MassivRuss
@massivruss.bsky.social
Of the Commonwealth. Dad to two amazing humans attending UMass-Lowell & Clark U.
Full time cat Dad. NASA nerd.
“…a principal function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute…” - Justice William Brennan
I F*CKING HATE BULLIES.
Full time cat Dad. NASA nerd.
“…a principal function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute…” - Justice William Brennan
I F*CKING HATE BULLIES.
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AI does NOT replace cognition. It is a parlor trick being sold to rubes, promising they will be enriched by displacing, for pennies on the dollar, the human capital achieved by actual human cognition.
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We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
The open up replies, to discuss. K?
This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The open up replies, to discuss. K?
This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
November 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
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A wise review by Holly Case of an excellent book by Iryna Vushko.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Holly Case · Thin Pink Glaze: Habsburg Legacies
We still live in the long shadow of Habsburg disintegration. In addition to the lingering legacy of 19th-century state...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A wise review by Holly Case of an excellent book by Iryna Vushko.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
November 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Turkey gumbo. First time. Achievement unlocked.
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Turkey gumbo. First time. Achievement unlocked.
@profanity.accountant how am i doing?
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
@profanity.accountant how am i doing?
*INDIANA* Republican
A rare moment of a Republican genuinely giving a damn.
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
*INDIANA* Republican
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Once again, I post the article for free and the critics don't read it. So I'll hand-hold here and note that I said it's fine to mock, but don't be children about it:
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Once again, I post the article for free and the critics don't read it. So I'll hand-hold here and note that I said it's fine to mock, but don't be children about it:
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the true spirit of Christmas is the pleasure we collectively take in Mike Johnson feeling discouraged
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
the true spirit of Christmas is the pleasure we collectively take in Mike Johnson feeling discouraged
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Dear press:
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Dear press:
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
Trump put National Guard troops in harms way for political theater the right way.
- Ezra Klein
- Ezra Klein
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Trump put National Guard troops in harms way for political theater the right way.
- Ezra Klein
- Ezra Klein
Ok, @bostonglobe.com what say you send a reporter to meet this unfortunate to see how she’s doing?
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ok, @bostonglobe.com what say you send a reporter to meet this unfortunate to see how she’s doing?
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Did the CIA not vet the guy enough before hiring him as an operative, or something? or is it just assumed that that was Biden's personal responsibility to do, as well?
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Did the CIA not vet the guy enough before hiring him as an operative, or something? or is it just assumed that that was Biden's personal responsibility to do, as well?
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Among other travesties in this statement, National Guard soldiers are not "law enforcement"
REPORTER: There are people upset with the president, believing the National Guard members shouldn't have been there
PIRRO: I don't even wanna talk about whether they should've been there. We ought to kiss the ground and thank God that the president said it's time to bring in more law enforcement
PIRRO: I don't even wanna talk about whether they should've been there. We ought to kiss the ground and thank God that the president said it's time to bring in more law enforcement
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Among other travesties in this statement, National Guard soldiers are not "law enforcement"
@joshgondelman.bsky.social is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I have ever known.
Oh, buddy, I don’t think there is enough space in this survey to tell you what I really think of @joshgondelman.bsky.social.
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
@joshgondelman.bsky.social is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I have ever known.
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journalists really should stop baring their entire asses like this
"I have no idea how this technology actually works but my editor is mostly interested in engagement clicks so we proceeded anyway"
"I have no idea how this technology actually works but my editor is mostly interested in engagement clicks so we proceeded anyway"
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
journalists really should stop baring their entire asses like this
"I have no idea how this technology actually works but my editor is mostly interested in engagement clicks so we proceeded anyway"
"I have no idea how this technology actually works but my editor is mostly interested in engagement clicks so we proceeded anyway"
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
Just decided to watch Firefly (S1E1 “Serenity”) after all these years. I can’t believe how goddam good it still is.
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Just decided to watch Firefly (S1E1 “Serenity”) after all these years. I can’t believe how goddam good it still is.
Jeez, I’m watching an episode of “The Bear”. And I’m watching an episode of “The Bear”.
Alejandra Caraballo: I need to be nicer to people.
Also Alejandra: I disagree with you on whether a policy was written unconstitutionally broadly, so I am going to tell the world you WANT trans kids to be bullied and kill themselves.
What a remarkably dishonest, awful human being.
Also Alejandra: I disagree with you on whether a policy was written unconstitutionally broadly, so I am going to tell the world you WANT trans kids to be bullied and kill themselves.
What a remarkably dishonest, awful human being.
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Jeez, I’m watching an episode of “The Bear”. And I’m watching an episode of “The Bear”.
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