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Elizabeth Warren Calls for DHS Secretary Noem’s Resignation Following Padilla Incident
“The Trump administration is trying to undermine free speech in this country,”
Warren said during an interview.
https://truthout.org/articles/warren-c

Elizabeth Warren Calls for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to Resign Following Padilla Incident
“The Trump administration is trying to undermine free speech in this country,” Warren said during an interview.

"DOGE had by fiat the authority to give thumbs up or down to grant applications which had been systematically vetted by layers of subject matter experts" https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

Interactive resizing of picture and table content in Rmd and Quarto: #rstats

Smithsonian Museum Director Trump Said He Fired Decides to Step Down (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/arts/design/kim-sajet-resigns-smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250614/p7#a250614p7

I think about this a lot.

When I said these guys were the enemy, you thought I was exaggerating.
Maybe you’ll recognise them now when they’re in uniform.
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/06/anduril-meta-openai-execs-to-commission-into…

Palantir, Meta, OpenAI execs to commission into Army reserve, form ‘Detachment 201’
“There’s an urgency to change and transform the Army and these guys [are] going to help,” said Col Dave Butler.

Such a powerful sobering, statement and also a call to continually reflect on what we are each doing in this moment. https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/

Microsoft has once again been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Science and Machine Learning (DSML) Platforms.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog

Microsoft recognized for second consecutive year as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms | Microsoft Azure Blog
Find out how Microsoft Azure Machine Learning can help you optimize business processes, improve customer experiences, and drive innovation.

I asked AI to design a challenge coin* for the U.S. Marines for their campaign in Los Angeles against the American people.
Here’s what it suggests. Are you few the proud yet?
*medallion recognizing membership/achievement/boost morale, often collected or exchanged.
#USpol #USMC

There is little about Scott Jennings,
or the words that come out of his mouth,
that corresponds to reality.
A decade into Trump’s capture of the Republican Party, Jennings is the premier crossover enabler.
He is perhaps CNN’s most recognizable face alongside its primetime anchors,
and he is feted on jokey, tough-talk shows like Bill Maher. 
But Jennings is a representation of our own malady,
a projection of a country whose political culture is now…

Scott Jennings in the Hyperreal and the Myth of the Escape Hatch
Jennings is like a simulation of a Trump enabler.