John Rogers

Putting these two posts together like pieces of a lost amulet and watching a lesson about geopolitics emerge like a genie

Stop Calling Stakes High or Low: Call them Near or Far Instead This Saturday I’m reading at Babylon Salon in SF! You can still get a signed personalized copy of Lessons in Magic and Disaster, my novel about a trans witch...

"I would like to throw the concept of low stakes and high stakes into the nearest volcano and never speak of these concepts again. Rather, I would like to talk about stakes that are near or far."

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They convinced not just Acosta but tons of the most powerful and successful civilians in the country that Epstein was just a hapless john who was being persecuted by a crazy female AUSA for the victimless crime of prostitution with wicked girls who just happened to be underage.

I don't think you can understand how Epstein's lawyers were so effective without taking into account both political connections and pre-me-too rape culture.

I violently agree with this dek:

“The idea that Democrats are weirdly and extremely obsessed with "identity politics" and pronouns is a right wing propaganda fiction not supported by polling data, and Democratic party leaders should not be perpetuating it.”

AI cameras are everywhere — and people are paying the price for their mistakes Flock Safety's license plate readers are used by police in thousands of communities. When the cameras make mistakes, the consequences can be severe.

“In a dozen instances, misreads by Flock's automated license plate readers, or a lack of verification by officers, resulted in people who hadn't committed crimes being stopped at gunpoint, sent to jail, or mauled by a police dog, among other outcomes.”

Our favorite engineers re-establish their local office in Cornwall.

“Techbro” is distinctly a different breed than “techie”.

Investigation: DHS increasingly targeting U.S. citizens A new Wall Street Journal investigation finds the department is increasingly turning its wrath on U.S. citizens, punishing them for filming or observing officers.

A new Wall Street Journal investigation finds DHS is increasingly turning its wrath on U.S. citizens, punishing them for simply filming or observing officers.

Belle Cushing is one of the reporters behind the investigation. She spoke with MPR News guest host Emily Reese about it.

Armed with Impunity Podcast Episode · Sidebar by Courthouse News · March 10 · 27m

NEW: Why is it so hard to charge ICE officers with wrongdoing? What role did SCOTUS play? And how are advocates pushing for change?

Our new episode of Sidebar unpacks this complex legal maze. Listen here: @sidebarcns.bsky.social

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Oh we did fix that. Then panicked managers and owners of commercial real estate freaked out so we unfixed it.

the math is unassailable!

From education to creativity to social interaction, techbros keep inventing tech to skip things they find hard or dull, and are genuinely confused we don’t crave the same
liberation they do.

For the tech world, education *is* a chore, you want to get the bare minimum as fast as possible before jumping in and making big bank at a start up, or as an entrepreneur yourself. Everything in the path of wealth or power or validation *through* these things must be discarded.

But the one thing it does do well is code *touches earpiece* I’m getting an update …

Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist

Trump is the perfect avatar for today’s Right and their anti-egalitarian, anti-pluralistic project that runs on radicalizing grievance.

The white nationalism, the patriarchal domination, the oligarchic control, the Christian supremacism: They are all tied together.

GOP congressman from Tennessee Andy Ogles posted on Ex-Twitter on March 9: “Muslims don't belong in American society. Pluralism is a lie.”

“Pluralism is a lie”
 
That really is the consensus on the Right: It’s all a lie, no one actually wants it, it’s all just a conspiracy orchestrated by globalist elites, it destroys the nation.
 
It’s the one thing that unites all the factions on the MAGA right: A rabid disdain of pluralism.

Entire administration of domestic abusers and rapists

As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy

“Hamlet is eight speeches …”

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It's important to remember that the stock market is not reflective of the value of the comnpanies listed, it is a mood ring for rich people.

I have consistently, since term 1, used the "family annihilator" framing when discussing the MAGA movement. Once you realize it, it's impossible to miss seeing it in everything they do.

A picture of Marco Rubio shoes that are too large for him

I’m a grown man who works for the president of the United States who is afraid to not wear the shoes he bought me that do not fit

I cannot emphasize enough that these people are being laid off for failing to do things that are literally impossible

You’re welcome.

We’re not the targets here, but a great thread on how social engineering is used for hacking. This is a really lovely bit of phishing.

Ahead of 2028, Sen. Cory Booker to unveil bill to make $75,000 in income tax-free The bill is a marker for the next time Democrats get a chance to rewrite the tax code. The New Jersey senator told NBC News he's keeping the door open to a 2028 presidential bid.

At first glance this idea may SOUND good, but the truth is that no poor person will benefit from it, middle class people will benefit from it only marginally, but the well-to-do would benefit substantially. This is a perverse policy disguised as a middle class cut

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I would not take that bet. And that’s terrifying.