Reposted by Deva WoodlyMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 6hThen it should be used very specifically for specific jobs, with strict guardrails, and not propping up our entire economy, and being forced into everything. The same way I don’t need to know how to use, say, software for dental offices, or a forklift, most people don’t need AI. 18795112
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 7hI’m not Catholic, it’s no guide for me. It’s an example of an unexpected institutional response. 000
Reposted by Deva WoodlyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8hUnless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 742502938
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 10hI follow this man on Instagram like the xennial I am (my kids make fun of me but I am content). It’s very wholesome. 1333
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 10hLook here. I am telling you the tide is turning. Humanity is not going to give up without a fight. The poorly adjusted,self loathing,other-being hating dude bros don’t get to have the future.They just don’t.Man behind the curtain, Emperor’s clothes, pick your allegory. In any case, know the story. 621955
Reposted by Deva WoodlyGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 12hThis 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. 161912666
Reposted by Deva WoodlyTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NEW: It's that time of year: time to launch my annual guide to November's elections! I guide you through over *650* interesting elections, & why they matter. Judges, AGs, govs, mayors, lawmakers, AGs, county & school boards—plus many (many) ballot measures. Oh, & Congress. Explore & bookmark!boltsmag.orgYour Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - BoltsCongressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo... 23768423
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 10hOmg! I was just thinking the other day, how do I stop this and what are the implications if I do? A category that everyone is in doesn’t need to be tagged. It’s mail. It’s all mail! Too much mail! 080
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 11hThere’s a chapter in the book I’m writing called digital life about how 6 weird dudes can’t steal the internet or our freedom unless we give it up. This is a nice little example of how people refuse to do so.wired.comZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See YouYou can’t always tell if someone is recording you with their smart glasses, but your phone can help. 12521
Reposted by Deva WoodlyJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NYT has gained monopoly power in the American liberal economy. With no comparable competition, they can say “fine, good luck elsewhere” to nearly any person, idea, or story they want US liberalism’s ideas became more based in what NYT wants, not which ideas are strongest or best. Monopoly power! 518445
Reposted by Deva WoodlyJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Back when you could credibly threaten to go to WaPo instead, NYT had to obey forces besides their own preferences. Same way Coke couldn’t raise prices too much because you might drink Pepsi. Now NYT can just say “we hate Mamdani and will publish accordingly. Good luck on your substack.” 0687
Reposted by Deva WoodlyDan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 11hBunch of datapoints suggesting PBJ's thesis is 🎯🎯🎯 here. This shift isn't showing up in Dem ad strategy yet. (except for ours ofc) But even Third Way is suggesting a stronger approach to defending basic rights. Very important that this shift is under way already going into the '28 cycle. 1132
Reposted by Deva WoodlyPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Economic issues not cultural wars' produces a party that both loses elections and abandons moral causes and vulnerable people. That’s not a theoretical argument—it’s the story of the Democratic Party of my entire adulthood." newrepublic.com/article/2159...newrepublic.comWhy Democrats Should Stop Using the Phrase “Culture Wars”Texas’s Gina Hinojosa and others slamming the party for focusing too much on so-called cultural issues are pushing a flawed electoral and policy strategy. 616259
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 11hOh I missed this when you first posted, Perry. Two heavy hitters in one week! 🔥 000
Reposted by Deva WoodlyDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 12h"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph 31015408
Reposted by Deva WoodlyDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 12hWriting something where I will be liberally citing @lilymasonphd.bsky.social's latest and realizing that I can't cite every single thing I would like to because then I'm just reprinting her work. So, I've gotta thread about it instead. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 8775246
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 13hYes, it’s a habit /superstition of the party, as a cultural entity in and of itself. It’s a bizarre way to think about a political party but this does seem plausible. It’s a ‘sacrifice the virgin for the crop yield’ kind of belief and it’s really hard to displace. 120
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 13hThis is actually empirically true but you cannot convince decision makers in the Dem party of it. It’s very mysterious as to why. I don’t even mean that sarcastically. I literally do not understand & have no plausible explanations. 4172
Reposted by Deva WoodlyBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 15hTruly, I already knew intellectually that medical emergency exceptions to abortion bans are useless, but Tierra Walker's case was ... painfully demonstrative ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgTierra Walker’s Death Was Preventable. The Conservative Legal Movement Made It PredictableRepublican politicians have made Texas doctors increasingly afraid to provide lifesaving abortion care. 823683
