Ian McCullough
@ianmmc.bsky.social
If Governor Newsom wishes to make a *real* challenge to Texas' gerrymandering, he should make the ballot proposition he'll put before voters an opportunity for California to adopt the shortest splitline method of electoral district drawing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUS9...
The Shortest-Splitline Algorithm: a Gerrymandering Solution [Bonus Video]
YouTube video by CGP Grey
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August 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
If Governor Newsom wishes to make a *real* challenge to Texas' gerrymandering, he should make the ballot proposition he'll put before voters an opportunity for California to adopt the shortest splitline method of electoral district drawing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUS9...
For those aghast at CBS’ choice to cancel @colbertlateshow.bsky.social, know that CBS has history with #censorship. During the Vietnam War, Tommy & Dickie Smothers routinely battled with the network over The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
@stephencolbert.bsky.social stands in legendary company.
@stephencolbert.bsky.social stands in legendary company.
July 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
For those aghast at CBS’ choice to cancel @colbertlateshow.bsky.social, know that CBS has history with #censorship. During the Vietnam War, Tommy & Dickie Smothers routinely battled with the network over The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
@stephencolbert.bsky.social stands in legendary company.
@stephencolbert.bsky.social stands in legendary company.
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headline construction masterclass
June 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
headline construction masterclass
Alcatraz isn’t going to reopen and there isn’t going to be a 100% tariff on “foreign made movies.” Notice, though, how by saying some new batshit crazy things that President Trump has shifted media headlines away from whether or not he believes in Constitutionally-guaranteed rights to due process.
May 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Alcatraz isn’t going to reopen and there isn’t going to be a 100% tariff on “foreign made movies.” Notice, though, how by saying some new batshit crazy things that President Trump has shifted media headlines away from whether or not he believes in Constitutionally-guaranteed rights to due process.
Coverage of the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia has gravitated towards his biography and what he’s done and alleged to have done during his life. All of that is irrelevant to the current situation.
The only seven words that matter right now are:
• “Checks and balances”
• “Court orders”
• “Due process”
The only seven words that matter right now are:
• “Checks and balances”
• “Court orders”
• “Due process”
April 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Coverage of the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia has gravitated towards his biography and what he’s done and alleged to have done during his life. All of that is irrelevant to the current situation.
The only seven words that matter right now are:
• “Checks and balances”
• “Court orders”
• “Due process”
The only seven words that matter right now are:
• “Checks and balances”
• “Court orders”
• “Due process”
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You know the *only* reason he got out so fast was a reporter live posted about this for hours. And, a large amount of public pressure.
Every time someone gets grabbed, there has to be a robust public response immediately.
Every time someone gets grabbed, there has to be a robust public response immediately.
BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.
April 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
You know the *only* reason he got out so fast was a reporter live posted about this for hours. And, a large amount of public pressure.
Every time someone gets grabbed, there has to be a robust public response immediately.
Every time someone gets grabbed, there has to be a robust public response immediately.
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If your client or loved one has been disappeared by the US gov, whether to Guantánamo, a Salvadoran gulag, or some other incomunicado/unregistered ICE or CBP facility, I urge you to report it to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (thread): www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...
Reporting a disappearance to the Working Group
www.ohchr.org
March 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
If your client or loved one has been disappeared by the US gov, whether to Guantánamo, a Salvadoran gulag, or some other incomunicado/unregistered ICE or CBP facility, I urge you to report it to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (thread): www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...
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Plainclothes agents. Trying to question elementary-aged kids. And lying that they had parents permission to do so.
April 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Plainclothes agents. Trying to question elementary-aged kids. And lying that they had parents permission to do so.
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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
cbsn.ws
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
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We're just disappearing people into a black site slave labor camp because they look a certain way and speak Spanish.
That's what people around the world will think of when they think about America and Americans.
That's what people around the world will think of when they think about America and Americans.
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
cbsn.ws
April 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
We're just disappearing people into a black site slave labor camp because they look a certain way and speak Spanish.
That's what people around the world will think of when they think about America and Americans.
That's what people around the world will think of when they think about America and Americans.
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Have I mentioned the cover-up is worse than the crime?
Because the cover-up is worse than the crime.
Because the cover-up is worse than the crime.
March 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Have I mentioned the cover-up is worse than the crime?
Because the cover-up is worse than the crime.
Because the cover-up is worse than the crime.
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these folks are unreconstructed segregationists and it isn’t even speculative or a difficult argument at this point
“An Army webpage from 2008 that lauded the 60th anniversary of President Harry Truman’s 1948 integration order has disappeared. It was available as recently as last year, web archives show” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pentago...
Pentagon Removes Webpages Celebrating Racial Integration of the Armed Forces
Several webpages that celebrated the armed forces’ history of racial integration have...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
these folks are unreconstructed segregationists and it isn’t even speculative or a difficult argument at this point
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Jackie’s name was big enough to be restored. The many others who were removed, with the same justification, will not get the same attention.
And that’s the problem.
And that’s the problem.
March 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Jackie’s name was big enough to be restored. The many others who were removed, with the same justification, will not get the same attention.
And that’s the problem.
And that’s the problem.
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This is really cool. It helps you find games based on your accessibility needs or preferences. For instance, I prefer single-player games that allow me to resize subtitles. I tested it to see if it would find games I already play and love, and it's done a fairly decent job. #VideoGamesAccessibility
Today is March 10th and an incredible day for game accessibility because today AbletoPlay.com goes public!
Sign up for a private account, adjust your accessibility needs, and find games that work best for you! #a11y
Sign up for a private account, adjust your accessibility needs, and find games that work best for you! #a11y
Able To Play — The Easiest Way to Find Accessible Games
Find games that meet your personalized accessibility needs - quickly, easily, and for free!
AbletoPlay.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is really cool. It helps you find games based on your accessibility needs or preferences. For instance, I prefer single-player games that allow me to resize subtitles. I tested it to see if it would find games I already play and love, and it's done a fairly decent job. #VideoGamesAccessibility
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In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.
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The way to build hope is by creating norms for empathy, belonging and safety. Sometimes that means speaking up bc you don’t get to say that you are empathetic by tolerating toxicity.
March 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The way to build hope is by creating norms for empathy, belonging and safety. Sometimes that means speaking up bc you don’t get to say that you are empathetic by tolerating toxicity.
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NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint...
www.military.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
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Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
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February 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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New: Ex-Twitter workers keep winning severance claims against Elon Musk.
Employees are 20 for 20 so far in getting full severance from Musk via arbitration, including four people who were laid off after the "Fork in the Road" ultimatum
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Employees are 20 for 20 so far in getting full severance from Musk via arbitration, including four people who were laid off after the "Fork in the Road" ultimatum
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s Ex-Twitter Workers Win Severance Over ‘Fork in the Road’ Email
Former Twitter employees are scoring early victories in legal challenges to Elon Musk’s mass layoffs when he bought the company in 2022.
www.bloomberg.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
New: Ex-Twitter workers keep winning severance claims against Elon Musk.
Employees are 20 for 20 so far in getting full severance from Musk via arbitration, including four people who were laid off after the "Fork in the Road" ultimatum
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Employees are 20 for 20 so far in getting full severance from Musk via arbitration, including four people who were laid off after the "Fork in the Road" ultimatum
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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NEW — House Republicans are putting the brakes on town halls after blowback over the Trump administration's cuts.
One GOP aide said House Republican leaders are urging lawmakers to stop engaging in them altogether.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
One GOP aide said House Republican leaders are urging lawmakers to stop engaging in them altogether.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts
A number of Republican lawmakers faced significant pushback in their home districts over Trump and Elon Musk's slashing of the federal government.
www.nbcnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
NEW — House Republicans are putting the brakes on town halls after blowback over the Trump administration's cuts.
One GOP aide said House Republican leaders are urging lawmakers to stop engaging in them altogether.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
One GOP aide said House Republican leaders are urging lawmakers to stop engaging in them altogether.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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President Trump is simultaneously increasing consumer prices by imposing tariffs and increasing unemployment by canceling Federal contracts and laying off workers. We’re headed straight for painful stagflation.
February 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
President Trump is simultaneously increasing consumer prices by imposing tariffs and increasing unemployment by canceling Federal contracts and laying off workers. We’re headed straight for painful stagflation.
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going back in time to tell myself this image is going to end the human race
February 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
going back in time to tell myself this image is going to end the human race