Reposted by JonathanKevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 2hWhy does Columbia’s one-year master’s degree in data journalism cost (rubs eyes, blinks, shakes head, blinks again) $181,358? Are the data dipped in gold? 141
Reposted by JonathanAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5hSliwa getting a flu shot: This could be very embarrassing. I’m supposed to be a tough guy, right? Mamdani: I can hold your hand. Sliwa: What happens if I faint? Mamdani: I got you. Doctor: You’re in great hands, literally. New Yorkers can find free flu shots and locations at nyc.gov/healthmap 361104522075
Reposted by JonathanAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2hSuuuuper interesting, I was not tracking this. The judge found the law criminalizing noncitizen voting is a voter qualification statute, and therefore outside of Congress’s power. Surprisingly, this is an issue of first impression! Decision is here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 25682229
Reposted by JonathanTechmeme @techmeme.com · 21hOpenAI says that as of September 26, it has informed 100+ third-party organizations about unauthorized activity involving its AI agents (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink 0117
Reposted by JonathanChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This a perfect little clause summing up our very very strange times. "to learn how Anthropic — which could be valued at $2 trillion — might apply centuries of human moral wisdom to its models, as rapidly as possible" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...nytimes.comReligious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. 72510117
Reposted by JonathanBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Feeling pretty darned good about entrusting the future of humanity to this trifecta. 5435894
Reposted by JonathanLaw360 @law360.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Lyft agreed to pay $272.5 million in what California officials called the largest settlement of its kind in state history, resolving claims that the ride-hailing company misclassified drivers as independent contractors and denied them wages and benefits, the state announced. www.law360.com/artic... 001
Reposted by JonathanTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026sent this to everyone. 631892
Reposted by JonathanLaw360 @law360.bsky.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING: A Washington federal judge issued an order from the bench reinstating Roger Rogoff as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington, finding that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he fired him in July. www.law360.com/artic... 024
Reposted by JonathanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord" 9031357414
Jonathan @jonathanjoshua.com · 01/10/2026In DC, a nonprofit can represent the general public without having directly suffered any harm at all. None of which is to say that these laws are constitutional, just that the law itself agrees to provide standing despite not having suffered any injury. 210
Jonathan @jonathanjoshua.com · 01/10/2026"LASST said it has standing to sue OpenAI because the state Unfair Competition Law “allows organizations to go to court on behalf of the public when a company does something unlawful or unfair, so long as those organizations were also injured by that company’s unlawful conduct.” 110
Reposted by JonathanGabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 01/10/20265th Cir., joining the 7th Cir., holds that an auto-repair business that only franchises to Christians—including ethnic Jews who are professing Christians—does not commit racial discrimination in violation of § 1981, which does not reach religious discrimination. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub... 65318
Reposted by JonathanRaffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yeah, I didn’t know this one was brewing. 55310
Reposted by JonathanLaw360 @law360.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Texas Attorney General will investigate the ABA over alleged anticompetitive conduct in the association's accreditation of law schools, claiming that the ABA "weaponized its accreditation authority" to push "unconstitutional racial and gender preference requirements." www.law360.com/artic... 021
Reposted by JonathanWhey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026FFS this is real, repeatable, and still happening 4 hours later. 2294
Reposted by JonathanDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes" 451886384
Reposted by JonathanJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 992135755
Reposted by JonathanJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There's no real point in arguing with his mouth noises, particularly not when preaching to the Bluesky choir, but this is *noteworthy* nonsense. If the revenue were real (it's not), then it would be revenue *of the United States government,* equally available to a Democratic Congress to spend. 772051435
Reposted by Jonathanmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"i'm james talarico and i approve this message" 161569206
Reposted by JonathanJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Manipulated dog.” So these aren’t even pretextual stops. These are just “No Constitutional Whatsoever” stops. If we can’t stop you, we’ll make up a reason to. If we can’t berate you into a search, we will nakedly fabricate one. Every drug conviction in Bexar should be challenged. Like in MA: 28015
Reposted by JonathanTuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026One way to stop invasive AI listening tech in the US would be for states to adopt two party consent for recording 192
Reposted by JonathanHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trump started “renovating” the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in April. After spending $19.2 million of taxpayers’ money, it appears he’s abandoned it. 42530751431
Reposted by JonathanJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Unnerving @washingtonpost.com exclusive: US and Russia worked in secret to remove "a range of provisions designed to safeguard the use of artificial intelligence in weapons." For instance, leave targeting to AI, no human review required. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4yWadkRwapo.stU.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pactThe two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre... 38620409
Reposted by JonathanDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...paydayreport.comX Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back LulaPolls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference. 581258702
Jonathan @jonathanjoshua.com · 27/09/2026www.oldsilicon.com/portables/ka...oldsilicon.comKaypro II | OldSiliconThe 1982 all-aluminum CP/M luggable — too tough to yellow, needing only a fabricated keyboard cable to boot 000
Reposted by JonathanFine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026How completely unexpected. 37724
