@cmschmidty.bsky.social
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i feel like a message that is missing in the midterms is that….republicans control everything?
it feels like a basic thing we should really be saying over and over. this is all their choice. unhappy? look who is in the drivers seat.
it feels like a basic thing we should really be saying over and over. this is all their choice. unhappy? look who is in the drivers seat.
September 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
i feel like a message that is missing in the midterms is that….republicans control everything?
it feels like a basic thing we should really be saying over and over. this is all their choice. unhappy? look who is in the drivers seat.
it feels like a basic thing we should really be saying over and over. this is all their choice. unhappy? look who is in the drivers seat.
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👀 84-yr-old Mitch has been out for ~ 3 months while "recovering from injuries sustained in a fall" in his DC home.
"During that period, he has continued to receive his annual Senate salary of $174K, meaning he has earned nearly $45K during his absence."
🧾 www.newsweek.com/how-mitch-mc...
"During that period, he has continued to receive his annual Senate salary of $174K, meaning he has earned nearly $45K during his absence."
🧾 www.newsweek.com/how-mitch-mc...
How much Mitch McConnell has been paid during extended absence
Mitch McConnell has earned nearly $45,000 during a 94-day Senate absence as attention grows over whether he'll return to Capitol Hill this week.
www.newsweek.com
September 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
September 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
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I Remember, Hope you do….
August 4, 2026 at 1:43 AM
I Remember, Hope you do….
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One of the worst things about the Senate’s attempted Fauci show trial is how the supposed evidence against him is early in COVID he considered multiple hypotheses, then increasingly ruled some unlikely as evidence came in.
The objection is he did science. Fundamentally that is what’s under attack.
The objection is he did science. Fundamentally that is what’s under attack.
July 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM
One of the worst things about the Senate’s attempted Fauci show trial is how the supposed evidence against him is early in COVID he considered multiple hypotheses, then increasingly ruled some unlikely as evidence came in.
The objection is he did science. Fundamentally that is what’s under attack.
The objection is he did science. Fundamentally that is what’s under attack.
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During a surprise visit to the WNBA All-Star weekend, Barack Obama delivered a personal message to Caitlin Clark, picked up on a hot mic. The encounter was a “heartening reminder of what ‘presidential’ can look like,” @sallyjenx.bsky.social argues.
A Brief Exchange That Shows the Enormous Difference Between Trump and Obama
This is what a president sounds like.
bit.ly
July 25, 2026 at 10:20 PM
During a surprise visit to the WNBA All-Star weekend, Barack Obama delivered a personal message to Caitlin Clark, picked up on a hot mic. The encounter was a “heartening reminder of what ‘presidential’ can look like,” @sallyjenx.bsky.social argues.
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Happy Independence Day
July 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Happy Independence Day
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The quiet part out loud he said
JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."
June 25, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The quiet part out loud he said
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All we want is healthcare.
June 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM
All we want is healthcare.
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the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
Whatever the immediate fallout of the scandal, what is going to stick around is the impression it gives, of hapless idiots doing ridiculous things. And I think that seriously reduces the appeal of capitulating to these jokers.
March 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
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Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.
May 31, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.
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maybe women just don’t trust technology that repeatedly proves unreliable and costs too much (monetarily, societally, environmentally) given its relatively janky performance? i mean. why is it “women must lower their standards” and not “tech companies must profoundly improve…”
“study of around 8,000 respondents concludes that women’s lower uptake of generative AI tools has little to do w/ skills or access. Instead, it is driven largely by how women perceive the broader societal risks associated w/ the new technology.”🧪
@josiecox.bsky.social
@josiecox.bsky.social
May 30, 2026 at 2:39 AM
maybe women just don’t trust technology that repeatedly proves unreliable and costs too much (monetarily, societally, environmentally) given its relatively janky performance? i mean. why is it “women must lower their standards” and not “tech companies must profoundly improve…”
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They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model.
May 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM
They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model.
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A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts.
So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world.
What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.
So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world.
What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.
May 24, 2026 at 5:36 PM
A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts.
So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world.
What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.
So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world.
What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.
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A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr:
In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine.
She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation.
Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot. 1/3
In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine.
She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation.
Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot. 1/3
May 20, 2026 at 12:53 AM
A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr:
In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine.
She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation.
Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot. 1/3
In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine.
She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation.
Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot. 1/3
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Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr
After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school
Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs
scim.ag
May 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr
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This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance.
Nobody gave women anything.
Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.
Nobody gave women anything.
Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.
May 6, 2026 at 2:23 PM
This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance.
Nobody gave women anything.
Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.
Nobody gave women anything.
Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.
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people still want to act like nihilism is cool but it is actually bullshit compliance.
humans are not going away. we get to decide if future generations suffer or if they live free.
hope is punk as fuck. our oppressors want us to believe we have no power and nothing is possible.
it’s not true.
humans are not going away. we get to decide if future generations suffer or if they live free.
hope is punk as fuck. our oppressors want us to believe we have no power and nothing is possible.
it’s not true.
We quit our bad habits for the sake of our future selves, author Xochitl Gonzalez writes. How naïve of us.
Should We All Start Smoking Cigarettes Again?
We quit our bad habits for the sake of our future selves, author Xochitl Gonzalez writes. How naïve of us.
www.thecut.com
April 29, 2026 at 8:51 PM
people still want to act like nihilism is cool but it is actually bullshit compliance.
humans are not going away. we get to decide if future generations suffer or if they live free.
hope is punk as fuck. our oppressors want us to believe we have no power and nothing is possible.
it’s not true.
humans are not going away. we get to decide if future generations suffer or if they live free.
hope is punk as fuck. our oppressors want us to believe we have no power and nothing is possible.
it’s not true.
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I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
www.nbcnews.com
April 19, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.
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Elon Musk didn’t go to the moon.
Jeff Bezos didn’t go to the moon.
NASA went to the moon.
Jeff Bezos didn’t go to the moon.
NASA went to the moon.
April 11, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Elon Musk didn’t go to the moon.
Jeff Bezos didn’t go to the moon.
NASA went to the moon.
Jeff Bezos didn’t go to the moon.
NASA went to the moon.