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Elon takes a chainsaw to the PA GOP.

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Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/

submitted 11 hours ago • 98 comments

One time I was sharing person 1's email with person 2 and warned them that person 1 can be difficult to deal with while accidentally CCing person 1 on the email. So I can totally relate/be the secretary of defense.

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

I love the game of "what could be worse than very very bad"

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There is a kind of "recency bias" around AI within silicon valley money. AIs 70 year history is rooted in university/gov. grants. But private enterprise has driven a lot of the recent jumps, specifically LLMs. They've gotten so high on their own supply they forgot the shoulders they're standing on

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Recently a powerful bully called me crazy (among other things) when I stood up to them. This is why I did it though. While bullies can hurt you in real ways, working "with" them only produces opportunities for them to inflict more pain.

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AI in public policy is so dangerous because the "impartial machine" is a myth. There is anecdotal evidence that Musk's systems are working as intended. But even without bad actors, AI is trained on data and data is bias. We're letting a Twitter-based Frankenstein rip through the federal government

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Regardless of who these people are (or are not), they are people. And every American should know what is being done in their names, and with their money, to create human rights black holes and lay the foundations for whatever is next. time.com/7269604/el-s...

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This is the correct alignment for Trump II. We don't have the luxury of party disputes; it is only about whether the other person supports democratic values and the rule of law. We can figure out the rest later.

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I regularly have to tell myself: do not try to apply rational frameworks to irrational behaviors. What does that say about my life? There is no way of knowing.

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I pull out this classic once a year

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Kid Rock has to be pumped

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

If you've worked at a government agency at even a middle level, you know exactly how many hours you've spent in meetings with lawyers talking about what the agency can or cannot statutorily do.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Fun fact: In the US, courts have more consistently ruled that phones locked by passcodes are legally more secure from law enforcement than those locked with biometrics.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Schumer's position is indefensible.

submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

The fallout from @schumer.senate.gov folding to the GOP will hit all Dems as supporters take out frustration on candidates—even those who oppose what he's doing. He’s not just enabling an authoritarian administration; he's crippling those who can stop it.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Welp

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Seems like a good time for this discussion from last week with Signal's Meredith Whittaker about privacy, data, and AI. If you are personally or professionally engaging in activity that contradicts or could disrupt Trump's agenda, this is a(nother) warning shot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyH7...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Reminder: When a person or institution you hate is targeted for illiberal persecution by an aspiring authoritarian, you have to defend them EVEN IF you don't like them. It doesn't matter if you don't like campus protestors or Columbia or the law firms. We must defend them or we're all at risk next.

submitted 16 days ago • 61 comments

In 2024 Democrats argued, essentially, that the economic pain of rising prices needed to be put aside for larger ideological concerns (democracy). And that famously worked super well.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Electing people to government who hate government has been one of the most baffling trends of the last 40 years. If I get on an airplane and the pilot is in the corner muttering about how evil airplanes are I'm going to have some reasonable questions.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Here's the first targeted attack on an organization I've worked with directly. If you are in Democratic politics it is only a matter of time before you or someone near you is targeted.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Democratic electeds, and I say this with love, if you're not up to the task -- and it is a big one -- of taking bold steps to stand up for our constitutional order, then please get out of the way for someone who is. If you've run your race, congratulations, now please pass the baton.

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Oh. This is exactly what is happening. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcSi...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

This is a real question that I'm very curious about - My understanding of other authoritarians (Hitler, Putin, Stalin, etc.) is that they consolidated power under the cover of (real/perceived) economic prosperity. People let democratic values slip if they thought they were better off. What's this?

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

I have worked with bullies and Trump is just that. The only response to a bully is to hit back because they never stop, but even then they create situations with no winners. Everyday, it's sad that so many people just wanting to live their lives are the collateral damage Trump has chosen.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

American manufacturing is back, baby!

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Our national infrastructure just isn't very good and hasn't been for my whole career. Orgs like the DCCC are built to raise money and spend it on their friends while voters gift Dems occasional majorities when the GOP has gone too far. I have little faith they can meet this moment.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

I read story after story like this and I can't help but think of the handful of Trump supporters I know and wonder if they're happy that at least the group they've chosen to hate will get hurt too.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

I'm glad our political ideal has moved past "Run the government like a business" and is now in its "run the government like an unviable startup" era

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

I've assumed the strategy was to corner the market with cheap VC-funded compute and then jack the price up. That makes a product like Llama or DeepSeek an existential threat as it gives consumers a realistically affordable/comparable option.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Back in 2017 I built a Twitter bot that autonomously created and spread political content. Looking back, it's quaint by chatGPT standards. Could be fun to revive the project to get Elon to do something, or at least engage with it. No way he doesn't take the bait, right? medium.com/hackernoon/w...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

When you read a history book, no one mentions how utterly silly some parts of authoritarian ascent look. Don't get me wrong, in a year or two this will legally be my favorite band but at the moment...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Shit.

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