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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I bought a six-pack of donuts when a guy next to me said, "You shouldn't eat donuts." I replied, "My grandparents parents lived to be 100." He asked, "Did they eat donuts?" I shot back, "No, they minded their own fkn business."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: Amid public health concerns over online sports betting, major operators like DraftKings say their in-app safeguards can prevent users from spiraling out of control. Our reporter decided to find out for himself whether that was true.
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Our Reporter Spent 10 Weeks Gambling on DraftKings. Here Are 5 Things He Learned.
ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson immersed himself in the world of online sports betting on DraftKings to test the limits of the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. Here are five things he learn...
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Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: In Nebraska rally, Trump just suggested he would be unbothered to see Iran "take out" LA or San Diego: “They could take out a city,” he said. “Let them take—Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. That’s—this is a very small price to pay."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
"He is not here to help. He’s distant, angry, a figure of nothing but venom & vengeance. He walks toward the viewer like a serial killer stalking his prey, his face a mask of contempt & barely-contained rage. His visage in this ad is glowering, almost a parody of a dictator trying to inspire terror"
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Scenes from a personality cult
Trump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point.
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Psaki's Apprentice @sleepycongressman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Smells of DOGE Big Balls and the sort Hegseth should resign
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kvconner.bsky.social @kvconner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
When Monsters Walk Among Us We have many monsters to destroy. –George Seferis But how can anyone tell the truth about Fascism, unless he is willing to speak out against capitalism, which brings it forth? –Bertolt Brecht By Henry Giroux September 18, 2026 www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/18/w...
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When Monsters Walk Among Us
More than four decades ago, the Greek composer and public intellectual Manos Hadjidakis issued a warning that now reads less like a reflection on fascism than a prophecy of our own time. The greatest ...
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Quinn Norton @quinn.yoyodyne-it.eu · 22/09/2026
New for @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/09/22/c... On the perils and promises of Canada and the EU in this venal age of Trump. Canada (in particular Alberta) is more complicated than people realize; there's hope and strong leadership in Canada, and the EU... remains the EU.
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Carney's Stuck in the Middle with EU - emptywheel
Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney is Nervous. He was angry-nervous when he addressed Davos at the beginning of this year. He was polite-and-firm nervous when he was telling the idiot hegemon of Ame...
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Another high profile resignation from leading AI company Anthropic. This is the warning to the world he wrote this evening on Twitter. "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade."
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 29/08/2026
what a time to be alive (derogatory)
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is an essential corrective to all the credulous stenography the MSM did based on what DOJ said about SPLC last week, which should not have been granted the presumption of regularity. “The Trump Regime is a white supremacist group, and they’re out for revenge,” writes @melissaryan.bsky.social.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Exclusive: A rare bookseller suspected his books were being bought by AI companies. He stuck an AirTag in a book and we tracked it to a secretive Amazon facility in Las Vegas where they scan and destroy books called VGT3: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
August 16, 2026
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August 16, 2026
“There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold.”
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Anna Rompage @annarompage.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Dr. Jim Downs @jimdowns.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My new essay in Literary Hub on the value—and the difficulty—of public history. lithub.com/on-the-publi...
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On the Public Historians Reminding Us How Easy It Is to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past
A recent essay in The New Republic asks why historians have become such visible public voices during the Trump era. Katherine Kelaidis argues that figures such as Heather Cox Richardson, Jill Lepor…
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The Almighty Tallest @spooknine.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I've said this before but in my old addiction group, everyone there screwed their own lives up but nobody screwed up everyone else's lives around them nearly as much as the gambling addicts. No external symptoms, and someone can lose their house before their wife and kids even notice a problem.
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Rob Sand @robsandia.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Not allowing oversight on taxpayer money is an invitation for waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This is fantastic.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
How Politico’s Negligence and Ignorance Helped Float Another DHS Lie talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/how-p...
