Will Li
@williamlidc.bsky.social
Associate General Counsel at the National Treasury Employees Union. Skeets are my opinions and not NTEU’s.
W&_ Law, Dartmouth
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Democrats *cannot* support the Protection College Sports Act. It’s the most anti-labor coming out of this Congress. We cannot cap the mobility of black athletes, but not white coaches.
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We Need to Protect College Sports from Ted Cruz
In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent looks at the many ways Ted Cruz’s college-sports bill threatens athletes’ labor rights. Plus: why our mail-in voting nightmare isn’t over.
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September 18, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Democrats *cannot* support the Protection College Sports Act. It’s the most anti-labor coming out of this Congress. We cannot cap the mobility of black athletes, but not white coaches.
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I keep scrolling by stuff about EA today and just now realized that y’all aren’t talking about Electronic Arts
September 18, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I keep scrolling by stuff about EA today and just now realized that y’all aren’t talking about Electronic Arts
This is lovely, but does anyone know if the ground game is any good to match poll results like this?
Idaho Senate (Advanced Targeting Research)
⚪️Todd Achilles 50.1%
🔴Jim Risch 38.5%
9/13-9/16
Link: www.advancedtargetingresearch.com/_files/ugd/0...
⚪️Todd Achilles 50.1%
🔴Jim Risch 38.5%
9/13-9/16
Link: www.advancedtargetingresearch.com/_files/ugd/0...
September 18, 2026 at 12:52 PM
This is lovely, but does anyone know if the ground game is any good to match poll results like this?
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Finally did the JSA Mega Cast piece!
September 18, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Finally did the JSA Mega Cast piece!
He wasn’t at the top of my list before but Ossoff is quickly moving up the ranks for being able to articulate it like this
I think it’s a very narrow path, but I think you offer voters a vision of rebuilt and reformed state capacity, i.e., look at what we can accomplish together like Zohran’s messaging in NYC. Some of that is straightforward, like, no one likes measles and that’s RFK’s fault. Show people you care.
idk how an actual opposition party would act here. the dems clearly are not fully fit for purpose, but what do you even do here. like full on revolutionary defeatism as to the entire project of state?
September 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
He wasn’t at the top of my list before but Ossoff is quickly moving up the ranks for being able to articulate it like this
I made a comment about partying daggers before I saw the main gauche and as I have no other observations or criticisms, this is quite informative
... fuck, I kind of want to define a personality test around this now, actually work on defining these nine genders.
Common misconception. There are six elements of gender, of course (Rapier, Sabre, Smallsword, Cape, Buckler, Main-gauche), but this represents two sets of three that are paired with each other to define 9 Genders.
September 17, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I made a comment about partying daggers before I saw the main gauche and as I have no other observations or criticisms, this is quite informative
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This is fabulous.
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
September 17, 2026 at 12:19 PM
This is fabulous.
Happy Constitution Day to Those Who Celebrate
Also, this is still the best Onion article ever
Also, this is still the best Onion article ever
September 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Happy Constitution Day to Those Who Celebrate
Also, this is still the best Onion article ever
Also, this is still the best Onion article ever
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When Magic the Gathering releases the Edith Wharton Secret Lair set will it get me to break my “don’t spend money on new Magic cards” rule?
….yeag
….yeag
“Langston Hughes’ literary estate now belongs to International Literary Properties, which says a Harlem Renaissance licensing program is next on its list.”
Private Equity Is Coming for Authors, Dead or Alive - The Ankler
Like music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by investment firms and changing how Hollywood will deal with IP
theankler.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:44 AM
When Magic the Gathering releases the Edith Wharton Secret Lair set will it get me to break my “don’t spend money on new Magic cards” rule?
….yeag
….yeag
God damn it
And in general, millenarian capitalism sucks, and the faster we get away from it, the better.
September 17, 2026 at 3:21 AM
God damn it
I think it’s a very narrow path, but I think you offer voters a vision of rebuilt and reformed state capacity, i.e., look at what we can accomplish together like Zohran’s messaging in NYC. Some of that is straightforward, like, no one likes measles and that’s RFK’s fault. Show people you care.
idk how an actual opposition party would act here. the dems clearly are not fully fit for purpose, but what do you even do here. like full on revolutionary defeatism as to the entire project of state?
I actually want to vomit. There is nothing that can redeem this moment. We are living through a regime that is victimizing immigrants in at least as bad a way as early Nazi Germany victimized Jews. We all fucking know. We, all of us, live in the Zone of Interest.
