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@aelman.bsky.social
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@SinDexBand trumpet player, conversation designer, liberal gadfly he/him @aelman@flipboard.social

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Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass.punkitup.com · 26/05/2026
My take on AI is, essentially, everybody who’s against is too against it and everybody who’s for it is too for it.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
IF true, and IF this is a primary reason why Kerr parts ways with the Warriors, I will be extremely pissed off. Steve Kerr is a great human being. It may be that it’s time for the Dubs to go in a different direction, but this damn well shouldn’t be why. www.sfgate.com/warriors/art...
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Warriors reportedly grew tired of Steve Kerr’s political activism
Politics could bring the end of the Steve Kerr era.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
College football conferences should be abolished and immediately replaced by a tiered set of leagues with regional divisions. Teams at the bottom of each tier each season are relegated, while teams at the top of each tier (below the top one) are promoted to the next tier up.
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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New: Democrats Demand GOP Leaders End Recess to Stop Trump's Iran War "Given Republicans’ slim margin in both chambers, even a modest number of defections could tip a war powers vote" time.com/article/2026...
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Democrats Demand GOP Leaders End Recess to Stop Trump's Iran War
“The House must come back into session immediately and vote to end this reckless war of choice in the Middle East," House Democratic leadership said in a joint statement.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
For the record: I think the President’s statements over the past two days have been unacceptably and probably illegally aggressive. I join in those asking for Congress to convene an emergency session to stop him from committing war crimes. I also think he’s gonna pull back. But I guess we’ll see!
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Simultaneously, they mock & degrade women athletes for not being athletic enough, and then when a few of us are that athletic, they say we must not be real women. The end state of this reasoning is a world where “real” women don’t — and then can’t — play sports. Policing gender hurts women athletes.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Due to high geopolitical tensions, sports fans are temporarily required to contextualize their posts, for example: ❌ OH GOD OH NO OH FUCK ✔️ OH GOD OH NO OH FUCK how did he make that basketball go in the hole
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
A little more detail on this wackiness. pxlnv.com/linklog/ars-...
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An Ars Technica Reporter Blamed A.I. Tools for Fabricating Quotes in a Bizarre A.I. Story – Pixel Envy
On Thursday, Scott Shambaugh published a bizarre story about a rejected pull request from what seems to be an OpenClaw A.I. agent. The agent then generated a blog post accusing Shambaugh of “gatekeepi...
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
WTAF??? This is just bizarre…what could’ve happened? www.404media.co/ars-technica...
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Ars Technica Pulls Article With AI Fabricated Quotes About AI Generated Article
A story about an AI generated article contained fabricated, AI generated quotes.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Damn straight.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Today’s @resist.bot action: tell the Senate to vote no on funding ICE! resist.bot/petitions/PY...
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Vote NO on funding DHS and ICE!
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." Pretty strong case imho. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
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Wil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net · 20/01/2026
Imagine the news cycle if any president slurred his words and rambled off lie after lie after lie, the way this one does. The slurring alone, right? Add in all the obvious signs of declining health, the absolutely unhinged, manic, sundowning posts in the middle of the night? But it's like 🤷‍♂️
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This timeline suuuuuuuuuuuuucks
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Today’s @resist.bot action: Don’t let Elon get away with fundamentally harming society! resist.bot/petitions/PA...
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Don’t let Elon Musk and other tech moguls get away with massive societal harm!
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Today’s @resist.bot action. Folks, it’s gonna be another one of those years. resist.bot/petitions/PX...
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Don’t let Trump usurp Congress’s power to declare war!
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Don't fall for the manipulative "censorship" framing of EU's fines against X for DSA violations. The EU is trying to enforce their laws. X is breaking them. And the U.S. government is defending big tech, billionaries, & bullshitters rather than protecting users. www.linkedin.com/posts/daphne...
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Don't let anyone tell you that the Commission's DSA enforcement against X is about speech or censorship. https://lnkd.in/g3Cyeeyk That would, indeed, be interesting! But this is just the EU… ...
Don't let anyone tell you that the Commission's DSA enforcement against X is about speech or censorship. https://lnkd.in/g3Cyeeyk That would, indeed, be interesting! But this is just the EU enforcing...
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Today’s @resist.bot action - again, I didn’t write it, but I agree with it. This one feels refreshing since it’s less about resosting authoritarianism and more just opposing terrible policy! resist.bot/petitions/PZWDXO
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Remove RFK Jr, Deny O'Neill, Appoint Qualified HHS Leaders, Restore Vaccines
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Great advice here for journalists and anyone else interested in keeping truth and democracy alive…
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
@lauraklein.bsky.social
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Ive been listening to the “Revolutions” podcast recently, which has refreshed my memory of how monarchies have worked in history, and it is crystal-clear that Trump thinks he is a king. Bouie makes a great case here. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
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Opinion | We Are Not ‘Property of Donald Trump’
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Today's @resist.bot action (I didn't write this one, but agree with it!): resist.bot/petitions/PO...
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Prevent Unconstitutional Deployment of National Guard to Chicago
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Today’s @resist.bot action: resist.bot/petitions/PF...
