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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

They're really starting to look like each other.

Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Well, sure, Ken Paxton is an amoral, disgusting, womanizing crook, but that other guy's going to trans my nieces, so what choice do I have?" - All the Republican voters anyway

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Trump vows to defeat "communism" in America by having the government give every US citizen $5,000. At this point, if you voted for the guy, you have to be asking yourself, "Is he a total idiot or am I?"

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Being a writer who doesn't use AI for anything, I feel like an Amish person everytime I have to chat with people who use it for everything.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The "We're all trying to find the guy who did this" meme has never been more appropriate.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton both passed away at 80. I wonder if there are any other famous 80-year-olds with failing health...

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I just wrote up my first "pumpkin spice" product for a client, so I believe that means Autumn is officially here.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There might be deeper dives into Natalie Harp, but none as beautifully written as this.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I don't know what gender "spreadsheet people" are, but the people still talking about this asinine topic however many days later are definitely male-coded.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Fox News-ification of CBS in one screencap. Strong evidence that too many so-called "real" journalists are just mouthpieces for whatever regime is in control.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"I owned the Libs," I think while shitting my pants as my child is ill with measles and my insurance premiums go up and I can't afford the gas to get to the doctor anyway and I try not to think about Trump's well-documented ties to Epstein as his personal wealth skyrockets even as the economy tanks.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The "grab 'em by the püssy" party will not abide any degrading talk about women.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Spider-Man Brand New Day is going to easily clear 2 billion dollars, but is poor Peter Parker going to see any of that cash? Of course not. He just can't catch a break.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Off to the north of Spain to see the solar eclipse. The last time I was positioned to see a solar eclipse in person, I was living in New York City and took these snaps of people viewing it while in Times Square.

Photo of people looking up at the solar eclipse in Times Square, New York City, August 21, 2017

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It's always the 4% Dem approval that baffles me.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

With the ascendency of Todd Blanche to Attorney General, it's official: The QAnon cultists were absolutely instrumental in helping ensure the biggest pedophile scandal in history was covered up. Way to go guys!

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

People are always like, "These are the headlines you see in the first 5 minutes of an apocalypse movie." Hate to break it to you, but we're not in the first 5 minutes anymore.

Two photos of Stonehenge, UK, one lush and green, the other brown and dead. Headline:

"Scorched earth: how drought has affected Europe's landmarks."

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I wrote a novel in less than a month. Here is why I felt like it was a worthy challenge to take on, even if the book never sees the light of day.

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I Wrote a Novel in 4 Weeks

I wrote a novel in less than a month. Here is why I felt like it was a worthy challenge to take on.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

If only there was some sort of Department in charge of getting rid of government officials that waste taxpayer money.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

When a political party like the DSA promises to feed the poor and help the sick, that's really just an insidious plot to gain and abuse power!! Well, anyway, off to church.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Next step: child marriage as a federally protected "right." All the years of crying "protect the children" and the conservative movement has landed at, "Actually, teen pregnancy is good if it produces more (white) offspring." @jillfilipovic.bsky.social for @slate.com slate.com/news-and-pol...

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I Thought Conservative Sex Education Couldn’t Get Worse. The Trump Administration Found a Way.

Abstinence-only education is a proven disaster. But the new plan is somehow even more dangerous.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Seeing a pro-Trump acquaintance on FB reposting a country singer's rant against AI data centers feels like a turning point. Don't get me wrong, she's still a racist POS, but if the Left can effectively establish themselves as the party of AI regulation, they will win over a lot of voters.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It's amazing that the Right has turned Soros into the ultimate boogeyman for funding leftist causes (and by amazing I mean antisemitic), meanwhile the overwhelming majority of billionaires (and one trillionaire) are spending their money on propping up the presidency of another billionaire.

A WAPO graphic of the billionaires (and trillionaire) putting money into the midterms. There are 12 circles showing that 11 of the 12 megadonors in red, indicating they support the Right. The only blue circle is Soros.

The heading and subheading read:
Meet the megadonors pouring over $1.6 billion into the midterms

Billionaires and newly minted trillionaire Elon Musk make up the top individual donors.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Two headlines on the front page of the Washington Post today: * "The Pentagon, sinking billions into Iran war, quickly runs short on cash." * "1.5 million children lost food aid since last July, analysis says" I wonder if there's anything the US could have done differently to avoid this.

The front page of wapo.com with a headline about the Iran war and a map of U.S. deaths in the Iran War. The main headline reads:
"The Pentagon, sinking billions into Iran war, quickly runs short on cash."

In the corner, below the map, there is another headline that reads:
"1.5 million children lost food aid since last July, analysis says"

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Come on guys, it's a bit. At this point, 99% of the stupidest takes on the internet are just trolls hoping to get screenshotted. You can say, "Well, everyone is so stupid, it *could* have been real," but if you keep falling for ragebait, that's on you.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Donald Trump today (probably): "I don't know Andrew Tate, never met the guy. I hear he was a fan of mine, so he can't be all bad, but I don't know who he is."

