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@ejgoldstick.bsky.social

Occam's Razor cuts both ways... ... and Zeno's Paradox is a rounding problem for anyone but purists.

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🀯... Heavy thinking involved at the end? πŸ˜…

18.11.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Followup Question: Who is responsible for errors in a text written by a ghostwriter?

18.11.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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18.11.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―πŸ˜ 

A Serious Question: How is using GenAI different than having a ghostwriter do the work for you?

Thank you, @jbf1755.bsky.social et al.

18.11.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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17.11.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

PS: ... and what was assumed - and can be assumed - regarding the median "good faith" of the citizenry at large and of it's leaders whether local, statewide, regional, institutional, or national?

16.11.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―πŸ˜ ...πŸ€”

Thank you, @cherylrofer.bsky.social

"The founders assumed a basic good faith in officeholders."

attn: @jrakove.bsky.social et al.

16.11.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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16.11.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―πŸ˜ ... He plead guilty!

"I don’t think US taxpayers should subsidize treason against the United States"

Thank you, @timothysnyder.bsky.social

h/t @muellershewrote.com

16.11.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazed that's the first time I have seen you and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social - two of my favorites - in the same photo...

Thanks for all you do!

16.11.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Consumer spending in nearly 70% of the U.S. economy. When those consumers get laid off, our economy never does well.

When wealth disparity is so high, our country never does well.

I've witnessed this over and over again since Reagan, Boom-bust, boom-bust.

FDR had answers. Nixon had lies. #SOS

15.11.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oops... h/t @gettheflick.bsky.social (I was cutting-and-pasting to make one post and hit "return" too soon!)

16.11.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Consumer spending in nearly 70% of the U.S. economy. When those consumers get laid off, our economy never does well.

When wealth disparity is so high, our country never does well.

I've witnessed this over and over again since Reagan, Boom-bust, boom-bust.

FDR had answers. Nixon had lies. #SOS

16.11.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―πŸ˜ 

Thank you, @jamellebouie.net and @brianbeutler.bsky.social

15.11.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I agree, of course, but hoped the ellipsis after "articulate" would indicate my uncertainty re the authoriship...

15.11.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―... but one has to admit that she seems to be quite articulate...

My take? She wants to be reelected and may be worrying that Shawn Harris can make it tougher in 2026... or perhaps she's jockeying for a place closer to JD Vance who also seems to be raising his visibility independent from DJT.

15.11.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―πŸ€”πŸ€―πŸ˜ 

Alt: "Yes!"... but is it recent?... IT IS!... S.O.B.!

h/t @informative.ink

15.11.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Trump Fragrances Trump Fragrances

This alone would've gotten a previous president laughed out of office so fast there wasn't time to impeach him.

gettrumpfragrances.com

15.11.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 303    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 15

πŸ’―πŸ˜ 

I thought the same thing, if less harshly, while watching "A House of Dynamite", constantly wondering how DJT and his "advisors" would react to a similar circumstance.

One caveat: Packer and Oppenheim/Bigelow probably wrote the stories before Nov 2024, but that's no excuse for going forward...

15.11.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

can’t really express the level of contempt i have for what is just a form of solipsism. β€œthe things that annoy me are the only things that exist and also the worst things imaginable”

15.11.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2718    πŸ” 189    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 10

πŸ’―...😠...πŸ’”

It breaks my heart imagining how Rockwell would painfully depict the scene today with ICE goons putting zipties on small children (some citizens) while backed up by National Guard who shouldn't be there (and probably don't want to be...).

h/t @unlawfulentries.bsky.social

15.11.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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15.11.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀯... πŸ’―for sharing, @joshtpm.bsky.social , but the highlighted phrase is just another peek at the twisted mind of the author... humor, perhaps, but there is no solace from knowing what MTG still defends than there is from watching JDV position himself as a more articulate version of DJT.

15.11.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―

15.11.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I discovered both earlier today before your post and have not read them yet, but the use of "liquidation" in this context was unknown to me. A business or property liquidation came to mind but certainly cannot apply here... and do not as explained here:

review.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/u...

15.11.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"I wish I could be sure that this is has absolutely no chance of happening."

h/t andπŸ’―for @digby56.bsky.social... 🀯...πŸ˜₯...😠

Thank you, @atrupar.com

15.11.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How about "willfully ignorant"? 😠

14.11.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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My better half got it in two, too!

14.11.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―πŸ˜ 

Someone is clearly trying to position himself as a more articulate if equally ignoble Mad King...

... and considering the next post in this timeline, perhaps JD has his PressSec lined up already.

h/t @jfallows.bsky.social for both

13.11.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩... not easy

13.11.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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