Casey Means still doesn’t have the votes. Keep the letters coming.
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Casey Means still doesn’t have the votes. Keep the letters coming.
No. Peter Thiel cannot be allowed to annex the National Science Foundation via this Palantir proxy.
It would be like putting a pyromaniac in charge of the Library of Alexandria: destruction of a global treasure with no "undo" button.
This is a "to the barricades" moment.
O'Neill, an investor in anti-aging technology who worked on HHS policy, would be the first non-scientist or engineer to lead NSF. His background will be a 'major concern' to the science and technology community, former NSF director Neal Lane told me.
@maxkozlov.bsky.social and I report:
Nancy Youssef, ..guil @ X.com @nancyayoussef The preliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1 billion a day, a congressional official told me. 12:20 PM • 3/4/26 • 44K Views
Preliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1 BILLION a day. So far.
definition of schadenfreude
truly among the silliest names in the game
There is such an easy route that Uni's are failing to take. Lead with culture change. Stop spamming us about the new software and partnerships. Stop the endless workshops in the teaching and learning centers. Start talking about what learning is and when these products help or hurt this process.
a map of openai's influence on other media companies
Amazing site here via @timnitgebru.bsky.social - a map of big tech influence on media and media companies.
imo this goes a decent way to explaining why coverage of AI specifically has been so shockingly bad recently. Very useful resource!!
nananwachukwu.github.io/media-captur...
RFK Jr & McMahon wrote a vile letter to my medical school telling us we must stop generating a diverse medical workforce or they'd destroy us
🚨 He's also now forcing US medical schools to adopt HIS KOOKY CURRICULUM that "draws heavily on the work of Dr. Casey Means"
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...
WELCH: Mr. Yoho is also the husband of your former spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin?
NOEM: Yes
WELCH: So your former assistant and her husband are the ones that got the DHS no bid contract for $143m. Any dispute about that?
NOEM: No.
not great, bob
I’m watching Robocop—bc why not escape to a world where corporate overlords direct state violence—and just got to the part with this fake ad for the family game “NUKEM: get them before they get you.”
Little on the nose.
late capitalism embodied.
kill, let live // make live, let die.
This would be a very good time to have a functioning Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Counterpoint: We could NOT slash Medicaid, stop pretending that the Rural Health Transformation Fund is anything more than a drop in the bucket relative to the safety net cuts, and actually support rural hospitals that are at risk of closure… and, you know, stop acting like utter imbeciles.
"I had to punch that guy because I could tell he was going to hit me back once we jumped him" is just a description of jumping a guy
What if Black Mirror, but too much?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQt...
This is eugenics
It's Monday morning and Casey Means still doesn't have the votes to become Surgeon General. Let's keep it that way. Send a letter to your Senators now. If you have friends, famiy, colleagues who can do so, urge them on to act now. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...
Train Dreams was good.
me: "AI" as a public or public-facing technology is primarily oriented toward the performance of plausibility and the post hoc rationalization/justification of a priori assumptions on the part of the user or audience.
cs people: nuh uh!!!
Causing kids to suffer or die is literally the very foundation of MAGA & MAHA policies
Our 10-year old has a backpack like these
America has such a monstrous ruling regime, one that I hope will face accountability for its monstrosity but I doubt that will happen
Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.
my god
Woof. I just don’t know.
President Trump has launched another dangerous, illegal attack on Iran without authorization from Congress. This attack is not a plan for peace.
Please click here to send a letter to your Senator to oppose this nomination.
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www.statnews.com/2026/02/27/c... via @statnews.com
Meanwhile his indestructible vanity and imperishable avarice interact in a volatile way with his steadily-declining capacities, and the members of his coalition—Conmen, Influencers, Eschaton Immanentizers, and Nazis—constantly pitch him on what today will juice either the bribes or the vibes.
One disgusting aspect of all this is Trump fundamentally doesn’t care about it at all. He barely knows where any of these places are. He likes cash in brown envelopes and being on TV as Mr Big Important Guy. He’s just willing to pull any lever he thinks might keep that stuff flowing indefinitely.
Individual solutions won't stop systemic problems, but talking to the children in your life about the myriad dangers of AI is now a necessary part of being a responsible adult.