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The Odyssey was fantastic, a film that truly earns the description "epic". Wonder if this is the year Matt Damon wins his second Oscar. Also, random, but Stephen Fry was at the same screening as me. Didn't get to say anything to him, but still cool to see him.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This pales in comparison to the 10000-word "review" of The Odyssey that spent about 500 words explaining why Helen couldn't be black because of a survey of racial preferences in sexual attraction. Somehow that negative review is included in the official Tomatometer score.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I'm going to try to put this as delicately as possible, but LinkedIn, I really don't give a fuck how many searches I appeared in this week.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I don't want to speak ill of the dead, so all I'll say about Lindsey Graham is

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I don't know who needs to hear this, but having good politics doesn't make you a good person.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

"Dems in disarray" doesn't even cover it. I'm pretty sure any hope of flipping Maine is lost. I'd say let's hope the party learns from their mistakes, but they barely have object permanence. Also, fuck Graham Platner.

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Graham Platner debacle puts Democrats in grave danger of blowing it in the midterms

The meltdown in Maine’s Senate race risks the Democrats’ opportunity to turn Trump into a lame duck president.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Donald Trump put his thumb on the scales but still saw his team demolished at the World Cup. Hoping that proves a prophetic metaphor for the midterm elections.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 07/07/2026

BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

No longer living in the US, I don't follow state-specific political news that closely. I remember first hearing about Graham Platner when the nazi tattoo thing came out. So color me surprised to learn the nazi-tattoo guy not only won the nomination, but worse shit was still waiting to come out.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

FIFA, the most openly corrupt organization in the world, met Donald Trump and somehow got even more openly corrupt. Love to see it.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Conservatives will say you shouldn't just focus on the bad things America does in the world because America also does a lot of great things, and then cancel USAID, the only good thing America does. #Happy4thofJuly

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Here's a question I would love to see asked the next time a news org does one of those Trump Voter Q&As: The president is now as rich as he ever has been. Are you?

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

With the Trump admin ramping up deportations again, I can't recommend highly enough "Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here" by @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social His book will stick with me for a long time. If it has one flaw, it's that it's bound by finite time and can't keep documenting this ongoing tragedy.

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Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Centra…

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of …

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

So much of the "strategy" of centrists Dems in my lifetime has been essentially trickle-down economics: If we don't rock the boat and occasionally try to regulate capitalism (but only a little bit), everyone will be better off. That turned out to be a lie, and the DSA is calling them out on it.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I wonder if any app will come in and truly fill the void that Instagram is leaving behind with its switch from photos to videos. I'm aware there are a number of other photo-focused apps out there, but none have really broke through yet.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 26/06/2026

Just immense levels of looting. He’s starving our parks to redesign DC as his personal palace.

The dozens of pages of budgetary documentation show an $854 million, or
68 percent, decrease in spending on projects in park regions outside the Washington area in the first eight and a half months of fiscal year 2026, compared with the full prior fiscal year.
That includes a $235 million decrease in spending in Pacific West parks such as Yosemite, a $254 million decrease in the Intermountain Region parks such as Yellowstone, and a $33 million decrease in Alaska. During that same period, spending around Washington increased by about $100 million, not counting about $310 million in donations that the Park Service received from allies of the president, most of which is going to fund a new White House ballroom.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Can't emphasize enough that there were many of us saying in 2016 that the true harm of a Trump presidency was the lasting effects of him packing the Supreme Court. All other debates aside, this was the reason to oppose him. There's no coming back from it now.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It appears to me that 99.9% of book influencers are just uploading their reviews of the same 5 books that everyone else has already reviewed. It seems like no matter what it is, the algorithm pushes everyone toward the same exact content.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It's so funny that Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez is currently embroiled in a corruption scandal, but the worst thing his administration is accused of doing isn't even half as corrupt as the things Donald Trump does out in the open on a daily basis.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

It feels like Pitchfork is just begging for the Olivia Rodrigo backlash to start.

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Joseph Lyttleton @10cities10years.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I need a perfect metaphor for why the world is going to shit even though everyone agrees that the world is going to shit. No, that's too perfect.

Meanwhile, 49 percent of adults say they use AI chatbots like ChatGPT, which remains the most popular by a considerable margin, with a quarter saying they use the tools daily. That proportion is considerably higher than the 33 percent of American adults who said they used AI chatbots in 2024.

In other words, the tech’s widespread adoption isn’t helping its perception. A full 40 percent of respondents said they anticipate AI will have a negative impact on society, and 31 percent said it will impact them personally in a negative way, too.

This varies quite a bit by age. Gen Z adults, ages 18 to 29, were the most wary of AI, with 48 percent believing it’ll be negative for society. Yet they’re also the group that reported using AI the most, at 66 percent.

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