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Legitimately one of the best threads I've ever read.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14h

There are many ways in which every billionaire is a policy failure, but the most corrosive and destructive way in which billionaires are policy failures is this: billionaires, despite being unelected and unaccountable, possess the power to control - and ruin - millions of peoples' lives.

The Warner Brother tower posed against a vintage map of Burbank, keeling over, tearing up a huge clot of sod and concrete. Standing atop of the tower, forcing it down, is a sad, spavined donkey in Democratic Party livery. Being crushed under the tower is the California flag bear, with blood pouring out of its eye and mouth.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A good article, but the GOP committing to defense of democracy won't happen. We must create disincentives for lawlessness and collaboration with fascists, and that means punishment. Either we impose consequences or we allow the GOP to keep making things worse as it has continually done since Nixon.

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026

I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

- No clerks - No building - No shadow docket - No docket control at all in fact - No pay raises - 25 justices - 47 justices - 101 justices - Riding the circuit, preferably on horseback

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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 24/07/2026

Fuck you, Ian Bremmer, you abject ghoul.

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David @davidtolemy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I don't normally repost these types of things, but 1) I'm a sucker for dogs and 2) I've gotten as many great insights from @leahmcelrath.bsky.social as I have almost any other person on this site.

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 17/07/2026

We passed a good bill in the House to sanction Russia and help Ukraine. The bill offered by the late Senator Graham is not that bill, it is a bill that would give Trump new powers to impose additional tariffs of up to 100% on U.S. trading partners without congressional oversight.

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Journalists: please, please get ready for this in ADVANCE. We know Trump's going to claim "new evidence shows the 2020 election was stolen". You've got 3 days to write a story that confronts that lie head-on before he says it - pre-write this like an obit. America is begging you: plan ahead. 1/

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

“Would Schumer use the filibuster to block unconditional aid to Israel?” @rokhanna.bsky.social: “He’d be more likely to use it to keep it IN… we have a problem with this not just with Republicans, but with leadership on our own side.”

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The most important divide in the Democratic Party today is between those who think Trump is a temporary aberration within the GOP and those who understand that Trump is the best version of what the GOP will be for the rest of our lives and into the foreseeable future.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

i cannot stress enough how much this man should not be the democratic presidential nominee

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Fucking monsters to a person. I cannot wait until these criminals are held responsible on a level that makes Big Tobacco’s reckoning look like a slap on the wrist.

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 24/06/2026

If this had been a Christian claiming his religious rights were violated because he had to do something as burdensome as wear a mask or get a vaccine, the Court would have moved heaven and earth to find a remedy.

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I feel it’s sort of underrated the extent to which a Dem Congress and/or states could (1) absolutely destroy car dealerships as a business, and (2) this would cripple a lot of GOP state and local parties

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Michael Okun @michael-okun.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 05/06/2026

Decided to pull out an important part of the interview. Generative AI is often justified with comparisons to the cost of Amazon Web Services ($57bn) or Uber's ($32bn) in losses, when its costs and losses are hundreds of billions of dollars worse. And there's no post-bubble redemption story.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/06/2026

Anthropic and OpenAI are dangerous and unsustainable companies that shouldn’t be taken public. The AI bubble is a con and retail investors are the marks. AI doesn’t have ROI, it’s nothing like AWS or Uber, and it’s got no post-bubble recovery story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKD...

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Anthopic, OpenAI Should Not Be Allowed to IPO, Says Ed Zitron

YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts

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Dylan Wilbanks is not a Halloween person @dylanw.social · 01/06/2026

Reminder that Klingons say TRANS RIGHTS BRING HONOR TO YOUR HOUSE

DS9 scene: Kor, a Klingon, greets Dax as Curzon. Dax corrects him as the host is now in Jadzia, a Trill female. Cor immediately responds, "Jadzia, my beloved old friend" without missing a beat.

Right: Two tweets from 2019: "This Pride Month, never forget that Klingons had trans rights"; "No hostility, no confusion, no clumsy excuse-filled justification, just a quick self-correction and the exact same amount of love and respect before and after. Cis allies: Be like Kor."

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lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 23/05/2026

On Thursday evening Valnet issued new contracts to writers at TheGamer instituting a minimum article viewership threshold for payment. Most writers already have pay tied to article performance, but this new system would mean that if a piece didn't get X number of clicks you wouldn't be paid for it.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This is a truly disgusting, antisemitic comment. I’m appalled at the level of bigotry and xenophobia that has become normalized in our politics. We cannot accept it, and we must call it out regardless of what party or individual it comes from. (1/2)

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House candidate Maureen Galindo pledges to send 'American zionists' to internment camp

Maureen Galindo is running as a Democrat to represent Texas' 35th Congressional District. Controversy-tarred congressional candidate Maureen Galindo this

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 19/05/2026

Welp, fuck this guy forever.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“Republicans will try to use this to say it’s illegitimate for ANY community of color to elect their candidate of choice. Not just in the South.” Election lawyer @marceelias sounds the alarm 🚨 about “the worst SCOTUS decision of my lifetime”

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Zoe Samuel @zoesamuel.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I'm a climate expert. I know 1000s of climate experts. One fact we all know: poor people care about climate more than rich people. Hardly surprising when you can't afford AC, work outside, etc. A few issues in the article... /1

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Braindead Kennedy @bicycleidiot.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

You could go to Buffalo Wild Wings in 2005 and watch every single live sporting event simultaneously. Jeff Bezos sucks.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

lol they're gonna help make this guy president in 2032 and blame hasan piker

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5 Calls @5calls.org · 08/04/2026

Trump has delayed his plan to bomb Iran by two weeks... That gives Congress a solid two weeks to remove him from office.

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David @davidtolemy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

On the plus side I called durbin's office and they actually answered. On the downside the intern didn't seem to care. Not an engagement, not a "oh he's really concerned as well." Just okay I'll let him know that you're a nay on thermonuclear war. Un f****** real.

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David @davidtolemy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This. But also don't be afraid to call the leaders of the House and Senate even if you aren't in their district. Some of them might brush you off, but it's the fate of the f****** world.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

In all seriousness, one thing that might be worth doing today: Tell your Reps and Senators to call Adm. Richard Correll, the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, which controls the nation's nukes, and remind him of *his* unique responsibility to refuse an illegal order.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Any member of the House can force a vote on impeachment, but Jeffries as minority leader has the extra perk that he can force it immediately rather than within two days.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

👇🎯 Also, the Democrats absolutely need a Project 2029, & it absolutely needs to be about institutional reform, not (just) about policy: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/04/2026

I tend to get dogpiled every time I say this but: as someone *who likes bluesky and benefits from being here* we have a problem. The network is shrinking, not growing. It's shrinking a lot: only about 1.1m people a day even like a post. This time last year it was 1.6m.

Unique daily likers as a graph over the last year. It's down from about 1.6 million a day a year ago to 1.1 million a day now.

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David @davidtolemy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Whether you care about sports or not, this is a great take.

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David @davidtolemy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Not to be Debbie Downer, but this.

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