Paul Semenza
@paulsemenza.bsky.social
Professor, consultant. Interested in technology, policy, business.
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This is real. A government agency calling Americans performing their democratic right of protest “imbecilic morons.” This Trump regime is a poison and never should have gotten power. A total disgrace.
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is real. A government agency calling Americans performing their democratic right of protest “imbecilic morons.” This Trump regime is a poison and never should have gotten power. A total disgrace.
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These sound like bad porn movie names or really stupid condom brands already. 🤡🤡🤡
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
These sound like bad porn movie names or really stupid condom brands already. 🤡🤡🤡
Good piece on failed nepobaby Pulte, but the framing here is quite bad. Cook and James are not his 'enemies' - they are successful black women (2 strikes) who have hindered his crime sprees and autocracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
November 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Good piece on failed nepobaby Pulte, but the framing here is quite bad. Cook and James are not his 'enemies' - they are successful black women (2 strikes) who have hindered his crime sprees and autocracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
And it's still not the schools that are fighting - it's the faculty
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
www.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
And it's still not the schools that are fighting - it's the faculty
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I’ll bet Massie didn’t bury her on a golf course
The current Occupant of the White House is a sewer dwelling scum of the earth scared loser who is lashing out. @RepThomasMassie wife died last year. Congratulations to him on his new marriage. It is clear President Dump is afraid of what is coming.
November 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I’ll bet Massie didn’t bury her on a golf course
UK needs to give him 50K💷 in a Pret bag
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
UK needs to give him 50K💷 in a Pret bag
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Trump is the single most mentioned name in the 2,300 emails released.
The emails date back to 2009.
The emails date back to 2009.
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump is the single most mentioned name in the 2,300 emails released.
The emails date back to 2009.
The emails date back to 2009.
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov looks like some of the goons are yours
Happening now: clergy protest ICE detention center in Chicago.
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov looks like some of the goons are yours
Good piece, but it is surprising to see an entire paragraph on Peskin without noting how much damage he has done to SF
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Good piece, but it is surprising to see an entire paragraph on Peskin without noting how much damage he has done to SF
Cook County deputies, Illinois State Police, and Broadview police just arrested at least 8 to 10 people, including several faith leaders.
State police in riot gear now arriving.
State police in riot gear now arriving.
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME BLUESKY
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME BLUESKY
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
Do we all need to move to Mastodon now
Glad to see @sarahkendzior.bsky.social back. But READ her Thread.
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Do we all need to move to Mastodon now
Is Josh running away from something he started?
After a bipartisan backlash, Republican senators are distancing themselves from a provision tucked inside the CR/minibus allowing 8 of them to sue for $500K in taxpayer-funded payments for each "instance" where their data was accessed in the Jan. 6 probe. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
GOP senators distance themselves from provision allowing them to sue over phone record searches
The senators’ comments came after House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would hold a vote on the House floor to repeal the provision inserted by his Senate counterparts.
www.nbcnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Is Josh running away from something he started?
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Patton Oswalt got suspended lol
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Patton Oswalt got suspended lol
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BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
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it's so funny that alex jones was totally right about everything, the government is a bunch of drug-addled pedophiles and masked regime thugs are grabbing people off the streets, and now he has to pretend it's all a hoax
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
it's so funny that alex jones was totally right about everything, the government is a bunch of drug-addled pedophiles and masked regime thugs are grabbing people off the streets, and now he has to pretend it's all a hoax
Ah, the good ol days, when an “appearance of impropriety” created by a romantic relationship with the prosecutor was enough to get you booted from a case
BREAKING: A new prosecutor will take over the 2020 Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others, following the removal of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the case.
New prosecutor to take on Georgia election case against Trump and others
The leader of a nonpartisan organization has announced that he will take over the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ah, the good ol days, when an “appearance of impropriety” created by a romantic relationship with the prosecutor was enough to get you booted from a case
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AP: Bill Pulte associate “provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming senior officials of the government-backed lending giant who warned it could expose the company to claims that it was colluding with a rival to fix mortgage rates.”
Top Fannie Mae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential housing data
A confidant of Bill Pulte, the Trump administration’s top housing regulator, provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
AP: Bill Pulte associate “provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming senior officials of the government-backed lending giant who warned it could expose the company to claims that it was colluding with a rival to fix mortgage rates.”
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Re: Epstein’s emails
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Re: Epstein’s emails
For Christ's sake, what
It’s not enough to rebuild someone else’s broken government. We need to innovate.
This partnership will speed up our efforts to fight poverty, help renters become homeowners, and make sure Marylanders can quickly get basic services like food assistance and financial support.
This partnership will speed up our efforts to fight poverty, help renters become homeowners, and make sure Marylanders can quickly get basic services like food assistance and financial support.
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
For Christ's sake, what
To be fair, I started falling asleep watching this clip
despite standing, Trump seems to be having trouble keeping his eyes open while Melania speaks
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
To be fair, I started falling asleep watching this clip
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We could easily have had the Attorney General handling the Epstein blowup be a Florida man with a history of sex trafficking and statutory rape. (A different one, besides Epstein and Trump.) But I don't even know what he would be doing any different from Bondi.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
We could easily have had the Attorney General handling the Epstein blowup be a Florida man with a history of sex trafficking and statutory rape. (A different one, besides Epstein and Trump.) But I don't even know what he would be doing any different from Bondi.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...