Dave Deek - BlueSky is Amazing
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Too Sparkl for Twitter (Big fan of Common Side Effects)
Writes: https://www.governance.fyi
Biases: YIMBY, Urbanist, Antitrust, Right To Repair, Free Speech, Deming’s Fanboy, ML models are useful but against AI Art
Writes: https://www.governance.fyi
Biases: YIMBY, Urbanist, Antitrust, Right To Repair, Free Speech, Deming’s Fanboy, ML models are useful but against AI Art
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Remember how, during Trump’s first impeachment, it became clear there was an entire server full of extremely incriminating calls between Trump and foreign leaders - and Pelosi literally killed efforts to get that server because she preferred a “quick, narrow” impeachment that would be “simple”?
Scoop: Rep. Eugene Vindman knows what Trump said on a 2019 call with the Saudi Crown Prince about Jamal Khashoggi's killing, and his effort to make it public is about to rachet up.
Tomorrow, Vindman will appear alongside Khossoggi's widow to call on Trump to release the transcript
Tomorrow, Vindman will appear alongside Khossoggi's widow to call on Trump to release the transcript
Exclusive: Congressman Plans New Push For Trump-MBS Transcript
Rep. Eugene Vindman will appear with Jamal Khashoggi's widow to push for release of a "shocking" transcript between Trump and MBS
time.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Remember how, during Trump’s first impeachment, it became clear there was an entire server full of extremely incriminating calls between Trump and foreign leaders - and Pelosi literally killed efforts to get that server because she preferred a “quick, narrow” impeachment that would be “simple”?
Anime & video games are urbanism’s strongest soldiers
November 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Anime & video games are urbanism’s strongest soldiers
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listen, who among us hasn't supported their friends through peccadillos like the sexual exploitation of children? everyone has their bad habits, smoking, eating too much, the systematic abuse of vulnerable children in a way that wounds them for life.
November 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
listen, who among us hasn't supported their friends through peccadillos like the sexual exploitation of children? everyone has their bad habits, smoking, eating too much, the systematic abuse of vulnerable children in a way that wounds them for life.
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The housing shortage is THE central issue facing major US cities and I'm not sure how you're supposed to be the "next Mamdani" if you don't share his commitment to expanding supply. www.latimes.com/california/n...
She's challenging Bass from the left. Could she become L.A.'s Mamdani?
Rae Huang, a 43-year-old community organizer and democratic socialist, is waging a long-shot campaign for L.A. mayor, focusing on free buses, public housing and police abuse.
www.latimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The housing shortage is THE central issue facing major US cities and I'm not sure how you're supposed to be the "next Mamdani" if you don't share his commitment to expanding supply. www.latimes.com/california/n...
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Hard not to suspect that the thing that kept Epstein's documents secret and any actual co-conspirators safe is that every single person who has ever attended an East Coast gala has, at some point or another, sent Epstein an email that was like "SUBJECT: So sorry for the witchhunt against you"
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Hard not to suspect that the thing that kept Epstein's documents secret and any actual co-conspirators safe is that every single person who has ever attended an East Coast gala has, at some point or another, sent Epstein an email that was like "SUBJECT: So sorry for the witchhunt against you"
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I am absolutely fascinated by what's going on in Sunset right now. The supe representing that district got recalled and Lurie replaced him with a former pet shop store owner no one had ever heard of (???) because she asked him to (??????). www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/o...
Mayor Lurie’s pick for Sunset supervisor ran pet shop that ‘smelled like death,’ new owner says
The woman described Beya Alcaraz as someone who “cannot run a business,” and said the mayor’s office never spoke to her about the new supervisor’s track record as a business owner.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I am absolutely fascinated by what's going on in Sunset right now. The supe representing that district got recalled and Lurie replaced him with a former pet shop store owner no one had ever heard of (???) because she asked him to (??????). www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/o...
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Hahahahah they were just playing a trick on us where they’d pretend to fight back until we voted for them, and then immediately cave www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Hahahahah they were just playing a trick on us where they’d pretend to fight back until we voted for them, and then immediately cave www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tokyo has been ranked as the world’s richest city, ahead of NYC, London & LA, thanks to its operational alpha
You are not going to get the same thing with how progressives, conservatives, & especially the centrists look at things www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...
