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This is great. A perfectly appropriate use of LLM AI technology, along with the 26 other emails each and every employees can simultaneously generate explaining in detail each of last week’s accomplishments, written in the style 26 different poets.

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From Amy Kurzweil and Daniel Story: Are chatbots of the dead a brilliant idea or a terrible one? – aeon.co/essays/are-c... via @aeon.co

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Teens and 20s think of the 90s the way we middle-agers thought of the 60s, which is strange because the 90s were objectively one of the least interesting decades of the 20th century. Maybe its because the last 20 years have been far too interesting in the worst possible ways.

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Before any of the federal firings, the US federal government staffing was at the same level as in 1969, when the population was 75% smaller. The overbureaucratization we felt had mostly to do with rules imposed on that bureaucracy in carrying out their duties. Governance will be even slower now.

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Just thinking about the kind of data Elon Musk has gotten from USgov that is not available to other tech companies, and the kind of training that can be done with AI on that data.

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Brendan Ballou confirming what I’ve been thinking: you actually need good prosecutors if you want to go after your enemies. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Had a chance to read @hiphination.bsky.social's latest book and was struck by its central argument. Instead of legalism, where bureaucrats rigidly follow rules, he argues for discretion (in some cases). The goal? People should act based on moral obligations, not solely for legal reasons.

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Come on new Blue Sky friends, I'm past John Stuart Mill today, but the person I really want to beat is Jordan Peterson, and I'm almost there in Social Philosophy, make your purchase and get me over the top!

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I wish I was one of these prediction market bros, because I'd put quite a bit of money on the following: (1) That Trump will spend a lot of DOJ time getting second-rate lawyers to investigate his enemies, and win almost no cases. (2) That DOGE will not find even 1% savings from actual fraud.

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The book was reviewed in the Wall Street Journal today. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

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The @TheEconomist reviews my book, and I am very happy that I am both enjoyable and incredibly irritating! www.economist.com/culture/2025...

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If you want to know what the Philosophy in Media longform workshop is like, Josh Rothman released a piece this week that captures what its like to be in that workshop, and what its like to write about philosophy in that style. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

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Nothing like short-form live radio to realize what an inarticulate speaker I am, and why I moved to podcasting where I can edit the hell out of myself.

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What happens when every world-class conservative rule-of-law prosecutor resigns, and Bondi has to go after Trump’s enemies with a team of pettifoggers from 1-800 billboards?

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Democrats in Congress will soon be able to actually do something to pressure Trump.

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After more than a decade in Iraq, another two in Afghanistan, I wonder what a US annexation of Gaza would cost taxpayers, present and future, and would do to inspire global terrorism, compared to those two countries. I guess Tulsi Gabbard is now tasked with studying this.

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I miss John McCain.

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I am this close to being on top of notes for the books I read in January. So of course @hiphination.bsky.social and Katherine Hayles’ new books just hit the doorstep.

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Seen in the wild, at Barnes and Noble in Montclair, CA

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The 80s had not one but two top-rated shows involving men wiring booby traps using a swiss army knife, rope, welding torches, and whatever found in barns and old factories. And we're wondering why there is a crisis of masculinity in young men today. They lack the guidance of a Macgyver or A-team.

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I'm wondering what incentives do Democrats have to cooperate on any spending bill if Trump and Musk are going to selectively spend and close down whatever they wish, regardless of congressional procurement?

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Not true. The US Marshals are constitutionally obliged to carry out federal court orders, it’s a question of whether the courts will issue such orders. Not all enforcement answers solely to the executive.

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"Firing" is a success term. If your firing is illegal or backed by authority that is overruled, you are not fired. The media and federal employees should just say "Trump/Musk is trying to fire..." or "Trump/Musk is trying to shut down...", and just keep working until the courts say it succeeds.

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I’m convinced that the best opposition in the near term are the legal organizations filing lawsuits to get court ordered injunctions. Many are nonprofits. Please someone let us know the most effective ones to prioritize donations.

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Someone needs to drink a nice tall glass of shut up juice.

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Musk doing illegal things, Trump issuing blatantly illegal EOs. Enforcing federal law is mostly a job of executive branch subject to compliance to Trump. Except US Marshalls, who answer to judicial branch. They’re the only ones who can stop this, but require court order.

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Academic observation: "DEI" coming from some is a slur. Its the latest rendition of "uppity n**ger." It is used to refer to any black person (not conservative) in a position of managerial power. Its also expanding to gay-coded women, as in "all those DEI lesbians who run the Coastal Commission."

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Heroes all of them. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/s...

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