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Maurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com · 07/03/2025

Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933. I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.

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burnafire.bsky.social @burnafire.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Didn't know I wanted -- no, needed -- this.

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burnafire.bsky.social @burnafire.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Oops. I got the branding wrong 2 weeks ago: #GoldCard is the 'rich people' visa. The Tempo-Slavery Worker visa will now be called the #RedCard (fingers crossed). #Prediction

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burnafire.bsky.social @burnafire.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Starting to wonder if #MakeMarsMultiracial will become a hashtag in my lifetime.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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burnafire.bsky.social @burnafire.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

WHAT IF THE PLAN IS 1. Create worker shortage 2. Make a 'Gold Card' employers buy to import workers 3. No payroll tax so no benefits 4. Can't use for another job (so forget raises or union rights) 5. Must wear like a #StarOfDavid 6. Have to leave in 72 hrs if fired Result: #PermanentUnderclass

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DataIsBeautiful @dataisbeautiful.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

February 2024 already surpases previous absolute highs in sea surface temperatures at 21.12C.

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DataIsBeautiful @dataisbeautiful.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Number of words spoken between characters in Romeo and Juliet.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 12/02/2025

Incoming Asteroid xkcd.com/3049

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burnafire.bsky.social @burnafire.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Step 1: Make unreasonable/absurd demands that are extremely easy to comply with. All other steps: Gently increase the level of difficulty required for compliance with each additional demand.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office." www.ap.org/the-definiti...

The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace:

As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs billions of people around the world every day with factual, nonpartisan journalism.

Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office. This afternoon AP’s reporter was blocked from attending an executive order signing.

It is alarming that the Trump administration would punish AP for its independent journalism. Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/02/2025

GigSlave Goes Public With $84 Billion Valuation. The popular slave-hailing app made its Wall Street debut today with a highly anticipated IPO that could grow the slave sharing company's value by more than 80%.

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burnafire.bsky.social @burnafire.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Can't find you by typing "PeteButtigieg" in the BlueSky search box. Can you or @bsky.app fix that ASAP?

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.

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Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell @kurzgesagt.org · 10/12/2024

In 2014, we asked if “War was Over”. Back then, the question didn’t seem so naive. It seemed violent conflict was on the decline, and the world more peaceful than ever. But the last ten years weren’t what we expected. Watch our analysis: kgs.link/war-2024

A city skyline engulfed in destruction, with a collapsing building amid thick black smoke and bright orange flames. The blue sky contrasts sharply with the chaos below, highlighting the devastation of urban warfare. The scene captures the intensity and tragic impact of conflict on humanity.

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burnafire.bsky.social @burnafire.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Republican #DEI = Destroy Everything Immediately

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The Poynter Institute @poynterinstitute.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Journalists say a communications pause at federal health agencies has disrupted the flow of crucial information, and could potentially leave the public in the dark about updates to scientific research and public health issues like drug recalls or flu outbreaks. www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

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Stymied by a federal health communications pause, journalists worry about what comes next - Poynter

The pause has potentially left the public in the dark about updates to scientific research and public health issues like flu outbreaks

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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/01/2025

John Cena Slims Down For New Role Portraying Human Man theonion.com/john-ce...

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burnafire.bsky.social @burnafire.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

@bsky.app is ANTI-antisocial media and I love it! It is the cure. People to be avoided in real life can be locked out of all @atproto.com circles. Can't get enough of the #NuclearBlock. Woosah...

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ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in a dark room

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

"The editing became extremely intrusive. It was very much toning down of my voice, toning down of the feel, and a lot of pressure for what I considered false equivalence.” And, increasingly, attempts “to dictate the subject.” - @pkrugman.bsky.social

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Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times

The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps. The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years. History is repeating. Pay attention.

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Geneviève Jacques 🇨🇦 @jacquesge.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

You and me both.

My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane. - David Sipress

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Katie Porter @katieporterca.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

It’s great to be back teaching at UC Irvine Law—and not just because the whiteboards are plentiful! I love training our next generation of lawyers, and I’m excited to be sharing what I learned during my time in Congress through a new course on legislation.

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⋆˙⟡ crypt keeper ⚔️🪦 @kyreads.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

As the U.S. shifts into a volatile political landscape targeting critical thinking, I want to share an important reminder to the #booksky community: The only way to preserve literature is by collecting physical copies. I know, Kindle users, it sucks—but your digital copy can be deleted any time.

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burnafire.bsky.social @burnafire.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

@popsci.com bravely risking retribution at that other place on such a beautiful day. Nice.

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*checks to make sure no one from Twitter is looking* ... Yeah, seems fair. www.popsci.com/technology/u...

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UK police seize Cybertruck because it's illegal there

Owners can't drive Elon Musk's 'favorite car' on public roads.

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burnafire.bsky.social @burnafire.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

maia.crimew.gay/posts/adrian... The investigation of a ring, a GMT+12 time zone, a private Instagram account and much more that got 3 journalists suspended from the other place for identifying the real #AdrianDittman

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The Adrian Dittmann Story

the evidence, from A to Z, and righting the wrongs

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/01/2025

Our clothing items have all the correct holes marked for easy application. store.theonion.com/p...

Visit The Onion Store.

Showcasing the "Jesus Is My Health Insurance" Headliner shirt

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

As an adult, I have made peace with the idea that my parents must have had sex, but as an only child, I am comforted by the fact that it was just the one time.

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David Gaider @davidgaider.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Saw an interesting post here in my feed, but I didn't have time to read it right away and thought "well I'm never going to find THAT again, am I?" And then I remembered, and it brought a little tear to my eye: chronological posts. It's the little things. 🥲

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burnafire.bsky.social @burnafire.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Or apply an optional slowmode to posts: After a user makes 2 replies in a thread, they have to wait 30 minutes before posting a 3rd. Add 1 hour before the 4th; 2 hours before the 5th; 4 hours before the 6th; and so on. If replies are limited by a timer, scarcity may improve their quality @bsky.app

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burnafire.bsky.social @burnafire.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

@iwriteok.bsky.social Might you look kindly upon a petition to create "radio edits" of certain #BehindTheBastatds episodes (with all curse words bleeped) for the benefit of high schoolers? Say, starting with Leopold I & II? Asking for a friend.

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burnafire.bsky.social @burnafire.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

That'd change their "screenshots from other social media" rules real fast @mcuban.bsky.social

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

why'd they name this app bluesky when Elders Scroll was right there

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Heads up folks. The Russians are coming to divide us.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Why are Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk, Pichai and Tim Cook visiting and giving money to Trump ? Because they are in “The Race “ to become the dominant platform in the world. Amazon/Anthropic vs FB/LLama vs Google/Gemini vs Twitter/Grok, vs IPhones/ChatGpt is the penultimate global power war ever.

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

tough call

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