David @d-cell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Item 3: PAEA will authorize purchases from FASCOM advisor Elon Musk using sole-source no-bid contracts so Musk can build his autonomous robot army, get paid enormously for it using our taxes, and field it under Command of the Executive. 141
Reposted by DavidGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...prospect.orgThe City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American ProspectIn Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation. 192151750
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 30/09/20261/4 for progressive left, and 2/3 for Dems. How’d that work out in 2024? If tech workers were so angry about things, they’d shut down their employers/founders that dined with Trump yesterday. But their equity is too attractive, so they donate and find other ways to resist. But SC culture is broken. 100
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We can debate the amount of work comped with equity in SV. If it’s tech work in SV, big parts of it are the startup or mature startup sector (the non-Cisco/HP parts). Equity is a real factor for much 21st century SV employment. Of course many tech jobs in SV don’t come with equity as part of comp. 100
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You’re in a time machine with this take. Marc Andreesen remarked how Me Too (during Trump first term) and DEI programs made SV soft, and tech workers had too much power over founders. In Trump second term, DEI is attacked and SV leaders like Marc and Thiel join in. Tech workers aren’t fighting back. 100
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My point is that tech equity is a long term effort to get results. That has impact on risk level tolerance by tech workers to push back on emergent libertarian-behaving tech employers. However liberal tech workers may be, they have no concept of a union to back them up. 100
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’ve made similar mistakes. Took a SV job for equity, it didn’t pan out after PE sold their stake to another PE and my unrealized equity was heavily diluted. All I have to do is think back to SVB and the crazy financial chaos they caused. But they’re also necessary to how SV operates. 100
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Good lord, this hurts to read. I’ve worked for SV companies. Many people working there chase an IPO or equity payout in some fashion. Most payouts aren’t quick, they happen over many years. SV lost its Berkeley/Haight-Ashbury juice over decades. It’s more libertarian now, at the top. 000
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Turns out many tech people have empathy and choose politics that support community. BUT it’s also true that those same tech workers chase IPO or other equity payout. There have been many employee protests against tech companies, that rarely work to change policies. It’s hard to serve two masters. 100
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Shocker - most of those employees that donated to Mamdani live in NYC and have actual empathy for their fellow New Yorkers. There’s nuance in where tech staff live and choose political alliances. In SV, empathy has been eroded over decades. NYC isn’t SV. Tech leaders/staff in SV are different. 100
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yesterday, a major investment bank held interviews with 26 AI startups in the valley. None of those AU Startups can function without offering equity to founders, employees, and investment partners. Where I work, a half-dozen former employees left to join Cursor before it got snapped up by SPCX. 211
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026No written opinion regarding why the SC majority has allowed the USA to continue pursuing the business of human trafficking. 040
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026No written opinion regarding why the SC majority has allowed the USA to continue pursuing the business of human trafficking. 093
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So much conflation in this statement. Sort out your concerns and targets first. AI is driven from Silicon Valley. There’s an implication that tech workers are libertarian, and you state they’re liberal+left. Tech leaders are very libertarian. Tech workers are IPO capitalists, no longer liberal. 710
Reposted by DavidSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:theguardian.comHoman Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 peopleExclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’ 9147851745
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Rahm’s brother Ari has media connections, so Rahm emulates Trump by exploiting those connections to get far more press coverage than deserved. The same NYT that published your shared article says Rahm doesn’t even poll in the top 10 of potential candidates lol. NYT has no problem taking grifter $. 010
Reposted by DavidDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 3024111511
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Completely agree! On that note, your opening skeet commenting about the skeptical tone of the NYT article would’ve benefitted from an included offsetting observation praising the depth of reporting by @propublica.org. Praise to the journalists! 040
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Nice explainer. This is more of a Machine Learning enhancement for Air Traffic Controllers, to improve their ability to manage and anticipate congestion scenarios. 010
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Oh c’mon. After your first comment, I replied to you with the same thing you shared - Kav’s opening sentence where he makes my point. Why are you so focused on procedural things? I didn’t reference that. IANAL. I’m a citizen watching the SC tear apart my country. You should care more about that. 100
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I didn’t have “statutory authority” at the ready. Sorry. My point still stands - this regulatory change by USPS will come back, it will be upheld by SC, and it wills severely disrupt vote-by-mail in 2028. 100
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It’s an indicator that Kav is inclined to support it. Therefore, I expect this gets enough SC support if it goes thru the process correctly instead of rushed. It will get re-submitted for 2027. We’ve seen what the SC will do, given enough time to interpret the law in FedSoc’s favor. 120
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I’m reasonably accurate with my paraphrase. It’s Kav’s first sentence! “In my view, based on the briefing the Court has received at this interim stage, there is at least a fair prospect that the final rule falls within the Postal Service's statutory authority. See 39 U.S. C. §401(2).” 110
