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Cam Lownie

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elementary teacher, married to a farmer, NH-based, celtics appreciator, omnivorous reader

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump's suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank's Traveler line. The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the "ultimate stretch" and was designed to minimize body odor.
Trump wearing a blue suit on stage. He is flashing his jacket open, such that you can see the interior labels. One label says Jos. A. Bank. A product shot from Jos. A. Bank's website. This is from the Traveler line. It appears to match the label in Trump's suit. A photo from the product page touts that the suit is made from a new "fabric technology" that has "ultimate stretch performance" and "anti-microbial/ reduce moisture and odor" qualities. There is a photo of a man wearing the suit. From the product page: "Product Details & Care
Stay comfortable and confident with this Traveler® Collection suit separates jacket, powered by innovative 37.5 © technology. Designed to maintain your body's ideal microclimate, the fabric removes moisture at the vapor stage to keep you dry before sweat even forms. Plus, 37.5 helps absorb and trap odor molecules, keeping you fresh and ready for every occasion. Offering maximum mobility with built-in stretch, this jacket moves effortlessly with you throughout your day. As part of the suit separates collection, it allows you to customize your fit by selecting jacket, vest, and pant sizes individually, ensuring a tailored look that's perfect for you.
Traditional Fit
Two button
Natural stretch fabric
Water- and stain-resistant
Performance stretch lining
66% wool, 30% 37.5 polyester, 4% spandex
Dry clean only
Imported

Shipping and returns
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Shop worry-free knowing returns are free on every purchase. Return within 90 days from original date of purchase at any Jos. A. Bank store or by mail at no cost. See our Return Policy for more details."
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
not the important point here but "The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East" is a great band name
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026
I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.
The Trump administration says none of this is happening. 

"DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake." "There are no 'indiscriminate' stops." Allegations of "racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE." "The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force." "ICE does not zip tie or restrain children." 

But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Summary
Companies
• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don’t think it’s enough to raise men to be “good men.” I think we have to accept, with the society we have and the influences we have, if you want your son to be one who would step in, one who would never be silent, you have to raise them to be *exceptional.”
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026
I regret to inform you all that Bernie Sanders is in fact taking meetings with noted rationalist wacko Eliezer Yudkowsky over what AI regulations should look like. x.com/SenSanders/s...
Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders
Will Al become smarter than humans?
If so, is humanity in danger?
I went to Silicon Valley to ask some of the leading Al experts that question.
Here's what they had to say:
ERNIE ANDERS
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The Als are much, much, much more powerful.
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Eliezer Yudkowsky
@ESYudkowsky • Mar 4
My thanks to Senator Sanders; as to other legislators on all sides of any political aisle, and to any human being on Earth who now stands
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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 22/09/2026
this is a real pin from a real company designed by a real person and I own it
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Strike Gently - Horse Pin
1.25 inchesHard enamel with gold platingDeluxe clasp backingShipped with love from our warehouse in LA.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
it's weird that ai got too dangerous to keep advancing right around the time money got more expensive to borrow
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities @jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids
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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
sherman, for the love of god!
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Micah @rincewind.run · 18/09/2026
this isn't "these guys are annoyed at regulation and if we tone it down they'll go back to being on our side" this is "elon is now the single biggest GOP donor and everyone else has had their brains cooked by group chats and have gone full fash"
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great system, no notes www.propublica.org/article/scho...
Voucher programs and the private schools they increasingly fund have proliferated across the country. Yet those schools often reject children with disabilities — the very kids who were used to help sell early voucher programs to lawmakers and the public - for having needs that are too costly, complex or disruptive. That leaves those children with few options beyond the public schools. And as public schools lose enrollment as a result of more and more
voucher use, they lose resources that would benefit children who remain, including those with disabilities.
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Michael McKee @mckonomy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Well, that took longer than I thought, but he hath spoken:
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026
Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 15/09/2026
This is one of the funniest threads I’ve read in ages. At no point does OP break, and the landlords, well, www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c...
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Get it girl.
Katie Dippold in her Babadook costume
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Alexander Fox @alexanderfox1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Very possibly the most incoherent playlist in music history. Utterly berserk.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
www.welcometohellworld.com/i-do-not-bel...
Just once in my life I would like to see a Democrat being interviewed by right wing media like Fox News or right wing media like every single other outlet treat their questions with the contempt they deserve. I know it's not going to fix everything or maybe even anything but how much coverage and how much groundswell of excitement from the base do you think it would inspire if when asked about "boys in girls sports" or some other stupid fucking culture war distraction one of them finally said "What the fuck are you talking about man? You sound like a dumb asshole right now."

