Brandon Arcari
@barcari.bsky.social
Cybersecurity guy, used to be a nuke guy, recovering politics guy
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Pretty insightful stuff here from Bret Stephens, who admits he's literally as out of touch as possible with every New Yorker alive right now. Zohran is the most popular politician in the country, Dem leadership is historically unpopular, and he's just... the opposite. And he works for the NY Times.
September 17, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Pretty insightful stuff here from Bret Stephens, who admits he's literally as out of touch as possible with every New Yorker alive right now. Zohran is the most popular politician in the country, Dem leadership is historically unpopular, and he's just... the opposite. And he works for the NY Times.
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They can self-regulate, says the guy who shares a porn accountability app with his son.
Mike Johnson on OpenAI and Anthropic: "They can self-police. They can self-regulate."
September 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
They can self-regulate, says the guy who shares a porn accountability app with his son.
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This, from an Anthropic employee, either reflects a lack of imagination or is evidence that this is all just lies.
If you were really that scared, you'd pull the plug on all the servers and wipe everything from ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC, and RIPE NCC. No more internet; problem solved.
If you were really that scared, you'd pull the plug on all the servers and wipe everything from ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC, and RIPE NCC. No more internet; problem solved.
September 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
This, from an Anthropic employee, either reflects a lack of imagination or is evidence that this is all just lies.
If you were really that scared, you'd pull the plug on all the servers and wipe everything from ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC, and RIPE NCC. No more internet; problem solved.
If you were really that scared, you'd pull the plug on all the servers and wipe everything from ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC, and RIPE NCC. No more internet; problem solved.
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Not only that, but if he were to actually skip it, that would immediately be used to attack him as well. This is bullshit all the way down and nobody should be giving it the time of day
This is somehow still going, and it’s not just a few random families now; it’s also a former mayor of NYC and governor of New York. There is, again, no way to reason to argue Mamdani shouldn’t attend this commemoration that isn’t fundamentally bigoted
Mayor Mamdani says he'll attend 9/11 ceremony despite growing criticism
Mayor Mamdani says he will attend New York City's annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony Friday despite mounting criticism from some family members of victims.
abcnews.com
September 9, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Not only that, but if he were to actually skip it, that would immediately be used to attack him as well. This is bullshit all the way down and nobody should be giving it the time of day
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If you have a problem with Mayor Mamdani attending the 9/11 ceremony you’re simply a racist piece of shit, I’m sorry, that’s on you, you’re gonna have to live with that until you figure out how to be a better human being
This is somehow still going, and it’s not just a few random families now; it’s also a former mayor of NYC and governor of New York. There is, again, no way to reason to argue Mamdani shouldn’t attend this commemoration that isn’t fundamentally bigoted
Mayor Mamdani says he'll attend 9/11 ceremony despite growing criticism
Mayor Mamdani says he will attend New York City's annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony Friday despite mounting criticism from some family members of victims.
abcnews.com
September 8, 2026 at 4:17 AM
If you have a problem with Mayor Mamdani attending the 9/11 ceremony you’re simply a racist piece of shit, I’m sorry, that’s on you, you’re gonna have to live with that until you figure out how to be a better human being
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Dolly Parton used her gift for music to highlight the challenges of poverty, inequality, and struggle in ways that uplifted and inspired working people.
“And I told 'em all the story / Momma told me while she sewed / And how my coat of many colors / Was worth more than all their clothes”
“And I told 'em all the story / Momma told me while she sewed / And how my coat of many colors / Was worth more than all their clothes”
August 25, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Dolly Parton used her gift for music to highlight the challenges of poverty, inequality, and struggle in ways that uplifted and inspired working people.
“And I told 'em all the story / Momma told me while she sewed / And how my coat of many colors / Was worth more than all their clothes”
“And I told 'em all the story / Momma told me while she sewed / And how my coat of many colors / Was worth more than all their clothes”
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COMMENTARY: A whole lot of celebrities are loved. Dolly Parton loved you back.
August 26, 2026 at 1:37 AM
COMMENTARY: A whole lot of celebrities are loved. Dolly Parton loved you back.
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Street art in her honor from SE Seattle
August 25, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Street art in her honor from SE Seattle
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I am recording an emergency podcast right now to explain what just happened in the Supreme Court and what to expect next. It will be posted soon.
My advice is to subscribe to Democracy Docket’s YouTube Channel. www.youtube.com/democracydoc...
My advice is to subscribe to Democracy Docket’s YouTube Channel. www.youtube.com/democracydoc...
August 24, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I am recording an emergency podcast right now to explain what just happened in the Supreme Court and what to expect next. It will be posted soon.
My advice is to subscribe to Democracy Docket’s YouTube Channel. www.youtube.com/democracydoc...
My advice is to subscribe to Democracy Docket’s YouTube Channel. www.youtube.com/democracydoc...
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This story is a bit wild. After Elon Musk's DOGE erased decades of USAID data, it was assumed to be lost. But a Canadian college student had previously downloaded much of it in high school for a project. 4,000 PDFs.
Thanks again, Canada. Yet again.
www.aiddata.org/blog/before-...
Thanks again, Canada. Yet again.
www.aiddata.org/blog/before-...
Before reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learned
Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.
www.aiddata.org
August 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
This story is a bit wild. After Elon Musk's DOGE erased decades of USAID data, it was assumed to be lost. But a Canadian college student had previously downloaded much of it in high school for a project. 4,000 PDFs.
Thanks again, Canada. Yet again.
www.aiddata.org/blog/before-...
Thanks again, Canada. Yet again.
www.aiddata.org/blog/before-...
