US political coverage can best be described as a largely imaginary Democratic Party significantly more radical than it actually is vying against a largely imaginary Republican Party significantly more moderate and measured than it actually is.
Hazard
@hazardfromharvard.bsky.social
U.S./Latam now U.K. citizen of the world. Interests include saving the liberal world order, special situations investing, technology, sharks and doggos. Broad musical interests span Springsteen from the 70s, 80s, 90s to the 2000s. 30 shows.
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
Worth reading: comment on Trumper David Ellison's efforts to take over Warner and CNN newsletters.democracydocket.com/my-open-/let...
My open letter to David Ellison
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Crying Chudjak Westfalen Meme
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Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social · 3d agoElon Musk's Grokipedia hasn't updated any articles since April. Musk hasn't tweeted about it since February. Its SpaceX entry doesn't even mention that company's record 6/12 IPO. Fascinating piece by colleague @noupside.bsky.social & Ronald Robertson www.lawfaremedia.org/article/grok...
If this were a Manchurian administration of Russian assets aiming for the destruction of the US would it be doing anything differently? Like @davidfrum.bsky.social says:
Amanda Katz@katzish.bsky.social · 4d agoSounds like...Hegseth...used up the weapons? On the war we didn't need to have?
I hadn’t thought of this until now although I suppose it is obvious: LLMs will make plagiarism much easier (“Gemini, rewrite this in my voice such that it won’t be caught by anti-plagiarism software “).
SSidsy@sidsy.bsky.social · 2w ago
"No basis for the claims"? Really? ncofnas.com/p/dei-fraud-...
Judge Mehta's J6 Requiem "That book is now closed. Today’s epilogue diminishes the gravity of that day, denigrates the work of the prosecutors and ... officers who secured these convictions, and excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy ... to buckle."
The global hunger crisis is intensifying due to war and climate disasters. Instead of stepping up to help, the world’s biggest economies are executing unprecedented budget cuts, and this could lead to 22.6 million additional deaths – a crisis experts are calling "a disaster in slow motion".
Hunger crisis grows while major donors retreat
Conflict and climate change are driving a global hunger crisis, threatening millions with starvation. But as food insecurity deepens in many countries, wealthy donors are scaling back humanitarian aid...
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Unbelievable that this moronic kook is the part of any serious country’s government let alone head of a health department.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · last wk.RFK: "You are saying nonsense." Bash: "I am not saying nonsense, excuse me?…This is not productive. " RFK: "You're talking nonsense…You were scaring people." Bash: "Why are you saying that?" RFK: "Because that was the job of CNN." Bash: "Okay, stop."
Is it true that Putin’s dick tastes like strawberries?
Step right up, step right up. Is it End of Civilisation Friday or Taco Sunday?
Shell Game Toki
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“Time is the only currency we’re all given the exact same amount of each day. Some people, however, seem remarkably keen on spending mine.” #imwithhim Tardiness is rude, selfish and disrespectful. From James Max who unfortunately doesn’t seem to have a presence here.
Sorry you were late. Here’s my invoice
Being late is a waste of time and money — but I have a solution
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Jerry Seinfeld Laughing with Cigar
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DroneBomber@dronebomber.bsky.social · last wk.23:10 | 01/08 Approximate flight routes of our UAVs: 🔴 Red arrows — directions of strike UAV movement; According to Russian sources, around 400 drones were reported, though these estimates and the displayed routes remain highly approximate.
Rick Roll Fireworks
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DroneBomber@dronebomber.bsky.social · last wk.23:40 | 31/07 Approximate flight routes of our UAVs: 🔴 Red arrows — directions of strike UAV movement; 🟢 Green arrows — directions of cruise missile movement; According to Russian sources, around 410 drones and several missiles were reported.
