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“every time someone is sleeping on a subway bench in a city, the rest of america can sort of say ‘ugh, look at these cities.’ but we are holding a lot of your people who you failed to love and take care of.” 👏 👏 👏
October 5, 2026 at 10:18 PM
“every time someone is sleeping on a subway bench in a city, the rest of america can sort of say ‘ugh, look at these cities.’ but we are holding a lot of your people who you failed to love and take care of.” 👏 👏 👏
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I said this in a NY Times story last week about the WA millionaire tax, but let’s bring back shame. Even if billionaires don’t know it’s wrong to do shit like this, they should know it’s embarrassing.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
fortune.com
October 4, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I said this in a NY Times story last week about the WA millionaire tax, but let’s bring back shame. Even if billionaires don’t know it’s wrong to do shit like this, they should know it’s embarrassing.
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Trump is what happens when you don’t punish people appropriately.
The facts are shocking enough, but the bigger reason that the Cornell gang-rape case has broken through is that everyday Americans are sick of the rich and powerful and their sons getting away with it
And everyone knows this fish stinks from the head
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...
And everyone knows this fish stinks from the head
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...
For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will Bunch
A nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college.
www.inquirer.com
October 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Trump is what happens when you don’t punish people appropriately.
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Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
October 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
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We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.
October 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.
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If you've ever wondered how ridiculously profitable tech companies avoid paying taxes . . .
Four-byline alert:
“.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..”
@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
“.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..”
@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
September 30, 2026 at 5:32 PM
If you've ever wondered how ridiculously profitable tech companies avoid paying taxes . . .
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America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI
September 29, 2026 at 4:22 PM
America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI
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Doing the January 6th Commission but for DOGE could splash this on TV and social media for weeks.
Imagine the impact.
Imagine the impact.
"NIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn’t have."
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/n...
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/n...
NIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn't have
A delayed clinical trial underscores the stakes of federal research funding cuts for children with DIPG, a deadly brain tumor with few treatment options.
www.cnbc.com
September 27, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Doing the January 6th Commission but for DOGE could splash this on TV and social media for weeks.
Imagine the impact.
Imagine the impact.
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I guess we now why Russ Vought is stealing 810 million dollars: you gotta pay for those expensive ads.
Now would be a good time for @pallone.house.gov to send Fox a letter promising an investigation into why they accepted this ad and how much they got paid to run it.
Fox running taxpayer-paid Trump campaign ads during NFL games, huh
September 27, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I guess we now why Russ Vought is stealing 810 million dollars: you gotta pay for those expensive ads.
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This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
September 24, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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The person who thinks that he has the ability to decide which science to fund out of hundreds of subfields is exactly the person who should not make that decision.
There is a reason that expert committees of scientists review and give recommendations for funding.
No one person can know all of it.
There is a reason that expert committees of scientists review and give recommendations for funding.
No one person can know all of it.
September 21, 2026 at 10:50 PM
The person who thinks that he has the ability to decide which science to fund out of hundreds of subfields is exactly the person who should not make that decision.
There is a reason that expert committees of scientists review and give recommendations for funding.
No one person can know all of it.
There is a reason that expert committees of scientists review and give recommendations for funding.
No one person can know all of it.
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The difference between, say, the opioid epidemic and shoving gambling apps in front of everyone is that no-one has plausible deniability about the effects of gambling. It will absolutely ruin lives and families. They may as well be promoting cigarettes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The difference between, say, the opioid epidemic and shoving gambling apps in front of everyone is that no-one has plausible deniability about the effects of gambling. It will absolutely ruin lives and families. They may as well be promoting cigarettes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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The fact that Jeff Bezos ruined the Washington Post for nothing is just peak 2026
Trump says he's also looking at banning the Washington Post, calling it a "crummy paper" and "disgusting."
Anyway, good job, Jeff Bezos! It obviously was worth losing all those scubsribers and turning your opinion section into MAGA-lite, only for the president to continue to call you "fake news."
