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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 1h

This is what I’ve been trying to tell y’all about the broligarchs, effective altruists, longtermists and other assorted followers of the cult of AI. They legit believe they are building a computer god and/or a synthetic species that will replace people and conquer the stars. Yes it’s bonkers.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I assume the DNC is paying for this?

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026

🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.

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Encinitas Highlands Surfer @highlandsurfer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One impeachment trial a month until he's gone. Make the Senate a permanent court while Trump holds office. Be clear about "It will be this way until we've run out of worthy crimes" so everyone's clear about the gig. Make John Roberts loathe his work.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Trump stole taxpayer $$ to destroy the White House and replace it with a firetrap and too few ladies stalls. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

McCrery informed the White House that Trump’s ballroom design did not meet fire safety codes, which require the majority of guests to be able to quickly exit through the main entrance during an emergency, according to the people and documents. The architect also pointed out that alternative emergency exit routes out of the building were insufficient, and that there was little in the design to prevent a kitchen fire from rapidly spreading into the event space on the floor above.

In addition to fire safety concerns, Trump’s desired ballroom design did not include enough toilets to accommodate the structure’s maximum occupancy, according to documents, and there were few options for adding more, as the event space occupied most of the building’s footprint. One early ballroom design featured just seven stalls in the women’s bathroom.

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David Raikow @david.raikow.online · 22/09/2026

From the class I teach on political corruption analysis: “Opportunistic and systemic corruption are related but distinct… Systemic corruption functions via networks of ongoing transactional relationships. Key links are usually based primarily on financial, service, and threat transactions…”

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Joan McRobbie @joanmcrobbie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@vermontgmg.bsky.social "We need to return to punishing people who do obvious crimes." And how.

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It's the accountability, stupid.

Doing crime

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New: hackers say they have personal data on all FBI employees and spouses. I got a sample of 5,000 alleged employees, including name, physical address, phone number, and in some cases spouses. Could be a massive national security and counterintelligence risk www.404media.co/we-hacked-th...

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‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees

A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Gentlemen, our 29% approval rating is too high. Let's start take away people's health care."

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is the dumbest thing in the world. The fraud is that people are paying for insurance and they’re… healthy?

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/09/2026

UPDATE: They steal billions from us to build robots that kick the crumbs out of our mouths.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.

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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We really are getting into 'The Death of Stalin' and "Der Untergang' ('Downfall') territory.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

oh good the consultants will save us

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Sam Minter @abulsme.com · 18/09/2026

It can be both. I looked at the final state deltas in my own averages in the post below. The final avgs I had in the states with margins <10% ranged from being 0.1% to 7.8% more favorable to Harris than the actual results. Not one was wrong in the other direction electiongraphs.com/blog/2024/11...

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Preliminary Results Comparison – Election Graphs

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Sam Minter @abulsme.com · 18/09/2026

There were indeed a lot of Republican leaning polls released in the last bit before the election. There were a decent number of those before mid-September too though. And even with these polls the poll averages nevertheless still underestimated Trump in the end compared to actual election results.

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Sam Minter @abulsme.com · 17/09/2026

Ok, yes. Let me refine. They pivoted from that being the dominant message… when polls were improving for them with each new poll… to instead emphasizing the dangerousness of a 2nd Trump administration, the dominant message for the 2nd half. Then polls started to get worse. Pivot point was mid-Sept.

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Sam Minter @abulsme.com · 17/09/2026

This is why “weird” was working in the first part of the 2024 campaign and I was dumbfounded when they made Walz stop.

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The key to getting low-information voters to vote for Democrats or just to sit out elections is to do everything possible to brand Republicans and especially Trump as stupid losers that are embarrassing to associate with. Make them the NY Jets fans of politics.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Man, it's a good thing Ed Sheeran decided to steer clear of politics, that worked out well for him

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Mamdani is writing the playbook for how Democrats must continue to communicate with voters after Election Day. He could have done the usual thing and disappear after winning but if anything he’s communicating even MORE now.

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Radio Clash 🇺🇦 ☮️ 🎶 @fettwalp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm guessing Ed Sheeran's not a fan of the shape of things today. That's the best Ed Sheeran joke I can make because I'm unfamiliar with all but two of his songs. And you can't make me learn about any others.

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God @thegodshow.com · 15/09/2026

Thou shalt not let AI companies regulate themselves. That’s insane. You wouldn’t let criminals make laws, would you? You know what, never mind.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026

“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#BREAKING: Over public dissents from Justices Thomas and Alito, #SCOTUS *denies* the Trump administration’s request for a stay in the mail-in ballots case. The USPS Rule will remain blocked—almost certainly through the midterms.

