Vince Polley
@vpolley.bsky.social
Former Internet lawyer and techie. Michigan, frequently.
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Every time someone posts a screenshot of one of the Epstein emails, I pause and think “this one has to be fake; don’t get fooled into reposting a spoof.”
But then … they’re all real?
But then … they’re all real?
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Every time someone posts a screenshot of one of the Epstein emails, I pause and think “this one has to be fake; don’t get fooled into reposting a spoof.”
But then … they’re all real?
But then … they’re all real?
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Stop me if you've heard this before:
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Stop me if you've heard this before:
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
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It would be a good time for the NYT to have an ombudsman
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It would be a good time for the NYT to have an ombudsman
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I’m in!
What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I’m in!
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Thank you & Happy Veterans Day to all who have volunteered to serve in our 🇺🇸 military. Just a reminder, it is always the biggest cowards, often those who dodged their own service, who are the most willing to send our sons & daughters to foreign lands to fight reckless wars. War sucks.
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Thank you & Happy Veterans Day to all who have volunteered to serve in our 🇺🇸 military. Just a reminder, it is always the biggest cowards, often those who dodged their own service, who are the most willing to send our sons & daughters to foreign lands to fight reckless wars. War sucks.
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Is she upset about the elderly having sex lives or upset about sex being promoted in general, I need to know what level of pissarseing social conservatism I'm witnessing
This feels like peak infantilisation of the elderly.
What exactly is ‘disgraceful’ about giving the elderly/infirm practical advice about how to be physically intimate in a safe way? They aren’t children. Their innocent eyes don’t need to be protected. Plus it’s medical guidance not a jazz mag
What exactly is ‘disgraceful’ about giving the elderly/infirm practical advice about how to be physically intimate in a safe way? They aren’t children. Their innocent eyes don’t need to be protected. Plus it’s medical guidance not a jazz mag
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Is she upset about the elderly having sex lives or upset about sex being promoted in general, I need to know what level of pissarseing social conservatism I'm witnessing
h/t DRP: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
Vigilante Lawyers Expose the Rising Tide of A.I. Slop in Court Filings
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
h/t DRP: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
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I actually thought the headline was written by @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I actually thought the headline was written by @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
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It's annoying to keep having to point this out, but the actual DNC has been behind Mamdani ever since he won the primary, which you wouldn't know by reading some posts on here.
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's annoying to keep having to point this out, but the actual DNC has been behind Mamdani ever since he won the primary, which you wouldn't know by reading some posts on here.
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SNAP supports Michiganders from every corner of our state, and every walk of life.
- Nearly 60% are families with children.
- Nearly 40% are families with members who are older or disabled.
- Over 45% are in working families.
- Nearly 60% are families with children.
- Nearly 40% are families with members who are older or disabled.
- Over 45% are in working families.
November 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
SNAP supports Michiganders from every corner of our state, and every walk of life.
- Nearly 60% are families with children.
- Nearly 40% are families with members who are older or disabled.
- Over 45% are in working families.
- Nearly 60% are families with children.
- Nearly 40% are families with members who are older or disabled.
- Over 45% are in working families.
Who?
BREAKING: Squeaky Fromme has endorsed Andrew Cuomo for Mayor
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Who?
Sonny gives Fredo the kiss of death
New Yorkers if this doesn’t convince you, I don’t know what will.
Stephen Miller endorses Andrew Cuomo.
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Sonny gives Fredo the kiss of death
I, also:
For writing on note pads, I've long liked notepads with the vertical line a few inches from the left side. TIL this is called "Pitman Ruled" paper, as it was created for use with a shorthand system created by Isaac Pitman in 1837.
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I, also:
sounds about correct:
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The Democratic Party doesn’t need to move left or right, it needs to get bigger, our columnist Ezra Klein writes. “That is the spirit it needs to embrace. Not moderation. Not progressivism. But, in the older political sense of the term, representation.”
The Democratic Party doesn’t need to move left or right, it needs to get bigger, our columnist Ezra Klein writes. “That is the spirit it needs to embrace. Not moderation. Not progressivism. But, in the older political sense of the term, representation.”
Opinion | This Is the Way You Beat Trump — and Trumpism
Democrats do not just need to win more people. They also need to win more places.
nyti.ms
November 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
sounds about correct:
Neal Stephenson: open.substack.com/pub/nealstep...
What I've been up to
66th birthday edition
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Neal Stephenson: open.substack.com/pub/nealstep...
A bit like Gödel’s incompleteness theorem ?: phys.org/news/2025-10...
Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation
It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization's supercomputer. But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically pr...
phys.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A bit like Gödel’s incompleteness theorem ?: phys.org/news/2025-10...
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It takes a lot to impress me, but this is fucking impressive.
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It takes a lot to impress me, but this is fucking impressive.
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Next up on CBS News: Constitutional law scholar Nicholas Cage!
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Next up on CBS News: Constitutional law scholar Nicholas Cage!
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We are in a timeline in which People Magazine is publishing legit hard-hitting news headlines while CBS and CNN publicly humiliate themselves.
I don’t like this timeline. But I’m loving People Magazine right now.
I don’t like this timeline. But I’m loving People Magazine right now.
October 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
We are in a timeline in which People Magazine is publishing legit hard-hitting news headlines while CBS and CNN publicly humiliate themselves.
I don’t like this timeline. But I’m loving People Magazine right now.
I don’t like this timeline. But I’m loving People Magazine right now.
Go for it; appeal to an independent third-party:
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
By @deldeib.bsky.social
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
By @deldeib.bsky.social
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Go for it; appeal to an independent third-party: