H.L. Mencken’s Winking Ghost
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And now a spokesperson for Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has weighed in
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November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
And now a spokesperson for Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has weighed in
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“The courts emphasized that immigration laws already exist and there’s no need (or justification) to stretch a wartime statute to handle gang-related deportations.”
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Alien enemies no more
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November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“The courts emphasized that immigration laws already exist and there’s no need (or justification) to stretch a wartime statute to handle gang-related deportations.”
reason.com/2025/05/02/a...
reason.com/2025/05/02/a...
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7. the kinda appealing, but substantively indefensible, idea that somehow AI is different to other technology, like calculators, in a pedagogical context — but we totally ban a great deal of technology in the classroom.
(Section 3.7 here doi.org/10.5281/zeno...)
9/n
(Section 3.7 here doi.org/10.5281/zeno...)
9/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
7. the kinda appealing, but substantively indefensible, idea that somehow AI is different to other technology, like calculators, in a pedagogical context — but we totally ban a great deal of technology in the classroom.
(Section 3.7 here doi.org/10.5281/zeno...)
9/n
(Section 3.7 here doi.org/10.5281/zeno...)
9/n