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Joe Biden took an hours-long secret train ride into war-torn Ukraine, and Trump got hustled away in a catering truck to get out of a friendly nation. OK.
I'm sorry, they snuck President Trump off Air Force One in an airport catering truck? What?
!!!
August 11, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Joe Biden took an hours-long secret train ride into war-torn Ukraine, and Trump got hustled away in a catering truck to get out of a friendly nation. OK.
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Maybe she should stop posing for courtside photos with fans holding anti-trans signs then
Sophie Cunningham says she wants the WNBA media to focus on basketball.
But after her comments about trans women in sports, the Fever have found themselves at the center of a culture war that keeps overshadowing what happens on the court: nyti.ms/4c7CM5S
But after her comments about trans women in sports, the Fever have found themselves at the center of a culture war that keeps overshadowing what happens on the court: nyti.ms/4c7CM5S
August 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Maybe she should stop posing for courtside photos with fans holding anti-trans signs then
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Ross Douthat lives in...Connecticut.
To be fair, I haven't been there recently, but did I miss its "civic and educational collapse?"
To be fair, I haven't been there recently, but did I miss its "civic and educational collapse?"
August 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Ross Douthat lives in...Connecticut.
To be fair, I haven't been there recently, but did I miss its "civic and educational collapse?"
To be fair, I haven't been there recently, but did I miss its "civic and educational collapse?"
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stripping OMB of the ability to dole out grants is an enormous win, this nukes the SAVE act, it prohibits further ICE bailouts, adding a "no, really, trump can't break already on-the-books laws regarding elections the federal government doesn't run" clause would be both unnecessary and unproductive
Patty Murray and Chuck Schumer decide to strike a “bipartisan” deal with … checks notes … Susan Collins to fund the Trump regime through December which appears to not to any include any safeguards against Trump’s meddling with midterm elections.
August 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
stripping OMB of the ability to dole out grants is an enormous win, this nukes the SAVE act, it prohibits further ICE bailouts, adding a "no, really, trump can't break already on-the-books laws regarding elections the federal government doesn't run" clause would be both unnecessary and unproductive
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I saw yesterday that some right-wing outlets were running stories about me, which I’m used to. But this time I’m going to say something about it, because these were framed to imply that I was aligned with their own transphobia. ⬇️
August 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I saw yesterday that some right-wing outlets were running stories about me, which I’m used to. But this time I’m going to say something about it, because these were framed to imply that I was aligned with their own transphobia. ⬇️
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I could absolutely see this ticket happening in either order once the primary consolidates, both would have very good reasons to pick the other as VP
Ossoff gets instant cred with the left, AOC gets a moderate-coded white guy who appeals to Black voters
Ossoff gets instant cred with the left, AOC gets a moderate-coded white guy who appeals to Black voters
Ossoff/AOC millennial thirst trap ticket is on the table, folks.
July 23, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I could absolutely see this ticket happening in either order once the primary consolidates, both would have very good reasons to pick the other as VP
Ossoff gets instant cred with the left, AOC gets a moderate-coded white guy who appeals to Black voters
Ossoff gets instant cred with the left, AOC gets a moderate-coded white guy who appeals to Black voters
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, a West Wing style hyper-saturated but not melodramatic episodic hopecore drama series about a progressive political operation that was just the Mamdani administration with the serial numbers filed off would have endless viewership numbers.
![Meme made of screenshots from the Lulu Garcia Navarro interviewing Zohran Mamdani
[Top: picture of mamdani, with text reading] *New York Times interviewing Zohran Mamdani*
[Middle: picture of Navarro and Mamdani with text reading] *Mamdani has a cough attack mid-interview* "I'm so sorry... It's just a bad cough."
[Navarro:] "Have you had it checked out?"
[Mamdani:] *recovering, sipping glass of water* "I have."
[Bottom: *Mamdani,] fighting for his life, [trying not to cough and choke,] staring directly at the camera, still smiling*
"That's why I believe in Medicare for all. Everyone can check it out."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybkylffhwhn2an2ic2lxh76k/bafkreiglwthwjqdggjxwjdsf5w36bogvyxbzcnthzclp2pmtlb4vhahcou)
July 22, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again, a West Wing style hyper-saturated but not melodramatic episodic hopecore drama series about a progressive political operation that was just the Mamdani administration with the serial numbers filed off would have endless viewership numbers.
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Me watching Colby’s job performance knowing I spent years relentlessly mocking him as a hack while he was out of government
July 23, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Me watching Colby’s job performance knowing I spent years relentlessly mocking him as a hack while he was out of government
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A new Fox News poll has Dems up 53/46 on the generic ballot.
Says Fox: “Notably, 53% is the highest percentage either party has received on the generic House ballot in Fox News polling since 1996.” www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
Says Fox: “Notably, 53% is the highest percentage either party has received on the generic House ballot in Fox News polling since 1996.” www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
July 22, 2026 at 10:37 PM
A new Fox News poll has Dems up 53/46 on the generic ballot.
Says Fox: “Notably, 53% is the highest percentage either party has received on the generic House ballot in Fox News polling since 1996.” www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
Says Fox: “Notably, 53% is the highest percentage either party has received on the generic House ballot in Fox News polling since 1996.” www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
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do you know how stupid you have to be to get community noted with a link to project gutenberg
July 22, 2026 at 9:55 PM
do you know how stupid you have to be to get community noted with a link to project gutenberg
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This story is crazy.
It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists.
www.notus.org/national/ame...
It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists.
www.notus.org/national/ame...
Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest
America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.
www.notus.org
July 22, 2026 at 2:20 PM
This story is crazy.
It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists.
www.notus.org/national/ame...
It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists.
www.notus.org/national/ame...