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Derrell Durrett

@derrelldurrett.bsky.social
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Ex physics. Software. Life-long observer of the public morality. Devoté of Poe's Law. Potentially voluble. Boulder Colorado Born at 318 ppm CO2.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 51m
Relative (RONI) index, officially adopted by NOAA, is more appropriate *from perspective of teleconnections.* That is because storm track shifts are largely caused by shifts in tropical SST gradients, & thus position of tropical convection, altering Rossby wave sources. [Thread]
Plot by Daniel Swain showing temporal evolution of ONI vs RONI index during 2026, representing two different ways to visualize El Nino intensity. The ONI has been at record levels since May, and the RONI has been at near-record levels since June. Data directly from NOAA.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 51m
Wading into the "relative versus absolute" El Niño intensity debate: I genuinely think both are important--and I think we lose important information if we focus solely on one vs another. And both, as of late Sep, have now reached or exceeded record levels! [Thread]
Plot by Daniel Swain showing temporal evolution of ONI vs RONI index during 2026, representing two different ways to visualize El Nino intensity. The ONI has been at record levels since May, and the RONI has been at near-record levels since June. Data directly from NOAA.
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Chris “OH NO! DISASTER! WHAT A BAD IDEA!” Dobbertean @bracketdobber.net · 33m
Is this bad? Seems kinda bad!
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 34m
It's very difficult (and very thankless) to tell people not to panic when everything is in fact very awful, but panic is never a good organizing model, persuasion tactic, or personal outlook. It's good for content creation in an algorithmic feed but that's kind of it.
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 32m
that’s enough internet for today
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Micah @rincewind.run · 34m
this guy just fucking sucks, man
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h
🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says
Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 31m
The common thread in Pete Hegseth's rant to the troops, JD Vance suggesting Talarico is a pedophile, Brendan Carr calling the Trump ads aired with tax dollars "normal force PSAs," and Eric Schmitt fabricating a Jack Smith conspiracy is the whole GOP is incentivized to be performatively evil.
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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 2h
There is a lot of "oh dear" to go around in the results of this very thorough Pew study on the issues with synthetic samples, but this strikes me as particularly "oh dear" www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...
AI polling results can lean on racial or partisan stereotypes

In many cases, our AI poll took beliefs or attitudes that are reasonably common among a particular subgroup and portrayed them as nearly ubiquitous. For example, our AI poll would indicate that:

    97% of Hispanic adults are at least somewhat likely to follow the World Cup (while the actual share is 43%).
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows a bird saying, "Shall we plan our annual birt meeting? How's 7AM?"
The second panel shows two more birds, one saying "Yes!" and the other saying "Sounds good!"
The third panel shows two more birds, one saying "yep!" and the other saying "yup!"
The final panel shows an owl with an exhausted expression.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 5h
The Trump administration's disdain for organizations, such as the ILO, that fight to improve working conditions undermines American values and competitiveness. ampr.gs/4yeR0Lf
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The Trump Administration’s Abandonment of the ILO Harms Workers Both at Home and Abroad
The Trump administration owes roughly $300 million to the International Labour Organization, dealing a devastating blow to an international agency and leaving workers worldwide to bear the consequence...
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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 5h
Your voice matters! Join us for the Voting Is No Laughing Matter College Tour, headlined by Emmy Award-winning comedian Rita Brent of "Late Night With Rita Brent."💥 Sign up here: bit.ly/4A77p5O
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h
Might signal a pivot point in terms of the Silicon Valley capture of DOD spending away from vendors like Lockheed Martin. And that part of SV has been very pro-Trump and outspoken in their ideological goals. Will be hard for future Dem Presidents to dislodge them open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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Procurement, Capacity and Soverignity
When your contractors are also your enemy
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geri katz @gerikatz.bsky.social · 1h
Might as well light the Constitution on fire at this point.
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Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social · 49m
Reader, I snorted, and then I gasped.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 45m
This is a Christian Nationalist revival meeting masquerading as a defense department speech...
