Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialRep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 18hIt’s the Billionaires versus the rest of us. Photo from @thetnholler.bsky.social 9296114
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialMatt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 19hIn a world full of Lebrons... be a Wemby. 093
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialSpookably UnAwake @lamentablyawake.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If only there was an opposition party. They could hold him to account for it, force it onto the news etc. 043
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialBlue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Further, he ordered Sports Illustrated to now be called Athletics Illustrated, to avoid confusion 1211113
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026just laser focused on what voters care about 814823
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.washingtonsun.comWhite House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With TrackersThe White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets. 721278853
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'd like to see James Talarico wiggle his way out of this jam 2682477
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The GOP cut funding to the IRS because *audits work* and they fundamentally don't believe rich people should have to play by the rules. 273299770
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I knew this would last only a couple days. Pathetic. 1456989
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialNils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Agree with Greg‘s general point. But let me ask the hard question about moral hazard: if the likes of Zuck or Jensen (or Dartmouth or Paul Weiss) pay no price for having kowtowed to Trump, won’t they end up looking smart for having done so? And if we want to curb this moral hazard, what must we do? 1815143
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialJudah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"The benefit of the doubt is more than an expression. It is a life philosophy that asks us to be curious before we are certain, to leave room for an explanation, and to remember that the person on our screen has a life beyond the moment we are watching." 0216
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialTim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Gen Z is making a lot of bad bets. But you can do better. Download FanDuel today 07916
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ringen.wikipedia.orgIron Ring - Wikipedia 2073652301
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary. 8141881737
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970122261
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialMark Histed @markhisted.org · 22/09/2026The idea of AI curing all diseases is, IMO, silly. Biomedical research is mostly limited by data, not ideas. Imagine saying AI will build a world-champion basketball team by replacing basketball coaches with hyperintelligent AI. You see the problem. Someone still needs to dribble and make shots. 925539
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I must share with you this epic community note on Twitter 😂 214100381906
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialTimothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Congress Is Trying to Rip Away College Athletes’ Hard-Earned Money The Protect College Sports Act will only protect the NCAA’s billions. It deserves to go down in flames newrepublic.com/article/2155...newrepublic.comCongress Is Trying to Rip Away College Athletes’ Hard-Earned MoneyThe Protect College Sports Act will only protect the NCAA’s billions. It deserves to go down in flames. 073
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialNathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Need to pass a federal law in 2029 removing all criminal preemption by federal law and authorizing states to indict anyone under state for federal criminal activity. Nullify the pardons that way. No double jeopardy if they never faced trial at the federal level. 1108
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026When the US bombed an Iranian school, killing over 100 kids, it involved over-reliance on an AI targeting system called "Maven," which based it on outdated information. I called it in @foreignpolicy.com in April Now confirmed in @bloomberg.com report of Pentagon investigation 11345121
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Btw, Don Jr is a defense contractor now. What’s he doing accepting gifts from Putin associates? 39721
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialDan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 19/09/2026I did not have “psychosexual obsessions of a mediocre news personality destroy the U.S. military” on my “Exit from Hegemony” bingo card. 2032180
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Trump says he's also looking at banning the Washington Post, calling it a "crummy paper" and "disgusting." Anyway, good job, Jeff Bezos! It obviously was worth losing all those scubsribers and turning your opinion section into MAGA-lite, only for the president to continue to call you "fake news." 35555631184
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 19/09/2026it's really essential to underline that the use of failing or problematic software tools/AI tech IN NO WAY ABSOLVES THE ACTORS OF CRIMINAL CULPABILITY. 215245
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is brutal. Just brutal. 1836076
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What? A sudden 30% decline in national housing prices would be a sign we're in like a serious depression. After the housing bubble burst in 2006/2007, national house prices fell "only" 27% peak to trough fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CSUSH... 1702598667
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Natural-born citizens have birthrights, which include not being treated like this. And their parents’ identity or status does not matter, despite what many lawyers, politicians, and law professors tried to tell you. 714352
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialJohn Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026You know all those videos you've seen of Trump appointees being asked by Senators "who won the 2020 election?" and they squirm and play linguistic gymnastics to avoid giving a real answer? Alito has given every indication he'd put in a similar performance. 0115
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialgwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I asked AT&T Stadium about the Rolling Stone report about how they objected to Macklemore coming to Arlington next month. They didn't comment, but as I've noted they're still hosting Kanye West in November: www.chron.com/culture/arti...chron.comAT&T Stadium, which will host Ye this fall, objected to MacklemoreThe Seattle rapper was dropped from Ed Sheeran's stadium tour bill. 573025822
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 15/09/2026There’s obviously a lot going on right now, but a Russian oligarch bankrolling the wedding of the president’s son is the kind of story that should dominate headlines in any functioning political culture. 11246201322
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026feels like a real landmark of impunity that major corporations are making federal crimes part of the interview process 5139851043
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online" 98462142199
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialDr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The Racism Pledge of Allegiance 743092
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@thebulwark.com did a supercut of all the prior times Trump said he was going to give Americans a $5000 check or whatever. It is glorious 861886844
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The NYT lies for Trump, again www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol... Contrary to the NYT headline, Trump didn't pledge his followers to vote for him; he pledged his followers to cheat for him (literally).nytimes.comVideo: Trump Has Crowd Pledge Their Allegiance to Him and to VotePresident Trump closed the Republican convention by having the crowd pledge an oath to him. Vice President JD Vance cast Democrats as the “party of hatred.” 24342137
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialBrandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026After Pretti was killed, Savageford, who is Asian-American, said she was taken to a warehouse near the Whipple detention center where immigrants were being detained. She was strip-searched, including by male agents who Cook told HuffPost on Friday were “touching her privates.” 271662905
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialMike Masnick @masnick.com · 11/09/2026Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party. Seems like it should be a story? 5758191882
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 11/09/2026“To leave no loopholes Hitler exacted from all officers and men of the armed forces an oath of allegiance—not to Germany, not to the constitution, which he had violated by not calling for the election of Hindenburg’s successor, but to himself.” -Shirer, Rise & Fall of the Thrid Reich, p. 375 421564568
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026To every reporter who stands there as Trump shouts down one of your (almost always female) colleagues with insults and bullying behavior without standing up for them -- you know the rest of us can see and hear you, right? 15846281084
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 11/09/2026This is the founder of Silk Road – which enabled international drugs trafficking on an industrial scale, among other things – speaking at President Trump's midterm convention (after getting a pardon from him), because lol nothing matters. 952440836
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialTuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The $5000 check thing is a plutonic ideal of a Trump proposal: it’s illegal, an obvious lie, and a deeply insane idea. 5385
Reposted by @cobbdouglas.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I wrote a column some years ago about how the dying off of Holocaust survivors and educators has contributed to the rise of contemporary fascism. The same goes for the people who *fought* fascists. This is a real thing. Living memory is powerful. 2234189
