Every lawyer should get the day off in observance of the fact that they actually failed to indict a ham sandwich
Every lawyer should get the day off in observance of the fact that they actually failed to indict a ham sandwich
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“Calling facial recognition an essential tool, a spokesman said that the department never relied on it alone to make an arrest…” Uhm, if you haven’t tallied false positives how do you know it’s an “essential tool”?
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The New York Police Department uses the technology thousands of times a year, but does not tally its successes and failures.” Why not? It’s basic accountability. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...
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So you don't like what Rep. Norton and Defend American Action came up with. How is that Shor's fault?
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Harm staff moral, limit new talent, and appease racists, and the Fed still ends up with its independence challenged. Those concessions just made the Fed look weak.
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Looks that worked out:"The central bank removed a “Diversity and Inclusion” section from its website, ended remote work arrangements for staff and froze hiring — moves that aligned with Mr. Trump’s executive orders, although the Fed framed its decisions as voluntary." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
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The chutzpah of a guy convicted for financial fraud attacking a Fed governor for lack of integrity. By his own logic he should resign for lack of honesty.
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No.
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“Inside Man” was one of Lee’s best films — a genre film w/ emphasis on NYC racism. I wish he had been picked to do the “Taking of Phelam 123” remake.
Anyone who claims that Trump's trade wars are brilliant deal-making needs to reckon with the fact that he has no idea what his own objectives are. How do you negotiate with someone who doesn't know what he wants?
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We’re going to have to get a ruling from @dieworkwear.bsky.social
It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:
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Wow. You make me want to run for Congress. Or I could move, go to a coffee house, and take a taxi.
clb5.bsky.social (@clb5.bsky.social) reply parent
Right. And families may disagree among themselves over what to do. What happens when a youth has severe gender dysphoria and parents reject any help?
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I’m a woke-excess critic but “colonial splendor” seems particularly tone-deaf for an island with active independence and statehood movements.
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“Because child care has long been more expensive than a mortgage payment in most states, many women feel that their choices are constrained. They’re not always working because they want to, or staying home because they want to — they’re trying to complete a financial puzzle…”
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I was shocked at how expensive parenting was and how indifferent policymakers were to the costs as a part-time stay at home dad
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‘Motherhood Should Come With a Warning Label’ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
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Sorry “attacking”
clb5.bsky.social (@clb5.bsky.social) reply parent
So “clarify” counts as an “attack”?
“Make America Healthy Again” has a simple premise: Americans don’t need more access to medical care. They just need better nutrition and exposure to fewer environmental toxins. Unfortunately, Trump is A) taking away nutritional assistance and B) expanding use of environmental toxins.
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What are “heat particles”? “As it drags the air over the cold coil, that cold coil pulls out some of the heat particles and some of the moisture, like when a cold cup sweats in the summer.”
clb5.bsky.social (@clb5.bsky.social) reply parent
I like Wirecutter but WTF are “heat particles”? “As it drags the air over the cold coil, that cold coil pulls out some of the heat particles and some of the moisture, like when a cold cup sweats in the summer.”
JD Vance attempting to reassure Americans that this war in the Middle East will be different because back then we had “dumb presidents”? It feels like an SNL skit. It feels like satire. The fact that it’s real life is deeply troubling.
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For a real Ecuadorian Panama hat, add a zero
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Reagan: “Peace through strength” Vance: “Peace through bombing”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Brillant.
clb5.bsky.social (@clb5.bsky.social) reply parent
? Cuomo wasn’t “cancelled.” He resigned after an external investigation into allegations against him w more investigations on the way.
No Kings - Concord, NH
clb5.bsky.social (@clb5.bsky.social) reply parent
Stallone as the Terminator was classic.
clb5.bsky.social (@clb5.bsky.social) reply parent
Right. I recall how Indira Ghandi presided over periods of unprecedented peace in South Asia, culminating in the denuclearization of the sub-continent that endures to this day.
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There has been a lot of silly and sometimes scary wokeness on campuses. Denying that is absurd. Stanley in clearly a smart person but it's hard to see why this op-ed, in his words, is "panicked." www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/o...
This is how we treat our friends, the people who put their lives on the line to help the U.S. military.
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"In 2021, Black, Latino, and Asian voters were less likely than non-Latino white voters to rank a full slate of candidates, in effect curtailing their electoral power." Or, they have no preference among the remaining choices or oppose them outright, so don't rank them.
clb5.bsky.social (@clb5.bsky.social)
God forbid you have to think about voting. "Ranked-choice voting might better reflect voter preferences, but it is chaotic, requiring extra strategizing by both candidates and voters." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Seems worth noting that Noem's story is that "no one knew who" Padilla was. Hmmm. You're in CA with US marines in LA. CA.... I think two senators? You don't know what one of the state's two senators looks like?
