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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 18h
I’ve been dying to share this news for weeks and now I can finally tell you. I sold my book!
Publisher’s Marketplace Deal Rwport for Angry Minds by Lindsay Beyerstein
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It's about ethics in Rope-a-Dope.
Fox News Politics @foxnewspolitics
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico's viral hospital rumor has been debunked by time-stamped security footage reviewed by The New York Times — but the bigger story may be why his campaign sat on the evidence while the conspiracy theory exploded across social media for days.
Talarico disappeared from the campaign trail for nine days in early October, fueling rampant speculation that he had secretly traveled to an Ohio behavioral health center. His campaign maintained he was home with the flu, and security camera images from his Austin home now back that up. But GOP strategists and journalists are torching the campaign's response as "mind-numbing malpractice" for not releasing the footage sooner.
With Election Day just weeks away in one of the biggest Senate races in the country, the question has shifted from where Talarico was to why his team let the narrative spiral unchecked when they had the receipts the entire time.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Tufted duck
Brown duck swimming. Yellow eye. Tuft on head
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Whooper swan
Huge White swan
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That tweet was spot on in 2019 but it seems more prescient every day.
Thing Bad
@Merman_Melville
Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
3:03 PM · Jan 24, 2019
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump can never leave Iran because he can't admit he got a worse deal than Obama. The longer he stays, the bigger the sunk costs he's got to chase.
Well, last on this question, over the weekend you rejected a ceasefire proposal from the Iranians. Can you just tell us why you did that? 

Because things that I wouldn't have approved a year ago I wouldn’t have today. 

Can you give us an example?

I mean, it was—they made an offer to open up the Strait. You know, you saw some aspects of it, not all. But it's just, it's just, it's not good enough. Nearly.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
President Ricotta Brain:
TIME: Are you going to ignore the courts when they say this this denial is—

TRUMP: Well, the court actually said that, if you look at the judge's decision, he's been a very anti-Trump judge, which is very interesting. But if you look at his decision, he really said process. He talked about—come back to us with process.

TIME: He's a Trump-appointed judge. He was appointed by you. 

