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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h

Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 4h

One way you can tell someone is part of the establishment is they believe being called a Nazi is worse than acting like one.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 6h

A lot of things went downhill once we made "business" a profession instead of actually producing things.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 6h

I've found that people in service jobs generally hate customers proportionally to how well the business is run. A well-run and sustainable business is much more pleasant for everyone to interact with so the vibes are much better.

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open borders now @radtranslib.bsky.social · 19h

American small business owners largely see themselves as lower-level rentiers in a quasi-feudal economy as opposed to service providers in a competitive market economy, and part of that means not having to actually be competent at providing services

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 6h

Yep. Becoming an intelligent and moral person is hard (and sometimes unpleasant) work so most people are only as smart and moral as they need to (or are trained to) be. When wealth and power isolates people from any consequences for their actions they end up stupid, careless, and cruel.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 9h

The way it would work is that someone could feed a large number of unrelated studies into the training data and the AI might find correlations between chemicals worth testing.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 9h

I think we've all learned in the last few years that putting congress in charge of policing, the president destroys the rule of law in favor of rule of the mob

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 19h

It's a lot easier to own it when basic things like housing, food, and healthcare are in reach without having to work 80 hours a week.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 23h

Really makes you question the wisdom of having the DOJ report to the president. I'm starting to think all federal law enforcement should be part of the federal court system

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 23h

These guys really think they and their wealth are untouchable

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I never really noticed that because life is vicious to overweight people especially while growing up.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Playing this song for my kids was so much fun

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Micah @rincewind.run · 10/10/2026

everyone of a certain online age (the bluesky age) can recite most of this from memory especially the final, iconic “mister rogers in a bloodstained sweater”

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My compensation has gone up considerably since I bought my house and I couldn't afford it at my current salary if had to buy it now

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

When Democrats return to power, they need to bring the parasitical monopolies to heel

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's not mission creep. The whole point of having a country is protecting its citizens and helping them live good lives. And if the private sector is too greedy to do it then the government has to.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/10/2026

Ossoff is one of the very few people adequately channeling Evelyn Normielib these days the base doesn't want to hear entreaties to our better natures, they don't want to go high while the other side goes low, they want someone to come on the TV and go "these people are garbage" he's good at it

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Every single time Trump makes a decision. It helps Russia. can't help seeing a pattern there.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I would take those soulless billboards over all the ads for DUI lawyers, strip clubs, gun shops, and churches you see all over the rural south

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I've spent a lot of time debunking claims that way overstate the migration impacts of wealth taxes. But fear not - if we put our minds to it, I do believe we can design a wealth tax high enough to get Elon to flee the country

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

republicans wrote us off long ago. you dont see republicans trying to win over clinton/obama/biden/kerry voters. and its more of an uphill climb for them. if dems spent 1/3 as much time cultivating their base as they do kissing the feet of republicans hoping theyll change, the party wouldnt lose

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They don't want to win by too much because then they will be expected to deliver things their donors don't want

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

a big reason that conservatives like trump is he doesnt shy away from naming hrc, obama, biden etc as his adversaries. he says their names with his full chest and then does his dopey nicknames. that tells his supporters "this guy aint afraid and he thinks theyre pieces of shit too"

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It kind of makes sense when running against a strong opponent without a lot of baggage. Running against someone like Collins, where "hosts racist podcasts from his house" is a valid statement, you probably want to call as much attention to their name as possible.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The entire Republican Party and broader conservative movement need to be smashed to bits. Donor networks gotta be exposed and disrupted. All the outside machinery needs to be dismantled. And electorally it must lose over and over and over and over. We need a truth and reconciliation commission.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It's so nice to see democrats with some fight

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🔥 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “He wanted to make this about him or me — but the question is about YOU. Can YOU afford your gas? Can YOU afford your groceries? This guy is gonna rubber-stamp everything Trump tells him to.”

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

when democrats pander to anti-trans panic they are telling people to stay home and not vote. demoralizing your vote with moral cowardice.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I seriously wonder what leverage Israel has to get us to spend so much money and reputation defending it.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

seriously, how much more evidence to people need to see that the GOP is trying to destroy our economy to entrench their power?

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The baby cares very much about being next to dad and hearing him speak

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

These guys are living in a different world than everyone else. AI is supposed to make room for the important stuff not do it for you.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

begging people not to let the right get away with their decade of support for trump the way we let them get away with backing bush and the iraq war (and reagan before that) i am pleading

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This whole thread is a great example of why I hate generic labels like "fascist" in political rhetoric. Seems much more effective to say, "this thing they want is bad because X" than "they are fascists" because then you invite your opponents to argue over the label rather than defend themselves

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This week Fox turns 30. MAGA now owns CNN and CBS News. Liberals have no interest in media investment. We’re fucked.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Let's make Altman, Amodei and Musk personally liable for the negative affects of their products and see how their tune changes

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

talked to my teenage son about the cornell case the other day and told him he'll never be cool for stepping in and stopping guys from doing awful things, but that it's his responsibility to do so. he seemed to understand. i hope he did.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

WE shouldn't accept anything until the leadership of these companies are forced accept financial liability for the negative effects of their technology.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Somewhere along the line Dems forgot that the carrot is meaningless without a credible threat of the stick.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I generally don't do much filtering of my kids' reading but I can't help thinking 6 is too young to be reading this book. It's no wonder you couldn't sleep.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If nothing else, Trump is good at survival and knowing when people won't challenge him.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I retrospect the signs have always been there but it's been disappointing watching Rock's descent into shittiness. He's not even funny anymore.

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Animal Spirits @animalspirits.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I still think Vance is the only reason the GOP hasn't impeached Trump instead of letting him drag them down.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

No matter how bleak things may seem, just remember that in the 1960s the US Coast Guard received reems of earnest letters begging them to save those poor castaways on Gilligan's Island.

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