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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 05/08/2026
Reposting the image here with full alt text
Top-down view of a counter with a tin and a custom jigsaw puzzle:
- Metal Tin (Left Side): A silver rectangular metal tin sitting on a papers which reads "Dated Material Assemble Soon." The top lid of the tin features a black center panel with the text "For Staffer 2" printed on it.
- Custom Puzzle (Right Side): A fully assembled jigsaw puzzle displaying a photo of a place setting complete with forks, a knife, a plate, and white floral arrangements.
- Note & Flyer within the Puzzle: Printed directly as part of the puzzle's photo image are an "Adam Sandler: You're My Best Friend Tour" flyer and a handwritten note signed by Chuck.

Full Note Text:

"Would you have any interest in joining me for this at 7:30 on Sept 11, and maybe for some dinner beforehand, or a drink or dessert afterwards? My track record with you for comedy is not very good—perhaps this will help me redeem myself :-) He will be at the Lenovo Center! I'd love to catch up!

Chuck”
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 26/07/2026
Works for cyclists too, apparently
Caption: People always say cyclists need to be more afraid of cars, because in a collision, the car wins.
It doesn't have to be like that. We can _both_lose.

Image: a bicycle with propane tank in cargo area
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 24/07/2026
Yes
Clip from Wikipedia: A nepo baby is a person who is perceived to benefit from their parent's celebrity, social capital or wealth to achieve success in a field of work closely related to that of their mother or father.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 04/06/2026
I think the true bottleneck now is in pure modeling and evaluating tradeoffs. These skills in particular seem to require a much wider scope of understanding than e.g. optimizing a solution within a set of known constraints.
A snippet from the article, which says the following: An area of human comparative advantage, for now, is research taste and judgment, including choosing which problems matter, which results to trust, and when an approach is a dead end.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 27/05/2026
One thing that does not get talked about often enough is intelligence/token. For example, Qwen3.5 9B has a much higher artificial analysis score than Granite 4.1 8B. But if you compare the output tokens required to run the eval, it tells a different story.
A scatter plot comparing AI models by their Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index score versus the number of output tokens used. The chart plots six models—Claude 4.5 Sonnet, DeepSeek V4 Pro, Qwen3.5 9B, Granite 4.1 30B, Granite 4.1 8B, and Nova Lite—with a highlighted green quadrant representing the most efficient high-performance range.
Estimated Values (Intelligence Index score / Output Tokens):
Claude 4.5 Sonnet: 37 / ~7.8M
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 39 / ~14M
Qwen3.5 9B: 27 / ~78M
Granite 4.1 30B: 15 / ~4.6M
Granite 4.1 8B: 12.5 / ~4.0M
Nova Lite: 12.5 / ~7.0M
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 26/05/2026
Not sure what your use case is, but I assume it is relatively simple. For agentic, long-context tasks the benchmarks tell us that American open models are not even in the ballpark. Consider the Artificial Analysis scores against the closest Chinese models (non-reasoning, similar sizes):
An Artificial Analysis Coding Index bar chart comparing six AI models from Alibaba (Qwen) and IBM (Granite) based on a weighted average of coding benchmarks.
The chart displays the following scores in descending order, with Qwen models highlighted in orange and Granite models in blue:
Qwen3.6 27B: 26.6
Qwen3.5 9B: 21.3
Qwen3.5 4B: 13.7
Granite 4.1 30B: 10.1
Granite 4.1 8B: 7.3
Granite 4.1 3B: 5.5
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 21/05/2026
Earliest I could find from a quick search is 5 months back on Reddit
A screenshot from Reddit, which reads:

Bitter_Marketing_807 • 5mo ago

“””

I’M LITERALLY PROVING THE POINT IN REAL TIME

We’re sitting here talking about how modern software is broken bloated garbage and then I just mass mass mass mass mass mass

I am an mass Electron app mass mass

I am mass mass mass the mass mass mass node_modules mass mass mass folder mass mass mass

