Meredith Rose (from the grave) 👻

NEW FOLLOWERS: if I see you using these or any other follow-back hashtags, you’re getting immediately blocked. This is how disinformation networks happen.

grand juries are holding up better than any of the three branches of government tbh

No. Your attitude has to be that absolutely nothing will get done. If you’re trying to “pass common-sense legislation to help the American people”in this environment you’re a fucking traitor.

I really thought the 2008 financial crisis was going to be the defining economic and employment disaster of my adult lifetime. I'm so angry that this one was created, on purpose, out of malice toward civil servants and the work we do.

Dear #uglydogs if you sent me your pet's picture, it is in my classroom's ofrenda. Today is the day our pets are meant to return to us.

WaPo reports this no-bill was the Cassidy Hutchinson case www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Add another no-bill to the scoreboard

Thrilled to share that The Terms & Conditions of Generative AI is forthcoming in the Texas IP Law Journal!! 📣🎉 W the inimitable @johnmarknewman, we study the boilerplate for 86 genAI tools: what's good, not so good, & actually quite bad. 🧵👇 buff.ly/3tMJbG0

For my reporting I'm interested in talking to people who know about old telecom wiring still hanging between wooden utility poles, sometimes unused, and how it's being stolen for scrap. Infrastructure enthusiasts, linemen, rural cops, telecoms scholars: my email is jsilverman@icij.org.

Absolutely cursed fucking phrase that I read for the first time today: "young-adult traders"

Netanyahu is sounding utterly desperate today. He's posting non-stop about high Arab voting turnout to create hysteria and fear. He also released a video statement claiming "They are trying to steal the election from us!" Arab Israelis make up 21% of the Israeli electorate.

Coconut is full of fiber and nutrients and dark chocolate is full of antioxidants. Mounds are basically health food

made my first chili con carne of the season this past Sunday, and am yet again reminded that chili somehow gets even better after a few days in the fridge

* BRAZIL SENATOR FLAVIO BOLSONARO MISSES SUPREME COURT DEADLINE TO HAND IN PASSPORT TO FEDERAL POLICE -- SOURCE * BRAZIL FEDERAL POLICE CANCEL SENATOR FLAVIO BOLSONARO'S PASSPORTS AFTER DEADLINE MISSED -- SOURCE @reuters.com $EWZ

Keep me posted if you see anything relevant - especially related to tech policy and strategy work around civilian drones, aid, investigating war crimes, and remote sensing. (I’m more of a policy/research wonk than anything else, but I can wear many hats and have a lot of technical experience).

I have complained for YEARS that Mounds had seemingly disappeared from Halloween candy mixes, so imagine my surprise when this year I spotted huge bags of it in the candy aisle! We're gonna be eating well this November

In a time of rising antisemitism, we could use an organization dedicated to opposing it. Instead we have the ADL, which shrugs at Sieg Heils and anti-Jewish slurs at the top levels of govt to fixate on this. I grew up a few miles from Brighton Beach, and we called the area "Russian," not "Jewish."

A reminder, because it is almost that time of year: More children are killed by cars on Halloween than any other day of the year, by far. www.vox.com/future-perfe... If you're a parent, I hope you'll do what you can to keep kids safe. If you're driving on Saturday, PLEASE exercise extra caution.

Your local mob lite bookie at least has to pretend to be a community member and may have to answer to a priest in extreme situations. God does not exist at DraftKings HQ.

Can confirm, this is amazing

this man is a gotdamned patriot

As ever, three quarters of "look at this asshole" is always "look at this". Don't do PR for the fash. Don't give free advertising to the worst bastards. There is no dunk witty enough to warrant amplifying their hate.

i don't think anyone should run explicitly on banning online gambling but i do think that a democratic-led government should just quietly take steps to undermine the industry and create an inhospitable regulatory environment

I didn't initially realise this was meant to be a negative thing, but when you read the piece it obviously was. Their attempt at a political hit job is quite literally to tell you that Mamdani is baller, and to connect him in your minds with Knicks' victory. Astonishing stuff, let's see how it goes.

In fact I will say the Earnest and Pious Charismatic Ethnic Minority political figure (AOC, Mamdani, El-Sayed) has been a pretty good bet for the American left so far, whereas the Disaffected Gruff White Guy Showcasing True Masculinity (Fetterman, Platner) has been a worse bet. Just an observation.

But but but i was told that caving on trans rights neutralizes these types of attacks

NEW: An army of volunteers and activists across the US have been training for months to face down ICE at the polls on election day. The message they have for the Trump administration? "We're ready" 1/ www.wired.com/story/massiv...

Neil Young Sues Trump Committee Over Rally Song www.law360.com/ip/articles/...

American conservatives are constantly bemoaning the decline of aesthetic standards and calling for a return to tailored suits and classical Roman architecture, but are now forced to defend the Cheesecake Factory. A constant tension between the Brooks Brothers patrician and the Kid Rock populist.

There’s a lot of layers to the problem, but if we could just start with prediction markets…

I think we underestimate the appeal of antigambling politics because every problem gambler is surrounded by 3-10 people who are absolutely sick of their shit.

Pretty wild: Even some MAGA figures are now panicking about the early vote. And for good reason: The electorate is 11 points more Dem than at this point in 2024, and Latino vote is surging. On the pod @simonwdc.bsky.social is very illuminating on what the data shows: newrepublic.com/article/2171...

I’m sorry but whoever at Fox programmed that horrible “I can’t show my face because my skin is white” commercial to lead directly into Sidney Sweeney showing lots of white skin 💋🤌

Well played

NEWS A federal judge just agreed to FAST-TRACK her decision on whether to dismiss Trump DOJ’s lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s election if the GOP incumbent loses. She indicated that she will rule by Wednesday at 5 pm local time. Doc buff.ly/YeQtu5n