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Alan Thompson

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IT guy.

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Aarón Cantú @aaroncantu.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
That’s quite a chart www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Chart showing major rise in Black reps after 1965 Civil Rights Act
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 29/04/2026
They are likely to try to strike down any expansion of Obamacare, statehood for Puerto Rico and DC, anti-corruption bills to enforce the emoluments clause. Going forward, it is smart to assume that any bill that doesn't pass with Republican votes will be a Supreme Court target.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I'll restate my oft-stated position that democratic self-government in the United States is not possible unless this Court and its manifest corruption are thoroughly reformed. civic democracy or this corrupt court. can only have one.
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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
1966-1999: SCOTUS rejects various challenges to VRA 2006: VRA reauthorized with 98-0 senate vote 2008: Obama elected 2013-2026: SCOTUS dismantles VRA
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This piece is incredibly important. Read the whole thing.
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Emily Ann Gregson @splashofgenz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“the pope is weak on crime” has gotta be one of the funniest things any politician has ever said in history
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Matt Royer 🤘🏼 @mattroyer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
You know I knew that Door Dash woman looked familiar
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A retiree delivering DoorDash to the White House to pay for their spouses cancer would be a national embarrassment in a sane world instead of an opportunity to celebrate “no taxes on tips”
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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Octavia E. Butler, 1998:
From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING

Choose your leaders

with wisdom and forethought.

To be led by a coward

is to be controlled

by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool


is to be led

by the opportunists

who control the fool.

To be led by a thief

is to offer up

your most precious treasures

to be stolen.
To be led by a liar


is to ask

to be told lies.

To be led by a tyrant

is to sell yourself

and those you love

into slavery.
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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Very true...
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
No country in the world needs regime change as much as the United States does
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This is so well done. 👌
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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Brutal.
A WHOLE CIVILIZATION
WILL DIE TONIGHT
My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools.
Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's
"keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's
"we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight."
It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before.
"It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time.
A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead.
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Mukad A QuBoy
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The Iranian government finding out they now get to tax the Strait of Hormuz and the United States will pay reparations for war damage. The art of the deal.
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Alan Thompson @alanthompson.net · 08/04/2026
NATO is a defense alliance. Not a help us do war crimes and be the, you know, aggressor. youtu.be/8md4tMdzE8s?...
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BREAKING NEWS: Leavitt Reads Trump's Message To NATO Amid Iran Ceasefire
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Ex Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under Obama👇🏽
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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Has anyone studied the psychic toll of years spent waking up to the unhinged rantings of a vicious madman who could kill us all — and then going about one’s day per usual?
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suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This is so obnoxious. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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U.S. gold coin with Trump image gets approved by president's hand-picked panel
The Commission of Fine Arts approved a 24-carat commemorative coin that features an image of President Donald Trump.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
youtu.be/OQvDRe79F8k?... @chuckdpe.bsky.social
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PUBLIC ENEMY - State Of The Union (STFU) featuring DJ PREMIER | OFFICIAL VIDEO
YouTube video by Channel ZERO
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Elizabeth Banks
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 13/03/2026
Just so we're all clear, this is a war crime and would be punishable by life or death under U.S. law.
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Lina "draw HEX POP fanart" rabbitlegs @rabbitlegs.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
btw about that pixar thing, the reason why these people think having a conversation about gay people with kids is difficult is because they don't know a way to say to their kid "gay people are normal but you are not allowed to be one" without sounding like a bigot (there is a reason for that)
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Alan Thompson @alanthompson.net · 09/02/2026
Data centers in space. Just think about that for a second. High bandwidth with low latency? Nope. I know, a LOT of power, like, from the Sun! Well, today’s panels provide about 450 watts per panel. That’s not a lot for thirsty GPUs. Cosmic rays? What about heat dissipation? Maint and upgrades?
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Thorby Corvin @thorbycorvin.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Americans will use anything but the metric system
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Alan Thompson @alanthompson.net · 14/11/2024
I’ve decided to go “low information” for a time. The fullness of time, for however long I can make it.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 06/11/2024
worst attorney general in American history. he had one job prospect.org/justice/2023...
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Merrick Garland Failed America
Jack Smith is doing the attorney general’s job for him, 28 months after it should have been done.
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
when you accidentally write the most pro-Kamala post of the election
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Alan Thompson @alanthompson.net · 30/10/2024
I’m very underwhelmed with apple intelligence. Feels like when they launched .mac and it didn’t really work. Jobs was like, what is it supposed to do? So why doesn’t it fucking do that?
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26/10/2024
Elon Musk has spent the past couple years railing against “illegal” immigrants, but new reporting confirms what we’ve long suspected: Musk himself worked illegally in the United States and deceived officials when investors finally forced him to get a visa.
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Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Investors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 02/10/2024
Vance refusing to tell Tim Walz that Donald Trump lost the election is now a solid Harris-Walz campaign ad.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
WHY DO THEY KEEP ASKING THE ABORTION IN THE NINTH MONTH QUESTION!!! THESE PEOPLE ARE SO FUCKING DISHONEST!!!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
“governor walz- you lied about when you were in china. senator vance- you called your running mate hitler. these are the same.”
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Alan Thompson @alanthompson.net · 30/09/2024
Paste and match format should be the default.
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Alan Thompson @alanthompson.net · 27/09/2024
Ok, in the past year, Trump, the GOP Nominee for President, is hawking: 100k (gaudy ass) Watches Sneakers (pained gold, of course) Silver Coins NFT Trading Cards (twice!) Bibles (!) Crypto Currency (maybe, full details of this ponzi scam are unclear just yet). Now that, is really weird.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
Can't believe I had to write this. But given the upswing in anti-vax sentiment in the US and the low vaccination rates for COVID and flu (and the under-vaccination of kids for some infections), it has to be said loud and clear. Vaccines work. Get yours today. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
Vaccines Work!
Want an easy way to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your community? Make sure you get your shots.
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Alan Thompson @alanthompson.net · 25/09/2024
Is AI just better or faster at pattern recognition than humans? That’s the basic trick, is it?
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
He will never forget this.. 😊
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Alan Thompson @alanthompson.net · 17/09/2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #59,949!
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
Hey @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com here's something you should cover. I know @usatoday.com will do their job, but it would be cool if you did yours. After all, aren't we concerned with 'cooling down the rhetoric?'
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16/09/2024
The editor in chief of the National Review just said the N word in regards to Haitians and Megyn Kelly ignores it.
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Alan Thompson @alanthompson.net · 11/09/2024
Who gets “polled” and how? I mean, who answers their mobile phones when an unknown number calls? Respond to a political text? Do you just walk around and someone stops you? They don’t poll rally attendees, right? Who is getting polled? How do we even trust these things.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/09/2024
“i have concepts of a plan”
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Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 11/09/2024
THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE EATING OUR CATS
Alf (clothed) chows down
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Alan Thompson @alanthompson.net · 11/09/2024
Thank you, we have a lot to cover… this has been surprisingly effective
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Alan Thompson @alanthompson.net · 11/09/2024
He’s getting oily and, sniffffff, sweaty
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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
Trump refusing to say that he wants Ukraine to win when asked a “simple question,” “directly,” should be significant news.
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Sandra Newman @sannewman.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
the bird-namers were really sick of this bird's shit
picture of a little brown bird on a bamboo plant with the caption "Drab-breasted bamboo tyrant"
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 28/08/2024
Happy 10th anniversary.
Tweet from @LouDobbs:

#Obama in a #TanSuit? What message is the President trying to send \@FoxNews @EdRollins on Obama’s image issues
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