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RETVRN (immigration enforcement to Labor and the peacetime Coast Guard to Transportation)
Rep. Delia C. Ramirez has introduced a bill that would abolish not just ICE, but the DHS altogether, repealing the 2002 law establishing the agency and replacing it with one focused on protecting civil and human rights.
It’s called “the pathetic fallacy” because Anthropic sounds like pathetic suckers for making these claims. They are literally being hoisted on their own simulacrum of a petard
Anthropic is out with new nonsense about Claude (or the collection of models called Claude) deserving moral consideration and/or be able to feel distress, so my inbox is filling up with journos asking me to comment. I've also got a day job, so here is a brief set of public comments on this: >>
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What We Are Seeking by @lateonsetgirl.bsky.social
What is the last short story or book you read and loved that was written by a trans author?
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Even if you subscribe and use an ad blocker, the constant popups nagging you to use the app and create linked subscriptions for family members make the website a miserable experience. I guess they want to be a daily puzzle games site? Because they certainly don't want anyone reading their articles.
bsky.app/profile/acyn... You'd think Kevin McCarthy would tire of being absolutely humiliated by his own party, but the man just does not learn
Platner: credible accusations if abuse. Dems: “You’re out” Max Miller: pours boiling water on his wife, holds a gun to her head and fractures their daughters collar bone Jim Jordan: “he is a great man, I’m working to get him re-elected” Never let them tell you both parties are the same.
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BIG DEAL on voting rights this morning: Governor Spanberger just restored the voting rights of some 60,000+ Virginians. Her move reverses Youngkin's abrupt decision in 2023 to end automatic voting rights restoration, which brought Virginia back to a system of default lifetime disenfranchisement.
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DC statehood now
Trump extends National Guard Deployment in DC to Jan. 20, 2029, "or until terminated by the President." Unclear if this includes ALL 5,150 troops, including those from multiple states deployed for "Freedom 250" who (for some reason) are slated to stay through August. cbs4local.com/news/nation-...
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the entire conservative media apparatus was born out of a conviction that what happened to Nixon should never again happen to a Republican president and it worked and they now feel comfortable enough to admit it
JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."
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exactly the right response
There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
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I am absolutely shocked that the person who wrote this is over 25. "The Department of Homeland Security" sounded like a bad joke when it was proposed, like someone had taken the wrong lesson from 1984 or V for Vendetta.
DHS was originally conceived in the interest of unity and harmony — and the phrase "homeland security" was originally meant to be reassuring. n.pr/4nOx8KP
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The former director of Mossad, Tamir Pardo, went on a tour of the West Bank to examine settler violence. He said it made him "ashamed to be Jewish" and that "it reminded me of the events that happened in the last century against Jews." 13tv.co.il/item/news/po...
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The fact that an artificial bipedal chassis made it 13 miles is the impressive part. It almost feels like a foregone conclusion that once the mechanics of humanoid movement can be mimicked, the robotic version can be made faster than any meat sack. It's also not competing with humans. Weird framing
A humanoid robot won a half-marathon in Beijing in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, finishing faster than Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo's world record. Read more: https://cnn.it/4sGl276
Mr. and Mrs. Met should do a photo op with @bradlander.bsky.social just to rub salt in Sid Rosenberg's wounded pride.
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