You are not going to get the same thing with how progressives, conservatives, & especially the centrists look at things www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
The Japanese capital excelled thanks to its 'operational excellence, technological sophistication, and disciplined economic governance,” according to a recent report.
www.japantimes.co.jp
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Tokyo has been ranked as the world’s richest city, ahead of NYC, London & LA, thanks to its operational alpha
You are not going to get the same thing with how progressives, conservatives, & especially the centrists look at things www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...
You are not going to get the same thing with how progressives, conservatives, & especially the centrists look at things www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...
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Senate Democrats think this is the appropriate response because they begin every conflict with the assumption they will lose, and then ask “How can we end this as quickly as possible while creating the appearance of having tried to win so the base isn’t mad?”
I truly don’t know how you look at the past week and THEN decide THIS is an appropriate — let alone the right — response.
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Senate Democrats think this is the appropriate response because they begin every conflict with the assumption they will lose, and then ask “How can we end this as quickly as possible while creating the appearance of having tried to win so the base isn’t mad?”
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I would not think that this is a good policy mix from an economic and political perspective:
- Increasing goods/food costs via tariffs;
- Denying SNAP benefits;
- Denying pay to government workers;
- Cutting healthcare assistance.
I wonder if this would also be called a ‘vibecession’….
- Increasing goods/food costs via tariffs;
- Denying SNAP benefits;
- Denying pay to government workers;
- Cutting healthcare assistance.
I wonder if this would also be called a ‘vibecession’….
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I would not think that this is a good policy mix from an economic and political perspective:
- Increasing goods/food costs via tariffs;
- Denying SNAP benefits;
- Denying pay to government workers;
- Cutting healthcare assistance.
I wonder if this would also be called a ‘vibecession’….
- Increasing goods/food costs via tariffs;
- Denying SNAP benefits;
- Denying pay to government workers;
- Cutting healthcare assistance.
I wonder if this would also be called a ‘vibecession’….
There is no possible good that could come with associating with Palantir snd Alex Karp is a clearly cynical creature trying to use China to justify making everyone else’s lives worse
It is like seeing someone who thought that Dresden from the Expanse is the good guy
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
It is like seeing someone who thought that Dresden from the Expanse is the good guy
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race
He also had strong opinions about people's
gizmodo.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There is no possible good that could come with associating with Palantir snd Alex Karp is a clearly cynical creature trying to use China to justify making everyone else’s lives worse
It is like seeing someone who thought that Dresden from the Expanse is the good guy
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
It is like seeing someone who thought that Dresden from the Expanse is the good guy
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
Any Questions?
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Any Questions?
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Yglesias already knows how he's going to argue he's right, regardless of outcome.
PLATNER WINS: "See? Voters don't care about woke stuff."
PLATNER LOSES: "You should have nominated a moderate."
MILLS WINS: "Good thing we nominated a moderate."
MILLS LOSES: "Imagine how bad Platner would have done."
PLATNER WINS: "See? Voters don't care about woke stuff."
PLATNER LOSES: "You should have nominated a moderate."
MILLS WINS: "Good thing we nominated a moderate."
MILLS LOSES: "Imagine how bad Platner would have done."
Matt says that he wants Platner because he honestly wants to run the natural experiment and end the forever "moderate, or not?" debate.
Basically, he wants Platner to get the nomination and lose to Collins, so he wins.
Basically, he wants Platner to get the nomination and lose to Collins, so he wins.
October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Yglesias already knows how he's going to argue he's right, regardless of outcome.
PLATNER WINS: "See? Voters don't care about woke stuff."
PLATNER LOSES: "You should have nominated a moderate."
MILLS WINS: "Good thing we nominated a moderate."
MILLS LOSES: "Imagine how bad Platner would have done."
PLATNER WINS: "See? Voters don't care about woke stuff."
PLATNER LOSES: "You should have nominated a moderate."
MILLS WINS: "Good thing we nominated a moderate."
MILLS LOSES: "Imagine how bad Platner would have done."
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It's so funny to me that the Democratic presidential nominee in 2024 was a former prosecutor who made that a part of her pitch, and the latest postmortem from The (centrist) Groups says "voters reject Democratic policies like prison abolitionism."