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Remind President Trump: No Crime Emergency!
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
This is actually a family friend. Ugh. Remind your parents to be careful about this kind of thing, set up safe words, etc. etc. but it SUUUUCKS that this happens at all ever. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Family questions TD's fraud prevention after Winnipeg seniors lose $10K in grandparent scam | CBC News
The daughter of two Winnipeg seniors who fell victim to a so-called grandparent scam say somebody at their bank should have noticed fraud was taking place when more than $10,000 was transferred on the...
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
they might as well come out and just admit that what they actually use is the double square
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Never again means never again. Especially not at our hands. jeremybenami.substack.com/p/genocide?p...
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Genocide
Debate over whether there’s a genocide in Gaza has special resonance when your family was a victim of the crime that gave the world the term.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
@resist.bot action of the day - don’t shoot the messenger! resist.bot/petitions/PJ...
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Keep labor statistics truthful!
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Man who says elections (that don’t go his way) are “rigged” also claims economic numbers (that aren’t going his way) are “faked”. Who’d’ve thunk it?
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Mike Ward @mikew-ca.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
"Real innovation happens when companies have to compete on merit, not on who can kiss the leader’s ass most effectively." Not just for First Time Founders. Everybody should read this piece by @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/f...
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Fascism For First Time Founders
Over the last year or so I’ve seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump t…
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Will T @scrying1.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
If you think CBS canceled The Late Show for financial reasons I have some great interests in bridge real estate to sell you.
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Christopher Knight LAT @knightlat.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
A staffer for Sen. Padilla filmed the shocking event of his expulsion from Kristi Noem's press briefing. One of the federal agents turned to the staff member filming and actually said: “There’s no recording allowed out here, per FBI rights.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
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California Sen. Alex Padilla forcibly removed, handcuffed during Kristi Noem press conference
Federal immigration sweeps have spread fear and uncertainty across the region and forced some into hiding.
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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 12/06/2025
Good idea: Stop all Senate business, now. Filibuster everything. Bad idea: Send out fundraising texts. Pretty sure I know which one Chuck’s gonna pick.
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
We drill into military officers that Members of Congress have Constitutional oversight rights, Members outrank four-stars in protocol, and even Congressional staffers are treated like generals/admirals. To see sworn federal officers manhandle and handcuff a U.S. Senator... I'm still shook up.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
By me, on the Newsom speech, and what made it unusual. fallows.substack.com/p/gavin-news...
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Gavin Newsom as the Adult in the Room.
Let's not talk about "how this plays" as politics. Let's think about the way leaders address the public when the stakes are high and the outcome is unknown. We saw this week how it should be done.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Afterwards, Sen. Padilla framed what happened in exactly the right way: "If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question...I can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers, in Los Angeles & throughout California & the country."
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Susan Lyon @fossil21.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Today’s @resist.bot action: resist.bot/petitions/PR...
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Protect the right to emergency treatment!
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Ben-Ami says it well - there are two ways to interpret “never again.” I choose the one consistent with the Jewish values I was taught - the one that leads to a kinder, more loving world, and I reject the one that leads to death and destruction. jeremybenami.substack.com/p/a-moral-st...
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A Moral Stain
For the sake of our people’s soul and future, global Jewish leadership must oppose what the Netanyahu/Smotrich/Ben-Gvir government is doing in Gaza.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Today's @resist.bot action - not written by me but really important IMHO! resist.bot/petitions/PG...
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Uphold Posse Comitatus Act, say no to US military in streets, block illegal EO
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
xkcd.com/3081/ 😢
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PhD Timeline
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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 26/04/2025
Can I just say, as a cishet white male single-income provider… fuck this shit, burn it with fire, and bury it at the bottom of the ocean.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Today’s @resist.bot action: resist.bot/petitions/PW... - without due process for all, we might as well be living in a dictatorship.
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Protect due process for all persons in the USA!
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Mahmoud Khalil should be free. forward.com/opinion/7119...
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Passover teaches us why Jews should stand with Mahmoud Khalil
As Judge Jamee Comans has ruled Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, U.S. Jews celebrating Passover must think harder about what liberty means.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Today’s @resist.bot action: protect universities and students! resist.bot/petitions/PG...
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Protect universities and students!
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Today’s @resist.bot action: voter fraud my a$$. resist.bot/petitions/PMBOMR
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Vote NO on the so-called SAVE Act.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
This inspired today’s @resist.bot action: resist.bot/petitions/PP...
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Stand up for the rule of law and help those seeking asylum
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Team Leader: Tiger One through Six are you in position Tiger One: All are a go lead Pete Hegseth: God go with you boys Brent: Susan? Tiger Two: Tango is crossing the souk. He has four bodyguards. All appear to be armed. Lots of civilians Team Leader: wait comms are compromised /1
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Glad to see Andrew Luck continuing to uphold high standards for excellence and behavior.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Huh! This is interesting
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Me: Yay McNeese State! Love to see a 12-seed whomping on a 5. Me, after noting that I had Clemson in the Sweet 16: Oops.
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