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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Among the more notable documents is a redacted version of a report produced by Cornell’s disciplinary hearing panel. It sheds additional light on the university’s investigation and summarizes the panel’s findings. Here’s a link to the doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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John Doe v Cornell University Hearing Panel Decision and Report
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Kelly Kennedy @kellyskennedy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“If the administration was serious about assisting state and local election officials, they shouldn’t have dismantled all of the federal government’s election cybersecurity capacity and fired all their experts in early 2025.”
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Hegseth says national security, military cyber forces will guard US election systems during midterms
The U.S. National Security Agency and military intelligence forces are set to guard election systems during the November midterms.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 25/09/2026
The executive branch is trying to achieve escape velocity from the constitution's architecture, and a Supreme Court under the domination of the chief executive's co-partisans keeps saying 'hol' up, let him cook.'
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I mean this sincerely: If you are using a thingy to set your fantasy lineup for you, *what is the point* of fantasy sports? Especially if everybody in your league starts doing it? You are telling all your computers to play with each other! I do not understand what about this appeals to anyone.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump stole taxpayer $$ to destroy the White House and replace it with a firetrap and too few ladies stalls. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
McCrery informed the White House that Trump’s ballroom design did not meet fire safety codes, which require the majority of guests to be able to quickly exit through the main entrance during an emergency, according to the people and documents. The architect also pointed out that alternative emergency exit routes out of the building were insufficient, and that there was little in the design to prevent a kitchen fire from rapidly spreading into the event space on the floor above.

In addition to fire safety concerns, Trump’s desired ballroom design did not include enough toilets to accommodate the structure’s maximum occupancy, according to documents, and there were few options for adding more, as the event space occupied most of the building’s footprint. One early ballroom design featured just seven stalls in the women’s bathroom.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The GOP has collapsed so far into far right authoritarianism that it has lost <checks notes> Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, George Will, & Bill Kristol, & yet somehow our National Conversation™️ remains focused disproportionately on whether Democrats are veering too far left into socialism 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Goes without saying but the president directing the fcc to “punish” nbc because a poll made him mad would have consumed basically any other White House in endless scandal
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Death by intentional neglect is the characteristic method of murder in concentration camps
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Alan Owlport 🦉 🎃 @alanallport.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Note that only about 5% of ‘those with a criminal record’ have a conviction for violent crime. The remainder involve minor offenses, many of them procedural immigration charges or traffic violations; many of the 60% have only pending cases and the charges against them will end up being dismissed.
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Chris Bennett @cwbennett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Yes!! Portrait of Dorian Gray style
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Doctors TARDIS @doctorstardis.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
THE JAPANEESE HAVE DISCOVERED TEXAS ROADHOUSE BREAD
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Always delighted to see "we're rolling out a large language model to do a task that is built entirely around absolute precision in the handling of data." uhhhh so do you not know how LLMs work
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 07/05/2026
“Huck shows great disrespect for the Court’s precedent in Dred Scott when aiding the fugitive Jim, presumably due to liberal indoctrination by the Widow Douglas.” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/exc...
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Excerpts from Chief Justice John Roberts’ High School English Essays
“Huck shows great disrespect for the Court’s precedent in Dred Scott when aiding the fugitive Jim, presumably due to liberal indoctrination by the Widow Doug...
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
A true mystery. If only there had been some way to predict that pressure and economic coercion might not be the "one weird trick" for regime change in Havana.
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Akilla Cooper @akelacooper.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Democratic Leaders: We need a strong GOP. This country needs a good opposition party. The GOP: FUCK YO LAWS AND FUCK YO VOTERS WE DO WHAT WE WANT
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"This is at least the sixth time Trump has said 'you cross this line, you die.' The previous five times they crossed the line anyway and did not die." (My addition.) bsky.app/profile/news...
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 06/05/2026
I was told by the media that the biggest scandal of the Biden administration was the weaponization of the DoJ to attack political opponents.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 06/05/2026
I guess it wouldn’t be an attempt to return to Jim Crow without some abuse of state authority against uppity negroes.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/04/2026
every conservative political complaint comes back to "those people shouldn't count because they disagree with me"
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Chris Bennett @cwbennett.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
What happens when a flu outbreak happens on say a nuclear missile sub, or on an aircraft carrier with several thousand sailors on board, all of whom are in close proximity to each other? Vaccination is key to readiness.
