Reposted by Dan NexonEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 5hStill kind of inconceivable how many people died or will die because of the death of USAID. And the world’s richest man did it almost as a joke 40867181
Reposted by Dan NexonDark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 23mHegseth is a great example of a common type of officer who's ended up in charge of something, doesn't have a clue how to do the job, and just falls back on PT, grooming, slogans, and searching for scapegoats. If you put him in charge of a Cinnabon he would do the exact same things. 88318
Reposted by Dan NexonRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 50mMaybe so, but he’s undefeated against unarmed fishermen. 519626
Reposted by Dan NexonEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 57mPOLITICAL SCIENCE JOB AD: Tenure-track position in International Relations at the University of Waterloo. We're *very happy* to announce this. Applications due Nov. 1st; job start date July 2027. Details here (pdf): uwaterloo.ca/arts/sites/d...uwaterloo.ca 01512
Reposted by Dan NexonAriel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 4hThere is a lot of "oh dear" to go around in the results of this very thorough Pew study on the issues with synthetic samples, but this strikes me as particularly "oh dear" www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20... 8255105
Reposted by Dan NexonKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18hWhen the “censorship industrial complex” myth was just getting started, in Fall 2022, I got a public records request from the AG’s office of Missouri looking for all my emails related to my team’s election rumor research. The Missouri AG at that time? Eric Schmitt. What a tool. 23674156
Reposted by Dan NexonMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 18hAnyway: these thoughts about Eric Schmitt and the European far right brought to you from Schiphol airport whence I am about to fly to Budapest, where the mood is very different this year, for this event. events.ceu.edu/2026-10-01/b...events.ceu.eduBudapest Forum 2026: New Dynamics of Democratic Change 0251
Reposted by Dan NexonIn Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 18hLive video of the White House policy planning staff 2222
Reposted by Dan NexonChris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Always the case that irregular migrants adapt to enforcement. That’s how we got “small boats” in the first place. Hard borders kill, but governments won’t take responsibilitybbc.co.ukMore attempts at longer migrant small boat crossings in ChannelThe government says it is bearing down on dangerous small boat crossings. 0249
Reposted by Dan NexonPaul Voosen @voosen.me · 28/09/2026New Horizons is now *three days away* from shutting off its two heliophysics instruments, simply because NASA has not provided the $2M in funding it had promised to the mission last year or this year. There is no science basis for shutting these off. Our earlier coverage:science.orgNASA’s New Horizons mission may shut down two instruments over lack of fundingDecision risks “incalculable loss” of data from the edge of the Sun’s influence, scientists say 16650398
Reposted by Dan NexonGerard Toal @critgeopolitics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My Critical Geopolitics seminar tonight is revisiting this 2020 book by @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social & @dhnexon.net. Both its theory & its Trump analysis still resonate. But we're much further along the unravelling road they describe. I understand there's a second edition in the works. 2145
Reposted by Dan Nexonryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026"it certainly sounds like the US government through the DFC is being used leverage a deal for business pals of the Trump family." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/us-ta...talkingpointsmemo.comUS Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family CroniesThis has gotten very little attention, as far as I can tell.... 418190
Reposted by Dan Nexonsamuelwa.de @samuelwa.de · 28/09/2026My “Involved in Human Trafficking“ shirt has a lot of people asking questions that are making me want to stop wearing my shirt rather than reconsider my involvement in human trafficking 33900543
Reposted by Dan NexonLoren DeJonge Schulman @lorenraeds.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Loved nerding out on trust in government with my former @ourpublicservice.bsky.social colleague Lindsay Laferriere. Plus, several reviews of DOGE, VA capacity, EV trucks, the Trimphant Arch, and of course AI safety in the latest Sirens. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comEVs, DOGE recap, Trust in GovernmentPodcast Episode · Sirens: A Bombshell production · September 25 · 55m 044
Reposted by Dan NexonRobert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Disastrous new war in Ethiopia? www.economist.com/middle-east-...economist.comA disastrous new war threatens in AfricaHeavy fighting in Tigray could herald a wider regional conflict 0125
Reposted by Dan NexonShower Cat @shower-cat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Never. I’d leave the period off first. 0463
Reposted by Dan NexonIn Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So I have a problem in that this is the best overview of the contemporary state dept culture but jt might have too many f bombs to assign as a reading 4646
Reposted by Dan NexonJulie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of these things is not like the other, one of these things is doing its own thing, now it's time to play our game - it's time to play our game! 3205
Reposted by Dan NexonShower Cat @shower-cat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I mean, immune from any legal limit is what “presidential immunity” means… 0192
Reposted by Dan NexonDeva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It’s always been my view that she should run for Senate. She can handily win and keep this seat. And she’d be the right hand a democratic president needed and a legendary lioness of the senate besides. She’s shown real talent as a legislator & the caucus respects her. 371096111
Reposted by Dan NexonGabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Thanks, John Roberts. 118340
Reposted by Dan NexonSteven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A lot of people are dunking on this, but there has been a lot of boiler-room type behavior to sign up people for ACA plans, especially in Florida, with people sometimes unaware what they were signing up for. Bloomberg reported on the practice here: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...bloomberg.comHow Celebrity Deepfakes Supercharged Florida Health-Care HustleA wannabe hip-hop mogul and blue-haired internet marketer turned Obamacare into a lucrative get-rich-quick scheme, with an assist from Bain Capital. 148228
Reposted by Dan NexonMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Paying expensive healthcare premiums but never using the insurance is a odd way to commit fraud. 73463911599
