Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Kathy during election season >>>>> Kathy any other time 000
Reposted by Adam McMahonSemafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2... 62831381116
Reposted by Adam McMahonDan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Does visiting a major Holocaust museum impact your political views? New study in JOP by @laiabalcells.bsky.social et al uses a field experiment at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to see They find a visit: -stokes more “never again” universalist views -has limited and fleeting fx on antisemitism 1289
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The best deterrent for another 9/11 is the fact that all of us know it happened. So *if* the initial reports are true (big if) the passengers stopping the copilot from crashing the aircraft should be reassuring for air travel overall. 100
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And academics ignoring the march to autocracy in the name of “objectivity” 010
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I keep telling myself "you can't die of stress!" then I'm like oh wait... heh heh he 020
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I wish we would all start wearing hats equipped with LED lights 000
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I mean, CNN asked Bernie if terrorist should get to vote so it's only a hop, skip, and a jump to these other questions intellectually. But capital loves to destroy a left-of-center candidate that proposes any serious change. 050
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Translation: We need an offramp because our product sucks and there's no more money 021
Reposted by Adam McMahonEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin... 17341581400
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Apropos of nothing, she did decide to attend Henry Kissinger's 100th birthday party! 021
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Karl Rove quoted in the San Antonio Current today: "In the last 48 hours, Ted Cruz has reached out to me and says, 'We’re losing... even the Republicans are admitting that they’re behind.'" www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...sacurrent.comKarl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee. 000
Reposted by Adam McMahonGreg Shill @gregshill.com · 28/09/2026Notably, travel times also did not increase outside the congestion zone. This mirrors what we have seen in other aggregate congestion pricing impacts. For example, it was predicted that drivers would change their routes to avoid the zone, creating new congestion; this, too, did not happen. 020455
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There is no such thing as the president "canceling" funding appropriated by Congress. The legislature must impeach the president for this constitutional violation. 050
Reposted by Adam McMahonDean Barker @deanbarker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The plan is unconstitutional, the acting on it a crime, the actors requiring impeachment and prosecution. 24617
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm fairly confident that Americans are aware we're fucked. 030
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sabrina the Teenage Witch premiered on TV 30 years ago today!! 280
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Governments should prosecute the leaders of these AI companies. Their products have been instructed to hack into other companies (a felony) & the media calls it "going rogue." Meanwhile, people have developed psychosis & killed themselves or others. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/t...nytimes.comAs A.I. Accelerates, Governments Are Increasingly Being Left Behind (Gift Article)The gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as A.I. models rapidly advance. 062
Reposted by Adam McMahonJohn Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“…far-right groups target non-political associations, sports clubs and community groups precisely because they are trusted and embedded in local life. If [they] capture or intimidate the institutions that communities rely on, they may be able to reshape the boundaries of what is considered normal.” 0117
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It only takes one ego to ruin an IP worth billions 051
Reposted by Adam McMahonJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Trump as failed Neustadtian president 0234
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 25/09/202665% of Dems have a positive view of socialism according to Pew. Cc: @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @golden.house.gov Source: news.gallup.com/poll/714653/... 030
Reposted by Adam McMahonBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 24/09/2026War criminals are not welcome in New York City. I stood alongside a diverse set of Jewish New Yorkers and allies — at several protests today organized by @jvp.bsky.social, by @truahrabbis.bsky.social & @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social, and by Israelis for Peace. 338771
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It is fairly clear the administration does NOT know what it is doing (understatement of the decade). The whole White House media ban gambit was a loser from the beginning, how could they not foresee that? 030
Reposted by Adam McMahonMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza. May peace be our future. 180126892235
Reposted by Adam McMahonHyde T. Voltyge @hydevoltyge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026That nasty Florida Stetson poll did all its sampling with an "online non-probability panel" and didn't poll in Spanish disregard 4316
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I absolutely love the ZuckOff app for Meta glasses detection! 040
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I want everyone to understand that Trump is sane, rational, and has intent to break the law, because he needs to go to prison. 010
Reposted by Adam McMahonBen Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Sean Manaea is wearing a "New York Is Love" Mets Pride shirt after pitching six solid innings to beat the Texas Rangers, the MLB's only team without a Pride night. Perhaps coincidence, perhaps not. 161357245
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Former Republican Speaker John Boehner on Texas Senator Ted Cruz: "Lucifer in the flesh... I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life." Source: www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...pbs.orgFormer Speaker Boehner calls Cruz 'Lucifer in the flesh'FORT WAYNE, Indiana — Former House Speaker John Boehner unloaded on Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz during a talk to college students, calling the Texas senator "Lucifer in the flesh." 010
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Every commercial on tv last night, except for red bull, was for an AI-related product last night 😭 120
Reposted by Adam McMahonScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 24982253351
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I need modern life to be like 25% less intrusive (AI phone calls, notifications, having to create an account for everything, downloading an app for every service under the sun, etc) 050
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Where can I do the most good?" is a question I wish more politicians would ask themselves... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...nytimes.comWill Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Run for President in 2028? Here’s What She Said. (Gift Article)In a wide-ranging interview, the New York congresswoman offered her most detailed insight yet into how she is thinking about a possible presidential run. 130
Reposted by Adam McMahonbikesforcenturies @theodora2b.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Lucas county Stonewall Democrats (Toledo area, Ohio 9th house district) have sent a letter to Congresswoman Kaptur over her transphobic ad and demand it be taken down and will be highling the ad and Rep Kaptur's open transphobia until election day. 429795
Reposted by Adam McMahonRetro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Sims (2000) 221245
Reposted by Adam McMahonBen Kannenberg @benkannenberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"I think trans rights are an 80/20 issue I'm on the wrong side of, and am choosing to raise their salience, drive a wedge into my own coalition, and make myself look weak and inauthentic. I am very smart!" 111020
Reposted by Adam McMahonDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Anthropic employees: NEXT-GEN AI COULD WIPE OUT HUMANITY WITH A SUPERVIRUS! Normies: that seems like a big leap. How would this AI disseminate such a virus in the real world? Anthropic employees: oh, through the wet labs we built and hooked it up to, of course. Normies: …😬😤 20747236
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I see The Atlantic has apparenlty made it its mission to play up Ossoff in a gambit to head off AOC for the Democratic party nomination in 2028. Good luck! 021
Reposted by Adam McMahonMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The NY Times is in “but her emails” mode regarding Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker. Relentless and unfair. Where’s the big story about a Republican megadonor who is a white supremacist? Maybe NYT has heard of him. His name‘s Elon Musk. 571263304
Reposted by Adam McMahonDan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I can model it for you: Trump leaves office I’m not kidding. The variable you’re looking for to have Iran and the U.S. compromise and end the conflict is party in power 0395
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Samuel Popkin’s Reasoning Voter (1994): voters have shorter term considerations but they also see trouble on the horizon (p. 33) 000
Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is absolutely insane. The worst timing for the president, but completely self inflicted. Are these prices going to keep going up? A midterm disaster for Republicans. 271
Reposted by Adam McMahonAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17/09/2026There's really no good argument against it, especially if Dems take the Senate. A distraction? Futile? As opposed to what, passing bills that you can't get past a veto anyway? Oversight? You get more attention and stronger legal tools with impeachment. Just do the right thing, it's good politics! 15399102