Reposted by Colin CamererChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/10/2026If you’ve been paying attention, it appears that Trump has had at least one stroke. Possibly a few. And the bulges and strange posture we have been seeing are because he’s wearing an exoskeleton. 1331371495
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Subtle point here is that Kristen Welker has a giant smile on her face when Senator Kennedy is yapping on about running for POTUS, Rahm, and quoting a Judds song. Not because it makes the slightest lick of sense, but because it’s going to get a lot of attention www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... 010
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Fierce Women of Horror: Jess in Black Christmas (1974) The original and best “final girl” in slasher movies www.jezebel.com/black-christ...jezebel.comFierce Women of Horror: Jess in Black Christmas (1974)Before slasher movie tropes had become ironclad, Jess in Black Christmas defied what would become the expectation of slasher women. 000
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“For private corrections companies in LA, where the demand for state prison space was falling, this ICE detention presented a new revenue opportunity at just the right time” Corollary: guarantee private prison culture —> detainees were treated just like prisoners www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow Louisiana Built Trump’s Busiest Deportation Hub (Published 2025)ICE wants to make immigration enforcement as efficient as FedEx or Amazon. Louisiana was poised for this moment. 176
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Highly corrupt Lukoil deal NYTimes: “raises questions” DOJ prosecutor: “This is an alarming and very concerning set of entanglements,” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump AlliesPresident Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 021
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026, “I hoped that he would be able to live up to some of his hype, but he's hyperbolic. That's all he has ever been. His middle name ought to be hyperbole. He can't deliver on any promises.” 000
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“This welcome change reinforces both our security posture and our commitment to hospitality by having these officers on their feet and alert,” the agency stated.“ Doesn’t make the slightest bit of sense and is absolutely not welcome. I suspect there is some extremely petty story behind this move 011
Reposted by Colin CamererRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026realized she had a new career in Having Bad Opinions and realized she didn't have to hoop anymore 1149547
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“After turning over a single deportable immigrant, departments qualify to receive $60,000 a year for each deputized officer, regardless of additional arrests” 011
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026the hard-right MD who botched 2 executions in TN this year “Fowler jabbed Carruthers in his left foot, seeking a vein. After 15m he admitted defeat & tackled the more difficult challenge of securing a central line under the clavicle” He hadn’t done that in 13yrs www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comUnmasked: the doctor who helps put prisoners to deathDr Mark Fowler assisted in the failed execution of a Tennessee prisoner. Physicians are meant to heal patients - why is he working in the death chamber? 100
Reposted by Colin CamererRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026He’s right of course. Player pay and coaching pay ARE totally different markets. That’s why in every pro sports league on earth, the best players are paid significantly more than the best coaches. They’re way more valuable. College sports is unique in flipping that 1337249
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Thoroughly performative. It means absolutely nothing except that it shows that Trump administration doesn’t have the slightest clue about AI risk or how to carefully assess and control it. Its a Celebrity AI TV event 000
Reposted by Colin CamererCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11571692054
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Taylor: “directing “came out of necessity” when no other female filmmakers were available.🧐 “I was like, ‘I could do it, maybe,’” Swift recalled. “And when I did direct, I just thought, ‘This is actually more fulfilling than I ever could have imagined.’” Humblebrag champ ew.com/taylor-swift...ew.comTaylor Swift thanks Swifties while receiving inaugural MTV VMA Artist Director HonorsTaylor Swift was awarded the first-ever MTV VMA Artist Director Honors during the 2026 ceremony on Sept. 27. 022
Reposted by Colin CamererDavid Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Senate has passed a silly piece of legislation that they claim will "save college sports". In about ten minutes this morning, I wrote this story. College sports does not need saving. The Senate bill is really about taking money from players. wagesofwins.substack.com/p/college-sp...wagesofwins.substack.comCollege Sports Does Not Need Protecting!Here are many reasons why that is true. And why people need to be less guillible. 126
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Why did Zuck do a @nytimes.com Style interview? “It probably also has something to do with the Aaron Sorkin film that is about to come out, with which is a less than flattering portrait of the company and the man, and the desire to present an alternative image” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/i...nytimes.comWhy Does The Times Care About Mark Zuckerberg’s Style?For our chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman, the Meta chief executive’s choice of clothes reveal, perhaps inadvertently, pieces of his psyche. 110
Reposted by Colin CamererAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/09/2026Running a regression on primary vote share vs general election share and it predicts a 9.6% dem advantage in the House vote share. You would expect a few polls with the generic ballot at +15 in such a scenario. We could be looking at a 10%+ win for Dems in the house. 39714
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“This is dumb, dumb, dumb beyond belief,” one former Trump campaign official told CNN. “These guys are all gonna get subpoenaed. It’s gonna be bad.” 1105
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yes, there is blessed relief from the usual both-sidesing 000
Reposted by Colin CamererDan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Contrasted with the journal: bsky.app/profile/wsj.... 416117
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of the dumbest ideas committed to print, esp w shooters having semiauto military AR 15s 000
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There are *tons* of gorgeous building murals all over Philly 030
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Classic “false consensus”: if I know it’s everyone must know it too 020
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Prepping my AI social science class @caltech I found this amazing substack from the brilliant @deenamousa.com Much of my required reading is from posts like this. It's a major paradigm shift in teaching (Sadly next yr there will be syllabus updating) 🫠 newsletter.deenamousa.com?r=25ntw&utm_...newsletter.deenamousa.comUnder Development | Deena Mousa | SubstackEconomic development & emerging technology. Click to read Under Development, by Deena Mousa, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers. 030
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The @nytimes.com is consistently awful on this. I think they are so scoop focused that when they get scooped, it drives them crazy and they try to pretend otherwise 000
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is fantastic. Love how they made him Italian 000
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Pablo Torre breaking Kawhi Leonard and Life Surge stories is evidence that there’s a lot of interesting investigations that could be done, but not the goal of legacy and large sports journalism are their entities Theres a niche that he’s filling, which is terrific 000
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Gruesome story about a troubled groypette who slowly realized the redpilled manosphere just hates women. does have one bit of poetry “She walked alone to a sports bar for a salad” wapo.st/4da9OTDwapo.stShe helped lead a far-right internet movement. Then it turned on her.Amy Dangerfield worked to become one of Nick Fuentes’s model “groypettes,” but a vicious fight left her grappling with the dark side of far-right fame. 110
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Rahm has been in the @nytimes.com 4000 times since 1987. Perfect mainstream estab Dem. Zero chance of becoming POTUS “while Mr. Emanuel has campaigned for multiple House candidates in swing seats, few seemed eager to get on the phone to discuss his exact role” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...nytimes.comRahm Emanuel, Eyeing 2028, Makes His 2026 PlayThe longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about the next presidential race. 021
Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Mistress shot 3 times: “Cerimedo’s lawyers called the entire case — from affair to shooting — an elaborate trap set by the left for Cerimedo and the Paz government” Conspiracy theory —> zealous defense wapo.st/4iJM3p0wapo.stHe pushed MAGA in Latin America. Then came an affair, and an attack.Fernando Cerimedo, who steered right-wing campaigns across Latin America, is accused of directing two hit men to kill his pregnant paramour. 022