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deadcarl.bsky.social
Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.

I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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kendrawrites.com
I can't help but wonder if the VC firm he works for has connections to Waymo.
davidzipper.bsky.social David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 18h
“There’s a public health imperative to quickly expand the adoption of autonomous vehicles.”

Would the author say the same about building bike lanes? Installing automatic traffic cameras? Requiring Intelligent Speed Assist?

All of those are proven to save lives — and at a fraction of AVs' cost.
Opinion | Don’t Fear Self-Driving Cars. They Save Lives.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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coachfinstock.bsky.social
A VC guy writing an oped in the NYT about how much he loves Waymo is all the proof I needed that I am on the right side of this one lmao
davidzipper.bsky.social David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 18h
“There’s a public health imperative to quickly expand the adoption of autonomous vehicles.”

Would the author say the same about building bike lanes? Installing automatic traffic cameras? Requiring Intelligent Speed Assist?

All of those are proven to save lives — and at a fraction of AVs' cost.
Opinion | Don’t Fear Self-Driving Cars. They Save Lives.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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karlbode.com
MAGA is back pretending they care about corporate power and "antitrust reform" (with the press' help) this time as a ruse to help Larry Ellison top Netflix in the acquisition bid for Warner Brothers, CNN, and HBO:
The New York Post's Charles Gasparino, who likes to leak whatever corporations and Republicans leak to him: "SCOOP: Senior White House officials recently discussed antitrust concerns surrounding Netflix’s interest in acquiring the Warner Bros. studio and the HBO Max streaming service – raising doubts whether such a deal would give Netflix too much power over Hollywood, The Post has learned. The high-level meeting that took place about 10 days ago hasn’t been previously reported. Several White House officials also suggested during the sitdown that a broader investigation is necessary focusing on Netflix’s market power, a government official who attended the confab said."
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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nbcnews.com
Illinois state officials have given rental car companies official notice that immigration enforcement agents using their vehicles are not allowed to swap the rental’s assigned license plates for other plates to disguise the vehicles, and if they do, the companies could be held liable.
Illinois officials warn rental car companies that it is illegal for immigration agents to swap license plates
The secretary of state sent a cease and desist letter to ICE head Todd Lyons, citing “multiple reports of federal ICE agents illegally swapping out the license plates displayed on vehicles.”
nbcnews.to
December 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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texastribune.org
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett appears to be inching closer to a U.S. Senate bid, scheduling a “special announcement” for Monday.
Crockett inches toward Senate bid
The Dallas congresswoman said she discussed polling with Colin Allred and James Talarico.
www.texastribune.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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jonseidel.bsky.social
Lawyers who secured Bovino testimony, body-cam video move to end case that challenged Midway Blitz

From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Lawyers who secured Bovino testimony, body-cam video move to end case that challenged Midway Blitz
The strategic move will likely short-circuit oral arguments before a skeptical appeals panel — and any ruling it might hand down. That includes a potential order that could tie the hands of lower-cour...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12h
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
No. 25-5418 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Plaintiffs-Appellee V. DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al., Defendants-Appellants BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE SOUTH CAROLINA, WEST VIRGINIA, AND 22 ADDITIONAL STATES IN SUPPORT OF STAY PENDING APPEAL Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia District Court Case No. 1:25-Cv-03005-JMC ALAN WILSON ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Thomas T. Hydrick Solicitor General P.O. Box 11549 Columbia, South Carolina 29201 JOHN B. MCCUSKEY ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA Michael R. Williams Solicitor General OFFICE OF THE WEST VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES 11 INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE ............... 1 INTRODUCTION ............ 1 ARGUMENT ........... 3 The Equities Weigh Heavily in Favor of a Stay, as the Injunction Usurps Presidential Power and Endangers D.C. Citizens and the Government ............................... ..... 3 A. Securing the District Is the President's Constitutional Responsibility and Vital to a Functioning Republic .... .....3 B. Crime Has Exploded in Our Capital, Hurting Residents and Hindering the Federal Government 5 C. In the Few Months Since the Executive Orders, President Trump and National Guard Troops Have Made the Capital Safer ......... 10 CONCLUSION .............. 13 ADDITIONAL COUNSEL........................ 15 INTRODUCTION The District of Columbia is the Seat of America's National Government and the house of all three of its branches. U.S. CONsT. art. I, § 8, cl. 17. Safety, security, and domestic tranquility in D.C. are critical, not only to the good people of the District, but to the functioning of the United States. The American People rely on the effective operation of their Government, which in turn depends on the safety of elected representatives and officials who carry out the popular will. The American People travel from all over the country to Washington, every day, to visit its historic sites and exercise their First Amendment right to petition the Government. See U.S. CONST. amend. I. The District belongs to "the People" as a whole, and its safety is critical to our constitutional republic.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
At least the Democrats shut down the government for over a month and got absolutely nothing in return
sahilkapur.bsky.social Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12h
NEW: Hopes fade in Congress for a health care deal before premiums soar in January

Two weeks before recess, they're nowhere close.

