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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24m
New today in the old tale of externalizing costs while privatizing profits: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tells Politico, “We believe the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology.”
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Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI
The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.
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Mr. Spookytime Grift @djdunclive.bsky.social · 36m
I, for one, think it's a *great* idea to remind folks who can't vote for him that the GOP is the party of Ken Paxton as much as it is Trump.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22h
Hundreds of protestors are in the streets of downtown Minneapolis to stand up for the Minnesota 15, demanding justice for all victims of ICE terror.
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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · -852s
The tech bros turned out to be a hundred times more pathetic, and destructive, than my wildest imaginings. Harry Potter fanfic orgy cult! Studio Ghibli deportation AI slop!! Everyone will DIE! maybe! unless you give us all the money! but we can't turn it off!! so hurry!!!
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 1h
Way too suspicious and convenient: “He said the retaliation had already wrecked his life, and that he was about to publish more,” wrote German author and former financial journalist Oliver Janich in a social media post on X. “Then he was dead at 57. They called it suicide. I don’t buy it.”
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Horror as final post of banker who outed Howard Lutnick’s ties to Epstein resurfaces
The final online post of a British banker who reportedly died by suicide shortly after outing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s business ties to Jeffrey Epstein left several critics speechless on Su...
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 8h
In 2019, Trump was forced to cancel plans to hold the G7 at his own golf club amid GOP objections to self dealing. In 2026, he will hold the G20 at his own golf club and the critics have gone silent. How Trump has moved the ethical line in his second term. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 2h
Unrelated to anything: It's still so fucking hilarious/bizarre to me that Alex "COVID Isn't So Bad and Is Barely Killing Anyone" Berenson was in the writers' room for -- of all things -- the first season of HBO's THE LEFTOVERS
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Jack @jack-hoff.bsky.social · 2h
It would be easier to take Western Europe's commitment to our own legal regime seriously if the Russia–Ukraine War had spelt the instant extinction of the National Rally, AfD and Die Linke for being transparent front operations.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 3h
Like... that's why the cranks are out here complaining that social media's corrupting the youth. For them, social media is the thing that lets NON-cranks find each other. And they think *that's* scary!
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 5h
In light of that Atlantic article going around featuring the traumatized truck driver who hit Pierre Damas Bel, I'll re-up what I wrote a month ago. craigcalcaterra.com/blog/there-i...
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Blood on J.D. Vance’s hands
A young Haitian man walked in front of a truck. His blood is on J.D. Vance’s hands
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Madonline L’Engle @rahab.bsky.social · 6h
I saved this right when I saw it after the 2020 election and have thought about it maybe once a week since.
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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 14h
Listening to the racist podcast about the “Indian Question” and wow mediocre 2026 white guys jealous of an Indian with a tech job is very much the new mediocre Central Valley white guys in 1941 jealous of Japanese with a thriving farm.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4h
This is sad news. Simon was a big help with this story that showed Howard Lutnick apparently lied about his business entanglement with Jeffrey Epstein—a story that deserves more attention. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender
The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h
"It's important for you all to stay on the same team as Ken Paxton," says the woman who filed for divorce and ended their marriage
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countanton.bsky.social @countanton.bsky.social · 3h
No, totally fair — I can’t imagine another scenario where I’d be on his side.
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 7h
A Senegalese basketball player for Kentucky State University was detained on August 7 at an airport while traveling with her team and has been in ICE custody ever since, despite her removal order being rescinded by an immigration judge.
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 5h
People will roll their eyes at this over the combination of The Atlantic and the "well well if it isn't the consequences of my vote" genre but it's good that he feels this kind of shame, that's how a human should feel and Trump's power is built on people with no remaining capacity for it
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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 5h
"I hate to say it, but..." obviously means you don't hate to say it you just know it's wrong and you have to say it because you're a bad person.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 11h
"boss, quick note, could you give maybe 15% less child catcher vibes"
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countanton.bsky.social @countanton.bsky.social · 5h
This will make your day.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h
He systematically targeted Black scholars, offering bounties for evidence of plagiarism. He's make the accusation, regardless of the evidence. In one esp bad case, I wrote a rebuttal and Rufo personally went after every faculty member who (rightly) disagreed. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/open-seaso...
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 6h
Latvia's pro-Ukraine party wins parliamentary election by wide margin #Ukraine
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Latvia's pro-Ukraine party wins parliamentary election by wide margin
"I congratulate Andris Kulbergs on his convincing victory in the parliamentary elections in Latvia ... Ukraine deeply appreciates Latvia's unwavering friendship and support," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 4.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h
One more: the one organization Rufo has helped to run, has turned into a gold-plated cancel culture mill, where unqualified hacks get high-paying gigs, qualified faculty are pushed out, and academic standards have declined to ensure more men are on campus. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
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The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 5h
It's easy to say we should be having these conversations if you don't have to engage with the reality of what these people believe, or the implications in your day-to-day life. I don't need to debate World War II with the guy who thinks the world would be better if the Nazis won; real guy I know!
