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9 months is our *accelerated* process?! Any progress is worth celebrating but jesus christ

Here's an interesting paper suggesting the bank runs of 2023 have been misunderstood - uninsured deposits and losses on the banks' assets were not the main story. The real problem was with the failed banks *customers* - crypto firms and VC funds. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Your evidence that the same amount of people are driving, none of them are taking the train instead:

I have gotten confirmation from sources inside the Coast Guard that this is in fact true and happened in Key West.

ICE went into military housing and took the spouse of a USCG member who is currently out to sea.

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...

Has anyone noticed that the Republican discourse about North Carolina’s storm recovery vanished after the election? Nothing. Not a peep from them.

Probably because they don’t want you to know THEY LITERALLY DENIED FUNDING FOR NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEK!

Crazy how that works!

Process as Punishment: An American History of Political Spectacle Renee DiResta Monday, April 14, 2025, 12:00 PM American political theater isn't new. The House Un-American Activities Committee operated for decades— until targets learned to fight back.

New from me: an essay on the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, and its remarkable 30 year history of witch hunts & blacklists.

It chronicles the progression of how industries & academia went from capitulation to defiance,& what we can take from that today

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/proc...

BYU student's visa reinstated after unexpected revocation A Japanese doctorate student at BYU will now be able to stay in the U.S. after his visa was revoked earlier this month.

Another story of

1. Admin sends fascist order

2. Media reports on it

3. People are outraged, say no

4. Admin says “actually that order was a mistake”

Lesson is defy fascist orders

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The CVE program for tracking security flaws is about to lose federal funding CVEs are used by Microsoft, Apple, Intel, and many others.

The CVE program for tracking security flaws is about to lose federal funding

MITRE supports a ton of federal cybersecurity work, with the CVE program probably being the most famous example. It's a globally used repository for vital information about vulnerabilities. cve.mitre.org

I've asked DHS what's going on with the MITRE contract.

this is bringing back such fond memories of my google interviews in 2007

How often in our history has *enacting* regulation been on the back of groups that lack political power? Zoning was literally enacted as a tool of segregation. Ignoring the harsh realities of the particular regulation to argue theoretical concerns with the general concept of deregulation is obtuse

This is an example of the motte-and-bailey logical fallacy of course, but that’s actually besides the point. What I’m pointing out is that your actions do not match your claimed goals. You are either lying to us or you are lying to yourself.

You say your goal is to “alert everyone” about X. But your actions are to argue with people who *already agree with you about X* that Y is true when Y is in fact not true.

X = mass deportation is on the path to concentration camps

Y = ICE detention is just like Uyghur concentration camps

The young guys who want to work and are worried about their current economic situation support Democrats. Young guys who believe women are their adversaries drifted to the Republicans.

youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com

There won’t even be a need to explain why it’s different. The market reaction to strategic, targeted tariffs, communicated in advance so details and retaliation can be planned around, would be nothing like this. Talking heads on tv can yell hypocrisy, but they already do that all day anyway

Every single paper in the U.S. would be excoriating a Dem President who was golfing while the stock market melted down. We all know this. The editorial boards would be screeching, state tv ie Fox would be playing NONSTOP clips, etc. etc. It's worth remembering.

We are speedrunning the Declaration of Independence, folks.

End woke, Go broke

Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now

Please explain the joke:

Houston changes course on Austin St. bike lane. Again. After abruptly tearing parts of Austin St. bike lane out, Mayor Whitmire says it's coming back, sort of.

“protected bike lanes consistently make roads safer for all users—including people in cars. The city’s own data from Austin Street show that injuries from crashes dropped 17% on Austin between Holman and Commerce after the lane was added in 2022.” www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Did you really just cite a 7-paragraph Medium post, itself with zero citations, written by a rando whose Shift key doesn’t work?

Your misunderstandings are so basic that an LLM explains them easily, I suggest you go talk to one:

Why don’t you want students in masks? If a student and their parent want them to wear a mask, you make them take it off?

Can you show us a screenshot of your top google results for “atlantic mask”?

They’re already in power, they don’t need to capitalize on sensational incidents, they get to make news with their actions now

We’re the ones stuck trying to make hay of news incidents

Look if this is the kind of convo we’re having, it’s obvs a waste of time right? It is doesn’t help the situation or our mood

There are special elections in WI & FL that could use our help; if you don’t have that in you, find a leisure activity that will help your mental state?

Great, so what are some examples of better Dem leaders and what are the ways their leadership differs from the current ones

Yes ofc, maybe your oncologist does need to be fired! I’m not saying they’re clearly doing great work!

I’m just saying like, if you don’t have an idea of what specifically you want them to do differently, how do we find a better one? Why do we even think another one would do better?