Senate to vote on a bill of Dems' choosing; expected to fail.

Enhanced ACA funds set to expire, as many Republicans want.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Hopes fade in Congress for a health care deal before premiums soar in January
Billions of dollars in tax credits under the Affordable Care Act are poised to expire at the end of the year. Lawmakers in both parties say they're nowhere close to a deal to renew them.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.

Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
haleaziz.bsky.social Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 12h
Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people.

More coming soon.
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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hyperallergic.com
The Russian feminist dissident group Pussy Riot could soon be labeled an “extremist” organization as part of the country’s recent attempts to quell dissent.
Russia Moves to Label Pussy Riot an “Extremist” Group
It’s an attempt to “erase Pussy Riot from the minds of Russian citizens,” the feminist art collective’s co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova told Hyperallergic.
hyperallergic.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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shengokai.blacksky.app
Imagine how many faculty positions that money could have funded.
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 14h
This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.
Total buyouts for 15 fired coaches in 2025: $228 million. That's a record by nearly $100M. Kelly $54M Stoops $38M Smith $33.5M Napier $21M Freeze $15.8M Gundy $15M Wilcox $10.9M Pittman $9.8M Franklin $9M Pry $6M Foster $5M Bray $4M Dilfer $2.4M Beck $1.7M Norvell $1.5M
December 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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jonathancohn.bsky.social
He should pay more in taxes. The government should not be funding only what can secure the sympathies of erratic rich people.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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jlazarus.bsky.social
I'm like 90% sure that's an innocent typo.

85%
Photo of Pete Hegseth sitting at a table. In front of him is a placard that reads "PETE HEGSETH SSECRETARY OF WAR." Yes, on the placard "secretary" begins with a double-S.
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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socio-steve.bsky.social
Amazing. Summers banned for life from the AEA including participating in any way in AEA-sponsored events and activities.

h/t: @lindsayowens.bsky.social

www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
www.aeaweb.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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thetattooedprof.bsky.social
Bro he is out like a light
factpostnews.bsky.social FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 15h
Trump appears to be sleeping as Sean Duffy talks during his Cabinet meeting
December 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video:

“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
Sabrina Carpenter replies to WH video: This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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ulycia.bsky.social
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry

girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
This update includes information you may find upsetting. Please take care when reading. From today, it is with a heavy heart that we announce trans girls will no longer be able to join Girlguiding. This is a decision we would have preferred not to make, and we know that this may be upsetting for members of our community. There will be no immediate changes for current young members, but more information will be shared soon. Most adult roles - including unit helpers, district helpers and administrative support - are already open to all, so we are confident that no volunteers will have to leave the organisation. Girlguiding believes strongly in inclusion, and we will continue to support young people and adults in marginalised groups. Over the next few months, we will explore opportunities to champion this value and actively support young people who need us. We stand in solidarity with trans girls and women.
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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jmrivera.bsky.social
what is the problem that these storefronts have with this game
santaragione.com Santa Ragione @santaragione.com · 16h
Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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scalzi.com
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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kleinman.bsky.social
The biggest "no, you don't get it, these people are BAD" movie since Goodfellas
zachsdorfman.bsky.social Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 16h
I guess one lesson of Sicario is that the war on drugs is, at its foundation, the ultra-cynical management of illicit narcotics flows through the protection/co-optation of “favored” drug lords while taking an (at least public) hardline against the rest. Looks like folks have taken that to heart!
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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rafiews.com
+ Invisible Life, The Blue Trail, Baby, Malu, The Pink Cloud, Dry Ground Burning, Mars One, Private Desert and more
vuintrieri.bsky.social Soren Lorensen @vuintrieri.bsky.social · 17h
Brazilian cinema in the last 5-6 years have produced Bacurau, I'm Still Here and The Secret Agent, it's a streak similar to that of the late 90s with O Quatrilho, Four Days in September and Central Station, maybe better
rafiews.com Rafa Sales Ross @rafiews.com · 17h
Five years after BACURAU won the same prize but had its Oscar campaign guttered by Brazil’s selection committee during the Bolsonaro government
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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schooley.bsky.social
The first NYT story on the Access Hollywood tape began with Trump's apology. I don't think that was "challenging assumptions" so much as "running cover."
larryglickman.bsky.social Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 19h
For my part, I would say that questioning the framing of some Times stories—for example, the highlighting of Trump’s putative emotions or the foregrounding of what he says (even when, as is often the case, what he says is false)—is not an indication that I want my “views validated.”
Interview by Patrick Healy with Joseph Kahn Why does The Times publish work that challenges our audience’s assumptions at a time when many people want their views validated?
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM