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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 10/09/2026

My preschooler tells me Live Long and Prosper at bedtime. Happy 60th Anniversary to Star Trek.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/08/2026

If this were happening somewhere else, we would call them what they are: Internally Displaced People.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 29/08/2026

Part of the film is in chronological order.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 17/08/2026

That's pretty much all I do already.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 13/08/2026

I've been consuming a lot of phonics and reading content over the last few years and it is interesting that never does any of it grapple with English vowel letters not mapping sensibly to sounds, always pretending it's obvious. (At least consonant letters generally have only one or two sounds.)

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Peter Rojas @roj.as · 13/08/2026

Would it shock anyone to learn that the creator of the notorious Forbes 30 Under 30 list engaged in sketchy behavior?

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Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

At the time, Lemoine probably knew more about language transformer technology than anyone alive and it still consumed his sanity. Google fired the engineer but pressed on with the technology. And now it's installed on your computer whether you want it or not.

theguardian.com

Google fires software engineer who claims AI chatbot is sentient

Company said Blake Lemoine violated Google policies and that his claims were ‘wholly unfounded’

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 31/07/2026

AI makes it more obvious when you don't care. I guess you can care and use AI, maybe?, but the bullshitters are easier to spot now, I guess.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 21/07/2026

I'm always interested in FAANG advertising policies because there's always some sort of privileged power structure embedded in there. In OpenAI's new ad policy, "race, religion, gender identity" are "sensitive social issues." Existing is not a social issue. openai.com/policies/ad-...

openai.com

Ad policies

OpenAI’s Ad Policies outline standards for ad placement and content in ChatGPT, including brand safety rules, sensitive contexts, and disallowed categories.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 15/07/2026

That's not her name. Oh she wants to go by a different name. Is that how she wants to be identified. Oh really. Should GovTrack show her legal last name or the last name she wants to go by, her maiden name?

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 10/07/2026

Jesus christ if this causes GovTrack to crash, I am going to be annoyed. The number of times the 10 Day rule has occurred is so small that it's a personal insult to all legislative data people everywhere.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 05/07/2026

A Jewish president who did this would be impeached within weeks. A Muslim president who did this would be assassinated the next day. The Republican agenda is showing that Christian nationalists dominate.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

It’s outrageous that a government whose Constitution forbids the “establishment of religion” has been hijacked by Christofascists.

Official White House post on X shows a crucifix and says “faith is worth protecting” and “there is no great American republic without faith.”

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

you guys remember that scene from Independence Day when all the kooks went to the top of that building to "greet our new alien friends" and got instantly evaporated. thinking of that scene again for no reason

11 minutes ago

Aishvarya Kavi

Reporting from the

National Mall

It is a chaotic scene on the National Mall. Several hundred people have refused to leave despite an order to evacuate because of severe inclement weather that is approaching. Some are even arguing with Secret Service agents. At one point, a crowd of people began running back toward the stage.

An officer is sternly repeating the order over a bullhorn and the crowd is booing. Many have begun chanting "U.S.A., U.S.A." A federal law enforcement officer is trying to assure people that the event has not been canceled. Many are not convinced.

One man walking by blamed the situation on "liberals in the weather service," adding, "I think this is baloney."

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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The fighter jets flying over my house today really enhance the "military occupation" vibe we've had from the soldiers walking around

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 03/07/2026

This makes me so sad, as I hear them passing over my house. Any use of military force is violence, it's a failure, and honoring it is a failure for civilization.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 02/07/2026

This weekend is the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. That preceded the formation of the United States by many years. A whole war of Independence happened. This weekend is not the 250th birthday of the country. We have another shot at a good 250 party in 2039.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 30/06/2026

In his dissent, Justice Alito calls the majority's ruling "inhumane" and "grotesque." It's transparent that what he means is the wrong kind of people are sub-human.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 30/06/2026

Looking forward to seeing how the Supreme Court's conservative majority Roberts, Ginni, the flag over Alito's house, McConnell, Squee, and Barrett split on birthright citizenship.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 28/06/2026

We need Substack but you get posts printed and sent to you in the mail. Like a magazine. But smaller. Like a zine. Exactly like a zine.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 16/06/2026

I voted in DC's primaries and I'm glad to have so many qualified candidates to choose from. Ward 1 can't go wrong.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 06/06/2026

60 Minutes is the one and only news outlet where the viewers have an attachment to an ensemble of journalists. That's it's whole schtick. Change the faces and long-time viewers will lose interest.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 31/05/2026

Exactly exactly. The loss of unwritten knowledge due to time is one of my top concerns at my day job.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 26/05/2026

I despise LLM AI deeply and will be the last person on the planet to adopt AI (outside of disability accessibility and and a few other unprofitable use cases). But those who say LLMs fundamentally cannot model true intelligence are bullshitting themselves too. Nobody knows what cognition really is.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 15/05/2026

