Sara Gaiser

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One of my quotes in @milesklee.bsky.social's latest, on the Tesla robotaxi fraud that somehow never seems to end www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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tbh our friends and partners and spouses and relatives who don’t want to talk about this are right, it’s all of us who are wrong

Anecdotally *a lot* of people are tuning out of the political news right now. My normally politically engaged wife and mother both just don't want to hear any of it at the moment. We, the politically mainlining hedge pundit class of BlueSky are busy chasing every new tennis ball, but we're weirdos

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Obviously lots of institutional and organizational psychodrama led up to this moment but it's also just sort of boiled down now to the fact that it WOULD be the biggest news around if Biden DID step aside so the Times is in a fugue state of treating not having the story as if they did have the story

Nothing has changed the narrative

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So @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com tweeted my piece on Trump’s mass deportation plan, adding that he doubts most people understand how cruel and abusive it would be to carry out. It went viral, which brought hundreds of blue check responses. The gist: They know. And that’s why they love it.

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I will never forget the interview, shortly after Ozy Media Inc. was formed, where Carlos Watson said he named it after the poem, because "the lesson you take from [Ozymandias] is that you have to dream big." So that's why liberal arts education is important.

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I've seen a lot of one-offs of people holding these signs, but what is truly chilling is a sea of these being held up by delegates.

In case you missed it this was one of the official signs handed out by the RNC for delegates to wave. Not a joke, not a.i.

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We ran a whole campaign at EFF to get Venmo to even make it possible for users to hide their social networks. The fact that JD Vance couldn't be bothered to turn that option on is a lesson in the tyranny of default settings. www.wired.com/story/jd-van...

J.D. Vance Left His Venmo Public. Here’s What It Showswww.wired.com The Republican VP nominee's Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against.

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Post-debate polling hasn't been great for Biden but it hasn't been awful. Down-ballot Dems outperform him. So I don't get, "Democrats fully expect polls after the Republican National Convention to show a possible blowout that could bring down Democrats in Congress." www.axios.com/2024/07/18/p...

Behind the Curtain: Top Democrats now believe Biden will exitwww.axios.com The pressure to step aside as a candidate has been rising to intolerable levels.

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In my book, this is worse than secretly taking lavish gifts: Clarence Thomas cut off the boy he was "raising as a son" after the kid failed a drug test in high school. He's in jail now, but doesn't think the Thomases even know. "I just wish they’d at least communicate with me," he says.

Clarence Thomas’s “Son” Breaks Silence From Jailnewrepublic.com Mark Martin, the man raised by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as a “son,” is speaking out on the sad truth of their relationship.

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I would love to see the formal complaints that lead to this decision.

"Denmark’s food agency has recalled South Korean instant ramen produced by a brand popular in the west, warning noodle lovers that they were so hot they might cause “acute poisoning”." 😂 If you, like me were wondering if they're also recalling the 2X the answer is yes.

Denmark recalls South Korean firm’s instant noodles for being too spicywww.theguardian.com Three products from Samyang Foods assessed to be so hot they pose risk of ‘acute poisoning’

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I'm begging everyone who has Peacock to watch We Are Lady Parts season 2. It's so good and I need more of this show. Or if you don't have Peacock, pony up for just one month so you can watch this incredible show. Please.

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I have flown the flags that were in the attic and which you were probably saving for retirement Forgive me they were insurrectionist so many and so satisfying

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Farmers in Bastrup, TX were hopeful when Elon Musk bought land nearby, but now he’s turning the area into “an environmentally hazardous industrial park.” Authorities won’t do anything because they’re understaffed and “intimidated by their powerful new neighbor.”

Their Dream Was to Build an Organic Farm. Then Elon Musk Moved Into the Neighborhood.www.texasmonthly.com The Tesla CEO has brought jobs to Bastrop, Texas. Along the way, some locals say, the Boring Company, SpaceX, and suppliers have upended a way of life.

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“The men and women who were killed had families, they had dreams, they had futures. They were loved. They went to Pulse — it was Latin Night — to be with friends and to dance. Their lives should not be forgotten.” #Pulse

Seeing their faces and reading their names always makes me weepy: Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando: Remembering the victims of June 12, 2016 www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/06/11/p...

Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando: Remembering the victims of June 12, 2016www.orlandosentinel.com Family and friends and our community remember the victims of Orlando’s Pulse nightclub massacre – the 49 lives lost on June 12, 2016. Here are their stories.

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This book is authored by Alan Gratz, who is a founding member of Authors Against Book Bans, pls join us

School officials in Florida have banned a book about book banning

'Challenges our authority': School board in Florida bans book about book banswww.tallahassee.com Indian River County School Board members, for example, said they disliked how it referenced other books that had been removed from schools.

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Keep in mind: There’s a ballot measure in Arizona this fall, put there by the GOP, that’d pretty much kill popular initiatives there. Direct retaliation for progressive measures on minimum wage, gerrymandering, abortion, campaign finance. boltsmag.org/arizona-ball...

Arizona Republicans Set Up a Ballot Measure to Squash Future Ballot Measuresboltsmag.org A constitutional amendment, placed on the November ballot by GOP lawmakers, would severely restrict direct democracy through strict geographic requirements on ballot petitions.

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This morning we published some research showing that millions of Americans couldn't prove their citizenship to register to vote, as some Republicans are demanding. Check out the NPR writeup here: www.npr.org/2024/06/11/n...

1 in 10 eligible U.S. voters say they can’t easily show proof of their citizenshipwww.npr.org An estimated 21.3 million adult U.S. citizens don't have or can't easily access documents proving their citizenship. The findings raise concerns about requiring proof when registering eligible voters.

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NEW: After Netanyahu's government was caught ordering a malign influence operation against US voters last week, WIRED began questioning US lawmakers about it. We've been stonewalled at every turn. The White House even denied having heard of it.

US Leaders Dodge Questions About Israel’s Influence Campaignwww.wired.com Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has joined US intelligence officials in ignoring repeated inquiries about Israel’s “malign” efforts to covertly influence US voters.

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A new study says that due to an increase of around 55% in wind and solar generation between 2019 and 2022, air quality in the United States shot up and asthma risk fell. #ShareGoodNewsToo buff.ly/3Rh9C9Z

Increasing use of renewable energy in US yields billions of dollars of benefitsbuff.ly New study published in Cell Reports Sustainability finds emission reductions provided $249bn of climate and health benefits

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I don't want all my appliances to be "smart" or require a subscription and an app

What’s the most boomer complaint you have?

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Photo of East St. Louis institution (1934-1976) "Harvey’s Sandwich System" which offered 25¢ brain sandwiches, a St. Louis delicacy, likely taken from the local meat packing plant, at their drive-in window. Feel free to offer to people who need them.

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My new thesaurus is terrible. Not only that, but it's also terrible.

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People go on about the bully pulpit but it’s extensively documented that when the president weighs in on a topic, the immediate effect is to polarize opinion about it along partisan lines. One of those results that, once you hear it, is blindingly obvious.

[norman rockwell guy] i think it’s bad, actually, that so many people think the president of the united states should step in and publicly arbitrate every regional dispute in the country and i can promise that you absolutely will not like it if they do

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We’re seeing the first stages of what is being described as an historic deal between the US and Saudi Arabia, according to Bloomberg. The US will provide previously off-limit weapons and commit to Riyadh’s security. In return Saudis will limit Chinese tech and build… 1/2

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I swear to you this is real.

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When media outlets call Tesla's driving assistance systems "self-driving," or "driverless," or "autonomous," they aren't just enabling fraud. These words induce user overtrust and inattention, exacerbating Tesla's already dangerous design decisions. More here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Autonowashing: The Greenwashing of Vehicle Automationwww.sciencedirect.com The presence of automation is growing in the domains of our homes, workplaces, and roadways. Vehicle automation in particular is raising critical huma…

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I needed this today @alt-text.bsky.social

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but not quite as bad as Jerry Fallwell's autobiography, where he told the "colorful" story of the "prank" his dad played on a coworker (killed his cat and then fed it to him)