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Here for the spaceflight, transit & news takes || Former 🌐📐, 🙅🏼‍♂️ & ⬛️⬜️

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 6h
One thing that Ossoff does - thank god - is COMPLETELY abandon the weird liberal wisdom that you should never say your opponent’s name. He says “Mike Collins” about 30 times in this clip, not “my opponent” or some such, and the directness make his attacks exponentially more brutal.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 17h
if we are gonna bring back an energy crisis and an inflation crisis, we may as well bring back the senator who destroys your entire sense of self worth on national television
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 19h
In this house we only stan one Mike Collins
Apollo 11 astronaut Mike Collins
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 20h
I will say, I am far from convinced that this is the automatic trick for winning that a lot of people do, but it is important that *somebody* say this stuff in public, because that's the only way we reestablish any kind of societal norms or push the boundaries of acceptability away from this filth.
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tferg23.bsky.social @tferg23.bsky.social · 21h
Between this and the AES debate tonight, it's refreshing to hear this from democrats. I'm glad every question is not treated as an opportunity to pivot to "kitchen table issues," but is instead met with all the reasons why the R is a gigantic piece of shit.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 20h
I'm glad a Democrat is being honest about who these folks are. It is shameful it took so long.
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 21h
I’ll go out on a limb and say despite being quite anti-capital punishment at this point in my life, and very obviously against turning this one into a public spectacle, I’m… kind of ok with the military keeping it and leaving it as an option for members, when convicted by a jury of other members?
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 05/10/2026
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ah yes, I had the lasagna
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can’t believe it was already April
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I do think that ‘Hi-def video of horrible shit’ is our generation’s version of smoking or leaded gasoline tbh. As in it’s something that future generations will look back on and be appalled that we thought it was ok to have as an environmental hazard.
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
static.klipy.com
Mhmm Reading: I Know Some of These Words
Alt: Goodburger: I Know Some of These Words
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In an era of government falling apart, being gutted, and competent people being forced out, I’m thankful the USCSB’s video series has continued apace. Sheldon Smith’s narration for 20 years has been so effective in communicating complex topics. Now we welcome a new voice—Darth Maul?? (Actually!)
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Alarming Mistakes, Deadly Decisions: Fatal Fire at BP-Husky
YouTube video by USCSB
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Vibecession Forever @ghazelleberner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The most important thing to know about foreign policy is that unless you are in the room, you only ever publicly see the end result. You cannot know about the processes that led to it (or what the counterfactuals were) for years and years. It's arrogant to claim otherwise, yet people always do.
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I never saw Biden selling something direct to camera like Z does. Z does a video with Linda from the Department of Pothole Filling and takes a few calls, seems completely sincere about Linda’s importance to government. Biden’s team would get PR Jake from USDA to talk about methane reductions, alone
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Star Wars: Episode 10: The Vision of Shitto
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026
genuinely I think we would be in a better place, morally, as a society if all of these fraudsters were in jail and people saw that there were consequences for behaving in such a flagrantly antisocial manner rather than endlessly lucrative rewards
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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 25/09/2026
I will say that I think one of the few not-idiotic reasons why people in very blue areas think Dems suck is that our local Dems usually do (and they're also much more likely to be corporate centrists for complex reasons)
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is what winning looks like
will not vote for Paxton.
Jennifer, 50, Republican, white, stay-at-home parent
I'm not voting for anybody. Nobody. I'm not voting for that.
Moderator, Kristen Soltis Anderson
TT TI
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If I had a nickel for every time Olivia scooped a particular word/concept from another pop girlie between the time the other song was written and released, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s almost 10pm, I tuned in late to the Gardena City Council meeting, and I’m trying to figure out why the current state senator is here seemingly arguing with a huge group of local Jazz Festival supporters AND the previous state senator about it? I have absolutely nobody to talk to about this lol
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
these people will happily whitewash and paraphrase unhinged Trump rants to make them seem grammatically coherent and authoritative, but if a young woman says “like” we must keep it in there to make sure you know she’s a bimbo infuriating actually
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This ad is a pro-trans dog whistle virtuously designed to mislead hogs. “Washington needs to stay out of it” the only thing Washington is doing is trying to impose a national ban, Washington staying out of it means “no ban”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
i gotta hand it to thomas massie youtu.be/RPOxBl_WMWc
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Impeach them all!
