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Cyberpunk is a warning not a manual.
Armstrong said he “envisioned ‘the IVF clinic of the future’ powered by a ‘Gattaca stack’ of technologies—a reference to the 1997 movie depicting a dystopian eugenic future—combining embryo editing and genetic screening.”
Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
Silicon Valley startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve chances for a high IQ and other traits.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Cyberpunk is a warning not a manual.
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BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
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Let the record show once again that the rule of law and thus the Constitution and democracy are dead.
Trump Claims Sweeping Power to Nullify Laws, Letters on TikTok Ban Show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
Trump Claims Sweeping Power to Nullify Laws, Letters on TikTok Ban Show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
Trump Claims Sweeping Power to Nullify Laws, Letters on TikTok Ban Show
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Let the record show once again that the rule of law and thus the Constitution and democracy are dead.
Trump Claims Sweeping Power to Nullify Laws, Letters on TikTok Ban Show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
Trump Claims Sweeping Power to Nullify Laws, Letters on TikTok Ban Show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
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ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
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We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win
Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.
www.axios.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
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REPUBLICANS: “Here’s a bribe so Alaska will vote to screw the other 49 states.”
MURKOWSKI: “Oh, goody!”
PARLIAMENTARIAN: “Not so fast, sister . . .”
MURKOWSKI: “Oh, goody!”
PARLIAMENTARIAN: “Not so fast, sister . . .”
June 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
REPUBLICANS: “Here’s a bribe so Alaska will vote to screw the other 49 states.”
MURKOWSKI: “Oh, goody!”
PARLIAMENTARIAN: “Not so fast, sister . . .”
MURKOWSKI: “Oh, goody!”
PARLIAMENTARIAN: “Not so fast, sister . . .”
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I know I only covered Congress for a few years, but I've never actually seen legislators "loudly" add something to a bill. It's always "quietly", because that makes it somehow more dramatic.
Instead of using sounds, we should say "in order to avoid accountability".
Instead of using sounds, we should say "in order to avoid accountability".
June 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I know I only covered Congress for a few years, but I've never actually seen legislators "loudly" add something to a bill. It's always "quietly", because that makes it somehow more dramatic.
Instead of using sounds, we should say "in order to avoid accountability".
Instead of using sounds, we should say "in order to avoid accountability".
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This is literally an ecological inference fallacy, and both Pew and NPR should be ashamed of doing this
In 2024, 64% of the eligible-voting population turned out, the second highest in 120 years. New data show that even if all those voters who stayed home had voted, Trump would still be president today.
Trump still would have won in 2024 even if everyone had turned out to vote, Pew finds
In 2024, 64% of the eligible-voting population turned out, the second highest in 120 years. New data show that even if all those voters who stayed home had voted, Trump would still be president today.
n.pr
June 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This is literally an ecological inference fallacy, and both Pew and NPR should be ashamed of doing this
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Yes, this is exactly why as election results come in the percentage for each candidate remains the same and we can call the race based on the results from the first precinct
The literal standard textbook example of the ecological inference fallacy is an attorney in a court of law pushing to have the court consider that they can extrapolate what unknown votes in an election would be by inference from known votes
(The argument was rejected)
(The argument was rejected)
June 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Yes, this is exactly why as election results come in the percentage for each candidate remains the same and we can call the race based on the results from the first precinct
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The heartbreaking statement from Jonathan Joss’s husband about his death.
June 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The heartbreaking statement from Jonathan Joss’s husband about his death.
This would be hilarious if it wasn't real. What dystopian hellscape timeline is this.
May 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This would be hilarious if it wasn't real. What dystopian hellscape timeline is this.
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So, as you might know, I have been in the process of tracking the activities of DOGE staff across the federal government. And now I've built an auto-updating website to browse the data
It's not done (lots more content to write), but news is moving fast, so here it is dogetrack.info
Enjoy!
It's not done (lots more content to write), but news is moving fast, so here it is dogetrack.info
Enjoy!
DOGE Track: Tracking The Damage
A website tracking the various activities of the DOGE wrecking crew across government. Sunlight is the best disinfectant!
dogetrack.info
May 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So, as you might know, I have been in the process of tracking the activities of DOGE staff across the federal government. And now I've built an auto-updating website to browse the data
It's not done (lots more content to write), but news is moving fast, so here it is dogetrack.info
Enjoy!
It's not done (lots more content to write), but news is moving fast, so here it is dogetrack.info
Enjoy!
