so here's the bit where he says it - notable that he explicitly links it to the General Strike interpretation of Civil Wars history xcancel.com/BTnewsroom/s...

"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.” 🎁link

This is such a good conversation between @jamellebouie.net, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social, and @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social. FULL EPISODE: ‘The Opinions’ Podcast: There Is No Trump Without the South: youtu.be/dqpJKPCY64Y?... 🎥: @nytimesoped.bsky.social

Mayor Johnson: There are those in this country that have decided, at the behest of this president, to declare war on Chicago and American cities across this country. They have clearly decided that they want a rematch of the Civil War. We will not submit to the authoritarianism that is coming down.

Happening now: Here’s a view of the “No Kings” protest in Washington, DC

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"a framing of the Constitution and the founding as removed from the political and economic considerations that actually shaped that document. Once we understand that, we then have an easier time reckoning with the reality that it's probably time to move past this founding compact."

Time to upload that 4th Founding Everything needs an update from time to time

New in PN: Osita Nwanevu on the imperative for a new American founding "To get to deeper systemic changes, we have to adopt a rhetoric and messaging about democracy that's more galvanizing than what was offered in this last election, when it was just about institutional defense."

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

Forgive me, I've been a digital letterer for 16 years.

It's the largest strike of the year: a 5-day walkout of 45,000 workers at Kaiser hospitals on the West Coast. While they seek better pay and staffing, the "nonprofit" has $67.4 billion in reserves and is heavily invested in hedge funds and private equity. @exposedbycmd.bsky.social has the story:

No kings No slaves No nazis All of these took brawls so prepare to burn the orange regime to the ground and rip up the roots We can Forge a Better Tomorrow

Imma tech laggard but I'll be over there when the function starts poppin #BlackSky

Legendary Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu says he’s never used generative AI, and never will. "I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself." automaton-media.com/en/news/fina...

👀 Starting Oct. 20, the judiciary "will no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations. Until the ongoing lapse in government funding is resolved, federal courts will maintain limited operations necessary to perform the Judiciary’s constitutional functions" www.uscourts.gov/data-news/ju...

Exclusive: U.S. military holding rescued strike survivors on Navy ship, sources say reut.rs/4ouqatA

U.S. Housing Market has reached its most unaffordable level in history 🚨🚨

The U.S. Department of Education has begun laying off more than 450 employees — many of whom oversee special education and civil rights enforcement. The staff reductions come after cuts in March eliminated more than half of the department’s staff. capitalbnews.org/government-s...

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that. No phones, no staff, nothing. I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

Updated, and not happy about it. adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

washingtonians literally can’t get married due to the shutdown which may sound like a cutesy who-cares issue except that it means those washingtonians can’t get on their partners’ health insurance or make progress in immigration cases to which marital status is relevant, etc

The united states are remaking themselves into a union, since the previous Union is being dissolved.

Gift link: 🎁🎁 www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

If you're the Dems and you were scared of immigration as a topic before, I might try making it an issue now that masked goons are beating the shit out of innocent people in the streets on a daily basis. A lot of people are probably not down with this whatever their views on immigration are

The harm is real: Black workers pushed out of jobs, HBCUs stripped of resources, Black mothers and fathers denied healthcare, and neighborhoods left without protection from floods, asthma, or poisoned water. 📖 Read the full Blackout Report now. #BlackoutReport #OnyxImpact

Fr fr all those federal employees working during a govt shutdown, should stop and withhold their labor No one should ever work for free...

general strike General Strike GENERAL STRIKE!!

we should all go out on October 18 and it's good that so many of us are planning to. but we should all start talking to each other about what we're going to do next, too - what we will withhold together if the abuses continue. we can go on offense, too! time.com/collections/...

*10/13/2025 noncooperation thread* Going to a #NoKings event? Can't? Either way, can you: Print/make Megan's "Report ICE" zines (find yours: drive.google.com/drive/folder...) & ALSO her new zine ⬇️ to bring/give to folks who are going? h/t @besecretandexult.bsky.social who apparently made 2000‼️ 3/

I'm just a simple city liver but if the orange regime is actively breaking the constitutional order We should have a convo on what order we want to live by in the future I support an Afro futuristic world shaped within the SolarPunk framing

This is a great Code Switch interview with @staceyabrams.com on how voter suppression threatens democracy, and where we are on the road to autocracy. Listen or read here: www.npr.org/transcripts/...

An important message to the people of New York City. More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals  You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

october 16, 1932. SINNERS (2025)

Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...

Say it louder

All of this, in violation of the Constitution.

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more. Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Asked in good faith, what are the demands or even asks for the "no kings rally"? As far as I can see it is a show of peaceful non-disruptive force

There are people who have convinced themselves that the only people harmed in a government shutdown are the employees 🙃.

Transgender Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Dies at 78

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts. We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I say lean into it Launch Operation "67" and prep folks for a new Founding

Middle school teachers should be paid a heck of a lot more.

“Rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the ICE raids and money for legal aid and other services are among the provisions in the declaration.”

We live in a racist country and have racists who sit on the Supreme Court, making racist decisions that impact 350 million people for decades. First they abolish the New Deal; then they abolish the Great Society - just so White men can stay in power. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...