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Perhaps. But Kavanaugh wrote he’d support Trump’s rule as being within the USPS’s remit, except it’s being rushed so not for midterm elections. Look for it to be applied in 2028 when Trump takes another crack at it in 2027 and it gets upheld by SC majority. 160
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Thank you to Inner City Press for being the sole gallery press presence today! 000
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Brian, we’ve been here before. Sam backtracked in November when his CFO mentioned federal backstop investments in AI companies. Levels of risk in play represents 30% of public company investment. Dario/Elon/Sam seeking fed position in AI is our tax dollars at risk. www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...nbcnews.comOpenAI's Sam Altman backtracks on CFO's government 'backstop' talkConcern is growing about the amount of investment going toward artificial intelligence and data centers and its consequences for the broader economy. 000
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026From 6 months ago, Jamelle… Notice anything unique about Ms. Scott and the other billionaires? bsky.app/profile/d-ce... 020
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026My thought (upon reading the article and considering your work on this) is that perhaps OBL recruiting fellow Saudi nationals would cause USA to no longer trust Saudi Arabia. Instead, we attacked Afghanistan and turned a blind eye to Saudi’s role in the attack on USA - that still hold true today. 010
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026That’s a secondary objective to the points in the article skeeted by Jane Coulton. The article suggests OBL wanted USA out of Middle East. On that, OBL caused the opposite. USA never turned its back on an opportunity to wage war. OBL should’ve known he’d trigger our thirst for revenge. 010
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Elizabeth, your comment here stands out as supportive of Jane Coaston’s skeet: “bin Laden wanted the U.S. out of the Middle East and was particularly enraged by the U.S. / Saudi dynamic.” I’ve always wondered why he had Saudi citizens take over the planes. Was he trying to divide USA from Saudi? 100
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026OBL got what he wanted… the USA out of the Middle East? OBL caused the opposite! OBL made USA focus more on the Middle East than ever!! Sure, Afghanistan retreat occurred but USA never really left. Economic/military investment shifted, and increased! Adam, I mostly like your takes. Not this one. 100
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Fascinating! OBL overlooked that the Exec Branch (Nixon) kept Vietnam War going, ignored domestic protests and even created conditions that caused Kent State shootings in 1970. Only Watergate scandal in 1972 induced a retreat from Vietnam in 1973. OBL’s thesis didn’t consider how USA loves war. 010
Reposted by DavidRachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 11/09/2026good morning, you have no idea how much it's been killing me not to be able to tell you this but we made it and wow I can't wait to dive in: blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/11/l...blockclubchicago.orgLawyer Who Went Viral Opposing Midway Blitz Named Mayor Johnson’s Communications DirectorRachel Cohen first made headlines for quitting her job at a top Chicago law firm over Trump's policies. Now she's being tapped to lead messaging for Mayor Brandon Johnson. 2634325
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Rachel… your consistent courage, authenticity and directness amazes me. Please preserve and leverage this as you build your team and embark on your new challenge/opportunity. Congratulations! 011
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Several comments here pointing out the solidarity bit, which plays a role. Artists inherently value the process of creating art, and learn to understand and bond with their tools knowing their pedigree. Some artists will use paint.net, if not for any other reason than to be contrarian. Many won’t. 010
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Your Apple Maps app is likely showing cached data. As of 5:30p CDT, mine also showed reality of Lake Ontario (ooo, hopeful!) until I zoomed in and out, causing the name to change and display Lake America (ahh crap, here we go again). Then I deleted the app. 011
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Man in USA uses VPN outside the USA to see reality. Very meta. 1566
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Next Dem President can tear it down without waiting for courts to rule. Just destroy it. After all, SC gave Exec the power to do anything. If SC later says “Stop”, ignore them. Point out that SC created the Unitary Executive so Thomas and Alito can complain all they want about the monster they made. 000
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The Exec is a media-oriented role, ever since Kennedy/Nixon. Good ol’ CBS Chairman (and sex harassment issues) Les Moonves was correct in 2016. Today, Fox drives Trump policy. Biden tried and failed to embrace media. Your second sentence is wishcasting about a prior civics era that’s ended. 000
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Actually, that’s a good response rate for electronic outreach. Direct mail gets 0.5% response rate. Think about that when you’re sorting thru junk mail in your physical mailbox. Source: I worked for a direct mail company in the 90s. 110
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Lol who’s watching the officers abusing the system? These systems are ripe for abuse by law enforcement, since a tech company is not being held accountable nor could be. 010
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Short term thinking. The point of the Senate is to slow down the often overheated and reactionary bills passed out of the House. For example… If the entire Senate were eliminated, the SAVE act becomes law. If it’s left to States choosing senators, then Georgia would have NO Democratic senators. 021
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026All politics is local. He’s made a pragmatic choice that aligns to Evers and the electorate in Wisconsin that got him the nomination win in the first place. Until a statewide candidate emerges in Wisconsin that harkens back to Feingold, it’ll be difficult to win there by being more left. 100
David @d-cell.bsky.social · 08/08/20261. Blow up your book so bad you take down the Korean stock market 2. A couple years?!? Try a week! 3. Profit 020
