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Ten Years In, Same-Sex Marriage Is Part of American Life. But It’s Still Under Attack. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...

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The thing with algorithms like TikTok and ChatGPT is even when you understand how the magic is done, it's still impressive to see. I can easily explain how TikTok figured out I have ADHD before I did, or how ChatGPT can deduce childhood traumas from the way you ask questions, but it still throws me.

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Great thread on declining incarceration. Falling crime and some embracing of other types of interventions are the key. We must keep pushing bask against the conservative default that punishment is the only response.

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U.S. citizen arrested by ICE who claimed he tried to punch ICE Nazis twice. Video shown in court proved it was a lie by ICE to justify their attack. The victim's mother tried to show his birth certificate at the Federal courthouse but ICE lied and said he wasn't there. ICE LIES!

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Trump's Project 2025 think tanks proposed creating a centralized federal database to monitor benefits recipients, immigrants & even school kids, to be run by private contractors, rewarding them with lucrative federal contracts. Fight corruption & abuse.

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We're so close to fixing key drivers of California's housing crisis: ✅️ SB 79 would legalize apartments near transit. ✅️ AB 130 would end frivolous litigation against infill. ✅️ AB 253 + AB 1308 would prevent permitting/inspection delays. ➡️ Here's how you can help.

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The effects of explicit prohibitions on the denial of health insurance claims resulting from alcohol and other substance use impairment on alcohol and drug related outcomes, from Barış K. Yörük, Joseph J. Sabia, @econtess.bsky.social‬, and Dhaval M. Dave https://www.nber.org/papers/w33935

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Interesting discussion of the “long-running antitrust case over whether Meta’s acquisitions of the photo-sharing app Instagram and the messaging service WhatsApp illegally maintained the company’s alleged social media monopoly.” youtu.be/8npn89G1ies

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The US is on track to record the lowest violent crime rate since 1968 and lowest property crime rate ever. jasher.substack.com/p/its-not-ju...

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We are closer than ever to the long-prophesied exemption from CEQA (endless environmental review) for infill housing development. This is key to stop the endless delays and litigation associated with development in California.

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I can't believe drive-through country of Connecticut will reform parking statewide before we will.

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‘No Vigilantes Act’ would require those doing immigration raids in California to identify themselves

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“In Pasadena last week, a man stepped out of his unmarked vehicle at an intersection, unholstered his pistol and aimed it at a group of pedestrians before returning to his car… That incident left the police chief of Pasadena resigned to figure out whether it was a crime or part of a federal raid.”

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This is the use of the military for domestic law enforcement; I don’t see any other way to describe it.

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"Alligator Alcatraz" This is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ latest move to curry favor with his cult leader, Donald Trump, by building a facility in the middle of the Everglades to detain immigrants. Its cost? $450 million dollars a year to run this facility youtu.be/bti_l31oxVA?...

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As privacy laws evolve, it’s time to stop treating “consent” as a binary checkbox. We need frameworks that reflect actual user behavior, acknowledge design incentives, and level the field for companies of all sizes. #privacy reason.org/policy-brief... via @reason.org

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1) Today, we commemorate Juneteenth. It stands as a stark reminder of our nation's enduring struggle for true equality and justice. June 19th, 1865, marks the day when the enslaved people of Galveston, Texas, finally received the long-overdue news of their freedom.

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Letting students attend whichever public schools are the best fit for them is a straightforward way to improve public schools and student outcomes. More states should expand school choice for public school students reason.org/commentary/m... via @ReasonFdn

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Ground floor retail should be allowed, but not required in residential areas.

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"The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity." — W. B. Yeats, born on June 13 www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/...

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The Supreme Court unanimously holds that a lawsuit can proceed against an FBI SWAT team for raiding the wrong house. www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-f...

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She did say this. Homeland Security Secretary said it’s not about safety, it’s about overthrowing a city government the White House doesn’t like. www.kcra.com/article/alex....

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'Innocent until proven guilty.' Is this still American law? It doesn't seem so. 😕 It appears citizens are guilty with no chance to prove innocence.

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GAO report in 2019 found the same thing reason.com/2019/06/10/i...

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Arlington is making a real effort at demand-based parking pricing in some neighborhoods

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LAPD out there like

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True story bro.

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There are concerts and plays happening. Pride parties. People who live in DTLA (80k+) and people out at bars and restaurants in Downtown L.A.

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the FTC's anti-tech strategy is evolving, with the agency nod poised, apparently, to become a family values advocacy group 😬 reason.com/2025/06/09/f...

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"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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The Florida legislature this year did a lot of nonsense, but they did pass a couple of solid housing reform bills. Florida Senate Bills 1730 and 180 are solid housing reforms reason.org/commentary/f... @reason.org

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Germany’s new self-driving ride could be the future of commuting. A town is trying to make small town and rural transit work using self driving shuttles. Pretty cool! supercarblondie.com/germany-new-...

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The most bankrupt idea in affordable housing is government built or subsidized construction. It just winds up costing a lot and delivering very little. Like DC’s news $1 million per unit housing! Increase housing supply and better housing vouchers are the way www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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A million years ago, this was a national scandal. Today, it is just an every day occurrence that we all tacitly accept.

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If you think the government will only use these surveillance tools to track illegal immigrants, think again. How Palantir Is Expanding the Surveillance State reason.com/2025/06/02/p... @reason.com @enbrown.bsky.social

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“reading the tea leaves suggests yet another defeat for the FTC when challenging Meta’s acquisitions.” The FTC v. Meta Trial Ends: Why the Government’s Case Is Doomed itif.org/publications...

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One governor’s journey from supporting state AI regulation to saying a federal approach is better. Rush to AI regulation before understanding the issues is the real problem. reason.org/commentary/g... via @reason.org

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Trump is losing in the courts and he’s losing on policy. But he’s winning on power in places the opposition isn’t even contesting. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...

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The Supreme Court grants Case v. Montana, on whether police need Probable Cause to enter a home for community caretaking purposes (i.e. to break up a fight or save a heart attack victim). Interesting case! It'll be nice to have clarity on the issue, whatever happens.

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Happy Pride Month!!

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Maybe I just don’t remember it but I don’t think there was ever a corresponding trend of articles about conservative parents cutting off their gay kids, which was a thing that absolutely happened en masse in the 90s and aughts as gay culture mainstreamed

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It’s not your imagination: AI is speeding up the pace of change

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