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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
2017: a middle aged man with no criminal history brings an arsenal to a hotel room in Vegas, opens fire on a music festival below, killing 60, and wounding hundreds before killing himself, the worst mass shooting in US history, and to this day nobody has any idea why he did it.
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 10/09/2025
Grok says that videos of Charlie Kirk being shot are memes and that he's actually fine
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Ruth Kapelus @ruthkapelus.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
For many pundits, what they say and do is all just a game. I’m not sure if any of them mean 99% of it. Just whatever gets attention. If their rhetoric leads to violence it’s so removed they don’t feel it. Today they feel it. It’s not about them caring. It’s about them being afraid.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 12/07/2025
the times is reporting that fema let call center operator contracts expire on july 5, the day after the texas flood, and calls answered went from 99.7% that day to 36% the next to 16% the next www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
nytimes.com
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Oh wow. Lanes on I-10 narrowed suddenly, forcing ALL drivers to exit at a weigh station. A makeshift checkpoint—digital sign read: “Have Passport Ready” 1 of like 12 ICE agents, all standing around—in full military gear—ordered me to open my window: “You a U.S. citizen?” “Uh yes” then let me go..
Screenshot of GPS map, with current location on 1-10 near El Paso, Texas
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
An Trump supporting Iranian immigrant who is a former sniper in the Iranian army has been detained by ICE. His pregnant wife feels betrayed by the government. — 'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
huffpost.com
Woman Says She Was ‘Blindsided’ After ICE Detained Her Trump-Supporting Husband
Morgan Gardner, who is seven months pregnant, said she felt betrayed after her Iranian spouse was targeted amid ongoing tension between the U.S. and Iran.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
The lesson of Fox News, podcast bros and right wing influencers is that people would rather be enraged than informed. The internet is wasted on so many.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Musk is on X complaining about the “Big Beautiful Bill” again and Trump has dismissed him as just being salty because there aren’t EV tax credits in it. Ironic to spend $250M getting the Leopards Eating Faces Party elected only for them to eat your face.
thedailybeast.com
Trump Flames Musk as Bitter Feud Reignites
The president hit back at the Tesla CEO, who has savaged Republicans’ “big, beautiful” spending bill.
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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 19/06/2025
Workaccount2 on Hacker News just coined the term "context rot" to describe the thing where the quality of an LLM conversation drops as the context fills up with accumulated distractions and dead ends news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4430...
Comment by Workaccount2, 9 hours ago:

They poison their own context. Maybe you can call it context rot, where as context grows and especially if it grows with lots of distractions and dead ends, the output quality falls off rapidly. Even with good context the rot will start to become apparent around 100k tokens (with Gemini 2.5).

They really need to figure out a way to delete or "forget" prior context, so the user or even the model can go back and prune poisonous tokens.

Right now I work around it by regularly making summaries of instances, and then spinning up a new instance with fresh context and feed in the summary of the previous instance.
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People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The mother of Adrian Andrew Martinez is pleading for answers as her son remains unaccounted for nearly 24 hours later. ICE kidnapped Adrian yesterday while he was on break in the Walmart parking lot in Pico Rivera. FREE ADRIAN!
MOTHER OF U.S. CITIZEN TAKEN BY ICE IN PICO RIVERA STILL SEARCHING FOR SON

