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Don Solomon

@dsolomonesq.bsky.social
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Avid history buff, well-educated lawyer, jazz fan who believes in transgressing norms if others are not hurt.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the two big ai stories to kick off the week are - meta ai giving your address to strangers on fb marketplace - stole a scientific breakthrough and presented it as its own work this is what we get instead of healthcare or third spaces or public transportation or pick literally anything else
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Don Solomon @dsolomonesq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Unabomber weighs in. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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AI leaders have known about the extinction threat for decades | Judith Levine
Scientists and entrepreneurs knew the dangers of AI a quarter-century ago. But animated by curiosity and profit, they went ahead anyway
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Don Solomon @dsolomonesq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A hundred and four years ago this month, Trixie Smith sang what may be the first recorded song with the words "rock" and "roll.," for Black Swan Records. youtu.be/mUZKfxlWtvY?...
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My Man Rocks Me
YouTube video by Trixie Smith & Her Down Home Syncopators - Topic
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Scoop: The anonymous source behind a POLITICO story that the White House is now using to justify a ban on the outlet was none other than JD Vance himself. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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The Source Behind The Ban
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In an Uber. Driver having loud phone conversation with someone in Spanish. A little annoying, but it happens. He hangs up. Says, “Mi hermano. La Migra.” And starts weeping.
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BI VISIBILITY DAY
cover of NOT POUNDED BY BI ERASURE BECAUSE MY CURRENT HETERO-PRESENTING RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT INVALIDATE MY QUEERNESS featuring a ladybuck in a red suit lookin over at a VERY ANGRY sentient eraser they are on a long street with lush green plants on either side
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It all started with the Libertarians Reporter Mark Ames documents how, back in the 1940s, a real estate lobbying group came up with the idea of creating a new political party to justify deregulating the real estate and finance industries so they could make more money.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sounds like the hackers got more than we've been told. I want to know if they got the Epstein files. www.rawstory.com/hackers-fbi-...
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FBI blindsided as hackers claim to steal data on 'all employees': 'This is extremely bad'
A digital extortion group says it has stolen personal data on every FBI employee and applicant, including home addresses, phone numbers, and details about their spouses.The group, known as ShinyHunter...
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Astrea1965(pic is©️)💙🌊🦋🐸 @astrea1965.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 BLACK PEOPLE DO NOT HANG THEMSELVES FROM TREES. This man was discovered just before 8AM this morning & it was immediately ruled a suicide by the medical examiner. This is Upper Marlboro, Maryland. THIS IS NOT NORMAL! #BLM Reporting by NBC4 Washington on IG. substack.com/@letsgetinto...
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LetsGetIntoIt2025 (@letsgetintoit2025)
Again. BLACK PEOPLE DO NOT HANG THEMSELVES FROM TREES. This man was discovered just before 8AM this morning and it was immediately ruled a suicide by the medical examiner. This happened in Upper...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court on Monday ordered Missouri to reinstate a gerrymandered map that eliminates a Democratic district in Kansas City, even though the state has already distributed ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Missouri again ordered to use gerrymandered map for midterms — Supreme Court likely to decide
The circuit court ruling injects even more confusion into a year-long battle over which map the state will use for the general election.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The European Union is tightening the regulatory backdoor through which US automakers have been quietly importing around 7k large SUVs and pickup trucks/year. “The revised rules, expected to launch in 2027, are designed to close loopholes that Brussels says allow unsafe vehicles onto European roads.”
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Too big for Europe: America's pickup trucks became a trade war flashpoint - EUROPE SAYS
America loves its pickup trucks. The Ford F-150, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500, the Ram 1500: these are not merely vehicles. They are cultural monuments on
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Don Solomon @dsolomonesq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Somehow this Wikipedia article seems relevant ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germani...
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Germania (city) - Wikipedia
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A 250-foot monument to one man. Drones inside. Ammunition in storage. Now ask yourself what it’s actually for. There’s a rule I learned back when I was writing ads for my business over a three-decade period: Nobody ever tells you the truth in the headline.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 21/09/2026
“You didn’t tell me these were the same Persians who beat the Romans!”
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Cartoon by Nick Anderson
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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 18/09/2026
Step 1: Slip Trump a copy of the 1951 Defense Agreement, but with the name changed. Step 2: Describe it in the most favorable light possible, since he won't read it anyway. Step 3: Trump goes on "Truth Social" and proclaims himself a genius negotiator.
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No Spin Media @nospinmedia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🚨 The U.S. Postal Service has stopped developing the computer system central to President Trump's mail-voting restrictions after the Supreme Court upheld a nationwide injunction. Postmaster General David Steiner confirmed the halt on September 17. #USPS #MailVoting #SupremeCourt
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Don Solomon @dsolomonesq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's Passport to Pimlico all over again. #filmsky www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/u...
