Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 14hCalifornia being safe for Ds while Texas is competitive is a massive structural blow to the GOP and a boon for Dems. No one wants to be forced to coordinate that many media markets. 0120
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 14hFunniest outcome would be if the GOP loses Kansas because they believed El-Sayed made Michigan competitive. 110
Reposted by Lee DrakeDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17hNixon's instincts about Polymarket are absolutely correct: it has been paying off the Presidents son and offering free pro-Republican ads in exchange for protection from actual regulation from its (mostly) sports gambling business donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-polyma...donmoynihan.substack.comThe (Poly)Market Nobody Knows How to GovernPrediction markets or gambling websites? Inside the regulatory wild west 414836
Reposted by Lee DrakeMartha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 17hanneapplebaum.substack.com/p/who-is-ame...anneapplebaum.substack.comWho is American foreign policy for?Definitely not Americans 001
Reposted by Lee DrakeFeena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"gadgetreview.comTrump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than StonehengeArizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026. 7517391061
Reposted by Lee DrakeProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026A child in an Idaho faith-healing family died of a treatable condition. Then another died — and another, and another. Idaho’s child abuse laws contain such broad religious exemptions that authorities didn’t intervene — before or after the deaths.propublica.orgFour Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr... 1221414606
Reposted by Lee DrakeMark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis. 151440527
Reposted by Lee DrakeThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/10/2026The White House will send $90 this month to more than 20 million older Americans who are enrolled in Medicare Part B. Democrats have questioned the legality of dipping into government accounts to send payments to Americans. washingtonpost.comTrump announces plan to send $90 payments to millions of seniorsThe White House said the one-time payments would be drawn from a fund set up to improve Medicare. 254310
Reposted by Lee DrakeTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It appears that the National Guard shot and killed an unarmed man (in the back). www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comAutopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the backThe report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest. 7723221253
Reposted by Lee DrakeThe Fact of Other Minds Stan Account @csilverandgold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The goal of segregation is never to “protect” a particular racial or cultural identity. The goal of segregation is to feel better than other people. It will always need to be in the process of becoming superior to somebody. So despite the “conservative” ethos, it always seeks somebody to endanger. 1182
Reposted by Lee DrakeMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers. 527871
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We’ve really got to do something about grade inflation 000
Reposted by Lee DrakeAdam Brooks @adamrbroooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026SCOTUS looked at the harm of people being dumped in foreign lands, and the harm of the government not being able to disappear people… and sided with the government. 8359105
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Finally, something can tell me what I want to hear in an authoritative voice. Instead of a passive filter bubble like a social media algorithm, we can have an active, on-demand screener of unpleasant facts which can save us the hard mental work of rationalizing our own bad decisions. 000
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 30/09/2026These numbers are getting so bad Gallup will have to stop tracking them too. 000
Reposted by Lee DrakeAnnie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 431027497
Reposted by Lee DrakeZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 30/09/2026Temperature anomalies across the #Arctic over the last 12 months... Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis. 03211
Reposted by Lee DrakeSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21375812504
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sorry Indy, but that title belongs to Heinrich Schliemanntheconversation.comWhy Indiana Jones is the best and worst thing to happen to archaeologyThe idea of archaeology as adventure predates the discipline itself. 010
Reposted by Lee DrakeClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor. 623740733
Reposted by Lee DrakeAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The school notebook of the 14-year-old boy killed by Russia in Kyiv today. The Russian strike killed him in the middle of the day, in his own room. His desk still had the notebook with unfinished homework. 36686328
Reposted by Lee DrakeDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It’s very serious but it’s also funny 715333
Reposted by Lee Drakesouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“Beyond two parking tickets for not moving his vehicle during snowstorms, Abdullah has no criminal record in Minnesota and was working legally as a mechanic while his asylum application was pending. He arrived in the United States in early 2023.” 19789323
Reposted by Lee DrakeMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“A move some lawmakers called illegal” Journalism, what is it, anyway? 🤷♂️🤦♂️ 1033384
Reposted by Lee Drakekenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The DOGE cuts were concentrated primarily in US counties that didn't vote Trump.cambridge.orgThe Punitive Dimension of Presidential Particularism | American Political Science Review | Cambridge CoreThe Punitive Dimension of Presidential Particularism 272
Reposted by Lee DrakeMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Man Who Saved The World. May his memory be a blessing. 131426451
Reposted by Lee Drake"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Not sure I'd want to be President Ossoff or AOC or whoever when, in 2029, they have to explain that yes, they are massively raising taxes but that no, they're not using it for new services, they have to use it to get back to a primary surplus to avoid financial collapse. 1327825
Reposted by Lee DrakeBig John @dcbigjohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This raises so many legal issue for journalists. It’s SOP on Instagram to use photos w/text to promote stories. Theoretically Meta can now take a photo of, say, a grieving mother or a child playing in a water park which we got permission to use and serve them as ads with no permission 15128
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Here is why your ideas are bad” <drops 100 megabyte tensor in downloads folder> 010
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We shouldn’t adopt Republican attacks as our messaging. We need to unrig the court and allow it to serve all Americans, not just the Epstein class and their “gifts” 000
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Claude: can you identify the key problems with this long running project of mine? Claude: Yes, and I can save you 1 million tokens. You should have never started this, it was a bad idea. You should direct your efforts somewhere, anywhere, else. 110
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My brain goes fuzzy with AI long reads - the focus is wrong. It isn’t the human problems AI can (and should not) solve. It’s the problems human’s are unable to recognize because of cognitive blind spots, but AI can. But AI as a service industry knee caps the latter through sycophancy.programmablemutter.comMachine god metaphors eat your brainThere are other ways of thinking about AI 211
Reposted by Lee DrakeDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Once again, the Supreme Court prioritizes imaginary harms done to Trump by not allowing him to indulge in his conspiracy theories, as opposed to the very real harm done to citizens who may lose the ability to vote in this case. 412099715
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I don’t know that Breaking Bad would have been made if Better Call Saul came first. I think the writing is more consistent because by then the team had mastered their craft. But Walter White is a far stronger morality tale, and the subversion of the “hero’s call” to corruption is masterfully done. 010
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Democrat communists are ruining this country! Also we need the Trump to bring back K-mart and set fuel prices. 000
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 25/09/20265:4 conservative court: there is no Article I 6:3 conservative court: I am Article I 010
Reposted by Lee DrakeTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets. So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most. NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.boltsmag.orgThe 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - BoltsVoters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states. 181026565
Reposted by Lee DrakeTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There's a lot else happening in the piece — but the most striking to me is the unapologetically far-right sheriffs sitting in blue, Harris-voting counties. 416548
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Ozymandius: Story ending Granite State: Realistic ending Felina: Die Hard ending Really, they made an conclusion for each key demo. It just depends where you stop. 0111
Reposted by Lee DrakeAri Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This means eligible voters will be wrongly labeled non-citizens due to faulty and unreliable data and be purged from the rolls 33478259
Reposted by Lee DrakeDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system. 15115911002
Reposted by Lee DrakeRNS @rns.org · 25/09/2026(RNS) — The Trump administration set the refugee cap for 2027 at 17,500, the same as this year. That would make it the second year in a row of historically low admissions — made up primarily of white South Africans.religionnews.comTrump administration again omits refugees fleeing religious persecution from US program(RNS) — The Trump administration set the refugee cap for 2027 at 17,500, the same as this year. That would make it the second year in a row of historically low admissions — made up primarily of white South Africans. 236
Reposted by Lee DrakeWay Too Online Person @smoothedjaguar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Is there a funnier outcome for the Iran War than the Iranian regime surviving but the Saudi state collapsing? 512031
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you have money and want to test this, spin up two Claude code sessions. Have each message each other (let them communicate with a dedicated mailbox folder + monitor). Give them a tough problem to solve. Then watch recursive sycophancy and eagerness to please terminally overcomplicate a project. 1135
Reposted by Lee DrakeAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ANOTHER death in ICE detention which appears likely to be the result of medical neglect. A diabetic who told his family members he wasn't receiving regular insulin shots OR getting diabetic-appropriate meals just died in custody. The U.S. prison-ICE detention-industrial complex kills. 261060582
Reposted by Lee DrakeKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs? 795175655811
Lee Drake @leedrake.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In contrast, city states had every incentive to find local solutions to regional security problems. No one knows where the spark of genius for sustainable iron use started, but it spread rapidly in absence of consolidated power centers. 010
