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Chris Gittins

@chrisgbedford.bsky.social
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Scientist turned systems engineer. Pro-democracy, rule of law, and Constitutional government. Town of Bedford, MA Planning Board Member.

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John Trupin @johntrupin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Nothing could’ve prepared me for the ad read of the century from the Brewers radio broadcast after that Christian Yelich go-ahead single:
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Talarico: I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. People are concerned. He has asked for proof of life from me. I'm asking for proof of spine from him.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is what happens when you elevate “civil discourse” to be the greatest good. All of the sudden, it’s worse to call someone a Nazi than it is to be a Nazi.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?
Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141
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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
That time someone dumped a toy house on the cemetery wall and, when I crouched a bit, some ✨ Hollywood Magic ✨ occurred.
A plastic dolls house sitting on a wall, taken from an angle which makes it look as if it might be one of the houses on the street.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Troy Jackson: "The gentleman's name was Johan Sebastian Guerrero. He had a 3 year old daughter. The only mistake he made that morning was going to work. Because Sen. Collins is not willing to stand up to Donald Trump, he was murdered in the streets of Biddeford for doing nothing wrong."
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 08/10/2026
Juice xkcd.com/3308/
4-panel comic. (1) [Two people, one with a ponytail, sitting and typing at terminals opposite each other. A sign on the wall reads “Juice Mission Control,” with JUICE in huge letters.] PERSON 1: Jupiter Icy Moons Exploder checkin is complete. All systems nominal. (2) PERSON 2 with ponytail. [People turn to look at each other.] PERSON 1: What? PERSON 2: Jupiter Icy Moons *Explorer*. (3) [Person 1 turns back to his terminal.] (4) PERON 1: Control, everything is fine, but I need to schedule an urgent spacecraft update. [Person 2 facepalms] PERSON 2: Oh no.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 07/10/2026
a “banana republic” is precisely when the political system is dominated by overweening corporate interests
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability.
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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A Democrat got drunk once. A Republican made his fortune swindling sick people. We report, you decide. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...
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The Campaign for Ohio’s Next Governor May Be the Ugliest in the Country
The candidates for Ohio governor have significant policy differences, but the campaign ads have been strikingly personal, with exaggerated portrayals of one candidate as a con artist and the other as ...
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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They colorized “A Night at The Garden?”
Fascist George Washington in A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN still
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Chris Gittins @chrisgbedford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hold them accountable.
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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The answer to the age-old question of what would it be like if Dudley Moore’s character Arthur played George C. Scott’s character Patton.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great piece highlighting the dangers of Question 5. Vote no on 5. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/28/o...
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Massachusetts needs to save for a rainy day - The Boston Globe
The proposed tax rebate rule would tie the state’s hands when revenues fall and demand for services rises.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Diesel at record high prices and why no trucker convoy in DC?
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
to keep functioning, society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
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Chris Gittins @chrisgbedford.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thread.
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Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AI actress Tilly Norwood has released a new shirtless photo that reveals a totenkopf tattoo. I hope you're all ready for this whole song and dance again. 😞
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Chris Gittins @chrisgbedford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thoughts on bringing an iced coffee to a job interview: 1. Have I ever not been offered a water or a coffee during a job interview? 2. I don't recall an interviewee bringing a coffee - iced or hot - to an interview but water, certainly. Is that not normal?
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 26/09/2026
Trump’s summit with Xi left too many questions unanswered. This is one of them.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
i like to usually bring a whole tray of crawfish to my job interview and like really get all messy
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Sara Wallace Goodman @saragoodman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Free idea: “dog mode” for tv shows, to only silence door bells
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You're in charge of a war that you're losing, the Houthi are on the march to Riyadh, you've run the Navy ragged, you've lost almost all your bases in the Middle East, you're out of missiles (mostly) that you need in case China steals a march on Taiwan...and you're at a fucking football game.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Careful - don't want to get on the 80 side of an 80-20 issue"
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Kevin Hell-iott @kjephd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If only there were a funding body representative of a broad & diverse public that had the authority to control how the government spends money, rather than a mad, malevolent dictator
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Jesse Mermell @jessemermell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Flock did this within the first THREE DAYS of its work with Boston. There was an agreement about data sharing in place. They broke it immediately. If you care at all about privacy and true public safety, you should be horrified. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/14/b...
