Kristel Clayville

Illinois residents to see 78% average increase in cost of Affordable Care Act exchange plans if subsidies expire Illinois residents to see 78% average increase in cost of Affordable Care Act exchange plans, if Congress allows subsidies to expire

Egads. Illinois residents to see 78% average increase in cost of Affordable Care Act exchange plans if subsidies expire www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/27/i...

One of these guys is running for Congress on an explicitly pro-LGBTQ platform. Hell yeah. www.advocate.com/politics/dyl...

There’s lots more at my castle…

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

Another day another study showing that "AI assistants" do not work reliably for cognitive tasks.

"Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory"

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

The rip in the fabric of reality sucks so much.

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

There is reading @jackjenkins.me's article where he describes a minister being hit in the head with pepper balls by agents on a roof while praying, and you hope that this is an exaggeration. But seeing it verifies that it is exactly as described.

very cool that if you are working on behalf of right-wing culture warriors, you no longer need standing to have your claim adjudicated by the supreme court

this part.

the feds are *already* here. they’ve *been* here, tear-gassing neighborhoods, abducting people from their cars and homes with helicopters and bearcats, beating and arresting protesters.

so far, the state’s response has been to just let them do it—and to send in the police to help them.

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

That sounds fun!

The people have questions about religion, Jack.

Rebuttal encyclicals that aren't weighed down with citations. They are even better than the originals because they are shorter and more direct. Make encyclicals great again!

What the hell is happening? Are we going to get Encyclicals soon?

I keep seeing Gnosticism in SV too! Makes me feel crazy.

Peter Thiel Wants Everyone to Think More About the Antichrist In a series of appearances, the billionaire investor has offered his analysis intertwining technology, government and a biblical perspective on the end of the world.

Me: why is Thiel always talking about the antichrist

WSJ: "Fearing or regulating [AI], or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist, Thiel said."

Ah I see - the antichrist is anyone who opposes Thiel and Big Tech. GOT IT

Gift link:
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...

Whoa.

VT just closed its religious studies department.

shit ain’t over til it’s over

Christian persecution in America is best defined by this image: No actual struggle, wearing clothes that cost more than my entire wardrobe, polished cross instead of rugged, and surrounded by crowds of fellow hypocrites cheering on bigotry who believe they're the victims.

It sucks! Kind of jarring when they start working sometimes.

"An American university launches an investigation into an archaeology professor suspected of being an “antifa” activist." 😂

That's what they think of students too. Encountering an idea means you must take it up for yourself.

Out of Kentucky’s 120 counties, one in six has had a sheriff criminally charged or convicted since 2010.

Some of those sheriffs remain in office.

Read part one of my @courierjournal investigation:

www.courier-journal.com/story/news/i...

I wish we didn't treat people who draw large crowds as if they have deep subject matter expertise.

Yes. I know. They are selective. No Jubilees. No neighbor love. Etc.

Yes. And I think they have long wanted a Leviticus-inspired gov rather than a biblical one.

Exhibit 999,999 for why it is wild that universities are shutting down religious studies departments.

Just need to say that's not a "wooded area." Those are trees in a suburb.