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, said this to the leader of the Catholic Church after apparent differences in theological application: “I think it’s very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology.” Just an incredible amount of hubris.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
For decades, birthday party clowns folded balloons and played games. John Wayne Gacy is taking a different approach.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:
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Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book
Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"
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Chris Bennett @cwbennett.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
@thegoldenratio4.bsky.social if nobody else has answered already, the answering machine tune is the Washington Post March by Sousa!
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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Much to say about this, but given where we are the most important comment is a reminder that committing war crimes cannot be justified by war crimes committed by the other side
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I wrote angry today. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-illite...
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The Illiteracy of the Trump Administration
What happens when U.S. foreign policy is run by faux intellectuals rather than people who have actually read things?
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
THIS. It’s horrible in human terms to do this but it’s also very strategically wrong and will cause more horrible human suffering and death, in all sides. It’s in the United States’ INTEREST not to violate LOAC.
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Steve Saidemonster 🧌🧛🦇⚰️👻👹 @smsaideman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
A key part of having military officers nominated by one president and having overlapping terms into the next presidency is so that the military is not seen as partisan. By replacing generals & admirals to get more "suitable" ones, Hegseth and Trump are destroying American civil-military relations 1
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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
It’s not a joke. It’s a clear and frequently reinforced signal to the armed services that if you break regulations or laws you will be exonerated as long as your actions show fealty to Trump/MAGA.
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 01/04/2026
www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros... is it good to build an entire economy and software infrastructure on this
Highlighted section of the Copilot ToS which says "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only"
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
A Plan, if you will, Joint & Comprehensive in negotiation & content, specifying a menu Of Action to be taken to prevent Iran fr- oh, nevermind 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 25/02/2026
I'm sorry. This seems MASSIVELY sketchy. A Medal Of Honor awarded in 60 days...for a deeply unpopular operation...in time to be awarded at the State of the Union? Not taking anything away from Cw5 Stover's heroism, but this reaks of political posturing. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
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Army helicopter pilot wounded during Maduro raid receives Medal of Honor during State of the Union
Trump credited Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover for serving as the flight lead aboard the first Chinook helicopter to approach Maduro’s compound.
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Maarten Paulusse @maartenp.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Tired of AI hype posts? You might like my sober assessment of whether AI-generated summaries are suitable for studying and research. Spoiler alert, they are not. The text is primarily aimed at students and researchers, but has much broader relevance. So share freely!: www.tue.nl/en/our-unive...
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Are AI-generated summaries suitable for studying and research?
Despite didactic, ethical, and environmental concerns, the use of GenAI is on the rise in academia. For most applications, the jury is still out on whether and how they will benefit education and rese...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Once again, these are not problems that can be solved by new laws & more court orders. This president & his senior staff do not follow laws or court orders.
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Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Bombing to Win* *”win” is used for promotional purposes only and does not imply any actual concept of “victory” or how bombing might achieve said goal
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Pam Bondi For @rawstory.com Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
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Rasmus Corlin Christensen @phdskat.org · 13/02/2026
PwC somehow more lucid on AI and education than most university leaders these days
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Remember our hugely successful military operation in Venezuela? So, how's that going now? (The USG has decided to change the subject because the answer is...it's going nowhere fast, another slow-motion fiasco.)
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
So I guess the 4th Amendment is DOA then. Neat.
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I’ve been thinking about the first picture a lot lately. Our athletes are likely to get a lot of boos the next few weeks. But they deserve our support b/c they reflect the people of this nation, not the policies of this administration. And the second photo is a good reminder of that. 🇺🇸
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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
What exactly is throwing a flash bang at a car supposed to achieve, other than very clearly demonstrating that these agents are untrained, undisciplined, panicked, cruel, sloppy, uncoordinated, scared, and unprofessional? "Let's stun the guy driving a car near a crowd" great decision boys
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Literally doing the meme lol
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🍁🍂 🎃 Diva for the Season 💚💙🏈🫶👠👑 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I am sure its a coincidence so many males in current administration talk like domestic abusers.
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Alan Owlport 🦉 🎃 @alanallport.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
“SOF and drones can do everything” is symptomatic of the current American Dysfunctional Way of War.
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