@melica-imperfecta.bsky.social
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Read this sentence slowly:
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
As Bernie Sanders Comes to California, Wealth Tax Opponents Intensify Efforts
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Read this sentence slowly:
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
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No, I think it was the interview in the student paper that did it. Kudos to them, btw.
dailybruin.com/2026/02/13/f...
dailybruin.com/2026/02/13/f...
Financial mismanagement contributed to $425 million annual deficit, UCLA CFO says - Daily Bruin
This post was updated Feb. 16 at 11:34 p.m. University administrators’ financial mismanagement contributed to UCLA’s $425 million annual deficit, UCLA’s chief financial officer alleged. Stephen Agosti...
dailybruin.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
No, I think it was the interview in the student paper that did it. Kudos to them, btw.
dailybruin.com/2026/02/13/f...
dailybruin.com/2026/02/13/f...
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Ok I see you UCLA Faculty Association and the Council of University of California Faculty Associations, pushing your university to be better and creating the space for this to happen!
NEW: The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court order blocking its $1.2-billion settlement demand to UCLA over alleged campus civil rights violations: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration drops its appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. But it ...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Ok I see you UCLA Faculty Association and the Council of University of California Faculty Associations, pushing your university to be better and creating the space for this to happen!
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UCLA faculty stopped a $1.2 billion ransom payment to Trump while their bosses hid in the corner
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:27 PM
UCLA faculty stopped a $1.2 billion ransom payment to Trump while their bosses hid in the corner
Cowards, "seth moulton"
January 27, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Cowards, "seth moulton"
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“Nothing is more harmful to the meaning of universities than when students are depicted as “customers” or “throughputs,” or when there is seemingly serious talk about “credentialing” students or about certain areas of the university being “profit centers,”…
www.chronicle.com/article/univ....
www.chronicle.com/article/univ....
Universities Need a New Defense
The authoritarian threat is growing. The old playbook won’t work.
www.chronicle.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
“Nothing is more harmful to the meaning of universities than when students are depicted as “customers” or “throughputs,” or when there is seemingly serious talk about “credentialing” students or about certain areas of the university being “profit centers,”…
www.chronicle.com/article/univ....
www.chronicle.com/article/univ....
“We must never be shy about characterizing the university as one of the key means of realizing the human need to know, to understand, and to search for truth. It must be repeated endlessly and with all the infinite variations that will come over time. “
www.chronicle.com/article/univ...
www.chronicle.com/article/univ...
Universities Need a New Defense
The authoritarian threat is growing. The old playbook won’t work.
www.chronicle.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:39 PM
“We must never be shy about characterizing the university as one of the key means of realizing the human need to know, to understand, and to search for truth. It must be repeated endlessly and with all the infinite variations that will come over time. “
www.chronicle.com/article/univ...
www.chronicle.com/article/univ...
How obvious does this shit have to get?
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
How obvious does this shit have to get?
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Betcha didn't have money on the Catholic Church being the only institution with the spine to stand up to fascism this time round.
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Betcha didn't have money on the Catholic Church being the only institution with the spine to stand up to fascism this time round.
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Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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TODAY - WEST LOS ANGELES
ICE is patrolling from the ocean to La Brea & W Jefferson Blvd to National Blvd. Beginning at 9:45 am, there have been multiple reports of known ICE vehicles circling in order to conduct rolling kidnappings. So far, ICE has detained at least 7 people.
ICE is patrolling from the ocean to La Brea & W Jefferson Blvd to National Blvd. Beginning at 9:45 am, there have been multiple reports of known ICE vehicles circling in order to conduct rolling kidnappings. So far, ICE has detained at least 7 people.
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
TODAY - WEST LOS ANGELES
ICE is patrolling from the ocean to La Brea & W Jefferson Blvd to National Blvd. Beginning at 9:45 am, there have been multiple reports of known ICE vehicles circling in order to conduct rolling kidnappings. So far, ICE has detained at least 7 people.
ICE is patrolling from the ocean to La Brea & W Jefferson Blvd to National Blvd. Beginning at 9:45 am, there have been multiple reports of known ICE vehicles circling in order to conduct rolling kidnappings. So far, ICE has detained at least 7 people.
They Let Their Children Cross the Street and Now They’re Felons www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
Opinion | They Let Their Children Cross the Street and Now They’re Felons
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
They Let Their Children Cross the Street and Now They’re Felons www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
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My latest. I was one of hundreds attacked by Zionists at the UCLA Encampment. We never got justice. Now, one of our assailants is getting a sweetheart deal and Zionists are getting a huge payout.
bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/p/i-was-atta...
bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/p/i-was-atta...
