David 🍉
@davidwave4.bsky.social
civil rights lawyer, amateur musician, lapsed gamer, bi black guy, and political junkie. lifelong chiefs/royals fan. 🇹🇬 🇺🇸.
Reposted by David 🍉
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
low quality rage bait
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
low quality rage bait
Reposted by David 🍉
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
This just isn’t true.
December 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This just isn’t true.
yuck
December 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
yuck
I need to listen to more rap music.
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I need to listen to more rap music.
Do think Talarico has the better general election strategy, but he’s not in the general election yet.
Texas Senate Race Shows Democratic Party Split on Trump-Focus in Midterm Elections | U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett takes direct aim at President Donald Trump, using his insults to energize her 2026 campaign. State Rep. James Talarico is emphasizing economic divides rather than political ones.
Texas Senate Race Shows Democratic Party Split on Trump-Focus in Midterm Elections - Bucks County Beacon
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett takes direct aim at President Donald Trump, using his insults to energize her 2026 campaign. State Rep. James Talarico is emphasizing economic divides rather than political ...
buckscountybeacon.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Do think Talarico has the better general election strategy, but he’s not in the general election yet.
Reposted by David 🍉
The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Washington Post editorial board really speaking truth to power
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Reposted by David 🍉
Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
This fucking sucks. Fuck my fuck ass state and it's piece of shit AG for doing this to me specifically and to millions of folks who suffer w/ student debt.
Today the White House is moving to force millions of student loan borrowers to start paying again.
Borrowers on the SAVE plan will need to select a new repayment plan.
The Trump admin has just settled a case against SAVE plans brought by the state of Missouri.
Borrowers on the SAVE plan will need to select a new repayment plan.
The Trump admin has just settled a case against SAVE plans brought by the state of Missouri.
December 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This fucking sucks. Fuck my fuck ass state and it's piece of shit AG for doing this to me specifically and to millions of folks who suffer w/ student debt.
Reposted by David 🍉
CONFIRMED: Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, will be the new mayor of Miami.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
CONFIRMED: Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, will be the new mayor of Miami.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
he’s right about tnr being more official looking and clean than calibri, but calling it DEI is new levels of silly
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
he’s right about tnr being more official looking and clean than calibri, but calling it DEI is new levels of silly
Reposted by David 🍉
the idea that we will ever devise a technology that can automatically sort true statements from false ones and factual ones from “hallucinations” is a lead-to-gold fantasy
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
the idea that we will ever devise a technology that can automatically sort true statements from false ones and factual ones from “hallucinations” is a lead-to-gold fantasy
Reposted by David 🍉
I’d say it’s designed to teach you how to think but being a better person is a likely side effect
A liberal arts education is designed to make you a better person, not train you to do a job.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I’d say it’s designed to teach you how to think but being a better person is a likely side effect
Reposted by David 🍉
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
Reposted by David 🍉
When I am finally victorious and my ideological enemies thwarted, all who opposed me shall be lined up and dutifully distributed their equitable share of the rights I fought for and they so vigorously opposed, because That Was The Fucking Point
nah dawg this is petty as shit
these people got brainwashed with propaganda and fearmongering
wanting only people who didn't vote for Trump to survive is misanthropic and gross
these people got brainwashed with propaganda and fearmongering
wanting only people who didn't vote for Trump to survive is misanthropic and gross
This.
December 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When I am finally victorious and my ideological enemies thwarted, all who opposed me shall be lined up and dutifully distributed their equitable share of the rights I fought for and they so vigorously opposed, because That Was The Fucking Point
Reposted by David 🍉
We don't need massive SCOTUS reform in the abstract. Fixed terms, some small things. But the problem isn't the Court. It's the justices. These six people are so bad, such enemies of the Constitution, they must be removed or otherwise disempowered even if it means things I'd generally rather not do.
December 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We don't need massive SCOTUS reform in the abstract. Fixed terms, some small things. But the problem isn't the Court. It's the justices. These six people are so bad, such enemies of the Constitution, they must be removed or otherwise disempowered even if it means things I'd generally rather not do.
Reposted by David 🍉
Happy Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc digital release eve. I spoke with composer Kensuke Ushio about how he made me cry with his score, summer's end.
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Happy Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc digital release eve. I spoke with composer Kensuke Ushio about how he made me cry with his score, summer's end.
Reposted by David 🍉
bring back shame, combat vice signaling
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
bring back shame, combat vice signaling
Reposted by David 🍉
NEW EPISODE: Faiz Shakir, founder of More Perfect Union and former campaign manager for Bernie Sanders and I discuss the future of Democratic messaging, media, and grassroots organizing. youtu.be/wV_-rqtsj68?...
PAY ATTENTION: Corporations Are Destroying Democracy | Faiz Shakir
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
NEW EPISODE: Faiz Shakir, founder of More Perfect Union and former campaign manager for Bernie Sanders and I discuss the future of Democratic messaging, media, and grassroots organizing. youtu.be/wV_-rqtsj68?...
The idea of CNN and CBS News being merged, with Bari Weiss in charge of it all, is horrifying.
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The idea of CNN and CBS News being merged, with Bari Weiss in charge of it all, is horrifying.
Reposted by David 🍉
We're off to see the boss class 🎶
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We're off to see the boss class 🎶
I like -- but don't love -- Crockett (she's said some ableist, transphobic, and generally weird shit, and I don't think her politics are all that progressive).
There's no way she wins the Texas Senate race.
There's no way she wins the Texas Senate race.
Jasmine Crockett considers Texas U.S. Senate run
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) joins @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social for a conversation on President Trump’s immigration crackdown and Crockett’s potential bid for U.S. Senate.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) joins @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social for a conversation on President Trump’s immigration crackdown and Crockett’s potential bid for U.S. Senate.
'Closer to yes than I am no’: Jasmine Crockett considers Texas U.S. Senate run
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I like -- but don't love -- Crockett (she's said some ableist, transphobic, and generally weird shit, and I don't think her politics are all that progressive).
There's no way she wins the Texas Senate race.
There's no way she wins the Texas Senate race.
Reposted by David 🍉
The refusal to consider DC Statehood is largely a reluctance to give DC two Senators, which itself is a tacit admission that the United States Senate is an anti-democratic institution.
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The refusal to consider DC Statehood is largely a reluctance to give DC two Senators, which itself is a tacit admission that the United States Senate is an anti-democratic institution.
I don't want to hope again, but yeah, if this holds, then at least AK, KS, IA, and OH are in play again. I don't know about NE and FL, and TX has always been a tough one.
I think Democrats having won statewide in OH, AK, and IA recently enough helps.
I think Democrats having won statewide in OH, AK, and IA recently enough helps.
TX/AK/KS/IA/OH/NE/FL going down in one year would be like a hammer blow to the Republican psyche
14% national swing is the exact kind of shit that starts knocking over reach senate seats like dominoes
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I don't want to hope again, but yeah, if this holds, then at least AK, KS, IA, and OH are in play again. I don't know about NE and FL, and TX has always been a tough one.
I think Democrats having won statewide in OH, AK, and IA recently enough helps.
I think Democrats having won statewide in OH, AK, and IA recently enough helps.