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Make us laugh these next few years despite everything going to sh**. Important work. You up to the challenge?

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A political science professor during Trump's first term argued against use of the word fascism. He was skeptical that the Trump crew had that kind of power. "I have since turned out to be wrong," said Corey Robin to On the Media. Good on him for recognizing that. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

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Of everything in those Signal texts, this struck me as most illuminating. The playbook is assistance for extraction. Be forewarned current “leadership” doesn’t provide assistance or exercise generosity for its own sake. It’s all for exploitation of position and resource. The quiet part, out loud.

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Anyone have any idea how many students loan holders this impacts ? www.kvue.com/article/news...

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I don’t see how, unless our entire profession stands shoulder-to-shoulder in unity, we successfully push back against this effort to break our profession and our democracy. Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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An old Twitter thread from two years ago. Feels salient today.

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They clearly don’t know poor old people where #ssa payments keep them hovering around the poverty line. Take that away and they sink right into poverty. 💵 ⚖️ ⬇️👉🏾https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/how-many-older-adults-live-in-poverty/

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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

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Just arrived from Berlin to an empty Dulles airport in DC. Assumed because Heathrow outage. “No,” says my WashFlyer cabbie, the past month has been super slow. “Fewer tourists, fewer business people. This is not normal, believe me.” Says he’s looking for a new job because he needs to pay his bills.

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I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

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Just curious…

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The Ministry for the Future:

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Sent a text of support to a friend who is Counsel at one of the targeted firms and went to Columbia. Rough week.

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Them: There’s no headline that perfectly encapsulates this moment (Actual) News:

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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

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Innovation:

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… I don’t know who needs to hear this, but the phrase “dumpster fire” presumes containment

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Make us laugh these next few years despite everything going to sh**. Important work. You up to the challenge?

A political science professor during Trump's first term argued against use of the word fascism. He was skeptical that the Trump crew had that kind of power. "I have since turned out to be wrong," said Corey Robin to On the Media. Good on him for recognizing that. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Anyone have any idea how many students loan holders this impacts ? www.kvue.com/article/news...

I don’t see how, unless our entire profession stands shoulder-to-shoulder in unity, we successfully push back against this effort to break our profession and our democracy. Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

An old Twitter thread from two years ago. Feels salient today.

They clearly don’t know poor old people where #ssa payments keep them hovering around the poverty line. Take that away and they sink right into poverty. 💵 ⚖️ ⬇️👉🏾https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/how-many-older-adults-live-in-poverty/

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

Just curious…

The Ministry for the Future:

Sent a text of support to a friend who is Counsel at one of the targeted firms and went to Columbia. Rough week.

Them: There’s no headline that perfectly encapsulates this moment (Actual) News:

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

Innovation:

… I don’t know who needs to hear this, but the phrase “dumpster fire” presumes containment

Good news: definitely not following the POTUS account. The peer follower count might also be trying to tell me something as well….

My gratitude journal entry from last week…

Is this thing on?