jace cavacini
@dysamoria.com
Trying to maintain a thread of realistic optimism. The anti-intellectualism, anti-science, ignorance, antipathy, sexism, racism, & corporate/authoritarian-bootlicking in my country terrifies me. And it's getting so much worse.
Facts. Art. Music. Empathy.
Facts. Art. Music. Empathy.
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Counterpoint: We remember that. We also remember in the nascent days of the internet when the technology was USEFUL and built to actually help human beings instead of manipulate us. We're the ones who know that what was promised does not align with what has been delivered.
Why is it always millennials complaining about stuff like it’s inconvenient it is to not use streaming services or move to another app like “this app has bugs” BROTHER do you not remember webpages taking 3 minutes to load on Netscape? Downloading 12 versions of a song before finding it on limewire?
January 31, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Counterpoint: We remember that. We also remember in the nascent days of the internet when the technology was USEFUL and built to actually help human beings instead of manipulate us. We're the ones who know that what was promised does not align with what has been delivered.
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Sure libs can win in commie places like Fort Worth but what does real America think
February 1, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Sure libs can win in commie places like Fort Worth but what does real America think
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at some point these progressive big-city mayors are gonna have to break the political power of police unions and I’m worried about the time and political capital it‘s going to take
January 31, 2026 at 9:31 PM
at some point these progressive big-city mayors are gonna have to break the political power of police unions and I’m worried about the time and political capital it‘s going to take
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It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 AM
It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
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“If you are a lawyer and interested in a short government stint bringing unwarranted criminal charges, advancing implausible legal theories and misrepresenting facts thereby exposing yourself to future Congressional investigations and disbarment, DM me. No weirdos.”
January 31, 2026 at 5:18 PM
“If you are a lawyer and interested in a short government stint bringing unwarranted criminal charges, advancing implausible legal theories and misrepresenting facts thereby exposing yourself to future Congressional investigations and disbarment, DM me. No weirdos.”
This article’s framing is misleading. What happened here, per the facts provided IN the article, is that a chummy good-old-boy relationship with a police chief helped a man free his wife from the grip of ICE. Almost nobody being abused by ICE has that privilege. Police didn’t act independently.
MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident.
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to be the first time local police...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 6:20 PM
This article’s framing is misleading. What happened here, per the facts provided IN the article, is that a chummy good-old-boy relationship with a police chief helped a man free his wife from the grip of ICE. Almost nobody being abused by ICE has that privilege. Police didn’t act independently.
It’s kind of disconcerting x1000 that shortly after @governorwalz.mn.gov says “they” should be grabbing people “quietly at night”, a couple of journalists get grabbed at night for [checks notes] journalism.
January 31, 2026 at 12:39 AM
It’s kind of disconcerting x1000 that shortly after @governorwalz.mn.gov says “they” should be grabbing people “quietly at night”, a couple of journalists get grabbed at night for [checks notes] journalism.
This article almost touches on a thing I continue to find maddening w/public discourse re: obvious pathological personalities in the Trump regime, but stops short, focusing on individuals/healthcare. Also irritating that it almost promotes LLMs at the end. Otherwise worthwhile article.
What Do We Owe the Insufferable?
When mental illness exhausts our emotional capacities
www.psychiatrymargins.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This article almost touches on a thing I continue to find maddening w/public discourse re: obvious pathological personalities in the Trump regime, but stops short, focusing on individuals/healthcare. Also irritating that it almost promotes LLMs at the end. Otherwise worthwhile article.
This triggered my PTSD a bit since I also sent an institution-wide message to my former employer‘s mail system upon them “considering [me] to have resigned” the last day of the year before Xmas break b/c I overslept. THIS brave worker’s statement is vastly more important than mine:
A resignation and call to conscience at company owned by Maga billionaires
Uline employee says she can no longer work for people who helped ‘America descend into fascism’
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:13 PM
This triggered my PTSD a bit since I also sent an institution-wide message to my former employer‘s mail system upon them “considering [me] to have resigned” the last day of the year before Xmas break b/c I overslept. THIS brave worker’s statement is vastly more important than mine:
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It’s an affront to the idea of a written constitution that this case will reach oral argument.
