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willst.bsky.social
Engineer, computer scientist, reformed AI modeler focused on sane government, civil rights, clean energy transition, circular economy, degrowth, Great Simplification, Christian, and stewardship of our planet. Embraces the mission of being a good ancestor
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Generative A.I. chatbots are guiding people down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality and send them over the edge. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

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We hear that immigrants are "freeloaders," yet they're being arrested at their workplaces. We hear that immigrants "just need to follow the law," but when they attempt to, they're rounded up at courthouses. Hello?

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Do people understand that the Trump world, including GOP members of Congress, are warming to the idea of getting rid of democracy and installing a king? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it" by Colette Delawalla (@cdelawalla.bsky.social), Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 19 days ago • 13 comments

He’s basically telling his supporters… 😳 …THEY CAN KIDNAP or HARM.. …his perceived ENEMIES 🚨 www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

submitted 20 days ago • 39 comments

As Trump's family businesses invest heavily in crypto... -He's instructing the government to ease up on regulating the industry -His SEC is dropping major lawsuits against crypto companies -His DOJ terminated a team focused on crypto crimes. See the problem?

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"The court ruled in favor of a permanent injunction, grinding Trump’s global tariffs to a halt before “deals” with most other trading partners have even been reached. That means the bulk – but not all – of Trump’s tariffs are put in a standstill." www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/b...

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Upcoming Event: Jun 14 2025 🚨Join us on June 14 for NO KINGS, a national day of action against authoritarianism and corruption! Let’s reclaim our country from those who threaten democracy. More at nokings.org. #NoKings #DemocracyInAction Sign Up: https://zpr.io/DparG9qbpd44

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The Posse Comitatus Act bars the military from conducting law enforcement — but it contains dangerous loopholes. @lizagoitein.bsky.social explains:

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Some former DOJ attorneys are concerned Martin will use his new posts to spread disinformation, delegitimize future elections, and target leading Democrats and prosecutors who have pursued Trump. Indeed, it may already be happening. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Tariffs: who pays? That's the question for the US - this table gives a summary of the answers from the latest research My newsletter has the details and no evidence that people outside the US pay on.ft.com/3S8yMrA

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

@indivisnovawest.bsky.social We had a spirited group of democracy protectors at our May Day rally on the WO&D bike path overpass! Lost count of the hundreds of enthusiastic honks and waves from passing motorist.

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This is indeed a milestone in warfare technology evolution. While drones have been attacking land vehicles, this is first for downing a fighter aircraft. The previously heralded assessments of military force capabilities and strength are becoming obsolete.

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From the U.S. Holocaust Memory Museum: "What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is that it functions outside of a judicial system. The prisoners are not indicted or convicted of any crime by judicial process." encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

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The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals said the Trump administration’s assertions in the case “should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear.” tiny.cc/j3yg001

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I wrote about some details that the Trump administration might not want to come to light when it comes to what kind of deal Trump has truck with Bukele asharangappa.substack.com/p/whats-the-...

submitted 61 days ago • 117 comments

The Washington Post article saying Trump needed to better explain his "Golden Age" vision is beginning to smell riper than three week old rotting garbage.

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"It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order. He did this with the enthusiastic support of the entire Republican party and conservative movement." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...

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