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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

From @robertpbaird.com's appreciation of his friend and mentor Annie Dillard. www.newyorker.com/culture/post...

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robert p. baird @robertpbaird.com · 13/09/2026

When you’re young, it’s very easy to tell yourself that stuff you’re seeing in the world is new and unprecedented. It is to you, after all, and moreover what’s new and unprecedented carries a powerful emotional charge.

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you are looking for an authoritative, alarming-but-not-alarmist look at one major AI safety risk (the prospect of AI being used to create synthetic pathogens)—look no further. Liz Sherwood-Randall is a veteran policymaker and a genuine expert. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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AI and the New Age of Bioweapons

Preparing for a world of synthetic pathogens.

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

oh wow i have not heard of this one yet. not good!

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I worry less about low-probably AI disasters (human extinction) than about what seems far more probable: a big mess, where AI does some great things, some terrible things, and lots so-so things, and daily life becomes a tech-fueled muddle.

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Reminder: it's Bandcamp Friday! Here's one of the things I'm buying today. bonnieprincebilly.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts...

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Ghosts of American Psychonauts, by Bonnie "Prince" Billy

8 track album

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

incredible that AI companies chose to call their tools "agents"

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

would be so much easier if we could just use israel's login info

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

For what it's worth, it seems to me the best answer to this question for someone like DAC would be to adapt the now much-derided Clinton line about abortion: "Incarceration should be safe, legal, and rare."

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Such organizations have been a feature of every human society, and today emerge in and prey on every kind of community in America. Incarceration clearly does not prevent this—but a lack of incarceration wouldn't, either, and would grant such ppl and organizations a form of impunity.

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

But there are a lot of "committed mobsters"—people whose livelihoods depend on their membership or affiliation with criminal organizations that would persist (and perhaps expand) evem in the wake of the most radical reforms to the criminal justice system.

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Post-incarceration recidivism among people who commit violent crimes suggests many people remain willing to harm others despite a high cost to themselves. And it's hard to imagine the costs of rehab/reconciliation program seeming very high to, say, a member of an organized crime outfit.

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

You don't need to be a "serial killer" to pose this problem. Many people have committed precisely two murders, each one at a different point in time. In this remade world you're envisioning, what would authorities tell the loved ones of the second person that someone murdered?

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I don’t understand what that means. What would happen to a person who assaulted, raped, or murdered another person?

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

What, in your view, would be a good fielding of this question: If we made all the changes that prison abolitionists like DAC seek, what would then happen to people who nevertheless commited violent crimes such as assault, rape, and murder?

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

was complaining about this yesterday while on a call made via FaceTime Audio bcuz regular phone calls these days, at least when made from/received in NYC, are dreadful. my guess is that telecom firms are not investing in cellular infrastructure, betting on something else? would read a piece on this!

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A notable exchange on a basic question of first principles between @darializaforny.bsky.social and members of the @nyeditboard.bsky.social Nicole Gelinas, @joshgreenman.bsky.social, and @semaforben.bsky.social. The full Q&A is worth a read: nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/darializa-...

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Incredible how the the style, cadence, and rhythm, which is to say the aesthetic form, of the section of the Declaration of Independence that lists grievances against the King, has seeped into our manner of speaking politically - 250 years later. NYT editorial today:

It is worth pausing to put the fund into the larger context of Mr. Trump's political project: He is destroying pillars of American democracy to empower himself.
He claims elections are legitimate only if he wins. He uses federal law enforcement to investigate and prosecute his perceived enemies. He purges his party of officials who defy him. He describes members of the other party and civil society as traitors and enemies. He incentivizes his supporters to break the law on his behalf and rewards them when they do. He directs his allies to change election rules to keep his party in power.

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

the variant of that dynamic that might conceivably take hold at least in some parts of the admin would be to blame the israelis for hyping the prospect of regime change via air war

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I grew up on Long Island, have rode the LIRR my whole life, and still regularly do so. I've truly never heard anyone call the LIRR "the lurr." Not once. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/n...

