RuffLandings
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Dogs. Aviation. Cybersecurity. Not necessarily in that order. @[email protected]
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Tesla has sold ~100 cars since entering the world’s largest country in July electrek.co/2025/11/28/t...
Tesla has sold ~100 cars since entering the world's largest country in July
After years of trying to enter the Indian market, Tesla finally opened its first store in July. It's not going great so far.
electrek.co
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Tesla has sold ~100 cars since entering the world’s largest country in July electrek.co/2025/11/28/t...
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Maybe I am sensitive about my cousin, but you gotta say what his views and beliefs about Israel are if you’re going to say “many Democrats” would never adopt them
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Maybe I am sensitive about my cousin, but you gotta say what his views and beliefs about Israel are if you’re going to say “many Democrats” would never adopt them
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This is the most important op-ed you'll read this week. The Trump administration is about to get rid of the birth-dose of hepatitis B vaccine. That is a deadly choice for many families. @helenouyang.bsky.social tells her story. Now call your member of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Opinion | My Father Died of Hepatitis B Before the Vaccine. We Must Not Go Back.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This is the most important op-ed you'll read this week. The Trump administration is about to get rid of the birth-dose of hepatitis B vaccine. That is a deadly choice for many families. @helenouyang.bsky.social tells her story. Now call your member of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
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Useful explainer for media covering the boat strikes. Here’s the gist:
It’s not an armed conflict, so the boat strikes are murder.
If it were an armed conflict, targeted killing of civilians is a war crime.
EVEN IF these are combatants in an armed conflict, killing the shipwrecked is a war crime.
It’s not an armed conflict, so the boat strikes are murder.
If it were an armed conflict, targeted killing of civilians is a war crime.
EVEN IF these are combatants in an armed conflict, killing the shipwrecked is a war crime.
Excellent explainer by the inimitable @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, and @mikeschmitt.bsky.social
Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors: An Expert Backgrounder
An expert backgrounder on the reported Hegseth "no quarter" order to kill everyone aboard a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.
www.justsecurity.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Useful explainer for media covering the boat strikes. Here’s the gist:
It’s not an armed conflict, so the boat strikes are murder.
If it were an armed conflict, targeted killing of civilians is a war crime.
EVEN IF these are combatants in an armed conflict, killing the shipwrecked is a war crime.
It’s not an armed conflict, so the boat strikes are murder.
If it were an armed conflict, targeted killing of civilians is a war crime.
EVEN IF these are combatants in an armed conflict, killing the shipwrecked is a war crime.
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Excellent explainer by the inimitable @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, and @mikeschmitt.bsky.social
Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors: An Expert Backgrounder
An expert backgrounder on the reported Hegseth "no quarter" order to kill everyone aboard a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.
www.justsecurity.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Excellent explainer by the inimitable @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, and @mikeschmitt.bsky.social
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I see they are just making things up to justify murder.
It was two men clinging to debris in the wreckage of a sunken ship.
It was two men clinging to debris in the wreckage of a sunken ship.
Fox News' Joey Jones justifies the US military killing survivors after an initial boat strike: "An enemy combatant does not have to have a gun to be a danger or a threat... if you leave anybody alive, they can signal and let others know what’s happening and they can also retaliate through radio."
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I see they are just making things up to justify murder.
It was two men clinging to debris in the wreckage of a sunken ship.
It was two men clinging to debris in the wreckage of a sunken ship.
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OTD in 1991 Ukrainians, including those in Crimea, voted overwhelmingly for independence from USSR.
I don't like that vote result, so I am changing the voters and having new votes.
I don't like that vote result, so I am changing the voters and having new votes.
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
OTD in 1991 Ukrainians, including those in Crimea, voted overwhelmingly for independence from USSR.
I don't like that vote result, so I am changing the voters and having new votes.
I don't like that vote result, so I am changing the voters and having new votes.
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Marijuana Legalization and Suicides Among Older Adults www.nber.org/papers/w34519
"suicide rates among older age groups decline following the opening of recreational marijuana dispensaries, especially among older Whites, and middle-aged White males and females with low levels of education"
"suicide rates among older age groups decline following the opening of recreational marijuana dispensaries, especially among older Whites, and middle-aged White males and females with low levels of education"
Marijuana Legalization and Suicides Among Older Adults
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Marijuana Legalization and Suicides Among Older Adults www.nber.org/papers/w34519
"suicide rates among older age groups decline following the opening of recreational marijuana dispensaries, especially among older Whites, and middle-aged White males and females with low levels of education"
"suicide rates among older age groups decline following the opening of recreational marijuana dispensaries, especially among older Whites, and middle-aged White males and females with low levels of education"
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Since our fucking government isn’t observing World AIDS Day, I will. In 1990, I started taking care of people in the last stages of AIDS in their homes. I did this for nearly two years. The home care company I worked for had meetings for those of us who solely (or nearly solely) took care of PWAs.
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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And now our country has made very clear that it forgets those people too.
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
And now our country has made very clear that it forgets those people too.
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Since our fucking government isn’t observing World AIDS Day, I will. In 1990, I started taking care of people in the last stages of AIDS in their homes. I did this for nearly two years. The home care company I worked for had meetings for those of us who solely (or nearly solely) took care of PWAs.
