on the other hand, egg-throwing is now a costly signal, suggestive of commitment.

they think blunt, straightforward solutions are what used to make America great and all the pinheads who natter on about difficulties are at best why America is paralyzed, if they aren't also corruptly milking the problem. so they turn their heads from the Medusa of reason and just do the thing.

i always wonder what his, um, collaborators (famous liberal academics) would have to say, if you could sit them down in a dark bar.

(i’d guessed as much! and i’d love it if you included the feature, and then let me know your client’s name. but i don’t want to badger you personally. i offer the suggestion in hopes some consensus might emerge in the developer community, not to make any particular developer feel bullied.)

What are the consequences to a legislator for violating their oath of office?

i agree there’s not likely to be much of a bridge. but that’s why informal crossposting is important, a way conversation can permeate the barrier likely to remain. so features that encourage crossposting are desirable. (none of this is to give homework or impose an obligation on you personally.)

a thing we should learn from both the UK and US experience is that 50%+ε in a single public plebiscite (or less than that in the US case) should be insufficient to occasion sharp changes in a political system. elections are noisy and big changes should require some sort of clear, durable consensus.

just look to the experience of my alma mater, New College of Florida, to see the effect of new board appointments by this movement on academic quality and faculty retention. it’s fast medicine! (poison often is.)

helpfully, Mastodon mentions are distinct in format from Bluesky mentions, and vice versa. BlueSky clients should turn Mastodon mentions into profile links, and Mastodon clients should do the same for BlueSky links. (can’t, and shouldn’t, for X/Twitter, which shares mention format with eg Insta.)

nor executive privilege!

This is effectively random deletion, pure injection of chaos into NSA processes. I’d oppose a purge of DEI-related work on political grounds, but fine. We lose some political fights. There’d be an orderly review and revision over time. But this is turning hostility to DEI into outright sabotage.

yes. besides the unlawful delegation, many of the actions are unlawful and would be unlawful if directed personally by the President. absolutely.

This point is so obvious is should fit in one post. Elon Musk’s role is plainly illegal. The “advice and consent” clause of the Constitution is obviously intended to prevent a President from such powerful delegations of authority without explicit Congressional consent.

i just wrote them. take a minute out of your day.

“what we’re seeing is what you’d expect if China and Russia had somehow managed to install people who wanted to sabotage America’s international position at the highest levels of the U.S. government.”

the Fed chair gets the tone slightly wrong while musing about inflation, markets tumble. the President apparently muses about US Treasuries "It could be that a lot of those things don't count." futures green!

lots more than that if the administration declares some Treasuries fraudulently issued and invalid. bsky.app/profile/cram...

disgust, panicked desire to be rid of them because the foundation of their value has been knocked from under them.

buy treasuries because a recession is coming or sell bonds before a great revulsion destroys US assets? really interesting times!