Bill Beaird
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December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Whether or not supporting my Patreon is within your budget, reskeeting or quote-skeeting this thread would be a huge help.
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Ding, ding, ding…
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Ding, ding, ding…
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Arendt on Hegseth: McCarthyism destroyed the “reliable and devoted civil service” built under Roosevelt: “in the aftermath of this period the ‘ugly American’ appeared on the scene of foreign relations” but less so in domestic life, “except in a growing inability to correct errors and repair damages”
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Arendt on Hegseth: McCarthyism destroyed the “reliable and devoted civil service” built under Roosevelt: “in the aftermath of this period the ‘ugly American’ appeared on the scene of foreign relations” but less so in domestic life, “except in a growing inability to correct errors and repair damages”
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They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They were 8 and 11 years old
Are we Great Again?? Holy fuck!!
In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of food stamps are employed, half of them full-time. Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash and Tempus Unlimited each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on SNAP www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
‘The government is subsidizing corporate profits’: Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts? - The Boston Globe
In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age SNAP recipients have jobs.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Are we Great Again?? Holy fuck!!
Always a Russian (Putin) connection.
An investigation by Popular Information reveals that, while serving in this role, Witkoff has maintained an active financial partnership with Len Blavatnik, a billionaire sanctioned by Ukraine over his ties to Russia.
Witkoff and Blavatnik are co-developing a residential real estate project in NYC.
Witkoff and Blavatnik are co-developing a residential real estate project in NYC.
Top Trump negotiator retains partnership with Ukraine-sanctioned billionaire
Steve Witkoff coached a top Putin aide on managing Trump and created a peace plan that mirrored Russian demands
popular.info
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Always a Russian (Putin) connection.
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A 5 year investigation into an LAPD shooting revealed that an officer with LAPD’s Community Safety Partnership shot at crowds of partygoers in South Central LA. After suing for records twice, footage & documents showed...
inadvertent.substack.com/p/the-blue-h...
inadvertent.substack.com/p/the-blue-h...
LAPD Shot At A Party Then Improperly Used A Search Warrant To Investigate A Shooting Victim
LAPD’s community policing program avoided scrutiny for a shootout a month before the program became its own bureau. Data revealed search warrant practices were leading to untraceable warrants.
inadvertent.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A 5 year investigation into an LAPD shooting revealed that an officer with LAPD’s Community Safety Partnership shot at crowds of partygoers in South Central LA. After suing for records twice, footage & documents showed...
inadvertent.substack.com/p/the-blue-h...
inadvertent.substack.com/p/the-blue-h...
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Everyone's panicking, saying we need more grid capacity to accommodate data centers, but ... current grid utilization is under 50%! Isn't the obvious first step to more efficiently use the grid we've already built?
This & much more covered in my latest solo pod:
This & much more covered in my latest solo pod:
What's going on in electricity world?
Some thoughts on where we are in the electricity sector -- data centers, rising rates, etc. -- and a way forward that can benefit everyone.
www.volts.wtf
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Everyone's panicking, saying we need more grid capacity to accommodate data centers, but ... current grid utilization is under 50%! Isn't the obvious first step to more efficiently use the grid we've already built?
This & much more covered in my latest solo pod:
This & much more covered in my latest solo pod:
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December 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Seriously, what the fuck???
Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Seriously, what the fuck???
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
Sturgill Simpson
My Morning Jacket
Grateful Dead (with Jerry)
Wilco/Tweedy
Jason Isbell with and without the 400 Unit
Sturgill Simpson
My Morning Jacket
Grateful Dead (with Jerry)
Wilco/Tweedy
Jason Isbell with and without the 400 Unit
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
Wilco
Bob Dylan
Robbie Fulks
The Baseball Project
The Red Walls
Wilco
Bob Dylan
Robbie Fulks
The Baseball Project
The Red Walls
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
Sturgill Simpson
My Morning Jacket
Grateful Dead (with Jerry)
Wilco/Tweedy
Jason Isbell with and without the 400 Unit
Sturgill Simpson
My Morning Jacket
Grateful Dead (with Jerry)
Wilco/Tweedy
Jason Isbell with and without the 400 Unit
Better stay away for a while…
November 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Better stay away for a while…
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Stouffer’s Targets People Spending Thanksgiving Alone With New Single-Serve Frozen Family https://theonion.com/stouffer-s-targets-people-spending-thanksgiving-alone-w-1848105159/
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Stouffer’s Targets People Spending Thanksgiving Alone With New Single-Serve Frozen Family https://theonion.com/stouffer-s-targets-people-spending-thanksgiving-alone-w-1848105159/
The voice of reason will be drowned out by our oligarchs. They are very good at it and we just lap it up.
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The voice of reason will be drowned out by our oligarchs. They are very good at it and we just lap it up.
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happy cranksgiving bike enjoyers
happy cranksgiving gooners
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
happy cranksgiving bike enjoyers
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November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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pretty convincing asimovaddendum.substack.com/p/are-llms-t...
Are LLMs the Best That They Will Ever Be?
Without careful disclosure architectures, AI products may only get worse, even as the technology gets better.
asimovaddendum.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
pretty convincing asimovaddendum.substack.com/p/are-llms-t...
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There are a lot of misconceptions about peoples' desire to work and to contribute.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There are a lot of misconceptions about peoples' desire to work and to contribute.
Not surprised in the least. Q-nuts probably correct on the pedo cabal.
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Not surprised in the least. Q-nuts probably correct on the pedo cabal.
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Ah, I see someone has exhumed the desiccated revenant named Carville, and used a hand bellows to force air into its lungs, so as to allow it to wheeze out miasmic utterances before being lowered once more into its crypt
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ah, I see someone has exhumed the desiccated revenant named Carville, and used a hand bellows to force air into its lungs, so as to allow it to wheeze out miasmic utterances before being lowered once more into its crypt
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Tyson CEO Donnie King made $22.7 million last year.
The week before Thanksgiving, he told 3,200 workers in Lexington, Nebraska that they're losing their jobs.
The week before Thanksgiving, he told 3,200 workers in Lexington, Nebraska that they're losing their jobs.
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Tyson CEO Donnie King made $22.7 million last year.
The week before Thanksgiving, he told 3,200 workers in Lexington, Nebraska that they're losing their jobs.
The week before Thanksgiving, he told 3,200 workers in Lexington, Nebraska that they're losing their jobs.
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
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