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Boston told Flock not to allow outside access to its license plate data. It happened anyway. - The Boston Globe
The surveillance company enabled nationwide data sharing during a pilot last year, without Boston's approval.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
wtf kind of pets they got in there
SMOKING
BARE FOOT
PETS
PROHIBITED IN BUILDING
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I don't understand why more people don't connect Trump calling Somalis "garbage" with the Hutus calling the Tutsis "cockroaches" and the Nazis calling the Jews "vermin." We know where it starts, and we know where it ends.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This remarkable. It is the Canadian technocrat/economist trade war version of Churchill’s “We shall fight them on the beaches” address to Parliament. youtu.be/eYAwioM3RQI?...
youtu.be
Forward Guidance: A Stronger Canada
YouTube video by Mark Carney
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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New substack: how good technocratic policies can lose votes and bad ones win them: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/good-polic...
chrisdillow.substack.com
Good policies, bad politics
Politics is not about good policies; it’s about winning clients.
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy 75th birthday, singer, songwriter, musician and founding member of the Pretenders - Chrissie Hynde. 🎂
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
as a reminder, the boat murders are a) very clear cut crimes and b) crimes where the command responsibility liability is limited to a couple dozen people, total, from pete to ac commanders it's the one specific area dems (if they have to pick only one) should be focused on making examples of in DoD
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
[police car passes on the motorway] POLICEMAN (mouthing): pull over ME (mouthing): no, it's a cardy. Do you like it?
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Chris Gittins @chrisgbedford.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"[Owner Arte] Moreno’s tenure ends after 23 years in charge, starting just after the Angels won a World Series and ending with frustration."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hegseth has taken out more American generals than Iranian ones.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.
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Ashley @ashleysays.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Chefs kiss
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 28/08/2026
🇳🇵 The devastating flooding in #Nepal and #Tibet has claimed more than 400 lives and left hundreds missing, with ongoing conditions complicating rescue efforts. Watch for a closer look at how the disaster unfolded ⤵️
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Stopping this nightmare needs to be the highest priority of incoming Democrats after November
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The impotent Trump administration has gone back to blowing up small boats in the Eastern Pacific. Two people murdered yesterday. Or a “lethal kinetic strike” according to SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L Donovan.
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Nancy A. Collins @nancyacollins.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you find Spider-Man handing you your ass in a public brawl, you really need to contemplate the choices you have made that brought you to this point in life.
Look Out! Here comes the Spider-Man!
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Dawn Summers real or fake @dawnsummers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you can find common ground with Jared kusher, but not zohran mamdani, you shouldn't be in democratic leadership
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
IF WATER WORKED YOU WOULDN’T NEED TO KEEP DRINKING IT
David Wolfe & @DavidWolfe
X.com
IF MEDICINE WORKED YOU WOULDN'T NEED TO REFILL YOUR PRESCRIPTION
7:00 PM • 8/13/26
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Mike the Mad Biologist Who Is Raising Serious Questions @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I would like conservatives and reactionary centrists to show plagiarists and people who falsify their CVs the same grace they show men who commit sexual assault and sexual harassment.
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Adam S. Hersh, Ph.D. @ahecon.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"Ask not what your country can do for your private ranch estate..."
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I’m on vacation but I gotta say, as much fun as it is to debate woke1 and Hasan Piker, the Trump administration is currently engaged in mass murder on the high seas as surely as any serial killer or lynch mob. And viewed from the distance of vacation, The Discourse doesn’t seem to give a shit.
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