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Lawson Al Gaib @lawsonphoenix.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is what we should never forget

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singular locus sarah @scgriffith.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🚨🚨🚨 BANGER ALERT 🚨🚨🚨

In 2017, I closed my Atlantic essay with the words “And trans kids should know, CIA is always recruiting.” That promise has been broken. I cannot in good conscience advise LGBTQ Americans to join the CIA—and that sentence is the hardest thing I have ever written.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.

A graph showing how the edsel and Cybertruck both performed based on their sales target and actual year one and year two sales. The edsel was expected to sell 200k units in its first year. It sold slightly over 50k, and less than 50k the next year

The Cybertruck had a sales.target of 250k in its first year. They sold around 40k, the next year they sold about half as many.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 09/07/2026

Asha Sharma assigned to Federal Reserve's "productivity and jobs" task force the same week she oversaw 1,600 layoffs (with another 1,600 to come) aftermath.site/xbox-asha-shar...

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Kris Straub (كريس)📍PAXAus @krisstraub.com · 09/07/2026

so is the goal to only have like, 12 people total making decisions for all government and industry

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Hustlebros are LARPing on TikTok by buying software that fakes sell notifications and revenue dashboards from Shopify, Stripe, and OnlyFans. So I emulated them: www.404media.co/how-i-bought...

404media.co

How I Bought a Private Jet By Selling $10 Subscriptions to 404 Media

My journey inside the world of LARPing, where hustlebros pretend to be rich for TikTok.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The Democratic Party's control over primaries is breaking down. Why that's a good thing: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/mamdani-sw...

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Mamdani Sweeps; Party Weeps

Party control is dying

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/06/2026

LMAO -- GOP Rep. French Hill is literally right now during a news conference touting the bipartisan housing bill and the president's support for it, unaware that Trump moments ago angrily announced he won't sign it

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Penny Arcade @penny-arcade.com · 12/06/2026

But... but what if I don't scan things? Does that make me less of an accomplice to the atrocities that Pokemon GO is comitting? See and read the full comic on penny-arcade.com ! #PokemonGO #Niantic #WarCrimesForCandy #satire #foryou

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

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Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/06/2026

many people who would have lived longer will die because of this. he’s one of the most destructive people on the planet.

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Alt National Archives @altnatarchives.altgov.info · 01/06/2026

Jesus. Stop watching CBS. I don’t care that you love 60 Minutes. This company is in dumps back pocket and no longer stands for journalistic excellence. STOP WATCHING CBS.

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Foundry Virtual Tabletop @foundryvtt.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Live in 10 minutes, we're closing our Anniversary Celebration with a deep look at Ember Gameplay! Join Andrew (Atropos) on Twitch at twitch.tv/foundryvtt/ for an in-depth look at gameplay and quests in Ember, plus audience Q&A and giveaways!

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Guillotine Hunger Force @handle.invalid · 29/05/2026

amazing this is not a skit

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Nerd @babayaga25.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

@devononearth.bsky.social if you're looking for good Chinese cinema, Lychee Road is a really good dramady. Starts out as a workplace comedy and escalates from there. Solid acting, beautiful scenery, a nuanced critique of luxury consumerism. Just all around excellent film.

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Nerd @babayaga25.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Slightly Increase a Band: Destiny's Teenager

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Escape Pod @escapepod.org · 08/05/2026

Hail and well met, sapient travellers! If you're looking to rest and/or recharge, consider stopping to experience our latest story, "Rhona’s Tavern and Spacetime Portal" by S. L. Myers. It's got harsh language!

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Escape Pod 1044: Rhona’s Tavern and Spacetime Portal

The two boon companions walked through the snowy woods along the cobblestoned road, the night lit by hissing gas lampposts. Ahead, just seen through the scarecrow trees, a neon sign glowed bright…

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Nerd @babayaga25.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

@killjamesbond.bsky.social please, y'all gotta do Black Coal Thin Ice for me at some point. I need some November Gnosticism to explain the undercurrent of this movie, because I clearly missed something big.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I think it's cool that the DOJ now froths like a pro se litigant. It's cool and good and I like it.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Read to the end for the part where Pope Leo says the Vatican has been targeted by foreign intelligence blackmail operations

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Lum @brokentoys.social · 19/04/2026

This is a prescription for fascism espoused by one of the country's leading defense contractors.

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@PalantirTech

Because we get asked a lot.

The Technological Republic, in brief.

1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation.

2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible.

3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public.

4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software.

5. The question is not whether A.I. weapons will be built; it is who will build them and for what purpose. Our adversaries will not pause to indulge in theatrical debates about the merits of developing technologies with critical military and national security applications. They will proceed.

6. National service should be a universal duty. We should, as a society, seriously consider moving away from an all-volunteer force and only fight the next war if everyone shares in the risk and the cost.

