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OH in a museum: White guy explaining Shang Dynasty bronzes (ca 11-12th c. BCE) to his kid: “like a thousand years old. Half way back to Jesus’ time. They had to make everything themselves”

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Name things what they are. Not what it says on the label.

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Democrats should release mock EO's that rename these orders. This one? COMMENCING THE REDUCTION OF PUBLIC SERVICES YOU ALREADY PAID FOR WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS or COMMENCING THE ENDLESS WAITING IN LINES FOR PUBLIC SERVICES WE'RE CUTTING

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I’m at a great talk by Dr. Shazeda Ahmed today on her concept of “technological jingoism” vis-à-vis China, and can’t help but think that line is basically, “If we’re not careful, China is gonna take us over!!!” as we open the front door to Russia and have them come right on in.

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Today I encountered my first AI-generated news article that included a manufactured quote from me on a topic I did not speak or post about, just in case you're wondering how AI is going.

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Should be a good read. Someone should interview you two about how this might be changing…

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It’s not just Guantanamo, where information has trouble getting out. They’re setting up concentration camps in full view. Dems, including Biden admin, share the blame, because they gave in to white nationalist dehumanization, never taking a stand and dreaming that migration would just go away.

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We had them during the lead-up to the Iraq War, and if that was a dumpster fire we’re currently dealing with Mrs O’Leary cow.

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just finished adding some key institutions, people and events to my obsidian index based on a short timeline of chinese digitization/informatization and it's basically just the conspiracy guy meme (except digitally, so it looks neater)

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Is this administration really going to fire the very people hired to help prevent suicides among junior enlisted servicemembers?

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What I didn’t know I was missing from every 007 or otherwise international spy hero film is, it turns out, a bar scene on a French aircraft carrier.

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Government changing online records because unwelcome attention arrived is familiar from another country I study

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tech guys who think they'll be unaffected by this administration simply haven't yet realized that they're going to need a whole new personality if yosemite closes because of federal worker purges

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Yes. There's no voting our way out; how can the rest of the world be reassured that our fellow Americans won't vote like this again, or worse? As a nation, we've lost their trust for at least a generation. And we've lost the standing we've benefitted from since WWII. Doubt we'll get it back.

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Doge reminds me of years spent figuring out how the Cyberspace Administration of China fits into the country's legal system. Is it a Party entity or a state one? Def Party, also state in a way. Acting as a state entity, is it subject to state info disclosure rules? Not that we can tell. 1/2

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Weekend sign-off photo! Remember to look for the light. #filmphotography #35mm #ilfordpanf #sanfrancisco #leicamp #summilux50 #filmisnotdead

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I'm having a lot of fun* trying to nail down what AI discourse means by "distill" or "distilled from," and I think that might be because the physical metaphor doesn't really fit what's going on. *not fun

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@theatlantic.com's lack of fact checking in this article about (among other things) the need for fact checking is ironic. But mostly it's depressing. These tired, bad, and wrong tropes about platforms and the law are a big reason we don't get better laws. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.

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Every time some journo credulously says "in their search for ways to make the government more efficient," an ink-stained wretch loses its wings.

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Does anyone know a good article on the powers of the DNI these days? I gather the role is both sprawling and limited, also having evolved over its 20ish years.

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"There's nothing like hard power" is actually the longstanding US stance. I would rather the flawed Dems be in the driver's seat when the "rules-based international order" charade was cast off, though.

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Two implications of this: Prepare for things to get much worse. And enjoy how it is now while you can. One flaw in analogy: By Feb 2020, there was realistically no stopping the spread, just a matter of time. In 2025, ideas, actions, and choices will determine what's next.

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BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration to allow immigrants they are detaining at Guantánamo Bay to access legal services. It is unprecedented and illegal for the president to ship people away from the U.S. and strip them of access to a lawyer.

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This looks like a pretty good indication that DeepSeek's achievement wasn't some unique genius of its team.. right?

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