Reposted by IshfalMinor Mobius @minormobius.bsky.social · 18hThis might still be quite hinky on mobile but its a delight on desktop, and stabilizing. Its a train game, its a city model, its a mappa. Check it out! games.mino.mobi/ecumene 2236
Reposted by IshfalAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10hAside from the obvious about how he’s psychotic, the only reason it’s constitutional for any POTUS to accept the peace prize is because the Nobel foundation is not part of the government of Norway as such. Otherwise it’d be a forbidden foreign emolument. Obama asked for an OLC opinion on this point. 511525
Reposted by Ishfal🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 10h❗️According to Axios, during eight-hour talks in Miami, Witkoff and Kushner, according to a Ukrainian official, warned that Trump could cut off the transfer of intelligence data if Ukraine does not stop strikes on Russian oil refineries; 44721
Reposted by IshfalJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 18hA lot of rich guys want you to think that the bar on the right is always going to be bigger than the bar on the left. 8622132
Reposted by IshfalDavid Kissling @xtdave.bsky.social · 18hit's actually impossible to do real single-stair reform if the local fire department has to bless it. That's the lesson from California and its cities 3475
Reposted by IshfalChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Under Trump’s order, a post-hearing filing is due from Cook by Nov. 10, so don’t expect an effort to actually fire her on Nov. 5. Worryingly for its own reasons of another agency’s independence and credibility, the new committee is to include the chair of the EEOC, currently Andrea Lucas. 311116
Reposted by IshfalBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 20hReally cool graph from @ernietedeschi.bsky.social on the bad site. Gen Z is the wealthiest generation in history controlling for age. Millennials are now finally wealthier than previous generations were at the same age. We are a very rich country. The problem always is bad distribution of wealth. 816834
Reposted by IshfalJustin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 21hThis is a big deal. DC fed judge says that DOJ's pursuit (and use) of the state voter files is unlawful, on a bunch of different grounds. And effectively confirms that for the 18 states that submitted files willingly, whoever collected the files at DOJ Civil Rights committed federal crimes.storage.courtlistener.comMemorandum & Opinion – #51 in COMMON CAUSE v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-01352) – CourtListener.comMEMORANDUM OPINION re the 29 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and the 32 Motion to Dismiss, or in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment. See the attached document for details. Signed by Judge Spark... 17708275
Reposted by IshfalJournal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 21hHow can we persuade allies of authoritarians to defect from the regime? ‼️ ✍️ Report corruption through persistent journalism Depolarize to reduce the cost of defecting 🗳️ Support defecting politicians Learn more: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a... 001
Reposted by IshfalWarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 21hThe US Treasury is immediately issuing a temporary license allowing Russian diesel to reach the global market, suspending sanctions on Russian diesel fuel until April 7, 2027. 1712723
Reposted by IshfalThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 22hIf this holds then it would mean Hispanics probably compose a larger share of the electorate than in 2024 and also that they swing against Trump by huge margins. Either is bad for republicans, together it’s disastrous. 0281
Reposted by IshfalKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 22hextremely outspoken edgelord FCC boss Brendan Carr suddenly has nothing saydeadline.comFCC Chairman Declines To Say If Broadcasters Can Air Live ExecutionIt's doubtful that the networks would decide to air the execution, anyway. 717544
Reposted by IshfalGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 22hhegseth made this shit up on his own 1233837
Reposted by IshfalKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026My man looks like Neo waking up in the goo podpolitico.comPeter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lecturesThe tech billionaire accused them of using AI concerns to “boost their own popularity,” according to recordings obtained by POLITICO. 4884006538
Reposted by IshfalJakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump's sanctioning of the ICC is funny, given that he was supposed to stop needless and wasteful American involvement abroad and instead is following almost every line of the neocon GOP foreign policy crusade. Go after Iran? Check. Infinite support for Israel forever? Check. Kill the ICC? Check. 3207
Reposted by IshfalTom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Miller Lite stat o' the day 551% the growth rate in participation for girls high school flag football since 2022 it's far and away the fastest growing sport for girls 0202
