Tom Lee
@tjl.bsky.social
I leave message here on service but you do not call
If you’ve seen the photos it’s clear this is someone struggling with a dire mental health problem. The stakes are high but they have little to do with partisan politics. Those suggesting otherwise discredit themselves
Natalie Greene, 26, who worked for Representative Jeff Van Drew, a Republican, falsely claimed she was attacked at a nature reserve, the authorities said. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
New Jersey Congressman’s Aide Faked Anti-Trump Slashing Attack, U.S. Says
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
If you’ve seen the photos it’s clear this is someone struggling with a dire mental health problem. The stakes are high but they have little to do with partisan politics. Those suggesting otherwise discredit themselves
really don’t buy this. He declined to pick a fight with someone he respects as a fellow mediagenic phenom. It means nothing, will have zero impact on anything. He is not ideological and even if he were this is a noop
“trump is ecstatic to meet the muslim socialist immigrant mayor of new york while MAGA’s strongest soldier from georgia-14 resigns in disgust” is a fucking coalition-breaking disaster for the hard right
no, it’s fucking terrible for trump, lol
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
really don’t buy this. He declined to pick a fight with someone he respects as a fellow mediagenic phenom. It means nothing, will have zero impact on anything. He is not ideological and even if he were this is a noop
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(5) When she's gone, the Clerk runs that office (the 14th district of Georgia, I think) until a successor is elected. So this reduces the number of members in the House and the number to make a quorum
(6) Also, IIRC, any discharge petitions she signs on stays valid even after she's gone.
(6) Also, IIRC, any discharge petitions she signs on stays valid even after she's gone.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
(5) When she's gone, the Clerk runs that office (the 14th district of Georgia, I think) until a successor is elected. So this reduces the number of members in the House and the number to make a quorum
(6) Also, IIRC, any discharge petitions she signs on stays valid even after she's gone.
(6) Also, IIRC, any discharge petitions she signs on stays valid even after she's gone.
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For what it's worth:
(1) even if she has resigned, it hasn't taken effect yet.
(2) you can't resign by tweet. She has to turn in the letter. (I think)
(3) Are there take-backs? Maybe before it's received.
(4) She still retains a number of privileges, including floor privileges.
(1) even if she has resigned, it hasn't taken effect yet.
(2) you can't resign by tweet. She has to turn in the letter. (I think)
(3) Are there take-backs? Maybe before it's received.
(4) She still retains a number of privileges, including floor privileges.
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
For what it's worth:
(1) even if she has resigned, it hasn't taken effect yet.
(2) you can't resign by tweet. She has to turn in the letter. (I think)
(3) Are there take-backs? Maybe before it's received.
(4) She still retains a number of privileges, including floor privileges.
(1) even if she has resigned, it hasn't taken effect yet.
(2) you can't resign by tweet. She has to turn in the letter. (I think)
(3) Are there take-backs? Maybe before it's received.
(4) She still retains a number of privileges, including floor privileges.
Excited about this, I kind of thought it’d be years before they let these robots intrude on the airport taxi racket
Whoa. CA DMV expanded Waymo's approved operating area to cover a lot of territory. Yesterday it was just the darker area.
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Excited about this, I kind of thought it’d be years before they let these robots intrude on the airport taxi racket
ok but “play the media better than Donald Trump” is not a reasonable standard to hold anyone to. I say this in complete earnest
The weird thing is with Donald Trump just said about Zohran Mandani is what every Democrat should’ve said about Zohran Mamdani the moment he secured the Democratic nomination.
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
ok but “play the media better than Donald Trump” is not a reasonable standard to hold anyone to. I say this in complete earnest
I think the parsimonious explanation here is probably that her recent break w Trump shook loose some career opportunity conversations and she’s excited to cash out
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I think the parsimonious explanation here is probably that her recent break w Trump shook loose some career opportunity conversations and she’s excited to cash out
very funny to watch my timeline here try to make sense of the Mamdani/Trump summit. A testament to Trump’s enduring and superior ability to fuck with you.
That’s what it’s about: an aged master of the media recognizing a rising young talent. He genuinely likes people he considers peers at this.
That’s what it’s about: an aged master of the media recognizing a rising young talent. He genuinely likes people he considers peers at this.
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
very funny to watch my timeline here try to make sense of the Mamdani/Trump summit. A testament to Trump’s enduring and superior ability to fuck with you.
That’s what it’s about: an aged master of the media recognizing a rising young talent. He genuinely likes people he considers peers at this.
That’s what it’s about: an aged master of the media recognizing a rising young talent. He genuinely likes people he considers peers at this.
gotta give them credit, this was inspired
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
gotta give them credit, this was inspired
ME: *grinning from the audience section of the school auditorium* jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as [email protected]
You are logged into [email protected], Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
ME: *grinning from the audience section of the school auditorium* jmail.world
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November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The missing piece of @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy’s enshittification thesis—which has much to recommend it—is ambitious 20 and 30something product managers who are expected to deliver double digit growth in mature business lines
Their bosses—who used to have that job—are pleased & relieved when
Their bosses—who used to have that job—are pleased & relieved when
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The missing piece of @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy’s enshittification thesis—which has much to recommend it—is ambitious 20 and 30something product managers who are expected to deliver double digit growth in mature business lines
Their bosses—who used to have that job—are pleased & relieved when
Their bosses—who used to have that job—are pleased & relieved when
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Really ties all the threads together, this one
Andrew Johnson — a Jan. 6 rioter who went by "Am🇺🇸rican T🇺🇸rrorist” on Elon Musk’s platform — has been arrested on child molestation charges, with police saying he used the promise of a taxpayer-funded payout from Trump's DOJ to try and keep one of the victims silent.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Really ties all the threads together, this one
seems like a productive exchange and frankly not a huge deal to catch & correct an error
the part that calls for some soul-searching relates to the appetite that caused this claim to be so greedily lapped up by an audience hungry to justify its antipathies x.com/AndyMasley/s...
the part that calls for some soul-searching relates to the appetite that caused this claim to be so greedily lapped up by an audience hungry to justify its antipathies x.com/AndyMasley/s...
