Peter Treitler

Great episode! Eno nailed it when describing AI output as munge. When I read student papers i suspect we’re written by LLMs, there’s a certain quality to them that I could never really put into words but his description was spot on.

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Newsom could easily blow it but I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he ends up doing well.

The weaponization of Waymo How protestors turned torched Waymos into icons of the anti-ICE demonstrations

I spent some time at the site where protestors incinerated five Waymos—all lined up neatly in a row in downtown LA—and spoke to journalists, eyewitnesses and activists who were there.

This is how protestors weaponized Waymos and Lime scooters, and turned them into icons of the anti-ICE uprising

When the value of a corporation can fall $100 billion -- around 400x what Elon invested in Trump's election -- based on interpersonal relations between a CEO and the President, it does rather suggest that policy isn't really based on the best interests of the American people.

Who’s gonna co-host Unhedged when you’re gone?

I’d wear one for you!

They will likely do the same thing with drug overdoses. They already went down about 20% YoY before trump, but they will take credit based on border and tariff policy.

But he’s loyal, so who cares?

Imagine seeing this image four years ago. You would've wondered what tragedy befell our country where a scene like this could possibly happen.

COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back

yellow and purple recruitment flyer with flowers and information about a study for Latinx former foster youth.

I recently partnered with Remarkably Us, a Latina led non-profit that centers Latina former foster youth. Together, we are conducting an oral history project of Latinx former foster youth who've experienced child sexual abuse. Please share this flyer as you see fit. bit.ly/3YlmHm7

A LETTER TO HARVARD LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS March 29, 2025 To our students: We are privileged to teach and learn the law with you. We write to you today—in our individual capacities-because we believe that American legal precepts and the institutions designed to uphold them are being severely tested, and many of you have expressed to us your concerns and fears about the present moment. Each of us brings different, sometimes irreconcilable, perspectives to what the law is and should be. Diverse viewpoints are a credit to our school. But we share, and take seriously, a commitment to the rule of law: for people to be equal before it, and for its administration to be impartial. That commitment is foundational to the whole legal profession, and to the special role that lawyers play in our society. As the Model Rules of Professional Conduct provide: "A lawyer is ... an officer of the legal system and a public citizen having special responsibility for the quality of justice." The rule of law is imperiled when government leaders: • single out lawyers and law firms for retribution based on their lawful and ethical representation of clients disfavored by the government, undermining the Sixth Amendment; • threaten law firms and legal clinics for their lawyers' pro bono work or prior government service; • relent on those arbitrary threats based on public acts of submission and outlays of funds for favored causes; and • punish people for lawfully speaking out on matters of public concern. While reasonable people can disagree about the characterization of particular incidents, we are all acutely concerned that severe challenges to the rule of law are taking place, and we strongly condemn any effort to undermine the basic norms we have described. On our own campus and at many other universities, international students have reported fear of imprisonment or deportation for lawful speech and political activism. Whatever we might each think about particular conduct under particular facts,…

From 91 professors at Harvard Law School: a letter to our students.

tinyurl.com/letter-to-ou...

The biggest reason government officials aren't giving any specifics about the criteria by which these arrests and deportations are selected, is that the criteria is "pro-Israel think-tanks and advocacy organizations created lists of troublesome individuals and gave them to us."

Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.

The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.

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What a bunch of buffoons lol

I think it’s a good idea. Even if it doesn’t work out for newsom, politicians need to do more podcasts so voters can get to know them. This was the first time I heard bannon speak (outside of controversial soundbites) and while I disagree with most of it, I now get where he’s coming from

It’s too much chaos. Putting off the tariffs for another month just so everyone can go through this again in April is not helpful

Thank you @mayorwu.boston.gov for your leadership!

Shame on Tom Homan for lying about the City of Boston.

If Republicans in Congress want to help make our country safe, I have some ideas for them.

The biggest fraud being perpetrated on the American people is the GOP Tax Scam.

Trump promises tax cuts for everyone.

The tax increases he imposed today would wipe out any tax cuts the bottom of 40% of Americans would receive.

This doesn’t count additional import taxes he’s considering or the cuts to Medicaid and nutrition assistance.

Eliminating Taxation of Social Security Benefits Would Be Unwise | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Social Security beneficiaries with higher incomes pay income tax on part of their benefits. Repealing the taxation of Social Security benefits, as President Trump has proposed, would be unwise...

Not taxing Social Security benefits would be yet another tax cut for the wealthy at the expense of the Social Security trust fund that pays all of our benefits.

www.cbpp.org/blog/elimina...

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
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There are unbelievably alarming things happening every day, several times a day. We’re in big trouble

Inside the Collapse at NIH Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.

The Atlantic story on the situation at NIH is sobering. We are so screwed.

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

House Budget Would Increase Costs and Hardship for Many While Providing Huge Tax Breaks for a Wealthy Few | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities The House Republican budget passed today calls for massive cuts in health coverage, food assistance, and help paying for college, among some other areas, to pay for huge tax giveaways for wealthy...

A statement from @sharonparrott.bsky.social on the passage of the House budget resolution, which calls for deep cuts in health coverage, food assistance, and college aid—all to pay for huge tax giveaways for wealthy households and businesses: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

What a shocker

OGC Memo re Trump DEI and SFFA 2025 02 20.pdf | Powered by Box

DEI initiatives are still legal.

Universities need to stand their ground.

A Friday gift to your university's General Counsel Office - courtesy of an all star lineup of civil rights lawyers and scholars. You're going to want to read this.

Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.

NEW: The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep funding frozen at the NIH - a move that some legal scholars say is illegal.

Federal Register notices are blocked, so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled.

All the gritty details here, and a short 🧵:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...