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Another small Journey plane that departed Phoenix, AZ has landed in Liberia after stopping in Senegal (likely for fuel). This is the 6th deportation to Liberia in 2025.

Cruelty really is the point. Who else would go to court begging for permission to starve their own citizens? Meanwhile, they send $40 billion to Argentina, buying two private jets for ICE “Barbie,” and Trump has already burned through $1 trillion in less than two months.

Aside: Those are the tropes that *sell* storybooks, too.

Disable your Ring cameras. Now.

And I worry that these things are a natural fit for neither human cognition nor narrative. 🧵9/9

Of understading these systems and reinforcing their intent. 🧵8/9

Of having civic awareness of the necessary complexities. 🧵7/9

I worry that a key weakness of democratic republics is that they depend on an educated populace capable of handling and discussing those abstractions over and over again. 🧵6/9

But kings and superheroes, well, that's easy. That's what we watch stories about over and over again. Those are the tropes that fill storybooks. 🧵5/9

(I don’t think I am a deep expert, but I can at least name and explain these things to my kids.) 🧵4/9

…democratic representation, tragedy of the commons, tyranny of the majority, negative vs positive rights etc etc. Those things are complicated and hard to follow and feel like school. 🧵3/9

MAGA wants a king—literally as anti-American a sentiment as can be—and I think part of the reason must be that monarchy appears to be so much simpler than all the high-falutin’ abstractions like separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism,… 🧵2/9

Stories about royal intrigue fit narrative because royalty is conceptually simple. Everyone has the social knowledge to understand [this one is the big dog] and [that one wants to be big dog]. 🧵1/9

Let’s talk about ICE. This post is long, but it’s worth reading to understand how to protect your right to privacy.

It might sound extreme, but everyday Americans may soon want to consider face coverings for reasons far beyond health or fashion.

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson

“You liberals are obsessed with government institutions and laws because you do not trust communities.”

Yes. Correct.

We want an accountable agent subject to democratic control.

These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.

While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...

More of this. All the time. Every time they appear. Constantly. Fuck ICE.

I’m going to starting calling “pump guards” “swole shawls” and watch the bros’ temple veins pop.

Hand painted protest sign reading, “I WANT TO BELIEVE…IN THE USA” with a UFO flying the stars and stripes.

Tell me you're a Gen X protester without…

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Some critical context about Trump's troops to "war-ravaged Portland" that most folks don't know: Any conflicts there between protesters and ICE agents are happening because ICE agents ARE PROVOKING THEM

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Linguistics.

been raptured for 90 mins now. lines are insane. VERY disorganized. scalpers by east entrance

The definition I used in the book jives with this one pretty well. I argued it was a persistent piece of software that watches a data stream for a trigger and then enacts some behavior, most often according to user preferences. To watch a datastream persistently entails a loop, architecturally.

Trump declared that he intends to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. When asked about it today, he responded, “We’re going in.”

Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”

Real talk: Should the fingers on the monkey’s paw go up after you make a wish to show how many you’ve made, or down, to show how many you have left?

Episode 54 - Chris Noessel, Sci-Fi Interface Expert & Author Podcast Episode · The Perception Podcast · 08/05/2025 · 52m

Perception’s portfolio includes a number of Marvel shows you know. It was cool to catch up with them and talk about how interfaces convey a lot about characters in sci-fi, among other things.

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