@nickbersin.bsky.social
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Glad to see a Columbia administrator speaking the plain sense about AI so many college leaders refuse to contend with. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Glad to see a Columbia administrator speaking the plain sense about AI so many college leaders refuse to contend with. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
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I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
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Pam Bondi testified to Congress the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
February 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Pam Bondi testified to Congress the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because:
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
February 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because:
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
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first time in new york since zohran took office and other than having to recite the shahada on arrival at laguardia nothing much has changed
February 12, 2026 at 1:28 PM
first time in new york since zohran took office and other than having to recite the shahada on arrival at laguardia nothing much has changed
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
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Ich habe den Eindruck, dass zurzeit der Europanationalismus als vermeintl Alternative zu „Trump“ unter, ich nenn‘s mal etw unpräzise: Linksliberalen wieder hoch im Kurs steht. Und das funktioniert natürlich nur mit hoher Awareness für den ICE-Terror bei gleichzeitigem Verdrängen des EU-Grenzregimes.
Da gerade (zu Recht) viel Empörung zu lesen ist über die Festname des 5-Jährigen in den USA, ein kleiner Reminder:
Letztes Jahr haben deutsche Polizisten ein 10-jähriges syrisches Mädchen aus ihrer Schule gezogen, um sie abzuschieben.
Mit ihr wurden 2025 über 3000 Minderjährige aus 🇩🇪 abgeschoben.
Letztes Jahr haben deutsche Polizisten ein 10-jähriges syrisches Mädchen aus ihrer Schule gezogen, um sie abzuschieben.
Mit ihr wurden 2025 über 3000 Minderjährige aus 🇩🇪 abgeschoben.
January 25, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Ich habe den Eindruck, dass zurzeit der Europanationalismus als vermeintl Alternative zu „Trump“ unter, ich nenn‘s mal etw unpräzise: Linksliberalen wieder hoch im Kurs steht. Und das funktioniert natürlich nur mit hoher Awareness für den ICE-Terror bei gleichzeitigem Verdrängen des EU-Grenzregimes.
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als jemand der ebenfalls nie auch nur eine sekunde nachdenkt bevor ich etwas sage ist friedrich merz eine lange überfällige repräsentation für unsere community
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
als jemand der ebenfalls nie auch nur eine sekunde nachdenkt bevor ich etwas sage ist friedrich merz eine lange überfällige repräsentation für unsere community
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When asked why SUVs reduce throughput, Levinson says, “Well, first there’s their physical size – they literally take up more space on the road, and it takes them longer to brake because of mass and momentum.” - @lauriewinkless.bsky.social h/t @transportist.net
Cc: @davidzipper.bsky.social
Cc: @davidzipper.bsky.social
My latest Forbes article is all about SUVs. Specifically, it delves into two new research papers - one from traffic engineering, and one from public health - that shows how these increasingly-popular (and increasingly large) vehicles come with major downsides 🧪
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
SUVs Make Traffic Worse And Are More Dangerous Than Cars
Two new research papers show the downsides of upsizing our vehicles. SUVs have a disproportionate impact on traffic jams, and they injure more people than cars
www.forbes.com
May 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When asked why SUVs reduce throughput, Levinson says, “Well, first there’s their physical size – they literally take up more space on the road, and it takes them longer to brake because of mass and momentum.” - @lauriewinkless.bsky.social h/t @transportist.net
Cc: @davidzipper.bsky.social
Cc: @davidzipper.bsky.social
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based on some reading i'm doing at the moment, there is a book to be written — if it already hasn't been — on defense of apartheid south africa as the great international cause of the american right
May 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
based on some reading i'm doing at the moment, there is a book to be written — if it already hasn't been — on defense of apartheid south africa as the great international cause of the american right
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I gotchu, we’ll call this my book proposal on the subject. www.liberalcurrents.com/american-con...
American Conservatism's Home Grown Defenses of Apartheid
A long and ugly history.
www.liberalcurrents.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I gotchu, we’ll call this my book proposal on the subject. www.liberalcurrents.com/american-con...
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@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Upon learning that your own mistake sent an innocent father to a brutal prison where he’s likely to be tortured, anyone with a shred of decency would be overcome with shame and fight like hell to get him back.
They think it’s funny.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
They think it’s funny.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Upon learning that your own mistake sent an innocent father to a brutal prison where he’s likely to be tortured, anyone with a shred of decency would be overcome with shame and fight like hell to get him back.
They think it’s funny.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
They think it’s funny.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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A key jailhouse informant was revealed to have implicated Jimmie Duncan in exchange for “help in other areas.”
He later admitted Duncan “never said he was guilty” and mostly spent time with his “head down … mumbling and crying to himself.”
With @veritenews.org
He later admitted Duncan “never said he was guilty” and mostly spent time with his “head down … mumbling and crying to himself.”
With @veritenews.org
He Was Convicted Based on Allegedly Fabricated Bite Mark Analysis. Louisiana Wants to Execute Him Anyway.
