Intellectual Explorer
@driftingthrough.bsky.social
My personality defects were made in Texas.
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The USA is a dictatorship, de facto.
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LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
DJT flips deaf Americans the bird.
apnews.com/article/amer...
apnews.com/article/amer...
Trump administration says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image
The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public imag...
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
DJT flips deaf Americans the bird.
apnews.com/article/amer...
apnews.com/article/amer...
@democrats.org only you can make these midterms into a contest of
gerontocracy/plutocracy vs. oligarchy/fascism. #FollowTheMoney
gerontocracy/plutocracy vs. oligarchy/fascism. #FollowTheMoney
December 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
@democrats.org only you can make these midterms into a contest of
gerontocracy/plutocracy vs. oligarchy/fascism. #FollowTheMoney
gerontocracy/plutocracy vs. oligarchy/fascism. #FollowTheMoney
How fascist saber rattling engenders war.
www.reuters.com/world/france...
www.reuters.com/world/france...
France calls new US security doctrine 'brutal clarification'
Europe must accelerate its rearmament in response to a stark shift in U.S. military doctrine, a French government official said on Tuesday, calling Washington's new security strategy "an extremely bru...
www.reuters.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How fascist saber rattling engenders war.
www.reuters.com/world/france...
www.reuters.com/world/france...
High crimes and misdemeanors?
Correct
December 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
High crimes and misdemeanors?
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The War Powers Act requires the president to obtain congressional authorization within sixty days of initiating military action or withdraw forces
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The War Powers Act requires the president to obtain congressional authorization within sixty days of initiating military action or withdraw forces
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Hey, gardeners, online design workshop for transforming your lawn into a native plant garden
5 pm Today, Tuesday, Dec 9th, Wild Ones Webinar
🌱 Turn That Patch Into a Plan
Find this garden class and others on my blog
5 pm Today, Tuesday, Dec 9th, Wild Ones Webinar
🌱 Turn That Patch Into a Plan
Find this garden class and others on my blog
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hey, gardeners, online design workshop for transforming your lawn into a native plant garden
5 pm Today, Tuesday, Dec 9th, Wild Ones Webinar
🌱 Turn That Patch Into a Plan
Find this garden class and others on my blog
5 pm Today, Tuesday, Dec 9th, Wild Ones Webinar
🌱 Turn That Patch Into a Plan
Find this garden class and others on my blog
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this perfectly captures this entire administration’s “the emperor has no clothes” energy
we are all expected to pretend this man is the King of Health, and he himself believes it, which is why he confidently in front of witnesses attempted a thing he cannot do, knowing they will all say that he did
we are all expected to pretend this man is the King of Health, and he himself believes it, which is why he confidently in front of witnesses attempted a thing he cannot do, knowing they will all say that he did
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
this perfectly captures this entire administration’s “the emperor has no clothes” energy
we are all expected to pretend this man is the King of Health, and he himself believes it, which is why he confidently in front of witnesses attempted a thing he cannot do, knowing they will all say that he did
we are all expected to pretend this man is the King of Health, and he himself believes it, which is why he confidently in front of witnesses attempted a thing he cannot do, knowing they will all say that he did
It's some kind of journalistic malpractice to miss the big money elephant in the room CNN, Arlette Saenz, cutting across partisan lines.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Mace voices frustration with House GOP leaders in NYT op-ed, arguing they’re marginalizing rank-and-file members and women | CNN Politics
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace criticized House GOP leaders, arguing they have marginalized rank-and file members, including women, in a New York Times op-ed published Monday.
www.cnn.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It's some kind of journalistic malpractice to miss the big money elephant in the room CNN, Arlette Saenz, cutting across partisan lines.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Evidence emerges that we should tax content personalization algorithms. They probably create harm by nerfing critical thinking.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
APA PsycNet
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December 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Evidence emerges that we should tax content personalization algorithms. They probably create harm by nerfing critical thinking.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
GOP expansion of state surveillance.
thehill.com/policy/techn...
thehill.com/policy/techn...
thehill.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
GOP expansion of state surveillance.
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thehill.com/policy/techn...
Let's ask how Latin American people felt so positive about DJT prior to this recent reckoning. Some probably saw the betrayal miles away. Others probably still harbor mixed feelings. Is it masculine hero worship, or is there something deeper?
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/p...
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/p...
Most Latinos say they're worse off under Trump's second term, per Pew
Latino pessimism is at its worst in nearly 20 years, Pew says.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Let's ask how Latin American people felt so positive about DJT prior to this recent reckoning. Some probably saw the betrayal miles away. Others probably still harbor mixed feelings. Is it masculine hero worship, or is there something deeper?
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/p...
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/p...
Lawyers?
I thought a case is moot if the law cited requires breaking another law. It doesn't seem like it could be illegal to ever tell people not to obey illegal instructions.
apnews.com/article/pent...
I thought a case is moot if the law cited requires breaking another law. It doesn't seem like it could be illegal to ever tell people not to obey illegal instructions.
apnews.com/article/pent...
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. t...
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Lawyers?
I thought a case is moot if the law cited requires breaking another law. It doesn't seem like it could be illegal to ever tell people not to obey illegal instructions.
apnews.com/article/pent...