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Tiny English village votes to split from UK in spat over migrant center | CNN
A tiny rural village in central England has voted to secede from the United Kingdom in protest over plans to house more than 1,000 migrants at a former military site nearby.
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Don Solomon @dsolomonesq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sure, I'm self-interested. So what? www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHQ-...
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Nancy Wilson - An Older Man Is Like An Elegant Wine *k~kat jazz café*
YouTube video by K - Kat Blues Jazz
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dirt squirrel @dirtsquirrel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
you know who WASN'T in the files? PEEWEE MF HERMAN "oh he was a sexual predator, he jerked off in a theatre" IT WAS A PORNO THEATRE, IT WASN'T THE MF LION KING. EVERYONE WAS JERKING OFF
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation… Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
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RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
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Don Solomon @dsolomonesq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For those near the Hudson Valley who have an interest in fashion and/or silent film, this looks interesting. (I have no connection with it.) #filmsky www.bgc.bard.edu/exhibitions/...
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Goddesses in the Machine: Fashion in American Silent Film
When films were silent, fashion spoke volumes. Goddesses in the Machine reveals the untold story of costume and style in early Hollywood, from actors wearing their own clothes to the birth of the movi...
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 18/09/2026
He fucked it up so badly they had to explain it with crayons.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 17/09/2026
I closed my trade imbalance with the grocery store, now I just eat the money I would have spent there.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Don Solomon @dsolomonesq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A timely reminder that words—even these words—are nothing without courageous action. Would you be the first to stand up and say, “I am Spartacus”? Would I?
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
buckle up. gas and diesel look set for a spike over the next 48 hours, hardest in parts of the nation's interior. i track this for a living and i'll be sharing real-time updates as it unfolds powered by GasBuddy data, looking at many different angles. ready to share w/ you all.
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Don Solomon @dsolomonesq.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
youtu.be/rWDxsudvCX4?...
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Lester Young Jammin' The Blues 1944
YouTube video by Cine Jazz
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026
enjoyed making this one youtu.be/zGYmIwM4T90
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Smart Answers to Stupid Comments About Slavery
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Don Solomon @dsolomonesq.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I dunno. Should I be more concerned that she might make healthcare decisions based on her self-interest, or that her decisions would be based on what RFKJr and Trump tell her to do, acting in *their* self-interest? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US surgeon general nominee made $270,000 from supplement company
Tobacco investments raise new concerns about Dr Nicole Saphier ahead of confirmation hearing
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 14/09/2026
The Blind Leading the Sighted: Trump Meets the AI Emergency | The incompetence of the Trump Administration on artificial intelligence is breathtaking.
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The Blind Leading the Sighted: Trump Meets the AI Emergency
What the US president exhibits is a fundamental incompetence that places us all in grave danger.
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Helen Alexander @bawley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is a really good piece.
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The Falling Man — Esquire
Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in i...
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”
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Don Solomon @dsolomonesq.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Every time I have a medical appointment they send me a text half an hour early to ask, “Are you here yet?” Dude, stop obsessing. I live 3 blocks away. I don’t need to kill 30 minutes in a waiting room.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In an interview with the AP, DiGenova walks back his earlier comment that there is “no evidence” in the grand conspiracy case. He now says there is “plenty of evidence.”
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In an interview later with The New York Post, diGenova responded to criticism of his management of the investigation by saying, "If you want indictments where there's no evidence, you have an ethical problem."
When reached again by the AP, diGenova said the comments were taken out of context, adding: "There's plenty of evidence in all of these cases to prove the theories of prosecution. It just takes time to get there, and some people want to get there a little faster than others - and you can't do that."
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Cally Beaton @callybeaton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anyone who has ever complained about London Underground, complain no more.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Mamdani's channeling of Indian retail politics upending the entire US political framework is hilarious to watch, this is literally what you always do in desi politics, hug the person who called you names to show you're a saint and he's a piece of shit that voters should look down on- and it works
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/09/2026
This mofo hesitates way too damn long. You can imagine what his plans are.
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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Can't believe it's been 9 years.
Ted Cruz liked a Cory Chase threesome stepmom scene on 9/11/2017.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Today’s song is “Big Butter and Egg Man,” recorded in 1926 by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, vocals by Armstrong and May Alix. In 20s slang a “Big Butter and Egg Man” was an ingenuous man with a lotta cash. youtu.be/58xAoe29aSI?...
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Big Butter And Egg Man (Album Version)
YouTube video by Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars - Topic
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10/09/2026
My favorite doorknobs are the ones the New York City public schools installed at the turn of the 20th century. You can still occasionally find one on eBay!
A brass doorknob with the all-caps lettering "PUBLIC SCHOOL—CITY OF NEW YORK," surrounded by a swirling motif that looks rather like leaves.
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