Kevin Collins

This site would be much better if no one quote tweeted anonymous accounts

Someone needs to start a Unitary Executive thread to monitor all of the cases of contradictory statements coming out of various departments of this government

I for one would like to know if my preferred coffee style, created in the 18th century and named after an order of monks, counts as fancy

None of those things require proof of citizenship, which is what the "SAVE America Act" requires.

As the saying goes, the enemy gets a vote.

I guess with Mattis no longer in the Trump orbit no one is around to remind them of that..

2) Better discovery features

1) Freemium monetization to support growth and reliability. Things like
- Ability to post longer video clips
- Advanced muting and blocking tools
- Scheduling tools

No one asked my opinion about what Bluesky should do next. But since this is the site for opinions no one asked for, here's my $0.02 ...

Caucusing with whom?

Seems notable that they need to create AI generated images (eagles cannot and do not soar under helicopter rotor wash) to introduce this

Conditionally accepted at the APSR (w/ @scottclifford.bsky.social & @patrickpliu.bsky.social):

Why does political information so often change beliefs but NOT attitudes? We highlight the role of belief relevance, or the extent to which beliefs bear on attitudes.

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osf.io/preprints/ps...

Tell me you're Gen X without saying you're Gen X

"Baby Bonus" Increasing the value of the child tax credit for children under the age of 3, and make it fully refundable

"Import Tax Control Act" requiring a congressional vote in 30 days to approve any new tariff imposed under existing law for it to continue.

I don't necessarily think this is a *bad* idea, but tinkering with the tax bracket is not a *big* idea. A big idea in the domain of taxation would need to have a new class of tax or tax credit. A few examples:

"Yacht Tax" on high cost luxury goods
"Compute" tax on data center electricity use

People have been saying bsky.app/profile/kwco...

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Interesting study on the (lack of) partisan motivated reasoning in reaction to "partygate" in the UK journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

OMG they released the deposition videos where they revealed that these two DOGE bros were just feeding grants into ChatGPT and saying "tell me if this is DEI in less than 120 characters."

www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/d...

But also this chicken from yesterday was pretty good too. Happy grilling season to all who celebrate

This grilled pork chop, with a maple mustard glaze, may not look like much but is definitely one of the tastiest things I’ve cooked lately

Some people think it’s a better use of money to kill Iranian kids than educate American ones

In North Carolina, D share of midterm primary vote predicts general election results (plot has contested Senate & House races since '14)

~57% of votes Tuesday were Democratic — even considering historical reversion to 50%, such a lopsided result indicative of strong tailwind for Ds in must-win race

Live and lapply()

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I flagged the credibility of the sourcing for a reason

(I'm genuinely torn on this. Candor is good, but so is stating democracy as a value)

Is this better or worse than pretending we're not going to war for oil?

DC folks: who do you like for the At Large seat in the D Primary?

If true -- note the sourcing -- it would seem to underline the reasons *not* to build automated weapon systems on top of these language models.