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 2h
Meanwhile, on SNAP
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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 6h
Neuroscientist here. I have studied the brain for 40 years. I make serious use of machine learning and AI in my research. Sam Altman is full of shit. These machines are not conscious, any more than a movie of a train coming out of the screen is a train. AI does remarkable things but isn’t real.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h
Correct. A LOT of people deluded themselves into thinking that Trump's mass deportation pledge was "round up the criminals and gangbangers Biden let in," which was, of course, a completely false narrative. And now people who supported it because they believed in that goal have realized what's up.
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 6h
This is very interesting. Two thoughts: 1. This will be challenged. I wouldn't be surprised if challenges succeed. 2. You should be able to make officials who violate your constitutional rights pay for it, and if nothing else, this bill highlights how difficult it is-particularly w/r/t the feds.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 5h
Days before Brazil's election, Meta briefly blocked President Lula's campaign page from running political ads and removed an Instagram profile behind a viral video on Flávio Bolsonaro. Both decisions were reversed, but raised public concerns. Brazilian investigative journalist Laís Martins reports.
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On Eve of Brazil Elections, Meta Content Moderation Decisions Raise Questions
Two recent moderation decisions—while later reversed—have raised concerns about the company's policies and practices, writes Laís Martins.
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404 Media @404media.co · 5h
BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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Neil Stenhouse @nstenhouse.bsky.social · 6h
Engaging in procedural hardball may also help get the word out about why that is needed. Media will cover it as a scandalous man bites dog thing - “Why are Dems acting like GOP now??” Giving them an opportunity to have their message heard-we are doing this until GOP renounces antidemocratic tactics
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Semper Supra @sempersupra.bsky.social · 3h
... & all procedural hardball steps should be setup as a rationale related to future legislation targeting the needs of Americans. Targets: >Corruption (governmental & private) >Voting Rights >Affordability >Health & Safety Protections >Overseas Alliances & Outreach This is the anti-Trump agenda
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brendanamartin.bsky.social @brendanamartin.bsky.social · 3h
“The term ‘enabling legislation’ is meant to evoke Hitler’s transformation into a dictator. Not because I think Trump is Adolf Hitler (though he is capable of evil on that scale), but because the delegation of power Democrats have accepted is analogous to how Hitler consolidated his.”
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 3h
Don't let the headline fool you. The radicalism Brian is calling for is actually carefully calibrated. "15 years later my view is that Democrats should conduct themselves a bit like Republicans did in Obama’s first term." Just 'a bit like" shouldn't be too hard to pull off.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 3h
"If Trump wants to insist on the right to make unilateral war, and spend tax dollars on campaign aids, and ... govern like a king, such that he will veto a budget that requires him to faithfully execute the laws, let him shut down his own government." Ds should "refuse to fund illegal activity."
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 6h
Procedural hardball is disruptive, but makes perfect sense from a radical perspective. The whole question is whether there’s a good basis for radicalization. Given [gestures everywhere] the answer’s clearly yes. www.offmessage.net/p/the-new-ra...
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The New Radicals
Democrats need to be the uncompromising ones now.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 6h
If you need a refresher about the issues involved in release of Vol. 2 of Jack Smith’s report, you’re not alone. The case was briefed months ago, but has been sitting on the court’s docket waiting for oral argument. I wrote about it back then: joycevance.substack.com/p/trumps-pas...
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Trump's Past Is Catching Up With Him
We’ve discussed Trump’s ongoing efforts to prevent the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on the now-dismissed classified documents prosecution against the president.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 5h
i think this is a fealty test trump daring republicans to show disloyalty
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h
well well well! www.ms.now/news/kristi-...
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Kristi Noem files for divorce from Bryon Noem
The announcement of the separation comes six months after a bombshell tabloid photo leak of her husband, Bryon Noem.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 5h
Dear @nytimespr.bsky.social: How do you square this article, which stenographically recounts and amplifies DHS lies, with this policy statement? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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NYTimes Communications
@NYTimesPR
Our reporting on this and other ICE shootings reflects what we can independently verify at the time of publication. We publish statements provided by government agencies and officials, but only report these details as facts once we’ve been able to independently verify the claims.
