sekharn
@sekharn.bsky.social
Bay Area Dad, Cal Alum #GoBears, Sports Fan, Electrical Engineer/Circuit Designer by training, he/him
Reposted by sekharn
As a reminder, this time last year, he President of the Infectious Disease Society of America had a friendly chat with MAHA royalty and disinformation super spreader.
That’s how we got here.
Via @walkerbragman.bsky.social
www.importantcontext.news/p/emory-welc...
That’s how we got here.
Via @walkerbragman.bsky.social
www.importantcontext.news/p/emory-welc...
Emory Welcomes Contrarian Doctor Who Questions COVID Vaccines and Praises RFK Jr.
“How ‘ethical’ is inviting someone like that?”
www.importantcontext.news
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
As a reminder, this time last year, he President of the Infectious Disease Society of America had a friendly chat with MAHA royalty and disinformation super spreader.
That’s how we got here.
Via @walkerbragman.bsky.social
www.importantcontext.news/p/emory-welc...
That’s how we got here.
Via @walkerbragman.bsky.social
www.importantcontext.news/p/emory-welc...
Reposted by sekharn
The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Reposted by sekharn
asked and answered. no more debate.
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
asked and answered. no more debate.
Reposted by sekharn
I really struggle with how to talk about how the GOP has changed because it truly has for the worse, when that didn't seem possible. Hans von Spakovsky is an avowed enemy of freedom, equality, and democracy. And the only compliment that I can offer about him is that he's not a neo-Nazi.
This is a pretty shocking mass exodus. Heritage's legal department is basically a ghost ship at this point. And I have to imagine they'll really have to dredge the absolute bottom of the barrel to restaff it at this point. reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Breaking: Cully Stimson and Hans von Spakovsky Resign From Heritage
The Meese Center is basically empty now.
reason.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I really struggle with how to talk about how the GOP has changed because it truly has for the worse, when that didn't seem possible. Hans von Spakovsky is an avowed enemy of freedom, equality, and democracy. And the only compliment that I can offer about him is that he's not a neo-Nazi.
Reposted by sekharn
The Dallas Cowboys have achieved an absurdly impressive amount of worth by way of value, notoriety, fame, fortune, you name it.
Unfortunately that means nothing to fans and offers no sort of point of pride.
But it appears to be all that matters to the people in charge.
Unfortunately that means nothing to fans and offers no sort of point of pride.
But it appears to be all that matters to the people in charge.
December 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The Dallas Cowboys have achieved an absurdly impressive amount of worth by way of value, notoriety, fame, fortune, you name it.
Unfortunately that means nothing to fans and offers no sort of point of pride.
But it appears to be all that matters to the people in charge.
Unfortunately that means nothing to fans and offers no sort of point of pride.
But it appears to be all that matters to the people in charge.
Reposted by sekharn
It's really amazing that Weiss seems to not know the history of concentration camps. Which is amazing because she has claimed to be an expert on antisemitism
December 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's really amazing that Weiss seems to not know the history of concentration camps. Which is amazing because she has claimed to be an expert on antisemitism
Reposted by sekharn
Folks, you can’t have Christian Nationalism without the antisemitism. It’s a central tenet of the ideology. The fact some of these Jewish Heritage folks are just realizing this is wild to me.
December 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Folks, you can’t have Christian Nationalism without the antisemitism. It’s a central tenet of the ideology. The fact some of these Jewish Heritage folks are just realizing this is wild to me.
Reposted by sekharn
this just has me thinking about how so much of this government and the movement around it is purely a matter of aesthetics. is there a strategic reason for produce a new warship? maybe. but my hunch is that this is happening because the president thinks it will look cool.
President Trump will announce on Monday a new type of large warship he is calling “battleships,” marking a step toward achieving the president’s vision for a new “Golden Fleet.”
Trump To Announce Navy Will Buy New ‘Battleship’
The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet.”
on.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this just has me thinking about how so much of this government and the movement around it is purely a matter of aesthetics. is there a strategic reason for produce a new warship? maybe. but my hunch is that this is happening because the president thinks it will look cool.
Reposted by sekharn
Weird how The Free Press was able to publish all of these without comment from the Washigton University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
December 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Weird how The Free Press was able to publish all of these without comment from the Washigton University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Reposted by sekharn
She launched her career trying to get professors fired in the name of academic freedom. Her website publishes a firehose of conservative propaganda in the name of open debate. She is now censoring factual information under the guise of journalistic accuracy.
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
She launched her career trying to get professors fired in the name of academic freedom. Her website publishes a firehose of conservative propaganda in the name of open debate. She is now censoring factual information under the guise of journalistic accuracy.
Reposted by sekharn
The most impressive thing about Bari is her ability to violate ethical principles while indignantly claiming to defend them.
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The most impressive thing about Bari is her ability to violate ethical principles while indignantly claiming to defend them.
