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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 13h

So this guy bribes a governor to kill an investigation into his bank, gets convicted, and his daughter bribes Trump to get him pardoned. With any other president, impeachment. With Trump, not even a headline. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom

The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 15h

Business models that don’t work without complete domination at an unimaginable scale aren’t business models they’re plans for empire.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

When the AI bubble pops, we can’t repeat past corporate bail outs. We need to be ready with policies that protect ordinary people and hold tech execs accountable. We also need to talk about nationalizing AI companies — or maybe even abolishing them altogether… @astra.bsky.social @theguardian.com

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

As if things weren’t bad enough, Russian media is reporting that Kash Patel has arrived in Moscow. And a reminder he was paid by a Russian agent to participate in a documentary to spew disinformation and attack US agencies

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Micah @rincewind.run · 13/10/2026

it turns out that “optimize for engagement” and “optimize for societal best outcomes” are opposing goals and if you look at the entire history of the tech industry you can see which of those two wins out

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Yes, yes, the authoritarian president is leading a hate-filled rally in which he urges his followers to physically assault protesters but do NOT call any of these people Nazis or you will make David Brooks sad.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/10/2026

"If they don't want to be called nazis they should stop doing nazi shit, and the media should ask themselves why heated language bothers them more than nazi shit."

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians.” If the U.S. military forces suffered those kind of damages under a Democratic admin, Congress would impeach the Defense Secretary and lot more.

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I will not only be relieved but truly *ecstatic* to be wrong, if more and better studies soon start showing that AI actually improves learning and cognitive motivation. But so far they all show the opposite, and that is consistent with the evidence that I and other educators are seeing on the ground

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cdjanke.bsky.social @cdjanke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

But let's not underplay the reveal here: 30+% of the populace are willing to support a fascist at all costs. No comfort there.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

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David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I feel this way every am reading quotes in certain DC newsletters. 😅

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That’s crazy fascinating. I never thought of it like that. I don’t expect this to survive appeal but for legal nerds it will be a very cool discussion on what Congress has the authority to legislate here in contrast to individual states. I assume most states criminalize this anyway.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One simple way that you know the United States is not a full democracy & has experienced significant democratic backsliding is that, in actual democracies, it does not matter "which party runs elections" heading into the next one. "Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections"

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Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections

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DuendeonFuego @duendeonfuego.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Every two to four years Chris Rufo invents a new term to repackage and normalize racist beliefs to make these suitable for mainsteam Conservatives. It was CRT and DEI and now it's "high trust" and "social cohesion." You're going to hear Musk and Thiel talk about this now.

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Rege @rjserinko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Russle Vought confuses himself with Congress.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Can the right use misogyny and male supremacy to purchase loyalty from nonwhite men for a white supremacist project?” Was one of the questions posed by the 2024 cycle that genuinely hasn’t been answered yet.

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Tactical Onions Vendor @inkana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i believe in civility and dialogue, which is why i make sure my money goes to The Hitler Foundation 1, The Hitler Foundation 2, The New Hitler Foundation, the Foundation for Hitler Studies, and Project Hitler

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 01/10/2026

🧊 Antarctica's melt is already locked in New modelling gives a 92% chance the Antarctic ice sheet keeps losing mass all century, even under the toughest emissions cuts. The sea level rise to come is already banked. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02102-1 #Antarctica #Climate #SeaLevel #Science 🧪

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Committed Antarctic Ice Sheet mass loss by the end of the twenty-first century - Nature Geoscience

The Antarctic Ice Sheet is committed to mass loss by 2100, with higher greenhouse gas emissions increasing its contribution to sea-level rise according to observation-constrained projections. Emission...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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Amelia Carhartt @theschwall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're not allowed to point out that the liberal justices on the Supreme Court helped pave the way for this when they voted unanimously that trans women are not women under Title IX

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UPDATE: U.S. Department of Education ends Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students

The latest education news updates from EdSource.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.

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J HELL P @jlp.systems · 26/09/2026

oblique strategies

a sign by a paved path that says “STAY OFF COURSE”

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts. Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad. The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that.

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...

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Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Devastating critique from @jrakove.bsky.social! The only thing to add is that no serious historian lends any credence to the unitary executive theory. It is exclusively backed by a network of legal scholars and commentators who rip words out of context and cite each other in lieu of historiography.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 25/09/2026

The only one making money on this story is the Boston Globe while the bar still fucking struggles.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 25/09/2026

this is 100% true AND this story has esp pissed me off w/ the gutting of "mainstream" LGBTQ media + journos. there is a version of this story we could giggle at without Ted Cruz seeing but the LGBTQ newsrooms left are either all owned by same company or self-funded and struggling so instead, this

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Mike Check @check1check2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"So you really don't like what Donald Trump did to people on foodstamps but you're worried that AOC is going to give people too many foodstamps?"

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Nathan Fielder's Iconic Blank Stare

Alt: Nathan Fielder's Iconic Blank Stare

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 25/09/2026

i want nathan fielder to do undecided voter focus groups

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cdjanke.bsky.social @cdjanke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The study also found that recent vaccination increases the chances of reporting long-covid symptoms. I'm no vaccine skeptic. However, the report itself says the results may have "been influenced by selection or misclassification bias."

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The truth is, you can belittle maskers, shrug off disabled people, and call us all crazy a million times, but you’re going to have to live in the world you’re building with these choices, and outcomes don’t care that your views are popular right now. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mor...

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More than 1 in 10 US healthcare workers report ongoing long-COVID symptoms, study finds

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Random Angry Citizen X @felixlapoubelle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Taking off his turban, “they said is this man a Jew?” They’re working for the clamp down They put up a poster saying “we earn more than you“ They’re working for the clamp down “We will teach our twisted speech to the young believers We will train our blue eyed men to be young believers”

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Headline is not as strongly worded as the quote.

"There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law," Mr. Saul, a professor of international law at Australia's University of Sydney, concluded.

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David Froomkin @dfroomkin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Alito is not the only Republican justice who has embraced this disturbing rhetoric in recent years. It is instructive to break down what they are saying: we shouldn't count all the votes, because some segment of the electorate would become angry that their preferred candidate didn't win.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026

this guy is one of the architects of a war that might rank as one of the worst strategic missteps in american military history and here is on CBS getting a softball interview about his feelings

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 11/09/2026

Remember when everyone was tweeting at @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that if Hamas would release the hostages, the war would end immediately? New reporting in Haaretz reveals that Hamas offered to release the hostages at 7pm on October 7th and the Israelis weren't interested. youtu.be/sS1XLSEnjyE?...

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The truth about Hamas and the hostages

YouTube video by Zeteo

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

25 years later and The Onion’s ParentCorner 9/11 explainer from immediately after the attack is a better understanding of the threat environment than the one produced by the U.S. government.

An Onion article titled “Talking to your child about the WTC attack,” which is filled with real good info.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Very forceful statement by Terry Tao about AI and math. terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a... Note, he is not claiming the models aren't real and powerful. He's talking about how that power should be used. This, I believe, is what all AI discussions should center.

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A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics

I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…

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rattatatouille @rattatatouille.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is downstream of the fundamental issue that white Americans, the elites in particular, identify more with Europe than their fellow New World states despite having more in common with the latter in terms of demographic diversity and birthright citizenship.

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