to spend up to $15 million on school material surveillance for DeSantis laws. Um, maybe instead of facilitating the McCarthyism of curriculum, how about PAYING TEACHERS what they are worth FFS? #BecauseFlorida #Floriduh www.tallahassee.com/story/news/p... via @tdonline
Florida to spend up to $15 million on school material review technology for DeSantis laws
Transparency or censorship? Florida is spending millions on a new tool for the public to review and object to school instructional materials and books.
www.tallahassee.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Florida to spend up to $15 million on school material surveillance for DeSantis laws. Um, maybe instead of facilitating the McCarthyism of curriculum, how about PAYING TEACHERS what they are worth FFS? #BecauseFlorida #Floriduh www.tallahassee.com/story/news/p... via @tdonline
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"the incident has raised questions about the motive behind the message"
questions were raised!
questions were raised!
Seattle road sign's message raises questions after CEO's shooting
Authorities are investigating a disturbing message displayed on a portable electronic road sign near Lake Union in Seattle.
foxbaltimore.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
"the incident has raised questions about the motive behind the message"
questions were raised!
questions were raised!
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Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands is on BBC Scotland at 22:00 on Tuesday and will be on BBC iPlayer afterwards 🎸🏴👩👩👧👧📺
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
December 12, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands is on BBC Scotland at 22:00 on Tuesday and will be on BBC iPlayer afterwards 🎸🏴👩👩👧👧📺
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Fridays on Xhitter I do a regular MEGATHREAD 🧵 and this week the topic is THE FUNK.
Eventually I hope to migrate fully to here but for now here it is unrolled on threadreader -
You jammy gets!
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18600...
Eventually I hope to migrate fully to here but for now here it is unrolled on threadreader -
You jammy gets!
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18600...
Thread by @SecretDJBook on Thread Reader App
@SecretDJBook: Entonces! This week’s MEGATHREAD is a very simple affair. It talks of a lifelong love affair with THE FUNK. I am as obsessed with it today as I was back when I was a kid...
threadreaderapp.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Fridays on Xhitter I do a regular MEGATHREAD 🧵 and this week the topic is THE FUNK.
Eventually I hope to migrate fully to here but for now here it is unrolled on threadreader -
You jammy gets!
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18600...
Eventually I hope to migrate fully to here but for now here it is unrolled on threadreader -
You jammy gets!
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18600...