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Curt Bianchi

@curtbianchi.bsky.social
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Author of Elegant People: A History of the Band Weather Report, former software engineer, occasional radio show host, photographer and writer. Here for politics and sports.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways.
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This idiot has probably never been to the BOREAL FOREST a day in his life. It is 5.5 times the size of Texas. You cannot "groom" it. It's burning because of climate change. The utter bullshit from these climate deniers. Canadians are sick of this bullying and they are not going to take it.
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Barton Gellman @bartongellman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Was your flagpole damaged January 6?
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This is absolutely outrageous. SCOTUS reinstated Texas gerrymander 15 weeks before primary because they claimed it was too close to election to block it but now allowing Alabama to gerrymander one week before primary after trial court found map was intentionally discriminatory against Black voters
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The joyful, wonder-filled Artemis scenes contrast with our nation's leaders, people who have ascended to the pinnacles of power & wealth—and yet couldn’t day-to-day be more miserable, a fact that they all collectively broadcast with every fiber of their being. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-pure-j...
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The Pure Joy of Joy
You can't fake the happiness of Artemis II — or Zohran Mamdani
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The President declared our country had genocidal intent, and the argument his own supporters are making in defense of it is that the genocidal threat was merely a bargaining tactic to achieve a ceasefire deal worse than the status quo before the war he started. No part of that is acceptable.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Every I.C.E. victim in these clips is a U.S. citizen. These are the Kavanaugh Stops™️ that that human frat paddle assured us would last only momentarily and cause only minor, if any, inconvenience. All lies. Rule of Law is dead and buried. There is no coming back from this. Sorry, folks.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
He should do some photo ops of him sailing through the strait himself, just to prove how safe it is
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
What this country needs is a politician brave enough to advocate in *favor* of ‘forever wars’ in the Middle East…
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
MARCO RUBIO: The imminent threat was from Israel deciding to attack Iran without us and then Iran retaliating The imminent threat was from Israel deciding to attack Iran without us The imminent threat was from Israel deciding to attack Iran The imminent threat was from Israel
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Cooper River Indivisible @crindivisible.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Naturally, when civilians interact with armed and allegedly trained agents of their government, it’s the citizens’ lack of restraint we should focus on. 🤪
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Constant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Fascism. www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
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Curt Bianchi @curtbianchi.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Every word of this. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
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Democrats @democrats.org · 02/04/2025
loser
Elon Musk wearing a cheesehead hat and a jacket with his name on it, standing in front of a red and white background.
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Curt Bianchi @curtbianchi.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
A useful primer for how Trump’s tariffs policy actually works in reality. t.co/zRARk7BlEL
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https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/capitolism/tariff-myths-debunked/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Tariff%20Myths%2C%20Debunked&utm_campaign=Capitolism_Paid%20Subscribers%20On...
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The Framers foresaw this problem and figured legislators' ambition, self-preservation, and self-respect would drive them to act against a tyrant. The Framers didn't expect a majority of Congress would be cowards and fools who cheered it like pigs celebrating the arrival of the butcher.
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Curt Bianchi @curtbianchi.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Maybe it’s just me, but preventing airplanes from falling out of the sky seems more important than scrubbing federal websites of words Donald Trump doesn’t like. x.com/keeleyfox29/...
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Curt Bianchi @curtbianchi.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The federal government is now being run by clowns. sjvwater.org/decision-to-...
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Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after sending locals into a mad scramble – SJV Water
Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive
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Curt Bianchi @curtbianchi.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Excerpt from a recent Amazon review of my book Elegant People: A History of the Band Weather Report: "I have to admit that his song and album descriptions were more enjoyable in some cases, than listening to the songs themselves." I guess I'll take that as a compliment. 🙂
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Curt Bianchi @curtbianchi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
To be fair, this was probably the first time Donald Trump was exposed to a pastor preaching from the Sermon on the Mount. But JD Vance's obvious discomfort at hearing about one of the fundemental teachings of his religion (Catholicism) is a bit disturbing.
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Curt Bianchi @curtbianchi.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Always Little Marco. www.today.com/video/sec-ma...
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Marco Rubio: I plan to focus on a ‘straightforward’ foreign policy
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Florida senator who is the first official member of Donald Trump’s new cabinet, joins TODAY to talk about his plan for a “straightforward” foreign policy, helping e...
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I may have missed it, but I didn't hear Trump say anything about reducing the price of eggs. The media told us 24-7 before the election that this is what real people cared about.
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Brian Schatz @schatz.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Trump just literally eliminated an Executive Order to reduce the price of prescription drugs. They are ripping you off, personally. They never gave a shit about the price of anything.
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Curt Bianchi @curtbianchi.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I guess we need a reminder of what happened on Jan. 6, 2021. One of those days we all remember where we were when it happened. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
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Video: Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol
A six-month Times investigation has synchronized and mapped out thousands of videos and police radio communications from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, providing the most complete picture to date of what ha...
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Curt Bianchi @curtbianchi.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Gotta admit, I didn’t have displaying the Nazi salute behind the presidential seal of the United States on my bingo card.
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Curt Bianchi @curtbianchi.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Thanks to @mattmaiocco.bsky.social @mattbarrows.bsky.social and @timkawakami.bsky.social for keeping us informed here at Bluesky during the #49ers game. Never had to even peek at the old place.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/11/2024
Over the past week, the social media site Bluesky's growth has exploded, more than doubling to 15 million-plus users, as people seek alternatives to X, Facebook and Threads.
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Bluesky Is Growing Up. Maybe Too Fast.
The fledgling social media site has been flooded by people seeking alternatives to Facebook, X and Threads. It hasn’t all been easy.
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Curt Bianchi @curtbianchi.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Here are some Bay Area Sports accounts to follow. Some are pretty active here, like Andrew Baggerly; others not at all (yet). But for me there's enough critical mass to eliminate a big reason I was going back to the other site. #49ers #warriors #DubNation #SFGiants #SFGBskyFam
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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
In all my years on social media, the smashed potato recipe from @darthbluesky.bsky.social has added the most value.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
New, from me: I've spent the last four years thinking about what happens to the federal government if Trump returns. So I am offering a few predictions about what happens next. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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What Happens Next?
The administrative state under a second Trump term
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Curt Bianchi @curtbianchi.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
For me, dissatisfaction with the post-pandemic economy is the best explanation for Harris’s defeat. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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How Donald Trump Won Everywhere
This was the second COVID election.
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Curt Bianchi @curtbianchi.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
The escaped monkeys remain at large! Authorities think they are "having an adventure." Go monkeys! apnews.com/article/monk...
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43 monkeys remain on the run from South Carolina lab. CEO thinks they're having an adventure
Authorities say 43 monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina have been spotted in the woods near a fence surrounding the site and that workers are using food to try t...
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Curt Bianchi @curtbianchi.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
They probably saw what happened to the previous group and decided they had better bust out of there.
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