Reposted by Andrew LJason @jrock08.bsky.social · 6hAlright, here's my Queen Anne and West Seattle Parkingapocolypsingo card. If you black this out then we all lose. 082
Reposted by Andrew LThe Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 01/10/2026Once again, this administration has blatantly violated the First Amendment. Using religion to validate unlawful government decisions is morally corrupt and anti-American. #holdfast #firstamendment #CorruptMAGA 74525
Reposted by Andrew L@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is a Christian Nationalist revival meeting masquerading as a defense department speech... 46512158
Reposted by Andrew Lemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/i...emptywheel.netIn the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" - emptywheelOnce you realize Trump's morally binding AI code doesn't even spell "United States" properly, the whole sham looks even more ominous. 67605173
Reposted by Andrew LLynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 29/09/2026A letter from us. We want the best for USWDS, and we're ready to help. fedscoop.com/websites-jeo...fedscoop.comWebsites ‘in jeopardy’ amid U.S. Web Design System takeover, coalition tells GSAThe letter comes after administration officials changed leadership for the system, implemented new AI tooling, and shut out members of an open-source community. 27238
Reposted by Andrew LLSW @ltrip.altgov.info · 29/09/2026Your government websites are being taken over. Your access to things like Social Security, Medicare, IRS etc and your privacy are both at risk. Read the open letter from the government employees trying to protect you. 13935
Reposted by Andrew LFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026More: www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/n...cnbc.comNIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn't haveA delayed clinical trial underscores the stakes of federal research funding cuts for children with DIPG, a deadly brain tumor with few treatment options. 16640
Reposted by Andrew LWashington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“Every few years, international educational test scores are announced, and the United States spends a week lamenting the state of its schools before moving on,” Kevin Huffman writes. The latest Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, release deserves more attention: wapo.stOpinion | U.S. test scores keep falling. But these states are getting it right.A handful of states and the nation’s capital offer a road map to improvement in student learning. 095
Reposted by Andrew LAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Your taxpayer dollars are being illegally spent to air a literal Trump 2024 campaign ad. 711443362
Reposted by Andrew LAnne-Marie W. Clark 👩👧👦🐶⚖️😷🌎🚢📚🌦️⚜️ @amwclark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026And today is "9-2-5", when a lot of people are honoring Dolly Parton 13815
Reposted by Andrew LZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 24/09/2026Don Jr.-backed drone-parts manufacturer congratulates Eric Trump-backed drone manufacturer on winning a DoD contract. 671266549
Reposted by Andrew LBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 24/09/2026Billions of dollars in undisclosed, dark money are already flooding the election. New York Times’ Theodore Schleifer, Kareem Crayton, and Dan Weiner join The Briefing with Michael Waldman to discuss what can be done about corruption.youtube.comAre the Midterms for Sale? (with Theodore Schleifer, Kareem Crayton & Dan Weiner)YouTube video by Brennan Center for Justice 23019
Reposted by Andrew LOrin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Here's my deep dive on yesterday's ruling allowing unlimited searches of cell phones at the border. reason.com/volokh/2026/...reason.comSecond Circuit Rejects Limits on Border Searches of Cell PhonesAnd why I think they are wrong, and the Supreme Court should step in. 77736
Reposted by Andrew LWill Yale @wayale.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It is extremely unfortunate and regrettable that the Department of the Air Force has decided to shutter the China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI). CASI, along with its sister institutions the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI), China Landpower Studies Center (CLSC), and… 1637788
Reposted by Andrew LAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal ordersU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an... 18845982952
Reposted by Andrew LCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China. 8527281074
Reposted by Andrew LMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If you're a Dem who thinks you'll gain something by going anti-trans, look at Gallup's "most important problem" and Fox News' "most important issue" polling and see where trans issues rank. Whoever told you going anti-trans is a savvy or necessary move spends too much time on X and should be fired. 573330940
Reposted by Andrew LKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As an American political historian, I can confirm that this Congress has been "almost unmatched in history" in several categories -- sad abdication of its war powers, craven surrender of the power of the purse, weird refusal to conduct meaningful oversight, and an utter failure to pass actual laws. 29172271876
Reposted by Andrew LRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026With breaking news that journalists from CNN and MS NOW were denied access to the White House grounds Saturday morning ... Here's my analysis of where this is headed: 918964
Reposted by Andrew LWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It's one gut punch after another in this story. Stephen Miller is terrorizing children on purpose. >> “There’s some real animus towards the kids coming from Miller and his acolytes. And I think that it’s also very connected to the same reason that he wants to get rid of birthright citizenship... 88542
Reposted by Andrew LJason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comInside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian SchoolPentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab. 11026681410
Reposted by Andrew LThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18/09/2026"While Stephen Miller may babble about an unprecedented 'experiment' in immigration in post-1965 America, the reality is that the foreign-born population in the United States today is only slightly higher than it was when Lincoln wrote those lines."lnk.thebulwark.comThe GOP’s White Nationalism Problem Goes All the Way to the TopThe blood-and-soil extremists have donors, institutions, administration ties—and plenty of friends in MAGA. 115843
Reposted by Andrew LAltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 18/09/2026We have an update because it just has to get shittier! www.washingtonsun.com/trump-white-...washingtonsun.comTrump Aides Are Prepping an AI Takeover of Government ServicesFormer DOGE operatives are working on a website that could offer services like direct tax filing — similar to a Biden-era program the Trump administration killed. 31311
Reposted by Andrew LClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This has come out thanks to the suit the NYT and other news orgs—including us—have filed against OpenAI. 4360131
Reposted by Andrew LProPublica @propublica.org · 18/09/2026The Trump administration granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules. All they had to do was send an email. (Published May)propublica.orgTrump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering... 25549305
Reposted by Andrew LZach Fore @zqf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Science in this country is the goose that lays the golden eggs. Science and research are what give us quality of life, quantity of life, innovation, new businesses and industries. We know this. Why cut it’s budgets? For a very small number of people to have more power and more money, of course. 25119
Reposted by Andrew LJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The next installment in my "traces" series and the last one on cancer. Cancer immunotherapy! This new approach kept former President Carter alive and doing remarkably well for nearly a decade after being diagnosed with melanoma metastatic to his brain. 56013
Reposted by Andrew LProPublica @propublica.org · 17/09/2026ProPublica 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)propublica.orgHow Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the RichWall 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. 22550281
Reposted by Andrew LThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16/09/2026Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian are a textbook example of an administration using its power to manipulate citizens and discredit institutions that challenge its preferred narrative—a stepping stone, of course, toward fascism. trib.al/dDh8lPGtrib.alTrump to Drop Thousands on Public Signs Name-Calling the SmithsonianDonald Trump wants to install signs accusing the museum of bias. 77336
Reposted by Andrew LAI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Today the Senate votes on an AI provision tucked within a crypto bill that gives AI companies full impunity from consumer protection laws. These handouts to the AI industry directly harm the public yet rarely make headlines. Our letter pushing back here: t.co/a5QeS1coOOt.cohttps://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/civil-rights-groups-sound-alarm-on-ai-wrinkle-in-crypto-bill 11212
Reposted by Andrew LSalomé Viljoen @salome.bsky.social · 15/09/2026it would be cool if this kind of thing had consequences 093
Reposted by Andrew LMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comHomeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower allegesThe searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said. 867143958393
Reposted by Andrew LDaniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Regulating scraping is a way to grab the AI bull by the horns. I wrote an article Woodrow Hartzog about how scraping should be recognized as a massive privacy violation: The Great Scrape: The Clash Between Scraping and Privacy, 113 Cal L Rev 1521 (2025). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comThe Great Scrape: The Clash Between Scraping and Privacy<div> Artificial intelligence (AI) systems depend on massive quantities of data, often gathered by “scraping”—the automated extraction of large amounts of data 25922
Reposted by Andrew LBill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that The Muppet Show should be The Muppet Show. Unfortunately, Disney is forever lost when it comes to the Muppets. www.theomnicosm.com/popculturolo...theomnicosm.comIt’s time to take the Muppets away from DisneyThe secret premise to ‘The Muppet Show’ is ‘The Muppet Show.’ PLUS: Godzilla isn’t the only kaiju in ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ trailer, Nathan Fielder’s secret Elizabeth Holmes doc, and is ‘Whalefall’ gon... 082
Reposted by Andrew LKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Dear Democrats, You will never be able to triangulate your way through racism/sexism/transphobia, because pushing a lighter, politer form of bigotry is always a lose-lose proposition. The bigots want the uncut stuff, while normal people aren't drawn to cowards who sell out. Stand your ground. 543759840
Reposted by Andrew LJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Census Quietly Changes Charter for Key Policy Committee, Opening Door for Political Interference talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ex-staf...talkingpointsmemo.comCensus Quietly Changes Charter for Key Policy Committee, Opening Door for Political InterferenceAs the Census Bureau wades deeper into politics, governance changes at an... 013573
Reposted by Andrew LRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Here's a gift link to my 9/11 essay in the NYT. Civil libertarians long warned that before giving government new powers, we should consider how an administration with authoritarian ambition might abuse them. We were told that America was too exceptional to elect such a person. Well here we are.nytimes.comOpinion | Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened. (Gift Article)The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true. 571924741
Reposted by Andrew LJohn Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Republicans may not control the White House in 2030, but, if they do, the Trump administration is thoroughly laying the groundwork for them to screw deeply with the Census, with implications for how political power is apportioned in Congress and the Electoral Collegetalkingpointsmemo.comCensus Quietly Changes Charter for Key Policy Committee, Opening Door for Political InterferenceAs the Census Bureau wades deeper into politics, governance changes at an... 23317
Reposted by Andrew LChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Too many people online seem to conflate left politics with being obnoxious and scathing and Mamdani is such a model for combining a principled ideological vision with civility and grace. You shake hands, you act like a grown up even whether others aren’t. You show up. 29680771266
Reposted by Andrew LLaurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Judge Luttig has again performed a great service to the U.S. Constitution and our republic by exposing the treachery the Trumpsters have planned for 1/3/27, the new 1/6/21, and wisely outlining what must be done to stop the evil coup in its tracks. judgeluttig327269.substack.com/p/january-3-...judgeluttig327269.substack.comJanuary 3, 2027 - The Final Battle for America’s DemocracyHouse Republicans are poised to claim that the midterm elections were stolen from them when they meet on January 3 to decide which Members-elect will be seated in the 120th Congress 29628326
Reposted by Andrew LBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Get in, folks: a new Russian disinfo campaign is targeting the midterms, specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed op to meddle in this year’s U.S. elections. They're faking celebrity videos attacking Dems and are...very stupid. www.ms.now/news/russia-...ms.nowA Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midtermsThe Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican. 8824611553
Reposted by Andrew LJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"...the push by AI companies to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics, and to the mathematical community."terrytao.wordpress.comA Severe Misalignment of AI in MathematicsI am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have… 03617
Reposted by Andrew LKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"The case involved the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan, which the Energy Department blocked from closing in May 2025. The administration’s order has cost ratepayers more than $259 million, according to the plant’s owner." Plants forced to stay open cost ratepayers nearly $1 billion. 3273128
Reposted by Andrew LBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026the worst federal appeals court has ruled, 10-to-5, that the Constitution has no bearing on whether the city of Jackson can contaminate residents’ water with lead, deliver the lead-tainted water into their homes, & lie to them about whether the toxic water is safe ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgFifth Circuit: Unfortunately, Originalism Means the Government Is Allowed to Poison Your Drinking WaterBy defining constitutional rights as narrowly as possible, conservative judges make it easy to conclude that those rights do not exist. 28233
Reposted by Andrew LBoston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Thoughts on how to disenshittify science and the NSF, from: @pamukz.bsky.social @jeremymberg.bsky.social @alondra.bsky.social @madeleineebaker.bsky.social @cbo.bsky.social @nataliebaviles.bsky.social @sbagen.bsky.social @heatherdouglas.bsky.social @jamesowenweatherall.com + othersbostonreview.netHow to Save ScienceTrump has killed the postwar social contract, but its demise was long in the making. To protect science as a public good, we need a different approach. 12411
Reposted by Andrew LRogueNOAA @roguenoaa.altgov.info · 10/09/2026👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 "But there are two ways government science gets corrupted. A rogue scientist can cook the books. Or a rogue politician can order the scientist to cook them. The new rules go hard after the first and say nothing about the second." 0117
Reposted by Andrew LAlexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Journalists all across the PNW laid off by McClatchy today, a damn bloodbath. Some are people I’ve worked with, some are calling me crying because their mentors no longer have jobs. Journalism is so needed. Cutting investigative reporters, city reporters… Idaho & Washington will be worse off. 6295109
Reposted by Andrew LRaffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Oh that's interesting. 9485
Reposted by Andrew LLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 10/09/2026How should we think about fairness and the right to participate? And what’s the incorrect framing that leads people astray when they are thinking about this question? (from May 2025) www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...liberalcurrents.comHalf the Answer #13: Science vs. Propaganda: Trans Women in SportsTrent and Caitlin talk to Liberal Currents author Vikas Valiveti about the current state of scientific consensus on how trans girls and women compete in sports. What are the correct ways to measure at... 0128