@mnemosynec.bsky.social
STEM. Love books and libraries. Disrespect ad hominem and BS. Stanford grad. Degrees in Geology and Environmental Earth Sciences. Medical Doctor (MD)
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THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
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Both parties should support this. Using AI to generate a video of a candidate saying something he didn’t say should be illegal. Especially since many voters think it is real. I will condemn any candidate from either party who does this.
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Both parties should support this. Using AI to generate a video of a candidate saying something he didn’t say should be illegal. Especially since many voters think it is real. I will condemn any candidate from either party who does this.
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Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
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As the Senate tries to defend a million dollar payday to 8 of their own - and as the House GOP tries to explain why they refused to amend the CR to strip it out, let's review exactly what it is they want restitution for. Brief thread:
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
As the Senate tries to defend a million dollar payday to 8 of their own - and as the House GOP tries to explain why they refused to amend the CR to strip it out, let's review exactly what it is they want restitution for. Brief thread:
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8. Law enforcement sought to investigate what happened and who was involved. Because we are a country of laws and all within our borders are subject to that law regardless of their citizenship, place of birth or employer. Yes, even Senators.
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
8. Law enforcement sought to investigate what happened and who was involved. Because we are a country of laws and all within our borders are subject to that law regardless of their citizenship, place of birth or employer. Yes, even Senators.
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You all understand that this is being done to immunize the use of the Alien Enemies Act from further review, right?
Like ... the one thing everyone agrees on is that if there's a live war, he has AEA powers
Like ... the one thing everyone agrees on is that if there's a live war, he has AEA powers
"Senior military officials on Wednesday presented President Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including strikes on land, according to multiple sources familiar with the meetings at the White House. "
Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in the coming days
The potential operations for Venezuela presented to Trump included options for strikes on land, multiple sources said.
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
You all understand that this is being done to immunize the use of the Alien Enemies Act from further review, right?
Like ... the one thing everyone agrees on is that if there's a live war, he has AEA powers
Like ... the one thing everyone agrees on is that if there's a live war, he has AEA powers
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Our foreign policy, if that is still the right concept, has three pillars: alienate allies, encourage enemies, and take bribes.
"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal" edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Our foreign policy, if that is still the right concept, has three pillars: alienate allies, encourage enemies, and take bribes.
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"What is your read on all of this?"
"I think we're headed to a situation where more than 20 million people are in the process of discovering that their insurance is getting a lot more expensive."
@citizencohn.bsky.social breaks down the Obamacare subsidy issue with @stephruhle.bsky.social:
"I think we're headed to a situation where more than 20 million people are in the process of discovering that their insurance is getting a lot more expensive."
@citizencohn.bsky.social breaks down the Obamacare subsidy issue with @stephruhle.bsky.social:
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"What is your read on all of this?"
"I think we're headed to a situation where more than 20 million people are in the process of discovering that their insurance is getting a lot more expensive."
@citizencohn.bsky.social breaks down the Obamacare subsidy issue with @stephruhle.bsky.social:
"I think we're headed to a situation where more than 20 million people are in the process of discovering that their insurance is getting a lot more expensive."
@citizencohn.bsky.social breaks down the Obamacare subsidy issue with @stephruhle.bsky.social:
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POTUS + OLC have tried to create an alternate reality within the US executive branch in which the US is involved in make believe armed conflicts with alleged drug smugglers and therefore premeditated killing is somehow permissible.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. troops not liable in boat strikes, classified Justice Dept. memo says
In a classified memo, the Trump administration’s Office of Legal Counsel said that U.S. troops would not be liable for participating in boat strikes on alleged narco-traffickers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
POTUS + OLC have tried to create an alternate reality within the US executive branch in which the US is involved in make believe armed conflicts with alleged drug smugglers and therefore premeditated killing is somehow permissible.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
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As a lawyer who advised and represented international financial institutions making loans and guarantees on major investment projects in Uzbekistan for 15 years, I can say with 100% certainty that Uzbekistan does not have $135 billion to invest in the US, or anywhere else outside of Uzbekistan.