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Tyler 🏳️‍🌈 @tcoop6231.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A generic ballot of D+8 puts a lot of state legislative chambers in play. Arizona, Wisconsin and Michigan are only a handful of seats away from electing a Democratic trifecta.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/09/2026

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Curmudgeon's Corner @curmudgeons-corner.com · 14/09/2026

Episode 1005: "Petunias and Horticulture" is out! On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner @abulsme.com and @imbou.bsky.social bounce all over the place. Economy Stuff. Divided opinions on AI. Movies. Smart Devices. Yemen. And... curmudgeons-corner.com/ccep.php?epn… #podcast #USPol

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Curmudgeon's Corner

Listen to the latest episode

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If the proposed slow down in AI development by frontier labs ends up restricting access to open weight models instead of focusing on the guardrails and penalties for not keeping track of your swarm of AI agents then we’ll know this was all about their IPOs.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Impossible to overstate the national security disaster that has been the GOP/Trump destroying the JCPOA, or the incredibly myopic unseriousness of the domestic actors that eagerly supported this strategy: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Remarks like these made by Trump in Dallas are apparently moving Iran to reinstate and accelerate its nuclear weapons program. This is a level of foolishness that no American president has ever exhibited before.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The reason why they think their voters are this dumb and gullible is because they are.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10/09/2026

Job applicants are using AI to write resumes and prep interview answers. Companies are using AI to screen those applications and conduct initial interviews. We’ve officially automated both sides of a process meant to measure human connection. The irony is genuinely unreal.

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Kyle D. Long @blatherscribe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"I will not engage with transphobia. I do not want teens to die from being denied medical care. If you do, please do not vote for me. I don't hang with murderers." See how easy it is, @democrats.org? "If you want to sexually assault children before letting them play sports, vote for my opponent."

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Omg. When you’ve lost Joe DiGenova….

diGenova just told me by phone when I asked about his abrupt exit:
"If you want indictments where there's no evidence, you have an ethical problem"

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Djinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

People don't point out enough, the inherent structural disadvantage our system grants to the Republicans when their main thing is, more or less, "The Government Should Do Nothing"

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Post-Labor Day senate check-in, via Nate Silver: ALASKA 🔵 +0.8% FLORIDA 🔴 +9.9% GEORGIA 🔵 +8.1% IOWA 🔴 +0.9% KANSAS 🔴 +3.2% MAINE 🔵 +3.9% MICHIGAN 🔵 +2.5% MINNESOTA 🔵 +5.1% NORTH CAROLINA 🔵 +8.5% NEBRASKA 🔴 +1.2% NEW HAMPSHIRE 🔵 +3.0% OHIO 🔵 +3.4% TEXAS 🔵 +2.1% GENERIC BALLOT: 🔵 +6.7%

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

happy birthday to everyone born today!!!!!! sorry it’s statistically not that special

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

2. Then Evan Hubinger, Anthropic’s current Head of Alignment Stress-Testing, agreed with him, saying people inside the company genuinely believe AI could kill all humans.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

it is unfortunate that we have to devote so much time and energy to getting @democrats.org to do what is essentially basic politics. its like constantly telling a political party "hey get your candidate's names on the ballot," this is so BASIC in the area of politics

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

While this is not the point (and I agree with the OP) this is the expression I expect all the furniture in JD Vance's house has

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Good stuff here on how media has been using Sister Souljah gotcha moments against Dems for over 20 years as a "rite of passage" that just isn't applied equivalently to Republicans, no matter how loudly media figures deny it. Dems: Choose not to play.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you have a problem with Mayor Mamdani attending the 9/11 ceremony you’re simply a racist piece of shit, I’m sorry, that’s on you, you’re gonna have to live with that until you figure out how to be a better human being

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

For those following the panic about the German election - in which an overtly neo-Nazi party declared an extremist group by Germany's intelligence service won big in an election in one of Germany's 16 federal states . . . here are some reasons not to panic:

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/09/2026

If I were emperor for a day, one change I'd make: In every political race, at every level, at least the *first* debate would be replaced by a simple test of knowledge. How do taxes work? What agency is responsible for what? Is your area growing or shrinking in population? Just basic stuff.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The @washingtonpost.com at least hints at how bizarre this is: “torrent of online memes, taunts”. The @nytimes.com fails again, sanewashing it into some sort of actual policy proposal: “Trump floats renaming New Mexico” Neither of them is willing to print the truth: the president is crazy

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

One key dimension of Musk’s far right propaganda push is his effort to reframe far right extremism as “centrism.” It’s patently absurd to those who follow politics, but it’s effective messaging when aimed at low info voters.

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The AfD isn't far right. They are just the first nominally right wing party in Germany to have enough support to beat the anti-White, anti-German coalition that has been running Germany forever.
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Historian here. Let me explain how in the past far-right parties in Germany have caused problems not only for their own country, but for other countries as well: (1/?)

Far-right AfD wins historic victory in German state

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