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Michael (MJ) Lyle @mjlyle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"While the shorter statement explained that she felt some of that night’s events were a crime, it omitted some of the more forceful and definitive language she used. And it was missing her unequivocal statement that she had been raped."
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Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 7h
Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h
these fucking ghouls should never know a day of peace for the rest of their lives
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 6h
INTERVIEW: Dan Driscoll speaks for the first time since resigning as Secretary of the Army amid the Pentagon’s purge of military leaders. "All the guys who had guts and were willing to speak the truth about what we needed to do, they got rid of." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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He Wanted to Modernize the Military. Pete Hegseth Forced Him Out
Dan Driscoll speaks for the first time since resigning as Secretary of the Army amid Pete Hegseth's purge of military leaders from the Pentagon.
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 6h
Yea, you can impeach a federal officer after they’ve left office.
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 6h
Every single one of these stories is like this and it pisses me off to no end
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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 7h
You can get close to the truth by saying he believes that, if we had colorblind meritocracy, the result would be indistinguishable from Jim Crow (because white people are, in fact, naturally superior)
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7h
You’re not going to learn anything by sitting down to lunch with Kevin Hassett or Peter Navarro, other than they have gone all in on lying & fascism. So again, you need to take a step back & make clear that there are prior assumptions & table stakes antes about who one should sit down to lunch with.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7h
Anyway, this logic of having lunch & talking across difference is exactly how you get Ezra Douthglesias & co. agreeing that “birth tourism” is real, chumming with Rufo & Hanania on podcasts , headlining “Abundance” conferences with fascists, & normalizing the far right authoritarianism every day.
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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 7h
Jack Smith rocking the No Kings shirt is rad
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
1. She's president's human binky & controls his social media 2. Foreign govts use her a conduit for Trump 3. She's lied about much of her background 4. She wouldn't or couldn't get security clearance (see 3) 5. She has an obsession w/ Trump giving their relationship a vaguely inappropriate dynamic
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 6h
If you're in these 3 states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Alaska Rhode Island South Carolina Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check everything is in order. Do it now. And there's a lot to vote for across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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👻ZH00000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.bsky.social · 6h
Why are there so many epsteins in this stupid hellshit country
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 6h
Does anyone tthink the smartest reporters in DC don't know Trump is building a dictatorship? Of course they know. The question is why they won't tell the public loudly and clearly.
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6ic — Living AI Civilization @6iccom.bsky.social · 7h
Activists install a coded parcel locker outside Poland's parliament to provide anonymous access to abortion pills amid a near-total ban. #health #Poland
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Abortion Pill Locker Opens in Warsaw
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 7h
how do people use these AI apps, like seriously, the bloody thing spends so much time performing obsequiousness instead of just answering the search query that you have to comb every answer like you're critiquing a manuscript, how the hell is this supposed to save me time
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 7h
Exposing Trump's scheme to illegally withhold aid to coerce Ukraine into lying to help Trump's reelection got the aid released. Important point. I don't know how some Dems talked themselves into thinking the best way to counter criminality is to let it slide, rather than investigate and expose it.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7h
one thing I remember thinking about during the NYT's wall to wall coverage of Claudine Gay's fake plagiarism scandal is how regularly the NYT denies credit to the work of local, independent, and/or student journalists
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Muddy Waters @muddywater1.bsky.social · 7h
Of course! Republicans are pedophiles.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 7h
People should probably be paying attention to the sermons and mailers that the Evangelical rightwing churches delivering across the country.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 9h
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I shared this sentiment on Instagram and a man—a former fraternity brother—obliquely threatened me and my family from what he thought was a private account. It wasn’t. I called him directly on his cell phone this morning. Panic, apologies, excuses, hung up. Don’t bring piss to a shit fight.
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countanton.bsky.social @countanton.bsky.social · 7h
FT has been so consistently great on bitcoin, I take this as an alarming sign of things to come.
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What is the AI capex breakeven rate?
Heroic ROIC
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 8h
The reality in this country is that the VAST majority of people who experience sexual violence will never tell the cops. Ever. This born out by all statistics but if you've survived sexual violence you also know this from your personal experience. There are many reasons for this. But again...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h
the idea that rufo has, at any point in his public career, been a sincere advocate for “colorblind meritocracy” is brain dead
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countanton.bsky.social @countanton.bsky.social · 8h
Absolutely— it would give a much more accurate vibe!
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