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Still, Douek reminded me that winning in court is often not the primary goal of letters like these. Bailey’s demands for information may turn up emails or other communications in which employees of certain companies criticize conservatives or otherwise embarrass themselves, and Bailey can use those communications to shame companies and universities publicly and demand policy changes. This is the exact playbook Rep. Jordan has been using for years now, to great success.

And so on one hand, tech platforms would be on solid ground if they resisted a plainly unconstitutional request to change the output of their chatbot’s speech. But most of them have made the calculation that it is better to quietly appease Republican elected officials than to loudly oppose them. And that’s how a request that is plainly illegal winds up being effective anyway.

Still, Douek reminded me that winning in court is often not the primary goal of letters like these. Bailey’s demands for information may turn up emails or other communications in which employees of certain companies criticize conservatives or otherwise embarrass themselves, and Bailey can use those communications to shame companies and universities publicly and demand policy changes. This is the exact playbook Rep. Jordan has been using for years now, to great success. And so on one hand, tech platforms would be on solid ground if they resisted a plainly unconstitutional request to change the output of their chatbot’s speech. But most of them have made the calculation that it is better to quietly appease Republican elected officials than to loudly oppose them. And that’s how a request that is plainly illegal winds up being effective anyway.

The conservative pressure campaign that turned all the big tech companies into Trump appeasers is now coming for AI. It's totally unconstitutional, and might work anyway. I talked to some legal experts about it: www.platformer.news/andrew-baile...

15.07.2025 00:31 — 👍 450    🔁 116    💬 10    📌 6
Hanging with Trevor Noah

Hanging with Trevor Noah

Had a lovely time talking and teaching AI today

15.07.2025 01:24 — 👍 111    🔁 3    💬 7    📌 3

It will definitely increase Mike Lee’s popularity. Being an asshole and being evil is a virtue to Republicans.

18.06.2025 23:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The American gestapo.

18.06.2025 18:04 — 👍 7103    🔁 2260    💬 337    📌 99

This is so pathetically obsequious and misleading that I wish I could cancel my subscription again

15.06.2025 01:00 — 👍 1273    🔁 145    💬 40    📌 2
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Today in Boston.

Over a million people turned out.

Even the drone couldn't get it all.

#NoKingsDay #BostonStrong #ICEProtest

14.06.2025 23:41 — 👍 48546    🔁 9732    💬 738    📌 594
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Look at downtown LA right now

14.06.2025 18:25 — 👍 16309    🔁 3703    💬 138    📌 174
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Philly showin' up today

14.06.2025 16:50 — 👍 52654    🔁 9637    💬 617    📌 424

BECAUSE THEY ARE TWO GOOD DUDES

13.06.2025 17:52 — 👍 122    🔁 7    💬 4    📌 0

‪You Don't Mess with the Zohran!

12.06.2025 03:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You Don't Mess with the Zohran!

12.06.2025 03:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is what it looks like without a United States Congress.

10.06.2025 11:27 — 👍 20785    🔁 4502    💬 545    📌 194
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I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.

09.06.2025 21:28 — 👍 12642    🔁 5694    💬 214    📌 248

I feel like the Star Wars release timeline is now going to need to be BA (Before Andor) and AA (After Andor).

06.06.2025 04:09 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

What a gross person. Oh and also the newest Republican hero too.

01.06.2025 01:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

this is the most sociopathic thing ive ever seen and i wrote a whole book about neonazis

31.05.2025 21:22 — 👍 4892    🔁 776    💬 241    📌 42
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Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave

Breaking News: A woman sued oil and gas companies over her mother’s death in a heat wave. It's the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming, experts said.

29.05.2025 16:40 — 👍 9831    🔁 1991    💬 202    📌 95

Editors, please assign a deep dive piece on the grave damage musk & doge have done to the United States, rather than how he’s feeling about it.

29.05.2025 02:02 — 👍 5492    🔁 1221    💬 55    📌 82

This is a picture of your country on Fox News.

21.05.2025 01:07 — 👍 652    🔁 155    💬 33    📌 8

I think there’s another word or phrase that describes this.

17.05.2025 23:30 — 👍 83    🔁 23    💬 1    📌 0

Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?

05.05.2025 01:55 — 👍 24503    🔁 6465    💬 1711    📌 436
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Love Tim Walz.

23.04.2025 04:08 — 👍 18305    🔁 4278    💬 379    📌 146
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New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:

—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.

Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

22.04.2025 01:32 — 👍 29580    🔁 13780    💬 750    📌 866

!!

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Promotional still of Cassian Andor in Andor season 2

Promotional still of Cassian Andor in Andor season 2

#ANDOR S2 is one of the most ambitious pieces of sci-fi storytelling I’ve ever seen. It illuminates many complex aspects of repression & rebellion, while still bringing the adventure and thrills.

It also couldn’t be more timely. It’s a staggering work, brimming with power and emotion. I loved it.

19.04.2025 03:05 — 👍 378    🔁 41    💬 9    📌 13
Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

18.04.2025 01:02 — 👍 125100    🔁 26194    💬 8322    📌 6158

Not Antisemitism (according to MAGA):

- Firebombing a Jewish governor‘s house during Passover
- Doing a Sieg Hitler salute
- Eating dinner with neo-Nazis

Antisemitism (according to MAGA):

- Saying Israelis and Palestinians deserve rights and dignity
- Using freedom of speech on campus

14.04.2025 02:39 — 👍 6889    🔁 1823    💬 39    📌 36

All of you can keep posting this and I'm going to keep liking it.

10.04.2025 17:10 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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