I just submitted to present at #ATmosphereConf The greatest threat to platforms are users (and those who would exploit them). Time for a business model that makes Living INCOME (not wage) its product, and employees and their families its customer base. #StandardDistributionInc

Sadly my invites keep getting lost in the mail.

There's actually a more recent historical framework for this exact argument than Roman law. But Vermeule chose not to cite the "Subjects and Citizens" chapter of Hitler's Mein Kampf for some reason!

Christmas Eve hike, as is traditional, in our new winter coat. Bonus, it's been snowing for 24 hours now.

Some people are getting an error message trying to download the new Epstein photos from the @oversightdemocrats.house.gov Dropbox link. I downloaded the files before it was overloaded, so I've uploaded them to the Internet Archive if you're having the same problem accessing them:

My mother was functionally illiterate, nearly unintelligible due to a lifetime of rural dentistry, legally blind and mean as a snake. AI should repent of the very thought of reproducing this woman in any form. Now, a seven volume manga series about her adventures in the Underworld, that I could see

If this moved you in any way, please call your reps and demand they reject the KOSA and SCREEN Acts plus the other bills bundled into the Online Safety package! It's going to make it exponentially harder for sex workers and nsfw artists like myself to earn a living. bsky.app/profile/dies...

I wrote up a big piece of political analytics at Expecting Goals talking about the 2025 New York City election, how Zohran won and why this election is an unexpectedly useful data point for thinking about national politics www.expectinggoals.com/p/how-zohran...

On Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago Police and the FBI

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

It's a dark and gloomy Thanksgiving Eve here on the coast - reach out to our favorite long-distance Sewer District if you need a lift.

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

Few things funnier than pretending that it’s somehow racist/classist/transphobic to be against AI as every tech company rushes to turn their models into mechahitler while dumping toxic waste into communities of color

We just got an air fryer (yay) so of course the first step is to check out the sub-Reddits and I'm just stating for the record that I did NOT click on r/air_fryer_porn because I am an adult with lots to do today. Also it only has one follower and maybe we'll let it cook.

MAGA 3 days ago: Chicago is about to find out the meaning of WAR MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence

Read this. “My daughter Cal lived for 10 years, far longer than expected. I believe we owe those extra years to the care she received through Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program… Medicaid meant my daughter could spend her time in this world in our home, and leave this world in her brother’s arms.”

4 U.S. citizen children, with their mother, held in a detention facility for 2 WEEKS. Denied access to lawyers and even communication with family. Disappeared. Held Incommunicado. No charges have been filed.

Jesus Christ... www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politic...

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Here’s my piece Will referenced:

The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.

EVERYBODY WATCH. ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL. Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today. He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader. Don’t turn away.

To be clear, the line "Everybody dies" is specific to actors dying heroically in movies with an ensemble cast. If you are a real person in a position of power and actively threatening other people's lives, this is not your punchline. Step off.

I’m starting to think this is deliberate. THIS IS NOT A LITMUS TEST. It’s not even relevant to what we’re facing in this moment. Do not give it oxygen.

Remote work means that by 10 am I've had two conf calls, signed off on the dept budget, fixed my neighbor's smoke alarm, removed a tick off my newly widowed friend's middle back, found a coworker's missing pdf, and said yes to a bake sale. Capitalism hates it when we get community in our dayjob.

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Happy Fancy Lil Bonnet Day to all who celebrate.

🚨Here is Judge Boasberg's opinion finding that he has probable cause that the government in CRIMINAL contempt for defying his orders on March 15: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Yall gonna hear news about a lot of companies halting production in China. Even returning cargo that was loaded onto containers ready to ship at port! Trump is going to paint this as a win. But it's NOT... and here's why. 👇

this is a great example of trying to rationalize a fundamentally irrational decision. you’ll notice that at no point does cass ever articulate what the american public is supposed to get out of the deal here. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...

Ilan Pappé back in June 2024 on the collapse of Zionism: “For once Israel realizes the magnitude of the crisis, it will unleash ferocious and uninhibited force to try to contain it, as did the South African apartheid regime during its final days.” newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

I’m gonna lay down a marker and say that this crash, contingent on not reversing course within a week, takes durable authoritarian consolidation off the table. No, pendants, this is not “nothing bad will happen to anyone!”. But I do think this kiboshes actually becoming Hungary.

Bye, Starlink. * EXCLUSIVE -- GERMANY FUNDS UKRAINE ACCESS TO SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE EUTELSAT - CEO SAYS * EXCLUSIVE -- EUTELSAT COULD ADD 5,000 TO 10,000 MORE TERMINALS TO UKRAINE WITHIN WEEKS @reuters.com

Folks, the *goal* is to tank the dollar. That’s a feature not a bug. Once again begging people to read through this very comprehensive guide to what we’re dealing with right now: www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capi... (more on the dollar stuff in particular: www.vcinfodocs.com/implications...)

Big win overnight for the coalition that won the reinstatement of tens of thousands of wrongly fired feds — & that we are proud to be part of. Judge reverses his earlier ruling and finds that unions have standing to bring their claims in fed court & are not “channeled” into administrative remedies.

Casar: You can quickly explain Doge with just two numbers. First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts. Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…

Make us happy on #InternationalDayOfHappiness (and beyond) ❤️

Warnock on whether he’s no on the bill AND cloture, says “If I weren’t a preacher, I’d tell you what kind of ‘no.’”

It is April, 1902 and I am reading the morning post beneath the watchful gaze of three ballerinas. My hair is up, my cuffs are starched, I won't be able to vote for another eighteen years but, my hand to god, no one will stop me.

In researching today's newsletter post, I learned about these Know Your Rights flyers that are *situation-specific* (KYR while Driving, KYR at Work, KYR at Airports). clinic.shorthandstories.com/know-your-ri... cc @pronounced-ing.bsky.social @garrettbucks.bsky.social in case you haven't seen them

I need a special name for the dark snowy mornings that happen after the clocks change because the one I use now didn't go over well on this Teams call.

Every disinfo reporter / researcher I know (including myself) has been the target of mean tweets or even legal action by Elon Musk. Frankly, this is a skill issue.

Oh hey, @cheriethemainer.bsky.social this is one of those times when a lot of people made loud noises via phone and emails and. . it worked! Statement from the acting commissioner reinstating SSA contracts in Maine (so you can get a social security number for your newborn)

This is the approach every agency needs to be taking. Call their bluff. Make them work for it. wapo.st/3FjdEeP

The 10 Democrats who voted with Republicans just now to censor Al Green: Ami Bera (CA) Ed Case (HI) Jim Costa (CA) Laura Gillen (NY) Jim Himes (CT) Chrissy Houlahan (PA) Marcy Kaptur (OH) Jared Moskowitz (FL) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) Tom Suozzi (NY)

@theintercept.com is publishing Elon Musk’s government email address to aid those seeking information on DOGE in the public interest. theintercept.com/2025/03/06/e...

I didn't think it was possible for Senator Susan "Furrowed Brow" Collins to put less effort into responding to her constituents but . . . I was wrong.

This sucks. I would like this to stop. I would like it to properly stop, not stop for one good midterm and one good presidential election. I would like my feelings to be considered as valid as a meth addict who thinks Obama is the antichrist and kids shit in litter boxes at school now.