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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I think that @aselrod.bsky.social is right that the attention economy does bad things to our brains, whether or not those things qualify as addiction www.liberalcurrents.com/portraits-of...

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Portraits of an American Dopamine Eater

Our attention economy incentivizes the profane degradations of fame-seeking and celebrity culture.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Good Life but it should be noted that every single song on this album is a banger

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It is not a defense of Donald Trump to note that the public has begun reacting to political and economic events in deeply irrational ways. They elected Donald Trump, after all! It’s funny he’s now on the wrong side of it, but pretending everyone abruptly sobered up is not wise.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Guys I’m sorry it just doesn’t make sense that a president with 3.4% inflation and stable real wages would have a worse approval on inflation than a president with 15% inflation and a 7% drop in real wages. If you try to argue that’s rational, you are literally rationalizing. It’s weird and spooky

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Brendan Ryan @brendanryan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

after being part of many campaigns, this is the one thing I believe to be 100% true

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

“Racism is good and policy should be designed to reflect that principle,” couched in euphemism, is an acceptable opinion in the anglosphere leadership class but “racism is bad and policy should be designed to reflect that principle” is wokeness gone amok and unacceptable bsky.app/profile/okwo...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/06/2026

McGOVERN: Do you stand by your comment that kicking people off food assistance is somehow 'good news'? BROOKE ROLLINS: Most of those were fraudulent McGOVERN: I've talked to people who lost benefits. They were kicked off of SNAP. Hunger is getting worse in the United States.

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

With another No Kings coming up, a reminder that irony and coolness will never save us. Cringe is good. www.liberalcurrents.com/cringe-is-go...

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Cringe is Good, Earnestness is Strength

On irony poisoning and the importance of being earnest.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Here's my bottom line: Much of what they are doing is bad. Much of what they are doing is unpopular. Pushback is working. We are winning. Keep fighting. Be creative. Push for what you'd want. Allow for insiders and outsiders. Realize that change takes time. Reduce harm in the meantime.

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Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 24/02/2026

Fun fact: the blizzard of ‘78 was actually when they invented weather.

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functional moron @fiveburger.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be

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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I’m the only person in this elevator who isn’t afraid to talk about the real issues

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

No drama there, no credit. For the most part, nothing happens at all. No secret agent stuff. Turning in hours at the dullest make-work job of all time, except unpaid. Just vague unending tension. They’re doing it for free, every day, by the thousands, so their neighbors can be SAFE and can be FREE.

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

They get mad over on twitter about following federal law, in this case 8 U.S.C. § 1158

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Sometimes this reminder is helpful on Bluesky: It’s good to oppose Trumpism. Trumpism is evil. But there are plenty of people who oppose Trumpism who are also petty, shitty, annoying people. Block them or ignore them and go back to opposing Trump.

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Black Hart of Saint Paul @blackhartstp.com · 28/01/2026

You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

May we all work to live the kind of life that prompts this kind of eulogy.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The political press very clearly understands “truth” as a social agreement, a compromise position between everyone important enough to have an opinion. It did not reflect on how this would allow dedicated liars to go all-in on lies again and again and dramatically shift the position.

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Lordbeef @lordbeef.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

looking at reddit.com/r/all right now is wild. 80% of the posts are anti ice from every kind of subreddit like NBA, climbing, nursing, batman, catbongos and music

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Andrew Tobolowsky @andytobo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I keep thinking about this fact that his last words were are you okay and hers were I'm not mad at you and it feels like a weird coincidence but it's just a reflection of the fact that the people who are coming out to take care of their neighbors are good and the people who are after them are bad

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Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens

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austin (eeek!/ackkk! 👻) @thebadcode.com · 24/01/2026

I know Will wasn’t the first to say it, but I cant stop thinking about “we will never have as many guns as they have/they will never have as many people as we have” and how easy that makes it to pick a strategy

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

If you steal my neighbors in the night, I do not care if they have all their documentation in order

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 24/01/2026

Every single one of them is risking their lives against death squads to prove that the fascist vision of America, a country where we hate everyone different than ourselves, is a fucking lie

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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

genuinely stunning image

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I never understand why people who tout their moderate and centrist credentials aren't directly asked about this.

Screenshot of the letter which reads: I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

A photo of Claudette Colvin in a red sweater

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis. Say bad things are bad.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Sonny Rollins getting ready to go onstage at the Apollo Theatre in New York City, 1961. Photograph by Steve Schapiro.

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Life is short, you should like some stuff

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

It’s really strange the vice president of the United States is a white supremacist, who says white supremacist slogans, who publicly praises and follows the work of white supremacists, and it’s simply not mentioned or discussed in political media

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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/12/2025

related to this a lot of people in the pundit class need to learn how to just be annoyed by someone or something without turning it into What’s Wrong With America

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 14/12/2025

And I'd go further: I think the ability to laugh at and mock people in power *is* powerful and important, it erodes the aura of inevitability that they rely so much on

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Bryan Fischer @bryandfischer.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Diego Pavia in Vandy's final four games, 400+ total yards each Saturday, 16 total touchdowns.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism. The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.

the party now cared more about climate change and various academic fixations than cheap energy and good-paying jobs.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

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Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The past few days have been a really interesting chapter in my reawakening. Trying to brush away some of the most racist commentary of the past decade as “politics” or “differences of opinion” has really confirmed how poisoned the culture is. Nobody will ever cop to this particular type of pathology

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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

@rewiringamerica.bsky.social just launched the Save on Better Appliances campaign, "a nationwide effort to help homeowners lock in valuable energy tax credits before they expire at the end of 2025." www.rewiringamerica.org/newsroom/pre... 🔌💡

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Save on Better Appliances campaign helps households act fast to save big | Rewiring America

Rewiring America's Save on Better Appliances campaign is helping households future-proof their energy bills.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

The key to Trump’s authoritarian encroachments is pretext. He pairs some shockingly dictatorial move with an incredibly thin pretext everyone knows is false - fighting crime, concerned about fraud - and every public figure talking about the situation feels the need to debate the pretext.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I increasingly feel certain that the thing that has driven politics insane is the growing ability of people to find ways to validate their beliefs, no matter how incorrect and irrational. It started in right-wing media but has become central to all political discussion.

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