The world needs children's books that read well on eink devices and open source hardware devices to read them on. My house is slowly transforming into merely a library for my toddler.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 12/05/2026

I should just start saying GovTrack is powered by AI and the press attention will roll in again.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 07/05/2026

Fucking racist complains people are mean to him for being a fucking racist

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 30/04/2026

Republicans are such fuckers they refused to take the win 35 days ago when Ds abandoned their ICE reform demands and essentially wasted a month of time without advancing any of their priorities. Only to accept the same deal now.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 27/04/2026

If this ballroom gets built, the first dance goes to Obama in his tan suit.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 14/04/2026

Smoke detectors these days are hard wired into your home's electricity (and interconnected so one detector triggers an alarm in all detectors). They still require batteries, presumably in case of a fire during a power outage. Those batteries still need to be replaced - recommended yearly.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 14/04/2026

MAGA gets upset when Trump punches up - the only thing up from him being god - but MAGA never gets upset when he punches down.

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

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51st.news

The 51st is hiring a reporter to cover D.C. local news

Our worker-led, nonprofit newsroom is growing. This is a hands-on role, ideal for a creative, organized, and community-rooted journalist.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 30/03/2026

Tzedakah isn't necessarily a Passover thing, but if we're going to live the Passover story and bring liberation into the present day, one of the most effective ways to do that here in DC is to subscribe to and support @51st.news.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 21/03/2026

Just bookmarking this tweet in case it becomes relevant again soon.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 19/03/2026

The filibuster is what's preventing MAGA from enacting even more unpopular policies than they already are. I think we let them FAFO by getting rid of the filibuster.

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Forest Gregg @bunkum.us · 12/03/2026

@datamade.us has invested so much in figuring out what staff development can be in a small company, and it is a really good place to learn and grow. the team has so much heart, and the work is meaningful. recommend.

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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

hey! if you didn't see that Kansas has requested trans folks to surrender their Driver's Licenses, I'll link it below - but meantime, this urgent appeal is worth your time & $$. I just donated, join me.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 23/02/2026

TMZ makes it sound like the government coverup of Epstein's network of abuse is a conspiracy theory, but that actually happened and is still happening! Nobody should do violence about it, but it's still a legitimate concern!

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 20/02/2026

DHS murdering people and Trump taking billions from Americans in illegal taxes should be enough for impeachment and conviction, honestly.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 11/02/2026

Supporting local news like The 51st is one of the most powerful ways we can create accountability in this world. I support The 51st already and hope you will too.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 04/02/2026

Following ICE to find and report news is, of course, journalism, but here's something the administration may not know: activism is also legal in this country! Also, show us the part where law enforcement is in any way obstructed or impeded.

@ICEgov on X:

"Stalking our ICE officers in your personal vehicle, like this video shows below, isn't journalism — it's activism.

"Our officers are out in the streets of Minneapolis conducting targeted enforcement operations on high priority criminal illegal aliens with horrid track records: Rapists, murderers, drug traffickers, gang members and more.

"Do not impede or obstruct ongoing operations."

@FordFischer on X:

"ICE agents laugh and smile in their vehicle as they use mild evasive maneuver to lose press and watchers by repeatedly signaling one direction and going another here in Minneapolis.

"This occurred after two parked agents’ vehicles were spotted and split up."

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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 04/02/2026

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The problem is helicopter fuel is just soooo expensive these days.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 31/01/2026

She's finally getting it! She's basically a Rand Paul now. Hate her policy positions but at least she's sort of in reality now.

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Christopher Whitaker @civicwhitaker.com · 30/01/2026

If government is going to use an AI product, the regulations needs to mandate the inclusion of a bill of materials like CISA’s SBOM concept (www.cisa.gov/sbom) If your model scraped 4chan or worse maybe it doesn’t need to be used in a government context

cisa.gov

Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) | CISA

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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland. In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.

brown.edu

Risk of maternal death during pregnancy greatly underestimated, study finds

A new study comparing deaths of pregnant people and of those who have an abortion show that risk of death due to pregnancy is three times higher than previously estimated.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 28/01/2026

Republican Goons: (murders some people) House Republicans: (goes on vacation) Senate Republicans: I'm sorry my colleagues murdering people and going on vacation make it very tricky to modify the murder funding.

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Joshua Tauberer @joshdata.me · 28/01/2026

Death is not an acceptable public policy position. Detention for existing is not an acceptable public policy position.

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Bill Scher @billscher.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Don't make Bovino the fall guy when Trump has been advocating for "unshackled" police since '89, urging violence against protesters & immigrants since '15 and turning violent rhetoric into policy as POTUS My @washingtonmonthly.com look at Trump's long record washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/28/b...

washingtonmonthly.com

Don’t Make Bovino the Fall Guy for the Violence Trump Long Craved

The White House is scapegoating Greg Bovino for killings in Minnesota. But Trump has spent years urging police brutality and mob violence.

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