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one day I'll finally convince myself to log out 🇨🇴🇺🇲
Denver, CO
Joined July 2011
Wendy Carlos showing the tone, texture, and range of the early Moog synthesizer (1970)
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The NYT reports the mystery donor who gave $130M to pay troops during the shutdown is reclusive billionaire Timothy Mellon of Wyoming.
NEW: Colorado has a new welcome sign, of sorts. The billboard at the CO-WY state line warning "Venezuela Ahead, Be Prepared!" bears the name of Donald Trump's biggest billionaire megadonor. #copolitics
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My latest for the NYT: "You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator." On what's happening in Peru and in large parts of Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil. Read here:
nytimes.com
What happens when the state doesn’t curb predatory private powers?
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EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO. https://t.co/BHSud48VAh
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Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
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During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days. https://t.co/c9C7Zm4wsn
chicago.suntimes.com
During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before...
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happy music journalism humiliation ritual day to all who celebrate
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Trump shares an AI-generated video promising every American a “MedBed card.” Tammy’s been waiting since 2021. How do you bring people back to a shared reality when those in power keep stringing them along?
Trump has finally unveiled his long-awaited healthcare plan. “Every American will soon receive their own MedBed card.” — DJT
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AI right now
so let me get this right: Oracle says Openai committed $300B for cloud compute → oracle stock jumps 36% (best day since 1992) Oracle runs on Nvidia GPUs → has to buy billions in chips from Nvidia Nvidia just announced they're investing $100B into openai Openai uses that
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The online footprint of the 16-year-old boy who shot two students and then himself at Evergreen High School this week fits into a new wave of online extremism that calls for violence as a way to destroy society, experts said -->
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Desmond Holly’s focus on the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School is a central feature of these online extremist ecosystems, an expert said.
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Colombia is entering a difficult election year, amid rising armed group violence. The temptation to seek a military solution is a false one. Peace talks work. Sustaining their gains is harder. My column today in @nytimes offers a way forward. https://t.co/uv82JXrvu3
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Colombia’s return to conflict is a lesson in how hard it is to sustain progress toward peace.
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she stole pedagogical valor and you all find it cute???
“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨” — Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce announcing their engagement
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Hearing that the U of Chicago cuts to the humanities come from the university taking out loads of debt to expand over the past two decades and being unable pay the interest. The problem with the Chicago School of Economics is that eventually you run out of other people's money?
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Important context for the flight attendant strike.
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