Steve Sawyer
@stevesawyer12.bsky.social
Recovering data analyst. Husband to the LOML, proud Dad to a union machinist, a union road maintenance worker, and a pit bull.
“Winter is not coming. It is here.“ - Mike Brock
“Winter is not coming. It is here.“ - Mike Brock
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Torture is being used as a punishment in detention centers. The techniques the Bush administration called "enhanced interrogation" are now being used in a brazenly punitive way. We're rounding people up innocent people, putting them in camps, and torturing them.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
USA: Torture and enforced disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome in Florida - Amnesty International
This report presents Amnesty International’s findings from a research trip to southern Florida in September 2025, to document the human rights impacts of federal and state migration and asylum policie...
www.amnesty.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Torture is being used as a punishment in detention centers. The techniques the Bush administration called "enhanced interrogation" are now being used in a brazenly punitive way. We're rounding people up innocent people, putting them in camps, and torturing them.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
“Where is this attack on Europe coming from? Some readers may remember the old slogan from the War on Terror days, ‘They hate us for our freedom.’ Clearly, MAGA hates Europe for its freedom.”
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Is This The End of the Free World?
Trump wants to MAGAfy Europe, too
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“Where is this attack on Europe coming from? Some readers may remember the old slogan from the War on Terror days, ‘They hate us for our freedom.’ Clearly, MAGA hates Europe for its freedom.”
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
GREAT thread here. H/t @nathantankus.bsky.social
The affordability crisis is an inequality crisis. When prices spike in key sectors, it's not just inflation—it's a massive redistribution shock that hits poor households hardest.
In our **new working paper**, we identify the sectors that matter most. A thread 🧵
scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/pub...
In our **new working paper**, we identify the sectors that matter most. A thread 🧵
scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/pub...
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
GREAT thread here. H/t @nathantankus.bsky.social
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Paramount-Russia connection then...? Also Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Qatar....not good
Corruption upon grift upon corruption....
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Paramount-Russia connection then...? Also Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Qatar....not good
“We can’t simply put trends we’re unleashing into the world today back into their bottles or their boxes. Once the chaos is unleashed, you can’t just undo it because you decide unleashing it wasn’t a hot idea.”
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talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rough...
Rough Seas Abroad Under Trump II
I’ve written a number of times over the years about the fact...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“We can’t simply put trends we’re unleashing into the world today back into their bottles or their boxes. Once the chaos is unleashed, you can’t just undo it because you decide unleashing it wasn’t a hot idea.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rough...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rough...
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Josh Marshall is absolutely right about this as a matter of constitutional restoration BUT ALSO
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
“Supreme Court reform is now the sine qua non of any reformist program in the United States, any program to re-implant/re-secure civic democracy in the United States”
-- @joshtpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
-- @joshtpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
Court Reform: Breaking the Corrupt Rule of the Six GOPers Is Everything
I’ve become something of a broken record on this. But repetition sometimes...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Josh Marshall is absolutely right about this as a matter of constitutional restoration BUT ALSO
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
“You can’t prompt your way to that knowledge. You can’t download that experience. You have to earn it. And if you’re letting AI do the work, you’re not earning anything except a dangerous dependency.”
open.substack.com/pub/leadersh...
open.substack.com/pub/leadersh...
I Went All-In on AI. The MIT Study Is Right.
My all-in AI experiment cost me my confidence
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“You can’t prompt your way to that knowledge. You can’t download that experience. You have to earn it. And if you’re letting AI do the work, you’re not earning anything except a dangerous dependency.”
open.substack.com/pub/leadersh...
open.substack.com/pub/leadersh...
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
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The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root.
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root.
History is always fascinating. It’s just that living through it is scary as hell. And boy howdy, does it ever rhyme…
“Self-terrorism means dropping one’s guard, provoking others inside and outside one’s own country, waiting for the act of terror, and then exploiting it.”👇
“Self-terrorism means dropping one’s guard, provoking others inside and outside one’s own country, waiting for the act of terror, and then exploiting it.”👇
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
History is always fascinating. It’s just that living through it is scary as hell. And boy howdy, does it ever rhyme…
“Self-terrorism means dropping one’s guard, provoking others inside and outside one’s own country, waiting for the act of terror, and then exploiting it.”👇
“Self-terrorism means dropping one’s guard, provoking others inside and outside one’s own country, waiting for the act of terror, and then exploiting it.”👇
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The priorities of senior Trump Administration officials…
December 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The priorities of senior Trump Administration officials…
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Federal election official Christy McCormick falsely claimed Democrats rely on “illegal” votes and back “open borders,” raising concerns about her impartiality. #indivisiblemetrodetroit @notpoliticians.bsky.social
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December 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Federal election official Christy McCormick falsely claimed Democrats rely on “illegal” votes and back “open borders,” raising concerns about her impartiality. #indivisiblemetrodetroit @notpoliticians.bsky.social
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Reptiles, 1943 #mcescher #surrealism
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Reptiles, 1943 #mcescher #surrealism
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Counterpoint: www.reuters.com/business/hea...
December 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Counterpoint: www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Decades of conservatives mocking the idea that everyone is a winner — and now this.
December 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Decades of conservatives mocking the idea that everyone is a winner — and now this.
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I love that the party that initiated mockery of ”participation trophies” has to give one to Piggy because his solid slab of overt pathology results in a whole fucking so-called “political party” treating him like an 80-year-old TODDLER. The 25th amendment is RIGHT FUCKING THERE, but they’re cowards.
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I love that the party that initiated mockery of ”participation trophies” has to give one to Piggy because his solid slab of overt pathology results in a whole fucking so-called “political party” treating him like an 80-year-old TODDLER. The 25th amendment is RIGHT FUCKING THERE, but they’re cowards.
Hah! Just went through this with our dog!! 😂
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Hah! Just went through this with our dog!! 😂
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If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually every person born in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court to Hear Trump's Bid To Eliminate Birthright Citizenship
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.
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New Reporting that the bomber arrested yesterday said the 2020 election was stolen. Expect Trump to pardon him.
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
New Reporting that the bomber arrested yesterday said the 2020 election was stolen. Expect Trump to pardon him.
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Trump mega donor Larry Ellison's son David who runs Paramount CEO is upset that his company didn't get to buy Warner Brothers. David--who put Bari Weiss as head of CBS News--went to Trump and now Trump regime will likely block Netflix purchase. This is how oligarchies work.
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Trump mega donor Larry Ellison's son David who runs Paramount CEO is upset that his company didn't get to buy Warner Brothers. David--who put Bari Weiss as head of CBS News--went to Trump and now Trump regime will likely block Netflix purchase. This is how oligarchies work.
This convo is worthwhile if you are interested in the Jan 6-adjacent pipe bomber case.
Former FBI Special agent Frank Figliuzzi talked to m about why Trump's DOJ claims about pipe bomber just arrested don't add up and actually raise more questions about what Trump's FBI is really up to. youtu.be/jbboeQtimj4?...
Ex-FBI agent Frank Figliuzzi on why Trump's DOJ claims about pipe bomber just arrested don't add up
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
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December 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This convo is worthwhile if you are interested in the Jan 6-adjacent pipe bomber case.
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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Catholics doing a great job lately
“The Nativity scene at a Catholic church in Dedham is without the baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, with a sign criticizing federal immigration action instead taking Jesus’s place in the manger.” www.boston.com/news/local-n...
'ICE was here': Dedham church's Nativity scene protests immigration crackdown
The Nativity scene at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham holds "the mirror up to what’s happening," Father Stephen Josoma said.
www.boston.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Catholics doing a great job lately