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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs. Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social

Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’

Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...

news.wttw.com

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · last yr.

We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

Dave Weigel@daveweigel.bsky.social · last yr.

Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later

Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · last yr.

This piece by Pablo Stefanoni explains the connections between DOGE and Milei's Department of Deregulation - some direct, some indirect - I'm begging people in the US to read it www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

The Ideology Behind Trump's Favorite President - Dissent Magazine

Following the teachings of Murray Rothbard, Javier Milei wants to dismantle the state while also using it to consolidate his power.

dissentmagazine.org

Rohan Grey @rohangrey.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨New Paper🚨 (hi law reviews!) ‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.

Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · last yr.

make flyers of the first two paragraphs of this just filed lawsuit, and give them to your neighbors, leave them under t*sla wipers, in little free libraries, at the grocery store (thank you to the plaintiffs)

ElieNYC@elienyc.bsky.social · last yr.

New lawsuit just dropped against Musk. Stick this shit directly into my veins

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · last yr.

‘Prelude to privatization:’ Social Security confirms workforce reduction targets, continues to shutter offices www.govexec.com/workforce/20... via @GovExec

‘Prelude to privatization:’ Social Security confirms workforce reduction targets, continues to shutter offices

Despite most of the agency being exempt from deferred resignations and the government-wide hiring freeze, early retirement and Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments are now available to the entire a...

govexec.com

Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · last yr.

nypost.com/2025/03/03/b...

Warren Buffett breaks silence on Trump’s planned tariffs: ‘Act of war’

The legendary investor behind Berkshire Hathaway discussed his take on the president’s controversial 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

nypost.com

Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: The Trump Justice Department says it will investigate Colorado's prosecution of Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk sentenced to nine years for breaching voting systems in an unsuccessful search for election rigging. (1/3) #copolitics

Neil Pajamas @agrippanothing.bsky.social · last yr.

During the collapse of the soviet state, they also looted with shadow currency.

Doug Henwood@doughenwood.bsky.social · last yr.

The magic of state support.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · last yr.

All websites that depend on NOAA data should display something like this. earth.nullschool.net

Weather and climate data shown on this website and countless others are at risk.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the U.S. agency responsible for global weather forecasting, hurricane prediction, ocean observation, and many other services vital to public safety. Its satellites, supercomputers, and research teams provide essential data that help us understand our planet and protect lives.

On February 27, the new U.S. administration initiated mass firings at NOAA. These actions are unethical and deeply disruptive to the talented scientists and engineers who dedicate themselves to the public good. The firings, along with expected budget cuts, have serious implications for the availability and quality of weather forecasts produced by the United States. They must be reversed immediately.

Much of the data on this website is downloaded directly from NOAA's servers. In this environment of uncertainty, access could be disrupted at any time. While I'll strive to keep all features on this website functional and switch to alternative data sources if necessary, some datasets have no substitute if they go offline.

If this concerns you, speak up. Share on social media. And if you're in the U.S., contact your representatives.

- Cameron

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · last yr.

Musk here isn’t simply being stupid. He’s purposely defining Nazism down. The claim that there weren’t Nazis until, in effect, 1939, is ridiculous—but it is an attempt to stop people from correctly calling out elements of Nazism today as long as or until there’s not an actual world war or genocide.

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · last yr.

Elon Musk says that as long as you aren't "committing genocide and starting wars" you are "not a Nazi" www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-te...

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · last yr.

I raised this concern in January 2017 before Trump even took the oath of office. It’s not hard to make a fortune off of market volatility if you had advanced knowledge of which direction it was going to turn and the precise timing of Trump’s announcements.

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 2y ago

Trump’s reckless tweets are a convenient way of causing turmoil in the markets, however. Cronies & family members would be in an incredible position to short key stocks if they had advance knowledge of his tweets. I wish Michael Lewis (of The Big Short) would write about how this might be gamed!

Screenshot of a long Twitter thread of my tweets from 2017-19 warning people that the lack of transparency in Trump’s business dealings puts him & his cronies in a good position to short stocks and make a fortune based on market volatility driven by his reckless tweets.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · last yr.

So let's review. Over the last 24 hrs we've learned that two DOGErs embedded at IRS are finalizing a plan to share your tax data with people throughout the government; that's plainly illegal. Meanwhile Mike Johnson claims that Elon is already pouring your Social Security data into his AI and he's...

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · last yr.

So two DOGEbros now embedded at IRS are, according to WAPO, finalizing an 'omnibus agreement' for IRS to share Americans' individual tax data with officials across the US govt, something that would appear to be plainly illegal. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Sean Padilla (He/They) Will Write a Good Song About Anything @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · last yr.