I Was Attacked by Zionists at the UCLA Encampment
Many of us were, and while we have never gotten justice, Zionists just received a huge payout.
bettergracesandliberations.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My latest. I was one of hundreds attacked by Zionists at the UCLA Encampment. We never got justice. Now, one of our assailants is getting a sweetheart deal and Zionists are getting a huge payout.
bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/p/i-was-atta...
bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/p/i-was-atta...
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1/ I represent 5 anti-zionist students and faculty challenging the outrageous claim that the Palestine Solidarity Encampment was a "Jew exclusion zone". UCLA refused to defend. Today they agreed to pay millions instead. I can't overstate how dangerous this is. 🧵
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
UCLA to pay $6.45 million to settle suit by Jewish students over pro-Palestinian protests
UCLA agreed to settle a lawsuit by Jewish students who alleged the university aided a 2024 pro-Palestinian encampment, which the lawsuit alleged illegally discriminated against Jewish people.
www.latimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
1/ I represent 5 anti-zionist students and faculty challenging the outrageous claim that the Palestine Solidarity Encampment was a "Jew exclusion zone". UCLA refused to defend. Today they agreed to pay millions instead. I can't overstate how dangerous this is. 🧵
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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9/ UCLA should not be paying people who make unfounded claims of antisemitism—or the lawyers who enable them.
July 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
9/ UCLA should not be paying people who make unfounded claims of antisemitism—or the lawyers who enable them.
Forgot this detail: Virginia Giuffre was recruited by Ghislaine Maxwell as a teenager while working at Mar a Lago. Sadly passed away in late April.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgini...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgini...
Virginia Giuffre - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
July 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Forgot this detail: Virginia Giuffre was recruited by Ghislaine Maxwell as a teenager while working at Mar a Lago. Sadly passed away in late April.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgini...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgini...
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Read the linked piece below all the way to the end.
And remember, when these machines "hallucinate," they are not doing anything differently than when they get things right. Everything they say and produce is a hallucination. Any correct answers are purely accidental.
And remember, when these machines "hallucinate," they are not doing anything differently than when they get things right. Everything they say and produce is a hallucination. Any correct answers are purely accidental.
Amazing account of ChatGPT's sycophancy and confabulation on steroids.
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
amandaguinzburg.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Read the linked piece below all the way to the end.
And remember, when these machines "hallucinate," they are not doing anything differently than when they get things right. Everything they say and produce is a hallucination. Any correct answers are purely accidental.
And remember, when these machines "hallucinate," they are not doing anything differently than when they get things right. Everything they say and produce is a hallucination. Any correct answers are purely accidental.
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Big Milestone for the Nerd Reich podcast:
This episode with @adambecker.bsky.social has 100k views!
In one hour, you'll learn why space colonization, eternal life and "godlike" AI are 100% BS.
Why Mars Will Kill You (And Why Tech Billionaires are Lying About It)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NrD...
This episode with @adambecker.bsky.social has 100k views!
In one hour, you'll learn why space colonization, eternal life and "godlike" AI are 100% BS.
Why Mars Will Kill You (And Why Tech Billionaires are Lying About It)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NrD...
Here’s Why Elon Musk’s Mars Fantasy Is BS | Scientist Destroys Billionaire AI, AGI and Space Hype
YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran
www.youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Big Milestone for the Nerd Reich podcast:
This episode with @adambecker.bsky.social has 100k views!
In one hour, you'll learn why space colonization, eternal life and "godlike" AI are 100% BS.
Why Mars Will Kill You (And Why Tech Billionaires are Lying About It)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NrD...
This episode with @adambecker.bsky.social has 100k views!
In one hour, you'll learn why space colonization, eternal life and "godlike" AI are 100% BS.
Why Mars Will Kill You (And Why Tech Billionaires are Lying About It)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NrD...
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Had a great time blasting tech billionaire pseudoscience in this conversation with @karaswisher.bsky.social, who called us "soulmates." I don't know that I'd go that far, but have a listen and judge for yourself: www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...
Science vs. Silicon Valley with Adam Becker - On with Kara Swisher | iHeart
How skeptical should we be about the bill of goods (often marketed as needs) sold to us by Silicon Valley? Very, says Adam Becker, an astrophysicist and author of the new book, More Everything Forever...
www.iheart.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Had a great time blasting tech billionaire pseudoscience in this conversation with @karaswisher.bsky.social, who called us "soulmates." I don't know that I'd go that far, but have a listen and judge for yourself: www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...
@adambecker.bsky.social holy crap your book is great! Just got to the Epstein connection about sperm and I almost barfed. Everyone should read this book!
July 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
@adambecker.bsky.social holy crap your book is great! Just got to the Epstein connection about sperm and I almost barfed. Everyone should read this book!