Reposted by sekharn
Cowboys offense is 4th in EPA/drive. Dak has stayed healthy and played great. Pickens trade worked. Schottenheimer hire worked.
Yet complete mismanagement of the Parsons situation wasted it all. Their defense is dead last in EPA/drive and DVOA, and they're out of the playoffs.
Yet complete mismanagement of the Parsons situation wasted it all. Their defense is dead last in EPA/drive and DVOA, and they're out of the playoffs.
December 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Cowboys offense is 4th in EPA/drive. Dak has stayed healthy and played great. Pickens trade worked. Schottenheimer hire worked.
Yet complete mismanagement of the Parsons situation wasted it all. Their defense is dead last in EPA/drive and DVOA, and they're out of the playoffs.
Yet complete mismanagement of the Parsons situation wasted it all. Their defense is dead last in EPA/drive and DVOA, and they're out of the playoffs.
Reposted by sekharn
The smear campaign against Mustapha Kharbouch -- falsely accused of the Brown shooting and MIT murder by powerful politicians, pundits and plutocrats -- is a prime example of how pervasive racism has become. It's also a story largely ignored by the mainstream media www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Islamophobic Elites Lied to Destroy the Life of a Palestinian Brown Student
Plutocrats, pundits, and government officials joined together in a racist smear campaign against a queer Palestinian student at Brown University.
www.thenation.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The smear campaign against Mustapha Kharbouch -- falsely accused of the Brown shooting and MIT murder by powerful politicians, pundits and plutocrats -- is a prime example of how pervasive racism has become. It's also a story largely ignored by the mainstream media www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Reposted by sekharn
It's important to note for the consultant people: Kat is tied for first place, she's raised more money in this race than anyone else, and she hasn't used Twitter in months.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's important to note for the consultant people: Kat is tied for first place, she's raised more money in this race than anyone else, and she hasn't used Twitter in months.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
Reposted by sekharn
also that even more than in the past the rich and powerful are looking for sycophants who can tell them they're actually brilliant, a trend that has worsened ever since the rich got mad at ordinary people on social media telling them they were shit.
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
also that even more than in the past the rich and powerful are looking for sycophants who can tell them they're actually brilliant, a trend that has worsened ever since the rich got mad at ordinary people on social media telling them they were shit.
Reposted by sekharn
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
Reposted by sekharn
It's that thing where someone (intentionally) conflates free speech with reckless speech that should come with major social consequences
December 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It's that thing where someone (intentionally) conflates free speech with reckless speech that should come with major social consequences
Reposted by sekharn
“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
Perry: The return of the r-word
"These days, the r-word slur has become a staple of the American right wing, uttered with few professional or social consequences," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
Reposted by sekharn
Guys. She knew exactly what she was doing. She’s bad at getting ratings but she’s very good at collaborating with fascists. She’s smart and knows what she needs to be good at.
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Guys. She knew exactly what she was doing. She’s bad at getting ratings but she’s very good at collaborating with fascists. She’s smart and knows what she needs to be good at.
Reposted by sekharn
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
Reposted by sekharn
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
Reposted by sekharn
honestly I'm about 50/50 as to whether Bari is doing the bidding of her fascist paymasters, or she is actually this confused because she has never seen or experienced the basic process of reporting a story, not once in her life
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
honestly I'm about 50/50 as to whether Bari is doing the bidding of her fascist paymasters, or she is actually this confused because she has never seen or experienced the basic process of reporting a story, not once in her life
Reposted by sekharn
get that god damn news going. I want to see you newsing harder than anyone has newsed before. if the Trump administration refuses to comment on a story about its torture slave dungeon, we can't publish bsky.app/profile/beng...
Bari Weiss this morning on the 60 Minutes segment: "We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera."
Of course, most journalists know that oftentimes people who are the subject of negative reporting don't want to speak on camera or on the record.
Of course, most journalists know that oftentimes people who are the subject of negative reporting don't want to speak on camera or on the record.
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
get that god damn news going. I want to see you newsing harder than anyone has newsed before. if the Trump administration refuses to comment on a story about its torture slave dungeon, we can't publish bsky.app/profile/beng...
Reposted by sekharn
let's do that mother bitching news. get your asses out there, pound the pavement, find some reactionary bigots, and pretend they are sensible concerned parents. conceal their ties to right-wing oligarchs, and if they are caught flagrantly lying, ignore it bsky.app/profile/maxt...
Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."
October 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
let's do that mother bitching news. get your asses out there, pound the pavement, find some reactionary bigots, and pretend they are sensible concerned parents. conceal their ties to right-wing oligarchs, and if they are caught flagrantly lying, ignore it bsky.app/profile/maxt...
Reposted by sekharn
ah ha ha ha ha ha. delightful, simply delightful bsky.app/profile/oliv...
I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
October 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
ah ha ha ha ha ha. delightful, simply delightful bsky.app/profile/oliv...