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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 6h

Lifting sanctions on Russia and shifting the narrative to blame Ukraine for rising oil prices opens the door to the business deals Trump & Co. have been discussing with Putin this whole time. They may help Russia restore damaged refineries under the same pretext of wanting to buy diesel.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 7h

These guys outright, openly, constantly, and explicitly keep saying they don't view other people as people. This guy, in particular, needs to explore the furthest limits of his nervous system's capacity for nociception.

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Muffin Men Stan 🤎🙂‍↕️ @fokised1.blacksky.app · 6h

Every time I read about this, my blood boils. I hope they can sue in some capacity because their firings absolutely were not “merit based” in any way, and were targeted with precision based on what I have read. And fund it with a billionaire’s tax.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 13h

Death by a thousand cuts as universities revoke international offers "en masse" of prospective students from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan to avoid losing ability to recruit international students. More job losses and course closures predicted in consequence. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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UK universities withdraw offers from international students to avoid blanket ban

Pullback comes in response to doubling in number of study visas being refused by the Home Office in the first six months of 2026

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 18h

The machine did not "go rogue." The machine belongs to and is the responsibility of the people who own it. Hold those people accountable for their goddamn machine.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/10/2026

The world is in *really* bad shape right now, but it doesn't have to be. As Mamdani has shown us, it's not that hard to run a well-administered, advanced technological civilization. Fixing potholes and making transit work and enforcing housing rules isn't rocket surgery.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/10/2026

Anyone who fails to outgrow a toddler's insistence on subordinating others to their will *should not be allowed to subordinate anyone to their will*. Billionaire dilettantes aren't like regular dilettantes.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/10/2026

We're *all* fallible, of course, but only billionaires get to impose their foolish ideas on so many other people, who have no say in the matter.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/10/2026

The fact that billionaires are such suckers, so often, is the strongest argument against billionaireism. Billionaires aren't just powerful, they're also *fallible*.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/10/2026

This is what Peter Thiel meant when he wrote that "democracy is incompatible with freedom." In a democracy, the people who you exercise coercive power over are able to band together to create public institutions that act as a check on your power.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/10/2026

There has always been a group of people who refused to acknowledge that other people have perfectly valid reasons for wanting to pursue their own goals rather than theirs. We call most of those people "toddlers" and devote sizable social effort to helping them outgrow this belief.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/10/2026

Despite what the Prosperity Gospel and the Efficient Market Hypothesis would have you believe, having billions of dollars is in no way a reliable predictor that you also possess the wisdom to unilaterally dictate how thousands or millions of other people must live their lives.

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

What a strange story. California woman finds a man, allegedly drunk, sleeping on her lawn early in the morning & sends her dad out to move him. The man wakes up & allegedly assaults the (elderly) dad, who shoots him Turns out the man is off-duty ICE agent David Gonzalez abc7.com/story/off-du...

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Off-duty ICE agent shot after assaulting 72-year-old man and his daughter at Fresno home, police say

Authorities say a woman found the ICE agent sleeping on her front lawn.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 22h

This is awful. Put in a full-body straitjacket and then pulled up the air stairs by his wrists and ankles. The WRAP is regularly used on ICE flights to Africa.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 23h

Ossoff is acting like Trump/MAGA/GOP and what they’ve done to the country is Actually Bad. Charismatic and well spoken, which sure helps. But no “my friends across the aisle,” no acting like the imaginary “Baileys” are the only ones who matter, no “don’t talk values, only kitchen table.” That’s it.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/10/2026

Sherrod Brown's new response to an anti-trans ad is remarkably different from many other dems. Instead of accepting bigotry towards trans people, he pivots and links his Republican opponent to the Epstein files. It is notably different from his earlier ads. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Sherrod Brown Answers Anti-Trans Attack Ads By Tying Jon Husted To The Epstein Files

“Jon Husted? He protected men who abused young girls by voting in the Senate to block the release of the Epstein files.”

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Having grown up in Wales, I can testify that if you are actually worried about your culture and history being under threat, the thing to do is write poetry and songs, perform plays, tell stories and organise festivals, not just sit around whining.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

He makes a good point.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The official lifting of sanctionson Russian diesel through April 2027. ofac.treasury.gov/media/937216...

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DEF-G @scriban.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Fascinating how that keeps happening whenever it’s tried.

