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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm not naive enough to actually believe this will happen, but Democrats could be preparing, right now, lists of impeachment charges against (at a bare minimum) Hegseth, Kennedy, Mullin, Patel, Blanche, & Trump, as well as Bondi, Bovino, & Noem (still worth doing!) that rely purely on public facts,
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/09/2026
“He definitely isn’t fluent, and I doubt he’ll ever get there, but he’s truly come a long way from being unable to pronounce a single word intelligibly.” — Xi Jinping
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Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit
WASHINGTON—Marveling at how his American counterpart’s grasp of the difficult language had progressed, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told reporters Thursday that he was deeply impressed with how much Pres...
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Trump administration's lawless killing spree at sea continues with a lethal strike on four more supposed "narco-terrorists" in the Caribbean. Very real killing in a make-believe war. Outside of war the general term for premeditated killing is murder.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this avocado has a real attitude
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My read is that there aren’t five votes to let Trump literally rig elections. Roberts and Barrett won’t greenlight overt election subversion or chaotic, illegal interference with voting. Kavanaugh and Gorsuch aren’t reliable but don’t love the chaos either. Thomas and Alito want to end democracy.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 11/09/2026
Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party. Seems like it should be a story?
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Your ever-regular reminder that Republicans in Congress fully support what Hegseth and the president are doing to the American military. It’s disgraceful and disqualifying
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Joshua Bowman @thalesdisciple.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Working on an A.I. policy for my calculus classes. Decided to be upfront about the current situation with LLMs and to give a heartfelt explanation for why the course still matters.
Al policy