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Since our fucking government isn’t observing World AIDS Day, I will. In 1990, I started taking care of people in the last stages of AIDS in their homes. I did this for nearly two years. The home care company I worked for had meetings for those of us who solely (or nearly solely) took care of PWAs.
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Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
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6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
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-Nick Fuentes considers Jewish people subhuman (not on list)
-Musk repeats Sieg Heil and won’t apologize (not on list)
-Trump praises neo-Nazis (not on list)
-Ms. Rachel says we shouldn’t bomb or starve children (on list)
Antisemitism is real. This hypocrisy makes a mockery of it.
-Musk repeats Sieg Heil and won’t apologize (not on list)
-Trump praises neo-Nazis (not on list)
-Ms. Rachel says we shouldn’t bomb or starve children (on list)
Antisemitism is real. This hypocrisy makes a mockery of it.
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
-Nick Fuentes considers Jewish people subhuman (not on list)
-Musk repeats Sieg Heil and won’t apologize (not on list)
-Trump praises neo-Nazis (not on list)
-Ms. Rachel says we shouldn’t bomb or starve children (on list)
Antisemitism is real. This hypocrisy makes a mockery of it.
-Musk repeats Sieg Heil and won’t apologize (not on list)
-Trump praises neo-Nazis (not on list)
-Ms. Rachel says we shouldn’t bomb or starve children (on list)
Antisemitism is real. This hypocrisy makes a mockery of it.
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the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
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oh dear chulhu the nineties were 35 years ago
/me: crumbles to dust
/me: crumbles to dust
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
oh dear chulhu the nineties were 35 years ago
/me: crumbles to dust
/me: crumbles to dust
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so I think this is the primary issue with ai--it isn't transformative and no one wants it in every crevice of their technology. but there is a massive industrial push for ai not because it's amazing but because the huge $$ investment needs to be justified
No issue of the Product Picnic this week (due to an overbooked flight, I'm AFB and hadn't brought my computer with me; I don't prewrite the newsletters to keep the content fresh).
Instead, enjoy this single curated link.
Instead, enjoy this single curated link.
“You heard wrong” - users brutually reject Microsoft's "Copilot for work" in Edge and Windows 11
Angry users are telling Windows giant that they’re “not a baby” and don’t need a chatbot “shoved” in their face.
www.windowslatest.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
so I think this is the primary issue with ai--it isn't transformative and no one wants it in every crevice of their technology. but there is a massive industrial push for ai not because it's amazing but because the huge $$ investment needs to be justified
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Last week I checked in on a friend, someone who I thought would be one of the very last immigrants (who have any other options) to leave Germany, only to find that they and their family are already in the process of leaving. Their explicit reason: the rise of fascism. Very, very disturbing times.
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Last week I checked in on a friend, someone who I thought would be one of the very last immigrants (who have any other options) to leave Germany, only to find that they and their family are already in the process of leaving. Their explicit reason: the rise of fascism. Very, very disturbing times.
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Elon's maternal grandfather...
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Elon's maternal grandfather...
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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NEW: Livestock graze on millions of acres of Western public lands. Congress dramatically reduced scrutiny of the impacts. As Trump seeks to expand grazing, we look at the consequences.
with @highcountrynews.org
with @highcountrynews.org
A Loophole Allows Ranchers to Renew Grazing Permits With Little Scrutiny of the Environmental Impact
With dwindling oversight, cattle are grazing where they’re not supposed to and in greater numbers or for longer periods than permitted. This can spread invasive plants, pushing out native species and ...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
NEW: Livestock graze on millions of acres of Western public lands. Congress dramatically reduced scrutiny of the impacts. As Trump seeks to expand grazing, we look at the consequences.
with @highcountrynews.org
with @highcountrynews.org
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In other words: Turn the scope of the $$ into the way to villainize ICE.
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In other words: Turn the scope of the $$ into the way to villainize ICE.
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I tried to do the latter here, with an assist from @cingraham.bsky.social.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/18/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/18/t...
The United States Can't Afford the Opportunity Cost of Stephen Miller's Bigotry - emptywheel
Americans can't have nice things -- the nice things they used to have -- because Republicans in Congress gave much of money spent on government employees who give you nice things and instead gave it t...
www.emptywheel.net
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I tried to do the latter here, with an assist from @cingraham.bsky.social.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/18/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/18/t...
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It is true that no one has grasped this scope.
But there are ways to deal with it.
First, track the way that Kristi Noem is converting it to personal grift, like her propaganda campaign.
Next, illustrate how this is a funding shift, from things Americans like to body snatching they hate.
But there are ways to deal with it.
First, track the way that Kristi Noem is converting it to personal grift, like her propaganda campaign.
Next, illustrate how this is a funding shift, from things Americans like to body snatching they hate.
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It is true that no one has grasped this scope.
But there are ways to deal with it.
First, track the way that Kristi Noem is converting it to personal grift, like her propaganda campaign.
Next, illustrate how this is a funding shift, from things Americans like to body snatching they hate.
But there are ways to deal with it.
First, track the way that Kristi Noem is converting it to personal grift, like her propaganda campaign.
Next, illustrate how this is a funding shift, from things Americans like to body snatching they hate.