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D Granke @dgranke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Two people in Dr. outfits from spirit standing over a rock debating when it will die.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I converted to Catholicism six weeks before running for office. Here’s what the pope gets wrong about live-streamed executions.

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James Greene, Jr. @jamesgreenejr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

wife: honey, can you read to the baby? husband: grok, do a vulgar roast of the baby grok: hello baby, your mind is not fully developed yet husband: no, more vulgar, use a gilbert gottfried voice

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

white evangelical Republicans whose experience of Catholicism is limited to people like JD Vance assumed that their allies on abortion would be their allies on everything and miscalculated so badly here. even the most conservative US bishops cannot function without their immigrant parishioners!

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Longtime Susan Collins fan and Press Herald columnist @stevecollinsyji.bsky.social comes to the conclusion that she hasn't met the moment and isn't up to the job. #MEpolitics

Steve Collins column:

During this week's debate, Collins said she is "not exactly" Trump's favorite senator, to which there is some truth.
It is equally true, however, that the president wants her to secure another term. Like everyone else, Trump recognizes that a "concerned" Collins is far better for him than a dedicated foe like Jackson.
Collins wants Mainers to see her as a moderate, reasonable and independent leader in the mold of former Sens. Olympia Snowe and William Cohen. That vision has grown ever more hollow as Collins faced the difficult task of dealing with Trump. As he runs amok in Washington, she has, sadly, proved that she isn't up to the challenge of protecting the prerogatives of the Senate and defending the laws it has enacted.

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D Granke @dgranke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I think images of them killing someone helpless looks good in their minds

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LunchCounterPunch @theultrasecret.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ossoff being laser focused on illuminating the white nationalist ties of his opponent is extremely important and demands to be replicated by the party more broadly.

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Y'all denied her tenure

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The head of the old Collins SuperPAC which coordinated the straw donation is the head of her current SuperPAC, employed Collins’ husband last year and is a personal friend of the couple. His name is Scott Reed. #mepolitics

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

they did the thing

an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026

Tucker, Rufo, Hanania, Vance, Rubio, Yarvin all want to be clear this is a white man’s country. The Chaits, Friedersdorfs, and other mainstream pundits want the patina of “colorblind meritocracy” to the same approach honestly.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026

jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Steve is making faces behind Brad's back again.

Three river otters are nestled closely together in a naturalistic close-up photograph, with the middle otter—Steve—squinting his eyes and parting his lips as two alert companions flank him.
No text is present in the image.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

There's an interesting trend with AI dipshits where they propose generating media where the viewer is watching himself (it's always a him) as the protagonist. "Die Hard, but YOU are John McClane! Also huge titties!"

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Trillions of dollars invested in a media environment exactly as meaningful as your coworker telling you about the dream they had last night.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

These two trends combined are what the AI dipshit thinks media consumption is: screaming at a mirror and then punching holes in drywall if it doesn't scream back

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

Imagine what their idealized media would actually look like, even if you ignore their obvious love for huge tits on 12 year olds. It's a schmuck entering a parasocial relationship with himself.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

Their vision of movies is seeing themselves as the protagonist in their favorite currently existing movies. A protagonist who constantly turns to the camera and goes "you're so fucking cool man"

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

They desperately want to see themselves as harry potter, with huge tits for some reason, who spends more than half the movie murmuring compliments at them as they watch.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

This pathetic need to see only themselves (and the aforementioned busty 12 year olds) in media, to receive immediate attention from the media, it's solipsism no philosopher could really imagine.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

It's funny that one of the things genAI dipshits keep promising is to personalize all media: the movie or tv show *you* watch is not at all the same movie someone else watches, etc. Different things happen, characters act different, different characters show up, etc. Same movie though somehow.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

"man I loved that scene where John McClane fistfights the dinosaur." "Nah bro that scene where he loses his legs and gets them replaced with robot legs then fights Goku bro"

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Picture a bunch of 12 year olds lying about the plot of a movie, forever. That is what these guys are putting over a third of the US stock market into.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026

I’d love to be wrong about the police. My life would be so much easier, my career prospects would be so much better if I were wrong about the police. Unfortunately, I think I’m quite right about the police.

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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

trans people: gender is mostly vibes and chemicals. we're just trynna be happy in our bodies legions of cis people: i will devote the rest of my life to trying to destroy you with fire

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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

What the fuck man did Marshall also push over someone’s grandma to take the last Marble Rye

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