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Alcolm Weiss

@alcolmweiss.bsky.social
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Strategic insights and organizational behavior. Advising executives on incentive patterns, governance interpretation, and high-stakes decision environments. Academic training in behavioral economics.

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Alcolm Weiss @alcolmweiss.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Well! I have had my fill of news and friendship for the day. Goodnight.
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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 05/09/2026
"Learning from other people's mistakes!? I don't even learn from my own!" theonion.com/historians-p...
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Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions
WASHINGTON—With the United States facing a daunting array of problems at home and abroad, leading historians courteously reminded the nation Thursday that when making tough choices, it never hurts to ...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“A series of impeachments would destabilize the Trump administration…This works best if Trump himself is not impeached. Democrats can claim they’re merely going after government corruption by underlings, not fighting the will of the great and good American people.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Impeach Them. All of Them.
Hegseth is only the beginning.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"My sense [is] that Democrats can win west of the Mississippi. Not just in Iowa and Texas. I wonder if the blue wave couldn’t also wash over to the Great Plains, to Kansas and Nebraska and South Dakota...Wave years, plus good candidates, can do surprising things." www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-smoke...
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Bill Smokes the Hopium Pipe in the Land of Corn
How much ground can Dems gain west of the Mississippi?
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Oh this is interesting! Climate scientist @leahstokes.bsky.social shows that candidates who talk about climate change *get a bump in preference from voters*. "Common knowledge" is that climate is a losing issue, but this survey shows the opposite is true: voters care. mailchi.mp/9af4ccd3280e...
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Climate action comes in waves
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Dorsa Amir @dorsaamir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is a real photo from 1913. It hasn’t been colorized. It was made using a technique called the Autochrome Lumière which captured true color using microscopic dyed starch grains as color filters, decades before color film existed. Pretty incredible, no? More below 👇
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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 15/09/2026
An inspection of the now-closed detention camp found overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and an "unprecedented" use of small metal cells to confine detainees.
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'Alligator Alcatraz' held detainees in small metal cages, Inspector General report finds
An inspection of the now-closed camp found overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and 'unprecedented' use of small cells to confine detainees.
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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 17/09/2026
Trump says he supports the cameras simply because law enforcement does, no matter that they can be misused or abused.
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Trump backs Flock cameras, continuing his long-time support for unchecked police power
Trump says he supports the cameras simply because law enforcement does, no matter that they can be misused or abused.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/09/2026
NEW: The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from imposing new rules on mail-in voting before the November midterm elections. That means nothing has changed for voters — and mail-in voting can proceed as planned.
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What to Know About Mail-In Voting for the 2026 Midterms
The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from imposing new rules on mail-in voting before the November midterm elections. That means nothing has changed for voters — and mail-in voting can p...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/09/2026
ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes. (Published Dec. 2024)
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How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
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Jonathan Rosenblum @jsrosenblum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is *exactly* the kind of policy one would enact if they were controlled by an adversarial foreign government. Want America to lose the race for the future? Here's a great idea for you!
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Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
from afternoon conversation with colleague in Math, talk turns to AI: "we're having faculty meetings and they're telling us all 'it's urgent that...'. I've spent my professional life in the math department, do you have any idea how unused I am to the phrase 'it's urgent'?"
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My 1st article for National Geographic is out now. It is on Cleopatra’s & Antony’s surviving children after their parents’ deaths—especially Cleopatra Selene. Thanks to Jane Draycott (and her book, Cleopatra’s Daughter) & @candidamoss.bsky.social for their help. And @bresnick.bsky.social for edits.
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What Happened to Cleopatra’s Children With Marc Antony?
Her twins Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene were made prisoners. But they still had a big role to play in Roman history.
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Of course the first amendment allows us to tell public officials that they are acting, like Nazis, in a way that might haunt them with shame. Sheesh.
arstechnica.com
It’s OK to tell ICE their actions will haunt them, judge rules in speech fight
Man wins fight to block ICE threat over off-the-cuff angry email.
