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BetterThanDystopia

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Ex-military. Barrister. I like systems, evidence, and uncomfortable truths. Low tolerance for nonsense; especially the fascist, sexist, racist or homophobic kind. Calm under pressure. Quiet until I’m not.

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 9h
If you're having trouble visualizing 57 men ignored an attack on another human, this might help. 57 people is 11 basketball teams + 2 5 football teams + 2 A school bus full of children Four 12-person felony juries, plus nine people. That's how many men failed to help this poor woman. #Cornell7
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2h
Brazilian intelligence officials have briefed French and German officials on US and Russian interference ahead of Brazil’s presidential election, Reuters reports.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 4h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
“It wasn’t a mistake”🤔 “Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” 🤔 @ericschmittmo pathetically attempts to play it off and act like he didn’t publicly humiliate himself in front of the nation today 🤡
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16h
Macron: “Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years. “Those who said, "We will be richer" - eight points of GDP less ten years later. "”We will solve the problem of immigration" - it is more complicated than before. "”We are going to crush it in international trade" - it is worse.”
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Jennifer 🦋🐶☕️🦋 @jenelliot.bsky.social · 21h
#NOMORE
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Qatar has said Hamas told Israel they would give them all the hostages on October 8th in return for no invasion. Israel refused, 38 more of the Israeli Hostages died, killed by Israel's own actions. They could all have lived.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham is coming for your pension! By... er... increasing it by slightly less. Whereas Reform will scrap it completely.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 8h
I've been blocked from attending Conservative Party conference. Just a few weeks after Badenoch blasted Reform for doing the same thing... bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/k...
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 9h
Pathetic…..
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🦋Fiona McGee🦋🚫👑🐈🐈‍⬛ @judymccarthy.bsky.social · 20h
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@billspaced @billspaced.com · 8h
Meta Labels AI Data Centers ‘Experimental’ to Claim Billions in Tax Credits Meta has classified its multibillion-dollar AI data centers as experimental “pilot models,” helping cut its federal tax bill by nearly $4 billion in 2025—a creative interpretation of a credit meant to fund research, not simp
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Meta Labels AI Data Centers ‘Experimental’ to Claim Billions in Tax Credits
Meta Labels AI Data Centers ‘Experimental’ to Claim Billions in Tax Credits Meta has classified its multibillion-dollar AI data centers as experimental “pilot models,” helping cut its federal tax bill by nearly $4 billion in 2025—a creative interpretation of a credit meant to fund research, not simply buy a mountain of chips. The company’s own filings warn that billions in savings could be overturned by the IRS, while tax experts question whether proven, commercially available equipment qualifies. Meta says it is using incentives Congress created to support its massive domestic R&D investments. Source:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/technology/meta-ai-data-centers-taxes.html
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11h
It's raining false flags. Yesterday Netanyahu said that Israel would be attacked. Today a flight is attacked.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21h
Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18h
I hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The “protect women” crowd hasn’t said a word about the Cornell rapists… It’s like they almost don’t actually care about women and abuse trans folks just to prop up their misogyny.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There always was money in spreading false rumours and hateful lies ... "So true." via Truth Against Hate
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rapist Matthew Ingalls has been terminated by Data Annotation Tech Rapist Diego Sarabia has been terminated by Wells Fargo.. Keep the pressure on. FOOT ON THE GAS. NO BRAKES.. Post Anything Here: InteractInk.com
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Diego Sarabia one of seven former Cornell University students accused in major civil sexual assault lawsuit, is no longer employed by Wells Fargo. A spokesperson for Wells Fargo confirmed that Sarabia is no longer with the company following a massive public outcry and demands for his termination.
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Axios @axios.com · 29/09/2026
"In Iowa, we should brace for losing everything, definitely the governor's race and maybe the Senate race and who knows what else," one top GOP campaign consultant told Axios.
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"Brace for losing everything": Farm crisis fears grip GOP in Iowa
Trump's policies have cause severe financial problems for farmers. Iowa is especially vulnerable.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms
See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nicki Minaj isn’t a U.S. citizen, so she can’t even vote herself. For a network that pushed false claims about noncitizens voting, you’d think they’d mention that. If this is about getting Black women to vote red, I’m here to tell you that black women are smarter than all of us.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's one thing to be so incredibly incompetent as Eric Schmitt that your dramatic "GOTCHA" moment falls apart in real time. It is quite another thing to be so incredibly dishonest as Eric Schmitt that you then go on a right-wing show and pretend it didn't happen. "My job is to ask the questions."😜
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.”
Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa stands indoors wearing a burgundy blazer and dark top, with campaign signage bearing her name and the outline of Texas visible behind her.Official letter dated September 29, 2026, from Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office requesting inspection of unredacted communications between Abbott’s office and Elon Musk and his companies. Hinojosa seeks records previously released with redactions for information deemed “embarrassing” or “intimate,” citing her legislative authority under the Texas Public Information Act.
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After heavy lobbying and huge donations from Big Tech, Trump killed a proposed Biden-era rule requiring AI companies to disclose their riskiest experiments to federal officials. Everything is for sale. This is worth a read: www.levernews.com/ai-regulation-was…
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AI Regulation Was Coming. Then Trump Killed It.
After a flood of tech industry cash, President Donald Trump killed a requirement that AI giants disclose their riskiest
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The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mf’er is like Batman.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Freedom 💙Bluewave @freedom2323.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I won’t stop posting this until this bitch get prosecuted.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE IS SICKENING......
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Moraa Unredacted @omoraa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Don’t make legends out of them by calling them the Cornell 7. Call them what they are: the Cornell rapists.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why might that be, Telegraph?
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pope can’t resist his pizza.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So Jimmy Kimmel had his wife parody Natalie Harp on his show. She played his unhinged assistant. It was as ridiculously funny as you might imagine.😅
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Chris Bryant, "I have this warning for Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch. They say they'll bin the European Convention on Human Rights" "They've clearly never read the Good Friday Agreement, or maybe they don't even care about it" "I promise you this: we will not dump the ECHR, we will stand by it"
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican. www.ms.now/news/russia-...
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A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms
The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.
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