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Peter Desnoyers

@pjdesno.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Computer Science, Northeastern University. Cantabrigian in exile in the burbs. Liberal and proud of it.

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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 22h
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026
This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There's a new wave of Democratic ads across the country that are somehow brutally partisan and incredibly effective and it's going to take some time for me to get used to this?
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
To be fair to Pape, I don’t think anyone would have given him the platform for us to hear his ideas if he didn’t publish a well-timed book. Reporters holding back reporting is different.
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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I trust that if the (very deficient) NY rape law isn’t strong enough to bring charges, she will loudly and clearly describe why, and call for a better law to be passed.
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Ken Paxton's office struck plea deals in three other sex abuse cases beyond one facing scrutiny
The revelation comes as the Texas Attorney General struggles to gain ground with voters in his U.S. Senate race.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There's a bill to reform the laws. "For two years running, this bill has passed unanimously in New York’s Senate. And both times, it has had a supermajority of support in the Assembly. But the bill is being blocked by one man, and that man is Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Xavier Becerra put the Steve Hilton contradiction right on the debate stage: enforce Trump’s federal immigration laws, but ignore California’s own protections? Then he dropped the hammer: “You seem to welcome immigrants who look like you, but deport immigrants who look like me.”
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth Given Strict Deadline to Explain How F-35 Parts Ended Up in China — as Congressman Raises Possibility of 'Intentional Act' - AOL
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been slapped with a strict deadline to explain how components from America's highly advanced F-35 fighter jet reportedly wound up in Chinese hands, RadarOnline. com ...
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There are some communities in the US where this happens. Not many.
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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Robert Arnold always has some pretty profound observations. Here's his take on what it takes to be a "good man". I urge any man saying "not all men" to watch this and see if you qualify. Part 1
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
how many felony convictions does Donald Trump have?
A New York State jury found President Donald J. Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree (New York Penal Law § 175.10) on May 30, 2024, in People v. Donald J. Trump, Indictment No. 71543-23.
That is the only felony conviction shown in the official court materials returned here. I did not independently verify later appeal or post-sentencing outcomes beyond those records.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Having a bad memory for names, I used Google AI to find details on a death at my old dorm many years ago. Despite the sensitive topic, and being provided the correct year, it hallucinated every aspect - name, date, time, setting. I eventually found local news coverage with the true info.
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
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Feds charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent with assaulting an officer
Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot by an ICE agent earlier this month with assaulting a federal officer.
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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It also appears that many LLMs lack a bullshit detector, and will just soldier on regardless, hence those humorous AI job interview videos. (and Jesus, even this level of conversational incompetence would have been total SF 15 years ago) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcp1...
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I Answered Every Interview Question in Gibberish
YouTube video by Graham Dot Zip
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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LSU Found Football Player Responsible for Rape, Reduced His Suspension and Allowed Him Back on the Team | Law Commentary
LSU found a football player responsible for sexual assault and forcible rape through its Title IX process, then reduced his one-year suspension on appeal to two years of probation without restrictions...
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm still waiting for someone to say "Unlike the senator from Louisiana I was never a Rhodes scholar, but..."
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Babaganoush O'Reilly @admiralbeefheart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fake foghorn leghorn is a rhodes scholar
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Without tracking and apps, multi-leg bus trips with transfers are kind of a nightmare. With it they just sorta suck. What apps don't help is buses that fill at the first stop and drive by without stopping, like one route I used to take :-( Anyway, GPS should be a bare minimum for any bus system.
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That's from my experience taking the bus full time in Boston for 1/2 a year off my bike due to injury. If buses are running at a reasonable frequency (15-20min) then a fixed schedule is fairly useless due to traffic and convoying; knowing when the bus will actually arrive is a game changer.
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Surveys find that 1-3% of female high school athletes have taken anabolic steroids. [DOI 10.1177/1559827616680593] Taking male hormones. To cheat. Surely those folks concerned with "fairness in girls' sports" would care about this, wouldn't they?
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Plant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Phone apps with GPS bus tracking make buses much better than they used to be. I assume the crappy bus systems don't have GPS tracking - it would be cheap, but I'm not sure the government in those places actually wants to make life better for anyone who takes the bus.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If it's snowing and you stick him in the back seat it would increase your traction. Does that count?
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Buffalo Temple of Music, Sports, and Whatever @sethfromthe716.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is going to lose his shit when they tell him about the Chicago Blackhawks, Seattle Seahawks, Miami RedHawks, or the Kansas Jayhawks.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career.
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Richard Wayne Bowling @rchrdwynbwlngk100.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why did Eric Schmitt fuck up his gotcha moment so badly? No one involved considered the possibility that Jack Smith attended a women’s basketball game. A MAGAt undone by misogyny. Not at all surprising.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I forget who posted this first, but you've gotta wonder whether his staffers used AI to come up with this.
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'd say you don't know the Hawks from the Hawkeyes.
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Saw a car with a sticker for the doomed MAGA candidate for governor here in MA - it had tiny and discrete sticker at the top of their back window saying "45 47". I guess it's a secret code for fellow travelers to recognize each other without risking the shame that comes with the Trump name.
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great article!
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fundamentally, markets exist because it's illegal to hire someone bigger than the other person to hit them over the head and take their money/goods/whatever.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rich would prefer you to believe that the "free market" is subject to the immutable law of supply and demand. But for years, the wealthy and powerful have manipulated the market for their own gain. There is nothing “free” about it. Watch.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Could be worse - at least it was sugar free.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Tesla, activate the floating feature.”
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.foxnews.com/world/pope-l...
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Pope Leo draws staggering 800,000 faithful to heart of Paris for massive outdoor Mass
Pope Leo XIV drew an estimated 800,000 people to Place de la Concorde in Paris for an open-air Mass, urging French Catholics to share their faith in a secularized society.
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/senate...
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Jon Husted Casts Deciding Vote Against Resolution To End Iran War
Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) said the war should end, but refused to vote to end it.
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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'You Cannot Be Asking Me That!': Trump’s AG Goes Nuclear On Live TV Over Press Ban
Todd Blanche claimed Trump never “denied access” to the outlets during the heated exchange.
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Peter Desnoyers @pjdesno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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IRS lost 31,000 staff in one year — now tax experts say owing the agency is safer than waiting for a refund
The IRS is understaffed. While most refunds are issued without hiccups, some taxfilers are having a torrid time getting a hold of anyone at the agency to resolve their problems.
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