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@donny5k.bsky.social
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 14h
I made the comparison at the end of this piece! www.crisesnotes.com/sigh-no-ed-z...
crisesnotes.com
*Sigh* No Ed Zitron, AI bond issuance is not AI’s "Subprime Mortgage Crisis”
EDITORIAL NOTE: Given the importance of this issue, and in a desire to be fair when writing such a critical piece, I sent a draft of this article to Ed Zitron to review and give his response to. I've ...
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Authoritarians want despondency and an air of inevitability. Don’t hand it to them.
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Monster Mash (10 Minute Version) @randballsstu.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
GUEST OPINION: If You Hogs Would Vote for Me I'd Appreciate It, by Michele Tafoya midwest-excellence.ghost.io/guest-opinio...
midwest-excellence.ghost.io
GUEST OPINION: If You Hogs Would Vote for Me I'd Appreciate It, by Michele Tafoya
Midwest Excellence, a newsletter by RandBall's Stu (from the internet)
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 09/10/2026
I don’t have time to fact check the latest Zitron on this flight (actual work to do) but it’s telling he blocked someone for these accurate observations.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
That they still push this argument with the hindsight that a highly effective vaccine was created 1-2 years ahead of schedule adds to the stupidity. Operating with hindsight bias but ignoring that the vaccine was imminent when schools were the most restricted.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
$10 banana $420 $TRUMP coinz $7 diesel (Shaq?) $40,000,000,000 swizzz watches Someone good at money help me be rich, who cares about my family they can eat banana.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Exactly 💯
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
we could have had a taco truck on every corner, we could have been a society
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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
this kid going dead-weight immediately
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Resist the negative polarization
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I am pretty sure if we can handle Y2K in school districts we can also execute Start time = Start Time + 1 hour rather than change the clocks.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Worst argument for good policy in a while. Like Operation Warp Speed.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.
nbcnews.com
How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Save America Tour (by electing enough Dems to pass Constitutional amendments)
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Incoming Men's Health interview about the latest chop suey sandwich diet craze.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Btw if you read this and immediately thought “well not all men”… pause for a second. The men I trust are the ones who read what I just wrote and choose to listen, to empathize, to ask questions to better understand. They know they are not the men I am angry about and they don’t need say so.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I didn't realize head unexplosion surgery leaves a tiara scar.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Virtue governing
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
40something dad who speaks only in brainrot gen alpha tiktok memes.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Conditions in 2024 being spanish language radio propaganda about imaginary demonic socialism vs. conditions in 2026 of actual state sponsored racial violence primarily aimed at latinos.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"People built the test, removed restraints, defined the objective, left a route open and decided not to stop what was happening. Calling the result 'rogue AI' does more than sensationalize it. It allows those human decisions to disappear quietly from the story" Gift link www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
wsj.com
Opinion | The Hugging Face Hack Wasn’t What It Was Cracked Up to Be
Forget the ‘hive mind’ of AI agents ‘going rogue.’ They did what humans programmed them to do.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The problem with mixing all that koolaid is sometimes the guys mixing it get too thirsty.
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Technohawk @technohawk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Is that where Eggs Benedict comes from?
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
ferving very hard... not sure if working
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I would try but I don't know what fervently means. I can ferment my agreement though with bread yeast in my fridge.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Stat researcher C-3PO: "Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1!" CEO Han Solo: "Never tell me the odds."
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Now that Platner is not one of those names, candidate quality greatly in the D side of the ledger.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/09/2026
A book about how black people in the US came to be one of the most consistent & reliable Dem voting blocs, despite Dems often saying & supporting terrible things, for the ruthlessly pragmatic reason that progress is more likely under inconstant allies than under implacable opponents.
press.princeton.edu
Racial Realignment
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Find someone who looks at you the way John Madden looked at a Troy Polamalu open field tackle.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I had this urge and it is actually an Italian dessert called affogato. Nothing can be invented anymore.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 04/09/2026
this is the thing that gets me about the regular takes on here that “60 percent of Americans are living hand to mouth” or “the real poverty line is $135k,” etc, it is essentially stealing valor
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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
i'm sure this is true, but i've not watched espn since they replaced corso with that fat punter and his incel audience bsky.app/profile/sean...
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
You could even fund it with regressive payroll taxes and it would be better for everyone, except maybe hospital admins / whoever decides the price of an MRI across dozens of insurance networks.
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RevolutionaryRadish @revoradish.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I hate this writing trope. <Long story about their boring ass day.> <Something annoying happens to them personally.> <How that means society is crumbling and the foundations of civilization are at risk.> <Why only some dumbass shit the publication approves of is the only way to fix it.>
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I like someone running in a purple state against "Republicans" and naming them as such. Swing voters are independents, trash the other party not just your specific opponent.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
They say they do, but what they mean is they want political discussions they encounter in daily life to be less combative. They have no idea what Congress is doing.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The unanswered question(s): Do popularists actually want to win? Or do they want to win only in their particular third way?
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The Bland Wazoo @zombieboof.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
God is punishing millennials for all the dumb shit we put on the internet by subjecting us to the dumb shit Gen Z and Alpha are putting on the internet.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The argument that Rs could do such terrible things with a bare majority in the Senate (w/o the minority protection of the grand filibuster) is refuted by Musk, Trump and OMB doing horrific, illegal things without any legislation through court capture and congressional apathy.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
There is also an element where knowing technical details doesn't make you an expert on societal risks and long term disruption trade-offs. In fact jobs in tech seem to select for those born with blinders on for those concerns. Fundamentally skews toward libertarian oversimplifications.
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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
i will not feel badly for any of these people, because politics is not a dumb little game among Serious People for debate perverts. they are both nightmarishly awful people who deserve far worse than any level of questioning and mockery could ever produce
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I regret to inform you that in this week’s newsletter, I have been forced to take Trump’s stupid goddamn ballroom seriously. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.com
Trump’s Ballroom Isn’t Just a Farce Anymore—It’s a Threat
In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explains how the ballroom could gut key environmental protections. Plus, the heartbreak of Jason Arday.
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Is he going to send 2 lbs of Argentinian beef product to every citizen?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/08/2026
one part “my green room friends thought it was mean,” one part debilitating fear of backlash. inability to see that ossof successfully goaded the white house into *being reactive* and thus revealing that there is a story here
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"Family is off limits... wait"
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
$1 folded into origami frog!
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
So you are saying you hate waffles?
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 12/08/2026
“I was shocked that even scrapping a hybrid gives big climate benefits,” www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/08/when...
anthropocenemagazine.org
When should you scrap your gasoline car? The answer is almost certainly now.
Researchers calculated the carbon footprint of vehicle trade-ins across a wide variety of scenarios, and EVs emerged as the clear winner
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donny5k.bsky.social @donny5k.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I have no meta apps, but wife is on FB and occasionally is looking at threads because of links. Maybe IG is more direct with it.
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