A different kind of April fools
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
January 30, 2026 at 5:48 PM
It’s an affront to the idea of a written constitution that this case will reach oral argument.
I love when people who post a lot of cleverly-worded joke posts also throw out these equally-brilliant gems of humanist social wisdom (read the whole thread):
MAGATs are of course accusing Rep. Omar of having staged the incident that occurred this evening - the thing done TO her - and there are a lot of elements that, in addition to the capricious nature of our response to threat, affect us. First, fight, flight, fawn, or freeze - you may not
January 30, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I love when people who post a lot of cleverly-worded joke posts also throw out these equally-brilliant gems of humanist social wisdom (read the whole thread):
I was again forced to live through roughly 30 minutes of one side of my neighbors engage in what sounded like 4 or more people (and a cat) YELLING OVER EACH OTHER CONTINUOUSLY! This is not to comment on THEM, but to point out that when people promote dense housing, THIS is one consequence of THAT.
January 29, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I was again forced to live through roughly 30 minutes of one side of my neighbors engage in what sounded like 4 or more people (and a cat) YELLING OVER EACH OTHER CONTINUOUSLY! This is not to comment on THEM, but to point out that when people promote dense housing, THIS is one consequence of THAT.
This one slipped by me, despite supposedly knowing better. Please read and learn the signs. And then please be even more alert. Sigh.
Fact Check: Verified footage showing Alex Pretti’s death edited to alter object in hand
A still of verified footage showing a moment when a U.S. immigration agent pointed a gun at the head of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis has been altered to highlight an unknown object in Pretti’s right han...
www.reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:52 PM
This one slipped by me, despite supposedly knowing better. Please read and learn the signs. And then please be even more alert. Sigh.
Beware: another bit of credulity-driven pro-so-called-“AI” propaganda has appeared. Here’s a thread with brief descriptions of some of the issues to watch out for:
I just got done watching a truly horrible movie at Sundance ("The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist"). It was introduced by the Sundance programming rep as having "a strong sense of informational integrity", but it's hard to imagine a characterization more off the mark.
A long thread 🧵>>
A long thread 🧵>>
January 28, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Beware: another bit of credulity-driven pro-so-called-“AI” propaganda has appeared. Here’s a thread with brief descriptions of some of the issues to watch out for:
I‘ll NEVER EVER subscribe to use tools. Not software. Not hardware. Not ”services”. FUCKING NEVER. Logic Pro is one more step toward subscription. While still available as a one-time purchase perpetual license on Mac OS (for now), it’s been subscription-only on iOS. Now it’s PART OF a sub on Mac OS.
Logic Pro 12 - All You Need To Know - AudioNewsRoom (ANR)
Logic Pro 12 is here, with Chord ID, Synth Player, and ships with Apple Creator Studio subscription bundle at $12.99/month or permanent license
audionewsroom.net
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I‘ll NEVER EVER subscribe to use tools. Not software. Not hardware. Not ”services”. FUCKING NEVER. Logic Pro is one more step toward subscription. While still available as a one-time purchase perpetual license on Mac OS (for now), it’s been subscription-only on iOS. Now it’s PART OF a sub on Mac OS.
“I’m not vulnerable to the fundamental reason this entire family of tech products is inherently unreliable and untrustworthy because I pay for the premium version.”
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This is notable to me because I've heard from some other lawyers that they're not worried about AI hallucinations because they only use the premium Westlaw or Lexis versions. Supposedly, they are limited to the real case databases
This clerk used Lexis+ and Lexis Protege and got 8 hallucinations
This clerk used Lexis+ and Lexis Protege and got 8 hallucinations
January 28, 2026 at 7:16 PM
“I’m not vulnerable to the fundamental reason this entire family of tech products is inherently unreliable and untrustworthy because I pay for the premium version.”
