M.SandersSmith
@msanderssmith.bsky.social
Economics nerd, music fan, recovering political junkie. Did some Army stuff long ago, so I should be nominated for SECDEF soon.
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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MERKLEY: How do you feel about being responsible for hundreds of thousands of kids dying because of your sudden interruption in these key programs?
VOUGHT: I reject the assertion
MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact
VOUGHT: I reject the assertion
MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact
June 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
MERKLEY: How do you feel about being responsible for hundreds of thousands of kids dying because of your sudden interruption in these key programs?
VOUGHT: I reject the assertion
MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact
VOUGHT: I reject the assertion
MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact
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"Individual liberty substantially outweighs the government's weak assertions of administrative and logistical costs."
ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...
ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...
![For its part, the government does not contest the district court’s findings
that Mahdawi is neither a danger to the public nor a flight risk. Instead, it claims
irreparable harm from the “practical cost[]” of “creat[ing] an ad-hoc location for
Mahdawi to continue to appear for his removal proceedings in Louisiana
remotely.” Mot. at 19–20. We are unpersuaded. For one, Mahdawi is not in ICE
detention, so his appearing remotely is his responsibility, not the government’s.
But even if he were re-detained, “[f]aced with such a conflict between the
government’s unspecific financial and administrative concerns on the one hand,
and the risk of substantial constitutional harm to [Mahdawi] on the other, we have
little difficulty concluding ‘that the balance of hardships tips decidedly’ in [his]
favor.” Öztürk, 2025 WL 1318154, at *14 (quoting Mitchell v. Cuomo, 748 F.2d 804,
808 (2d Cir. 1984) (internal quotation marks omitted)).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreigbkfewzbcc2m5qqgr5f5cwip5gj6pjduiz3odlgwwg5654seg7gu@jpeg)
May 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"Individual liberty substantially outweighs the government's weak assertions of administrative and logistical costs."
ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...
ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...
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Male loneliness epidemic is hilarious cause the cure is to not be an unlikable piece of shit. Sir, you put yourself in that prison of sadness and the keys are in your pocket.
April 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Male loneliness epidemic is hilarious cause the cure is to not be an unlikable piece of shit. Sir, you put yourself in that prison of sadness and the keys are in your pocket.
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I want an America where people come to escape authoritarianism and dictators and let their talents flourish in the United States, contributing to society and the world through the advancement of knowledge. I do not wish to be the middle man between a person of conscience and a Russian window ledge.
March 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I want an America where people come to escape authoritarianism and dictators and let their talents flourish in the United States, contributing to society and the world through the advancement of knowledge. I do not wish to be the middle man between a person of conscience and a Russian window ledge.