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April Hunt

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Longtime reporter now permitted opinions. Fan of #hesm, AP Style, good writing, good baseball, good jokes and all pets.

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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 12/10/2026
Several scholars of authoritarianism and even the Third Reich have, for years, pointed to the similarities between Trump's GOP and the NSDSP and fascism generally. So unless Brooks knows more about that than us, I'd suggest he be quiet and listen to the actual experts.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
bigotry aside: imagine having to design an enforcement policy for this. what are we doing y'all?
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Jennifer McIntosh @jennifermc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I know it has been said before, but I am reading @karenhao.bsky.social’s Empire of AI based on @tressiemcphd.bsky.social list, and I am at the part where we find out the the movie “Her” and creating an assistant was a massive inspiration. The idea that someone yearns for an assistant. A female one.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h
X is the platform of choice for these smears. Musk himself pushed this conspiracy from his own account three times. Democrats need to go to war against Musk because he's already attacking them. He's deeply unpopular. And, as we saw in Wisconsin, voters recoil when he becomes an issue in a race.
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is like the ultimate payoff for orange cat behavior, it's like an MLB scout coming to your high school game
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Megan Thee Stallion Finally Adopts Stray Cat That Visited Her at Recording Studio
Megan Thee Stallion revealed on TikTok that she finally a...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Years ago I wrote this essay, and the clamor for compromise and one-sided pandering marches on, and of course David Brooks is a standard-bearer in the parade. As Jamelle Bouie notes, what if they are Nazis?
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Rebecca Solnit: On Not Meeting Nazis Halfway
When Trump won the 2016 election—while losing the popular vote—the New York Times seemed obsessed with running features about what Trump voters were feeling and thinking. These pieces treated them …
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 19h
I am somebody who thinks The Facebook Files were extremely important. I teach selections from them every year. I think the consequences are still reverberating. I think they are a major contributor to the rise of tech fascism. They punctured, if insufficiently, the impunity of technofeudalists.
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The Facebook Files & The Gutenberg Parenthesis (A Tale of Today, Episode #14)
with Gil Duran, Jeff Horwitz, Jeff Jarvis, Jacob Silverman, & Andie Tucher
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This stuff sounds like firm insistence on standards but it seems timid to propose civil liability as the big weapon against trillion-dollar companies when they keep using their products to commit crimes www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/o...
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Opinion | A.I. Companies Say They Aren’t Responsible for Their Unpredictable Products. Don’t Believe Them.
A.I. giants must operate under our laws.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"Governments and companies, acting separately or in concert, are increasingly being called out for surveillance, censorship, violence and control in digital spaces, practices that, according to [ @derechosdigitales.org ], are undermining the exercise of human rights across the region."
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Digital surveillance and control spread across Latin America under governments of all stripes
A report by the organization Derechos Digitales has documented more than 100 cybersecurity violations over the course of a year
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 18h
One combination of cultural and personality traits that indigenous, Irish, Black, and Jewish people have in common is a long memory, a sense of humor, and the hard-earned knowledge that the world has ended many times. Yet we went on. Life may break your heart. But life also cannot be stopped.
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April Hunt @aprilhunt.bsky.social · 11h
Love this 🤣🤣
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 11/10/2026
This opening by Bob Smietana is perfection! A must read!
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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 17h
The distance between illegal government raids against opposition party members and planting evidence against them is about a centimeter
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17h
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 18h
I think it's bad that a South African Nazi can spend almost 300 million on the U.S. midterms (gift link).
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans (Gift Article)
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h
To give a sense of scale, Musk is spending more on the midterms than he was on the 2024 election, and he was the biggest donor in that election. In 2025 he promised to pull back from politics and do much less political spending. Another lie.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h
There was no accountability for DOGE so he is going to keep doing it. Dems should promise to minimize contracts with clearly partisan government contractors and to impose more regulatory scrutiny on Musk. At this point, nothing to lose. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Read this thread & weep In our bioethics classes, we’re all going to be teaching our students about this grotesque RFK Jr-funded trial for decades to come White Danes flying in to Guinea-Bissau to withhold a proven intervention—the new Tuskegee And it’s happening in the year of our Lord 2026 🤯
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This right wing ratfucking effort is blowing up over on X and will almost certainly be all over Fox and other outlets tomorrow. Steven Miller and Benny Johnson are already pushing it. Two "journalists" claim to have called a rehab center in Ohio who told them that Talarico checked out recently.
