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Ex-academic, ex-artist, editor/writer (EU research network grants π―), Open Syllabus co-founder, nettime mod 25 yrs. I βworked at the intersection ofβ when it was a red-light district not a venn diagram. Deep South π Deep North. More: https://counter.ink
[4/x] The only downside I see is the risk that they'd reveal national security secrets β but unless we find ways to *guarantee* they don't, they'll do that anyway so Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
[3/x] they can stay in the US for as long as they keep telling the truth, but the moment they start bullshitting they can catch the first torture taxi to Tehran.
[2/x] Let's cut to the chase and propose something much more pointed β like extraditing Trump & Co to Iran for justice. Administration *and* family. Give them a choice:
[1/x] Cutesy clicktivism like "#DraftBarron" just reveals how shriveled and trivial our political horizons have become. Do I really need to point out that there isn't a draft *and we don't want one*? No.
I see lots of liberal noise about how Trumpβs actions are illegal, but beyond that everything seems like woolly ideas between Gnome Underpants Theory (1. collect underpants, 2. ???, 3 profit!!!) and the Magic of the State. I think we should call this South ParkioβTaussigian School of Jurisprudence.
βforensic dystopianismβ π πΌ #neologism
BEHOLD THE METASPLAIN
Trump is President AI slop: he says this that sound like things an actual president would say.
#Altman βs arg about the cost of βtraining humansβ bugged me, and I just figured out why: it escalates #OpenAI βs liability to the level of reparations. They didnβt just steal entire libraries of literature, they also stole the cost of training *all* the humans who wrote, built, and maintained them.
April last year Iran signed a security treaty with Russia. This means one of two things was bound to happen
1. Russia would attack Iran
2. Russia would do nothing when some one else attacks Iran
This morning I helped partner to crystallize her work over this sabbatical year. Itβs a project called βExtending the Sabbatical: Moving from Theory to Practice.β What do you think?
Apparently, those kids in Quakertown who were attacked by the police chief on Friday morning are *still* being held in jail three days later by β wait for it β the police! Sounds like someoneβs police department needs a little oversight β say, from the PA Office of State IGβs office.
You know whatβd be a good party platform for the Dems to announce? That theyβll disregard as corrupt any Epstein-related immunities, pardons, clemencies and/or commutations issued while Trump is pres. Thatβd clarify things. If we had a real opposition party they might just do it β but we donβt.
Donβt forget this
Before we get carried away with YAK β Yet Another Kennedy β letβs ask Schlossberg whether he thinks RFK Jr has committed any crimes and, if so, how he should be punished.
AI-generated image of Marco Rubio wearing a Marvin the Martian costume
Found, w/ the caption βMarco Rubio in charge of making 1st contact with UFOs after Trump Orders Disclosureβ
In 1991, the editor of Tennis magazine called Trump a βjock-snifferβ: someone who βfeel[s] somewhat bigger by hanging around with athletes of celebritiesβ
If you actually *read* the dox w/ "sulfuric acid," thereβs contextual evidence vendors needed it for the kind of plumbing issues you get on a private island β a sea water reclamation system. 6x55G drums = Costco size for the ultra-wealthy. But real investigators would try to audit how it was used.
π₯π¨π₯ #Epstein Helper lets you automatically search the DOJ's Epstein files library, download matching docs, extract text (w/ OCR for scanned pages), and run comprehensive analysis using a local Ollama LLM β all through a browser-based UI and a local LLM. π₯π¨π₯
[4/x] ...because, in many ways, the new world is becoming the opposite of the one we were told we inherited.
[3/x] In whatβs becoming a pattern, the only outlets to cover this so far are scandal sheets like the Mirror and the Express. π€ π§ π€¨ Consistent with that, heβs probably safer in Brazil than he would be in the US...
[2/x] The Mirror: heβs βsuspected of leading a structured network involved in the s* abuse and exploitation of children and adolescents that had been operating for at least eight years [and using] false ID dox to take minors to motels, where the abuse took place.β www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
[1/x] It seems that #Epstein βs old pilot was arrested in Brazil a few days ago www.youtube.com/shorts/jqEC5...
Screenshot from βPhoto shows Bondi's prepared papers,β cnn.com (2026-02-11). It says: During her testimony, Justice Department Attorney General Pam Bondi was seen with a document listing out Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal's "search history" of Jeffrey Epstein documents held by the DOJ. Lawmakers this week have been allowed to review unredacted versions of the Epstein documents maintained by the Justice Department.
Take note: The #DoJ is surveilling and analyzing what legislators look into in the #epstein papers β presumably in support the DOJβs ongoing coverup.
DNS goes from small-to-big, and the resulting URLs are crazy: prot://host[.]domain[.]tld:port/dir/filename.type#anchor). IIRC, the UKβs JANET used a sensible small-to-big model (tld[.]domain[.]host). Somewhere in the mists of time I argued the disorder of the US system caused needless IPR fights.
Someone in Congress needs to sponsor the Pretti-Good Act of 2026. It would:
1) remove immunity from any federal agent who willfully and intentionally violates the constitutional rights of a civilian;
2) prohibit any federal agent from pretending to have a judicial warrant if they donβt, from
I figured when CondΓ© Nast shut down Teen Vogue theyβd also shut down the @teenvogue.com account, but they didnβt. π Thanks for leaving it around so people can use it to get the message out! ππ» ππΌ ππ½ ππΎ ππΏ
Screenshot of Ariana Grande sharing a graphic that says: NYC NYC DEPORTATION DEFENSE HOTLINE IF YOU SEE ICE SNAP A PICTURE AND CALL OR TEXT +1 (229) 304-8720 GIVE US AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE! WE WILL ALERT THE NEIGHBORHOOD!
Ariana Grande sharing an NYC anti-ICE hotline is π₯, and it reminds me how much I miss Teen Vogue. Will someone please give @versharma.bsky.social a major platform again?
