Scott Mason
@swes94.bsky.social
Cross posting on apps like it’s Chili’s triple dipper.
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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multiple states are declaring food emergencies as the president holds decadent parties with showgirls and builds a golden ballroom
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
multiple states are declaring food emergencies as the president holds decadent parties with showgirls and builds a golden ballroom
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
The soft dig of filming in front of the Chicago Michigan Ave Apple Store at night was pretty nice.
September 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The soft dig of filming in front of the Chicago Michigan Ave Apple Store at night was pretty nice.
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OpenAI really gunning to test out a bold new world of limitation of liability clauses at scale
September 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
OpenAI really gunning to test out a bold new world of limitation of liability clauses at scale
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Trump fucked up the U.S. economy even faster this time than he did during his first term.
September 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump fucked up the U.S. economy even faster this time than he did during his first term.
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Mary Shelley doesn't get enough credit for not only anticipating the silver-spooned narcissist techbro who recklessly creates technology without thinking through the consequences, but also for knowing that said techbro would be an absolutely terrible father.
May 17, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Mary Shelley doesn't get enough credit for not only anticipating the silver-spooned narcissist techbro who recklessly creates technology without thinking through the consequences, but also for knowing that said techbro would be an absolutely terrible father.
Bike the Drive is one of my favorite days of the year now
August 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Bike the Drive is one of my favorite days of the year now
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FDA is authorizing anybody with a risk factor from this list to receive the vaccines, as well as anybody 65+.
August 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
FDA is authorizing anybody with a risk factor from this list to receive the vaccines, as well as anybody 65+.
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My latest for @bloomberg.com Citylab:
Parking reform might be the rare issue that Chicagoans can agree on
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Parking reform might be the rare issue that Chicagoans can agree on
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
To Boost Housing, Chicago Kills Parking Minimums
As part of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s efforts to eliminate zoning rules that block new home construction, the city joins a national parking policy reform movement.
www.bloomberg.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My latest for @bloomberg.com Citylab:
Parking reform might be the rare issue that Chicagoans can agree on
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Parking reform might be the rare issue that Chicagoans can agree on
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This isn't an "administrative error." Every single federal employee receives record keeping training.
The next administration needs to prosecute everyone responsible for this. Yes, there are bigger abuses we'll need to prosecute too, but records are paramount.
The next administration needs to prosecute everyone responsible for this. Yes, there are bigger abuses we'll need to prosecute too, but records are paramount.
The US Administration is now deleting its internal communications, in brazen violation of the Federal Records Act, in order to conceal its other illegal acts.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Homeland Security Dept. Says It Hasn’t Kept Text Message Data Since April
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This isn't an "administrative error." Every single federal employee receives record keeping training.
The next administration needs to prosecute everyone responsible for this. Yes, there are bigger abuses we'll need to prosecute too, but records are paramount.
The next administration needs to prosecute everyone responsible for this. Yes, there are bigger abuses we'll need to prosecute too, but records are paramount.
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As we approach the 20th Anniversary of the Roberts Court, here is my list of the Top Ten Worst Con Law Cases of his Court. Boy was that a hard list to whittle down and no doubt people will disagree with some omissions but the harm to America is truly awful. www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/08/mour...
Mourning Chief Justice Roberts' Twenty-Year Anniversary: The Ten Worst Constitutional Law Cases of the Roberts Court
We are close to the twentieth anniversary of John Roberts taking office as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (September 2...
www.dorfonlaw.org
August 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
As we approach the 20th Anniversary of the Roberts Court, here is my list of the Top Ten Worst Con Law Cases of his Court. Boy was that a hard list to whittle down and no doubt people will disagree with some omissions but the harm to America is truly awful. www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/08/mour...
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Illinois SNAP Education program eliminated amid federal cuts. This covered nutrition basics, helped folks build kitchen skills and learn how to stretch their food stamps. Story by Kate Armanini www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/16/i...
Illinois SNAP Education program eliminated amid federal cuts: ‘It’s heartbreaking’
SNAP-Ed has partnered with Chicago organizations to address the root causes of health disparities. Now, the 30-year program is being dismantled.
www.chicagotribune.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Illinois SNAP Education program eliminated amid federal cuts. This covered nutrition basics, helped folks build kitchen skills and learn how to stretch their food stamps. Story by Kate Armanini www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/16/i...
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🤖 What many already knew. Helpful proof, reporting, documentation from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social: Meta allowing sensual roleplay with kids, promoting discrimination, giving false medical info. But listen, there's a tech PR trick I need to draw your attention to here. 🧵
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children
An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.
www.reuters.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🤖 What many already knew. Helpful proof, reporting, documentation from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social: Meta allowing sensual roleplay with kids, promoting discrimination, giving false medical info. But listen, there's a tech PR trick I need to draw your attention to here. 🧵
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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The thing is, it’s a more important piece of white American history.
A very important piece of Black American History.
August 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The thing is, it’s a more important piece of white American history.
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Oof.
It appears that PACER has been compromised by a Russian threat actor for some time. This is a very big deal for people who have submitted sealed documents in federal court whose threat model includes RU.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...
August 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Oof.
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it was always obvious DOGE was decorative "innovative efficiency" cover for the brutal dismantling of corporate oversight and the social safety net, but the press spent first six months of the year propping it up as a good-faith effort
“.. DOGE increasingly looks like a giant joke as the initiative winds up saving essentially zero dollars for US taxpayers .”
- Vital Knowledge
@politico.com 🇺🇸
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
- Vital Knowledge
@politico.com 🇺🇸
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
it was always obvious DOGE was decorative "innovative efficiency" cover for the brutal dismantling of corporate oversight and the social safety net, but the press spent first six months of the year propping it up as a good-faith effort
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Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
August 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
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🤖 Thanks to the many experts who responded to me to help me unpack the new landmark AI bill from Illinois! Sharing a thread of my summary of what I've learned about it and how significant it is (It's significant!!) 🧵
statescoop.com/illinois-ban...
statescoop.com/illinois-ban...
August 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🤖 Thanks to the many experts who responded to me to help me unpack the new landmark AI bill from Illinois! Sharing a thread of my summary of what I've learned about it and how significant it is (It's significant!!) 🧵
statescoop.com/illinois-ban...
statescoop.com/illinois-ban...
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SCOOP: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration re-evaluating long-planned I-375 reconstruction project in downtown Detroit
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
via @craigmauger.bsky.social
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
via @craigmauger.bsky.social
Whitmer administration re-evaluating I-375 reconstruction project in downtown Detroit
The state says it's "taking a step back to re-evaluate" a $300 million project to reconstruct Interstate 375, according to a Monday email
www.detroitnews.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
SCOOP: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration re-evaluating long-planned I-375 reconstruction project in downtown Detroit
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
via @craigmauger.bsky.social
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
via @craigmauger.bsky.social
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The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
Breaking News: President Trump said he was taking control of the police in Washington, D.C., and deploying 800 National Guard troops there in response to “out of control” crime — even though violent crime in the city has fallen. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3H9yVcu
August 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.