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Jason Lee

@thejasonlee.bsky.social
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US politics, energy security, data and information policies. Dual national.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 13h
Susan Collins must be defeated. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Teresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@timnitgebru.blacksky.app, a PhD in computer vision; Altman, a dropout funded by Musk and Thiel. One explains how llms/chatbots work; the other is part of a cult that blathers on about 'reasoning,' 'rogue AI, 'digital immortality,' and other nonsense. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
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Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/c...
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The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.
In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As my career transitioned to pure technology, I was surprised at how common neurodivergence is in tech. The issue Prof Cottom mentions below sounds like the challenge of translating a friendly process for the neuro spicy into one for the neuro tyoical. It is so relatable and 100% right.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The reform agenda will be broad and deep. I look forward to our new dawn.
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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why would an aspiring autocrat want to support the cultivation of critical thinking?
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Truthout @truthout.org · 28/09/2026
“Impeachment says that you can’t get into an illegal war in Iran without constitutional approval. Impeachment says that you can’t just start firing federal employees in defiance of what Congress says. Impeachment says you can’t do deals with foreign governments to allegedly enrich your own family.”
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Basically my reaction to reading the responses.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wow. $300M.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reminds me of the young men and boys who start football season in August. Two-a-days. As in, 2 workouts a day in the hottest time of the year.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sherrod Brown: Data centers really show whose side you’re on. Are you going to do the bidding of those companies from out of state that don’t give a damn about local communities? Or are you going to stand with the public?
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/09/2026
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Make registration automatic. Give election offices the duty to keep citizens registered and see their vote count correctly.
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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Taking brisket away from Texans might be what turns Texas blue
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The best case scenario is that the president of the United States is an addled old man who is impotently lashing out at his critics as his administration collapses around him. Possible alternative explanations... are more sinister. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
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President Trump keeps casually accusing news outlets of treason
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mining issues are always a bit niche until they're digging up the precise thing you need. Potash is fertilizer. Belarus and Canada have most of it, and export a lot to other countries.
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Søren Sjøgren @sorensjogren.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Eisenhower's matrix looks like time management advice. It isn't. It's about what an organisation is for. One general in our research put it more simply: do only what you alone can do. The rest should be delegated. The delegated work doesn't matter less. The point is that it isn't yours.
This is Eisenhower's matrix. It has two axes: Important vs not important and urgent vs not urgent. That provides a neat 2x2 matrix, helping leaders prioritise their daily tasks.
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
lol years and years of attempts to rehabilitate george w bush as an old guard pre-trump republican and he goes, "no, this obeisantly anti-constitutional republican senate majority should remain in control for the duration of the trump presidency"
George W. Bush and Cornyn Leave Out Paxton as They Raise Cash for Senate Candidates
The former president and Texas senator are headlining a fund-raiser in Dallas for top Republican Senate candidates. Not included: Ken Paxton, the nominee in their own state.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Omg so many. Far fewer deal warming, livestock or disease bc of so tech advancements. Clothes are cheaper. Whole nations get more calories and nutrients and food supply is more stable. Also, computers w punch cards! So drudgery is more but suffering is less?
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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 20/09/2026
My friend Micah Reddy, a journalist with dual South African and British nationality, has gone missing while working on a story in Djibouti. If you know anyone in Djibouti who might be able to help, please get in touch. If not, please share this post so more people find out about Micah. It's urgent.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Staying up late and watching Star City. Incredible show. #appletv #starcity
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Other news organizations should leave the White House. They can of course still cover the administration--almost none of their coverage depends on being there physically. But they shouldn't stay there, raising their hands dutifully in the briefing room, as if it's business as usual.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This should be a concern for laws related to campaign funding. Do we want our representatives to fear creating laws that are popular with voters?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Expanding the Supreme Court is a popular idea, pass it on
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Less than half of Americans use it. Less than a quarter use it daily. The megacorps building it are faaar out over their skis. Time for us to focus on everyday people and their needs.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Maybe they should have built out their defenses rather than some weird mirror covered train.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When we tear down the ballroom and arch, we should consider grinding all of it to dust and letting it disappear in the wind.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I genuinely don't understand why registration isn't automattic, and why the govt doesn't have a duty to help ensure every citizen casts a ballot. It isn't hard. Let, and help, everyone vote!
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is the kind of warning about AI that needs to be shared.
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Oaf @languidoaf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
CEO of Taco Bell: we’re actually worried that some of our upcoming items could destroy humanity as well
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
As a software engineer and data scientist, I approve this message.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@carnage4life.bsky.social Mate, just curious if you've ever heard of proposals for the US govt building its own AI: govt data centers, govt engineering, publicly released models. I haven't heard of it, but I can't be the first to think about it.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We love a big tent.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Saturday night workout. 30 min run (got 4.43 km). Then 3rd week of a Wendler cycle: back squats, bench press, deadlifts, strict press. #over40 #fitness #lifting #running #5km #weightlifting
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I'm glad the investigation is proceeding. Also, any mistreatment of Black Americans is a stain on all of us. We must work to end it now. Hangings? **Absolutely** intollerable.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Where is the Duty of Care? The community expects agencies, orgs, and persons to fulfill their responsibility to the community.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
How did this guy have a career looking like Butthead?
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dems must make as much ground as possible in the Senate. That'll set us up for the trifecta we need in 2028 to right the ship.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Appears the police need something to do. I wonder if there are unsolved crimes in those counties. Maybe they can focus their energy there.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I literally only care if he's paying the $1.3T price tag with his own stolen money.
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Democrqcy kistened in 2016 and 2024. It'll listen in 2028, even if Alito doesn't like it.
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Inquiring minds want to know - why don’t we get the dividend now, since he already has both houses of congress?
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Trump mouths off. We all collectively regret him being American"
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As an ardent advocate both of the idea that there are valid rules of constitutional law that aren't in the text and also that the Constitution has a strong policy of judicial independence, let me just say: Yeah WSJ is full of shit here
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As I explained the last time this dumb argument made the rounds, if Congress was never allowed to change the Court’s size (something it’s done seven times), that would mean four of the *current* justices (all of whom are Republicans) hold unconstitutionally created seats: www.ms.now/opinion/repu...
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Republicans say court packing is 'unconstitutional.' They're wrong.
The argument that court expansion is unconstitutional is weak, transparently political — and most importantly, wrong.
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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 09/09/2026
I wonder what the WSJ said about McConnell refusing to hold a hearing for Garland.* And by "I wonder" I actually mean, "I have not a single shred of doubt."
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Dear brothers, I realised today that the children of the Silent Generation are (in part) responsible for electing the fascist. One generation fought the fascists. Their children elected a fascist. With Liberty and Justice for All, Your Brother
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Jason Lee @thejasonlee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Is it derivative work? How little has to change? All this innovation and we are just rechurning old IP law issues.
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