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Old but still painfully relevant to today’s corporate fuckery and their insane claims around so-called “AI”.
“They made the case that they weren’t responsible for erroneous chatbot claims […] because the chatbot was ’a separate legal entity that is responsible for its own actions’.”
“They made the case that they weren’t responsible for erroneous chatbot claims […] because the chatbot was ’a separate legal entity that is responsible for its own actions’.”
No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons » Terry Gilliam’s Air Canada
www.rifters.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Old but still painfully relevant to today’s corporate fuckery and their insane claims around so-called “AI”.
“They made the case that they weren’t responsible for erroneous chatbot claims […] because the chatbot was ’a separate legal entity that is responsible for its own actions’.”
“They made the case that they weren’t responsible for erroneous chatbot claims […] because the chatbot was ’a separate legal entity that is responsible for its own actions’.”
Protest works
Waking up today I felt borderline euphoric. With no leadership and no institutional buy-in the people shut down economic activity, defended their neighbors, and ended a fascist's career. None of those things were supposed to happen, but regular people decided they should, so they did. Incredible!
Minnesota staged a general strike, defended itself against a pogrom in the absence of elected leadership, and got an einsatzgruppenführer fired. That unfamiliar feeling is actual, honest-to-god people power.
January 27, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Protest works
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The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
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I've said this before, and I guess I'll say it again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and aga
I just… Letting fundamentally uncritical, uncareful, unserious, willfully ignorant people introduce "Gen AI" into the federal regulatory workflow for *Anything* is a terrible fucking idea with high potential for returning extremely negative chaos, but for Transportation in particular??? Holy shit.
The @usdot.bsky.social, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
January 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I've said this before, and I guess I'll say it again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and aga
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I believe him and all of the bipolar people who said this is what was going on with him.
Whether you believe him or not, please remember he won’t see what you say about him or this illness but other bipolar people will.
Whether you believe him or not, please remember he won’t see what you say about him or this illness but other bipolar people will.
January 26, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I believe him and all of the bipolar people who said this is what was going on with him.
Whether you believe him or not, please remember he won’t see what you say about him or this illness but other bipolar people will.
Whether you believe him or not, please remember he won’t see what you say about him or this illness but other bipolar people will.
One way I rate fellow humans is via their behavior toward non-humans. Peter Watts’ cat eulogies always bring me to tears; this one from 2023 dug up so much of my own experiences with the last two cats I’ll probably ever have. So, trigger warning; but also, empathy signals.
No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons » The Big Orange Guy.
www.rifters.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:55 PM
One way I rate fellow humans is via their behavior toward non-humans. Peter Watts’ cat eulogies always bring me to tears; this one from 2023 dug up so much of my own experiences with the last two cats I’ll probably ever have. So, trigger warning; but also, empathy signals.
This is a fantastic thread. Read everything Mary says here. We need to stop being so naive and desperate for unearned politeness around people who play sociopathic “reasonableness” linguistic/political games to stay on top.
Have they changed their opinions? Or have their opinions always been "things that negatively affect other people are fine, things that could negatively affect me are bad"?
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This is a fantastic thread. Read everything Mary says here. We need to stop being so naive and desperate for unearned politeness around people who play sociopathic “reasonableness” linguistic/political games to stay on top.
“We can tell you what to do; you can’t tell us what to do”. Theirs is bad-faith rhetoric requiring no harmony w/anything else they say. Why craft sincere/consistent ideological narratives when their lies are laundered by media, treated as legitimate by legislators, and believed by their cult?
The party that has spent unlimited resources and energy getting states to pass laws to allow citizens to openly carry loaded weapons anywhere - now believes that exercising this right is permission for law enforcement to murder you.
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
January 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
“We can tell you what to do; you can’t tell us what to do”. Theirs is bad-faith rhetoric requiring no harmony w/anything else they say. Why craft sincere/consistent ideological narratives when their lies are laundered by media, treated as legitimate by legislators, and believed by their cult?