I thought a case is moot if the law cited requires breaking another law. It doesn't seem like it could be illegal to ever tell people not to obey illegal instructions.
apnews.com/article/pent...
Peek behind the curtain of MAGA foreign influence to see the DEEP STATE accusation/admission more clearly.
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/x...
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/x...
X's new location feature exposes political accounts based outside the U.S.
An account with the username @American appears to actually be based in Pakistan.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Peek behind the curtain of MAGA foreign influence to see the DEEP STATE accusation/admission more clearly.
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/x...
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/x...
Gentle book burning.
bigthink.com/the-present/...
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The digital age’s reversion to pre-literate communication
Today's digital tools are pulling us away from fixed texts and back toward fluid, interactive communication.
bigthink.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Gentle book burning.
bigthink.com/the-present/...
bigthink.com/the-present/...
Cipherpunks mean well, but they don't understand human frailties well enough to design humane protocols.
arstechnica.com/security/202...
arstechnica.com/security/202...
Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.
Voting system required three keys. One of them has been “irretrievably lost.”…
arstechnica.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Cipherpunks mean well, but they don't understand human frailties well enough to design humane protocols.
arstechnica.com/security/202...
arstechnica.com/security/202...
Hot take: Trump cozying up to Mamdani is the Overton window shifting leftward and whispers in Trump's ears from the white supremacists fantasizing about uniting the far left and far right.
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Hot take: Trump cozying up to Mamdani is the Overton window shifting leftward and whispers in Trump's ears from the white supremacists fantasizing about uniting the far left and far right.
Mike Johnson should ask Newt Gingrich how it feels to be such a tool, y'know, for a friend...
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Mike Johnson should ask Newt Gingrich how it feels to be such a tool, y'know, for a friend...
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BREAKING: Epstein survivors say they don’t care whether their names are redacted, they want the full Epstein files released as-is, with every perpetrator exposed, per CNN.
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
BREAKING: Epstein survivors say they don’t care whether their names are redacted, they want the full Epstein files released as-is, with every perpetrator exposed, per CNN.
Keep posting WE WANT ALL OF THE FILES RELEASED.
Also, we will finger anyone who attempted to shield public figures from culpability as a PUBLIC ENEMY and what MAGA calls "deep state" conspirators.
Also, we will finger anyone who attempted to shield public figures from culpability as a PUBLIC ENEMY and what MAGA calls "deep state" conspirators.
MI6 has the Epstein files. Leak 'em. Sans redactions.
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Keep posting WE WANT ALL OF THE FILES RELEASED.
Also, we will finger anyone who attempted to shield public figures from culpability as a PUBLIC ENEMY and what MAGA calls "deep state" conspirators.
Also, we will finger anyone who attempted to shield public figures from culpability as a PUBLIC ENEMY and what MAGA calls "deep state" conspirators.
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"I'm not influenced."
"My colleagues are influenced, but I'm not."
"I have ties with all the, companies, so I'm not influenced by any.”
Lisa Bero describing the ways people rationalise their conflicts of interest, opening the #AIMOS2025 conference
@aimosinc.bsky.social
"My colleagues are influenced, but I'm not."
"I have ties with all the, companies, so I'm not influenced by any.”
Lisa Bero describing the ways people rationalise their conflicts of interest, opening the #AIMOS2025 conference
@aimosinc.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"I'm not influenced."
"My colleagues are influenced, but I'm not."
"I have ties with all the, companies, so I'm not influenced by any.”
Lisa Bero describing the ways people rationalise their conflicts of interest, opening the #AIMOS2025 conference
@aimosinc.bsky.social
"My colleagues are influenced, but I'm not."
"I have ties with all the, companies, so I'm not influenced by any.”
Lisa Bero describing the ways people rationalise their conflicts of interest, opening the #AIMOS2025 conference
@aimosinc.bsky.social
This is a test of the emergency Democracy Mobilization System.
Illegal move to dismantle the Education Department...
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
Illegal move to dismantle the Education Department...
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
Trump administration shares new moves to dismantle more of the Education Department
Opponents of the changes say Congress explicitly located some of these offices inside the Education Department, and the White House cannot legally move their work without Congress' approval.
www.npr.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This is a test of the emergency Democracy Mobilization System.
Illegal move to dismantle the Education Department...
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
Illegal move to dismantle the Education Department...
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
@naomialderman.bsky.social
Thanks for this piece. It's a very powerful and humane suggestion. We need new etiquette for our general sanity.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Thanks for this piece. It's a very powerful and humane suggestion. We need new etiquette for our general sanity.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis
Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts? Here’s how to weather the data storm
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@naomialderman.bsky.social
Thanks for this piece. It's a very powerful and humane suggestion. We need new etiquette for our general sanity.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Thanks for this piece. It's a very powerful and humane suggestion. We need new etiquette for our general sanity.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Debasing savings like stimmy, but without the checks in the mail.
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wolfstreet.com/2025/11/14/g...
Government Sold $694 Billion of Treasuries this Week, Debt Hits $38.2 Trillion, Treasury Yields Rise Further, Shift to T-Bills Begins | Wolf Street
wolfstreet.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Debasing savings like stimmy, but without the checks in the mail.
wolfstreet.com/2025/11/14/g...
wolfstreet.com/2025/11/14/g...