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Devin Chaloux

@devinchaloux.bsky.social

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I am silly and got a PhD in music theory. I like pop music, Renaissance (my diss is on Victoria), and late 19th/early 20th century American music. Mostly on here for sports (BOS/CIN/UConn).

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

roberts’s constitution allows for racial discrimination as long as you don’t say you’re racially discriminating, because in a classic bit of racecraft, roberts’s constitution forbids acknowledging race but has no particular issue with racism.

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Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 1h

Speak like a normal human Hakeem! This is nonsense to the ill informed!

Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 1h

a game show with a blue screen that says survey says

ALT: a game show with a blue screen that says survey says

media.tenor.com

Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 1h

RIP Hoosier basketball lol (I mean it was already dead but now it is dead dead)

Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 5h

lmao (this is a WIRED article on owning a cybertruck)

lys @bedsores.rest · 7h

holy shit

How do you feel about becoming a political lightning rod?

People occasionally just flip [me] off or whatever, but nobody's come up to me and tried to make a statement about anything. Personally, it's kind of dumb. It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement, but nonetheless it is. [Editor’s note: Taylor was arrested and convicted of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. He was later pardoned by President Trump.]

Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 21h

This is crazyyyyyyy why does no one care???

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Pentagon reporters in Arlington, Virginia walk out of the building carrying their belongings after turning in their press badges. Reporters from nearly every major news organization would not sign new rules viewed as an infringement on First Amendment rights ..”

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Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 23h

I feel this way with "Into You" by Ariana Grande

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 23h

@komaniecki.bsky.social not Ludacris but...

Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 1d

So uh, I just stumbled across this and lmao

Reddit post: Outkast basically made midwest emo catchy as hell tbh. i thought Ms Jackson was about Janet Jackson as a kid for the longest time lmaoooo

Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 1d

IYKYK

Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile SCOTUS thinks that racial discrimination is not a problem.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Vought: "We're gonna keep those RIFs rolling throughout this shutdown ... think the Minority Business Development Agency that divvies up business grants on basis of race. Think Environment Justice at EPA ... "

Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 1d

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Racism is over /s

Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 1d

And reining in Trump's illegal tariffs!

Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 1d

Silver and Enten are definitely 1%ers and they don't realize that the vast majority of people don't bet in these markets, nor do they want to, nor do they have the money to.

It's a rich person playground.

Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 1d

The problem is that people like Enten and Silver think these betting markets are a truer representation of the collective consciousness, when in reality they are easier to manipulate than plain old surveys.

Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 1d

CNN is covering prediction market odds from an online casino as if it’s actual polling data

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Leif Hancox-Li, PhD @struthious.bsky.social · 1d

*whispers* having spent time in academia I think a lot of left of center people believe this

Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter @thewriteverdict.bsky.social · 1d

All 79 million R voters are Dem Socialists who just haven't realized it yet

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Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 1d

"More severe global consequences" is a scary phrase. Because it could just mean deep economic recession. It could also mean much much worse.

Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 1d

Currently has a major lead on all 2028 GOP nomination polls.

Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 1d

This is such a crazy argument!!! Wtf?!

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

Louisiana guy "If you look at the black population in Louisiana, they're all over the place."

Again, the fundamental argument for why Louisiana (which has 6 congressional districts and is 1/3 nonwhite) should over-represent white folks is because black folks are "too spread out."

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

They are of course wrong. Understanding how race works in something like, voting, doesn't mean you *must* discriminate against one group or another. But Gorsuch and Brett can't see it that way. Because when *they* "use" race, it's always to discriminate.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

The fight here with Gorsuch and Kav vs Nelson is whether the "use" of race automatically means "discrimination" on the basis of race.

That's interesting to me, because it's basically the white folks telling on themselves. They cannot see a "use" of race that isn't synonymous with discrimination.

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Devin Chaloux @devinchaloux.bsky.social · 1d

Wtf does this mean?!

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

Alito is saying that the black population in Louisiana is not geographically "compact" enough for the black population in Louisiana to have fair voting rights.