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It's so funny to me that the Democratic presidential nominee in 2024 was a former prosecutor who made that a part of her pitch, and the latest postmortem from The (centrist) Groups says "voters reject Democratic policies like prison abolitionism."
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lmfao a VP of the NYC *transportation workers union* is telling people to vote against Zohran because he’s too tough on car owners
October 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
lmfao a VP of the NYC *transportation workers union* is telling people to vote against Zohran because he’s too tough on car owners
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In areas with increased SNAP take-up rates, grocery prices increased *less*
October 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
In areas with increased SNAP take-up rates, grocery prices increased *less*
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They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
So @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social wants to build the housing project on Elizabeth Street Garden that Eric Adams canceled,
And I am like
And I am like
a man with a beard and mustache is smiling and says `` do it '' .
ALT: a man with a beard and mustache is smiling and says `` do it '' .
media.tenor.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:54 AM
So @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social wants to build the housing project on Elizabeth Street Garden that Eric Adams canceled,
And I am like
And I am like
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GOP: burning a flag disrespects the people who fought and died for that symbol
Also GOP: hahaha the White House is ours and we'll bulldoze it if we like, just be glad we left you the other half for now
Also GOP: hahaha the White House is ours and we'll bulldoze it if we like, just be glad we left you the other half for now
October 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
GOP: burning a flag disrespects the people who fought and died for that symbol
Also GOP: hahaha the White House is ours and we'll bulldoze it if we like, just be glad we left you the other half for now
Also GOP: hahaha the White House is ours and we'll bulldoze it if we like, just be glad we left you the other half for now
Graham Platner: 46%
Janet Mills: 25%
Jordan Wood: 3%
Not sure: 26%
“After hearing Platner’s statement defending past remarks, 45% said it made them MORE likely to support him"
Platner also sees a 71% favorability among the Dem Base
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Janet Mills: 25%
Jordan Wood: 3%
Not sure: 26%
“After hearing Platner’s statement defending past remarks, 45% said it made them MORE likely to support him"
Platner also sees a 71% favorability among the Dem Base
substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
October 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Graham Platner: 46%
Janet Mills: 25%
Jordan Wood: 3%
Not sure: 26%
“After hearing Platner’s statement defending past remarks, 45% said it made them MORE likely to support him"
Platner also sees a 71% favorability among the Dem Base
substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
Janet Mills: 25%
Jordan Wood: 3%
Not sure: 26%
“After hearing Platner’s statement defending past remarks, 45% said it made them MORE likely to support him"
Platner also sees a 71% favorability among the Dem Base
substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
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University of New Hampshire poll | 10/16-10/21
Maine Senate Democratic primary
Graham Platner 58%
Janet Mills 24%
David Costello 1%
Jordan Wood 1%
Don’t know/undecided 14%
Write-in someone else 1%
Yeah, Twitter’s corpse isn’t real life
scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...
Maine Senate Democratic primary
Graham Platner 58%
Janet Mills 24%
David Costello 1%
Jordan Wood 1%
Don’t know/undecided 14%
Write-in someone else 1%
Yeah, Twitter’s corpse isn’t real life
scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...
Early Look at Maine Primary Races: Platner Leads Mills, Collins Far Ahead of Unknown GOP Challengers 10/23/2025
Graham Platner leads Maine Governor Janet Mills in the race for the 2026 Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, fueled by a wide lead among self-described socialists and progressives along with young ...
scholars.unh.edu
October 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
University of New Hampshire poll | 10/16-10/21
Maine Senate Democratic primary
Graham Platner 58%
Janet Mills 24%
David Costello 1%
Jordan Wood 1%
Don’t know/undecided 14%
Write-in someone else 1%
Yeah, Twitter’s corpse isn’t real life
scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...
Maine Senate Democratic primary
Graham Platner 58%
Janet Mills 24%
David Costello 1%
Jordan Wood 1%
Don’t know/undecided 14%
Write-in someone else 1%
Yeah, Twitter’s corpse isn’t real life
scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...
Palantir is worse than a tattoo
October 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Palantir is worse than a tattoo