9:34 AM · Jan 15, 2026
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 6h
A federal appeals court appears likely to allow a contempt investigation, which could include criminal charges, to proceed against Trump administration officials. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Appeals court seems likely to let Boasberg’s contempt probe continue
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 7h
It is actually completely clear from context clues.
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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 17h
ESPN I’m your king now.
Every ESPN expert picking the Lynx to beat the undefeatable New York Liberty
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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 5h
Oh look it’s the thing anyone with more than two braincells knew was going to happen We’re all just paying to build a giant nationwide fusion center that will be used against us
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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 5h
"They're pulled from their homes," literally the first sentence www.liberalcurrents.com/mass-deporta...
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Mass Deportation: If You Do It
What you'll do.
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WildPartyInviteDecliner @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 7h
On the one hand, this person was incredibly naive, to put it lightly. On the other hand, you can see why all the narratives in 2024 about why hispanic voters would really love Trump's mass deportations were not gonna survive contact with reality.
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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 6h
When people ask "universities sit on a billion dollar endowment, why don't they spend it on scholarships?" The answer is: "because the people who gave the money conditioned it on spending it on building a campus in Miami."
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 5h
As @gregsargent.bsky.social points out, Talarico is using biblical arguments to underpin his pro-immigrant message. At the end of the day, though, if Dems win big, including in Texas (and that's a big IF), it might be because of a big swing against Trump's ICE writ large. bsky.app/profile/greg...
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Derrell Durrett @derrelldurrett.bsky.social · 3h
I'm certainly hearing a distaste for "more religious talk" among my secular friends.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 5h
Check it out: 8 percent of Ds are Black Protestant. 10 percent are mainline Protestant (i.e., like Talarico and Hamilton). 9 percent are other religions. And 40 percent are not religious. www.pewresearch.org/religious-la...
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Democrats and Democratic leaners | Religious Landscape Study (RLS) | Pew Research Center
The Religious Landscape Study is a comprehensive survey of more than 35,000 Americans' religious identities, beliefs and practices that's been conducted in 2007, 2014 and 2023-24. Pew Research Center.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 6h
It's true that many people have the misconception that there aren't a variety of Christianities in America, and many Christians feel a religious need to contest Christian nationalism. That's important for them to point out, especially as Trump et al have accelerated forcing their Christianity on us.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 6h
Just saying that the best contestation of Christian nationalism is a better politics, not a better religion.
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NPR @npr.org · 3h
The Cornell lawsuit filed by a woman alleging a brutal rape raises questions on how police handle such cases. The majority of police lack adequate training on trauma-informed approaches, experts say. n.pr/3VnwOIG
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Police questioning can shape a sexual assault case. Their approach is often wrong
The Cornell lawsuit filed by a woman alleging a brutal rape raises questions on how police handle such cases. The majority of police lack adequate training on trauma-informed approaches, experts say.
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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 21h
She was doxxed by a Chi Phi alum who implored his followers to “help a Chi Phi.” Just in case anyone thought that organization was remotely redeemable.
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 16h
One of the things to come from GamerGate was the gamification of torturing real, live women...hounding them out of their homes, making them look over their shoulders for years. It was treated as a joke, nbd, the work of a few bad apples--as all terrorism against women is--& that failure leads here.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 20h
wake up babe, new Skynet/ Matrix/ WOPR/ robot apocalypse strategy just bounced: they're going to use the brain-rotted guy in charge of health policy to tell us to all start licking measles homeopathically.
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NPR @npr.org · 4h
The Trump administration has taken government equity stakes in more than three dozen private companies. n.pr/46UKiy3
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How Trump keeps undercutting his anti-communist message
The Trump administration has taken government equity stakes in more than three dozen private companies.
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