The First Amendment today. Kettled in, not allowed to disperse, then arrested for failure to disperse. open.substack.com/pub/smotus/p...
Fort Irwin to be renamed Fort Hitler www.duffelblog.com/p/fort-irwin...
Funny how he said he couldn’t call in the National Guard then but had no problem deploying them to LA (over Gov. Newsome’ objection).
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I would say they were strategic about how they would appear to the public.
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Census has about 236k voting age citizens in Nov 24 but close enough for your point
What happened in LA was entirely the product of ICE incitement, reports Harold Meyerson: prospect.org/justice/2025...
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Right. Because all those block the streets, train stations, bridges protests over Gaza are the reason the Biden administration was forced to drastically change course on support for Israel rather than people thinking “what an obnoxious lot those protesters are”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u... The circular firing squad is back
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
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So sorry for the family and friends of an amazing person. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/b...
As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies. The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits. Maybe it's not the judges?
clb5.bsky.social (@clb5.bsky.social)
Roku tries ad before start up. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
clb5.bsky.social (@clb5.bsky.social)
Disney+ and Hulu apparently decide not to coordinate subscription bundles because they can double-bill if you're not paying attention. Enshittification.
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I probably disagree w/ most of Khalil's positions and tactics, but this is bullshit. He should be released immediately. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...
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And the process had begun before his admin. and continued afterward. See A. Meier & E. Rudwick. “The Rise of Segregation in the Federal Bureaucracy, 1900-1930.” Phylon (1960-) 28, no. 2 (1967): 178–84. doi.org/10.2307/273560.
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Agree Kahlenberg is very naive but the Wilson analogy is not apt. Wilson himself didn't push segregation system-wide; his Treasury and Navy secretaries & postmaster general did in their depts. Wilson cravenly accepted the actions but unlike Trump's jubilant public racism, Wilson was publicly quiet.
Because if there’s anything Boeing is known for, it’s looking good after it cuts corners to save money and meet an unrealistic deadline
clb5.bsky.social (@clb5.bsky.social) reply parent
But the contract (which was scheduled to end 3 Feb anyway) had already paid out (an "outlay") of $1.29m. So by simple arithmetic it cannot have saved $2.23m.
clb5.bsky.social (@clb5.bsky.social)
DOGE can't even tell the difference between money already spent and money yet to be disbursed. Here's a DOGE tweet about $2.23m in savings from a contract they claim to have ended. x.com/DOGE/status/...
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arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
they got rid of DEI and the right wing tech elites immediately started hiring based on experience oh no wait lol
clb5.bsky.social (@clb5.bsky.social) reply parent
Well there was that health plan in his first term that he said was coming out in 2 weeks over and over again
Am I the only one noting that after demonizing China for years, Trump seems to be letting them off lightly, while going full tilt against Canada? Is it Musk's business interests? Have Chinese players been buying Trumpcoin?
clb5.bsky.social (@clb5.bsky.social)
@Adobe Your PDF sharing sucks. It takes forever to load or perform an action online. I can't even figure out how to download the file so I can actually get some work done. Meanwhile I get pop-ups about generative AI. This is enshittification. #adobe #adobesucks
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It is the same witness statement, no? Do not really “more” evidence.
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I said it would be bogus to scrap it. Even if it 50% of commuter were low income, some income offset would be preferable to no pricing. I objected to the concept that 16k counts as effectively not existing. That’s a lot of people.
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I agree it’s a bogus argument to scrap the scheme but it’s excessive to say 16,000 people count as “so rare as to effectively not exist.”
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Apple Maps is still amazingly bad. Fails to identify highway turnoff by the route #; takes a long way to a road; fails to identify u-turn lane on highway.
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Oof. That we’re at the point of thinking this way.
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Newbie ?: does deck.blue have the ability for multiple users to manage a shared account? e.g., let's say I have account XYZ.bsky and I want users ABC and DEF to be able to have shared access to it. Thank you.
Why did Ds raise taxes on the rich under Obama & fund IRS enforcement on the rich to the tune of $80 billion under Biden? Listen, I don't think Democratic Party is the greatest vehicle for my ideological interests but I need people to reconcile their assertions about reality with, well, reality.