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Whoops. Turns out that Silicon Valley's "move fast and break things" mantra doesn't work well for the govt. #DOGE www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

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Since Reagan, the GOP has argued that tax cuts would spark growth and be revenue positive. NEVER true: Reagan, Bush, Trump tax cuts always increased deficit. Sen. Thune explains that he "believes" the theory. Faith > reason? Prob not: useful political cover. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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The GOP's attack on higher education has been long-running (see what DeSantis has done in Florida). Reading about what's going on in Indiana (which employs some of my friends and relatives) shows why Harvard's resistance is so remarkable and important. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/u...

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Interesting essay arguing that some Evangelicals are so focused on the vertical relationship with God that they are ignoring the horizontal relationship with other people. There is long tradition of individual-focused salvation, which may have its roots in slavery. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...

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If former Israeli PM Olmert were to air this opinion at a US university, the Trump admin would accuse him of Antisemitism. It would also accuse the sponsoring organization of fostering Antisemitism. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

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Appointing inexperienced and/or incompetent (or industry shills) to important govt positions has long been a GOP strategy to ensure that its talking point (that govt is ineffective and useless) is correct. Agent Orange has taken this practice to a new height. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...

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Fascinating example of how high tech might reveal the contents of an ancient library, perhaps significantly increasing the number of known documents from antiquity. #DigitalHumanities #classics www.economist.com/science-and-...

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According to the Terminator movies #AI becomes self-aware in 1997. Cameron was off by 30 years, but #Skynet -like behavior - a system that will harm humans to preserve itself - is on the horizon. Need to program in #Asimov's three laws of robotics! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/tech...

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Sen. Ernst's new media strategy is puzzling. She seems to be trying to "own the libs." But the people she insulted with her comments are Trump / MAGA voters. And while it's true that "we will all die," this doesn't justify GOP policies that will hasten that event. www.npr.org/2025/05/31/n...

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The CPSC - where my dad worked for decades - protects consumers from getting injured/killed from poorly designed products. Every GOP admin has sought to muzzle CPSC. Trump fired them after voting to release a report about batteries igniting and killing people. www.theverge.com/news/664498/...

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Contra MAGA accusations, "Lamestream Media" is NOT in the pocket of liberals / Dems. It goes out of its way to avoid upsetting Agent Orange, so much that it avoids accurately describing his actions.

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Of course it was a #FloridaMan! cowboystatedaily.com/2025/05/07/f...

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An amazing show of sportsmanship today with a bunch of Cardinals selecting and promoting someone from NL Central rival Chicago.

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Lots of Pope Leo XIV memes in r/Chicago. The Malort in the background is an nice touch, since no one not from Chicago has ever tasted it. (Most Chicagoians contemplate becoming teetotalers after tasting it once.)

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Programming Historian has just published my article: programminghistorian.org/en/lessons/c... Thanks to @fmvaldez.bsky.social and Rob Nelson for their reviews, to @nabsiddiqui.bsky.social for editing, and to the patient and helpful staff at PH for guiding me thru the process.

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I've been enjoying a bunch of SF from Africa / African writers in the last couple of years. I haven't read these novels, but the reviews look promising (and the price can't be beat!).

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I disagree with RJK Jr on many (most?) things but hope he succeeds in reducing the amount bad, ultra-processed food produced by the the food industry. Moss' _Sugar Salt Fat_ shows how the food industry has bad for Americans for decades. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

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Bad for IL to lose a senior senator, but good news for aspiring IL pols. Obama won an open seat in 2004. And good for the party to have some younger folks who will have to live under the laws and policies they approve (or don't) for years to come. #Durbin www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/u...

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Trump's innovative economic and trade policies are paying off! #MAGA Truly a first 100-days for the history books. People will be talking about his bold leadership decades in the future. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

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I have no doubt the lecture fell on unlistening ears and an unwilling mind. Our vice president was there purely for a photo op with the Pope. He got it, and sadly for our vice president, that's all he will take away from meeting a better man than he. It's all he was capable of taking away from it.

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May his memory be a blessing. www.economist.com/obituary/202...

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Trump Admin mottos: * If at first you don't succeed, give up. * If something is hard, don't bother doing it. * Don't worry about long term threats, only immediate problems. MAGA without the gumption that won WWII and the Cold War. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/w...

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If you hear crickets that’s the antisemitism task force springing into action

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Making American Great Again by allowing foreign disinformation campaigns to further polarize and divide the "united" states.

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SCOOP: sources tell me that the State Dept plans to eliminate its only office to counter foreign disinformation, as soon as today, delivering a win to foreign governments like Russia, Iran, and China—and the office's mostly conservative critics. www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...

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Reminds me of Chevy Chase's version of hapless President Ford. . . (Unlike Vance, Ford was quite athletic and didn't have butterfingers.) apnews.com/article/vanc...

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