And they all have the flu

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · last yr.

He called it "magic intelligence in the sky" a few years ago. Truly living in the twilight zone where people fall for this.

GPT-4.5 is ready!

good news: it is the first model that feels like talking to a thoughtful person to me. i have had several moments where i've sat back in my chair and been astonished at getting actually good advice from an AI.

bad news: it is a giant, expensive model. we really wanted to launch it to plus and pro at the same time, but we've been growing a lot and are out of GPUs. we will add tens of thousands of GPUs next week and roll it out to the plus tier then. (hundreds of thousands coming soon, and i'm pretty sure y'all will use every one we can rack up.)

this isn't how we want to operate, but it's hard to perfectly predict growth surges that lead to GPU shortages.

a heads up: this isn’t a reasoning model and won’t crush benchmarks. it’s a different kind of intelligence and there’s a magic to it i haven’t felt before. really excited for people to try it!

Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · last yr.

Another great thing American Imperialism gave us.

The Origin of Insider Trading

The Philippines Sugar Estates Development Company

theamericanvandal.substack.com

Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · last yr.

It took me longer than I hoped to finish but I'm really happy about the outcome: My big picture piece about Musk and Trump visiting Fort Knox. The headline tells you what you need to know but its also a very accurate summary of every step of my argument www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...

A Scam Built Atop an Accounting Gimmick Wrapped in Bullshit: Why Visiting Fort Knox Is Not About Selling Gold but is About Buying Bitcoin

Notes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025. Today is Day Twenty Two Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Par...

crisesnotes.com

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · last yr.

This is what’s actually happening. They’re forcing federal employees to train an LLM.

Kelsey Atherton@atherton.bsky.social · last yr.

The richest man in the world has parasitically imposed himself on the federal government to insist that all employees generate content for his language-processing machine, conscripted the administrative state as monkeys at typewriters, all under penalty of dismissal should they refuse.

Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · last yr.

Called it... "The AI system will determine whether someone’s work is mission-critical or not." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

DOGE will use AI to assess the responses from federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email

The revelation comes as federal workers face a midnight deadline to respond to an email from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

nbcnews.com

Charlotte Garden@charlottegarden.bsky.social · last yr.

So, what is OPM/doge going to do with the responses? They’re going to feed them to grok, aren’t they?

Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW PIECE: Since early on this crisis I've thought about the fastest warning signs of mass payment failure or mass impoundment. I pursued "deep background" calls with former or current Federal Reserve/Treasury/Banker informants to find out. This is the result www.crisesnotes.com/how-can-we-k...

How Can We Know if Government Payments Stop? An Exploratory analysis of Banking System Warning Signs

crisesnotes.com

Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · last yr.

I’m genuinely enjoying everybody’s historical analogues. Third Reich? Vichy? SDF? Let’s hear it. Nobody loves the rhyme of crisis more than me. But I’m still not convinced the model isn’t just America’s good ole Jacksonian era apartheid-based spoils system.

Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · last yr.

As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit

Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · last yr.

BREAKING: tries to spin what looks like a major retreat. Per @WSJ in December Orion — which aimed to be GPT-5 — was “behind schedule and running up major bills”. Today, Altman rechristened Orion as GPT 4.5 not 5, which likely means Orion never met expectations so-called scaling laws had implied.

Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · last yr.

Unlicensed dentistry?!? It’s one of the signs!!! We’ve reached libertarian utopia! Congrats, everybody. Have a round of bathtub gin & Bitcoin. It’s nothing but blue skies from now on.

The Gurgling Cod (he/him)@thegurglingcod.bsky.social · last yr.

As if the government knows anything about who can be a dentist

P. Andrew Torrez @andrewtorrez.bsky.social · last yr.

The American Bar Association has just called upon every attorney, regardless of their political views, to join them & stand up for the rule of law & at minimum insist that our government "follow the law." Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

We call upon our elected representatives to stand with us and to insist upon adherence to the rule of law and the legal processes and procedures that ensure orderly change. The administration cannot choose which law it will follow or ignore. These are not partisan or political issues. These are rule of law and process issues. We cannot afford to remain silent. We must stand up for the values we hold dear. The ABA will do its part and act to protect the rule of law.

We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party or your views, change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less.

Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · last yr.

Colorado's top Republicans are split by Trump's latest loyalty test: are they willing to excuse his supporters who violently attacked law enforcement? Former cop and Rep Gabe Evans is silent. Rep Jeff Hurd is not. And that's made Hurd a target. #copolitics www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqeX...

Democrats at Colorado Capitol pass resolution condemning Jan. 6 violence

YouTube video by Next 9NEWS

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