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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

From the NY Times "The Morning" online: "The war against Iran has forced world leaders to reckon with the role of geography in global affairs."

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Same in Iran before the Us/Israeli assassinations. They don't want either people power or even a victory. They empower themselves with conflict.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"Focused on the affordability crisis" Right. Of course. Nothing else of interest, or even more specific, to discuss.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Replacing human opinion writers with AI will result in predictable pieces that say the same thing over and over. by David Brooks

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I feel like the kids who did poorly in science and history class are trying to get revenge on the kids who did well at science and history class and now we’re all going to die

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Why don’t you just go ahead and suck your thumb? That way you won’t be able to either talk or type and thus will be unable to hinder those who act for our future.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Break bad premises, don't accept them. Receive obstacles as problems to solve toward the goal, not reasons to never pursue the goal. Realize there are enough of us to pursue everything, so there are no distractions, and there is no trolley problem. www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...

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There Is No Trolley Problem

We actually aren't constrained into atrocious premises by thought exercises. Obstacles are a reason to fight, not an excuse to quit. Our friends and neighbors aren't distractions..

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Sunk cost in the grid is driving irrational and uneconomic concentration of photovoltaic installations. With the exception of heavy industries, decentralize.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Why haven’t we heard about the emergency testosterone rations being rushed to our aircraft carriers?

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 12/08/2026

Social media platforms like Bluesky don't have to be the most popular. What matters is having a critical mass of users. Bluesky has that. The fact that Threads, yet another zombie algorithmic platform where you're routinely fed posts from a week ago, has more users is irrelevant.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I find it useful to filter my public affairs reading by skipping most of what is opinion. Liberating.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Fear or greed, probably fear, maybe both.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Interesting that the logic has flipped: Now the progressive is seen as the strongest candidate by the opposition.

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Wile E. Coyote, despaired, takes a bucket of paint and a brush and paints a beautiful two-bedroom house on a mountainside. He paints a beautiful coyote wife in the window, and two adorable coyote kids running around in the yard. He tries to enter this new coyote life, but it is inaccessible to him

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Mona Charen??? Good to hear that she keeps progressive values close to her heart.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

No point. He's already got somebody covering that end.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Nice. Coming down firmly on the side of punctuating a rhetorical question with a period.

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Canadian Loyalist 🇨🇦 @shakespearesgal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Yup … technology is not all it’s cracked up to be … #cdnpoli

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Listen, if you don’t know the difference between Democratic socialism and communism, I’m not engaging with you. Crack a book.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I have to believe that the tech is available to instantly identify the accuser and that it's use is reserved for when POTUS decides to assassinate the leadership of a foreign country.

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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Call me crazy but if we have to demand "proof of life" videos just to make sure our Senators are still breathing, it might be time for term limits and a mandatory retirement age. Subscribe For FREE : publicsquaremedia.substack.com/subscribe

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Why the primary? Because Jeffries is more attentive to the needs and desires of his donors than to the needs and desires of his constituents.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

The reflecting pool is being sabotaged by paid protistas

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Anybody have info on distracted driving accident stats? How about lawsuits? Insurability will get everyone's attention.

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Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Popular unpopular opinion: touchscreens in cars meant to be operated by drivers are a terrible idea to the point that they should perhaps be made literally illegal

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Congratulations! Now do medical procedures.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Evidently there is no there there. His loss is your gain.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The votes are in. The election is over. The horse race metaphor is pernicious. Steyer can no longer "do" anything, and saying otherwise empowers false narratives of election fraud. Sit down and shut up.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

There is no liberty for me without liberty for you.

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exhaustedradical.bsky.social @exhaustedradical.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I wonder if Steyer's obscene use of progressively expensive and offensive attack ads on Becerra is not backfiring. Steyer has spent over $195 million on his overall advertising campaign in an attempt to purchase California's Governor's seat. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

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‘Yes, this is an ad’: Steyer’s paid influencer blitz is roiling California’s governor race

The fight over paid influencers illustrates how important online content creators have become in political campaigns.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Trump sharing a post about doctors bringing someone back from the dead is revealing. So are his recent slights to J.D. Vance. (Or whatever his name is.)

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28/05/2026

Bluesky isn't a bubble or an echo chamber, it's a garden. You plant some seeds and pull some weeds, you tend to it with care, and you make it into a space that pleases you when you come to sit in it a while. Other people can plant and tend to their own gardens, if they like. This garden is yours.

A colorful riot of tulips and other flowers.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Exactly. In person or on line, I always try to do this. Effective advocacy speaks to the receptive, even, or especially indirectly. Focus on who is curious, who is listening.

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Spooky the Bugdog @spookybugdog.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

2/2 If you're replying to educate you have to be prepared to not reach the primary target but possibly only plant a seed for a 3rd party reader who may be more receptive to another perspective. You can’t achieve much if you feed the negative tension, best to just make your point then peace out.

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Marcy Gall @marcygall.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

“We can disagree and still be friends.” Yeah, about whether pineapple belongs on pizza. Not racism and homophobia.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I'm a retiree with a small income. How bad could it be in Mississippi? A small trailer with Amazon and Netflix. Healthcare? I'll jump off that bridge when I come to it.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

They see the potential for effective action for the common good as a threat to their power, and rightfully so.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

People died in hospitals refusing to believe their doctors when they were diagnosed.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Maybe a chicken breast now and again would improve his memory.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

It is, as Moxon says, the dipshit dilemma. Either way, Stancil is a provocateur who's words tend to discourage creative conversation and encourage conflict.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Surround yourself with the kind of people who find the Oxford comma to be illuminative, beautiful, and necessary.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

PSA: I simply block expressions of learned helplessness and cynical pre-capitulation these days. It's not me, it's just a matter of policy here at GoatCorp International LLC.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/04/2026

Make sure you’re following bird accounts and flower accounts and mushroom accounts and astronomy accounts and otter accounts. It makes scrolling so much better.

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Just don't invite the President.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/04/2026

Once you start to understand that there is a powerful and influential minority of Americans who think democracy is a bad idea, you start to understand the fight we are in

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Douglas Bianchi @dbianchi.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

If The White House correspondents don't invite the President they will eliminate the main security risk.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

And people who refuse to enter a shared reality with a grounding in evidence and expertise and human dignity and diversity will always experience evidence and expertise and human dignity and diversity as confrontation, no matter how gently or bluntly it is delivered. "Confrontation" it is, then.

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