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It seems Sir Terry Pratchett unwittingly addressed the problem of employing AI, years ago.
December 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It seems Sir Terry Pratchett unwittingly addressed the problem of employing AI, years ago.
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“It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
The neighbor who believes in 20 gods or no god must therefore have the same political rights as the one who is an orthodox monotheist.” - Thomas Jefferson
The neighbor who believes in 20 gods or no god must therefore have the same political rights as the one who is an orthodox monotheist.” - Thomas Jefferson
December 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
“It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
The neighbor who believes in 20 gods or no god must therefore have the same political rights as the one who is an orthodox monotheist.” - Thomas Jefferson
The neighbor who believes in 20 gods or no god must therefore have the same political rights as the one who is an orthodox monotheist.” - Thomas Jefferson
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In early November, reports circulated that a woman was arrested at an airport in Utah.
Then, later in the month, a 19-year-old college student was arrested at the airport in Boston.
We reveal how these arrests came to be.
Then, later in the month, a 19-year-old college student was arrested at the airport in Boston.
We reveal how these arrests came to be.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
In early November, reports circulated that a woman was arrested at an airport in Utah.
Then, later in the month, a 19-year-old college student was arrested at the airport in Boston.
We reveal how these arrests came to be.
Then, later in the month, a 19-year-old college student was arrested at the airport in Boston.
We reveal how these arrests came to be.
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VP Harris: Let us make a new commitment to the common good that declares our country will be commanded by everyday citizens for the betterment of the country. A commitment that declares that the power of this country does not belong to any king or oligarchs, it belongs to We The People
December 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
VP Harris: Let us make a new commitment to the common good that declares our country will be commanded by everyday citizens for the betterment of the country. A commitment that declares that the power of this country does not belong to any king or oligarchs, it belongs to We The People
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it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
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Why are some House members trying to force votes on 2 health care bills packed with a dummy placeholder text known as Loren Ipsum? @demfromct.bsky.social, a Congress-watcher and retired pediatrician, explains it all. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: House rank and file threaten to discharge Lorem Ipsum from committee
POLITICO: Frustrated Republicans move to force Obamacare vote as warnings mount about the midterms It’s not clear if House Democrats will coalesce behind the bipartisan two-year subsidy extension prop...
www.dailykos.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Why are some House members trying to force votes on 2 health care bills packed with a dummy placeholder text known as Loren Ipsum? @demfromct.bsky.social, a Congress-watcher and retired pediatrician, explains it all. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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JUST IN: Judge orders feds to return data & emails from Comey friend Dan Richman, says investigators showed "callous disregard" for Richman's rights through warrantless rummaging through data for recent Comey probe. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Court orders DOJ to return data seized from Comey friend
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled the material obtained from law professor Daniel Richman was handled with “callous disregard” for his rights.
www.politico.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
JUST IN: Judge orders feds to return data & emails from Comey friend Dan Richman, says investigators showed "callous disregard" for Richman's rights through warrantless rummaging through data for recent Comey probe. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Alberta country music star Corb Lund says the citizens petition initiative he had filed against coal mining in the Rocky Mountains has been retroactively killed by Alberta’s new legislation:
December 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Alberta country music star Corb Lund says the citizens petition initiative he had filed against coal mining in the Rocky Mountains has been retroactively killed by Alberta’s new legislation:
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Reporters can do what AI can’t.
But McClatchy Media refuses to agree to ethical guidelines on its AI usage. With your support, we can ensure your local news is done by local reporters like these.
@idwanewsguilds.bsky.social @idahonewsguild.bsky.social
But McClatchy Media refuses to agree to ethical guidelines on its AI usage. With your support, we can ensure your local news is done by local reporters like these.
@idwanewsguilds.bsky.social @idahonewsguild.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reporters can do what AI can’t.
But McClatchy Media refuses to agree to ethical guidelines on its AI usage. With your support, we can ensure your local news is done by local reporters like these.
@idwanewsguilds.bsky.social @idahonewsguild.bsky.social
But McClatchy Media refuses to agree to ethical guidelines on its AI usage. With your support, we can ensure your local news is done by local reporters like these.
@idwanewsguilds.bsky.social @idahonewsguild.bsky.social
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In 45 states, immigration arrests more than doubled compared with the same period last year. The largest increases: There were 1,190 arrests in D.C. compared with just 7 last year under the Biden administration. Arrests were also more than five times higher in New Mexico, Idaho, Oregon and Virginia.
An ever-larger share of ICE’s arrested immigrants have no criminal record • Idaho Capital Sun
Immigration arrests under the Trump administration continued to increase through mid-October, reaching rates of more than 30,000 a month.
idahocapitalsun.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In 45 states, immigration arrests more than doubled compared with the same period last year. The largest increases: There were 1,190 arrests in D.C. compared with just 7 last year under the Biden administration. Arrests were also more than five times higher in New Mexico, Idaho, Oregon and Virginia.
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how dare china not buy the products the US didn’t even want them to buy until just the other day! how diabolical of them to want to develop their own advanced semiconductors!
China Is ‘Rejecting’ H200s, Outfoxing US Strategy, Sacks Says
China has figured out the US strategy for allowing it to buy Nvidia Corp.’s H200 and is rejecting the AI chip in favor of domestically developed semiconductors, White House AI czar David Sacks said, c...
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
how dare china not buy the products the US didn’t even want them to buy until just the other day! how diabolical of them to want to develop their own advanced semiconductors!