Context

Artificial Intelligence, or "A.l.," Is a broad term used to refer to several different kinds of technologies. The kind most relevant to this class are Large Language Models (LLMs), which use mathematics to analyze large amounts of human-produced text and then generate new text that simulates what a human might write in response to prompts or questions. Some examples of LLMs are OpenAl's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Google's Gemini.Current LLMs can provide a solution to any calculus problem I give you. So why should we work on them, you might ask? Here's the thing: for the most part, the problems were already solved anyway. Calculus as a subject is nearly 400 years old. It has reached into virtually every modern scientific and economic field. And while I would like to believe that I have crafted a few new problems with some small amount of originality tailored to this class, for the most part I have curated a collection of exercises drawn from my years of teaching calculus. Those exercises come from textbooks, workshops, friends, and other fields of study, as well as my own invention.
And they nearly all have known solutions, often with fairly standard approaches.
Before A.I. became widely available, you could find those solutions in another textbook, or from a friend's notes, or through a repository on the internet.The point of this class is not necessarily to solve problems that have never been solved before. It is for you to develop habits of thinking that are used by mathematicians, scientists, and policymakers-to develop a sort of mental toolbox that can be applied to new problems. If along the way you happen to find a new way of solving one of the class exercises, that's great! I am constantly learning new things from my students. But you will be bereft of discovery if you rely on a LLM for solutions to the calculus problems before you. Here I mean the discovery of having your own realizations, crystallizing your own internal understanding, claiming the knowledge in a way that cannot be taken away from you.
That ownership is what I want for you, and that is what the course is built around.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
"doesn't understand the appeal of patina" feels like neat summation of American aesthetics
A BBC story headline reads: "Worth $5M? Visitors react to renovated Washington horse statues." There are two photos. One from 2013 that shows the horse statues in their older, patina state. And one from 2026 that shows them covered in 23.75-karat gold leaf.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 31/07/2026
See the full list of names:
substack.com
Every Member of Congress Who Funded ICE (So You Can Vote Them Out)
These 206 names are on the ballot. You can fire them.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The documents Trump cited don't even make his case - and actually refute much of it. But that didn'tg matter. No foreign regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president just did tonight to faith in U.S. elections. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump Just Did More Damage to Elections Than China
His speech was a mashup of charges that aren’t supported by the documents he released.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10/06/2026
The only way to get out from under all this shit is court reform. It’s literally more important than anything else right now because any laws or rights that the chucklefucks in Congress deign to give people of color or queer people can (and will) be undone by the Supreme Court.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The absolute fucking insult to injury here is that he's using the language of reparations re: these traitors. THAT'S the headline. "Just compensation for people who were mistreated by their government" oh you mean like a Constitution protecting slavers? FHA's redlining? Mass incarceration?
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Trump doesn't care about the economic plight of the average American because he's too busy calling his broker His stunning 3,700 trades in just 3 months in firms like Palantir, Nvidia and Boeing should be another Watergate. Here's how to make it one My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
inquirer.com
The E-Trade presidency: Trump trades stocks while America burns | Will Bunch
The tangled web between Trump’s stock purchases, his policies, and blatant promotion is a new low for a corrupt regime.
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Madame Defarge @sallyern.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Best replacement for Audible is your local library and the LIBBY or Hoopla apps. Borrowing books are FREE. It is the best.
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
They're really stopping an election that's already under way to erase my people from the map.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Ex Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under Obama👇🏽
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
President Trump threatened to obliterate every power station and bridge in a country of 90 million people on Tuesday night in prime time and basically no one is bothering to even ask him how that is not a “war” that would require authorization from Congress under Article I of the Constitution.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
🦸 RUTHERFORD COUNTY hero librarian Luanne James making national news for taking a stand.💪🏽 She says she stands by her decision. apple.news/AfodCXEHuRA6...
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The whole thing about Democrats searching for a winning message for the midterms is infuriating because it is staring them in the face: Rule of Law — People who do illegal shit should face consequences. For insider trading. For illegal wars. For ignoring court orders. For being a pedophile.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I started covering this last year, and I can't overstate how important this is: the Trump administration officially labeled some of the most commonly-used forms of birth control as 'abortion' jessica.substack.com/i/173447780/...
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The Trump Administration Says IUDs and the Pill Are Abortions
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran warPostal Service may be out of cash in 2027 without Congress' help, postmaster says
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
ICE is out heavy today.
LA TACO
ICE TRACKER
03/18/2026 11:00 am
CARPINTERIA:
ICE / NIPOMO & LINDEN /
6:39AM/ SIGHTING /
SAN GABRIEL:
ICE / 1901 S SAN GABRIEL ST /
6:47AM / UNSURE IF ANYONE WAS
TAKEN /
CATHEDRAL CITY:
ICE / 35850 DATE PALM DR / 7:00AM / 1 KIDNAPPING /
RANCHO CUCAMONGA:
ICE / COURTHOUSE / FOOTHILL &
HAVEN/
7:40AM / 5 VEHICLES SEEN /
FONTANA:
ICE / LEWIS LIBRARY /
SIERRA & ARROW /
8:20AM / PARKED IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY /
FONTANA:
ICE / SIERRA & ARROW /
8:30AM / SIGHTING /
SAN DIEGO:
ICE / 3910 W POINT LOMA BLVD /
9:00AM / 1 KIDNAPPING /
VENTURA:
ICE / GOVERNMENT CENTER /
800 S VICTORIA
9:20AM / SIGHTING/ FONTANA:
ICE / ELM & MERRILL /
9:24AM / 1 KIDNAPPING/
FONTANA:
ICE/ WHITTRAM & BEECH /
9:25AM / SIGHTING/ GLENDALE:
ICE/JUSTIN & 5™/
9:27AM / SIGHTING/ SANTA ANA:
ICE / MAIN & ST ANDREWS /
9:30AM / SIGHTING/ SAN DIEGO:
ICE / NEAR CALIFORNIA WESTERN
SCHOOL OF LAW /
225 CEDAR ST /
10:30AM / 1 KIDNAPPING /
LOS ANGELES:
ICE/ ISAP OFFICE / HILL & 2ND / THROUGHOUT THE MORNING
4 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN DURING
CHECK-INS
By Izzy Ramirez
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/03/2026
Q: Do you have a comment on the six service members who passed? TRUMP: *ignoring question* Go ahead. Who else?
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 14/03/2026
I wonder why the Democrats are always recruiting former military rather than, say, community organizers, public defenders, or nurses.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...
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Pentagon’s Boat Bombings Are Illegal, Human Rights Panel Is Told
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The DOJ released evidence, which the FBI deemed credible, that the President of the United States sexually and physically assaulted a 13 year old girl AND she was afraid to talk about it because Trump would kill her—and it’s somehow not the biggest scandal in American history?
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 07/03/2026
Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.
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John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Who set the clock on Iran? open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The power of the purse is sometimes referred to as the ultimate war power. Congress ultimately ended U.S. participation in the Vietnam War through funding cutoffs. Just saying. www.politico.com/live-updates...
politico.com
Top Republican signals Iran supplemental may be coming
Lawmakers are questioning officials about stockpiles of key air and missile defense systems.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/02/2026
January 2026 was a particularly corrupt month for the Trump administration, so it took us a little longer to slog our way through compiling this installment. All told, they committed 62 new atrocities. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/jan...
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Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: January 2026: Atrocities 658-730
Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
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bestcoaster12.bsky.social @bestcoaster12.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Oh my, yes.
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Sarah Barsness @sarahbarsness.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Dispatches from MN: it's getting really hard, guys. The media has left, the donations are drying up, and ICE is still here kidnapping people. It's hard not to be resentful that other people have the option of setting this aside for.other things.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
There's a real danger that members of Congress and the American public tune out this killing spree at sea as mere background noise. Don't normalize or become inured to this deeply abnormal and lawless premeditated killing. The administration has asserted a license to kill outside the law.
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
here is a thread you should read right now
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Valentine Barker @valentinebarker.com · 16/02/2026
I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own. I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history. 1 square = 1 year.
A graphic in pink, blue, and green that illustrates how recent many Black History events are to the current day -- ranging from 1619 to 2024.
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/02/2026
easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The Only Thing Stronger Than Hate Is Love: Minneapolis version.
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Much to everyone's surprise, L.A. played a big part in the Super Bowl. The co-owner of empanadería Fuegos LA designed Benito's casita, the couple who got married are residents of the San Gabriel Valley, and more. The full story: lataco.com/super-bowl-e... By @janettev.bsky.social
A group photo of men and women who participated in the Super Bowl halftime show.

Text placed at the top of image reads “All the L.A. Easter Eggs from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show”
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 09/02/2026
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me. Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
And while everyone is feeling good about Benito giving a Grammy to someone who is not Liam Ramos: Congress can pass a personal bill to grant citizenship to Liam Ramos, his family and Kilmer Abrego Garcia.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/02/2026
"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
nytimes.com
Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
There’s a throughline between the administration’s lawless violence abroad and its lawless violence at home—between smearing the victims of boat strikes as “terrorists” and smearing the victims of DHS executions as “terrorists.”
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