TRUMP: Yeah, he was. He was. It's one of those things.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here's Trump rambling about the same topic in 2016. Concerning in its own right. He sounds high. But compare it to the same story from 2026.
Trump rambling about his uncle John Trump.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What do you make of this stance?
Donald Trump in a blue suit with a blue tie, black patent leather shoes and a unique standing posture in an outdoor media scrum with AI CEOs.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sure enough, the utterly credulous are saying all the things that Ben Crump can't say himself because he'd lose his law license.
Screencap from YouTube with headline Arrest Them? "Deleted His Phone?" and photos of Nolan Wells and his friends.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When Trump says he cherishes something, that means he's abusing it, whether that's the free press, Ivanka, or Canada.
The White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish. It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America. It is corrupt, purposeful, pervasive, fully coordinated, and totally out of control.
It is a threat to our National Security, and must be stopped, NOW! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the guy you see at all the orgies:
Yudkowsy in a hat with the caption The Abrupt Extermination
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ben Crump and Al Sharpton want you to believe that the Nolan Wells grand jury was rigged because the prosecutors didn't show the inculpatory evidence. But the prosecutors gave the Crump team carte blanche to submit any evidence they thought was inculpatory, and they said they didn't have any!
The Grand Jury, through the District Attorney's Office, made written requests to the family of Mr. Wells and their legal team to produce any evidence collected in their independent investigation into the death of Mr. Wells.
. on behalf of Mr. Wells' family, advised
that their investigation revealed no witnesses or evidence "whom the legal team reasonably believes possess information germane to potential criminal activity that warrants referral to your office [the District Attorney's Office]." Further, the family did not request that any "additional document, recording, photograph, digital media, report, or other material in the legal team's possession be submitted to the Grand Jury." The Grand Jury received a fourteen (14) page report concerning Mr. Wells' cellular phone prepared by the families' own forensic examiner, Garrett Discovery Inc., entitled "Mobile Device Examination Findings Preliminary Repor" that was provided to the District Attorney on August 28, 2026.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not sure what point you're trying to make with that.
Screencap from Unherd showing Lorenz article disappearing behind a paywall with the script "Keep reading for $1 a month."
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The grand jury investigating the death of Nolan Wells specifically rejected all the "enhanced" versions of the Sea Tow distress call.
"‘The Grand Jury received the original Sea Tow call made by occupants ofthe Triton on July
4, 2026. The Grand Jury finds that the various Sea Tow calls and interpretations of the call
circulating on the internet and social media are not true and accurate."
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump suggests shoveling money to Russia
String of Daring Russian Plots is Testing Washington's RestraintTrump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Golestan Palace is very pretty.
Exterior of Iran's Golestan Palace with a fountain and elaborate and colorful ornementation
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The yard cardinals had a baby!
Baby northern cardinal on chain link fence
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You know it’s going to be one of those days when the pineapple has stigmata
Pineapple cut open to reveal red spot that looks like blood
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump is flatly accusing the Democrats of orchestrating the assassination attempt against him in Butler, PA. He's literally calling it a "Democrat Plot, to get me out of the Election."
Everybody knows the Crooked Joe Biden FBI didn't do what they should have with respect to the Lunatic who shot me in Butler, PA. By the time I got into Office, on January 20th, most of the information was missing, altered, corrupted, or gone. New info was just found! Why wasn't it seen long ago? This was all a Democrat Plot, to get me out of the Election, that failed. Dirty Cop Christopher Wray should pay a price for the way he handled this assassination attempt, and certainly for the things he said.
GOD BLESS AMERICA — MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President
DONALD J. TRUMP
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Love you, byeeee!
Cardinal taking flight from chain link fence, butt view
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Molting in the Rain
Female northern Cardinal soaked and molting on a tomato cage
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This Mary Danforth piece is stunning.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Crypto huckster Hunter Biden is going full doomer conspiracist. Don't listen to him.
Opinion: The Next American Election May
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I have reluctantly arrived at a conclusion I cannot prove and cannot shake. I believe the 2024 presidential election was not decided on the merits of policy or the will of the people. I believe it was decided by the stealthy deployment of artificial intelligence, microtargeted social media campaigns, and unfettered access to Americans' most sensitive personal data. In a race that turned on thin margins in a handful of battleground states, these technologies would have been enough to tip the scales.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is the most Temu-looking arch I've ever seen.
Doug Burgum babbling on social media about Trump's triumphal arch with a white mockup with blank panels.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Everyone is constantly trolling everyone in public life and I'm sick of it.
Screencap of a tweet by RFK, an AI-generated image of RFK spoon feeding JD Vance sauerkraut while Marco Rubio looks on holding a giant pop tart. The text says, "Join the party, @marcorubio."
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just so you know Richard Hanania is part of a glorious tradition of right wing crankery when he writes stuff like this:
Richard Hanania @RichardHanania
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The point of a game like Grand Theft Auto is to identify with the character.
By making a female character, the new game will be promoting autogynephilia.
There's nothing necessarily wrong with that, and if they make her bisexual then the game won't necessarily be unhealthy.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Monty Python colonel in brown uniform and hat: Stop that! It's silly!
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
He's bragging about doing it. To what extent it ends up being stolen is an open question. On the one hand, it's supposed to be just US oil companies, but it's Trump, so there's going to be theft.
BREAKING NEWS: The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY! At my direction, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, working closely with Highly Respected Interim President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, and, through a partnership with private business, have secured majority U.S. control of more than 65 BILLION BARRELS of proven Oil Reserves in Venezuela, at no cost to the American Taxpayer. This Historic Transaction MORE THAN DOUBLES
American Oil Reserves, greatly increases our Oil Supply, and will substantially lower Gas Prices for all Americans, long into the future, while helping to continue to set Venezuela on a course toward Tremendous Success and Great Prosperity. This Transaction will
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Nolan Wells conspiracy slop is getting out of hand. This thumbnail is claiming that a disgraced former judge who's now one of the most accusatory and conspiratorial voices against Wells' friends ordered them to jail.
YouTube thumbnail of Carlos Moore, Nolan Wells and Wells friends AI generated image behind bars.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
When Jukes says that 99% of Arday's papers are unchallenged, I'm reminded of this joke:
Seamus was coming out of the pub with his son when he stopped and put an arm around the youngster. He nodded towards the village in front of them and said, "You know, I built half the homes in this village but nobody calls me a homebuilder." Source: https://davidlansing.com/an-irish-joke/
Then with a wave of his arm, he said, "And I worked on half the roads in this village but nobody calls me a roadbuilder."
Seamus sighed, put his two hands on his son's shoulders and, looking him hard in the eye, said, "But you fuck
one sheep....."
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
You thought I was kidding, didn't you?
Front facing color picture of looksmaxxer Clavicular.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
TIL that the young Richard Nixon mogs Clavicular.
Black and white photo of Richard Nixon in sports uniform looking better than looksmaxxer influencer Clavicular.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A study found that if you knocked out the right set of substations, you could black out the entire United States.
FERC conducted a power flow analysis, which modeled the cascading effects of knocking out the most critical substations in each interconnection, ones where multiple high-voltage lines came together. “We came up with some very astounding numbers,” Wellinghoff said. “If you knock out nine total substations among those three grids, you can black out the entire United States.”

