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John Stamm

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The River knows more than the Arch.

 St. Louis, MO
Joined July 2013
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What an absurd plan
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@MoSenDemsNov 6
“[Senate Republican Leader] Schroer said Republicans still intend to pursue changes to the initiative petition process and policies aimed at restricting abortion, despite voters rejecting their proposals on both issues.” missouriindependent.com/2026…
Missouri Senate Republicans choose new leaders as election losses reshape chamber • Missouri...

Missouri Senate Republicans choose new leaders as election losses reshape chamber • Missouri...

Missouri Senate Republicans will return to Jefferson City in January with fewer seats, a flood of newcomers and new leaders who say they heard voters’ frustration Tuesday.

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Wrong. A bumblebee knows more about the world than any current AI, and it’s not even close. People forget how limited a tool language is for understanding. It’s just one mode. Repeating facts =/= knowledge.
Bryan Caplan (@bryan_caplan) profile pictureBryan Caplan
@bryan_caplanNov 6
Human disempowerment now. It's time for the age of the folly and cruelty of human politics to end. The median AI is so far above the median human voter in both knowledge and decency it's embarrassing. Humanity should just take the L.
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Each Congress, H.R. 1-10 are reserved for the majority’s top bills and H.R. 11-20 are reserved for the minority. Notable: Almost all of the top Dem bills in recent Congresses have been on social issues, not economic. Likely to change next Congress. wakeuptopolitics.com/p/what-…
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worrying about recursive self-improvement in 1958 NY Times:
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David Chalmers (@davidchalmers42) profile pictureDavid Chalmers
@davidchalmers42Sep 14
worrying about recursive self-improvement on australian TV (lateline) in 1996.
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BOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!
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Saying the quiet part out loud: “Supporters of revenue-backed development bonds argue that markets already price the risk and that governments remain free to decline payment. Legally, that is correct. But markets do not operate on legal theory alone.”
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When ‘no cost to taxpayers’ isn’t the whole story missouriindependent.com/2026…

Commentary: When 'no cost to taxpayers' isn't the whole story • Missouri Independent

Governors and mayors are embracing a familiar pitch: high-profile development projects financed with bonds that supposedly come at “no cost to taxpayers.”

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"The net to the state was $521,200, or less than one-one-hundredth of 1% of the total wagered." Article: Missouri sports betting tops $543M in first month but deductions leave state with only $521K missouriindependent.com/2026…
Missouri sports betting tops $543M in first month but deductions leave state with only $521K •...

Missouri sports betting tops $543M in first month but deductions leave state with only $521K •...

Missourians placed more than half-a-billion dollars in bets on sporting events in December but promotional offers offset the taxable profits.

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Making IDs free could yield 11x ROI for the state after just one year, and likely even more. And that’s *just* the income tax from a min wage job. People need IDs for jobs, housing, benefits, school, banking, and most recently, to vote. Making IDs free is a no brainer. @stlmag has more:
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Why giving free IDs to homeless Missourians makes fiscal sense stlmag.com/news/solutions/fr…
Why giving free IDs to homeless Missourians makes fiscal sense

Why giving free IDs to homeless Missourians makes fiscal sense

If your goal as a government is to get in the way of a homeless person striving to be self-sufficient, then charging that person fees for new or duplicate identification documents is a good way to do...

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When coal smoke choked St. Louis, residents fought back − but it took time and money theconversation.com/when-coa… via @ConversationUS and @stlmag newsletter
When coal smoke choked St. Louis, residents fought back − but it took time and money

When coal smoke choked St. Louis, residents fought back − but it took time and money

The situation had to get pretty bad before people really forced the government to act. But the effort was ultimately successful.

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We’re getting push polls for data centers now.
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Likely related to this op-Ed by the Missouri Chamber today: nitter.gq/stltoday/status/197631…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) profile pictureSt. Louis Post-Dispatch@stltoday9 Oct 2025
Opinion: Data centers — A rising tide that lifts all economic boats stltoday.com/opinion/editori…
Opinion: Data centers — A rising tide that lifts all economic boats

Opinion: Data centers — A rising tide that lifts all economic boats

There is no denying that data centers are becoming a polarizing topic, even as we rely on them to support our everyday lives — whether it’s streaming videos, conducting AI-supported

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St. Louis sunrise, Art Hill
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Midwest Biodiversity Intactness, map made by me for fun, based on data from the British Natural History Museum
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This feels eerily like February 2020 when some of us were looking warily at this new virus in China, but we still assumed everything would be fine. Maybe they’ll just stick to helping ICE. Maybe our individual governors will be a bulwark against long-term activation. But that little voice should be chattering in the back of everyone’s mind.
Fox News (@FoxNews) profile pictureFox News
@FoxNews23 Aug 2025
National Guard roll out in 19 states not linked to Trump’s crime crackdown, WH says foxnews.com/us/national-guar…
National Guard rollout in 19 states not linked to Trump’s crime crackdown, WH says

National Guard rollout in 19 states not linked to Trump’s crime crackdown, WH says

The White House says National Guard activations in 19 states are unrelated to President Donald Trump’s push to expand Washington, D.C.’s federal crime crackdown to other cities.

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We’ll actually end up with far *more* lobbyists than we currently have.
Jeff Smith (@JeffSmithMO) profile pictureJeff Smith@JeffSmithMO22 Aug 2025
Seems like "lobbyist" merits inclusion
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My 4yo just pointed to a table and asked "Why is this a table?" I've trained my whole life for this.
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Across US metros, AI is not being created and adopted evenly. Brookings just released a study showing that while some metros are surging ahead, others are falling behind. Here are NYC, Chicago, DC, and San Francisco.
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Read the full report here: brookings.edu/articles/mappi…
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Finally, the summary ends with this call: "leaders should move urgently to promote local development that will contribute to more evenly distributed and transformative AI growth from coast to coast."
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