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It's Chaos, Be Kind

@atomicovermind.bsky.social
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He/Him. Earnestly giving a shit is the new black. Angry as Hell in DC's missing corner. Sic semper tyrannis. E Pluribus: Unum. “La vie est comme un égout - ce que vous en retirez dépend de ce que vous y mettez." - Tom Lehrer It's chaos. Be kind.

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Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
Raging Unicorn #art #illustration #fantasy
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Josh Crews @joshcrewsreally.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dave McKean. #comics #art #film
Striking headshot of Nosferatu with one ghastly hand showing
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 8h
It’s funny to think the first thing the house has to do when they get back in session is to vote on this bozos impeachment
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10h
NEW: Despite Trump fixation, Internal probe of Federal Reserve's building renovation project finds "At no point during our evaluation did we find reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of federal criminal law had occurred requiring a referral to the US Attorney General"
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 10h
PUT A HAT ON YOUR HAT.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h
In 1988, California banned public financing of elections — one of the best methods to counter the power of Big Money. Voters can restore it this November by voting YES on Prop 4. Watch.
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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 18h
We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs
Night. The House of Chimes - a tower which you might immediately think of as Big Ben - is adrift in the River Thames. It still seems to be keeping time. In the background, a large, alien building looms over the city of London.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 11h
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
FUCK SEN. MIKE LEE. THAT IS ALL.
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's nice to see that Pitchfork can still do it right.
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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 29/09/2026
This is such a great profile of Dinosaur Jr “It’s annoying, because you’re saddled with these guys — god dammit, what the fuck? But it sounds better, so what are you going to do?” — J Mascis on Lou Barlow and Murph
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How Dinosaur Jr. Learned to Tolerate One Another, Kind Of
For 40 years, J Mascis has quietly led his incredibly loud band into the annals of indie rock. But during his annual vacation in Cape Cod, he opened up about almost everything: interpersonal dynamics,...
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I just heard Kristin Gillibrand say in an NPR interview that one of the ways to address the Cornell incident was to pass KOSA. Um.
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The new @protomartyr.bsky.social album is a BURNER. Seriously great stuff.
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 29/09/2026
If Third Way got there before you did, you should feel bad.
The "Jason Figured it Out" meme except instead of Jason, it's Third Way
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 29/09/2026
awoke this morning with a Vision
that diagram showing  the SUV blind spot in the front but it's lowly worm driving his little applemobile
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
RIP to the Mighty Sparrow, titan of calypso music. youtu.be/qVcpiXXJgdA?...
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Sparrow The Gun Slingers
YouTube video by Clynton Mann
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/09/2026
What’s Rustling In That Leaf Pile?
What’s Rustling In That Leaf Pile?
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Schwalb Entertainment @theschwalb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today's Deal of the Day! Shadow of the Demon Lord!
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Shadow of the Demon Lord | Schwalb Entertainment | Schwalb Entertainment | DriveThruRPG
The End Is Just the Beginning Sometimes the world needs heroes. But in the desperation of these last days, the world will take all those it can get: heroes, blackguards, madmen, and whoever else is wi...
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Building a foundation of AI literacy on the question of "Why are we using it?" seems like a pretty solid move.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten says his office is reopening the investigation into the 2024 gang rape of a student at a Cornell University fraternity abcnews.com/US/district-...
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District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m seeing a lot of posts from older women about how they won’t talk or think about Cornell because it’s too painful or the problem is too big to solve. I’m urging you all to remember how you felt as a college student when older women said that to you. Don’t turn your back on the next generation.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rich would prefer you to believe that the "free market" is subject to the immutable law of supply and demand. But for years, the wealthy and powerful have manipulated the market for their own gain. There is nothing “free” about it. Watch.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
"Trump has an instinctive admiration for authoritarian leaders, a quasi-mystical belief in his own judgement of character, and a bone-deep commitment to never listening to a briefing. The result is diplomacy by dictatorial whim."
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Trump loves Xi because he wants to be him
Kowtowing to tyrants makes him think he’s strong.
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I could really do without the "I had a bad experience with the people that run <social media site>, thus all users of it are joyless assholes who should get a life" takes, thanks.
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
lol what is even the point anymore
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I *have* heard Choosin' Texas but JFC the idea that it's only possible to not have heard it if you are a "cultural elitist" is one of the dumbest takes I've heard in a while.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unnerving @washingtonpost.com exclusive: US and Russia worked in secret to remove "a range of provisions designed to safeguard the use of artificial intelligence in weapons." For instance, leave targeting to AI, no human review required. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4yWadkR
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U.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pact
The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre...
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTyrbvHLQ/ THIS is the reason Susan Collins went along with everything the asshole wanted to do. He had kompromat on her and she owed him.
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The Susan Collins corruption scandal is bigger than you think. Thanks to @ProPublica’s William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden and Kirsten Berg for the incredible reporting!
TikTok video by Jess Craven
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pathetic collapse of journalistic solidarity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business…
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TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)
The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Vought is breaking the law but he is not “going rogue.” At his confirmation hearings, Vought told Republicans he would do this and they voted for him anyway. If they want to stop him, they still can via impeachment. They won’t.
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New missive from the Department of Forseeable Consequences.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/09/2026
The free speech™️ people are at it again. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The jaguar sex wasn't that great, TBH.
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Folks, Kai's post wasn't gendered, it was just a bit *old man shouts at cloud*. He's Generation Jones, ex-military, and a deeply experienced business reporter. That'll give you certain ideas of professional decorum that don't match up with what's acceptable today.
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What a thing does is functionally its purpose.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Twitter not laughing at your jokes, buy Twitter. HBO owns streaming rights to an unflattering exposé, buy a piece of HBO. Government regulations threaten your businesses, buy the government. Elon Musk seems determined to be a case study in the problem with unfettered wealth.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A rich person can never be held accountable. Therefore, a rich person must never make a societal decision
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been surprised by how much capital has been willing to sell out the labor it needs to operate but I guess everyone has a limit
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Keegan the Animator @kiwisburnttoast.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
timelapses always make me look indecisive (i am)
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Marion Barry at least earned his near bulletproof status in the trenches. Trayon White is just a two bit hustler. I think that's what makes this whole case especially irritating.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 25/09/2026
Happy 9 to 5 day, Sister Dolly. We miss you ❤️
Photo of Dolly Parton in the movie "9 to 5."
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is as vicious a diss as you're going to get out of Cornyn.
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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have watched exactly four (4) of these.
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