Joseph Santoro
@josephsantoro.bsky.social
Neuro PhD, #Innovator, #Technologist, #Startup Angel, Fmr White House/OFA Honcho | #Politics #Data #Adventure | StartingBloc & Fulbright | @DMVstartup @Forbes X: @joseph_santoro & @josephsantoro Everywhere: @josephsantoro
"Sex workers are an over-researched and misrepresented category in academic studies ... [S]ex workers’ expertise is either ignored or exploited by the academy." [ h/t @deerberrynz.bsky.social ] #sexwork #sexworkiswork #academia #academicsky
Academia’s “whorephobia” undermines research on sex work - LSE Impact
Sex workers are excluded from academic research on sex work, yet there could be much to gain from integrating their expertise into academic research.
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The real Horseshoe Theory is when a misogynist groyper Republican sounds indistinguishable from a misandrist political-lesbian poster from LiveJournal's child_free community c. 2005
It was this one, and, yes, I do believe that was an All In first.
Desperately trying to be the first one to call an election seems both stupid and like there’s zero reward for being right and lots of consequences for being wrong
I watched the weirdest movie with the kids tonight -- "Killing Them Softly." The final scene has Obama on the TV doing the "not red, not blue, UNITED states of America!" schtick & then Brad Pitts' hitman saying, "bullshit, America's not a community, it's a business, so fucking pay me."
Killing Them Softly - Wikipedia
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Trump voter talking about a state that LITERALLY voted for Trump TWICE and is the LITERAL DEFINITION of a purple state.
🚨"We are not a purple state. We are a state in need of a movement." @AbdulElSayed spoke to a hopeful crowd on the cusp of the Michigan Senate Democratic primary's final call. WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
Born 44 years ago… so can confirm that’s a no.
So this is basically one of the entry points to becoming a reactionary
They gave me to someone who could not read or write … it would be better if you buried me alive
They gave me to someone who could not read or write … it would be better if you buried me alive
I was the top student in my university class but when the Taliban took Afghanistan again I was forced to marry and my dreams of being a pilot ended
theguardian.com
The New York Times went full New York Times Pitch Bot. You NEVER go full New York Times Pitch Bot!
Organizing yet more photos of my dad for a celebration of life we’re soon hosting in Pittsburgh and struck by the immense narrative difference between old film roll or Polaroid candids and the infinite retakes we get with ultra high-def iPhones. Simply changes the nature of memory and history.
A big casualty of MSNBC becoming MS Now is that they can no longer play their old election night theme music that I really liked despite kinda associating with bad results.
D.C. - Poll Finds Only 19% of Republicans Enthusiastic About Trump’s Term, because the other 81% know Trump rapes children.
FFS 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 AI Data Center Developer Sues Town For $300 Million For Ban, Claims AI Is A Medium Of Expression And Protected By First Amendment
Trump Suffers 20th Straight Loss newrepublic.com/post/213974/... Brimmer, a G. W. Bush appointee, dismissed the case with prejudice, as he could not identify a legitimate reason for the executive branch to be granted access to something that has never been under its constitutional jurisdiction.🔥
Trump Suffers 20th Straight Loss in Pathetic “Voter Fraud” Crusade
The Justice Department can’t get a single win in its quest to obtain states’ voter rolls.
newrepublic.com
7,000 out of Wayne. Stevens nets 52%-45% via Kornacki Cam
Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
Microsoft is introducing budget limits for AI spend and says it's not aiming for "tokenmaxxing." Keep in mind that Microsoft is selling AI tools to other companies, so it benefits from maximalist AI use. www.404media.co/microsoft-te...
Microsoft Tells Engineers ‘Tokenmaxxing Is Not What We Are Optimizing For’
Microsoft is introducing budget limits for AI use but says it still wants to be an ‘AI-first’ company.
404media.co
I miss when the US Government wasn’t hunting American citizens for sport.
Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...
Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
Enraging. When they pull out the "You should be able to bet on anything" nonsense, I'd like to see a journo ask if they'd be okay with having people bet on how long they'd survive with an angry mob of people who they've wronged hunting them down
Literal deadpools are illegal and considered murder-for-hire for a REASON… because they are!
These betting markets sites are so socially corrosive. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Additionally, betting on a life is, by definition, an assassination market. Polymarket and Kalshi should be shut down.