7. If a U.S. Marine asks for a better rifle, we should build it; and the same goes for software. We should as a country be capable of continuing a debate about the appropriateness of military action abroad while remaining unflinching in our commitment to those we have asked to step into harm’s way.

8. Public servants need not be our priests. Any business that compensated its employees in the way that the federal government compensates public servants would struggle to survive.

9. We should show far more grace towards those who have subjected themselves to public life. The eradication of any space for forgiveness—a jettisoning of any tolerance for the complexities and contradictions of the human psyche—may leave us with a cast of characters at the helm we will grow to regret.

10. The psychologization of modern politics is leading us astray. Those who look to the political arena to nourish their soul and sense of self, who rely too heavily on their internal life finding expression in people they may never meet, will be left disappointed.

11. Our society has grown too eager to hasten, and is often gleeful at, the demise of its enemies. The vanquishing of an opponent is a moment to pause, not rejoice.

12. The atomic age is ending. One age of deterrence, the atomic age, is ending, and a new era of deterrence built on A.I. is set to begin.

13. No other country in the history of the world has advanced progressive values more than this one. The United States is far from perfect. But it is easy to forget how much more opportunity exists in this country for those who are not hereditary elites than in any other nation on the planet.

14. American power has made possible an extraordinarily long peace. Too many have forgotten or perhaps take for granted that nearly a century of some version of peace has prevailed in the world without a great power military conflict. At least three generations — billions of people and their children and now grandchildren — have never known a world war.

15. The postwar neutering of Germany and Japan must be undone. The defanging of Germany was an overcorrection for which Europe is now paying a heavy price. A similar and highly theatrical commitment to Japanese pacifism will, if maintained, also threaten to shift the balance of power in Asia.

16. We should applaud those who attempt to build where the market has failed to act. The culture almost snickers at Musk’s interest in grand narrative, as if billionaires ought to simply stay in their lane of enriching themselves . . . . Any curiosity or genuine interest in the value of what he has created is essentially dismissed, or perhaps lurks from beneath a thinly veiled scorn.

17. Silicon Valley must play a role in addressing violent crime. Many politicians across the United States have essentially shrugged when it comes to violent crime, abandoning any serious efforts to address the problem or take on any risk with their constituencies or donors in coming up with solutions and experiments in what should be a desperate bid to save lives.

18. The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures drives far too much talent away from government service. The public arena—and the shallow and petty assaults against those who dare to do something other than enrich themselves—has become so unforgiving that the republic is left with a significant roster of ineffectual, empty vessels whose ambition one would forgive if there were any genuine belief structure lurking within.

19. The caution in public life that we unwittingly encourage is corrosive. Those who say nothing wrong often say nothing much at all.

20. The pervasive intolerance of religious belief in certain circles must be resisted. The elite’s intolerance of religious belief is perhaps one of the most telling signs that its political project constitutes a less open intellectual movement than many within it would claim.

21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful.

22. We must resist the shallow temptation…

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 12/04/2026

Hillary Clinton called universal health care a pony and didn’t pay for one of her top staffers cancer treatment. They had to do a go fund me

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 31/03/2026

“This narrative - that simply existing as a trans person is a form of deception - puts our community in danger,” @jessothomson.co.uk 🏛️ This week’s Milestones by @sasha98.bsky.social looks at how Trans+ panic entered the UK legal system. Subscribe here 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/milestones

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“HOW TRANS+ PANIC SNUCK ITS WAY INTO UK LAW BOOKS”

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Trump: I’m going to put ICE in the airports, where they will target and arrest all the illegals, especially Somalis, because I hate the Democrats Headlines: Trump puts ICE officers in airports to ease long lines, provide relief for weary travelers

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/03/2026

THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.

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Nerd @babayaga25.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Can't believe people are paid to write shit this dumb. Possibly the most compelling argument for just handing journalism over to LLMs I've seen to date. Haven't seen someone this cringe since Jeff Gannon was in the White House press pool.

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Dane Owens @owendanes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Tax billionaires out of existence.

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404 Media @404media.co · 10/02/2026

Please... do not do any of this... @evystadium.bsky.social has more. full story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/rfk-jrs-nutr...

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 04/02/2026

INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.

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I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
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Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.)

But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.

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brie skull emoji @brie-skull-emoji.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

feminists, leftists, trans people, Woke ppl in general have been and will continue to be 1000% vindicated about basically everything

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kristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Demand the name of the shooter.

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How can you tell we have an unaccountable secret police force that answers only to Trump?
This person has still not been identified.
In a real police force, that piece of information is released in the very first incident report.

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The Joe Gross @joegross.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather. “No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!” “No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”

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Nerd @babayaga25.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

New Years Day is the Monday of the Year. Real "Party's Over, Back To Work" Vibe

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price. Here we are again. We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war. www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...

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Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group

The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.

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Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.

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