I really should just blog instead of writing infinite skeets because a feeling then trying to understand it well enough to make it as few skeets as possible. Hopefully 1, never too many which I guess is like 4 or 5 and I do that anyway.

Yes. Notably, in 2000 when Congress first mandated biometric entry/exit, the tech was there for fingerprint biometrics, but it wasn't practical enough to be done at scale without creating serious headaches for travelers.

When things are falling apart ... Who surrenders? who was the first to fold? The billionaires, the institutions, the powerful Who was the first to organize? the marginalized, the queer, the sex workers, the single moms, the old punks, the three sisters

Meanwhile, U.S. Members of Congress appeared alongside George Simion, leader of Romania’s far-right AUR—a figure widely criticized for pro-Russian rhetoric and positions—while cutting a Greenland-shaped cake decorated with a U.S. flag.

How has the law not put him in prison yet? -there is everything in that tweet -his BOP would fall under him, not the US. How can that happen and not fall under a president acting in their official capacity which should automatically make the position Trump is creating belong to POTUS, not some rando

New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.

Exhaustion and confusion have been a constant presence in my life since the first time he won. No clue what the current status of that stuff is but I remembered what it feels like when those two things are absent for the first time in a long time.

President Trump has an opportunity to do the most popular thing he's ever done

BlueSky is gonna have to censor and ban everybody on this app when it happens

Currently have the Mindscape podcast on in the background that I posted about a moment ago. Posted about behavioral economics just after that. And now the podcast brought Dr. Richard Thaler up who was interviewed in a cast by @ritholtz.bsky.social that I consider

Gonna watch this. If behavioral economics says deficiencies of things like money over a long period of time causes harm to a person’s ability to handle money when they have it, then what does that mean when a person has an absurd abundance of it over a long period of time?

Fun bit of a conversation from @seanmcarroll.bsky.social’s podcast. “Actually, when we talk about our alma mater, alma mater, we're saying that our colleges or universities are nurturing mothers. … word matter comes from mother … The word mother was first and the word matter came later? Yes. Yes.”

Want to see a movie that starts with a 14 year old saying dumb shit online through an anonymous acct. The rest of the movie is him growing up, realizing his comments were an original element of a movement terrorizing people and fighting that movement. Would feel like therapy to see him grapple with

Hope some economists breakdown why there is no distinction worth making between his 20% comment and a 5 year old saying they believe we can cure aging. Like a real simple explanation that leans heavily on common sense logic so his supporters see it as speaking to them.

Really annoying to hear wealthy investors, founders, and pundits talk about excessive regulation not letting business do its thing. Business loves to exert excessive control over employees that prevent them from doing their thing.

Think most of the world believes that most of the US is also mentally ill. Mentioning cause even if we had another Barrack Obama loved by the world, hard to see people simply moving past that belief and that has consequences.

Wonder if Sanders is doing that thing from '16 where everyone treats the idea of Trump winning like a joke because it would be and absurd outcome. Seems like he intended to put the Kingdom of Denmark on a pedestal to an American audience but it is inappropriate if you take the possibility seriously

If I were king, I'd kick Bezos in the nuts then find the person responsible for the no singing policy and repeat. Hire people to fill a role. Don't abuse power by putting words in employees mouths or relying on excessive control, e.g. monitoring line of sight.

Just talked to a friend dealing with shady billing from a service they came across on TikTok. Signed up for something that came across as a transaction for 15.99 + tax. Obviously, they were gonna cancel if they didn't like it or use it. They cancelled and received the confirmation email.

1) Rich drug addicts enjoy blaming homelessness on drug addiction. 2) Pretending people are violent is a convenient way to imply helping them will just let them harm other people at random.

Yesterday I went back to Broadview for the first time since being federally indicted to stand in solidarity with the hundreds of people who braved the cold to speak with one voice: Abolish ICE.

PSA: If Bill Kristol can say this dems should be able to say it

The median Minneapolis moderate right now is like “GET THESE CRIMINAL GHOULS OUT OF OUR CITY” and working arm-in-arm with DSA. People not from here cannot comprehend the degree of factional rancor that instantly evaporated when the men with masks showed up

They’re trying to deport witnesses to a murder by ICE guards

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maybe this makes me weird but when someone who irritates me goes out into the world and does a good thing, I find that to be a good thing if everyone i found annoying was standing up to fight this, the enemy would have no chance at all

ICE provoking all-out war against the Furries is one of those pivotal fatal flaws that will be studied in military textbooks for decades to come.

Today can be the day that Republicans realize they don't have to bend over backwards. That their lives and careers can be more than constantly kowtowing to the tiniest man.

This is our chance to cause discord in that camp. Everyone say Miller makes Trump look bad and this is all his fault.

12-year-old Masha Moskalyova from Yefremov, Russia, was reported by a classmate who saw her anti-war drawing. The school principal called the police, and her father, Aleksey, was detained and found guilty of 'discrediting' the Russian military.

"Except what did Trump and his party do after they won? They turned around and made the exact same mistake, misreading the meaning of a modest victory,..." Nah, the mistake belongs to voters because Trump & friends always knew their win was tiny. Consent of the people was never a big deal for them.

Does anyone know if this is a clear indicator of how bleak our current situation is? Like, we have opinion polling on murder at the hands of LE & it feels common place. That we've replaced standards with opinion polling feels bleak but I'm not confident that this is more than a recent history thing.

@robertpicardo.bsky.social happy to see you on Starfleet Academy.

Bovino is the weird uncle everyone tries to avoid.

@democrats.org should at least pretend to do something by making it law that only local law enforcement is allowed to have "police" anywhere on their uniform.

Feel like we are finally taking Trump seriously. Not laughing about his dumb trash ideas anymore and hopefully that makes a difference.

Gotta notification and I legit thought it was going to announce his death before I saw it.

This is fraud as far as I'm concerned.

The Dancing President is all over UK’s Page One. @the-independent.com @telegraph.co.uk @thetimes.com

They are setting us up to be in constant war. Constant extreme choices, vigilance, &worries. All meaningless unless you think making a handful of people wealthy has meaning. Time to talk about liberty & peel away the last layer of people not committed to going down with the ship.

Feel like this image may eventually be a symbol for the coming anti-surveillance movement.

To much bad stuff taking place non-stop. Take a mental health break. youtu.be/pxCTYhSKAhk

We need to get rid of shareholder primacy and elevate stakeholders. No clue how to address it but something has to be done. Living by quarterly reports just squeezes workers and can only be addressed through regulation.

To much bad stuff taking place non-stop. Take a mental health break. youtu.be/pxCTYhSKAhk

Democrats need to behave like the Confederacy managed to win the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of government and are positioning themselves to consolidate. -Move to impeach at every impeachable offense. -Do not appease. -Any legislation should be 100% in line with D view.

I don't know why. Any investment they might make in Venezuela may just result in forfeiture once a sane administration is put in place. These ghouls think actual order will never come back and that should induce a blowback fueled by rage.