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Up is down department: “Any allegation that D.H.S. and its components are attempting to ‘squash’ free speech is categorically false.” And I’m proud to be on the advisory board of the only wholly principled free speech group in the USA: FIRE.
nytimes.com
Man Who Criticized ICE Was Protected by First Amendment, Judge Says
Federal agents showed up at the Rochester, N.Y., home of a man who had sent a caustic email to an immigration official and threatened him with prosecution.
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Up is down department. “She added that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has “repeatedly stated that MMR vaccination is the most effective way to prevent measles infection.””
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Sen. Cassidy says measles surge will be administration’s ‘terrible legacy’
Under questioning by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Trump’s surgeon general pick Nicole Saphier called a combined vaccine “our greatest tool for combating measles infections.”
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This person is a moron. His damage to our country is astonishing.
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CG Chalmsley Ward @chalmsleyward.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ha!
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: The latest filing in my Epstein Files lawsuit against Todd Blanche scathingly calls him out for his continued violation of the law as well as court orders. Why Blanche is so desperate to keep the truth from getting revealed to the public: youtu.be/8jja7i_8cR8?...
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🚨AG Blanche SCRAMBLES as SCATHING NEW Filing In MY Epstein Lawsuit BLOWS UP His Defense!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 16/09/2026
Attorneys for Rep. Beatty want an emergency hearing about the Kennedy Center’s closure in “apparent violation of the Court’s order” — and they want a “high-level decisionmaker” at the Center to be required to attend. Doc: buff.ly/Ju8TZSm Background buff.ly/cwQv8g2
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
Trump threatens to cut off all trade with Europe if Canada associates closer with the EU
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
25 years later: the lies, the lost civil liberties, the sickness from the pile, and of course, the Islamophobia. We break it all down, and add a bonus, hilarious moment at Trumpapalooza www.youtube.com/live/qSy3JJp...
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9/11 - 25 Years Later: What We’ve Lost | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
YouTube video by The Joy Reid Show
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Gas prices will never go down to what they were. I repeat: Gas prices will not go down. No matter what. Neither will tariff items like televisions or cars or a hell of a lot of other things. Never. Not happening. Vote accordingly.
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Terrance Ward, III @teewarthree.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Little bit of honoring Tom Delonge, Travis, Mark. Wished I'd been more cognizant during those early years, but alas I was still pooping in the crib. go.bsky.app/LQZT7Nj
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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Popok on Trump's stranglehold on the Kennedy Center: He just had the Kennedy Center board of trustees, all handpicked by him, except for a few, he just had them vote to close the Kennedy Center, although he's willing to reopen it. Here's the ransom part, if his name is put on it.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/09/2026
Mike Johnson just sent the House home early until after the midterms. Thomas Massie predicted this weeks ago. Johnson mocked him for it. Now Massie is responding.
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GOP Shuts Down Congress as It All Hits…
Podcast Episode · The MeidasTouch Podcast · September 17 · 20m
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Dina Sayegh Doll @askdinadoll.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Whether it’s the Kennedy Center, the Arch or Ballroom, Trump is trying to buy a legacy because even he admits “nobody will do it once I’m gone.” @cnn.com @meidastouch.com
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Allison Clayboe @allisonclayboe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A routine protects. A well‑kept routine protects you from the volatility other people create. #livingclean
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🇫🇷Raquel de la Roche🇨🇴 @raquelreveals.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Maybe I was being dramatic? Just a conspiracy theory of mine?
