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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026

Democrats vs. Republicans in a nutshell. This absolutely nails it.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026

ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:

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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...

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O @omagus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Like @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social said, Mamdani just pushed the button.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.

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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

NEW: Brown Brothers Media is the most successful media company you've never heard of. For years, its success was fueled by AI, fake writers, and fake reporting. When we started asking questions, BBM started mass-deleting content. Somehow, what came next was even worse. futurism.com/artificial-i...

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How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month

Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 12/09/2026

Cory explains why we should worry a lot less about “rogue AI,” and a lot more about irresponsible AI companies.

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” — Plato

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/09/2026

For years, New Yorkers have demanded access to City records about the lasting health impacts of the horrific September 11th attacks. For years, they have been denied and ignored. That ends today. nyc.gov/sept11docs

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September 11 Docs

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Mike Okuda @mikeokuda.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today, September 8, 2026 marks the 60th anniversary of Star Trek’s premiere on American network television. From the beginning, there was something special about this show. >> [more]

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM. They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war. Happy Labor Day.

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Blank Verso Books @blankverso.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣)

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026

Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades. No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.

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**°•.FAFO.•°** @fafo-ez-one.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

AOC: “We the people demand full protected and restored voting rights in the United States of America. We the people know that means we must respond to the arsonists redistricting the South with an organizing, legislative, and civil strategy of our own to dismantle their injustice and liberate..."

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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.

Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sometimes, when someone dies, what helps me is thinking about how wonderful it is that they were even alive in the first place. Dolly was the closest you could get to an American saint. We all loved her.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner met today to see what they have in common. It turns out to be only one thing: A stupefying fear of progressive Democrats accomplishing lots of things that will help people.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“The power of the presidency is nothing compared to the power of the people.” —Sen. Jon Ossoff

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Does it ever feel like you're in a cage being watched? Well, you are. By Flock cameras, thanks to Mike Rogers.

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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The way a president speaks about women matters. Dismissing, mocking, or belittling women isn’t toughness, it’s disrespect. In the past, the highest offices in the country elevated public discourse. And now, it is being dragged into the gutter. Vote. Vote. Vote.

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AOC RESPONDS TO TRUMP ATTACK: "Mr.
President, don't take your anger out on me - I'm just a silly girl. Take it out on whoever convinced you to betray the American people and our Constitution by illegally bombing Iran and dragging us into war. It only took you 5 months to break almost every promise you made. Also, I'm a Bronx girl. You should know that we can eat Queens boys for breakfast.
Respectfully!"

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026

Bette Davis was the only white performer who agreed to be part of Hattie McDaniel's performing troupe to entertain Black servicemen during WWII. www.tumblr.com/themidcentur...

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

For three decades serving as a US diplomat, one policy remained constant through Republican and Democrat Administrations: Support for Free Speech. Trump's FCC goon, Brendon Carr, is now demanding that US news channels support Trump's agenda or risk losing their license. The dictatorship is here.

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God @thegodshow.com · 17/08/2026

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

“Learn from science that you must doubt the experts.” — Richard Feynman

Black and white photograph of Richard Feynman standing in front of a large chalkboard filled with complex physics equations and diagrams, gesturing with his hands while lecturing.

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God @thegodshow.com · 14/08/2026

Their assets are frozen, construction is suspended, and their deal is under investigation for fraud. SMITE!

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Bless The Albanians Who Stopped Jared And Ivanka

Dear Humans,

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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Friendly reminder that these things aren't impacted by closing the Strait of Hormuz so maybe, just maybe, we should implement them to avoid being impacted by future conflicts: -Solar panels -Wind turbines -Battery storage -Electric vehicles -Bicycles -Natural fertilizers -Electric heat pumps

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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Day 53 in Albania and the streets are STILL alive! 🇦🇱🔥 What began as a fight over luxury resort developments has grown into a relentless daily movement in Tirana. Every single night, thousands take to the streets demanding real political accountability. The people aren't backing down! 🦩

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This isn’t vandalism, it’s art – and reminds me I must watch They Live again

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’ve wanted to see more elected Democrats and other prominent opponents of the Trump regime take this sort of approach. Address it on a human level. A basic what’s wrong with you, why do you debase yourself like this. Or as Sen. Ossoff put it: “isn’t it humiliating to be unable to answer this?”

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Trump doesn’t force people to do bad things. All he did was show people they could get away with being horrible if they really wanted to, and a lot of powerful people decided they didn’t need to pretend anymore. Especially those in influential positions who could push back but did not.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

😳 🌎 🔥

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/07/2026

Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"

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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Breaking: An active service member, Major Watson of the U.S. Air Force, was just arrested on the steps of the Capitol building after calling for the impeachment of corrupt Trump administration officials.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Thanks, SCOTUS!

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 30/06/2026

The legal arguments for Trump's birthright citizenship executive order are vapid and embarrassing. Multiple lower court judges legit laughed DOJ lawyers out of the room. The fact that four Supreme Court justices twisted themselves into logical pretzels to buy it is a constitutional emergency.

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The Constitution Is On Life Support

Four justices are prepared to stuff the Fourteenth Amendment’s promises in the garbage because Mister Trump demands it.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

BREAKING: The Supreme Court struck down limits on how much political parties can raise and spend on candidates. Already, political spending is surging to record-shattering levels. With this ruling, the court has eliminated yet one more protection against political corruption.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/06/2026

Ossoff: "When they gathered in Atl to remove Black elected officials not by defeating them at the polls, but by manipulating maps to dilute minority power, they saw you mobilize & they backed down. A wave is building ... let's make sure they hear it down at Mar-a-Lago, that GA will bow to no king!"

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Please read and call. Flood the zone.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It’s truly astounding to see leftists who champion diversity and an end to genocide and corruption characterized as “hateful” and bigoted while the most openly hateful and bigoted politicians in decades are running the country

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/06/2026

lollllll -- Ossoff proposes a motion that would ban senators from trading stocks and crypto, prompting Sen. Lummis (who loves crypto) to immediately object

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