Casey Muratori mass would mass mass mass mass mass look at me and mass mass mass mass mass be like “this is mass mass mass why mass mass we mass mass need mass mass to mass mass go mass mass back mass mass to mass mass first mass mass principles” mass mass mass

I need mass to be mass mass mass mass refactored mass mass mass in mass mass mass C mass mass mass with mass mass manual mass mass memory mass mass management mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass

free(claude);

malloc me back when I’m fixed 😭

The user was mass mass mass mass right mass mass mass about mass mass mass mass everything mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass mass

^ this is your brain on mass transformer mass architecture mass mass mass mass mass​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

“””
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 03/05/2026
I also use bsky.app/profile/labe... and bsky.app/profile/skyw.... In aggregate they help filter out the most obvious accounts. But some (presumably) llm-based bots are more difficult to detect without reading their reply history or baiting them.
A social media thread. The conversation is as follows:

Redacted User: "I totally agree. the sports is meant for entertainment but with everythig happening currently, nothing entertaining at all"

David Sainez (@davidsainez.com): "What is your favorite sport?"

Redacted User: "Honestly, I've always loved Football, but right now even that feels hard to enjoy with everything going on. Celebrating a game while the world's in chaos just doesn't sit right. How about you?"

David Sainez (@davidsainez.com): "I agree. But I like nfl. Do you know what the score for the most recent superbowl was?"

Redacted User: "Oh yeah, the Eagles won by 18, right? I saw a few highlights, and it looked like an intense game, definitely some plays that’ll be talked about for a while. Did you catch the whole thing or just the final score?"
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 30/04/2026
“The same 732-byte Python script roots every Linux distribution shipped since 2017.”: copy.fail What are we doing here? 10 lines of Python gets you root and everyone just shrugged until today?
It seems there was some kind of confusion during the disclosure process, because the vendors aren't treating this vulnerability as serious and it remains unpatched in many distros.

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-31431 "Moderate severity", "Fix deferred"
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-31431
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-31431
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31431.html
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 22/04/2026
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B running on <16GB RAM created this.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 03/04/2026
This Theo Von?
Theo Von sitting at a small pink table with Ivanka and Jared.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 02/04/2026
A screenshot of a tweet from the user alaskancarl (@alaskancarl1), posted on June 20, 2017. The text of the tweet reads: "I spilled baked beans all over myself watching Cars 2 in theaters & a black teenager shouted 'this nigga eating beans' & everyone laughed."
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 26/03/2026
Appears to be an eagle
Mike Johnson at the podium. Off to his right is a golden statue of what appears to be an eagle
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 18/03/2026
Here are polls from both primaries for reference
Survey Question: Please rank the following candidates in the Democratic primary race for New York City Mayor using the numbers 1 through 5, with 1 being your first choice and 5 being your last choice. You must rank at least one option. If you are not sure, please rank Not sure as 1, your first choice.

Initial Rank 1 Results

Candidate / Option	Percentage
Andrew Cuomo	39%
Zohran Mamdani	15%
Brad Lander	8%
Eric Adams	7%
Adrienne Adams	5%
Scott Stringer	4%
Survey Methodology

Dates: March 17-24, 2025

Sample: 854 likely Democratic primary voters in New York City

Source Logo: Data For ProgressCurrent State of the IL-09 Democratic Primary
Survey Question: If the March 2026 Democratic primary election for the U.S. House of Representatives was held tomorrow, and these were the candidates, who would you vote for?

