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Dan B 👻

@dannydowner.bsky.social
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Physics, science, dogs, N95s, climate, python, candidate for prime minister, etc. He/Him. 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 I don’t skeet much. Maybe Ivo Shandor had a point. This ship of fools I’m on will sink.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 7h
Credit to the US for making the point the conference was trying to make about US foreign interference in European democracies for them, and bringing more attention to the conference and its themes than they could have possibly hoped for. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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EU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressure
The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
sorry if I seem weird and intense now, it’s because I’m now weird and intense
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Ryan Stauffer @ryanswx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Haha, this fucking sucks.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2026
Everyone wants someone else to plan dinner parties & invite them.
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You Are No Longer Invited to Dinner
We’re witnessing the death of hosting in America. The share of adults who say they regularly have friends over has declined 70 percent since 1975
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In my quest for minimalism, I have made a relaxing game of balance 🧘 Please try it and let me know what you think? It’s real quick, and I’m proud of this one.
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A quiet black-and-white nonogram that starts at two by two and eases up to fifteen.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I am continuously struck by how the worst, biggest dipshits you have ever seen have *all* hitched their stars to this nazi administration. The tech ceo's are literally getting military titles, they're getting government positions, half the administration is made up of media personalities, etc
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Dan🍁 @daninnis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Canada sells its oil and gas to the US at a discount and in Canadian dollars. Without it there is no deficit. Canadians per person spend around 10,000 annually on US goods and Americans spend around one thousand on Canadian goods. Trump says we are stealing from you. Do you wonder why we are angry?
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Stan Marsh: The Canadians Are Pissed Off
ALT: Stan Marsh: The Canadians Are Pissed Off
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Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
new wolfenstein looks like shit
its pete hegseth splaying his arms christlike at a podium with all sorts of americana bunting thats got a distinct fash aesthetic
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
People with eyes: "They're fascists." Useful idiots: "Well now, let's be careful. That's a strong word." Them:
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Me, when I get to the front of the TSA line
I couldn't help but notice that you don't have a chair
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 02/10/2026
Canadians build great technology. Some of them are sitting in your app store right now, waiting for a turn. From email to streaming to ride apps, each of these alternatives is Canadian-owned and operated. (A check mark means I use it myself!) ✅ Our full list is at unplug.todmaffin.com #BuyCanadian
A one-page guide titled "Unplug America" recommending Canadian alternatives to U.S. tech services, listing pairs like ChatGPT → Augure/CanadaGPT, Netflix → CBC Gem/APTN+, Uber/Lyft → Poparide/R-Hero.
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On the Hegseth thing, I just stop every so often to sit in the disgust of a government official just casually tossing around slurs in a prepared speech
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Guido X Jansen @gui.do · 01/10/2026
It's always important to read what the graph axes say
Nicely plotted release dates of model numbers
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not the least bit surprising but still extremely grim to read. time.com/article/2026...
Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
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Fwank @gaymerotter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Starting a challenge called oktober where for the whole month everything is going to be ok
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The 🇺🇸USA Secretary of Defense is a Nazi. That is all. 🤷🏼🙄🤷🏼 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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In Speech, Hegseth Targets Diversity, Transgender People, Reporters and Iran (Gift Article)
In his “State of the Force” address, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focused on the culture war and accused reporters of “treason” over Iran war coverage.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
I'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons. That was an "existential threat" to humanity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"For decades, we've provided election coverage that's based on in-depth political reporting by an experienced team of journalists backed by commentary from political leaders. But now we're throwing that aside so we can tell you what some of the most irredeemable uninformed gamblers are guessing."
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Katherine the Sixth @luigithirty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
folks you're not gonna believe this but someone started registering trumpy and ai-related .si domains back before the announcement .si is slovenia, home of melania and barron has a slovenian passport x.com/adamscochran...
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Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) (@adamscochran) on X
1/15 SCOOP: Trump’s “Super Intelligence” Scandal: I believe Trump’s “SI” Executive Order was ANOTHER criminal plot to enrich the Trump family. Insiders seem to have profited MILLIONS off of .si do...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15).
