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cekent.bsky.social
Medievalist, Futurist, Finder, Pointer. Looking at the long-term future of [something something something].
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We spent so long treating Americans data like a profit center and not a right that no one is terrified enough at this gross attack on our civil liberties www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...

Mikhail Khordokovsky should hold a weekend clinic in SV for anyone looking to navigate oligarchic crackdowns.

I know we have lowered the bar viz. "Anyone can be President!" but seriously, I think we have definitively demonstrated that while that is true, it's not always the best for our country. Anyway, how are any of these people qualified?

She is the worst.

This is good Friday afternoon content. www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/...

Wasn't this going to be a gift to his granddaughter? Is he taking it back?

Typical.

Our terrible mayor @mayorbowser.bsky.social is going to show up at Pride events and act like nothing is wrong. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

A big relief to see a big nothingburger. Payrolls grew a splendidly dull +139k, and unemployment is unchanged at 4.2%. The economic expansion is still on, albeit at a somewhat slower rate. And this despite federal jobs falling -22k.

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

I know it’s getting played out, but still, fake tweets from Elon to Grimes in a phonetic approximation of his accent amuse me every time.

Trump, Musk publicly feud over whose father loved them less

The late night posting tonight looks like it could be lit.

Today marks 9 years since NPR colleagues David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna were killed on assignment in Afghanistan. The memorial display at NPR honors their memory. The camera David was carrying when he died is on the left. We remember them on this day and always.

And on the anniversary of the Sainted Reagan’s death no less. Do these two gentlemen have any class? Any sense of propriety?

OK so *now* is when you deploy the TACO thing to goad him into following through

This is my household.

I'm number 7 on the digital hold list at the library for CHARACTER LIMIT and my question now is will Elon still be a citizen when my hold comes in?

Oh, proving everyone's point that basing so much of our infrastructure on your private companies was an existential risk? Nice! Thanks for the help!

“I was happy to work with a man I knew was pedophile until he cut my EV credit” is such a hilarious rich person sentiment

It's got the style elements, but not the design ethos. It's too busy.

Is Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) still on hold with Elon Musk?

Also, I am going to loudly HOWL with laughter when Trump tries to pin this on Biden. "If Sleepy Joe Autopen hadn't lost the election--an election I won fairly and hugely--this never would have happened."

I wonder if the Trump Admin is at all concerned about Elon's incel acolytes having access to all of the government's computer systems?

There are any number of very serious things that make me ashamed about America, but this is the least consequential thing, and it makes me even more ashamed for our country.

The entire point of private health insurance is to keep you from seeing a doctor.* *And if can't do that, make sure you get the least amount of care possible in the circumstance you are in.

Here's the thing about all the angst and drama about what Dems should do/who they should follow/who they should reach out to: It is only noise/chatter until the 2026 mid-terms, after which, the entire conversation is going to be completely different and people will be angsting about new things.

Dismissing Yarvin as a “ dumb person’s idea of a smart person” isn’t the dig you think it is, given that we are here this point due to preponderance and power of dumb people. So instead of blithely writing him off, read what he is saying so you can effectively counter that message.

I don’t understand why when shaming drivers by posting pics of bad behavior people blur license plates. It’s not secret information. It’s not their SSN. Presumably hundreds of people every day see their license plate number.

Abducting people at work sites - meaning they have jobs. Capturing them at court dates - meaning they're following the law. Blocking them from accessible higher education - meaning they're striving for more. And peddling lies about jobless, lawless, driftless.

Let me suggest that when a federal judge spends the first full page of the opinion summarizing Kafka, it's not a good sign for the government

@sarahdbunting.bsky.social RTYI

The way nobody can drive well anymore because of GPS — not just atrophied turn-by-turn navigation, but the way ppl no longer know the layouts of their town or the names of roads or what to do when the map doesn’t match the terrain — that’s what genAI is doing to communication skills and literacy

If you want to block Cuomo, pease DO NOT leave spaces on your D mayoral primary ballot blank. Fill in ALL FIVE slots with folks who are NOT CUOMO. Mamdani, Lander, Adrienne Adams, Myrie, and Ramos is the @nywfp.bsky.social slate. #RankTheSlate, in whatever order you like! But #NoCuomo!

Writers: I’m the new SENIOR AI reporter for [Outlet X]! Me: So you’ve been working for three years.