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How Politico’s Negligence and Ignorance Helped Float Another DHS Lie
Voting rights, voter intimidation and the politics of voting have been central...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
politico was an exception talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/how-p...
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How Politico’s Negligence and Ignorance Helped Float Another DHS Lie
Voting rights, voter intimidation and the politics of voting have been central...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/07/2026
The Defense Dept. has a rule: Only U.S. citizens or permanent residents can handle sensitive data. Then Microsoft created a workaround that seemed to violate the spirit of this rule, leaving computer systems vulnerable to Chinese government sabotage:
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How Microsoft’s “Little Workaround” Created a Major Pentagon Threat
A little-known Microsoft program allowed China-based engineers to service the U.S. government’s sensitive computer systems — until reporter Renee Dudley found out about it.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/07/2026
WATCH: When her son Chris was 7, Mary McGonigle-Martin gave him raw milk, as it promised to treat allergies and digestive problems. A month later, he fell gravely ill. Now 27, he’s still dealing with the effects of kidney damage and other health issues. This is their story.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I love how this makes it seem like they stopped monitoring RFK Jr
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/07/2026
THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED FOR UNDER FASCISM — BRAVERY Before the attacks & the hot takes start, a few facts: Major Jason Watson is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, a career logistics officer, a NATO officer, and a decorated veteran who volunteered for a 365-day tour in Afghanistan… 🧵
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 19/06/2026
I’m sorry, no. This is not the guy who did the reflecting pool. No. Come on. We’re just putting a hat on a hat here. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
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abby (sports) @stabbyabby.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Everyone shut up I finally got a video of Jyn doing her cartoon snoring thing
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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Ossoff is so gifted at media: youtu.be/c1fstLcCeB0?...
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This Is Mike Collins
YouTube video by Jon Ossoff
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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I exist between two different realities here: first, the ingredients of Cheetos, as well as many other processed snack foods, are not healthy *generally* and especially not in excess. second, it is clearly not a death knell to eat them, and you don't need to fearmonger to encourage healthy habits.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/06/2026
The survey measures respondents' attitudes towards the businesses they deal with, and as of 2025, it's fair to say, customers are *pissed*: customercaremc.com/2025-nationa... 7/
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2025 National Customer Rage Study - Customer Care Measurement & Consulting
The Marketplace Meltdown: Navigating Rage, Uncivility, And The New Frontlines of Business-To-Customer Conflict Twenty-two years ago, we set out to replicate a dusty 1976 White House study on customer ...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Trump doesn't want the truth. (Nor does he think the concept of truth matters.) He prefers his fictional version of reality where Trump is always right, and Trump always wins.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/06/2026
the single biggest takeaway i have from this interview is that on top of being profoundly incompetent, bari weiss and her flunkies at CBS are genuinely terrible human beings. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...
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Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I waited a while to write this one. The time finally felt right.
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A tale of two media women
On Bari Weiss and me, and what journalists owe this world.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/06/2026
People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
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If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
One day we will look back on the murder of “60 Minutes” as one of the travesties of Trump’s reign. In the meantime, thank you Scott Pelley for telling the truth. Thank you, former “60 Minutes” producers, correspondents, and staff, for telling the truth. And now, we should boycott CBS.
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Read Scott Pelley’s full statement on firing from CBS News’ ‘60 Minutes’
“The collapse of values at the top has become untenable,” the award-winning journalist said. “The leadership of 60 Minut
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Impiety @noholyscripture.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Christian Snake Oil For those who drink to escape crushing poverty, racial inequality, or the drudgery of capitalism, A.A. often offers pseudoscience, instead of results, moralising condemnation instead of medical treatment & genuine understanding. www.prindleinstitute.org/2020/07/re-e...
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Re-evaluating Addiction: The Immoral Moralizing of Alcoholics Anonymous - The Prindle Institute for Ethics
With no evidence of effectiveness and some troubling threads in its doctrines, AA has a powerful reputation it hasn't earned.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I want to encourage you to read, follow and support @thomaszimmer.bsky.social's work. This is his latest.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...
"Bari loves this institution," Bilton told staffers at one point during the highly contentious meeting. "She loves '60 Minutes.'"