Reposted by JonathanStreetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 25/09/2026Why is a car with New Jersey plates and a New York State-issued parking placard parked in a “Judges only” parking space in Lower Manhattan when only New York State residents can be judges? It’s a mystery for sure — but don’t expect any actual officials to care enough to solve it. buff.ly/m860opJbuff.lyCorruption In Plain Sight: Why Does This New Jersey Resident Have A New York Judge's Placard? - Streetsblog New York CityIt's a mystery for sure — but don't expect any actual officials to care enough to solve it for you. We tried. 4448
Jonathan @jonathanjoshua.com · 26/09/2026I absolutely expect that there are going to be high-paying jobs in the not too distant future to help people diagnose and fix AI/LLM bureaucratic screwups. 000
Reposted by JonathanRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 25/09/2026This is a thoughtful and well-sourced piece on the growth of tuition resets at private colleges. It's always great to see a reference to research in a higher education journal!wsj.comColleges Once Saw High Tuition as a Sign of Quality. Now They’re Slashing Prices.As more families balk at costs, some schools are starting to make changes. 041
Reposted by JonathanDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It’s going to be a major liability problem if your enterprise tool has a chance of committing felony computer hacking when you ask it to search the internet.nytimes.comOpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No PromptingIn each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said. 74014
Reposted by JonathanNorm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026An urgent must read from the best historian on the founding and the constitution. Today, the lawless Supreme Court took another step toward creating an authoritarian dictator who will use his power to distort elections. Democracy, the plain language of the constitution mean nothing to Roberts et al 1014175
Reposted by JonathanTreyf Posting 🤌 @postingtreyf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Religious schools should t be publicly funded. This is just opening the door for Christian fundamentalists to further entrench their bullshit into public education. www.kosu.org/ben-gamla-fe...kosu.orgOklahoma Jewish Charter school secures win in federal courtWhat would be the nation's first publicly funded religious school is closer to becoming a reality. A federal judge ruled Thursday the state cannot exclude the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School from its ... 051
Reposted by JonathanAmi Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 25/09/2026We were mid-handshake and he pulled me in and grabbed tighter and got upset and raised his voice and said: "What are you talking about man?! Those aren't real people. They're illegal aliens!" 1563446615
Reposted by JonathanAmi Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 25/09/2026Dr. Oz is on my flight right now. He is sitting in the very first seat, front row. I saw him get on the plane. So when I stepped off the jetway onto the plane I approached him and put my hand out. What the man in charge of healthcare for the people on the very margins of society said…was revealing 29744991332
Reposted by JonathanNew York Focus @nysfocus.com · 24/09/2026More than a third of school districts reviewed used medically inaccurate and misleading sex education curricula.nysfocus.comFrom Hitler to Lady Gaga: Inside New York’s Sex Ed ClassesA NYCLU review of 50 New York school districts found inaccurate sex ed lessons, along with gaps on consent, contraception, and LGBTQ issues. 0157
Reposted by JonathanRenee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We had a really great conversation about this topic at CDT’s Future of Free Speech event today. It’s an important tech & policy area to be aware of! 1244
Reposted by JonathanThe Onion @theonion.com · 25/09/2026“I remember seeing him on TV and thinking, ‘No, that can’t be Kash,’ but sure enough, there he was, addressing the nation about a missing person case.” — Daisy, local golden retriever theonion.comDog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBIWASHINGTON—Reflecting on the past fling and remarking how time had flown by, local golden retriever Daisy told reporters Thursday that she could not believe the guy she hooked up with 10 years ago was... 282466369
Reposted by JonathanHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 25/09/2026Compare the mayor trying to bring the Met to the people with the president obsessed with putting his name on the Kennedy Center. 621445
Reposted by JonathanScientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Apple "detectives" wanted to identify a gnarly old tree growing on a remote plot of land in Maine. What they discovered was the key to a centuries-old apple mystery.scientificamerican.comHow apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruitAnd how they might have helped save the future of American apples 401121389
Reposted by JonathanProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026theonion.com/dog-cant-bel...theonion.comDog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBIWASHINGTON—Reflecting on the past fling and remarking how time had flown by, local golden retriever Daisy told reporters Thursday that she could not believe the guy she hooked up with 10 years ago was... 0344
Reposted by JonathanJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Prosecutor who was the sacrificial lamb in the Broadview Six Case files motion with the court in which she claims US Attorney Boutros knew everything, approved everything, demanded felony charges over her objections. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...chicago.suntimes.com'Broadview Six' prosecutor breaks silence, says she 'owns' mistakes but there's 'no basis' for smearsLawyers for former federal prosecutor Sheri Mecklenburg say she retired Thursday from the Justice Department — a week before a federal judge is expected to hold a crucial hearing over the mishandling ... 13437134
Reposted by JonathanJames Mackintosh @jmackin2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Context from Politico report at weekend: "A Government Accountability Office report from 2023 found that more than 1 million F-35 spare parts have gone missing in the past five years." 1330840
Reposted by JonathanRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 24/09/2026George Washington University is reporting a 6.7 percent drop in enrollment this fall, primarily driven by international graduate students.gwhatchet.comGranberg warns GW will face continued financial challenges as enrollment slides nearly 7 percentUniversity President Ellen Granberg said during the meeting the anticipated decline of nearly 1,000 students this year is concentrated in the international graduate student market after visa restricti... 11914
Reposted by JonathanBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Can we call it apartheid now 71461351
Reposted by JonathanJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026the "um sorry" email sent to what sounds like the contact form on the australia dot au website is almost the most damning part 825343
Reposted by Jonathan404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026NEW: Yesterday, 404 Media broke news of the FBI breach. Now, we've discovered it has exposed the FBI's own hacking unit. The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.404media.coFBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking UnitThe FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed. 13032391609