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@abridgeinbflo.bsky.social
Rust Belt raised queer sewer socialist, evangelist for mutual aid networks. Organizer for Environmental and Climate Justice. Also a huge nerd, and literally blue-haired and non-binary. They/Them.
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I can't emphasize enough that what we have here is a fight over the federal govt's very ability to regulate.
Humphrey's itself was played on the good-government battlefield that Brandeis set up in his Myers dissent, but he only won because his anti-regulatory colleagues wanted to stick it to FDR.
Humphrey's itself was played on the good-government battlefield that Brandeis set up in his Myers dissent, but he only won because his anti-regulatory colleagues wanted to stick it to FDR.
The practical effect of overturning Humphrey’s will be that Republican presidents can stack the formerly independent agencies with their copartisans and SCOTUS will be cool with everything they do but when a Dem POTUS does the same Roberts et al will declare all those agencies’ actions unlawful.
In a memo John Roberts wrote just 4 yrs out of law school, he said the “time may be ripe to reconsider the existence” of independent agencies & bring them back into the executive branch. Now he’s poised to end what he has long called “a constitutional anomaly.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I can't emphasize enough that what we have here is a fight over the federal govt's very ability to regulate.
Humphrey's itself was played on the good-government battlefield that Brandeis set up in his Myers dissent, but he only won because his anti-regulatory colleagues wanted to stick it to FDR.
Humphrey's itself was played on the good-government battlefield that Brandeis set up in his Myers dissent, but he only won because his anti-regulatory colleagues wanted to stick it to FDR.
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I wrote about that viral video of Tesla's Optimus robot falling over and other times when it's become obvious that Elon Musk's robots don't work autonomously.
Elon Musk's Optimus Robot Collapses in a Hilariously Suspicious Way
Musk says he's going to make 1 million robots per year by 2030.
gizmodo.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I wrote about that viral video of Tesla's Optimus robot falling over and other times when it's become obvious that Elon Musk's robots don't work autonomously.
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Same Supreme Court said Biden was overreaching when he tried to cancel student loan debt.
This Court must be reformed.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
This Court must be reformed.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Supreme Court poised to expand Trump’s power over independent agencies
A ruling in favor of Trump’s position has been expected by legal experts because the justices have been chipping away at a precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Same Supreme Court said Biden was overreaching when he tried to cancel student loan debt.
This Court must be reformed.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
This Court must be reformed.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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have been thinking about parallels between the ai-energy and the bitcoin-energy story, where some of the biggest pushback to bitcoin operators happened when electricity prices for locals began to rise, but i think one key difference is even the biggest bitcoin players were small time compared to...
December 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
have been thinking about parallels between the ai-energy and the bitcoin-energy story, where some of the biggest pushback to bitcoin operators happened when electricity prices for locals began to rise, but i think one key difference is even the biggest bitcoin players were small time compared to...
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our bluesky safety manager replied with this to a woman venting after ICE kidnapped her husband, and then banned her.
How do we trust this person to have the empathy needed to be in charge of safety on this website? what the fuck?
if we spam the feedback, it might get somewhere
@safety.bsky.app
How do we trust this person to have the empathy needed to be in charge of safety on this website? what the fuck?
if we spam the feedback, it might get somewhere
@safety.bsky.app
December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
our bluesky safety manager replied with this to a woman venting after ICE kidnapped her husband, and then banned her.
How do we trust this person to have the empathy needed to be in charge of safety on this website? what the fuck?
if we spam the feedback, it might get somewhere
@safety.bsky.app
How do we trust this person to have the empathy needed to be in charge of safety on this website? what the fuck?
if we spam the feedback, it might get somewhere
@safety.bsky.app
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@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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Reminder that it was less than a decade ago that the NBA boycotted an entire state for trying to pass a bathroom law.
That's how far this window has shifted because supposed "allies" are failing to push back against these folks.
That's how far this window has shifted because supposed "allies" are failing to push back against these folks.
December 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Reminder that it was less than a decade ago that the NBA boycotted an entire state for trying to pass a bathroom law.
That's how far this window has shifted because supposed "allies" are failing to push back against these folks.
That's how far this window has shifted because supposed "allies" are failing to push back against these folks.
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NEW— DC Metropolitan Police just shared a tiny bit more body cam footage from the March US Institute of Peace raid in response to my FOIA lawsuit w/ @rcfp.org
One clip shows USIP President George Moose being escorted out.
Moose: You know we're gonna see you all in court.
MPD: Yea we figured that.
One clip shows USIP President George Moose being escorted out.
Moose: You know we're gonna see you all in court.