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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 12h
Shoutout to the sales rep in Oregon who sold the slot, didn’t say a word, and kept it moving.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 12h
New working paper w/ @hannafolsz.bsky.social In 2025, Trump targeted US law firms for their political opposition Some firms resisted by suing Trump. Others folded by agreeing to support the administration w/ pro bono work Resisting firms took a short term financial hit but improved reputations
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million so far to defeat Prop 40. By spending their fortunes trying to stop California from taxing billionaires, they're making the argument for a billionaire wealth tax more clearly and articulately than anyone else possibly could.
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Rep. Emily Randall @repemilyrandall.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump, Stephen Miller, and DHS Secretary Mullin want to normalize untrained, plainclothes ICE officers firing into vehicles and endangering lives in every community across our country. This is unacceptable.👇🏽
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ICE officer shoots man in New York City
The 28-year-old man was shot while in a vehicle and was in stable condition, officials said. The DHS said the shooting occurred during a “targeted enforcement operation.”
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𝒲𝒩𝐵𝒜 𝒫𝒾𝒸𝓈 𝒟𝒶𝒾𝓁𝓎🥽(𝒜𝓉𝓁𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒶 𝒟𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃) @wnbapicsdaily.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This trio is going to the finals. #WNBA
Rhyne Howard, Allisha Gray and Naz Hillmon standing in front of a blue background and wearing the new Dream rebel uniforms. Rhyne and Naz are making a heart with their arms around Allisha, who’s making a heart with her hands
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Signs you’re a war criminal: You attack the court that goes after war criminals
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
As ever, Gary Kasparov understands exactly what's going down.
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April Hunt @aprilhunt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Yes! It’s the only reason I was OK with them losing. That GM and head coach are delulu
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April Hunt @aprilhunt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They definitely lost Game 2 on coaching issues
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Dee @dlawson382.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Whoever did this 😂😂😂😂🤣. #WNBA
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April Hunt @aprilhunt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’m a Dream fan but really, I love everyone but one team
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Danielle H @danielleceltics.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Atlanta Dream are going to the #WNBA Finals!
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WNBA @wnba.com · 10/10/2026
THE ATLANTA DREAM ARE HEADED TO THE FINALS 🅰️ The Dream defeat the Liberty 3-0 in the Semis to advance to the Finals for the first time since 2013! #WNBASeason30
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April Hunt @aprilhunt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Thank you, Dream! Wasn’t rooting against NY really, and definitely think their coach needs to go
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April Hunt @aprilhunt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This Dream game makes my tummy hurt. Just get it done, y’all #WNBA
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 09/10/2026
The FBI wants to hire the Ultimate Fighting Championship to train its special agents under a one-year deal that would bypass the competitive bidding process typically used for federal contracts, according to federal records.
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FBI Is Angling to Hand the UFC a No-Bid Contract to Train Agents
The contract would expand an existing partnership between the Trump administration and the UFC.
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 09/10/2026
On Thursday afternoon, Oscar Belgal became one of the more than 20 people shot by an immigration agent during President Donald Trump’s second term. And like most of them, Belgal was shot while he was inside a car. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/10/09/n...
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‘Normalize Bad Tactics’: ICE Keeps Shooting at People in Cars
The shooting of Oscar Belgal in New York City adds to the tally of similar incidents since Trump began his second term.
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April Hunt @aprilhunt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My nerves can’t take it
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April Hunt @aprilhunt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I love when there are 3-4 6-foot players scrambling for a rebound and you see her little fingers slide up and snatch it!
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April Hunt @aprilhunt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
No Steve! As Angel so eloquently said, let’s wrap this shit up!
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April Hunt @aprilhunt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
She is so fun to watch!
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[insert something witty] @shhimhiding.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It’s not just incredible that she wins this much, it’s incredible how much all this still matters to her. Jordan rarely got this emotional during the second three-peat. She’s really the best possible ambassador for the game you could imagine. #wnba
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Tavern Brawl, after Gillis Van Tilborgh, 17th c, 📸 by @HagyPhoto
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Las Vegas Aces @lvaces.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Voicemail box full of love and gratitude for the 𝑀'𝑽𝑃 💖📞 Watch the full video on Aces YouTube lvaces.wnba.com/AjaWins2026MVP
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Dee @dlawson382.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨 Guess who doesn't have a damn thing to do with this expansion team greatness? 😉 #WNBA Golden State Valkyries become first women’s sports team to top $100m in annual revenue www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/o...
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Golden State Valkyries become first women’s sports team to top $100m in annual revenue
The second-year WNBA franchise have become the first women’s professional sports team to surpass $100m in annual revenue, according to Sportico
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
they did the thing
an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He makes a good point.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump better get that sharpie out.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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StealthMomo @stealthmomo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Really speedran your way into the "Please tune into our taxpayer-funded livestreamed public execution" timeline, huh?
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