Sanho Tree
@sanho.bsky.social
Fellow, Inst. for Policy Studies. Ex-historian posting about drug policy, social justice, and such. Professional border crosser. Interdisciplinary before it was cool (thanks Hampshire College). I use threads like a public filing cabinet. Personal account.
25 years ago this moment I was sitting on the runway at National Airport waiting to take off. I remember the flight was about 6 minutes late. We took off at 8:46 AM — the same moment the first plane hit the World Trade Center. When we landed an hour later, the world would never be the same again.
BREAKING: U.S. diesel fuel prices just hit another record this morning — soaring past $6 a gallon.
But sure, let’s not regulate AI
Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 10h agoAlso in the news today: “Anthropic said it had disrupted several potential plots this year by scientists who used its leading artificial intelligence models to conduct research that could have helped develop biological weapons.”🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
So what you're saying is that either you're lying about what your product can do or it is a national security imperative that we nationalize your company and make it part of some kind of new DARPA? (I'm pretty sure it's the former.) bsky.app/profile/sanh...
Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 10h agoAlso in the news today: “Anthropic said it had disrupted several potential plots this year by scientists who used its leading artificial intelligence models to conduct research that could have helped develop biological weapons.”🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
In which @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social performs in Montreal and begins by going off on all the food recalls and Trump’s idiotic trade war with Cañada — the mortal enemy from the north.😂
Canadians Can’t Believe They’re Calling It “Lake America”
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It should be named the Trump Tollbooth so that every nation that relies on the formerly free Strait of Hormuz will remember and curse him for eternity as they are forced to pay Iran for passage.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h agoTrump: "The Trump Strait, I call it. We control the Trump Strait."
So he’s administering oaths to himself now. Where have we seen this before?🤔
Hitler Oath - Wikipedia
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h ago"Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in history that loves us so much he can't even breathe" -- in extremely culty scene, Trump has his supporters pledge to him that they will vote, then tells them they will "go to hell" if they don't Here's the full sequence:
I look forward to the 2028 Democratic nominee turning to him in a debate and saying "Oh, you were secretly against the war? That means you were too weak to do anything about it. You couldn't remove your lips from Trump's ass long enough to stand up like a man, you pathetic coward."
Joey Politano🏳️🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · 17h agoIncredibly obvious how JD Vance keeps "leaking" these "sources close to JD Vance say JD Vance was secretly against the Iran war" stories; kind of unbelievable that the Times has now published two pieces like this www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
This needs to become a Third Rail election year issue like data centers and Flock. Make politicians condemn and outlaw the practice.
Alex Hern@hern.bsky.social · 3d agoIt's finally happened: the improved quality of machine transcription and the greater ability to extract value from unlabelled data means "your tech is eavesdropping on you for marketing purposes" has crossed from "false conspiracy theory" to "true and concerning" www.theverge.com/tech/991190/...
JD Vance is the Jonah Ryan of the GOP. The people who hate him most are the people who know him best.😂
Presidential candidate Jonah Ryan takes aim at Muslim Math
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Jake Lahut@jakelahut.bsky.social · 11h agoI’ve covered JD since his senate campaign, and undoubtedly his speaking skills have improved. Still not ready for primetime, though, as far as a legit presidential campaign goes
Also in the news today: “Anthropic said it had disrupted several potential plots this year by scientists who used its leading artificial intelligence models to conduct research that could have helped develop biological weapons.”🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons
In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine whether the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down the work.
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Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11h agoFormer Anthropic Al researcher Jacob Coxon sounds the alarm on rapidly advancing artificial intelligence.
JD Vance is like a Klansman who complains “those civil rights protesters sure are obsessed with race!”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h agoJD Vance obliviously decries "grown men who seem to be pretty obsessed with trans children" as an attempt to smear Talarico
I bet he's going to make his wife sign an NDA when she divorces him.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h agoJD Vance: "We were tired of being called racists for noticing that our country was becoming dirtier and poorer"
If Mamdani goes to the 9/11 event, it's a slap in the face. If he doesn't? Also a slap in the face
SF City Attorney's office says Meta's response is "astonishing"
Matt Burgess (WIRED)@mattburgess1.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW: The San Francisco City Attorney has hit Meta with a cease-and-desist telling it to stop publishing ads with AI-generated child sexual abuse. The letter asks Meta why the same ads keep running. Meta says the ads didn’t run in San Francisco and they are outside the city attorney's jurisdiction
All Husted does is repetitively rubber stamp whatever Trump wants. Should he be replaced by a robot? Isn’t that what the brain-dead corpse of Mitch McConnell already does? Mitch has already been replaced by an autopen. As William Wrigley said, “When two men always agree, one of them is unnecessary.”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h agoSen. Husted: "If you worked in something that had a repetitive nature to it, those kinds of jobs are going away. They’re going to be replaced by robots. I don’t think that is a bad thing, because I don’t think those are enriching– the enriching kinds of jobs that most people want to do."
In 2028 someone is going to tell you (it is going to be Ryan Grim) that Vance is running to AOC’s left on foreign policy. When they do I want you to punch them in the mouth
Joey Politano🏳️🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · 17h agoIncredibly obvious how JD Vance keeps "leaking" these "sources close to JD Vance say JD Vance was secretly against the Iran war" stories; kind of unbelievable that the Times has now published two pieces like this www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
"Interviewees describe hacking little girls’ phones to see when their fathers came home and then bombing their houses, listening while the people on the line screamed and pleaded for help, while mothers cried over their burning daughters."
Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 13h agoYuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s ‘Naza’ is one of the most important films of our time. 24 different Israeli intelligence officers testify in this unflinching exposé of systematic Israeli war crimes in Gaza. www.vulture.com/article/revi...
Another bill he will never pay (with your own tax dollars).
Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · yesterdayTrump hasn't been paying his debts for his entire adult life. Roy Cohn's biographer Kai Bird explains how Roy mentored the young Donald and how they never paid their bills in the 1979s and 80s. To them, laws were for the little people.
Every time you see concerning news about AI, remember: Trump and the GOP want to block all regulation of this technology. John James voted to override state AI laws multiple times, and Republicans are taking millions from AI billionaires. www.npr.org/2026/09/09/n...
Anthropic researcher resigns amid AI safety concerns
A researcher at the AI company Anthropic resigned with a warning that the entire artificial intelligence industry is designing tools that humans will soon lose control of.
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Putin’s summer offensive is about to be engulfed. He Hormuz’d himself.
(((Tendar)))@tendar.bsky.social · 17h agoThe Russian salient north of Lyman, Donetsk region, Ukraine has collapsed. Ukrainian forces are moving into this area, conducting mopping up operations.
Ukraine and Canada signed a declaration on a 100-year partnership. Canada will provide over $430 million in loan guarantees for gas purchases, new air-defense support and $40 million for a Ukrainian veterans fund. Zelensky said the first document under a bilateral Drone Deal was also signed #Ukraine
Why does the Washington Sun — which I very much want to support — have a share button for X, but not for Bluesky? Why insult us like this? It’s shameful. You should know better.
TIL that if you fail to close the door on a Waymo, it becomes inoperable.😂😈
“You know what they say: When God closes a door, he can make 6 bucks on DoorDash” #DailyShow
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Ah yes, First Energy’s guy, Jon Husted. Sure, there’s no known evidence he received a bribe, but maybe it’s just not yet been found. I mean, if you party with 🦌, you’re gonna get 🩸 sucking ticks. I’m just saying. tiffinohio.net/posts/hb-6-b...
FirstEnergy bribery scandal haunts Jon Husted's Senate race as Ohio ratepayers keep paying
Husted testified as a defense witness in the bribery trial this spring, as Ohio ratepayers continue paying hundreds of millions for the bailout he championed.
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