Anyway, good job, Jeff Bezos! It obviously was worth losing all those scubsribers and turning your opinion section into MAGA-lite, only for the president to continue to call you "fake news."
September 19, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The fact that Jeff Bezos ruined the Washington Post for nothing is just peak 2026
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It just never ends.
September 19, 2026 at 12:15 AM
It just never ends.
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Straight-up extortion seems like a losing political strategy
Trump: "We spent more than $2 billion in FEMA funding. You're waiting for some additional funding. I'm gonna get that to you. Now if Michael loses, I'm not sending it."
Crowd: *groans*
Crowd: *groans*
September 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Straight-up extortion seems like a losing political strategy
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hugging face is the most terrifying indicator of where the ai race is, in the sense that the industry is facing completely solvable collective action problems while guided by entrenched, unoustable leaders with the foresight and moral fortitude of above-average pigeons
September 17, 2026 at 8:14 AM
hugging face is the most terrifying indicator of where the ai race is, in the sense that the industry is facing completely solvable collective action problems while guided by entrenched, unoustable leaders with the foresight and moral fortitude of above-average pigeons
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The worst human being to ever occupy the office. Just reprehensible scum.
September 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM
The worst human being to ever occupy the office. Just reprehensible scum.
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rip annie dillard
September 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
rip annie dillard
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Utter bullshit. And he knows if. But he doesn’t care. His oath is to Donald Trump. Not the Constitution or the rule of law.
September 14, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Utter bullshit. And he knows if. But he doesn’t care. His oath is to Donald Trump. Not the Constitution or the rule of law.
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A little explainer how energy costs ripple to the consumer.
Oil goes up, then gas prices go up, then airfare goes up, then diesel followed by shipping goes up, and eventually your avocado is somehow charging a fuel surcharge.
Oil goes up, then gas prices go up, then airfare goes up, then diesel followed by shipping goes up, and eventually your avocado is somehow charging a fuel surcharge.
September 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM
A little explainer how energy costs ripple to the consumer.
Oil goes up, then gas prices go up, then airfare goes up, then diesel followed by shipping goes up, and eventually your avocado is somehow charging a fuel surcharge.
Oil goes up, then gas prices go up, then airfare goes up, then diesel followed by shipping goes up, and eventually your avocado is somehow charging a fuel surcharge.
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What are the chances that this is true and he's telling it for the first time 25 years later? I mean, good god, people. The president's brain is broken. We have to stop him now before our national disaster gets even worse.
Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."
September 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
What are the chances that this is true and he's telling it for the first time 25 years later? I mean, good god, people. The president's brain is broken. We have to stop him now before our national disaster gets even worse.
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"If someone had broken into my office and stolen books from my shelves, I’d call campus security. My college, meanwhile, is paying Anthropic to come into my classroom." (Ty @jeffsharlet.bsky.social for this piece)
www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...
www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...
Opinion | My Students Hate AI. But They Can’t Stop Using It.
Big Tech has gotten them addicted to cheating, and they’ve internalized the blame.
www.chronicle.com
September 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
"If someone had broken into my office and stolen books from my shelves, I’d call campus security. My college, meanwhile, is paying Anthropic to come into my classroom." (Ty @jeffsharlet.bsky.social for this piece)
www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...
www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...
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Extremely important story. Predictive policing is a euphemistic way of saying DHS is doing pre-crime, because of its improper access to your data. As @jakelaperruque.bsky.social says here, this takes a sledgehammer to the concept of probable cause of the commission of a crime. It can’t be reformed.
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
www.404media.co
September 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Extremely important story. Predictive policing is a euphemistic way of saying DHS is doing pre-crime, because of its improper access to your data. As @jakelaperruque.bsky.social says here, this takes a sledgehammer to the concept of probable cause of the commission of a crime. It can’t be reformed.
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(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track.
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
September 7, 2026 at 3:38 PM
(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track.
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Not beating the nazi allegations.
September 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Not beating the nazi allegations.