Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20hTrump's call for a massive terrorist attack on Los Angeles and San Diego raises eyebrows in some liberal circles. 2974274
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11mWhat you meant to say was that Musk and Altman and Zuck are gonna use their considerable wealth and influence to force this on people. You don't need to lie to make yourself feel better. You're on the side of the oligarchs. 1548
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11mI'm not about to blow up my fucking mentions, but I just saw a post saying that AI 'has the economic and political power and anti-AI doesn't' and boy oh boy is that wild to say out loud. You got Rs in competitive districts running full sprint away from data centers. 1584
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 33m“I’m sorry but we can’t accept your surrender” “What?” “Was there anything else?” 313111
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialJake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 26mAnd you'd think the people who brought you Hunter Biden as pantomime villain would understand that, but apparently not. 1143
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialJake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 27mWhenever I see stuff like this, I always think about that Trump NYT quote about how nobody cares whether his sons can make money for themselves while he's in office. I think people very much do care, and it's one of several hubristic fallacies Trump has fallen into this time around. 3228
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 43mThese are all true statements. And the only reason we don't immediately sink this detrimental shit is that somewhere along the way, someone (cough cough tech press) said these Silicon Valley guys were all geniuses and not the scam artists. That's the whole thing. 422245
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 51mIf you think Trump’s “musings” and “jokes” are not worth headlines, no matter how shocking or offensive they may be, then you haven’t been paying attention. The past decade and past week show they're too dangerous too ignore. My new piece at @contrariannews.org www.contrariannews.org/p/dont-dismi...contrariannews.orgDon’t Dismiss Trump’s Los Angeles-San Diego Comment as a ‘Joke’No normal American would say those words. A president shouldn’t even think them. 34818
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2hPAXTON: “It’s the war, gas prices, diesel — it drives up food prices and everything else. That’s by far our biggest problem.” #Trumpflation #TrumpTax Full: www.axios.com/2026/10/07/k... 1421167
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2hAnd they voted for him anyway 😕 27332231301
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialthinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 2hcan we nominate users to be impacted 2233
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2hUpdate US warning on Russia: 2111636
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16hDiesel futures fell after Trump announced a “massive” European oil release. Then traders read the actual G7 statement, and the entire price move vanished. Turns out the massive release was mostly a PR stunt. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…newsletter.platypuseconomics.comAn Agreement to Agree About an Earlier AgreementRead the G7 communiqué closely and the "new" 100 million barrels turns out to be leftovers from March. 51645222
edacuk.bsky.social @edacuk.bsky.social · 3hIs it read by an AI voice that doesn’t know how to pronounce all the words? 000
edacuk.bsky.social @edacuk.bsky.social · 5hThey might still be copyright. It will be interesting to see whether AI infringing copyright in the software space is treated any different from ALL of the other spaces in which it is happening. 5784
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialCNN @cnn.com · 5h"The ad that defined the 2024 election said 'Kamala is for they/them. President Trump is for you.'" writes Stephen Collinson. "Two years on, it's mostly about him." | Analysis cnn.it/4ia0zof 136111
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 6hYou'd think as Britain's premier photoshop and greenbelt destruction advocate, that I may have digitally altered this pic in some way to make Trump's hand appear tiny but no, it really is that small media.gettyimages.com/id/229894653... 5121
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 6hHahahaha. Many polls are saying it's a close race... in Kansas. 4154
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialAnn Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 8hMy latest... annpettifor.substack.com/p/the-bond-m...annpettifor.substack.comThe Bond Market’s Premonition: High Rates, Defaults, Slump & WarThe K-shaped global economy that enriched the rich and impoverished the rest now threatens collapse. 21010
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7hNearly two-thirds of Americans believe the economy is getting worse. And those who don’t are wrong.bbc.co.ukThe Republican candidates walking a Trump tightropeSome running in November's elections are deciding whether to distance themselves from an unpopular president who still dominates his party. 1726064
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 11hmaybe it's a topic for a quick blog post but there's this insane phenomenon that happens with anti-Trump right-wingers where they correctly acknowledge the stakes at play and then refuse to actually do anything about it 1318219
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 17hThis strikes me as really fuckin bad 401076229
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16hNew YouGov US Senate: TEXAS 🟦 Talarico: 50% 🟥 Paxton: 44% OHIO 🟦 Brown: 49% 🟥 Husted (inc): 45% KANSAS 🟦 Hamilton: 48% 🟥 Marshall (inc): 45% NEBRASKA 🟨 Osborn: 48% 🟥 Ricketts (inc): 47% MICHIGAN 🟦 El-Sayed: 49% 🟥 Rogers: 48% 4030592