According to Wellinghoff, which nine substations were taken offline didn’t matter as long as each one was among the 10 most important in its region, and you could black out the three interconnections individually as well: “I mean, it’s not like there are particular substations. You just have to figure out what are the top 10 critical ones in each of those interconnects. Which, to do that, it’s probably something that a bunch of 12-year-olds with the internet could do pretty easily. All you have to do is look at a map of the grid and figure out where most of the wires go into the substations — that’s a critical substation.”
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
We pulled our last aircraft carrier out of Asia and now Trump is scaling back military exercises with South Korea based on his bromance with North Korea's dictator.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump • August 16, 2026, 5:04 PM
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Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea. These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful. Therefore, and based on the fact that it is too late to cancel, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to substantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises! While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, "No thanks!" Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
As @mikeblack114.bsky.social explained: Everybody knew that the Bahrain base would get trashed if we attacked Iran so the thinking was either don't attack Iran or do it so fast that you don't need a good supply chain.
Mike Black: the overarching thing that people need to keep remembering is the on the shelf plans assumed:
a) everything in the Gulf gets smoked
b) there is no (palatable) military option for forcing the Strait
c) given a) and b), if we do this someone better have a plan for conflict termination within weeks
Mike Walker @newnarrative.b... • 1d
Navy Carrier's Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in War
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Nolan Wells' friends have a ton of exculpatory evidence and they're up against a horde of ravening internet conspiracy theorists but their lawyer (R) is insufferable with his "how do you do fellow kids" outfit, his slouch, his outlandish shoes, and his insistence that his favorite word is "virtue."
Nolan Wells' friends and their lawyer in technicolor sneakers, a baseball cap and a hoodie, exhibiting far worse posture than the teenagers he represents.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Pope Leo XIII ad:
Pope Leo XIII ad advertising Mariani wine
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Channon Wilson drowned in a creek. The kids he was with told police that they were wading in the creek when Wilson was swept away. Local residents came running to help but they couldn't find Chan. There's almost no info online about this story, but it's hard to see how it reflects badly on Turner.
PRESS RELEASE
Prepared by: Chief Shannon Nobles
Date: May 9, 2022
Re: Drowning (Juvenile)
Today, May 9, 2022, Chief Shannon Nobles announces the tragic drowning of a 13-year-old D'lberville Middle School student on May 8, 2022 at a local waterway adjacent to Hwy 15 in the area Old Hwy 15 and Dodson Road.
Chief Shannon Nobles said DIberville Police Officers and DIberville Fire Department personnel responded to the area of Old Highway 15 and Tuxachanie Creek to a reported possible drowning. Juvenile witnesses on-scene stated they and the victim were wading in the creek and they lost site of the victim and the victim failed to resurface. Local residents that heard the commotion conducted a search of the water but were unable to locate the victim. The victim was subsequently found in the creek by Diberville Police and Fire personnel who rendered immediate aid. The victim was transported to Merit Health Biloxi by American Medical Response for a higher level of medical attention where he was later pronounced deceased by hospital staff. Although the initial investigation indicates and accidental drowning, this case remains open pending further investigation.
If you have any information regarding this incident or any other crime, please contact the D'lberville Police Department at 228-396-4252 or
Mississippi Coast Crime
Stoppers
at
877-787-5898 or
www.mscoastcrimestoppers.com. Tips to Crime stoppers are confidential and callers can remain anonymous.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Those tricksy vandals at the National Park Service writing death threats on the Reflecting Pool.
Trump Truth Social post purportedly showing a rip in the Reflecting Pool liner marked RIP
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I have lost so much respect for Don Lemon over his coverage of the Nolan Wells case. This week, Lemon interviewed a barber from Ocean Springs who gave Nolan his first haircut and knows his parents. The interview went off the rails when Emmanuel criticized Crump.
Don Lemon thumbnail: Wells Family Friend Speaks to DonDon Lemon thumbnail: Wells So-Called "Family Friend" Crashes out Live
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Crump said in the press conference the private autopsy was inconclusive. Then he shared a post from an anonymous user claiming to be a former nursing student stating that Nolan was tortured.
attorneycrump & 14h
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Repost from @lovingsafire:
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I have been remaining quiet BUT let me chime in. The hyoid bone highly vulnerable during asphyxiation. The occipital area was rea, blunt force trauma. Nolan Wells was tortured.
This ish
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aching. Father God WE need answers.
Side note: Former nursing student here.)
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Susan Collins thinks Mitch McConnell's seat is his personal property and we should all shut up and stop asking when he's going to do his job, or if he still can.
“Mitch was the longest serving leader in Senate history,” said Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine. “Couldn’t we extend some grace to him? He is a survivor of childhood polio, which has made his recovery slower. But he has always been a fighter, and will be back.”

She suggested that Governor Beshear’s motives for hammering Mr. McConnell about his illness were political.

“This rush led by the governor, who must be running for president, is so unseemly and so unkind to a senator who has been such a leader for so many years,” Ms. Collins said.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A Guide to Recognizing Your Heritage Americans.
INFRA Heritage Turkey Chart
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A guide to recognizing your heritage Americans.
INFRA chart: What's up with heritage turkeys?
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The bags in the Trojan Horse
Designer bags in the Trojan Horse display.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Uncomfortably honest Bergdorf Trojan Horse display: Our designer bags will sneak in and enslave you.
Silver Trojan horse filled with designer bags in Bergdorff window at night.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Onion headline, 2003: This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Sean Hannity, eulogizing Lindsey Graham, but addressing Donald Trump as if Trump were God. This is blasphemy. This is a cult.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Imagining the Strait Story remake in the Strait of Hormuz with one man making the perilous journey on a water tricycle.
A water tricycle on a beach in John Deere colors.
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