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Anders Åslund on X: "We must not overestimate the primitiveness of Donald Trump and his trade policy. This man grew up in the corrupt New York real estate mafia world and was mentored by Roy Cohn, who was the chief lawyer of Italian mafia families in New York. Cohn taught Trum three principles:" / X

Isaac Saul on X: "It's remarkable the degree to which there really does not seem to be a plan. Trump "wants to negotiate better trade deals" but "this is not a negotiation." Trump "wants to force zero tariffs and free trade" but this is "really about raising more tariff revenue." Trump "wants" / X

Variety on X: "Carrie Coon breaks down her emotional speech in #TheWhiteLotus finale. "There’s a lot of pressure building up to a big end-of-season monologue, which I’ve had that pressure before. It’s not my first rodeo... There was so much about our real lives in it. We were coming to the end https://t.co/9xjg8dtiXc" / X

Richard D. Bartlett on X: "I've been scratching my head for a week after someone asked 'what became obvious for you after taking psychedelics?' I dunno man it seems self evident that the more primitive pre linguistic processes of consciousness make more immediate and honest contact with reality and have" / X

Unlucky-Prize's comment on "Can someone please tell me why these tariffs are unfair? (Tariff chart attached)."

Will Chamberlain on X: "The finding that he was a member of MS-13 only came up because he asked for bond. The immigration judge reviewed the evidence and found that it "show[ed] he is a verified member of MS-13." and therefore that Abrego-Garcia did not demonstrate "that his release from custody would https://t.co/kDTP4iM35w" / X

Ronan Farrow on X: "JD Vance holds a JD from Yale Law (and so do I). Presumably, he knows that he is disregarding the law here, and being deceptive about the protections it affords. Non-citizens physically present in the United States, regardless of their immigration status, are entitled to due https://t.co/MarkSOUsfF" / X

Kat ⊷ the Poet Engineer on X: "人機骰 （human-computer dice). each side inscribed with one character and form words with the adjacent side. the 6 characters: 人 (rén) – human, person 機 (jī) – machine, mechanism; chance 智 (zhì) – intelligence, wisdom 算 (suàn) – computation, algorithm 變 (biàn) – change, https://t.co/XPLtozT0Qr" / X

Assal Rad on X: "An Israeli soldier confesses to burning buildings in Gaza for no reason and using Palestinians as human shields as a matter of policy. It is crazy that people still deny the mountain of evidence of Israeli war crimes. https://t.co/zzLoTi81y1" / X

derek guy on X: "I don't think this is exactly right. My guess is that a lot of AI art will be similar to what has happened in the clothing industry: technology speeds up production, benefitting consumers. Only enthusiasts will care if something is made by hand or not. Will give examples. 🧵" / X

ruby justice thelot on X: "There is more content about content than content itself. Streams of gameplay, reaction videos, reviews, analysis, etc. are all forms of para-content, or content about content." / X

Kellen Browning on X: "A 26-year-old progressive influencer running against an 80-year-old 14-term Dem incumbent. If Gen Z is as fed up with the status quo as they say, I wonder if we’ll be seeing a lot of these kinds of matchups." / X

Kat Abughazaleh (@abughazalehkat) / X

DiscussingFilm on X: "‘NO OTHER LAND’ co-director Hamdan Ballal has been beaten and injured by Israeli settlers then abducted from the ambulance he was placed in. Yuval Abraham says there has been no sign of Hamdan since." / X

Stephen Richer on X: "@SarahLongwell25 Pardoned the guy who ran one of the biggest channels for trading drugs and weapons (Ross Ulbricht). While complaining that Mexico and Canada don’t do enough to stop … drugs and weapons." / X

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on X: "NEW! The Trump administration ADMITTED last night that many of the people sent to do hard labor in a Salvadoran prison are people with NO CRIMINAL RECORD. Stunningly, they argue that because they DON'T know much about these people, that justifies denying them due process! https://t.co/TTmYcRJYYr" / X

78914hj1k487's comment on "Apple Polishing Cloth for $6.99 on Woot"

From the changemyview community on Reddit

Bessent: "Can you guarantee there's not gonna be a recession? I can't guarantee anything. I can't guarantee that the journalist who asked me the question that her news program is gonna be on in a year." pic.twitter.com/MLcMCBSwXo— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 18, 2025

There is no "tension" here if you realize that the voters who are up for grab don't live in mental universe where ideological categories like "liberal" or "conservative" have strong purchase. Rather, their orientation is prosystem vs. antisystem — with conflicted voters having a… https://t.co/ECn8rYw9Ic— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) March 18, 2025

Rene Girard on a Cause of Homosexuality

tom bombadil on X: "i feel like it would be good for society if there was a default job you could go get if you don't know what else to do. idk what it should be, but some people just need direction they struggle to supply on their own" / X

Last month we got news that an mRNA vaccine showed progress against pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest… https://t.co/JKII4beLzv— Jonathan Cohn (@CitizenCohn) March 17, 2025

I’ve barely woken up 15 minutes ago and I already want to scream and cry and throw up. This isn’t just following national interests or cutting back on unnecessary costs, this is helping a fellow dictatorship get away with countless horrific crimes. pic.twitter.com/WhsC12LX6Z— Oleksandra Povoroznyk 🇺🇦 (@rynkrynk) March 17, 2025

Republicans have the easiest job in the world. They campaign on the idea that government is broken and ineffective. Once elected, they sabotage its functions, then use their own failure as proof that privatization is the only solution—ultimately enriching their friends.— David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) March 16, 2025

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Trump moves to gut several agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries

One interesting thing going on with Democrats: Those emerging as public-facing leaders--AOC, Frost, Crockett, Chris Murphy, Walz, Brian Schatz, others--are not ideologically uniform. What connects them is communication skill--you either have it or you don't--and a sense of urgency and stakes.— Mark Harris (@markharris.bsky.social) 2025-03-12T15:36:41.307Z

Some pretty stunning answers here from DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar in today's interview with NPR's Michel Martin, in which Edgar equates pro-Palestinian protests with terrorist activity and can't point to any crime committed by Mahmoud Khalil: npr.org/2025/03/13/n...— Evan Hill (@evanhill.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T16:51:36.940Z

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH— Rachael Sirianni, PhD (@docsirianni.bsky.social) 2025-03-15T17:32:48.107Z