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FWIW, I think a fuckup on this scale in time to wreck them electorally was *almost* inevitable from Day 1, precisely because this is the Special Birthday Boy presidency in which there are almost no limits on Trump's madness and every proposed policy disaster has a real shot at going all the way.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 29/09/2026
Anthropic's IPO leak breaks down like this: In 2025, they had $4.6B in revenue against a $42B loss 2026 revenue is $11.5B with $518B marked to spend on building more data centers Meanwhile, they think they're worth $2T because they are on the cusp of birthing Digital Jesus (🧵)
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“In addition, giraffes are now tall horses. Because that’s what they are. They’re just tall horses. Everybody knows it, they just don’t say it. I’m not afraid to say these things. And those so-called capybaras will be known as ultimate guinea pigs.”
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Siri, show me the deliberate destruction of eight decades of American-led international diplomacy and cooperation in one photograph:
Screenshot of a September 28, 2026, post on ex-Twitter by right-wing foreign policy analyst, professor, author and former Trump Department of Defense senior policy adviser Matthew Koenig, showing the lobby of the US State Department adorned with 200 American flags:

“The US State Department lobby used to display the flags of the roughly 200 countries with which the US maintains diplomatic relations. Now, it displays 200 American flags, to remind State Department employees who they work for.”
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 28/09/2026
Well well well, I wonder how we got here, Mr. Karl Rove: www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
sacurrent.com
Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Aside from that, I'd like to see a breakdown of every subsidy or state-supported program Shopify has benefitted from.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 28/09/2026
The answer to this question seems straightforward to me. We live in a society where drinking alcohol is normalized, if not 'cool', and we elect Premiers whose big ideas are things like Buck-a-Beer. In other words - as with many policy problems - the reason they seem vexing is that we're idiots.
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
youtu.be/CdVEt7k__MI?...
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Simpsons - You People Have Stood In My Way Long Enough (from "Homie The Clown")
YouTube video by BJ the Simpson Collector
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 25/09/2026
Quick oceans update: yah, sea surface temperatures remain in new territory this year. See more at zacklabe.com/climate-chan.... This data (extrapolar ocean) is provided by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5. 🌊
Graph showing daily global mean sea surface temperatures for 2026. This is also compared to the daily data from the 1981-2010 average and 1991-2020 average. Annotations are also shown to the current year with the other years from 1940 to 2026. There is a seasonal cycle. There is a long-term warming trend. 2023 and 2024 are also indicated, which were the warmest years on record. Data is from ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis and updated through 23 September 2026.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A new trailer for Alex Gibney's documentary about Elon Musk was just released. gizmodo.com/elon-musk-do...
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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 23/09/2026
The post-information social condition is revealed by the age of AI through the way that all of the data and models in the world can’t actually convince people with power to make decisions that would actually save all of our lives, but to in fact do the opposite.
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 23/09/2026
"Le code, c'est moi." (wanders off shaking head) ...*Sheeeeeeeeeesh.*
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The changes to the Canada Labour Code in this new bill are “without precedent in Canadian law and they’re without precedent even amongst our trading partners in the G7.” “It provides the complete and unlimited discretion to the federal minister to decide who gets to go on strike and who does not.”
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
we have to stop imports because that's other countries stealing money from us, and we have to stop exports because that's other countries stealing goods from us at last we will throw off our shackles, no longer a nation plagued by trade
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Judy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.
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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My president would womanize; he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 21/09/2026
Trump vows to punish Canada for EU alliance as soon as he finishes losing Iran war
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Trump vows to punish Canada for EU alliance as soon as he finishes losing Iran war
WASHINGTON D.C. - President Donald J. Trump has pledged to extract terrible, systematic revenge on all of Canada for daring to enter talks with the European Union, just as soon as he finishes losing the war he started in Iran.
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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
some real mickey mouse bullshit
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026
"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As a DC resident i really don't like the way news reporting treats "the President, with a history of 1) wanting to kill unarmed protesters and 2) 'joking' about not leaving in 2029 is yelling he is building well-supplied and well-provisioned snipers' nests throughout the city" as just another quirk
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TekknoNerd - Commissions open @tekknonerd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Voyager, walking on those tiny legs.
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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️
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