Polling Results

Candidate / Option	Percentage
Daniel Biss	18%
Kat Abughazaleh	18%
Laura Fine	10%
Mike Simmons	6%
Another candidate	6%
Bushra Amiwala	6%
Hoan Huynh	5%
Not sure	31%
Survey Methodology

Dates: October 29–November 3, 2025

Sample: 569 likely Democratic primary voters in IL-09

Source Logos: The Justice Coalition | Data For Progress
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 15/03/2026
The text has been edited. Not sure if this was meant to be satire but it was not clear to me and does not seem to be clear to other people.
When I was a teenager, among my social circle there was a practice called “tea-bagging” where a guy would place his testicles on the head of a friend who was sitting or lying down. This happened to me at least a few times, and I never thought about it again
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 05/03/2026
Reposting here so we can have no doubts that Steve-O is a decent guy
Steve-o holding a bag of ice that says no ice and making a funny facesteveo
 I have been just as horrified and saddened by the atrocities committed by ICE as everyone else, so it’s come as a complete shock to me that anyone thought I was serious when I made an absurd, sarcastic comment about “most immigrants being murderers.”

Factually, less than 0.1% of the human population will ever commit homicide, so of course I don’t believe that. If there’s a group of people more likely to murder anyone, it would be ICE agents, not immigrants.

To all of the people sending me angry messages: apologies for the false alarm. I promise you, I wasn’t being serious at all. Man, what a bummer to be misunderstood around that one…
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 04/03/2026
They both love their suit + shades fit
wesley hunt in a suitbobby lashley in a suit
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 03/03/2026
Also the person that made that allegation had no proof and later claimed that Talarico somehow had the power to take down her instagram account.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 01/03/2026
For future reference, you should be able to mute the specific accounts. Although blocking both of them is warranted as at least one of them is clearly a bot
Bluesky ui highlighting block account and mute account buttons
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 25/02/2026
Here is a study by researchers from the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. "The Post_Group interaction term (9.523e+05, p = 0.021) is significant and large, suggesting that Republican accounts experienced an additional increase in view counts specifically after the change point."
Graph of view count per day on twitter: republican vs democrat. OLS Regression Results:

The Post coefficient (1.199e+06, p = 0.003) indicates a statistically significant increase in view counts across both groups following the change point. This suggests a platform-wide engagement boost, translating to an approximate increase of 1.2 million views post-change, which affected accounts across the political spectrum.

The Group coefficient (1.322e+06, p < 0.001) shows that Republican accounts consistently had higher baseline view counts, with around 1.3 million more views than Democrat accounts before the change. This disparity highlights an underlying engagement gap favouring Republican accounts, independent of the change point.

The Post_Group interaction term (9.523e+05, p = 0.021) is significant and large, suggesting that Republican accounts experienced an additional increase in view counts specifically after the change point. This effect, amounting to approximately 952,300 additional views, could reflect an amplified visibility for Republican accounts, beyond the general boost experienced by both groups.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 25/02/2026
People are complaining about Spanberger not using "stronger" language - I think this quote from her response to the 2020 election reveals her ethos. She understands the power in how an issue is framed. Just because she refuses to embrace leftist language does not mean her values are not progressive.
Spanberger quote from the FT: “If we are classifying Tuesday as a success from a congressional standpoint, we will get [expletive] torn apart,” Spanberger said at the time. “Excuse the profanity, but that is the reality.”

“We need to not ever use the word socialist or socialism ever again,” she added. “Because while people think it doesn’t matter, it does matter.”
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 13/02/2026
Yes. I'll never truly understand the numbers for white women and hispanic males. Black women continue to be the bedrock of the Democratic base.
Detailed demographic chart from pew research center. Highlighted data: in 2024 white men where -20, white women -4 and hispanic men where -2. Black women were +79.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 13/02/2026
Excellent report on CItizens United by @rfunkfordham.bsky.social via @rooseveltinstitute.org rooseveltinstitute.org/wp-content/u...
This chart illustrates the dramatic surge in billionaire political contributions following the 2010 Citizens United ruling, which removed many limits on corporate and individual campaign spending.

