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-Scientist -Marine Corps veteran -Engaged citizen -MS patient Not interested in your onlyfans page or crypto opportunities

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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 9h
Norms don't matter to this administration. And they are exploiting all them. Congress needs to pass more LAWS that limit powers of DOJ - and dissolve DHS, which is beyond reform.
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 10h
I guess we've all learned how much our country has operated according to norms and unwritten rules.
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And he transferred to ICE from Border Patrol. They are truly the lawless animals. The ICE agent who killed Rene Good (Jonathan Ross) was previously an Border Patrol agent. BPD agents killed Alex Pretti. And we of course all witnessed how gleefully Greg Bovino engaged in gratuitous violence.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
Would the American people fail to understand that the death penalty has been carried out if the execution of the criminal weren’t live-streamed? Of course not. The cruel spectacle is the point. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @joshuatait.bsky.social:
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Hegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff Film
Neo-fascism as spectacles of violence.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Somebody needs to do something." Marimar Martinez's attorneys insist they have the evidence to charge Border Patrol agent Charles Exum with wrongdoing in her October 2025 shooting in Chicago. From @chicago.suntimes.com on her new lawsuit: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol sues feds — and keeps pushing for criminal charges
Marimar Martinez was labeled a "domestic terrorist" and criminally charged after she was shot by agent Charles Exum last year. Since her exoneration, she has fought the Trump administration's aggressi...
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
blockclubchicago.org/2026/10/05/m...
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Marimar Martinez Sues Feds A Year After Border Patrol Agent Shot Her 5 Times
A reconstruction of the shooting commissioned by Martinez’s legal team found agent Charles Exum was standing to the side of her car and was not in danger as he fired, her attorneys said.
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kash Patel and Todd Blanch are hard at work rehabilitating his image.
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Please read or consider interviewing @anilseth.bsky.social on this topic. The question is almost like asking "can AI be thirsty?" or "who scratches AI's back when it can't reach an itch?" Consciousness is an embodied process. It's not a function that can be performed on computers.
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If he's pardoned, he can still be turned over to the ICC
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The accusation (that Smith is a dirtbag) is always an admission
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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 26/09/2026
Opinion | Jail deaths have surged under California's elected sheriffs. This reform offers accountability Counties pay millions after jail deaths, but sheriffs run the jails. A bill awaiting Newsom’s signature could alter that balance of power.
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Opinion | Jail deaths have surged under California's elected sheriffs. This reform offers accountability
Counties pay millions after jail deaths, but sheriffs run the jails. A bill awaiting Newsom’s signature could alter that balance of power.
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
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Book Review: ‘Natural Intelligence & the Logic of Consciousness,’ by Antonio Damasio
In his new book, the neuroscientist Antonio Damasio argues that without feelings, true intelligence cannot exist.
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's not hyperbole to say this is a slow rolling coup
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The administration is going to take it as a green light anyway. Their entire MO is: "oh yeah? Try to stop me"
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pretty certain they already paid far above market price for multiple warehouses, and now seek to give them away to other agencies. When you throw $170 billion at DHS for no clear reason, expect the corruption and graft. Or maybe that was the reason for throwing so much money at DHS?
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I can feel pain - about these ridiculous articles.
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They also filed with DOJ to legally break your legs for nonpayment
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
That's the only signal ICE has taken from any Supreme Court ruling
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
LLMs need to be regulated at least as much as self-driving cars.
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Regulate it like self driving cars, which is simply AI behind the wheel. We don't set self-driving cars loose on the public until they prove they are safe.
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
*courts CAN'T stop it
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
He's learning the secret of the ballroom. Build a bunker underneath, gesture at "national security", and the courts can stop it. So now the "arch" is necessary for "national security" reasons
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
All of it needs to be regulated in the way states are regulating the release of self-driving cars. We don't set an autonomous thing loose in the public until it is proven to be safe.
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Recommended reading for the Treasury Secretary
simonandschuster.com
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award** The definitive history of nuclear weapons—fro...
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And it worked. Now you're reporting on yourselves instead of Iran, corruption, inflation, congressional complicity...
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And now the media are reporting on themselves instead of the numbers of Americans who have died in Iran, the human rights atrocity of ICE detention centers, and unthinkable corruption....
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#HRV #health
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The Big Holes in Wearable Heart Rate Variability And Readiness Scores
A Gaping Lack of Evidence for Health Benefits
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This gives a new meaning to "morning formation"
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My cat has been sick, which has made me feel so terrible and anxious, I can hardly function. She's 19.5 years old and has been with me forever. I fear we're nearing the end and I love her so much. If you have a pet, please give them a kiss for me. Take them out for a walk tomorrow; give them a treat
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
With some luck, he'll get his wish
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
He's there because rapists get stabbed in general population
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We can only hope the cabinet secretaries start to devour each other.
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Stephen Witt sounds like a breathless alarmist. It's hard to take him seriously - he doesn't come across as particularly informed about key distinctions between humans and software programs. Intention is a good place to start thinking about those differences.
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A surgical assistant catches them with a butterfly net. Unclear why standard mesh size for insect netting (~550-microns) also filters out hallucinations.
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
US judge blocks DHS from threatening prosecution against man who criticized ICE
David Streever was issued a ‘warning notice’ after sending an email critical of ICE to the agency’s director in January
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So DiGenova is more ethical than Todd Blanche. Got it
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Kimmel should invite Ken Paxton on as a guest.
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'm sympathetic to the argument in this piece that we should seek to find good uses for AI in education and child-raising, and not just recoil in horror. BUT... 🧵 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I’m a father of three who studies the impact of artificial intelligence: this is what parents need to know about AI
A Dr Seuss-style story written in seconds alerted me to the power – and perils – of the technology. But how can children embrace it without forgetting core skills?
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Behind The Bitches? I’m not sure that works the same though 😬
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
newyorker.com
Flock Wants a Closely Surveilled World with No Exit
The company, which has a hundred and thirty thousand cameras monitoring the streets of the U.S., frames privacy as a worthwhile trade-off for safety and security, echoing the language of the post-9/11...
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This was in Infinite Jest 30 years ago
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
He doesn't need to actually stop mail-in ballots from being delivered, cast, or even counted. He just wants a ballot rule he can point at, constitutional or not, to claim millions of "illegal aliens" voted. He'll never stop lying until he's gone.
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
States are supposed to upload to USPS....Excel spreadsheets of voters?!
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@neuroskeptic.bsky.social @drdannypenman.bsky.social
today.ucsd.edu
Every Breath You Take Has a Unique Impact on the Brain
A new study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego shows that the brain does not simply respond to breathing as a steady rhythm. Instead, the detailed shape of each individual br...
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Story brought to you by Polyester®
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is real
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Why is the transportation secretary acting like some kind of law enforcement official?
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Karl @kaffiend75.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We should build a wall so none of the pure, pristine waters of Lake America mix with the bilge water of Lake Ontario that touches Canada.
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