Michael Crawford
@michaelcrawford.com
Exists simultaneously as wave and particle. Occasionally pretends to be a writer. See the rest of my nerdery at @progresscityusa.com Formerly @MiklCraw4d at The Old Place™
We’ve been in a constitutional crisis since Jan. 20, 2025 and a blue wave in November won’t fix it if Trump can just ignore legislation passed by Congress.
Trump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, a move some lawmakers called illegal
President Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both pa...
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It is impossible to overstate how totally sociopathic it is for @rahmemanuel.bsky.social to have turned Chicago into his personal political corruption machine and now depict himself as the 2028 presidential candidate leading an anti-corruption movement.
There‘s much to appreciate in Mamdani, but his insistence that culture isn’t a privilege of the rich is one of his strengths.It is reminiscent of how unions and the government treated it in the 1930s -art for the masses - paintings, music, opera, theater - democracy for all.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2d agoNever been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
Somehow the Braves won the division and yet are clearly, obviously going nowhere in the postseason
Two of Hollywood’s oldest and greatest companies (and the jobs of tens of thousands of people who work for them) are now completely dependent on the personal stock holdings of one guy who has made an enormous bet on AI data centers. What could go wrong?
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h ago“Oracle officers and directors are forbidden from pledging company shares as collateral for personal loans, with one exception, Larry Ellison… The total stock pledged now represents about 36% of Ellison’s total holdings of 1.16 billion shares.”
I guess that the best argument, for me, against AI is that everyone advocating it seems to be a psychopath.
yeah I very much think they are inventing robot wife-servants because they’re mad human women have better options than wife-servant now I think all the time about that guy who said male clients kept flirting with his automated scheduler because the software defaulted to a female name
Bean & Sprout's Mom@beansproutsmom.bsky.social · yesterday<<cackles darkly>> How much of this tech bro shit is driven by the disappearance of female secretaries, who, let's be honest, kept a lot of companies running, and ability of wives to now say "No, time, honey, got a board meeting then school pickup, you gotta make the res for your mom's bday."
An acute reminder that we don’t live in a free country as long as American tech oligarchs continue to maintain their power.
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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I like to walk into a job interview with a Shamrock Shake. I really have to ace it or I have to wait another year to try.
This is crazy! How may direct, urgent warnings were there? www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Egypt’s Warning to Israel
Cairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza.
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Hailed as "humanity’s next window into the deep Universe,” the telescope could help us better understand the formation of planets, stars, black holes, and even how water on Earth came to be.
With PRIMA, NASA will try to build a billion-dollar space telescope in record time
NASA's PRIMA mission will use spare parts from Webb to do major science at a lower cost.
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“Governor Kay Ivey signed House Bill 2 into law earlier this year, which requires ‘all state and local entities and their employees’ to use Gulf of America… WBHM is licensed to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), thus every member of our team is an employee of UAB and a state employee.”
Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · 21h agoThe general manager of WBHM in Birmingham announces the public radio station is compelled to begin referring to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America." view.reach.uab.edu/?vawpToken...
NEW: We published our investigation, in partnership with @pablo.show, about Tim Tebow’s involvement with Life Surge, a Christian financial seminar company. Now, one day after our investigation was published, the legendary quarterback announced that he’s “pausing” his work with Life Surge.
Tim Tebow “pausing” Christian seminar promotion after our investigation
“I think the allegations are extremely serious."
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I remember when people looked at me funny for saying that the only way the business model and valuation of these genAI companies makes sense is if they believe they can control people’s most basic cognitive skills. Now the CEOs are just saying the quiet part out loud. futurism.com/health-medic...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says That Sacrificing Our Children's Minds to AI Is a Price He's Willing to Pay
Thanks to AI, it won't matter if students can do multiplication, or even remember their own home address, tech billionaire Jensen Huang said.
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you know what *i* would say if someone called me a racist or a nazi? I would say, i am not a racist or a nazi
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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you guys broke watergate
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · yesterdayIs asking someone to leave the beverages at home for an interview as fussy as reminding a lady to wear pantyhose or a gentleman to ask before lighting a cigarette? We assembled a team of Post staffers across the newsroom — and commenters — to find out: https://wapo.st/4dwx0LS
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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I don't want gen AI in my browser I don't want gen AI in my pc I don't want gen AI in my art I don't want gen AI in my games I don't want gen AI in my music I don't want gen AI in my movies I don't want gen AI in my books I don't want gen AI in my cart I don't want gen AI in my life
Good lord
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · yesterdayBREAKING: SCOTUS allows DHS to use its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database with Social Security info, staying a district court order that had vacated the new policy. Justice Jackson dissents for the three Dem appointees. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