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialAndy Famiglietti @afamiglietti.org · 16hHonestly the amount these guys just straight up say "war is peace" and "ignorance is strength" is like "I know writers who use subtext" level 351016146
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialElon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 16hThis is brutal [laudatory] 1774120
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.social"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 13hCongress *can* discipline a president. They can sack his incompetent cabinet secretaries, refuse to confirm anyone who isn't competent and normal, pass laws to constrain his freedom of action and if necessary bully the judiciary into enforcing them. 331526
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 16hthe tech industry is about to invent books 530192293801
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialQuantian @quantian.bsky.social · 14hNo, it is proving that a bunch of things we assumed were optimal because they “looked nice” in a certain sense were wrong because a far uglier solution was better. Example: the tightest way to pack 9 squares into a big one is with a 3x3 grid of side length 3. The best way to pack 11 is this: 1723524
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12hI am aware of the history of 20th century fascism and grew up around Holocaust survivors. When fascism returns, they said, expect indifference or outright cowardice from 90% of your friends, neighbors and colleagues. AND YET, it still shocks me to see this groveling cowardice in real time. 3402127
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialCNN @cnn.com · 10h"Republicans have had reason to worry about the 2026 midterm elections for a while now," writes CNN's Aaron Blake. "But there are growing signs that their fears are spilling over into panic — and that the GOP, including President Donald Trump, senses things could get really bad." | Analysiscnn.comAnalysis: The biggest signs that Trump and the GOP are panicking about the midterms 418215
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 18hThe big one here is Hamilton in Kansas in the lead. 512617
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialRhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 17hA good friend of mine has started a petition to have record shops move T’Pau records from the T section to the P section c.org/mLvKyNRbhsc.orgSign the PetitionT’Pau records to be moved from ‘T’ section to ‘P’ section in all stores 2515141
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18hCook Political Report just shifted the Kansas Senate race from Lean Republican to Toss Up. Trump won Kansas by 16 points, 57-41. Hard to know what to make of this, but it sure looks as if there are now many paths to a Dem majority. 1246484
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialMAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 22h🔥 Sochi. Claimed as Aframax Rio tanker was carrying crude oil from Novorossiysk to India and was almost fully loaded. 24548104
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialDavid Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 23hI'm planning a new career as a "fitness influencer" (which is what I believe they're called). Link to my YouTube channel in next post...... 2469
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18hTrump ends his mumbly, low energy speech and then YMCA starts blaring as he waits for applause that never really comes 4843592786
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 19hA tree that took 250 years to grow getting cut down by Donald's jackbooted thugs in minutes is the type of on-the-nose symbolism that would have a writer panned by critics as a hack. 753686
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19hPete Hegseth's cringe culture war slop is getting a chilly reception in Maryland 😬 2091910416
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19hTrump tells ranchers to eat shit 👇 Q: Nebraska is no. 1 beef state. It was striking to see universal condemnation for your choice to import 300,000 metric tons of foreign beef. What message do you have? TRUMP: So, I have been better to ranchers and to farmers than any president in history, but... 1191298376
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h"Yeah, sorry your kid died or whatever. What do you think about my chandeliers?" 22654691259
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 20hdamnatio memoriae is the right thing to do with trump for many reasons and at the top of the list is the fact that it will make him so, so angry 381905384
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialA secret third thing @secretthirdthing.bsky.social · 23h"chatGPT thinks I am a genuis" is just the modern version of "I think this stripper is in love with me" 211890379
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19hToo many people in the media give Trump props for "transparency" because he talks to reporters frequently. But he lies most of the time and often ignores questions. A day after he talked about letting Iran destroy Los Angeles and San Diego, he won't even explain what he meant. 40427117
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19hit's a day that ends in y today so that means Trump is enjoying #TravelWithNatalie (Finn Gomez/Getty) 1351564220
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialJosh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 19hIt's totally complete but also it's almost complete. 254149
Reposted by @edacuk.bsky.socialDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 19hthe tech bro who uses AI to play fantasy football for him is being dragged online. no one has ever been quite so mad frankly. 1531538109