What's the worst that's going to happen the New York Times is gonna work overtime to make sure you don't get elected? They were already doing that buddy.

You simply say "Are you stupid? Do you think I am stupid? And do you think all of the people watching at home are stupid? Everyone sees through what you are doing. Using one group as a scapegoat for the very real problems everyone has – all caused by Republicans by the way – unlike this fake one you have made up. Dumb asshole."

Just go on the attack for once instead of sitting there trying to please your enemy who is in the process of trying to humiliate you.

And if you want to say something else true that almost no Democrat ever says for some reason you can top it off with a “Every single Republican in our lifetime has sought to make our lives worse in every way possible. I’d like to try to stop that.”
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Inside the Outrageous Collapse of a ‘Montessori Ponzi’ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/b...
nytimes.com
Inside the $440 Million Collapse of Guidepost Montessori (Gift Article)
A man with a vision set out to revolutionize preschool. It became a $440 million fiasco.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Writer for NBC10 Boston fuckin HATES Mercury
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
IMAX has announced the original Star Wars will be released in IMAX 70MM for the first time next year, alongside Star Wars: Starfighter. And yes, seems to be the ORIGINAL version of Star Wars. Like, the actual, original version. From 1977.
Star Wars 50th Anniversary Re-Release and Star Wars: Starfighter to Receive

Coveted IMAX 70mm Film Releases in 2027

 

Disney and Lucasfilm Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Star Wars with the Iconic Film’s

First Ever Release in IMAX

Star Wars and Star Wars: Starfighter — both the original and very latest films in the iconic saga that forever changed cinema — will be presented in IMAX 70mm film upon release in 2027. The upcoming releases will mark the first time fans can experience the Star Wars universe in the gold standard film format, which is experiencing surging popularity among fans worldwide.



Star Wars will be presented in IMAX for the first time ever — in digital or on film — as part of its highly anticipated anniversary re-release on February 19, 2027. The newly restored version of the 1977 original will also be shown across a select number of IMAX 70mm film locations.



On May 28, 2027 — the 50th anniversary weekend of the original Star Wars — Lucasfilm will release Star Wars: Starfighter, an all-new standalone adventure from director/producer Shawn Levy (Deadpool & Wolverine, Stranger Things) and starring Ryan Gosling (Drive, Blade Runner 2049, La La Land, The Place Beyond the Pines, Barbie, Project Hail Mary) as Kade Auberon. The Filmed For IMAX release was shot with IMAX-certified cameras and will be converted to IMAX 70mm film prints for release in a select number of IMAX film locations. As described in details shared at this year’s D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, when a cynical rogue is confronted by his mysterious past, he is hurled into a dangerous adventure across the galaxy that puts him on a crash course with destiny.

 

Star Wars: Starfighter also stars Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, Flynn Gray, and Amy Adams. The film is written by Jonathan Tropper, produced by Shawn Levy and Kathleen Kennedy, with Ryan Gosling, Dan Levine, Mary McLaglen, and Josh McLaglen serving as executive producers.
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 28/10/2025
Rik Worth (@RikWorth) on twitter: "Actually, Frankenstein is the name of the scientist. The name of the monster is Creature_Final_FlNAL (this one!)(3)"
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Maine waited years for a Lyme vaccine. RFK hobbled the panel needed for a smooth rollout themainemonitor.org/rfk-hobbled-... via @themainemonitor.org
themainemonitor.org
RFK hobbled the panel needed for smooth Lyme vaccine rollout
“All the rules are out the window,” said a physician who once served on the committee that gave guidance on new vaccines. “I don’t know how this plays out.”
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
You mean the same OpenAI pitching their products to K-12 and higher ed and whose models are used by other AI companies like MagicSchool?
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Ah, yes, some candidates have "found themselves haunted" by their left-wing messaging. Who is doing the haunting, Jon?
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/08/2026
So sure, USAID was a tool of US soft power and political influence, and also, I sometimes get the sense that people saying this don’t quite comprehend the torrent of death, horror, and pain that is currently unfolding from the genuinely evil decision to suddenly destroy it.
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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
And here's Jad writing about Dolly today. That aspect of how she gently but firmly exerted absolute control of herself and her world comes across in the interviews that are part of Jad's podcast. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | What Dolly Parton Told Me (Gift Article)
Trailing Dolly Parton around the world, I witnessed so many small moments in which she’d gracefully own her power without the slightest hint of fight.
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
AfD plan to give Germans renewed self-confidence by making them read more Nietzsche could conceivably not work out as planned www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” -- Upton Sinclair
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 19/08/2026
I wrote about the most urgent danger now threatening the United States of America
theringer.com
Why the Most Urgent Threat to America Is Actually a Bee
The giant, coordinated movement against them is not enough. Just ask these extremely credible experts.
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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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cop city is everywhere, fight back ☂️ @cop-watcher.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
this study was retracted. do you guys even try anymore?
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Solar eclipse coming up so here’s one of my favourite maps
Top is a map of the US with “Google search volume for “eyes hurt” April 3 to April 10 2024” with a hot line running from Texas north east through to Maine.  The bottom map shows the path of the total solar eclipse which runs in a lone from Texas through to Maine
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WEATHER IS HAPPENING @weatherishappening.com · 04/08/2026
/ BOSTON / THIS TUESDAY SUNSET / IS THE FINAL SUNSET / AFTER 8 PM / UNTIL MAY 17TH 2027 / DEAL W/ IT / & REPENT 2 UR WEATHER LORDS
FINAL SUNSET AFTER 8 PM UNTIL MAY 17TH 2027

WEATHER IS HAPPENING LOGO OVER THE SUN
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Zach @highmynameishi.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We badly need a good vibes color guy on one of these crews. I need a color guy who goes on a tangent giving us a breakdown of how a Dragonfruit is an important part of an athletic diet while Arkansas has a 24-3 lead on UT Martin in the 3rd quarter
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I love Talarico and hope he wins. But he’s already raised $70M On the flipside, control of critical state legislatures will come down to seats where candidates raise 0.1% of that. I’ve researched the highest leverage swing district candidates you should donate to secure.actblue.com/donate/donat...
secure.actblue.com
Donate to the candidates on the front lines of the fight against MAGA gerrymandering
These are anti-MAGA state candidates in *extremely* close races
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Red Sox Nation Stats @rsnstats.com · 01/08/2026
#RedSox finish July 21-4. That .840 win% is their best of any single calendar month in franchise history (minimum 10 games played).
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/07/2026
I thought up that example. I don't know if it's really happening. But here's something that really *is* happening: ecommerce sites charge parents of newborns extra when they order thermometers in the middle of the night. 14/
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Richard White @ramblinwreck34.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Was bored so here’s wish list for season Organic offense Shots earlier in clock Increased swing swing swing 3s Decrease iso Ball/Body movement 30 assists a game Make everyone a threat to reduce hunting for a shot because haven’t touch ball in 4 or more possessions Ride hot hand no matter whos hot
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is the only proper ending for this news cycle.
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 30/07/2026
It's true the anti-trans movement in sports has two major factions, but it's not good faith and assholes, it's suckers and the people suckering them, and that's being generous to the suckers
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Memes @organizermemes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Shockingly honest campaign ad from Seth moulton
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Rikaku @beastmasterrika.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Fuck off. If anything is "millennial", it's those cool transparent colors our iMacs, Gameboys, and Tamagotchis came in. No fucking millennial likes the house flipper grey. Call it a millennial paint job when I can see through the exterior of a car because it's Glacier Purple like my GBA.
An image showing the colorful transparent plastic of various pieces of technology of the 90's and early 2000s, that were easily the popular choice of the millennial age bracket. Some of the tech is an iMac, Nintendo 64, Sega DreMcast, a PlayStation 2, a Gameboy color and Advance, and CD player.
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 16/07/2026
I wrote about VAR
theringer.com
VAR Is My Mortal Enemy and Should Be Yours, Too
The 2026 World Cup has been astonishingly good, with one nightmarish exception
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
watched this, thought huh yeah i guess this sad old woman is kind of funny, moved on. ran into it a bunch more times kept wondering what i was missing about this heartbroken grandmother. oh. it's mick jagger
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
New meme just dropped
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 14/07/2026
google's "why don't you want to use our documentation chatbot" survey offers a pretty good list of reasons not to use their documentation chatbot
popup asking Would you like to use an AI chatbot to help you while browsing this site? Yes / No, with No highlightedpopup survey with all checkboxes checked 

What's the main reason you prefer to read the documentation yourself instead of using an Al chatbot?

I want to read the full context of an article to ensure I don't miss any important details.

I find standard documentation design (tables, diagrams) easier to scan than a chat interface.

I enjoy the learning process of researching and discovering solutions manually.

I have strong concerns about the accuracy or reliability of Al-generated answers.

Last input is for "Other" and the text inputs reads "I hate ai"
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Doremus Schafer @doremus-schafer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer I citizen-executed the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York when I should have been in Teheran ruling my country.
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