"She's murdering '60 Minutes,'" Pelley countered. "She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it—and she's doing exactly that."

This story is based on audio of the meeting obtained by Status. A CBS News spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment, but Pelley's stunning series of remarks left staffers on the newsmagazine wondering if he will resign.

In the meeting, Pelley pointed out that Weiss has "no qualifications for her job" and told Bilton "you have slender qualifications for this job." Pelley, the former anchor of "CBS Evening News," noted that the changes Weiss has made to that program "have been catastrophic."

"So why should we expect any of this is going to be any better?" Pelley asked Bilton.

Bilton tried to move the meeting along, but Pelley pressed on, challenging the new executive producer’s references in interviews to “60 Minutes” creator Don Hewitt’s vision for the program as he outlined his plans.

"I have another question," the veteran journalist said. "Did you at any point work with Don Hewitt, telling everybody about what Don Hewitt thought, and what his inspiration was? I worked for Don Hewitt from 1999 to 2004 and Lesley Stahl probably worked with him for 30 years. Just wondering how you have such deep insight?"

Bilton replied that he was simply quoting Hewitt’s own words from past interviews and asked Pelley whether he had any other questions. Pelley said that he did.

"I have many questions," Pelley responded. "What was wrong with Sharyn Alfonsi?"As Bilton started to say he would "defer," Pelley interrupted: "This is not the crowd to dodge."

Bilton insisted he was not dodging.

"Nobody talked to you about that?" Pelley continued, pressing him on the firing. "They're taking one of your correspondents away and nobody mentioned to you what was wrong with Sharyn?"

Bilton acknowledged that he "had conversations with people."

"And what came out of those conversations?" Pelley asked. "They are private conversations?"

Bilton reiterated that he "did not fire" Alfonsi or Vega. Pelley pointed out that Bilton had nonetheless discussed the matter with others. Charles Forelle, a top Weiss deputy and managing editor of CBS News, interjected, telling Pelley that he was being "rude."

"This is not actually productive," Forelle said. "This is not an interview."

"It's working for me," Pelley replied.

"Anybody came into our house—this is '60 Minutes,'" Pelley added. "I guess you wandered in expecting to read a statement off?"

Pelley then asked Bilton "what was wrong with" Draggan Mihailovich, the executive editor of "60 Minutes" who was fired on Thursday.

Bilton again said that he did not fire Mihailovich. Forelle one more told Pelley that he was being "rude."

Pelley did not let up, however. The veteran newsman told Bilton and Forelle that the way management handled the firings was "cruel." Forelle—yet again—responded by calling Pelley "rude."

"I'm not being rude," Pelley shot back. "I have some pretty—you know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock. Sending Draggan Mihailovich to HR to get fired, because nobody could look him in the eye. Not talking about Tanya's contract. Not talking about Sharyn Alfonsi's contract. Not talking about Cecilia Vega's contract. Just calling them up and telling they were fired. That's rude. This is a conversation. That is rude, and you were part of that."
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
One thing I’m gonna say about this nazi salute is that it does not “resemble” a nazi salute, it is a nazi salute. May we all dispense with this coy “resembles” language in all cases.
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Brad DeLong @braddelong.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
How a bad book, a bogus formula, and a hunger for favor led Kevin Hassett to discover that he could lie his way up the ladder as a career, and it would pay. Republican politicians and journalists call it “economic advising”. But that really is the wrong phrase, isn’t it?: **Re: The Truly... 1/
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Re: The Truly Abominable Kevin Hassett: Steve Durlauf Does the Work of the LORD: LIFE IN THE 2000s
How a bad book, a bogus formula, and a hunger for favor led Kevin Hassett to discover that he could lie his way up the ladder as a career, and it would pay. Republican politicians and journalists...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/06/2026
NEW: lots of you have sent me this article asking for my thoughts. I’ve been able to confirm it. Just as she says, Trump’s administration is staging vote.gov on a non-government cloudflare account under the EOP where there’s no oversight or accounting. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/thedreyd...
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I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House
There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 29/05/2026
"The plan is to kill off publicly funded academic science in this country." Correct. And that means killing off the whole US science and innovation industry. Because it's all built on a foundation of basic research—which. can. only. be. funded. by. public. dollars.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Three things said about AI and social science: it's a topic to study, a thing to critique, a tool to use. My new Daedalus essay argues these aren't three conversations; they're one. A 🧵 on "Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object, and Tool." www.amacad.org/publication/...
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Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object & Tool
Uses of advanced artificial intelligence are changing how societies organize labor, govern, produce knowledge, and make meaning. In light of these developments, this essay argues that AI models, tools...
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
For the sake of the Republic, I pray Greg is right. Restoring US democracy will require: 1. US voters to issue MAGA a stinging rebuke at the polls; 2. Lustration of the political criminals who did all this; 3. Constitutional reforms to prevent any of this from ever happening again. No half measures
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...
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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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