FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Once in a while I head over to the bad place to see what’s going on over there and it’s just people dunking on each other interspersed with random bigotry (against pretty much everyone). 000
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thank you. As soon as I saw “lawfare” I knew it was going to be garbage but good to know how bad! 0221
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is not surprising. The tech bros have amassed wealth exceeding many nation states. The end game of creating their own kingdom's where they can live out their anarcho-capitalist fantasies seems like the next step for them. 1334
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There are over four times as many polling places as there are ICE agents (~95,000 polling places v. ~22,000 ICE agents.) This is not a real issue and acting like ICE is a threat to our elections has a larger chance to suppress voting that ICE actually does. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...brennancenter.orgPreventing Voter Intimidation by Federal Agents at the PollsAny deployment that intimidates voters or interferes with elections would be illegal. Should one occur, officials and civil society are prepared to challenge illegal acts so that voting can proceed un... 100
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026While that might sound good to some, it's a terrible idea. You would encourage corruption even more and make it so that only those who with means can afford to be in the legislature. 010
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's not. www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...snopes.comDid man with Trump face tattoo claim job rejected him over MAGA hat?The man allegedly said the job interviewer saw his hat because he wore it "outside the building." 020
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The rich would create "real schools" to supplement public school. They would defund schools even more than they do now. They would push for 3 hour school days and then fund the creation of private "tutoring centers" that would be designed to circumvent any tax or prohibition on private schools. 000
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026That just means you'll have schools within schools and not all the same quality. There are very large public high schools (3-5K students) now that are effectively multiple high schools in one building. My son's HS (he's in college now) had 5 different programs in the same building. 120
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026He's closing in on Nixon the day he resigned. ropercenter.cornell.edu/blog/america...ropercenter.cornell.eduThe American Public's Attitudes about Richard Nixon Post-Watergate | Roper Center for Public Opinion ResearchOn August 9, 1974, plagued by the Watergate scandal and the threat of impeachment, Richard Nixon resigned from the highest office in the United States, the only President to do so in the history of th... 000
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It would be really awesome if Agatha and SW manage to redeem each other with Wiccan's help. 100
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I don’t want people to think I’m just a skeptic. Georgetown professor Cal Newport on this issue. calnewport.com/superintelli...calnewport.comSuperintelligence is a Fairy Tale. But Chasing It Can Still Cause Harm. - Cal NewportYesterday, multiple Anthropic employees casually announced online that they thought the types of AI they’re building could kill billions of people. Not in some distant ... Read more 021
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026These companies have the resources to create a proper testing environment. They are choosing not to do that to show how “scary” their models are. It’s marketing. 3141
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Yup, he doesn't get enough credit for it, but JB is out there both online and in person talking about the good things happening in Illinois. 050
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's a site that allows people to talk to others in their neighborhood. In theory, the idea is to talk about hyper local events and issues. In practice, it's a place where people share their irrational fears of the teenage Black kid walking down the street or the homeless guy asking for change. 020
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Reasonable term limits protect democracy. The longer someone holds office the harder it is to dislodge them and the harder they hold on to power. Mitch McConnell is the best example of this. Term limits shouldn't be too short but they should eventually allow other to take power. 000
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Paxton has been an enthusiastic opponent of trans rights. Are you suggesting that it’s better that Paxton wins? Don’t deflect the impact of that. Talarico is going to be fine if he loses. Trans people will also have gained a fierce enemy in the Senate. 100
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026OK, fair. So you're hoping someone who enthusiastically wants to destroy trans people wins because Talarico said the wrong thing (He was wrong) about trans kids in sports. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...advocate.comTexas AG Ken Paxton calls James Talarico’s support for trans kids ‘weird’ in runoff victory speechThe Trump-backed Texas attorney general mocked transgender youth and portrayed his Democratic challenger as radical after securing a stunning win. 080
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Let's say he doesn't and Paxton is elected. You're acting like that doesn't cause harm to anyone but Talarico. Say it plainly. If you think Paxton should win, with all the consequences for our country that entails, then say so. 1120
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Assuming Talarico doesn't recant his statement, are you suggesting that voters should withhold their vote and allow Paxton to win? 100
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The question now is do you want Ken Paxton, a criminal that will gleefully cause harm to trans people to win. Even if you think Talarico will be bad (and he may be), he will not be worse than Paxton. 190
