Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Tech billionaires have added $845 billion to their fortunes this year — more than three times the gains of every other industry combined. 1012374
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 5hhow claims of body snatchers fell apart how claims of the boogeyman fell apart how claims of the man in the moon fell apart 725442
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialPeggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Donald Trump gave ICE free rein to terrorize our neighbors. Michele Tafoya may be just fine with that, but Minnesotans are not. 5369108
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialMike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 9hFrom @PeterBerezinBCA... Thanks in part to the expensing of data center investment, corporate tax revenues are plunging... The corporate tax rate will be a big 2028 issue, I think @soberlook thedailyshot.com/sub... 1517968
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20hEl-Sayed: JD Vance called me a little weasel today. No, what you’re talking about is a fucking wolverine. 490147473016
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Employers worldwide are pulling back on AI as they navigate a flood of errors and low-quality work that sap employee time, raise privacy and security risks, and drive up coststheguardian.comCompanies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling backRapid AI adoption left workers cleaning up a flood of errors and low-quality work 13034631010
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialSteve Jones @stevejones20.bsky.social · 15/10/2026NEW! The NBA preseason is (almost) over. It's ok to keep the positivity high, folks. Here are some of my takeaways from all 30 teams. sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/...sports.yahoo.comNBA preseason takeaways: What we've learned about all 30 teams so farWith the NBA regular season right around the corner, it’s a great time to absorb the basketball we have seen in the preseason. 1215
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 15/10/2026A piece in the November 2023 New York Review of Books catalyzed my interest in tech extremism and led to my book. It's great to see things come full circle with Sue Halpern's very positive review of "The Nerd Reich." The Plot to Delete Democracy www.nybooks.com/articles/202...nybooks.comThe Plot to Delete Democracy | Sue HalpernIn The Nerd Reich Gil Durán shows how Silicon Valley billionaires have pushed a fringe ideology—what is popularly called techno-fascism but is closer in aspiration to straight-up totalitarianism—into ... 528778
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15/10/2026"Penchant for personal broadsides" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...nytimes.comVance’s Talarico Attacks Show His Penchant for Personal BroadsidesAt a rally in Texas, the vice president suggested the Democratic Senate nominee is gay, a comment criticized as homophobic. 8881163
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026My name is not the reason we're paying $5/gallon for gas. My name is not the reason you can't afford your groceries. My name is not the reason you can't afford your mortgage or rent. My name is not the reason you can't see a doctor. Their policies are the reason. 214149474380
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026"Luckily Blanche suppressed his capacity for shame, and so he feels nary a twinge at staging a pre-dawn raid on a sitting member of Congress while simultaneously calling the search of Mar-a-Lago as a gross abuse of law enforcement." — @lizdye.bsky.socialpublicnotice.coRepublicans learn to love DOJ weaponizationJust kidding, they always love it when they’re holding the weapon. 331596430
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 14/10/2026The dark irony is that she was praised for writing with ChatGPT. This essay is about her using AI to write about her sister's death. www.thebeliever.net/ghosts/ 48618
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I'm sorry but the key priority for the next US SecDef has to be extracting Elon Musk from every single thing related to US military contracting. No Musk company should receive any government contract of any kind from any Dem executive. 722063509
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Real wages are shrinking year-over-year for the sixth month in a row. The Iran War brought an end to three years of real wage growth. 321562657
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/10/2026this guy gets it. your typical voter just does not care about this shit. does not mean that they support trans inclusion, it just means that it is incredibly low on the bottom of things they even think about. 873488426
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 13/10/2026There’s this thing people do where they’re surprised that a rapper has read a book or knows any music theory or something else “intelligent”. Anyway, I hate it. Thank you. 241766170
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Former “free speech” crusaders have ushered in an unprecedented campaign of censorship in Texas universities, resulting in pulitzer winning books being banned, medical and scientific facts being suppressed, and entire fields of study deemed “woke” being eliminated www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1... 361806606
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026New — I wrote about Republicans beclowning themselves heading into the midterms with clearly bullshit narratives about James Talarico and Rep. Ilhan Omar, and how the favorable conditions for Dems have produced a noticeable shift to nipping deranged stories in the bud.thehandbasket.coWhy Democrats must keep calling out GOP bullsh*t on sightImmediately diffusing Republican desperation drastically shortens the life cycle of their clownish ideas. 241714408
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 13/10/2026How to defeat tech billionaire power? Look at Solano County. When billionaires invaded their community with plans to build a "tech utopia," Democrats AND Republicans banded together to fight back. In a triumph of local democracy, they stopped the project...for now. 🎁 www.wsj.com/us-news/sili...wsj.comSilicon Valley’s Dream City Has Crashed Into Small-Town PoliticsA bitter standoff between tech-backed developers and local county leaders helped doom a $3-billion project at the edge of the Bay Area. 13902319
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The difference between the Paxton scandals vs. the Talarico scandals is that the Paxton scandals are a) demonstrably worse, and b) demonstrably real. 422032493
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced. 14804997711735
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 12/10/2026It’s very funny to be like “X is once again important because it’s where executives post marketing material.” 1892191
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialTina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 12/10/2026I’m outraged by this attack on Representative Omar. Trump and his DOJ have a bizarre obsession with tearing down Minnesota, our leaders and our communities. This latest action, even as voting has already started in Minnesota, is a transparent attempt to interfere in our elections. 593413718