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L-I-R-R vs. Lurr: The Debate Splitting New York Commuters

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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

This is among the greatest moments in the history of Fantasyland. Absolutely perfect chef’s-kiss distillation of our self-satirizing historical moment.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

How does the US spend $800 billion a year on defense and yet after just six weeks of war with Iran, we're running out of missiles and munitions? For my latest @newyorker.com piece, I dove into the dysfunction of the US defense budget: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

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How Much Has the War in Iran Depleted the U.S. Missile Supply?

Defense officials inside the Trump Administration were already concerned that American stockpiles were insufficient for a potential standoff with China. A war of choice in the Middle East has only mad...

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

A piece I've been hoping to read for years: Sergey Radchenko on Sergey Radchenko. Thanks for writing this, @radchenko.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/radc...

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

maybe the real deterrent was the straits we closed along the way

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

When I got an email with this statement, I checked to make sure it was authentic, because I've never seen the Red Cross send a message like this.

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The next time Trump takes questions from the press, I hope a reporter asks him this question: “Sir, if we’ve accomplished all of our objectives in Iran, why do we need a deal?”

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

In conclusion, the U.S. is now locked into a ”mowing the grass” strategy with Iran.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Only 23% of government workers believe they “can report a suspected violation of a law, rule, or regulation without experiencing retaliation.” That's way down form the share the prior year (72%) who said they could report suspected illegal activity without fear www.thebulwark.com/p/two-more-g...

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robert p. baird @robertpbaird.com · 25/03/2026

"In the midst of what is going on now, it is hard, when you sit down at a desk, to feel confident that morning after morning spent fiddling with words and rhythms is a justified activity – especially as there is never any certainty that the whole thing won’t have to be scrapped." — T.S. Eliot, 1942

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I learned what "haptic" meant from the late, great Spencer Golub. I can't help but think of him every time I see that word—which, in 2026, I see a lot more than I ever did in 1996!

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Also: 2006 internet: a small number of social media platforms, used by relatively few people on computers, not mobile devices 2026 internet: many social media platforms with intensive, global, society-wide use of them, largely on mobile devices

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

RIP CBS News Radio. If you grew up in the NYC metro area in the 1980s and spent time in the car as a kid, this may be burned into your brain. record.reverb.chat/s/GLLUSGkHb0...

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Share Your Voice | Reverb Record

Record and share voice notes and audio instantly without an account. Embeds to Twitter and websites. Share in messengers and email.

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Stephen Kotkin has spent his career trying to understand what makes authoritarian regimes strong—and what makes them vulnerable. (Often the same things!) He and I spoke about how the US-Israeli war on Iran fits into the longer history of "regime change." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, the man killed in a shooting at Old Dominion University, flew Apache helicopters in Iraq, earned numerous awards for his military service and helped grow the university’s ROTC program enrollment by almost 50% in one year. He was 41-years-old.

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Old Dominion University shooting victim was decorated veteran

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

"It took the United States and its allies 51 days to clear 907 mines off the Kuwaiti coast in 1991—and that was after the Gulf War was over and with the advantage of minefield maps provided by the defeated Iraqis."

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

"The new U.S. concept for mine clearance relies on the littoral combat ship working in combination with helicopters and unmanned underwater vehicles. But this concept has never been tested in combat."

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

"[T]he U.S. Navy has never prioritized mine clearance. Just last fall the United States removed its last dedicated mine countermeasure ship from the Persian Gulf. Only four such ships are left in the U.S. inventory—and they are stationed in Japan."

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

To understand the true depth of the tactical and strategic challenge posed by Iran’s closure of Hormuz, read @proftalmadge.bsky.social. www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/hormuz-...

foreignaffairs.com

The Hormuz Minefield

In the strait, Iran holds the advantage—and America has no good options.

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Justin Vogt @jvogt.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Bill Callahan: I could not work, so I threw a bottle into the woods And then I felt bad for the doe paw and the rabbit paw So I went looking for the pieces of the bottle that I threw All because I couldn't work Ingmar Bergman: