iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Brendan Greeley @bhgreeley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hammurabi, the only guy in history who could credibly say "I am the code"

A stele containing the text of the Code of Hammurabi in the Louvre

Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Can the States Stop the Corporate Domination of Our Politics?” Excellent deep dive by James Baratta in The American Prospect on how CAP’s Corporate Power Reset is getting dark and corporate money out of America’s politics.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 22/09/2026

By the time this year’s primary season was winding down, corporations had already shelled out more than half a billion dollars in support of congressional candidates. prospect.org?p=145115

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Okay, this is an incredibly, incredibly cool discovery. The brain stem is a different organ?

The researchers' breakthrough came from studying the earliest moments of embryonic
development, during a stage called gastrulation when the body first takes shape. Jokhai and Dundes discovered that the hindbrain follows a separate developmental path, running in parallel to - rather than branching off from — the pathway that creates the forebrain and midbrain.

The researchers learned this from examining developing mouse embryos. They identified two different brain progenitor cells.
One, which expresses a gene called Otx2, is destined to become the forebrain and midbrain. The other, which expresses a gene called Gbx2, is committed to forming the hindbrain. They showed that these two cell populations never overlap; they are mutually exclusive from the earliest stages of development.

The team then examined the DNA packaging, or chromatin, in these cells. Chromatin is a way cells determine which genes can be easily accessed and which are bundled away out of reach. What they found was striking: The anterior neural ectoderm (future forebrain and midbrain) and posterior neural ectoderm (future hindbrain) have fundamentally different chromatin configurations.
These differences essentially locked each progenitor cell into its respective fate, like travelers on parallel tracks that never cross.

Finally, the researchers looked back over 550 million years of evolutionary time. They found the same two-origin brain pattern in chickens; zebrafish; and,
remarkably, in acorn worms, tiny creatures living on the ocean floor that share a distant common ancestor with humans. Jellyfish, which diverged from humans about 600 to 700 million years ago, have two nervous systems at different ends of their body.
"Our research suggests that evolution took two existing neural systems and pushed them together spatially," Loh said. "Having the brain as one organ would probably be more efficient, but we rely on this primordial way to make the brain as two separate pieces."

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We need to get dark and corporate money out of our politics. Read more from CAP's @thmoore.bsky.social: nyti.ms/4xAi4Du

Graphic set against a dark grey textured background with partial U.S. hundred-dollar bills visible in the top left and bottom right corners. Large white quotation marks frame a central quote. The word "Everybody" is printed in white serif text, followed by the word "DARK" styled in large, ransom-note-style cutout letters made from pieces of paper with patterns from U.S. currency and bold black letters. The quote concludes with "money." in white serif text.

Below the quote on the right side, white text reads:
"Tom Moore
Senior Fellow, Democracy and Government
Center for American Progress"

Small, fine print at the bottom left reads:
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Source: The New York Times, 'Montana Ban Would Strike at Political Spending, and the Supreme Court' (2026)."

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Can confirm. Just last week, I heard a person whom I believe to be a Russian asset offer $5,000 to voters if Republicans won the midterms.

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Clear the room. No other journalistic outlet should set foot in the White House until this is reversed. Appeasement, and I use that word carefully, will not deter Trump.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If I were still in the wh press pool, it would be such a no brainer (tho it’s not like I ever was granted decision making power): no one go until this is lifted and if you do, you are no longer a member of the WHCA

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026

Trump looks at a placard that reads "Kennedy Center DEMOLITION" as he lands at Joint Base Andrews tonight (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty)

pic of Trump through the plane window looking at a placard

zoom in on placard where text is visible

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This seems like big news: Apparently, all these checks are gonna bounce! That’s the only way they don’t add to the debt.

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🎂 A year ago, the Corporate Power Reset, CAP's legal strategy to undo Citizens United, was just an idea. Today, it's the law in Hawaii, Montana voters are likely to pass it in November, and it'll be on the move in 30+ states next year. 🎂 Read about it here: www.americanprogress.org/series/the-c...

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

One year ago, the Corporate Power Reset, CAP's novel legal strategy to undo Citizens United, was just an idea. Today, it's the law in Hawaii, likely to pass in Montana this November, and poised to move forward in 30+ other states next year.

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

OK, so, if I'm following the President's logic carefully, The Presidents Bush did a terrific job in nominating Supreme Court justices (Alito & Thomas) while he, Donald J. Trump, has done a shitty, shitty, shockingly bad job, so bad that his incompetence is endangering our country.

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Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Great to join @katieleebarlow.bsky.social to discuss the @brennancenter.org’s recent report on the barrage of threats that federal judges and their families are facing at a time of democracy under strain. District court judges in particular are on the front lines of upholding our Constitution.

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm not convinced that this will address the entire threat, but sure, it's probably not a bad idea to go get one.

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We’re all going to die because Don dislikes Dario?

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Our election systems are transparent and secure. You know who knows? My CAP (@americanprogress.bsky.social) colleague Ben Hovland, who monitored the 2020 & 2024 elections firsthand. So make sure you’re registered to vote! Ben writes in @usatoday.com: tinyurl.com/66znszj5

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I monitored voting in 2020, 2024. Our elections aren't being stolen.

Facts and truth matter. Exaggerated claims of noncitizen voters and outright lies about compromised voting equipment are being repeated far too often.

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Me in the ABA’s Human Rights magazine: "Every state has always held the power to keep corporations out of its politics. Hawaii and Montana are the first in a century to use it, but they're likely not the last."

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Corporations: Creatures of the State

States can use long-dormant corporate charter powers to strip corporations of the authority to spend money in elections, offering a state-level path around Citizens United to curb corporate and dark-m...

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Not sure what the top choice is here. Is "fine" the passive-aggressive "fine" ("How are you doing?" she asked. "Fine," I snapped) or the superlative "fine" ("Amy is fiiiiine")?

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is the kind of thing I’m going to hold onto for a long time. I will use it to remind anyone who supports Trump now or admires him in the future just how little Trump thinks of our great country.

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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞 Big news: The Washington Sun launches w/: — Huge investment in DC & local reporters — Legend Tom Sietsema — Capital Weather — Newsroom of +100, w/ great reporters (& me) Comes after Bezos's enormous cuts to WaPo To support, sign up for (free!) newsletter: washingtonsun.com/newsletters

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It’s about time Washington had a real newspaper! I was very pleased to subscribe to the brand-new Washington Sun this morning. washingtonsun.com

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Man, I took *way* too long to try out this adjunct professor thing! Half a mil!

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Oh, you know, where there’s a will, there’s a way. And there will be a will.

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I don’t know when the "Nights Are Forever" movie will get going, but Ryan Gosling and, presumably, Captain Kangaroo’s grandson will be perfect.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

From gas to groceries, American families are footing the bill for Trump's reckless war in Iran.

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This MO Sup Ct opinion is a big deal. Completely invalidates all of the congressional primaries, undoes the mid-decade map, and puts the blame squarely (and unanimously) on SOS Hoskins. (Per state law, the parties will probably just pick the primary winners to be on the general election ballot.)

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"Missouri Supreme Court puts referendum to overturn new congressional map on ballot" #ELB

The opinion is here. I might have more to say about this in the coming days, but Missouri’s Secretary of State refused to put this referendum on the ballot based on an aggressive interpretation of the...

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ugh, Apple folded. Acutely disappointing. I’ve admired Tim Cook for a long time for a lot of reasons, but he has failed this late test of leadership.

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I’ll go further. I wouldn’t be shocked if you work for him.

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Words matter. I appreciate that The Atlantic uses the correct name of an important government department whose name would have to be changed by statute.

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Don’t fold, Apple. Abetting Trump’s little hissy fit against America’s closest ally is weak. It will come back to bite you hard. Apple will be around long after this petty tyrant is gone. Act like it.

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Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Every hour there's a story of like a Norwegian death metal guy saying hey I never met Dolly Parton but she sent me a handwritten note saying she loved our song Corpse in the Copse and to keep speaking our truth

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton supported so many important causes, among them donating a million dollars to COVID vaccine research early in the pandemic, which saved millions of lives. She will always be remembered as a champion of the people.

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KJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

there will be many ways to celebrate dolly parton and the one I want to point out is that she was a friend of Miss Piggy

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’s a hard-candy August.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 11/09/2025

Steinbeck, East of Eden

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"I hope life treats you kind. And I hope you have all you dreamed of. And I wish you joy and happiness. But above all of this I wish you love." —Dolly Parton

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The Democratic nominee for governor in Colorado is a good guy and a fan of the Corporate Power Reset (amprog.org/cpr), but it really would be a much more interesting couple of years if this guy won.

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