MPD: Yea we figured that.
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
NEW— DC Metropolitan Police just shared a tiny bit more body cam footage from the March US Institute of Peace raid in response to my FOIA lawsuit w/ @rcfp.org
One clip shows USIP President George Moose being escorted out.
Moose: You know we're gonna see you all in court.
MPD: Yea we figured that.
One clip shows USIP President George Moose being escorted out.
Moose: You know we're gonna see you all in court.
MPD: Yea we figured that.
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For what it's worth (and to me, it's worth a lot), in New York, recommendations to vaccinate infants within 24 hours of birth remain unchanged.
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
For what it's worth (and to me, it's worth a lot), in New York, recommendations to vaccinate infants within 24 hours of birth remain unchanged.
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I'll be blunt; if we're wrong and they overturn birthright citizenship then my biggest fear is that we're on the path to a new civil war. After all, that's what happened with Dred Scott 1.0, and this would be Dred Scott 2.0.
I don’t necessarily disagree with this prediction, but I do think it would be helpful for people if litigators and legal scholars wrote about what happens if they’re wrong and the court does rule in the administration’s favor
To give some sense of why I am so confident about this, I have talked to MANY other litigators on these issues, some of the top people in the country, and my views are almost universally held. The broad consensus among pretty much everyone I know is that the Court will rule against him on this.
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I'll be blunt; if we're wrong and they overturn birthright citizenship then my biggest fear is that we're on the path to a new civil war. After all, that's what happened with Dred Scott 1.0, and this would be Dred Scott 2.0.
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I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
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Only Democrats to have cast < 10 votes aligned with Trump this year
Merkley: 7
Murphy: 5
Sanders: 5
Warren: 4
Markey: 2
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Merkley: 7
Murphy: 5
Sanders: 5
Warren: 4
Markey: 2
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Tracking Senate Votes 2025
docs.google.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Only Democrats to have cast < 10 votes aligned with Trump this year
Merkley: 7
Murphy: 5
Sanders: 5
Warren: 4
Markey: 2
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Merkley: 7
Murphy: 5
Sanders: 5
Warren: 4
Markey: 2
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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3/ Rufo is reacting to this important new article in @theatlantic.com: “The Heritage Foundation’s recent decision to hire [Claremont alum] Scott Yenor… poses serious questions about the institution’s beliefs concerning the equality of women in the workplace and perhaps even as citizens…” Gift Link:
Does Heritage Support Discrimination Against Women?
The organization’s recent hiring reveals a willingness to countenance views decisively outside the American mainstream.
www.theatlantic.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
3/ Rufo is reacting to this important new article in @theatlantic.com: “The Heritage Foundation’s recent decision to hire [Claremont alum] Scott Yenor… poses serious questions about the institution’s beliefs concerning the equality of women in the workplace and perhaps even as citizens…” Gift Link:
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Chris Rufo—a prominent anti-DEI crusader—-says the “idea that private companies should be able to prioritize hiring married men w/ families is completely within the bounds of rzbl debate, &…it's absurd that individuals cannot hire whomever they want [ie, discriminate] in their own companies…” 1/
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Chris Rufo—a prominent anti-DEI crusader—-says the “idea that private companies should be able to prioritize hiring married men w/ families is completely within the bounds of rzbl debate, &…it's absurd that individuals cannot hire whomever they want [ie, discriminate] in their own companies…” 1/
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It’s wild how much energy is going into attacking disability accommodations but not “AI” systems that are actually degrading critical thinking skills that would be tested with or without extra time
Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It’s wild how much energy is going into attacking disability accommodations but not “AI” systems that are actually degrading critical thinking skills that would be tested with or without extra time
I think all the boat strikes are illegal, but I'm glad there seems to be consensus that the second strike is illegal and a war crime.
But that also raises a question- why haven't double tap strikes with US missles by Israel elicited similar outrage from DC?
But that also raises a question- why haven't double tap strikes with US missles by Israel elicited similar outrage from DC?
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I think all the boat strikes are illegal, but I'm glad there seems to be consensus that the second strike is illegal and a war crime.
But that also raises a question- why haven't double tap strikes with US missles by Israel elicited similar outrage from DC?
But that also raises a question- why haven't double tap strikes with US missles by Israel elicited similar outrage from DC?
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Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
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Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people.
More coming soon.
More coming soon.
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
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A disaster for the U.S. and the world that will have long term ramifications
An important write up from the NYT on the funding changes at the NIH.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A disaster for the U.S. and the world that will have long term ramifications
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I am at $152/500! Can you donate and/or share this post for visibility?
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