Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6hThis is an indirect measure of how much hypocrisy is baked into partisan politics now, at least for the GOP. They assume that they can accuse future Dem Presidents of engaging in authoritarian actions, regardless of whether if it is true or not, while dismissing any questioning of their integrity. 516848
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialAlice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 4hDems worried last year that this delayed implementation of the deep Medicaid cuts in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' would defang their attacks on the campaign trail, leaving voters unmoved by the message that a health care apocalypse was just around the corner. But for many, it has already arrived.politico.comRepublicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn’t work.While most GOP-enacted cuts to Medicaid and other safety net programs won’t happen until 2027, Democrats are speaking to the voters already feeling the squeeze. 36732
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10hThis country won't control its sex pests, so long as there's profit to be made. 714851
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 10hTHIS! This situation is the perfect instance of WHY PEOPLE DO NOT TRUST HIGHER EDUCATION. Women’s lives are being destroyed, ruined, torn to shreds, but sweep it under the rug and compartmentalize it because the institutions have an agenda. 233031
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 10hI had a male family friend, who voted Trump 3x and has recently turned on him, tell me about how Ivy’s breed the Epstein class in my DM’s. MILLIONS of women are “coming out” as Jane Doe to protect her identity. People are ready to burn Cornell AND HIGHER ED BROADLY to the ground. 339833
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 10hThis is slightly out of my normal lane, and I could charge six (hell maybe seven) figure to deliver this message as a consultant, but I’m gonna do it for free. Because I’m ✨enraged✨ People in the think tank/policy/inside the beltway DC world have ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE how mad people are abt Cornell. 🧵 11835211
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 21hZach Bryan just came on stage in Foxborough wearing a shirt that says FREE PALESTINE 643240
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10hThe New York Times has a choice of whether to cover Trumpism as A) an amusing and colorful example of the oddity of American politics, or B) an existential threat to the future of everyone you know and love. Over and over, they choose A. They trivialize themselves. 441199339
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialdan sinker @dansinker.com · 9hYou'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn. 823098979
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 4hAgree with all of the below, with this distinction: -Alito is the most *predictably* partisan-R member of the court. -Roberts is the most *consequentially* partisan-R member. 1045599
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 9hThe Unsung Women Behind America’s Most Celebrated Civil Rights Protest The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain revisits the 1963 March on Washington, placing overlooked Black women at the center of the story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...nytimes.comBook Review: ‘How Bright the Path Grows,’ by Marcia Chatelain (Gift Article)The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain revisits the 1963 March on Washington, placing overlooked Black women at the center of the story. 128784
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5hthis for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished 683672899
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 6h"After measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system" @bachynski.bsky.socialinquirer.comA 20-year-old Amish woman with leukemia got measles and died in Pa.’s largest outbreak in three decadesAfter measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system. 24421187
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 3hwhen your most trusted interlocutor is telling it to you straight about your new haircut 614910
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialMolly White @molly.wiki · 22hFellow FTX executive Caroline Ellison is out of jail, and the Manifund effective altruist grantmaking organization has just let slip they hired her. She “brings specific, useful expertise around finance”, they say, which yeah — much in the same way that Bernie Madoff had very specific expertise. 333754
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Not great that parsing the reality of modern tech capabilities involves speaking to an insular priest class who developed a morality around worshiping the gods in the machines, machines that happen to be plugged into all of how the modern web works. 321025
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 19hyou should feel uncomfortable with frontier AI models not because the tools lack uses but because everyone who works in hyperscale AI wants to worship these machines and every algorithm that behaves unexpectedly is an enfant terrible they admire, love, and hope to have care for them in their dotage 244683
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 164179114451
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Scoop: Podcaster Benny Johnson is being sued for defamation over his ICE ride-along videos calling protesters "terrorists." www.ms.now/news/benny-j...ms.nowMAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media. 642015396
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026attempting to dox a gang rape survivor is like the final boss in loser behavior. a cloud of loserdom will surround you for the rest of your life. people on the street will see you and they probably won’t know your name but they’ll know you’re the fucking worst. 1198287
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026last night at dinner we were talking about how much tracey sucks and the server overheard and was like are you talking about michael tracey? that guy fucking sucks, and it was very satisfying 543156309
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialThe Intercept @theintercept.com · 02/10/2026How much does it cost to get more information about a cop who punched someone in the face? If you guessed anything lower than $2.5 million, you’d be wrong — at least according to the city of Eugene, Oregon. buff.ly/AlxYU8S 11388139
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 40117983071
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026getting mad at the pope for not thinking the chatbot has a soul is easily the funniest thing I've read all week 624366862
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialRed Sox @redsox.com · 02/10/2026Thank you for the late nights under the lights. For going tarps off in the bleachers. For the energy at Fenway each and every night. For being part of a run to remember. For falling in love with this squad. It was a joy to share it with you. Thank you for all of it, Red Sox Nation. ❤️ 1319215
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 18hElon, whose genAI is the world's largest distributor of CSAM, has essentially infinite money to throw at evading any kind of consequences for producing and distributing more CSAM than any human in history. 5813322
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026it's a theory the same way gravity is a theory 1375083
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Also stop the repulsive grandiosity and smug threats about your product. I’m gonna be left behind? What the fuck are you even talking about? I don’t care! I’m old and have plenty to do and don’t want to follow your parade of lazy shitheads! I don’t know enough about it? Yes I do! You failed. 576966
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Also do the honest work of eliminating any trace of plagiarism in your beloved product. How? Not my fucking problem! If you can’t run your business / technology without stealing other people’s work, it deserves to die. Personally I’m happy to see it die, so don’t try to make it my responsibility. 51014127
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The BEST thing that true believers in AI could do is stop evangelizing to people, like me, who think it sucks. Do the hard, years-long work of detaching your beloved technology from the worst people in the world right now: shameless fascists driven by greed and domination. They’re YOUR partners. 211994370
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 02/10/2026The kicker is *chef's kiss* 481386232
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 02/10/2026We already have documented evidence that teen boys are using these glasses to harass girls. And that there's very little that anyone can do to stop them. So, if you're vetoing bans on these devices, you're basically telling those boys--yes, sure, go ahead, that's okay. futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comTeen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Terrorize Girls at High Schools and Middle SchoolsTeen boys are using Meta's AI glasses to harass and bully victims -- overwhelmingly girls -- at middle schools and high schools. 510939
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Palantir shifting from hiring only "Ivy or Ivy-equivalent" degrees to hiring only out of high school is an admission that "training" and "talent" were never factors at all. They were looking for packaging & prestige, and now they're looking for ignorance & impressionability. 471447342
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's not bigotry, it's just an intuitive preference for racial homogeneity. 🙄 Congratulations to @yale.edu for citing Rufo twice in the report justifying their decision to make the institution a trashy MAGA factory where stuff like this is the only legitimate form of scholarship or discussion. 1115032
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 23hTrump's lawlessness is more pressing, but let's not forget: the GWBush admin was also overflowing with incompetent, corrupt Republicans who were pathologically hostile to the rule of law. None of this was necessary or helpful, but it made them feel manly and it was good money for gov't contractors. 432888
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialK. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026WHAT THE FUCK 13996777
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialJared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Michael Tracey claims he took his post down out of principle, and that it wasn't a "retraction." But it should be. He ran with information from a junk website without looking into it. If he worked at a publication with any sort of standards, this unforced error would be a fireable offense. 121440116
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialJared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Michael Tracey published what he said was the ID of the "Jane Doe" in the Cornell case. Then he took it down, claiming he just wanted to make a point and didn't want to see harm to the person he named. What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records. 1133278674
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20hincredible to take days saying you’re verifying doe’s identity and then be tricked by a clearly fake court website 251552142
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail. 22795773032
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Again: for Black Women, in particular, the ability to chose, a time and place to reproduce is a function of liberty. The most fundamental fact of enslavement was the Black Women had no control over their reproduction; in fact, their ability to reproduce was a key source of other’s wealth. 8779168
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 23hAs an expert on sexual violence, I have to add that these ethical violations are a nightmare for interviews on sensitive subjects. I would never recommend ANY survivor goes public with their story at an outlet that would do this to them. 81780164
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And still, all of it could have been avoided if USA Today respected the experts they interview. They could have been one of the only publications to get it right *from the beginning* by platforming the concerns that sexual violence researchers had as soon as we saw the DA's statement. 32023113
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The primary objective of journalism is supposed to be telling the truth. It is a DECISION on the part of USA Today to know that new details have emerged about this case and to refuse to update an old story that is still circulating and still shaming Jane Doe. 22088214
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Ironically, my original interview with the journalist I spoke with was primarily about how "inconsistencies" can come from gender bias in investigatory processes and then be blamed on survivors. It was the inspiration for this thread--but none of these points made it into any USA Today article: 32475310
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm the token expert voice saying that inconsistencies in victim's narratives are common in an otherwise brutally bad piece of journalism full of tropes about how not to report on sexual assault. 12225128
Reposted by @nebraskamomo.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5339581216