Congressional staffers say an onslaught of calls and emails asking for members to support a cease-fire has caught Dems completely off-guard. âIâve never seen such a disconnect between where voters and constituents are and where Congress is"
Congressional staff say the mood inside the Capitol is tense, stifling and bewildering as members brush off their constituentsâ outrage.
Michelle salzman needs to make her tweets public. "In tears, Florida State Rep @AngieNixon begs for a ceasefire and asks how many dead Palestinians will be enough. Republican @michellesalzman (@FLHouseRep) shouts out, "All of them." twitter.com/aamer_rahman...
Yay! Danica Roem projected to become Virginia's first transgender state Senator, defeating MAGA Glenn Youngkin's handpicked bigot Bill Woolf, who vowed to ban trans athletes from competition. A great night for Democrats and human beings in general. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
Virginia Democrat Danica Roem was projected to win her election Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, becoming the commonwealthâs first openly transgender state senator and the first out trâŚ
American elections are great. Once a year, we get to see if âshoot poison into the water supply with space lasersâ or âdonât do thatâ wins 51-49.
Meeting one-on-one with my methods students this week to discuss their prjcts. One student is designing a syllabus around @docdre.bsky.social's critical technocultural discourse analysis + wants to show popular applications. Would welcome "critical tech" podcast/documentary recs (like these âŹ)!
"The greatest risk is that large language models act as a form of âshock doctrineâ, where the sense of world-changing urgency that accompanies them is used to transform social systems without democratic debate". From Dan McQuillanâs evidence to Parliament: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidencâŚ
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Apropos of nothing in particular, periodic reminder that all the batshit Florida Man / Florida Woman stories are just because Florida doesnât protect the privacy of people charged with crimes like most states too. This kinda nonsense is secretly happening EVERYWHERE IN THE US, ALL THE TIME.
Sometimes I like to remind myself that Proctor & Gamble knew the talc they used in baby powder caused cancer in babies and adults for years AND had a safer substitute available but chose not to change ingredients because it would cut into their profits. Govt officials knew, too.