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🇫🇷Raquel de la Roche🇨🇴 @raquelreveals.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
With renewed incredulity and suspicion remembering when: Clinton pressured Netanyahu to withdraw from the West Bank. And stop expanding settlements. Then Bibi left town. 👀And the very next day the Monica Lewinsky story broke.👀 #Panama #Epstein #Trump #Clinton #Wexner #Gates #Gaza #Genocide
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Aspen Caldwaller 🐈🐶🐎🧑🏻‍🎨✝️🌎 @aspen-caldwaller.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The new shelter‑funding report is a reminder that animal welfare collapses with lean budgets. #Animals
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Aspen Caldwaller 🐈🐶🐎🧑🏻‍🎨✝️🌎 @aspen-caldwaller.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Women’s leadership data reveals the gap is still wide. More work to do. #Resist
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Aspen Caldwaller 🐈🐶🐎🧑🏻‍🎨✝️🌎 @aspen-caldwaller.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is finished. May or may not do another. I included one or two "honorary women." go.bsky.app/DNgPNfj
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Amber Lynn Delashaw (Aldy) 💙🌈🫂 @amberlynndelashaw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"You're just being sensitive, grow up." --Battle Cry of the Narcissist
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Gerald Townsend @gtownjr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In all seriousness, humility is a cornerstone value. To even speak of it, or suggest I might have some, probably means I need more. Do kindnesses randomly and anonymously. go.bsky.app/ESkRP1u
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Grettel Shaw-Evans @grettel-shawevans.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The archetypal creepy old man. Goes to massage parlors because all women catch that "nasty bedroom habits" energy he emits.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 16/09/2026
I don’t know where to begin here, but I assume this is targeting the uninformed and easily impressed. Sad.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
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Interest Rates in the United States should be 1%, or less, because we are the Best Credit in the World — BY FAR. Our Country is BOOMING with new Investment! If we stopped Trading with every country that we have a Deficit with, which is most of them, we would make, at least, 1.5 Trillion Dollars a year. The word "Deficit" is nothing more than a fancy word for LOSS. We are
"carrying" almost every country in the World, and that cannot go on any longer. LOWER THE INTEREST RATES FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FAST! President DONALD J.
TRUMP
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 17/09/2026
Thursday
11:00 AM
PRESIDENT receives his Intelligence Briefing
The White House
Closed Press
THE
3:00 PM
PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting
Oval Office
Closed Press
THE
5:00 PM
PRESIDENT signs Executive Orders
Oval Office
Closed Press
THE
6:00 PM
PRESIDENT participates in a Tele-Rally
Oval Office
Closed Press
THE
7:00 PM
PRESIDENT participates in a Rose Garden Dinner
Rose Garden
White House Press Pool
THE
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🇫🇷Raquel de la Roche🇨🇴 @raquelreveals.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Did this age well?
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Alcolm Weiss @alcolmweiss.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yes this. Liked, reposted, saved.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I think if we just picked out a random inmate in a local county jail for disorderly intoxication, after doing a lengthy stint in a dual diagnosis facility for taking shrooms and running naked through a playground, to be president they would do a better job overall.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Come on this is ridiculous.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today in Politics, Bulletin 460. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 460. 9/15/26
… Two big hearings on Capitol Hill today as FBI Director Kash Patel testified before the Senate and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was in the House.
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Ty Taylor @ty-taylor89.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If it will hurt the party, he will be happy to do so.
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Alcolm Weiss @alcolmweiss.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It turns out you were essentially correct.
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Jim Oswalt @jamesoswalt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“We’ve improved the experience” means so much! Feature removed Added an ad, called it innovation Now you have to download an app Now you have 8-factor authentication We sold your data to 385 of our partners #tech
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Arthur Adams @arthuradamsz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hannibal walked so Dexter could run? #eattherich go.bsky.app/6g7iovE
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Franklin Busby @franklinbusby.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A nation that forgets its history ends up negotiating with its own mistakes. I am open to being fact checked.
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Franklin Busby @franklinbusby.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One notices how often public debate confuses urgency with importance. The loudest matter is rarely the most consequential, yet it receives the attention simply because it demands it. A steadier civic culture would reverse the order. An old man clings to dreams. #civics
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