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
As a lawyer who advised and represented international financial institutions making loans and guarantees on major investment projects in Uzbekistan for 15 years, I can say with 100% certainty that Uzbekistan does not have $135 billion to invest in the US, or anywhere else outside of Uzbekistan.
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The admin earlier this year put hundreds of buildings up for potential sale.
Hundreds of federal buildings, some of them historic, are on the auction block as part of DOGE’s effort to privatize everything possible | Fortune
DOGE staff are pushing the private-equity playbook of selling government buildings just to pay to lease them back.
fortune.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The admin earlier this year put hundreds of buildings up for potential sale.
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Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear
(CNN) — Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASA’s iconic Goddard Space Flight Center’s main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland — the nerve center for groundbreaking missions like the Hubble
www.wkow.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
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I wrote about Nazism in a small Michigan town, and in a large North American country; about the uses of and limits of shame; and on the importance of holding shared standards. www.the-reframe.com/the-death-of...
The Death of Shame
Modern Nazis, careless people, and the offensive necessity of caring in a shameful age.
www.the-reframe.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wrote about Nazism in a small Michigan town, and in a large North American country; about the uses of and limits of shame; and on the importance of holding shared standards. www.the-reframe.com/the-death-of...
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There's a reason I wrote about how the only way they know to communicate is through trolling ...
www.techdirt.com/2025/10/30/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/10/30/t...
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
There's a reason I wrote about how the only way they know to communicate is through trolling ...
www.techdirt.com/2025/10/30/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/10/30/t...
It's all really aggravating.
As sec Rollins puts SNAP under the microscope & the ACA filleted.
Trump has no idea what he is doing.
But his cabinet does & uses him as their gateway.
Silicon valley has multiple input vectors
Lutnick can never hide his glee at PE stakes & insider knowledge
&the
As sec Rollins puts SNAP under the microscope & the ACA filleted.
Trump has no idea what he is doing.
But his cabinet does & uses him as their gateway.
Silicon valley has multiple input vectors
Lutnick can never hide his glee at PE stakes & insider knowledge
&the
October 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It's all really aggravating.
As sec Rollins puts SNAP under the microscope & the ACA filleted.
Trump has no idea what he is doing.
But his cabinet does & uses him as their gateway.
Silicon valley has multiple input vectors
Lutnick can never hide his glee at PE stakes & insider knowledge
&the
As sec Rollins puts SNAP under the microscope & the ACA filleted.
Trump has no idea what he is doing.
But his cabinet does & uses him as their gateway.
Silicon valley has multiple input vectors
Lutnick can never hide his glee at PE stakes & insider knowledge
&the
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$550 billion in Japanese funding.
Directed by the President.
Outside Congress’s control.
My new @justsecurity.org piece explains how the agreement bypasses the Appropriations Clause and violates the laws that safeguard Congress’s power of the purse.
www.justsecurity.org/123478/trump...
Directed by the President.
Outside Congress’s control.
My new @justsecurity.org piece explains how the agreement bypasses the Appropriations Clause and violates the laws that safeguard Congress’s power of the purse.
www.justsecurity.org/123478/trump...
Trump’s Japan Deal and the Disappearing Appropriations Clause
The deal circumvents the Appropriations Clause and congressional safeguards, creating a system answerable only to the White House.
www.justsecurity.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
$550 billion in Japanese funding.
Directed by the President.
Outside Congress’s control.
My new @justsecurity.org piece explains how the agreement bypasses the Appropriations Clause and violates the laws that safeguard Congress’s power of the purse.
www.justsecurity.org/123478/trump...
Directed by the President.
Outside Congress’s control.
My new @justsecurity.org piece explains how the agreement bypasses the Appropriations Clause and violates the laws that safeguard Congress’s power of the purse.
www.justsecurity.org/123478/trump...
Who was cricket really?
From "training a wirehaired pointer"
"Training this breed is not about control. It's about communication. Wirehaired pointers respond well to positive reinforcement, particularly when the sessions are engaging & purposeful"
What other options were there?