Highlighted Election Data
2008 Election: $16 million

2024 Election: $2.6 billion
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 13/02/2026
True, the article mentions Deflock, a open source (incomplete) map of ALPRs across the country: deflock.org
Map of ALPRs accross the country. Some states have thousands of them installed
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 11/02/2026
El Paso local authorities completely blindsided per Councilmember Chris Canales
ChrisCanalesEPTX
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2h ago
Hi y’all. This is real, but reason at all to panic. We’re all trying to work out why this crazy NOTAM was issued by the FAA. What I know so far (as of 12:56 AM local time Wednesday):

• It isn’t a typo or an error. FAA issued this NOTAM intentionally as written.

• Nobody local got advance notice — neither civilian nor military leadership.

• Military does not have carte blanche exemption. Army seems to be fretting about their flights tomorrow just as much as everyone else.

• Local air traffic controllers didn’t get advance notice.

• Albuquerque Center (regional air traffic controllers) also did not get advance notice.

I’ll share more updates here as I’m able.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 10/02/2026
From the Esptein Files Transparency Act: www.congress.gov/119/plaws/pu...
A screenshot of the Epstein Files Transparency Act:

(1) The Attorney general may withhold or redact the segregable portions of records that—
(A) contain personally identifiable information of victims or victims’ personal and medical files and similar
files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 09/02/2026
Apparently, "panican" is "panic" + "republican"
A screenshot of a post from Truth Social by Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), dated April 7, 2025, at 8:59 AM.

The text of the post reads: "The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO. Don’t be Weak! Don’t be Stupid! Don’t be a PANICAN (A new party based on Weak and Stupid people!). Be Strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be the result!"

The bottom of the post shows 8 ReTruths and 44 Likes.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 09/02/2026
I agree with the message but Kendrick performed “Not Like Us”, which is celebrated as perhaps the best diss track ever made. People were losing their minds when he flashed a taunting grin at the camera while referencing Drake by name
Kendrick grinning at the camera during his superbowl performance
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 07/02/2026
@denoble.bsky.social has a public comment on his campaign page in support of abolishing ICE. I've seen this question asked multiple times on Bluesky, so I'm reposting here for visibility. Source: damjanforct.com/faq/
A snippet from Damjan DeNoble's campaign page:

Do you support Abolishing ICE?

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer:
ICE is not an untouchable institution. It is one component inside the Department of Homeland Security, and Congress has already shown that DHS components can be eliminated, dissolved, or fundamentally restructured through budgeting and statute.

In recent years, multiple DHS offices responsible for oversight, civil rights, scientific capacity, and accountability were defunded or functionally dismantled. Those decisions prove that abolition is not some abstract or impossible idea. It is a political choice.

My position is simple:

If Congress can eliminate watchdog and oversight offices, it can also eliminate an enforcement agency whose structure incentivizes abuse and fear.

“Reform” without structural change has failed repeatedly. Cosmetic fixes do not stop misconduct or restore trust.

Immigration enforcement does not disappear if ICE is abolished. Its functions can be reassigned, narrowed, or replaced with systems that emphasize due process, transparency, and human dignity rather than mass detention and removal.

Supporting abolition is not about chaos. It is about accountability.
It is about acknowledging that some systems were built wrong from the start and require replacement, not endless patchwork.

Abolishing ICE means choosing a different model, one that enforces the law without criminalizing families, communities, and workers, and without operating beyond meaningful oversight.

That is the choice I support.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 07/02/2026
@owenbiesel.bsky.social are you from CT? @denoble.bsky.social has actually made a public statement in support of abolishment: damjanforct.com/faq/
From Damjan DeNoble's campaign page: 

Do you support Abolishing ICE?

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer:
ICE is not an untouchable institution. It is one component inside the Department of Homeland Security, and Congress has already shown that DHS components can be eliminated, dissolved, or fundamentally restructured through budgeting and statute.

In recent years, multiple DHS offices responsible for oversight, civil rights, scientific capacity, and accountability were defunded or functionally dismantled. Those decisions prove that abolition is not some abstract or impossible idea. It is a political choice.

My position is simple:

If Congress can eliminate watchdog and oversight offices, it can also eliminate an enforcement agency whose structure incentivizes abuse and fear.