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Let's say there are only two candidates and they have EXACTLY the same view on a moral issue that I disagree with. Also assume I agree with one of the candidates on almost everything else. Finally, the other candidate actively opposes nearly everything I care about. What are you suggesting I do? 000
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026We don’t have to anymore. But my grandparents did. Listen, I genuinely want my trans brothers and sisters to be safe in this country. You’re choosing between someone being tepid about sports and someone who wants to destroy you for existing. I don’t know what else needs to be said. 020
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I say this with love. Black people have worked for CENTURIES to be treated like full citizens of this country and we still vote for a party that often lets us down. We do so because the alternative is obviously worse. 111
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I really don’t see how some folks, who pride themselves on rational thinking, can’t see that. 040
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026They are running out of money and need a narrative to justify slowing down on training and developing new models. There are plenty of folks chasing down this story. Ed Zitron, the Tech Report, and many other independent journalists report on this near daily. 39711
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I think that you’ve given it much more thought than they have. This “issue” is pure propaganda programming. 000
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The post WWII rules based order largely enforced by the USA kept the peace for decades. That's why we keep a ridiculously large military. It's why we intervene all over the world. The USA doesn't always do it well or for the right reasons, but looking inward only never works out long term. 000
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Please, I mean this genuinely, DO NOT GIVE THEM IDEAS!! If they think they can get away with this they will totally do it. 1180
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Sony: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further. 030
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The Democrats would be wise to allow direct sales of autos. They could even argue that it's a freedom and business friendly move. The auto manufacturers may even help. 1171
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026So I guess this is just the first volley in white-washing Ms. Parton's activism. Just like they did with MLK, they are going to ignore all the things they didn't like and transform her into a sanitized figure that stood for platitudes. 000
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026No, the PA Dept. of Health is not divulging much information in order to protect the privacy of the families. www.pa.gov/agencies/hea...pa.govPennsylvania Department of Health Confirms Two Measles-Associated DeathsPennsylvania Department of Health Confirms Two Measles-Associated Deaths 210
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026What if we did that for public schools and public colleges? Means testing a program means that most people have no stake in the program and will happily see it ended on a promise of "lower taxes" (that never come). If everyone benefits from the service, it will have a broader base of support. 020
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I'm sure it's less than 10% of voters. Even Fox News watchers wouldn't know anything about him other than "Scary sounding left dude = Bad." As has been said many times, those of us who follow politics closely are an EXTREME minority. 120
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Such a beautiful track and none of the sadness of Across the Stars. 000
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Speaking of getting you going, it's not a whole track, but the part in ROTJ where Luke overpowers Vader with the dark chorus still gives me goosebumps. 131
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It really is. Nerd that I am, I was debating whether Duel of Fates or "Anakin vs Obi-Wan" is better, but I think Duel just edges it out. 110
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I'm sure he'll try. But there aren't enough personnel to stand at thousands of polling places or even the ones that are mostly Democratic voters. The mail ballots are probably the most at risk, but there's just no way to take control of such a decentralized system in 90 days. 000
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Stop bonking yourself (that came out wrong), Leda can conjure monsters, that's why she's cool. 130
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026There's a whole genre of short form videos on TikTok, YouTube, etc. about struggling. What are you talking about? 2270
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Please stop with the revisionist history on Fetterman. He ran as a progressive. The "normie" establishment Dem in that race was Conor Lamb. 030
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026They lose their coveted role as a White House correspondent. They lost their proximity to power. They are absolutely willing to debase themselves to be able to hang out in the White House, fly on Air Force 1 and go to their annual dinner. 050
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026December 2020 actually for the first EUA. www.fda.gov/news-events/... "Since Dec. 11, 2020, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine has been available under EUA in individuals 16 years of age and older, and the authorization was expanded to include those 12 through 15 years of age on May 10, 2021."fda.govFDA Approves First COVID-19 VaccineFDA approved the first COVID-19 vaccine, now marketed as Comirnaty, for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. 010
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Why do you want to defund the police Jen!? Do you just not care about public safety?! /s 010
FE Avatar @kcirrot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I just noticed I compared 52 years of data, the 50 year number (from June 2024) was a buying power of $13,058. Even closer to flat. 310