Picture of Adrian with cat side by side with pic of Adrian getting attacked by ice CALÓ NEWS
"I just want to know where my son is," said Myra Martinez, Adrian's mother, in an exclusive interview with CALÓ News. A mother of five, Ms.
Martinez said she learned of her son's detention at the same moment much of the public did - when video of the incident began circulating online.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/06/2025
it is a sign of just how little pull vance has in the white house that he made an account on a niche social network to troll
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Politico @politico.com · 18/06/2025
The editorial board of a publication in Sen. Mike Lee's home state of Utah called on him to apologize for his posts about the Minnesota shootings, writing that they “were unacceptable for anyone, let alone from a member of the Senate.”
politico.com
Deseret News condemns Lee’s posts about Minnesota shooting
The editorial board of the Utah-based publication said the Utah senator cast a “poor light”’ on the Beehive State.
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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MS NOW @ms.now · 19/06/2025
Former President Barack Obama issued a warning about the future of American democracy, while speaking at an event in Connecticut. Obama cautioned that the country is “dangerously close” to normalizing behavior “consistent with autocracies.”
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
We really need to stop talking about this as some kind of looming threat rather than a process well underway. It’s not “close.” You have arrived at your destination. The order has been delivered.
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BLAZE /// @0justblaze.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Cat with wine glass looking depressed
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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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BLAZE /// @0justblaze.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
“I came here to troll”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/06/2025
RFK is going to be responsible for a lot of death and suffering
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 10/06/2025
the fact that people were told “today you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled
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BLAZE /// @0justblaze.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Remember when he promised to be better for Black businesses lol
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Microsoft and other developers companies have gone selling products that make coders look like heroes to their bosses to selling products that promise to replace them in a few years. Developer conferences are now full of awkward moments like people asking if any humans will be in attendance in 2035
semafor.com
‘Marching off a cliff’: Developers at Microsoft Build question their future relevance
“Is there going to be a Build 2035, or will there not be any more developers?” a software engineering vice president attending the event told Semafor.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
That we have a coin operated presidency is now well understood around the world.
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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
The foreign emoluments clause was written to prevent exactly this. Blatantly unconstitutional
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/05/2025
this guy is out here proudly being a eugenicist freak while people at mainstream and "respectable publications" make excuses for him or even muse about whether he has a "few good points"
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
“.. The break is unusually long, the workers said. Production lines were up and running during the same period last year, they said.” @businessinsider.com $TSLA @alexwinter.com www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-...
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
[Karoline Leavitt saying the Librarian of Congress was fired for having books in the library] Wow that's the worst thing I've ever seen *refreshes feed* [The mayor of Newark is being held at an unspecified facility] Wow that's the worst thing I've ever seen
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind. “They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.” www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
sfgate.com
ICE raids have 'overwhelmed' coastal California communities
Communities in three California counties "overwhelmed" as ICE raids ramp up in the region.
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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 09/05/2025
As mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka has a responsibility to ensure that facilities operating in the city are adhering to laws that protect the safety and wellbeing of occupants and residents.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 09/05/2025
For years, data centers have strained local water supplies. The AI boom has made this issue much worse.
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The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/05/2025
A visual analysis shows the U.S. likely bombed a migrant detention center in Yemen on April 28. At least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of the attack, which killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that controls northern Yemen.
nytimes.com
Video: Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center
Videos and photos reveal remnants of at least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of an April 28 attack. The strike killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that con...
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
“See you in court.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
* SENIOR OMB OFFICIALS: PROPOSED FY2026 BUDGET INCLUDES LOWEST NON-DEFENSE SPENDING SINCE 2000 @reuters.com
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 03/05/2025
Each and every day the law firms that capitulated look more and more pathetic.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/05/2025
i think it is great that even after electing trump a second time, one of the two major parties is falling even further into madness arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com
Texas goes after toothpaste in escalating fight over fluoride
Colgate and Crest toothpastes are in the crosshairs.
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BLAZE /// @0justblaze.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
He’s really going cartel hunting with the US military 😂
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 02/05/2025
Thousands of satellites being sent into orbit by SpaceX and rivals like Amazon eventually have to come down. Incinerating them in the atmosphere releases damaging pollutants that pose new threats to the planet's protective shield. Read The Big Take ⤵️ www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
bloomberg.com
Falling Satellites Expose the Space Industry’s Dirty Secret
The thousands of satellites operated by companies from Starlink to Telesat will eventually burn up in the atmosphere when they reach their useful end of life. Scientists are sounding the alarm about t...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/05/2025
Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "With President Trump at the helm, I'm telling you, he mentioned to the American people 'the golden age is coming.' I will tell you the golden age is here. This is another great jobs report ... I couldn't be more honored to serve under the president with these jobs numbers."
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BLAZE /// @0justblaze.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
They told you he didn’t respect veterans 🚩
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/05/2025
And somehow, there are still vets out here backing this man? It makes zero sense. He dodged the draft, insulted POWs, called fallen soldiers “suckers”—and now this? At what point is enough finally enough?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/05/2025
Auchincloss on Fox News: "What I'm seeing is a president who is more interested in the valuation of his memecoin than he is about people's 401ks. What I'm seeing is a president who along with Howard Lutnick is self-dealing on crypto instead of worrying about the strength of the US dollar."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
#OligarchEra 🤡
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Crockett: He wants there to be a portion of the budget that goes up to $1 trillion on the defense side. They have failed the very last seven audits. So why would they continue to get raises, which they always do. Yet we're going to hurt the most vulnerable amongst us.
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BLAZE /// @0justblaze.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Add the Adams case being compelled to be dismissed because he started cooperating with Homan
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/05/2025
“There’s a hiatus on investigating let alone prosecuting anyone in the administration and pretty much any R political figure in Trump’s good graces. But flip that impunity on its back and you see the other side of the coin, which is that all of these people are providing chits against themselves.”
talkingpointsmemo.com
The Other Side of the Trump DOJ’s House of Corruption
There’s been an emerging scandal in Florida for a few weeks now...
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A @reuters.com investigation identified 11 judges whose families faced threats after they ruled against President Trump. Many have come after billionaire Elon Musk attacked them on his social media platform. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
A post from someone who just quit angel investing sharing the grim stats. - They invested in 53 companies over 12 years and have made $0.30 for every $1 invested. - They’ve made $0.91 on stock picks. Just putting your money in index funds. They’d have doubled their money investing in the S&P 500
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❤️‍🔥 Here’s how much I have(n't) made angel investing
Plus: Stopping healthcare's tapeworm with zero-inflation healthcare
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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
"In 2020, [Portland, OR] approved building [middle housing] on lots zoned for single family homes... A new report from the City says, it's working. 1,400 new units built in just a few years and each one is $300,000 less expensive than a typical single family home." @nbcnews.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/05/2025
laying the groundwork for open defiance of judges
Can it be so that Judges aren’t allowing the USA to Deport Criminals, including Murderers, out of our Country and back to where they came from? If this is so, our Country, as we know it, is finished! Americans will have to get used to a very different, crime filled, LIFE. This is not what our Founders had in mind!!!
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