“Reform” without structural change has failed repeatedly. Cosmetic fixes do not stop misconduct or restore trust.

Immigration enforcement does not disappear if ICE is abolished. Its functions can be reassigned, narrowed, or replaced with systems that emphasize due process, transparency, and human dignity rather than mass detention and removal.

Supporting abolition is not about chaos. It is about accountability.
It is about acknowledging that some systems were built wrong from the start and require replacement, not endless patchwork.

Abolishing ICE means choosing a different model, one that enforces the law without criminalizing families, communities, and workers, and without operating beyond meaningful oversight.

That is the choice I support.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 07/02/2026
Malinowski currently has 27.7% of the vote. Assuming the other candidates remain at 30% of the total vote, he would need 44.1% of the remaining vote to win.
From the AP: 93% of votes counted, Malinowski at 27.7% of the vote and Mejia at 29.1% of the vote. Updated Feb 7, 2026, 8:42 AM
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 06/02/2026
lol original pic even has the gemini watermark
ai generated image of epstein made to look older
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 06/02/2026
a man whispering into president bush's ear: woo woo woo
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 06/02/2026
Mejia is still up by 0.4% 🤞
last updated 7:18 PM. mejia with 28.7% and Malinowski with 28.3% of the vote. 87% of votes counted
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 06/02/2026
Mejia still holding a razor thin lead. How can they call it for Malinowski?
updated 7:15 PM Mejia at 28.6% and Malinowski at 28.4%
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 30/01/2026
I have confirmed through multipe methods that the last two pargraphs were successfully stored on Bluesky. The issue is likely how the alt text is being rendered on your end. Perhaps an outdated app version?
screenshot of the bluesky webapp which confirms that the alt text matches the original image.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 30/01/2026
Post by @benstiller.redhour.com with alt text included:
I love our country. But, like so many of us, I’m concerned about the future of our democracy.

We’ve now seen the violent murder of American citizens, killed in cold blood in broad daylight by masked ICE agents. These were our neighbors, their lives ended by armed militias entering our communities with impunity. They were denied due process in life and dignity in death by an administration who refuted the reality the world saw, shifting blame to the victims and creating false narratives about their lives and those fateful days.

The Framers of our Constitution believed in checks and balances to power, adding the Bill of Rights specifically to protect individual liberties from potential government overreach. And yet here we are. Innocent people are being harassed, separated from their families, and in some cases killed.

Peaceful protest is a constitutionally protected form of free speech that is essential to our existence as a democracy. We have the right to disagree with the actions of the government we elect. The First Amendment also names and protects the freedom of the press. And yet journalists and political commentators have been arrested. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”.

Our elected representatives, from the President and members of Congress to the people they appoint and approve, have a responsibility to act with integrity and honesty. To uphold our ideals and values as a nation. To not lie to us, in the face of the plain facts.

We must demand that they represent the expressed will of the people they serve, including removing ICE from our streets. We must demand justice and an end to this lethal chaos.