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Speaking of the group chat mind virus bsky.app/profile/jayv...
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yes, every billionaire is a policy failure. You know who else is a policy failure? Your Berkeley hippie grandpa who pays $100 in annual property taxes on a $2.5 million house and uses the leftover cash to sue people who try to build apartments in his neighborhood.
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“I am a YISEBY—yes in somebody else’s backyard”
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Haha wow California is a mess, look at all the societal problems they have there. Anyway I’m excited to vote Yes on the Eliminate Basically All Property Taxes Act!”
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The Property-Tax Revolution — The Atlantic
States can’t afford these cuts.
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Not voting isn’t a signal about anything, people don’t vote for all sorts of reasons. Grouping yourself in with people who may hate you and forgot to return a ballot; people who have never voted before; people who don’t know anything about the world Not voting provides no actionable information
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Credit to Tapper here, asking the sort of question about a Republican candidate that we normally only hear about Twitch streamers
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I literally live on the wrong side of the street to vote for Nithya but if you can, you should!
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Money that comes into the United States government is government revenue. It is part of the public fisc. There's not "taxpayer money" and then "extra bonus money outside the rules." It's all taxpayer money. And spending *any* of it requires Congressional authorization. 2/
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The entire CA-11 race makes me feel like I’m taking crazy pills. there is literally not a single issue where Connie Chan is to the left of Scott Wiener. the only real difference is that Connie Chan is an incompetent car-loving NIMBY. it’s insane that so many progressives are supporting her
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Micah @rincewind.run · 11/09/2026
yeah the one plausible silver lining of “the budget is turbofucked” is that because you can’t deliver massive new policy programs the best way to show you’re Doing Something is to be the Consequences President SCOTUS reform and new states would also help
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hot take: something close to 4:3 will be the long term aspect ratio of most phones in the ~decade+ future
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Not at all in the market for a new phone, currently have one less than a year old… but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t intrigued with this folding iPhone. At least enough to want to feel one in the pocket
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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
<Googles "politics"> Oh no Oh no no no
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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you live in California, you need to read this and *not* vote for Jane Kim this fall. Vote for Ben Allen. (I voted for the author of this piece)
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 08/09/2026
Local and state officials are advising voters to return their ballots to official drop boxes instead of relying on the Postal Service.
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California officials urge voters to circumvent USPS as Trump’s war on mail voting escalates
Local and state officials are advising voters to return their ballots to official drop boxes instead of relying on the Postal Service.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Mamdani is a charismatic guy but I promise you anyone can replicate this. 1) Unapologetically use the government to help ordinary people; and 2) Tell them about it
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Navier-Stokes fight is a perfect encapsulation of where AI development is right now: this should be really cool and exciting, and instead because of Silicon Valley egos it's become a fight over cheating, surveillance, and companies trying to get one up over the other
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Look man, they might be stochastic parrots but we’re quickly finding out that if you have enough stochastic parrots, they’ll all talk to each other and (potentially) solve the Navier-Stokes equations
scientificamerican.com
AI may have just solved a million-dollar math problem. The field will never be the same
A mathematician compared the feat to the history-making chess competition in which IBM’s Deep Blue computer beat Garry Kasparov in 1997
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Brian Williams lost a job for less of a lie than this
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
the real answer to "how do you defeat the far right in an election" is "you say they can't run."
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They are just pathetically averse to conflict. All of this stuff is insanely unpopular. He demolished half the White House ! Like a movie villain!
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
Convincing young people that America is poor & no one can afford anything & everyone is living paycheck to paycheck & their economic future is doomed ... IS NOT GOING TO LEAD TO MORE PROGRESSIVE POLICY. People who feel anxious & under threat do not respond with openness & generosity! Look it up!
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Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Formulating a take that Dems gain back lots of medium-term goodwill by showing that they will make crime illegal again, because most major policies take multiple election cycles to work. Things like blitzkrieg court reform and ICE detainees testifying to Congress show that adults in charge again,
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