This administration is committing Watergate level crimes multiple times per week—and those are the ones we know about. It’s crazy to think about what else will come out after.
It’s absolutely essential these criminals are held responsible for their crimes. We must end elite impunity.
I don’t think we should categorize examples where these systems are used by individuals for stalking or harassment as “misuse” of the technology. This is very much literally why the tech exists, and there are no meaningful ways these uses are prohibited.
Favorite class you ever took, from whom and why it was so great. Discuss.
Check out this week's episode of Hotel Bar Sessions podcast where we chat with Simon Critchley about prediction markets, historical sensibilities, the dangers of hope, and Thucydides!
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Five years, zero cigarettes.
If you were going to stand on a street corner and hand out one book like an evangelist, what book would you choose?
Behind the scenes, “Meta was divided on whether protecting kids should take precedence over user growth and engagement. For years, the company only incrementally rolled out restrictive safety features, even as its own staff detailed the risks its platforms posed to children.”
This is how screwed up everything is. The DOD shot down a CBP drone which cause the FAA to shut down the airspace around El Paso. We have stupid idiots in all levels of all agencies thanks to this Regime.
If we go to war, GOD help us.
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If you've chosen to go "no contact" or "low contact" with a family member-- or you're missing a family member who has made that choice with regard to you-- definitely check out this conversation.
Not surprisingly, it's messy business.
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I wish the scientist overseeing my brain in a vat would poke the part that gives me the having-already-cooked-and-eaten-lunch experience.
New HBS episode! @jenhkling.bsky.social, @philosophymatters.bsky.social, and I had a fantastic time chatting with Bob Valgenti about what cooking & eating tells us about how to be human.
Also, who knew "gastrodiplomacy" was a thing? I think I missed my calling.
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notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
"For much of the country, AI has come to mean ChatGPT, Google’s AI overviews, and the slop that now clogs social-media feeds. Meanwhile, tech hobbyists are becoming radicalized by bots that can work for hours on end, collapsing months of work into weeks, or weeks into an afternoon."
Ramadan Mubarak to all who observe!
BREAKING: I read the new version of the “Save America Act” (S. 1383) so u don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru DHS’s faulty “SAVE” voter purge program. Points 6 & 7 are new too. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE 1/
"Records reviewed by WIRED show that ICE... has moved or is moving ICE into new buildings, or into space the government controlled under the terms of existing leases, in almost every US state and major city."
#AbolishICE
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Marty Supreme owes me 2.5 hours of my life back.
Check out our most recent Hotel Bar Sessions podcast episode, out today.
In a first for this podcast, we actually had to use the "bleep" button to censor Bob's evaluation of Kristi Noem. 🤷🏼♀️
I wrote about how we got two cinematic adaptations of Stephen King dystopian novels last year, and how they compare to the actual dystopia of 2025.
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It just makes me happy to post this picture every now and then.
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
Tax cuts for giant corporations and the super rich.
Paid for by cuts to the social safety net for everyone else.
Trickle-up economics.
If you don't have a pet who sleeps in the bed with you, you're really missing out on one of life's greatest joys.
I wrote about how we're dealing with a war of attrition at the hands of a callous and cruel administration, and how we cannot let them whittle us down to their level. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
Anti-ICE protest sign saying: DEARLY BELOVED. WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO DISMANTLE THIS THING CALLED ICE with a picture of Prince in the lower left hand side of the sign.
Here is a better angle of this sign. I originally received this from a friend, but it came from the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The singularity is approaching fast
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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