Andy Masley on X: "This is the single most massive factual error in a major book I've ever personally noticed on my own, and I think I'm the first person to notice it? Empire of AI asserts that a data center is using 1000x as much water as a city. In reality, it's 22% of the city's water. https://t.co/5S08XG30cU" / X
This is the single most massive factual error in a major book I've ever personally noticed on my own, and I think I'm the first person to notice it? Empire of AI asserts that a data center is using 1000x as much water as a city. In reality, it's 22% of the city's water. https://t.co/5S08XG30cU
x.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
seems like a productive exchange and frankly not a huge deal to catch & correct an error
the part that calls for some soul-searching relates to the appetite that caused this claim to be so greedily lapped up by an audience hungry to justify its antipathies x.com/AndyMasley/s...
the part that calls for some soul-searching relates to the appetite that caused this claim to be so greedily lapped up by an audience hungry to justify its antipathies x.com/AndyMasley/s...
I enjoyed this post www.alexirpan.com/2025/11/16/a...
but I think it mistakes "perfection" as a critical quality. the other part of the title is the key: "authentic". the aesthetic product matters largely because of how it connects us to our shared human social ecosystem tomlee.wtf/2023/01/27/w...
but I think it mistakes "perfection" as a critical quality. the other part of the title is the key: "authentic". the aesthetic product matters largely because of how it connects us to our shared human social ecosystem tomlee.wtf/2023/01/27/w...
Authentic Imperfection
Auto-Tune is great.
www.alexirpan.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I enjoyed this post www.alexirpan.com/2025/11/16/a...
but I think it mistakes "perfection" as a critical quality. the other part of the title is the key: "authentic". the aesthetic product matters largely because of how it connects us to our shared human social ecosystem tomlee.wtf/2023/01/27/w...
but I think it mistakes "perfection" as a critical quality. the other part of the title is the key: "authentic". the aesthetic product matters largely because of how it connects us to our shared human social ecosystem tomlee.wtf/2023/01/27/w...
I admire @anildash.com for trying, however gently, to push back against the AI denialism that’s so prevalent here. There is lots to fear, regret, mourn about this change. But it’s somewhere between silly and pathetic to deny these things are popular and, yes, useful www.anildash.com/2025/11/14/w...
I know you don’t want them to want AI, but… - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I admire @anildash.com for trying, however gently, to push back against the AI denialism that’s so prevalent here. There is lots to fear, regret, mourn about this change. But it’s somewhere between silly and pathetic to deny these things are popular and, yes, useful www.anildash.com/2025/11/14/w...
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this is 1. incredible and 2. basically a silversun pickups song
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
this is 1. incredible and 2. basically a silversun pickups song
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arguably the most incredible technological achievement of my lifetime (not counting the internet) is that they managed to make vegetarian food actually taste good.
vegan breakfast sausage is good enough now that we should get rid of the regular stuff
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
arguably the most incredible technological achievement of my lifetime (not counting the internet) is that they managed to make vegetarian food actually taste good.
Megyn Kelly checking the “ephebophilia” box means “prima nocta” is the only rhetorical move left
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Megyn Kelly checking the “ephebophilia” box means “prima nocta” is the only rhetorical move left
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The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
I do think *some* of the NYT hate here is overblown. if you got an email from a scumbag asking you to use your bully pulpit to prosecute a grudge against another scumbag... you might reasonably say to yourself "I'm gonna let one of his other email recipients pick this one up"
If we're charitable, some of the journalists may have had legitimate reasons, but it's pretty extraordinary how many prominent men continued trading friendly e-mails with Epstein long after he was exposed as a child predator on a horrific scale.
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I do think *some* of the NYT hate here is overblown. if you got an email from a scumbag asking you to use your bully pulpit to prosecute a grudge against another scumbag... you might reasonably say to yourself "I'm gonna let one of his other email recipients pick this one up"
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genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Spent half a sec checking whether I could vibe code a static site but ran out of time (doc total is around 2gb, a little big for in browser to be def viable). Surprised no one has tho
At last: every American is getting to discover the joys of doing doc review.
(Can the Oversight committee load the trove up in a Relativity instance or something?)
(Can the Oversight committee load the trove up in a Relativity instance or something?)
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Spent half a sec checking whether I could vibe code a static site but ran out of time (doc total is around 2gb, a little big for in browser to be def viable). Surprised no one has tho
Maybe some pathological personality traits confer advantage in individual political competition but eventually lead to collapse when widespread
America has long feared it would suffer the same fate as the Roman republic, but never quite truly appreciated how utterly absurd Roman elites had become by the time of the late republic.
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Maybe some pathological personality traits confer advantage in individual political competition but eventually lead to collapse when widespread