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This captures two of my big beefs with AI:
(1) Writing is thinking. If you use AI to write, you are foreclosing your own thinking.
(2) Sucking at something is the first step to getting better at something. The practice is the work. AI will only help you suck in a different and more depressing way.
They always have trillions of dollars for illegal wars in the Mideast, but SCOFF in your face and clutch their pearls when you ask for universal healthcare. You are all being played.
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
This is a great piece by my colleague spencer on the bad bunny helftimeshow but of course there’s never been a more divisive idea in American history than all of us being American, we fought a civil war over it and Trump is nothing if not manifest opposition to it www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Truly hilarious headline from the Bezos-owned Washington Post yesterday.
Never, ever let the guys who control half the wealth in America and just got billions of dollars in tax breaks tell you we shouldn't tax the rich.
A succinct and powerful encapsulation of why libraries are our greatest public asset, from a monthly newsletter: "One of the small but wonderful things about the EG Free Library is that everyone is welcome here....You don't need to buy anything, accomplish anything, or explain anything. 1/2
America has a taste for means-testing safety net policies, and not investing in state capacity to manage the resulting complexity. We focus a lot on how this makes life harder for clients, but it also creates the conditions where private actors who offer to solve this problem can extract rents.
$1.5T for the military budget
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$470M to send National Guard into cities
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$100M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
Demand for emergency food assistance reached historic highs in 2025, and with federal cuts ahead, the need will only grow.
As we plan for unprecedented hunger and uncertainty, @govdanmckee.bsky.social's commitment to the Food Bank and our member agencies is critical and deeply appreciated.
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
Good crowd for a suburban area on one day notice. And so many honks! Hardly anyone yelling negative stuff or giving us the finger
Read this poem today & wanted to share.
My rage comes from my love of community - whether we’ve met or not. My heart aches for Minnesota but also reminds us all we need to do here to protect each other and fight back with all we’ve got.
Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things.
There’s no third option.
In case you have never seen this.
So pleased that the @nextbigidea.bsky.social team has selected Nations Apart as a monthly must-read! They asked me to record a short audio intro to the book and five big ideas within: nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/ame...
Warming centers have been activated across Rhode Island - visit riema.ri.gov/warming-centers or housing.ri.gov/resources/individuals-experiencing-homelessness for the most up-to-date information!
POV: your doctor’s office is transit accessible but the bus stop is located along a highway with no sidewalks. 🫠
"Doing more with less" is a slogan, not a plan.
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If you go to a suburban mall, you will probably have to park outside and walk in. You don’t expect to drive in to your store.
But for some reason in urban areas it’s considered an injustice if you can’t park directly in front of the store you want to go to.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
Tell me again how recipients of SNAP are the problem
Pres. Trump has a choice: Let kids go to bed hungry & seniors undernourished.
Or, instead of fighting court orders, he should listen to the American people, follow their example, and help prevent our neighbors in need from going hungry.
"We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about." Mamdani 11.4.25
Hope
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
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My work computer has copilot and I have to unpin it every morning and it always comes back.
Ai is just malware with a marketing budget, dudes