Nine prisoners have walked free after evidence presented by members of a forensics team turned out to be wrong — yet one man still awaits execution based on their testimony.
propub.li
March 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A key jailhouse informant was revealed to have implicated Jimmie Duncan in exchange for “help in other areas.”
He later admitted Duncan “never said he was guilty” and mostly spent time with his “head down … mumbling and crying to himself.”
With @veritenews.org
He later admitted Duncan “never said he was guilty” and mostly spent time with his “head down … mumbling and crying to himself.”
With @veritenews.org
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I spoke to former Treasury and OMB officials, and they said Elon Musk accessing government payment systems could give him the power to selectively turn off payments. They described what this really means in very clarifying terms. See below:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
January 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I spoke to former Treasury and OMB officials, and they said Elon Musk accessing government payment systems could give him the power to selectively turn off payments. They described what this really means in very clarifying terms. See below:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
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washed up white nationalist claims he was at J6 "as a journalist," despite not being a journalist and never speaking or writing a word about having attended the event until the day it's announced he can't get in trouble for it.
January 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
washed up white nationalist claims he was at J6 "as a journalist," despite not being a journalist and never speaking or writing a word about having attended the event until the day it's announced he can't get in trouble for it.
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this urge to launder rfk jr. as “just a guy who is right about a few things” is such a perfect example of how liberals are people who won’t take their own side in a fight
January 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
this urge to launder rfk jr. as “just a guy who is right about a few things” is such a perfect example of how liberals are people who won’t take their own side in a fight
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“Race is not a biological category that naturally produces health disparities because of genetic differences. Race is a political category that has staggering biological consequences because of the impact of social inequality on people’s health.”
— Dorothy E. Roberts, Fatal Intervention (pp 11)
— Dorothy E. Roberts, Fatal Intervention (pp 11)
December 24, 2024 at 2:43 PM
“Race is not a biological category that naturally produces health disparities because of genetic differences. Race is a political category that has staggering biological consequences because of the impact of social inequality on people’s health.”
— Dorothy E. Roberts, Fatal Intervention (pp 11)
— Dorothy E. Roberts, Fatal Intervention (pp 11)
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Unsettling from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:Trump isn't just trying to bully the media into submission. He's also conditioning the public to see the use of state power to cow independent truth telling as normal, and persuading MAGA to see it as good.
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1894...
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1894...
December 16, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Unsettling from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:Trump isn't just trying to bully the media into submission. He's also conditioning the public to see the use of state power to cow independent truth telling as normal, and persuading MAGA to see it as good.
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1894...
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1894...
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Crucial point on our pod from @cjcmichel.bsky.social: The supposed ethics pledge Trump is adopting has a huge loophole: Foreign actors can probably just set up entities and make deals with Trump's businesses to influence him.
Our exchange on this, and a transcript:
newrepublic.com/article/1892...
Our exchange on this, and a transcript:
newrepublic.com/article/1892...
December 12, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Crucial point on our pod from @cjcmichel.bsky.social: The supposed ethics pledge Trump is adopting has a huge loophole: Foreign actors can probably just set up entities and make deals with Trump's businesses to influence him.
Our exchange on this, and a transcript:
newrepublic.com/article/1892...
Our exchange on this, and a transcript:
newrepublic.com/article/1892...
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It's the Constitution. Federally, votes in more rural, less populous parts of the country that have taken to conservative ideology most easily count more. Votes in more urban, populous, and liberal parts of the country count much less, with a few exceptions. Simple as that.
It’s just frustrating that the right wing never has to do shit, even when they lose. Never have to reach out, to welcome, to understand, to moderate their positions. They get to be who they are & never apologize for it and people will blame progressives for not putting up with that shit
Twitter isn't real you stupid motherfucker. The algo is rigged and the trolls are bots.
November 24, 2024 at 8:46 PM
It's the Constitution. Federally, votes in more rural, less populous parts of the country that have taken to conservative ideology most easily count more. Votes in more urban, populous, and liberal parts of the country count much less, with a few exceptions. Simple as that.
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Gaetz withdrawal is encouraging, not just because we won't have AG Gaetz but because it's taken Trump about two weeks to squander his supposedly invincible mandate and remind everyone of his staggering incompetence and dysfunction—which, per last time, are the main checks on his power.
November 21, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Gaetz withdrawal is encouraging, not just because we won't have AG Gaetz but because it's taken Trump about two weeks to squander his supposedly invincible mandate and remind everyone of his staggering incompetence and dysfunction—which, per last time, are the main checks on his power.
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Im heutigen Namibia begingen deutsche Truppen vor 120 Jahren einen Genozid an Ovaherero und Nama. Bis heute fordern die Nachkommen Anerkennung und Wiedergutmachung: von der eigenen Regierung und von Deutschland. Doch der Kolonialismus wirft lange Schatten: www.akweb.de
November 19, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Im heutigen Namibia begingen deutsche Truppen vor 120 Jahren einen Genozid an Ovaherero und Nama. Bis heute fordern die Nachkommen Anerkennung und Wiedergutmachung: von der eigenen Regierung und von Deutschland. Doch der Kolonialismus wirft lange Schatten: www.akweb.de