CaityC
@caityc.bsky.social
Cycling. Nature. Animals. Econ. Politics. Tech Fan/Critic/OG. Multilingual. #cyclingbluesky #procycling
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Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.
Time Magazine puts the "architects of AI" on its Person of the Year cover time.com/7339685/pers...
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
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every democrat should be behind things like this. instead, theyre twiddling their thumbs.
Rep. Al Green Files Resolution to Impeach President Trump for Abuse of Power and Incitement of Violence and Death Threats Against Lawmakers and Federal Judges.
Letter of Explanation: algreen.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
Articles of Impeachment: algreen.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
Letter of Explanation: algreen.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
Articles of Impeachment: algreen.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
every democrat should be behind things like this. instead, theyre twiddling their thumbs.
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i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
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Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's a day, & the president is illegally monetizing the office & stealing the power of the purse. Again.
Trump says the Gold Card proceeds will go "an account where we can do things positive for the country. Many billions of dollars"
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's a day, & the president is illegally monetizing the office & stealing the power of the purse. Again.
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The Public Power Democracy Act would increase the number of NYPA trustees from 7 to 17.
Assembly Member Sarahana Shrestha:
“To truly unleash the power of this publicly owned energy, of public power, we do need our public authorities to also be democratic and accountable and transparent...”
Assembly Member Sarahana Shrestha:
“To truly unleash the power of this publicly owned energy, of public power, we do need our public authorities to also be democratic and accountable and transparent...”
Lawmakers seek to expand New York Power Authority board
The proposal to expand the board was originally included in the 2023 Build Public Renewables Act but stripped out during budget negotiations.
www.cityandstateny.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Public Power Democracy Act would increase the number of NYPA trustees from 7 to 17.
Assembly Member Sarahana Shrestha:
“To truly unleash the power of this publicly owned energy, of public power, we do need our public authorities to also be democratic and accountable and transparent...”
Assembly Member Sarahana Shrestha:
“To truly unleash the power of this publicly owned energy, of public power, we do need our public authorities to also be democratic and accountable and transparent...”
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Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
I had one day of mild fatigue with shingles vax shot #1 but zero side effects for vax shot #2 so keep in mind that ymmv
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I had one day of mild fatigue with shingles vax shot #1 but zero side effects for vax shot #2 so keep in mind that ymmv
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The man suspended enforcement of the foreign corrupt practices act for gods sake. What possible reason could you have for doing that if not “doing corruption”?
Saying Trump is “transactional” is just a gentle way of saying he’s corrupt. Every power he has been trusted with, he treats as a way to extract favors and benefits from anyone he sees as situationally vulnerable.
December 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The man suspended enforcement of the foreign corrupt practices act for gods sake. What possible reason could you have for doing that if not “doing corruption”?
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The fact that SCOTUS is going to tell us who's an American and who's not is THE REASON why the Democrats must stop playing around. It's time to defend immigration as a universal good and in terms of liberty and justice for all.
Accepting rightwing lies as if they're true is how we got here.
Accepting rightwing lies as if they're true is how we got here.
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The fact that SCOTUS is going to tell us who's an American and who's not is THE REASON why the Democrats must stop playing around. It's time to defend immigration as a universal good and in terms of liberty and justice for all.
Accepting rightwing lies as if they're true is how we got here.
Accepting rightwing lies as if they're true is how we got here.
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Holy toledo!
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Holy toledo!
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December 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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I'm really fascinated with the mainstream political reporter stance that the U.S. isn't grotesquely corrupt and our regulators haven't been utterly eviscerated by that corruption
they're like the band on the titanic
they're like the band on the titanic
December 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I'm really fascinated with the mainstream political reporter stance that the U.S. isn't grotesquely corrupt and our regulators haven't been utterly eviscerated by that corruption
they're like the band on the titanic
they're like the band on the titanic
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🎬 The Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Day Remix Contest is on!
🎥 Celebrate Public Domain Day in January by creating a 2–3 minute film using at least 1 piece of public domain media from 1930.
📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
🎥 Celebrate Public Domain Day in January by creating a 2–3 minute film using at least 1 piece of public domain media from 1930.
📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🎬 The Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Day Remix Contest is on!
🎥 Celebrate Public Domain Day in January by creating a 2–3 minute film using at least 1 piece of public domain media from 1930.
📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
🎥 Celebrate Public Domain Day in January by creating a 2–3 minute film using at least 1 piece of public domain media from 1930.
📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
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What is amazing to me is that they lack the self-awareness to reconsider the project even as evidence of its impact piles up around them. It is as if, looking over the federal government, the Justices are saying: "Yes, we want *more* unhinged policy that will send the nation into recession or war."
It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should've been done.
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
What is amazing to me is that they lack the self-awareness to reconsider the project even as evidence of its impact piles up around them. It is as if, looking over the federal government, the Justices are saying: "Yes, we want *more* unhinged policy that will send the nation into recession or war."
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The end result is that regulation is unconstitutional - agencies are allowed to enforce/implement the programs Congress devises but they can't make policy decisions. The safe level of trichloroethylene in indoor air must be set by legislation.
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The end result is that regulation is unconstitutional - agencies are allowed to enforce/implement the programs Congress devises but they can't make policy decisions. The safe level of trichloroethylene in indoor air must be set by legislation.
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"OSHA Regulations are written in blood."
And erased with money.
And erased with money.
December 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"OSHA Regulations are written in blood."
And erased with money.
And erased with money.
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In which my colleague Aaron Krolik finds out just how easy it would be to money launder with stablecoins, which gets an immediate reaction from the company that made it possible:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In which my colleague Aaron Krolik finds out just how easy it would be to money launder with stablecoins, which gets an immediate reaction from the company that made it possible:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
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Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
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Justice Jackson nails it, but that this has to be spelled out is so depressing.
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Justice Jackson nails it, but that this has to be spelled out is so depressing.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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Said Supreme Court definitely won't find a reason to rule the other way during the next Democratic administration. No siree, Bob!
The Supreme Court’s conservatives sound ready to overrule Congress and give Trump more power to fire officials at independent agencies and commissions.
It would be a historic shift away from bipartisan experts and toward more partisanship
David G Savage
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
It would be a historic shift away from bipartisan experts and toward more partisanship
David G Savage
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Supreme Court sounds ready to give Trump power to oust officials of independent agencies
Supreme Court appears set to expand presidential power and upset nine decades of law on independent agencies.
www.latimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Said Supreme Court definitely won't find a reason to rule the other way during the next Democratic administration. No siree, Bob!
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Given that the Supreme Court likes pretending that the Congress does not exist, I think the Congress should act to remind it that not only does the Congress exist but that SCOTUS is its inferior.
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Given that the Supreme Court likes pretending that the Congress does not exist, I think the Congress should act to remind it that not only does the Congress exist but that SCOTUS is its inferior.
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Awesome list, worthy cause.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Awesome list, worthy cause.