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New Orleans Habitat for Humanity says that while they knew the developer they sold the Musicians' Village rental properties to would raise the rent, they didn't know it would be 300% increases
www.nola.com/gambit/music...
www.nola.com/gambit/music...
New Orleans Habitat for Humanity addresses sale of 8 Musicians' Village rental units
The four doubles in Musicians' Village were part of a larger $1.7 million sale of 32 properties across the city by the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity to Stable Housing LLC. Homeowners in Musici...
www.nola.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
New Orleans Habitat for Humanity says that while they knew the developer they sold the Musicians' Village rental properties to would raise the rent, they didn't know it would be 300% increases
www.nola.com/gambit/music...
www.nola.com/gambit/music...
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BREAKING: Trump is sued by preservationists who are seeking architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project.
Trump sued by preservationists seeking architecture review over White House ballroom project
President Donald Trump has been sued by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
BREAKING: Trump is sued by preservationists who are seeking architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project.
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Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug boats. n.pr/44sb9AS
U.S. military members fear personal legal blowback tied to boat strikes
Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug boats.
n.pr
December 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug boats. n.pr/44sb9AS
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Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
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Good read by Bryan Clark. Transferring federal land to Idaho is bad for taxpayers and bad for future generations.
Fulcher backs the land transfer movement with dubious arguments | Opinion
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/opn-...
Fulcher backs the land transfer movement with dubious arguments | Opinion
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/opn-...
Fulcher backs the land transfer movement with dubious arguments | Opinion
Yes, federal land management agencies are underfunded. Fulcher’s proposal is to make every problem he identifies worse. | Opinion
www.idahostatesman.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Good read by Bryan Clark. Transferring federal land to Idaho is bad for taxpayers and bad for future generations.
Fulcher backs the land transfer movement with dubious arguments | Opinion
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/opn-...
Fulcher backs the land transfer movement with dubious arguments | Opinion
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/opn-...
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According to the Idaho Statesman, the Nampa Police Department sent 26 officers to the raid and spent $24,000 in wages that day. The Caldwell Police Department, spent $11,300 on personnel that day to cover 16 officers. Caldwell police zip tied children. #FOIA #Idaho law enforcement
How much did the Wilder raid cost Idaho taxpayers? What we know
The Idaho Statesman filed records request to find out what local law enforcement agencies spent to assist the federal operation.
www.idahostatesman.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Some More Font Upgrades, After Yesterday’s Calibri News www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Some More Font Upgrades, After Yesterday’s Calibri News www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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This is the second discharge petition that has successfully led to House passage of legislation in the last 6 weeks.
There is a third on a congressional stock trading ban, and it can pass if Jeffries leans into it.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
There is a third on a congressional stock trading ban, and it can pass if Jeffries leans into it.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is the second discharge petition that has successfully led to House passage of legislation in the last 6 weeks.
There is a third on a congressional stock trading ban, and it can pass if Jeffries leans into it.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
There is a third on a congressional stock trading ban, and it can pass if Jeffries leans into it.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
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When @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered a Goodreads page tied to the email of a top Pentagon official featuring “Asian wife sharing” books and other pornographic works, he did what any reporter would do: ask the Pentagon questions.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
When @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered a Goodreads page tied to the email of a top Pentagon official featuring “Asian wife sharing” books and other pornographic works, he did what any reporter would do: ask the Pentagon questions.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
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A couple things Disney has done:
—giving Trump $16M for no reason
—firing Kimmel, then reversing out of naked self-interest
—axing all the Nat Geo writers and most editors (incl me)
Disney makes inhumane decisions for short-term gain while causing untold long-term damage.
We won't forget.
—giving Trump $16M for no reason
—firing Kimmel, then reversing out of naked self-interest
—axing all the Nat Geo writers and most editors (incl me)
Disney makes inhumane decisions for short-term gain while causing untold long-term damage.
We won't forget.
Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will let the AI platform use its characters to make social-media videos.
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A couple things Disney has done:
—giving Trump $16M for no reason
—firing Kimmel, then reversing out of naked self-interest
—axing all the Nat Geo writers and most editors (incl me)
Disney makes inhumane decisions for short-term gain while causing untold long-term damage.
We won't forget.
—giving Trump $16M for no reason
—firing Kimmel, then reversing out of naked self-interest
—axing all the Nat Geo writers and most editors (incl me)
Disney makes inhumane decisions for short-term gain while causing untold long-term damage.
We won't forget.
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Many undocumented immigrants arrested at an Idaho racetrack are being detained in Nevada and other states, making it harder for attorneys and family to find them www.investigatewest.org/idaho-immigr... #ICE #HumanRights
Idaho immigrants detained far from home, and from their attorneys
Many undocumented immigrants arrested at an Idaho racetrack are being detained in Nevada and other states, making it harder for attorneys and family to find them
www.investigatewest.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Many undocumented immigrants arrested at an Idaho racetrack are being detained in Nevada and other states, making it harder for attorneys and family to find them www.investigatewest.org/idaho-immigr... #ICE #HumanRights
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This is definitely the angle from which to look at this recent narrative. I do think some of the players here have extremely cooked brains, but I also do not believe for a second that is the whole story. It is certainly a convenient screen!
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is definitely the angle from which to look at this recent narrative. I do think some of the players here have extremely cooked brains, but I also do not believe for a second that is the whole story. It is certainly a convenient screen!