September 17, 2026 at 1:01 AM
I think it’s a very narrow path, but I think you offer voters a vision of rebuilt and reformed state capacity, i.e., look at what we can accomplish together like Zohran’s messaging in NYC. Some of that is straightforward, like, no one likes measles and that’s RFK’s fault. Show people you care.
This is the karma system from GameFAQs but that information was 100% public, and if you’re going to go to a karma system that’s the way it needs to be.
September 17, 2026 at 12:26 AM
This is the karma system from GameFAQs but that information was 100% public, and if you’re going to go to a karma system that’s the way it needs to be.
This is a wonderful and insightful thread. The part about techbros not understanding evolution and how long it takes for life to be life is striking because many of them invest in efforts for humans to be more machine-like (particularly the endurance part).
It seems like this is a good time to tell you all why LLMs are never, and can never be, conscious.
Are AI companies being extremely irresponsible with incomplete and badly defined parameters for their LLMs? Yes!
Are they unwittingly creating Skynet? No. Grow up. Come on
Are they unwittingly creating Skynet? No. Grow up. Come on
September 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM
This is a wonderful and insightful thread. The part about techbros not understanding evolution and how long it takes for life to be life is striking because many of them invest in efforts for humans to be more machine-like (particularly the endurance part).
Another chance to fuck things up even more? What a pitch!
Vance's midterms pitch: "Give us another chance. Give us another couple of years"
September 16, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Another chance to fuck things up even more? What a pitch!
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Bane voice
The world's playing by Calvinball Rules these days? Well, I was TRAINED in the ancient ways of Calvinball. I have STUDIED the sacred texts. The score may be Oogie to Boogie now, but that can change very quickly, my friends.......
September 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Bane voice
He’s gonna blow up 10,000 rockets a year?
At $10 trillion, Cathie Wood is arguing that SpaceX could make up a third of the entire U.S. economy inside of four years.
Elon: “it’s not impossible”
Elon: “it’s not impossible”
September 16, 2026 at 12:13 PM
He’s gonna blow up 10,000 rockets a year?
Done correctly, eggplant is an S-tier pizza topping
name your fav pizza toppings.
September 16, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Done correctly, eggplant is an S-tier pizza topping
BITDA is overrated anyone don’t pay any attention to it
JUST IN: Anthropic says they’re highly profitable if you take out some of their biggest expenses.
September 16, 2026 at 12:02 AM
BITDA is overrated anyone don’t pay any attention to it
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Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem have dropped out of Ed Sheeran’s tour
September 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem have dropped out of Ed Sheeran’s tour
Ed’s tour promoter just became a tour demoter
i'm not sure if robert kraft quite grasps what he started
The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour.
September 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Ed’s tour promoter just became a tour demoter
You make betting frictionless and people start sliding places where you don’t want them to go, this is neither hard to understand nor to fix
The NFL, MLB, MLS, NBA and NHL joined with their respective players’ unions today to crack down on betting-related harassment of athletes, coaches and families.
“Threatening the safety of an athlete or their family members over a sports bet crosses a bright ethical and criminal
“Threatening the safety of an athlete or their family members over a sports bet crosses a bright ethical and criminal
September 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
You make betting frictionless and people start sliding places where you don’t want them to go, this is neither hard to understand nor to fix
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This Saturday, #BatmanDay, we're dropping a Giant-Sized episode celebrating 15 Years of THE COURT OF OWLS, going deep with guest @ssnyder1835.bsky.social.
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September 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
This Saturday, #BatmanDay, we're dropping a Giant-Sized episode celebrating 15 Years of THE COURT OF OWLS, going deep with guest @ssnyder1835.bsky.social.
Subscribe to Comic Book Couples Counseling: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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Look, agentic AIs are imbued with apparent authority to act on someone's behalf, and that comes with the attendant liabilities. I don't think there's that robust a body of case law on this yet, but . . . I suspect there will be soon enough.
AI doom or not, something has shifted with AI recently. The guardrails that kept AI sitting in a chatbox are gone, the models are better, there's more compute.
AI agents are everywhere. They are annoying as hell. IMO the situation is going to get much worse
www.404media.co/theres-a-100...
AI agents are everywhere. They are annoying as hell. IMO the situation is going to get much worse
www.404media.co/theres-a-100...
There’s a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Already Ruining the Internet
“AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be extremely annoying online.
www.404media.co
September 15, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Look, agentic AIs are imbued with apparent authority to act on someone's behalf, and that comes with the attendant liabilities. I don't think there's that robust a body of case law on this yet, but . . . I suspect there will be soon enough.