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President of CBS News quits rather than cave in to Trump extortion, which her former, cowardly bosses are plainly planning to do.
She has more integrity than the rest of them put together.
She also knows that extortionists don't stop when you cave. They demand more.
www.npr.org/2025/05/...
She has more integrity than the rest of them put together.
She also knows that extortionists don't stop when you cave. They demand more.
www.npr.org/2025/05/...
May 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
President of CBS News quits rather than cave in to Trump extortion, which her former, cowardly bosses are plainly planning to do.
She has more integrity than the rest of them put together.
She also knows that extortionists don't stop when you cave. They demand more.
www.npr.org/2025/05/...
She has more integrity than the rest of them put together.
She also knows that extortionists don't stop when you cave. They demand more.
www.npr.org/2025/05/...
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New, from me:
The DOGE project was sold as tech disruptors who would revolutionize government. To try to understand why DOGE has failed, I point to lessons that other technologists who worked in government learned, but DOGE ignored. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-doge-...
The DOGE project was sold as tech disruptors who would revolutionize government. To try to understand why DOGE has failed, I point to lessons that other technologists who worked in government learned, but DOGE ignored. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-doge-...
What DOGE gets wrong about tech and government
Lessons learned by civic tech, forgotten by DOGE
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New, from me:
The DOGE project was sold as tech disruptors who would revolutionize government. To try to understand why DOGE has failed, I point to lessons that other technologists who worked in government learned, but DOGE ignored. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-doge-...
The DOGE project was sold as tech disruptors who would revolutionize government. To try to understand why DOGE has failed, I point to lessons that other technologists who worked in government learned, but DOGE ignored. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-doge-...
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This has been the defining trait of my career over the last 20 years, working in tech. Everyone can see it now, because they’ve seen the corruption of the tech tycoons, but we had the first view of their venality, and watched as they ruined the lives of so many who raised the alarms about it.
It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
May 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This has been the defining trait of my career over the last 20 years, working in tech. Everyone can see it now, because they’ve seen the corruption of the tech tycoons, but we had the first view of their venality, and watched as they ruined the lives of so many who raised the alarms about it.
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cyberpunk is a warning, not a manual - this really lays it out
The chaos of Trump + DOGE may have made the administration's efforts to storm individual agencies seem isolated (if also extremely bad).
As Charlie and I dug into the question this article poses—What can they do with all that data?—we quickly realized how much worse the situation is in aggregate.
As Charlie and I dug into the question this article poses—What can they do with all that data?—we quickly realized how much worse the situation is in aggregate.
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
www.theatlantic.com
April 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
cyberpunk is a warning, not a manual - this really lays it out
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we're doing the thing unbreaking.org
Unbreaking — How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
Unbreaking — How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
April 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
we're doing the thing unbreaking.org
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always the people and companies u suspect most
The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens.
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...
ICE Just Paid Palantir Tens of Millions for ‘Complete Target Analysis of Known Populations’
The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens.
www.404media.co
April 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
always the people and companies u suspect most
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I'm not saying journalists should never interview admitted propagandists. There are journalistic reasons to do so. But if we do, we must be prepared to -- in fact it is our duty to -- challenge vociferously all unsubstantiated claims. Otherwise, we ourselves become propagandists.
April 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm not saying journalists should never interview admitted propagandists. There are journalistic reasons to do so. But if we do, we must be prepared to -- in fact it is our duty to -- challenge vociferously all unsubstantiated claims. Otherwise, we ourselves become propagandists.
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Okay, it's finally time: Dolly, we need you to record the long-lost song that Prince recorded for you almost 40 years ago. www.anildash.com/2025/04/10/d...
It's time for Dolly to record that long-lost Prince song - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Okay, it's finally time: Dolly, we need you to record the long-lost song that Prince recorded for you almost 40 years ago. www.anildash.com/2025/04/10/d...
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Every state should do this, this is fantastic!!
Minnesota has launched a new tool to track federal funding cuts that affect services ranging from heating assistance and flood mitigation to tracking diseases.
Track Trump administration cuts in real time with new Minnesota tool
Gov. Tim Walz announced the state dashboard on Wednesday. It will be updated every weekday.
www.startribune.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Every state should do this, this is fantastic!!
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Overpromising and underdelivering www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
In Cabinet Meeting, Musk Seems to Drastically Lower DOGE’s Savings Goal
Musk said his group was on pace to cut $150 billion from the federal budget in one budget year. That would be a sharp drop from his previous stated goal of $1 trillion.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Overpromising and underdelivering www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...