From "training a wirehaired pointer"
"Training this breed is not about control. It's about communication. Wirehaired pointers respond well to positive reinforcement, particularly when the sessions are engaging & purposeful"
What other options were there?
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Who was cricket really?
From "training a wirehaired pointer"
"Training this breed is not about control. It's about communication. Wirehaired pointers respond well to positive reinforcement, particularly when the sessions are engaging & purposeful"
What other options were there?
From "training a wirehaired pointer"
"Training this breed is not about control. It's about communication. Wirehaired pointers respond well to positive reinforcement, particularly when the sessions are engaging & purposeful"
What other options were there?
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Whenever we get out of this, antitrust needs to be back on the menu in a big way.
Defense contractor and car maker and social network? Not anymore.
Web hosting and retail and defense and a big newspaper? Nope.
Cloud computing and TikTok and CBS and CNN and more? Get ready for some rough riding.
Defense contractor and car maker and social network? Not anymore.
Web hosting and retail and defense and a big newspaper? Nope.
Cloud computing and TikTok and CBS and CNN and more? Get ready for some rough riding.
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Whenever we get out of this, antitrust needs to be back on the menu in a big way.
Defense contractor and car maker and social network? Not anymore.
Web hosting and retail and defense and a big newspaper? Nope.
Cloud computing and TikTok and CBS and CNN and more? Get ready for some rough riding.
Defense contractor and car maker and social network? Not anymore.
Web hosting and retail and defense and a big newspaper? Nope.
Cloud computing and TikTok and CBS and CNN and more? Get ready for some rough riding.
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Retired U.S. Army Major General Randy Manner: "The deployments we’re currently seeing inside American cities…are not only un-American and wrong, they’re being done at the expense of our young men and women in uniform."
Read more: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/i-helped-l...
Read more: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/i-helped-l...
I helped lead the National Guard. Troops don’t belong in our cities.
We must not permit this gross misuse of the military to be normalized.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Retired U.S. Army Major General Randy Manner: "The deployments we’re currently seeing inside American cities…are not only un-American and wrong, they’re being done at the expense of our young men and women in uniform."
Read more: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/i-helped-l...
Read more: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/i-helped-l...
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NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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Only legislators can do the job. They're who we empower to structure our criminal justice system.
It's simple: “Criminal verdicts shall be reached by human jurors, unassisted by artificial intelligence."
The time to decree this is now, before we’re seduced by the lure of the next release.
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It's simple: “Criminal verdicts shall be reached by human jurors, unassisted by artificial intelligence."
The time to decree this is now, before we’re seduced by the lure of the next release.
/end
October 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Only legislators can do the job. They're who we empower to structure our criminal justice system.
It's simple: “Criminal verdicts shall be reached by human jurors, unassisted by artificial intelligence."
The time to decree this is now, before we’re seduced by the lure of the next release.
/end
It's simple: “Criminal verdicts shall be reached by human jurors, unassisted by artificial intelligence."
The time to decree this is now, before we’re seduced by the lure of the next release.
/end
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remarkable how much of the economy -- good and bad -- is currently being driven by fewer than 10 Big Tech companies, and their acquiescence to Trump's demands have outsize impact on all of us. @paulthedogman.bsky.social lays it all out.
No industry has gone further, faster to promote the Trump agenda than Big Tech. I lay out how and why in this new article for Tech Policy Press. Please read, share, and ACT. Signal to these spineless moguls and greedy companies that you do NOT approve. www.techpolicy.press/techs-love-a...
Tech’s Love Affair with Trump Grows Stronger By the Day | TechPolicy.Press
The tech industry is selling out to a dangerous political force, writes Paul M. Barrett.
www.techpolicy.press
October 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
remarkable how much of the economy -- good and bad -- is currently being driven by fewer than 10 Big Tech companies, and their acquiescence to Trump's demands have outsize impact on all of us. @paulthedogman.bsky.social lays it all out.
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Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad: