Jacob Malcom

Yes: www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-it-i...

A few thoughts on BAAJA: lnkd.in/p/ebKqBy_C

USPS workers’ greatest concern about Trump’s mail voting plan was a requirement that they reject ballots for an array of reasons. “That’s not what we do. We deliver mail. We don’t decide what goes and what doesn’t.”

#FuckFascists

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

Yup. And it doesn't have to be "mention climate change OR El Nino." You can do both! I checked the climate rulebook. It's totally allowed. And 100% check out that @climatecentral.org report on El Nino. 🔽 www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...

The wind-down of another beautiful day here in the mid-Atlantic… @capitalweather.com

Just got the o-fish-ial first copy of my second book, “why sustainable seafood matters!” After years of research, writing, and edits, it’s an amazing feeling to hold it in my hands! You can get your own copy, available for preorder now and coming out in November. @hopkinspress.bsky.social

I got my phone number while in Texas doing my PhD and have retained it over the years, and my goodness, the number of spam calls I'm getting, I presume funded by Musk...geez.

Disenfranchisement expanding because of cuts to the (constitutionally mandated) US Postal Service. Excellent work from @propublica.org as usual, bad news for democracy… www.propublica.org/article/mail...

To-do list for SD Mayor Pete and DSD Uncle Frank (and the transition team): - at 1201 rip down the stupid fucking sign, regardless of whether Congress has officially changed the name (not looking good for the 27 NDAA lol) - at 1202 issue orders to rename all the confederate bases back*

Voted!

Many analysts are finding that BAAJA is a bad "deal," and fortunately we have the American Petroleum Institute to help confirm that assessment:

Crypto industry alone is now up to an insane $55 million spent trying to defeat Sherrod Brown. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Why is this student so upset about the mushroom, though? What could it have done to make her protest across the whole continent

i don't think we can come to a reasonable compromise with this

For the annals of why Oxford commas, and sentence structure generally, matter: "Memphis Democrat Justin J. Pearson is building a...coalition in Tennessee’s gerrymandered 9th District around opposition to data centers, gun safety and affordability, suggesting a populist message..." Odd opposition!

This guy was caught on video committing one of the worst road rage incidents I've ever seen, plowing into a group of riders—and then he left the scene. Seriously, fuck the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for framing him as some sort of a victim. You are complicit assholes. www.ajc.com/news/2026/10...

Really striking stuff from new NYT poll: Dems lead GOP on every major issue, including immigration, and are seen as the party of the working class by a 13-point margin:

In reviewing BAAJA, I'm struck by how...lame?...the distributed energy sections are. They're there, but it seems like so much more could be done rather than ways to coddle the current power industry. This convo from @volts.wtf explains a lot... www.volts.wtf/p/can-distri...

It is, in fact, the corruption…corruption all the way to the core. This is not good news for our national parks. wessiler.substack.com/p/whats-behi...

I've seen the figure @joshtpm.bsky.social focuses on a couple of times and after bewilderment, turn to thinking about how the USG can redirect all the construction capacity after the AI bubble bursts, a la the New Deal / Marshall Plan / etc. Next Congress,,, talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/its-t...

“The Anthropic Iceberg” — Tommy Thornton 👀 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

How do we get to "enough?" www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...

crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.

Would love to connect with these folks to combine their analysis with @climatecentral.org's Climate Shift Index. I bet we could add some real-time human-caused climate change attribution to their heat storms. (And I think we all know what we'd find out.) csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...

Yes! And not only that, we need many more pieces of this *type* of legislation: lawmakers laying out specific, big ideas for structural changes to problems affecting people's lives, as well as even more audacious bills to build out the flank. Privacy, taxation, media consolidation...so many options.

“The CISA employees repeatedly told the political appointees that their request was impossible, in part because the agents capable of pulling off such an operation had just been laid off by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative.”

The trade in credit default swaps is surging as investors seek protection in the event the AI boom unravels. The insurance-like derivatives, which pay out if a company defaults on its debt, last rose to prominence during the 2008 financial crisis. Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/VAF717U

How did you find out the young man’s identity, @wsj.com? hmm?

Productive business capital like AI? Prediction markets? Vulture capitalism? And what do businesses do with those investments? Stock buybacks? Executive bonuses? Mergers and acquisitions? Dividends? Thanks but I think I'll take my chances with confiscatory taxes.

81% of the 2400 stocks in the MSCI's global stock index are already suffering losses due to extreme heat, costing $3.9 trillion every year. There are no safe havens from climate change, not even in a stock portfolio Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

If we tax Elon Musk and his fellow billionaires appropriately, every child in America can have healthcare, education, and a well funded social safety net instead of some racist billionaire’s pathetic pr stunt

I mean it’s good to see a bit of contrition, but “we gave our employees some software with no clear application which I assumed was magic and ordered them to use it for everything” needs a “so I have no choice but to resign” at the end. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"...all [presidential] systems are based on dual democratic legitimacy: no democratic principle exists to resolve disputes between the executive and the legislature about which of the two actually represents the will of the people." From [The Perils of Presidentialism](bit.ly/4eGHsRt)

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Charges *should* be pursued: arstechnica.com/security/202...

AI researchers warn technology 'months away' from being able to get reimbursement using Concur