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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 16/09/2026

I mean, the LLM itself isn't destructive. The uses to which humans put it, the strain we put on the environment, and the behavior of the corporations that run them is horrifically destructive. But the LLM itself is just a tool, no better or worse than any other.

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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 16/09/2026

Which is not to say that machine intelligence is per se impossible; it is perfectly possible that a machine can and will learn to think in a subjective, conscious way through the same process that generated human (and presumably other) sapience: time and evolution.

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

They don’t want you to VOTE. That should really make you WANT to vote. CHECK YOUR VOTE STATUS HERE!: midterms.voteamerica.org/vote/verify/... youtube.com/shorts/nw-qB...

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They Don’t Want You To Vote

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It gets worse. The disclosure says officers may also be required to create federal law enforcement records on people flagged by the system even when the information being used is questionable. That includes naturalized U.S. citizens.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/09/2026

The feminist movement was never a threat to men. Secure men have always understood that. They stood beside women, fought for equality, and some proudly called themselves feminists too. If women having equal power feels like oppression to you, feminism isn’t the problem.

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sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This is the WONKiest voter thread. Dive deeply.

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sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

American Legion Dyer-Gunnell Post 180 is putting on a 5k fundraiser. If you're in the DMV, join us at 0-dark-thirty this Saturday for a run/walk from the Post out along the W&OD trail in Vienna, VA. runsignup.com/Race/VA/Vien...

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Celebrate America 5K

The Celebrate America 5K is on Saturday June 27, 2026.

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Rebellions Are Built On Hope @builtonhope.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

NYC ITS TIME TO VOTE! Vote before 9 PM today

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Rothbard's "paleo strategy" was, in essence, let's throw in with David Duke (literally the example he used) because we can use racist populism to smash the welfare state. In some ways adjacent to Pat Buchanan, very hard-right on social issues relative to other notable 20th C. libertarians.

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sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

As an Election Officer I learned that the State is going to do everything to ensure your vote is cast. You have to show ID but many types are accepted. You must be registered but they have same day registration. You have to be at the right place but, if not, we'll give you a provisional ballot.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

One of the greatest Kennedy Center Honors performances ever: Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, Jason Bonham on drums, and Shane Fontayne on electric guitar. It moved Robert Plant to tears as he watched alongside Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. (Edited for format)

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CritterLife 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🐈‍⬛🇨🇦🇺🇦 @slewsky.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

if you really want to cry today. The Queen of Soul performing for Carole King At the Kennedy Center Honors 😤Trump cooties belong no where near this place. youtu.be/8cF0tf35Mbo

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Aretha Franklin Brings President Obama To Tears Performing At Kennedy Center Honors

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Really sums up a favorite right wing grievance: what's offensive here aren't my actions, but your accurate descriptions of them

"The dissent accuses the Court of
'unshackling' itself from 'constraints.' It is the dissent's rhetoric that lacks restraint,"
he fumed.

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brightshadow (regular) @cuil.world · 05/05/2026

you say this like it’s a controversial opinion in 2026 If we could tax billionaires meaningfully and use the funds for the common good that’d be fine by me, but we cannot do this because they have purchased our government

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Women Help Women is a global telehealth service that supports self-managed abortion by providing abortion pills, mailed in discreet packaging to avoid theft by government operatives, and information about how to use them: womenhelp.org/en/ Please retweet profusely.

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WHW: abortion and contraceptives — Women Help Women

Women Help Women: connecting the personal experience of swallowing a pill to global reproductive rights activism

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sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Same. Especially when the leaders of these companies are literally installed in our government RN.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

History has seen this before: moments when faith is used as a mirror for compassion, and moments when it’s used as a weapon. This is one of those moments where the difference is impossible to ignore.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

It turns belief into a kind of spiritual hall pass,where being “right” about God conveniently excuses being wrong about how we treat people And that’s where things start to look off Because in parts of MAGA aligned Christianity,you see a version of faith that’s very certain but not very recognizable

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The entire editorial personalizes Trump. No demands of Mike Johnson or John Thune. No demands of the Republican Party to change or moderate. It’s the exact opposite of how they cover Democrats, where the actions or words of the most minor elected official become a crisis for <the party> as a whole.

