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The good governance part of me is a bit sad.
The fuck around and find out part of me is ecstatic.
Trump and the GOP planned on Democrats taking this lying down.
Thats not happening and we have much more capacity to gerrymander since we don’t do it nearly to the same degree.
The fuck around and find out part of me is ecstatic.
Trump and the GOP planned on Democrats taking this lying down.
Thats not happening and we have much more capacity to gerrymander since we don’t do it nearly to the same degree.
January 14, 2026 at 12:33 PM
The good governance part of me is a bit sad.
The fuck around and find out part of me is ecstatic.
Trump and the GOP planned on Democrats taking this lying down.
Thats not happening and we have much more capacity to gerrymander since we don’t do it nearly to the same degree.
The fuck around and find out part of me is ecstatic.
Trump and the GOP planned on Democrats taking this lying down.
Thats not happening and we have much more capacity to gerrymander since we don’t do it nearly to the same degree.
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It’s always fun to remember, as I did yesterday, that Tim Kaine voted to confirm Kristi Noem as Secretary of DHS
January 14, 2026 at 12:48 AM
It’s always fun to remember, as I did yesterday, that Tim Kaine voted to confirm Kristi Noem as Secretary of DHS
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NEW: GoFundMe strictly bans fundraisers for “the legal defense of financial and violent crimes,” yet is currently running one “to help pay for any legal services” for the ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good. Its conflict is not even the least bit contestable.
GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.
www.wired.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
NEW: GoFundMe strictly bans fundraisers for “the legal defense of financial and violent crimes,” yet is currently running one “to help pay for any legal services” for the ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good. Its conflict is not even the least bit contestable.
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This seems to strongly suggest that the incoming president of UVA doctored his CV to the edge of outright dishonesty, and that the most recent changes came months before Jim Ryan was forced, as if they were made in anticipation in Ryan’s removal. augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...
How UVA’s presidential search missed what took us an hour to find
Inside Higher Ed frames the controversy surrounding Scott C. Beardsley's appointment as the University of Virginia's president.
augustafreepress.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This seems to strongly suggest that the incoming president of UVA doctored his CV to the edge of outright dishonesty, and that the most recent changes came months before Jim Ryan was forced, as if they were made in anticipation in Ryan’s removal. augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...
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UVA BOV Rector Rachel Sheridan refers to Virginia Democrat legislators as extremists in private but then denies that her words mean anything when they’re made public. She’s a joke and needs to go.
January 10, 2026 at 11:44 AM
UVA BOV Rector Rachel Sheridan refers to Virginia Democrat legislators as extremists in private but then denies that her words mean anything when they’re made public. She’s a joke and needs to go.
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In 2023 I made this project with @christobuschek.net examining the slapdash processes used to assemble the enormous training sets used by AI models
knowingmachines.org/models-all-t...
knowingmachines.org/models-all-t...
Models All The Way Down
LAION-5B is an open-source foundation dataset. It contains 5.8 billion image and text pairs—a size too large to make sense of. We follow the construction of the dataset to better understand its conten...
knowingmachines.org
January 6, 2026 at 12:28 PM
In 2023 I made this project with @christobuschek.net examining the slapdash processes used to assemble the enormous training sets used by AI models
knowingmachines.org/models-all-t...
knowingmachines.org/models-all-t...
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Wow. Last used ~1934, inherent contempt would in effect bring Bondi to trial in the House & by majority vote empower the House to put her in jail. Far more effective than other options (criminal referral to her own DOJ or endless civil litigation), it'd be a huge bipartsan stand against the Admin.
BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply?
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
December 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Wow. Last used ~1934, inherent contempt would in effect bring Bondi to trial in the House & by majority vote empower the House to put her in jail. Far more effective than other options (criminal referral to her own DOJ or endless civil litigation), it'd be a huge bipartsan stand against the Admin.
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This is the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation of university president selections.
(You can tell they know this will be well-received, popular, and accepted as legitimate by the late-Friday-afternoon-before-Christmas email announcement.)
(You can tell they know this will be well-received, popular, and accepted as legitimate by the late-Friday-afternoon-before-Christmas email announcement.)
December 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation of university president selections.
(You can tell they know this will be well-received, popular, and accepted as legitimate by the late-Friday-afternoon-before-Christmas email announcement.)
(You can tell they know this will be well-received, popular, and accepted as legitimate by the late-Friday-afternoon-before-Christmas email announcement.)
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I wonder if Beardsley’s time ends up being short due to the Jay Jones led Attorney General’s office determining that the contract is problematic due to the board not being legally constituted. The BOV then has to follow that advice, Beardsley resigns for a settlement and keeps the Darden dean gig.
Absolutely embarrassing for everyone involved at UVA. Just, on the most basic level, does he not have friends?
December 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I wonder if Beardsley’s time ends up being short due to the Jay Jones led Attorney General’s office determining that the contract is problematic due to the board not being legally constituted. The BOV then has to follow that advice, Beardsley resigns for a settlement and keeps the Darden dean gig.
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2026 is going to be a great year to run for office. It’s not too late in most places! runforwhat.net
December 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
2026 is going to be a great year to run for office. It’s not too late in most places! runforwhat.net
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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a reminder that the conservative base that underlies MAGA (and the Fox News Cinematic Universe before it) came out of direct mail scams going back to Goldwater
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
a reminder that the conservative base that underlies MAGA (and the Fox News Cinematic Universe before it) came out of direct mail scams going back to Goldwater
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
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ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
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This changes a lot of what we were led to believe over the summer. It should lead to the impeachment of at least three board members and Bar investigations of several lawyers.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This changes a lot of what we were led to believe over the summer. It should lead to the impeachment of at least three board members and Bar investigations of several lawyers.
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Jim leaves us with these questions. I will note that there appear to be several points that the Virginia State Bar, DC Bar, 2026 Virginia General Assembly, 2026 Governor of Virginia, and 2026 Attorney General of Virginia need to investigate.
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Jim leaves us with these questions. I will note that there appear to be several points that the Virginia State Bar, DC Bar, 2026 Virginia General Assembly, 2026 Governor of Virginia, and 2026 Attorney General of Virginia need to investigate.
In retrospect, maybe shouldn't have named the model "YeltsinBot151"
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In retrospect, maybe shouldn't have named the model "YeltsinBot151"
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Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
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New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.”
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.”
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
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The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
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if you can't savor the villains losing you've lost the spark of beauty and ingenuity that makes life worth living
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
if you can't savor the villains losing you've lost the spark of beauty and ingenuity that makes life worth living
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Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani
The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do.
www.cjr.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...
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Interesting piece: if Tesla collapses Musk’s entire empire could come crashing down because of the way he’s structured the companies’ finances.
This Is How Tesla Will Die
The vultures are circling the tech giant.
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Interesting piece: if Tesla collapses Musk’s entire empire could come crashing down because of the way he’s structured the companies’ finances.
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Remember when Paul Krugman’s columns were soooo wonky.
“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman
“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman
The Hunger Games Begin
40 million Americans are about to lose food stamps
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Remember when Paul Krugman’s columns were soooo wonky.
“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman
“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman
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this is something that individual members of Congress could do tomorrow. The government is shut down so they could use their district offices. I suggested in January that they turn those offices into full on community centers where people could find each other re: mutual aid etc...
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
this is something that individual members of Congress could do tomorrow. The government is shut down so they could use their district offices. I suggested in January that they turn those offices into full on community centers where people could find each other re: mutual aid etc...