Amrita Khalid retweeted
She’s 100% right and I didn’t even realize how much that 2008-forged version of me had died in November 2016 until she came back to life last night. Ten fucking years. And we are so back.
AOC: A note for Gen Z. If you want to understand millennial cringe, what you all call millennial cringe, this earnestness, imagine all the seats we flipped last night. That feeling, plus, on top of it, electing the first Black president ever. And on top of that, you did it the ed. That hits generationally. You’ve been chasing that feeling ever since.
And because you did it the first time you ever voted, you’re like, ‘Yeah, we can change the world. Why not? We did it the first time. Let’s just do it again.’
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Amrita Khalid retweeted
How Mayor-elect Raman will remake L.A. City Hall
From @DavidZahniser, @CShalby and @Itzel03Luna
latimes.com/california/sto…
From @DavidZahniser, @CShalby and @Itzel03Luna
latimes.com/california/sto…
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BREAKING: Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass has conceded to Councilmember Nithya Raman in the L.A. mayoral race, saying she is “committed to ensuring a smooth and seamless transition.”
Get the latest: buff.ly/jY3M1jB
Get the latest: buff.ly/jY3M1jB
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JUST IN: Karen Bass concedes to Nithya Raman in the Los Angeles mayoral election after Raman extended her lead earlier this morning as new ballots are processed.
“… While this is not the outcome we hoped for, the people of Los Angeles have spoken...”
“… While this is not the outcome we hoped for, the people of Los Angeles have spoken...”
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Amrita Khalid retweeted
This piece about alcoholism knocked me over theguardian.com/news/ng-intera…
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Amrita Khalid retweeted
👨💻 THREAD on how data center-related ballot measures are faring tonight
data centers are on the ballot in ~40 localities across 13 states, including proposed bans, votes on specific projects, and recalls of pro-data center politicians
data centers are on the ballot in ~40 localities across 13 states, including proposed bans, votes on specific projects, and recalls of pro-data center politicians
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Amrita Khalid retweeted
I was really surprised by the scoop that @Kantrowitz had today about ChatGPT having 1/5 of the search query volume of Google. IMO.... amazing how it was easy to finally break Google's monopoly on "finding information" by offering anything slightly better. businessinsider.com/chatgpt-20-per…
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Amrita Khalid retweeted
for the new york times magazine i wrote an essay about why everything is "gambling" now (the answer: actually everything is the statistical style now, and gambling is just how most of us understand that) nytimes.com/2026/10/04/mag…
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One of the best stories I have ever ever read. Sharing it today because there must be someone out there who hasn't read it yet. Trust me on this one: theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/…
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Amrita Khalid retweeted
“A New Yorker who spent months in Syria working for ISIS & returned disillusioned with his experience and convicted of material support charges asked if terrorism scholars would consider writing a letter of support to a judge so he could legally change his name. Every time a potential suitor googled his name before a date, the first result would be his terrorism conviction. The dates were always quickly cancelled.”
My colleagues and my latest @lawfare piece about terrorism recidivism.
lawfaremedia.org/article/terror…
My colleagues and my latest @lawfare piece about terrorism recidivism.
lawfaremedia.org/article/terror…
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Amrita Khalid retweeted
well written, well argued presentation of real world harms of AI without going into histrionics
it won’t get the same amount of pickup bc it’s not scifi coded, but it’s just as concerned
nytimes.com/2026/09/05/opi…
it won’t get the same amount of pickup bc it’s not scifi coded, but it’s just as concerned
nytimes.com/2026/09/05/opi…
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Amrita Khalid retweeted
Extremely good piece
This essay talks about the left's vision for technology, the "alliance" between left and right-wing anti-data center movements, politics of refusal, democratic control over the AI infrastructure buildout, China, industrial policy, and more.
thetechbubble.info/p/the-future-i…
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Amrita Khalid retweeted
John Wilson, thank you for making a movie for me, specifically, as one of the few dozen people excited about concrete.
First look at the trailer for The History of Concrete from John Wilson 👀
In theaters September 18 via @MagnoliaPics.
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Amrita Khalid retweeted
Comedian and former late-night bandleader Reggie Watts is a proud ketamine enthusiast.
Loved ones of his ex-girlfriend Katherine McCollough claim she became addicted to the drug through Watts’ encouragement to take a heavy array of psychedelics in the name of enlightenment. ide in March.
The story: rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-m…
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