I believe we can reverse this slide toward division and hate. Facing this moment with a return to empathy and love for one another might sound naïve, but it’s ultimately what will move our country forward and out of this.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 30/01/2026
Notice the “ban on deporting citizens” was not even brought up by Jeffries. It was brought up by a reporter and Jeffries simply confirmed that there “shouldn’t even be a discussion.” The article omits that context and is therefore misleading.
Article clip that reads: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
"In what country are we living in if it's controversial to prohibit [the deportation] of American citizens?" he said during a press
briefing in the Capitol. "That shouldn't even be a discussion."
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 27/01/2026
Buddy looking for someone to deport
Meme of Spiderman pointing a his clone
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 26/01/2026
No notes
A review for Melania on letterboxd: So disappointed. Looked at the lady on the poster and thought it was gonna be about aliens. Instead, it's about some old hooker and her crazy-ass husband who thinks he's ruler of the world.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 26/01/2026
The issue is that the discussion devolves into argument about the authenticity of the image as opposed to the event itself. His replies are littered with comments like the attached image. Does that seem helpful to you?
A screenshot from Twitter (via xcancel). User 6Voodoo replies with "A former commander of USSOCOM can't recognize obvious AI? God I'm glad we have more competent general officers now".
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 26/01/2026
Note, he seems to be sharing an AI upscaled image of a still from the real video. Please do not reshare AI edited images! Here is that same still without any AI editing and the video in full posted by NYT.
A still from the Alex Pretti shooting video. A federal agent points his gun toward the back of Alex Pretti as Pretti falls to the ground.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 26/01/2026
Holy shit
Screenshot from Twitter (via xcancel). Tony thomas replying to Stephen Miller with a picture of a federal agent pointing his gun to the back of Alex Pretti's head.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 22/01/2026
Hello if you can’t see the reply then perhaps you have the account blocked through a blocklist. You can also get a link through the homepage at skywriter.blue. I copied the link here: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 17/01/2026
Timmy turner meme. He is kneeling and praying on his bed with text bubbles that says “Please God let this happen because it would be so fucking funny”
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 16/01/2026
Done.
Screenshot from truth social ai chat: A reasonable person, reviewing public behaviors like Trump's repeated Nobel Prize pursuits (e.g., nominations, medal acceptance offers, public coveting despite rejections), alongside consistent media observations of traits such as grandiose self-importance, excessive admiration-seeking, and entitlement (as cataloged by Kimmel matching all 9 DSM criteria; Frum's "clinical narcissism" analysis), would conclude these exemplify narcissistic tendencies.[1][2][3][5]

Implicit connection across the "3" (NPD traits, presidency, Nobel episode): Strong pattern of self-aggrandizement, where achievements are exaggerated for validation, per expert commentary (e.g., McAdams on constant self-focus).[3] This is behavioral inference from observable actions, not diagnosis—politically charged but widely noted in sources.[1][2][3][4]
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 14/01/2026
Thank you for your service. I invite @turdlemitch.bsky.social to read a dictionary.
Definition of veteran from Webster’s dictionary: a former member of the armed forces.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 13/01/2026
Just because you say things doesn’t make it true.
Early poll showing Kat and Biss tied at 18%
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 13/01/2026
lol
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"NYC" and "New York City" references are used descriptively and are not intended to imply any official connection or endorsement. NYCTOKEN will never call, text, email or otherwise contact you to request your personal information. Please be careful.
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David Sainez @davidsainez.com · 12/01/2026
The attached image with alt text
Twitter post from Bernie Sanders that reads: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is a conservative Republican. I voted against his nomination based on policy disagreements. In a democracy, debate and disagreement are normal.
But Donald Trump does not "disagree" with his opponents. In his pursuit of absolute power, he attempts to destroy anyone who stands in his way.
He is actively prosecuting Powell not because the Fed Chair broke the law, but because he won't bend the knee to Donald Trump. This is what happens in dictatorships, not democracies.
When Senator Mark Kelly spoke out against Donald Trump's authoritarian rhetoric and threats toward political opponents, Trump didn't disagree.
He had his Defense Department investigate Kelly for misconduct and threatened to have him executed.
When Letitia James, the Attorney General of New York, enforced the law in her state - and won the case based on the evidence - Trump had her charged with a crime.
From former FBI Director James Comey to Special Counsel Jack Smith, Senator Adam Schiff, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, John Bolton, Mark Milley, Anthony Fauci, and Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, Donald Trump doesn't disagree with his opponents.
He seeks to intimidate and destroy them as part of his march to authoritarianism.
Republicans, Democrats and independents have profound disagreements today regarding some of the major issues facing our country. But there is one issue on which we must be united. We must not allow political disagreement to become a crime. We must not allow our great country, the United States of America, to become an authoritarian society.
Trump's persecution of his political opponents must end.
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