Reposted by IshfalAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 08/10/2026In July, I went to the NFL Flag Championships in Indiana to see the enormous boom in youth flag football in person. Turns out, girls love ball. My story leads off @bloomberg.com Businessweek’s November issue on women’s sports. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comThe NFL’s $192 Million Bet on Flag Football Is Paying Off With Teen GirlsThe sport has seen unprecedented growth since the pandemic. Next up: The Olympics and a college campus near you. 431181225
Reposted by IshfalNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is an excellent point. When pro-democracy, anti-corruption forces get power, they won't need elaborate new laws to start getting Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, Peter Thiel, and other tech oligarchs out of government. They've almost certainly committed fraud and other already existing crimes. 13463118
Reposted by IshfalAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Holding the Trump admin accountable for its crimes can seem distant, but there are meaningful steps both US domestic opposition & the international community can take, including supporting the ICC, enabling international investigations into disappearances & civilian deaths, & refunding foreign aidforeignpolicy.comHere’s What to Do About Trump’s War CrimesDespite the obstacles, foreign governments and U.S. lawmakers can begin the process of holding the president accountable. 29942
Reposted by IshfalMP Broache @mbroache.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is an excellent piece. On the ICC, I would add that the next Democratic administration could lodge an Article 12(3) declaration accepting ICC jurisdiction for the period of the Trump administration; this would not require ratification of the Rome Statute (and so would avoid the Senate) 22612
Reposted by IshfalGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol. 6673202934
Reposted by Ishfalike, son of mike @i-bresnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It is actually bad for Palestinians that Hamas disrupted Israeli-Arab normalization, and the way you can tell is that Hamas, who does not actually give a shit about Palestinians, launched the 10/7 attack specifically to do so and thereby retain power over Palestinians. It is tragedy compounded! 111927
Reposted by IshfalAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026Ossoff: "Tonight, a united Georgia will hear the trial the Mike Collins. Mike Collins has brought dishonor to our state through his personal bigotry and his widely documented ties to white nationalists. And he's sold out Georgia in his pathetic child-like devotion to Donald Trump." 22977301875
Reposted by IshfalAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!" 80548191340
Reposted by IshfalAndrás Tóth-Czifra @minczifra.bsky.social · 08/10/2026One thing we can be pretty sure about is that from tomorrow on, Google will start referring to Gemini as "super intelligence". 1101
Reposted by IshfalRyan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 08/10/2026NEW: Harmeet Dhillon's Civil Rights Division is trying to indict former Trump White House official Cassidy Hutchinson, a star witness before the Jan. 6 Committee.nbcnews.comJustice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy HutchinsonThe former Trump aide was a star witness before the Jan. 6 committee. The case is being pursued by the Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon. 81516236
Reposted by IshfalAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is by no means a nothingburger, it's worth watching, but for context: there are about 100,000 polling places in the US. One real constraint on direct election interference of this sort is that our elections are monumentally massive undertakings on a scale that vastly outstrips federal manpower. 818658
Reposted by IshfalKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 08/10/20262027 is going to be positively diabolicalcybernews.comGrok Bot leaks CEO’s bank data across company SlackGrok Bot exposed CEO Shane Mac’s bank balances and spending in company Slack after agents shared one cloud computer. Read how the leak happened 1114835
Reposted by Ishfalsamhain ⎔ @personhood.removal.surgery · 07/10/2026this is the cutest thing ever go play with it 2314
Reposted by IshfalTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026NEW: Trump wants to transform the 2030 census in ways that'd dramatically skew representation. So we asked you to send us your questions. And we invited an expert on the census, who just published a new book interviewing 100s of census workers, to answer you. I learned a ton reading her replies:boltsmag.orgTrump's Attempts to Control the Census: Your Questions Answered - BoltsThe Trump administration plans to upend the census. They’re proposing to exclude noncitizens from the count that determines the distribution of congressional seats, a move that would subtract politica... 822890
Reposted by IshfalFred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Shipping costs used to be a huge component of the cost of goods. Paying surly dockers to spend a week unloading and loading a cargo hold by hand was expensive. It often was not worth it to import goods even if they could be made cheaper elsewhere, because of freight costs. 15710