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sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I've been saying this for years. Every strong man government in history had an ever-shrinking "in" group. You're in the club until another enemy is required to keep the fever dream alive then *boop* you're out.

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sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

It sucks so bad that anytime I hear a news reporter saying "the White House says" I stop paying attention. 🙃

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Roberts Courts legacy is to make it harder for ordinary people to engage in the most basic form of participation (voting), for that participation to matter (letting gerrymandering stand), while removing any constraints from billionaire influence on politics

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sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I signed up for the US Marine Corps and went to boot camp during the Iran Hostage Crisis (yes, I'm old). It was thankfully over by the time I graduated, but I got in line to go should my country need me. I didn't understand much about it, but I knew there was a crisis. This is not that.

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sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Thanks for shining a light on this darkness.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 05/03/2026

VoteVets senior advisor Max Rose says troops in the Middle East are now in a combat zone and their lives are in danger because the president is waging war. By bypassing Congress, vital questions on defense weren't asked, and tragically, service members already lost their lives.

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sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Again, every accusation is a confession. The voter suppression in the Dallas area (with no real reason) is a poison pill.

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sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Thanks for the add, Doc. I'm in very good company in this list!

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Johnny’s kids 😭

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sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

If you ever get the chance to listen to the CSPAN coverage of the oral argument of the SCOTUS tariffs case, give due props to Neal Katyal. There was no subject on which he was caught off guard. Kavanaugh, at one point, had an "agree to disagree" moment but Katyal kicked ass.

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Fire Marshal Bill @firemarshalbill.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

We found the line the GOP wishes never got crossed. A seemingly straight, cis-male, who worked for veterans, and was legally carrying his permitted handgun, was shot in the back 3 times after he was disarmed by masked federal agents, and then shot 7 more times as he lay dying in the gutter.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Remember the Bundy insanity during the Obama years? Armed guys occupied a federal office and one of their buddies took position with a sniper rifle aimed at federal agents? Exactly how many of those guys were shot and killed?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Fascinating. Big, if true. 🧐🤔

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sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I've been wondering this from the start.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

If you're a Republican, take everything I just said but change the president to Barack Obama and the men populating the army that just invaded your town to ones who hate red towns, states, and Americans...and white Christians. You would've called it a civil war *two minutes in*.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

A few thoughts on this important NYT analysis: First, the officer who killed Good is shown running up the *passenger* side of the car seconds before he killed her. He shot her first from the front, then the driver's side. This means he *put himself* in the path of the vehicle when he shot her.

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Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Local Fox9 interviews a witness in Minneapolis at the site of the murder

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sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

If you can, show this to your trumpy friends and family. We attended the opening and saw the cast interviews. A24 understood it would be included on Prime Video but that didn't happen. youtu.be/CpGZbt5jYl0?...

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The Sixth

YouTube video by YouTube Movies

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sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

The MSM is making comparisons with the invasion of Iraq, speaking of the AUMF, etc. Here's what they're missing: We are Iraq. Trump is Saddam. Venezuela is Kuwait. Trump banners hanging in DC. The White House's transition to a palace. The arch he wants to erect. Trump's name plastered on everything.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/12/2025

I feel like Indiana abandoning Trump is a tipping point. And it’s not because they didn’t want a new map. It’s because he shook them down.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/12/2025

Frank Gehry, who died Friday at 96, redefined architecture with buildings like the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Here are 12 of his essential, stunning projects.

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Frank Gehry: 12 Essential, Stunning Projects

A singular genius, Gehry redefined architecture with joyful buildings like the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language. It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.

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JeJuneBug 🌷 @jejunebug77.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I never thought that I would say the COVID-19 was easier and simpler to deal with than…well anything. Because there is no vaccination against authoritarianism. There is no treatment, no pill, you can take to avoid being taken over by a fascist regime.

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