Reposted by Dan NexonForeign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 26/09/2026The Saudis believed that a corrupt U.S. government was in their interest, writes Nicholas Grossman. But in reality, bribable usually means selfish and weak. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/24/i...foreignpolicy.comSaudi Arabia Bribed the Wrong PeopleRiyadh’s bet on Trumpism has failed. 1019973
Reposted by Dan Nexonae @aelkus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026you don’t get to do the “things happen in war/the enemy is playing dirty/man in the arena” routine when the war itself is a sham and the people fighting it have abandoned any semblance of ethics or professionalism 115732
Reposted by Dan NexonMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026incidentally i think these guys are the patron saints of bluesky 11188154
Reposted by Dan NexonMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There are like 500 of these books and they all exist in an alternate universe where trying to win over white working class voters is a Bold Forbidden Insight rather than the guiding ideology of the entire party. 621497174
Reposted by Dan NexonJeff, formerly of MN and MA, still God of Cookies @diasporaminnesotan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I wish she were here so I could do a pedantic "IT WAS FLAVOR AID!" This toad just needs to fuck all the way off forever. Joke of a human being and stooge for fascists. 2266
Reposted by Dan NexonClean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 26/09/2026In which Ryan Grim is trying to wrecker-fuck the Dem nominee in Maine. This is loathsome. 710415
Reposted by Dan NexonGrudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The man has never and will never ask anything of Putin (besides electoral help) 1272
Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 26/09/2026What are the best explanations the rapid diffusion and success of TERFism in the UK? AFAICT, we need an explanation of why the argument is compelling to elite feminists in the UK — and why US feminism is so resistant to it — since that's the vector for spread into center-left and Labour politics. 7222
Reposted by Dan NexonErika is still using women's toilets 🖕(she/her) 🏳️⚧️ @erristarling.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I bet Genghis Khan didn't know what a vaccine was, therefore vaccines don't exist 😌 0566
Reposted by Dan NexonIn Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 25/09/2026People who kind of but not fully pay attention to US politics may not appreciate that there is barely a political echelon of government anymore 17621118
Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 26/09/2026You can have either a Constitutional Democracy or the Roberts Court. There’s no “all of the above” option. 24812
Reposted by Dan NexonSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This was the 28th time #SCOTUS has granted emergency relief to the Trump administration since 1/20/25. That matches the total number of grants during the entirety of the first Trump administration. And both of those totals dwarf the *four* grants of relief (two each) during the Bush & Obama admins. 791623693
Reposted by Dan NexonClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 271467748
Reposted by Dan NexonSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Go on. Keep proving the point of the documentary, fellas.apple.newsThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for 'Musk' (Exclusive) — The Hollywood ReporterThe Alex Gibney doc has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. Its U.S. distributor is appealing. 763614944
Reposted by Dan Nexonae @aelkus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026i really feel fundamentally that a landscape in which nation-states aggressively enforce existing computer crime legislation looks very different bsky.app/profile/pond... 212115
Reposted by Dan NexonDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm fine with being mad at the desiccated husk that is the California political establishment for settling the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger challenge, but Hal Singer is right, this all started with the pay-to-play Trump vivisection of antitrust enforcement. prospect.org/2026/09/24/p...prospect.orgThe Paramount Settlement Started With Trump - The American ProspectThe media conglomerate’s sweetheart deal is just the latest consequence of Trump’s interference in federal antitrust enforcement. 17235
Reposted by Dan NexonNiko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Deep dives like this really put into perspective what Chief Justice Rehnquist was doing in 2000 when he resurrected the Court’s precedents of the 1870s and 1880s, writing that their authors “had intimate knowledge and familiarity with the events surrounding the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment.” 10715242
Reposted by Dan NexonForeign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 24/09/2026There are real parallels between the development of nuclear technology and the buildout of AI systems, but the atomic age “cannot provide a ready-made blueprint for the problem that AI poses,” write @claroche.bsky.social and @nktpnd.bsky.social.foreignaffairs.comThe Trouble With the Nuclear-AI AnalogyIn humanity’s quest to constrain the dangers from fast-advancing artificial intelligence, many have looked to the most revolutionary technology that preceded it: nuclear weapons. 1115
Reposted by Dan NexonGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This idiocy is a pretty good illustration of what I tried to get at in the piece below, especially the stuff about MAGA's effort to recast ethnic cleansing as a heroic, last-ditch civilizational rescue mission: 1016352
Reposted by Dan NexonElizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wondering if secretly WH wants to lose so they get...actual coverage of the Xi visit, which includes an airport pickup -- and we know, from Seinfeld, just how important the airport pickup is. 1327
Reposted by Dan NexonPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 05/01/2025I was lead author of the #water sector report of the very first of a series of US National Climate Assessments 25 years ago. Trump may kill the next one or put out a fake one, but the science of the #climate threats to the US is indisputable and can't be whitewashed. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...eenews.netTrump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate researchA top aide to the president-elect wants tighter control over the National Climate Assessment. 214647
Reposted by Dan NexonDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Now this is my kind of foreshadowing 511799249
Reposted by Dan NexonI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 431140603
Reposted by Dan NexonJosephine Quinn @josephinequinn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Apparently I'm giving an inaugural lecture - all very welcome! Thurs October 8th, 5pm, drinks to follow. 1329
Reposted by Dan NexonJudah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is it in a nutshell for me, for mathematics but also more broadly: "Indeed, the mass production at faster and faster pace of 'true/false' statements could destroy fertile ground instead of breathing life into new ideas." Citation from this, by Terence Tao.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… 1217