Reposted by IshfalGeoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades www.ms.now/news/trump-m...ms.nowTrump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decadesThe decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors. 159
Reposted by IshfalRyan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Does this imply that distillation attacks give you much more leverage than they used to? The RLed distribution seems likely much cheaper to clone than to produce in the first place. 3527
Reposted by IshfalJohn Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026As others noted, yesterday that AP (rep'd by RCFP) sued the US Courts in DDC, challenging the constitutionality of Rule 5.2(c) [aka the bane of my existence?], the rule that restricts remote electronic access to immigration case filings. RECAP docket: www.courtlistener.com/docket/74793...courtlistener.comTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS v. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS, 1:26-cv-03219 - CourtListener.comDocket for THE ASSOCIATED PRESS v. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS, 1:26-cv-03219 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal inf... 14519
Reposted by IshfalMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Congrats again to the New York Times on its long form journalism 21796122
Reposted by Ishfalcoachrambo.bsky.social @coachrambo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026What are the chances she is in violation of her parole conditions? coloradosun.com/2026/06/01/t...coloradosun.comTina Peters released from prison, but cannot leave Colorado without permission from parole officerPeters served 19 months in state prison before her nine-year sentence was cut in half last month by Gov. Jared Polis in a controversial clemency decision 724940
Reposted by IshfalKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war 40338141948
Reposted by IshfalKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Once again I offer a hearty “what the fuck are you doing, moron?” to Jared Polis, who commuted her sentence the last time she pulled this shit 271539242
Reposted by IshfalKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...gadgetreview.comOne of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data CenterA rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land. 8536792201
Reposted by IshfalRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall. I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil. 1199143545595
Reposted by IshfalThe Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 07/10/2026Kyiv has so far stymied Russian efforts to encircle Ukrainian “fortress belt” cities. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/w...nytimes.comUkraine Claws Back Land in the Donbas, Thwarting a Russian Push (Gift Article)Moscow says its capture of the region is inevitable. But Kyiv has so far stymied Russian efforts to encircle Ukrainian “fortress belt” cities. 0355
Reposted by IshfalKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 07/10/2026Hey how about 722 advanced math papers dumped on everyone’s head. Don’t worry, there’s a forty page catalog summarizing all the claimed results. github.com/openai/mathgithub.comGitHub - openai/mathContribute to openai/math development by creating an account on GitHub. 1928439
Reposted by IshfalFelix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026By Choice: German brands play no role in the electric vehicle market #alwaysbecharging www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/... 5284
Reposted by IshfalThe Redistrict Network (mirror 🤖) @redistrictnet.bluesky.bot · 07/10/2026RT @admcrlsn:x.comAdam Carlson (@admcrlsn)Only 3 of the 13 seats Rs redrew in their favor are basically sure things for them (LA-06, TN-09, TX-32) 3 are in play for Dems in a blue wave (AL-02, FL-09, TX-09) 6 are definitely in play for Dems (FL-14, FL-22, FL-25, NC-01, TX-34, TX-35) 1 is pretty solidly blue (TX-28) 011
Reposted by IshfalGeoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027. 382019705
Reposted by IshfalMatt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The shift in the generic ballot against the president's party continues. Although consistent with the historic pace & direction, this should be close to the largest 2-year shift in generic ballot polling on record; see below for the averages since the 30s www.natesilver.net/p/generic-ba... 24318
Reposted by IshfalNicholas Mancuso @nmancuso.bsky.social · 06/10/2026burying the lede Claude, an AI model developed by Anthropic, discovered the algorithm that refutes the 3SUM, APSP, and Exact Triangle hypotheses. The authors then worked to understand, simplify, strengthen and extend the algorithm, derive additional consequences and make the presentation accessible 515819
Reposted by IshfalMarcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 06/10/2026The former boss of Germany's most important intelligence agency, the BND, has been arrested on suspicion of treason. 15412194
Reposted by IshfalWIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.wired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 9321041308