Reposted by Deva WoodlyDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 14hSaw this in London, and I love it. The bike hanger securely stores six bikes, using a single curbside parking spot. Huge help for those who can’t keep a bike in their home! 1934246
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026….who is responsible for finding out the veracity of this claim ….????? 040
Reposted by Deva WoodlyMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media. 9634141071
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I have Lyft Teen and Lyft Silver and that’s why I have missed whatever it is you say I have missed. Please pardon. I’m in the middle of a very demanding sandwich. 0101
Reposted by Deva WoodlyJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9651622098
Reposted by Deva WoodlyDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Cutting this much from the university budget will mean that some of the core functions of the university will be lost. It’s not possible to just do more with less — to work smarter, to trim around the edges. We’re going to have to do less with less.” Gift link: www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...startribune.comPerry: What we lose if the U cuts $225 million"Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, whic... 16755289
Reposted by Deva WoodlyPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comThe Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly TooThe paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today. 311325345
Reposted by Deva WoodlyKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"For decades, we've provided election coverage that's based on in-depth political reporting by an experienced team of journalists backed by commentary from political leaders. But now we're throwing that aside so we can tell you what some of the most irredeemable uninformed gamblers are guessing." 491315290
Reposted by Deva WoodlyI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026His entire business model hinges on hoovering up public money and then turning around to use some of that money to promote white supremacy which somehow brings in more public money. 16695179
Reposted by Deva Woodlyevy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 30/09/2026whenever you feel like you’re too small to change anything know that citizens from small towns and cities that speak up against flock and axon cameras in their communities (and sometimes get arrested for it) are fighting and sometimes succeeding against this 8895300
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yep. I know you know, Dan! If only we could get Dems to listen to us instead of Blue Rose & Matt Yeglasias. 130
Reposted by Deva WoodlyNick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Seriously just enforce normal liability for AI on the owners and so much of this shit goes away AI companies want to be treated like the hired expert when it comes to pocketing any financial flows, but like a cursory Google Search whenever it comes to liability 635096
Reposted by Deva WoodlyRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”. 201238445
Reposted by Deva Woodlysirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026thinking about Shakespeare's sonnets about immortality and realizing how weird it is that the AI cult believes in the idea of preserving human consciousnesses while actively destroying the only technology we currently have to do that: Art 6513138
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026But the argument has to be sitting there percolating in the public discourse so we can take it up. 1214
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Their decision rule had changed BEFORE the underlying prejudicial attitude was fully attenuated. That’s how persuasion works. And it’s fully a matter of making the case. We think hearts change first but our hearts are messy, our minds give us an out when we start to feel conflicted. 1294
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This happened with marriage equality. There’s a moment in the public opinion polling in 2015 where you see slight majorities both reporting that they disapprove of same sex sexual relationships AND supporting marriage equality as a policy. 1222
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026That’s why public opinion is up for grabs. Our arguments don’t change people’s underlying attitudes or values (or if they do it’s very slow) but they do help people chose a different underlying value as the decision rule. 1357
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A lot of people have both xenophobic attitudes AND believe that you should love your neighbor, which one of those underlying attitudes is primed and salient depends on how it’s being talked about by people you trust & things you here in public discourse. 38411
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Really, it changes people decision rule for which policy they prefer. Underlying attitudes don’t change very fast, but we usually have *competing underlying attitudes* so the arguments that are made in public help us chose which attitude will help us make the policy/candidate decision. 1373
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is disordered. We need to start calling it out. Art is expression of experience. Anything made by machines is a fun (or nefarious) filter that human artists work has been run through. If you like playing those games, fine. But don’t be confused about what music lovers like & want. 4528
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Make the argument you want to make in resonant terms. It changes opinions. 220438
Reposted by Deva WoodlyErica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My team at the NVA Lab has produced a new dashboard for exploring our data on US protests from Jan 2025-May 2026. This snapshot shows the 61k+ protest events (>14.6M+ recorded participants) active in the US since Trump's second inauguration. Link to dashboard in thread. 215770
Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Also, point of fact, he never helped me. I just chased him around with my cursor until he disappeared. But at least he wasn’t trying to destroy the world. 0180