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Here is Trump's "policy" about investigative steps before an election: 1. If you are a Republican, there is never a time when such steps are permitted. 2. If you are a Democrat, there is never a time when such steps are forbidden. If legacy media is suggesting anything else, they are lying. 212051696
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026X is the platform of choice for these smears. Musk himself pushed this conspiracy from his own account three times. Democrats need to go to war against Musk because he's already attacking them. He's deeply unpopular. And, as we saw in Wisconsin, voters recoil when he becomes an issue in a race. 512831706
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There will be a lot of equivocating about all the times search warrants have been executed on members of Congress for corruption investigations and the like, and it can't be stressed enough in how many ways HSI raiding Ilhan Omar is extremely not like that. 3547321548
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.social@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Saying 'Trump claims' as opposed to the usual 'Trump says' doesn't change the fact that this is a bullsh*t headline. The story itself says Ukraine doesn't know anything about it. The headline should say that, too. 24113
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialBrad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10/10/2026My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.gadgetreview.comVirginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their HomesVirginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits. 13429611458
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialPeggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026There's a clear choice in this race: Do you want a pro-choice Senator, or another yes vote for Trump's anti-abortion agenda? In the Senate, I'm going to fight to restore abortion access, and I'm grateful for everyone who joined us today to talk to their neighbors about the choice in this race. 4455126
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026After years of championing "free speech," Texas lawmakers have enabled a dramatic rise of censorship in Texas universities, banning concepts, canceling courses and closing departments seen as "woke," and even using AI bots as censors. All in the name of freedom. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1... 7233731169
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 09/10/2026Hard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells 642361844
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Jon Ossoff is going for 2 up 60 30110062
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026Setting aside that Of Course he is an obvious Republican, to the extent that he looks like the living embodiment of Manifest Destiny ‘Staying Quiet’ is & should be treated as adopting a firm political position. One of tacit acceptance of violence & oppression It’s not neutrality, you chose a side. 791175223
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026one funny thing about Alito is he is constantly fuming over his critics. just a big blubbering baby. 875010664
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️ 9660913491
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I don’t think the roman helmet guys on musk’s csam emporium know this one (from josephine quinn’s how the world made the West) 321295210
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor) 41897533552
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In excusable, nostalgia drenched coverage in lieu of exacting account of mentally unstable rants. This is truly reprehensible non-journalism. See: www.contrariannews.org/p/you-can-he...nytimes.comIn Alabama, Trump Relives His Glory Days (This Time With Some Empty Seats)The Deep South was the birthplace of the mega MAGA rally. How do people on the Gulf feel about President Trump now? 59813175
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources 7943342
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/20261. DOGE dividend. 2. Tariff dividend. 3. Midterms dividend. 4. Data center dividend. 198929304
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialPaul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Murderbot graphic novel team: @ericaschultz42.bsky.social has done everything in comics, vast experience, huge heart, Inkpot (lifetime achievement) winner. She’s tough, a bit stoic, humane. My first choice for Murderbot. So glad we got her. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...kickstarter.comComing soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series. 15220
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We all complain about the media’s failures but organizations like @propublica.org and @texastribune.org are doing the work and deserve our financial support 111047270
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialLorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. 333398818
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/20261. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵 461545567
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Pentagon's public tally of troops wounded during the Iran war was quietly increased this week without explanation from Trump's Defense Department. The total number of troops now wounded during the war is 861, according to DCAS.washingtonpost.comPentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran warWith the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows. 781240756
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 27/09/2026Some of us in San Francisco first heard of the Network State and related tech cults from Emily Mills. She documented how these ideas had infused our local politics. It sounded odd at first, but her work sparked mine. On Tuesday, we're onstage together in SF. Tix here: semaphore.thd.org/954-2/semaphore.thd.orgTHE TELEGRAPH HILL DWELLERS PRESENTS: GIL DURAN with Emily MillsJoin Telegraph Hill Dwellers for an evening with journalist and author Gil Duran, in conversation with Emily Mills, discussing his new book, The 14531163
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Impeach. Remove. Expand. 251083159
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Finally, segregationists have achieved their dream of capturing the Civil Rights Division and turning it to their own ends 481849694
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I think the main issue here really is that lots of nice polite mainstream figures in media think quietly agree with him about this stuff or find it unobjectionable bsky.app/profile/asel... 13698149
Reposted by @chuckbucks.bsky.socialPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"When Bret Stephens uses his very large platform to blast the National Book Awards as “DEI”, he is de facto attempting to alert an authoritarian government of internal enemies," writes @nberlat.bsky.social. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/bret-steph...everythingishorrible.netBret Stephens Throws Red Meat To The FascistsHis attack on the National Book Awards is a bat signal for the worst people. 17919
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