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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 18/05/2026
Exception to Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 17/05/2026
Totally believable. Not at all a manufactured pretext. www.axios.com/2026/05/17/u...
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Exclusive: U.S. eyes attack-drone threat from Cuba
Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones from Russia and Iran, U.S. intel says.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Look, Trump can’t be expected to fuck pasty, washed-out kids.
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Great piece by Kelsey Piper on the intellectual dishonesty of Ed Zitron www.theargumentmag.com/p/ais-bigges...
At some point, pretending that how people use AI is a complete mystery is just lying to your audience. And at some point, Zitron’s “layers of skepticism” attitude — where he is skeptical that AI is a thing at all, that it has any uses, that those uses provide any economic value, that the revenue numbers are real, that adoption is a fad, that training costs are a meaningful R&D expense, that the capital build-out is going to happen at all, that the market could sustain the capital build-out if it happened2 — leaves one buried in too many impossibility assertions to actually sort them by plausibility.

It is radical skepticism, ultimately arriving at “perhaps nothing we see is real,” rather than principled skepticism about the relatively weakest links in the companies’ case for investment.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
"POLIO IS NOT 'SITMAXXING'"
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 16/04/2026
CLAUDE CODE JUST RICKROLLED ME. I'm working on a project where part of it will involve videos, and in building out the project it created a dummy page, with made up content (relevant to me!) with two video links pretending to be something else and BOTH WERE RICKROLLs.
An image showing two YouTube embeds. One labeled "Section 230 Explained: A brief overview of Section 230 and why it matters" and the other saying "The Future of Content Moderation: Keynote on the challenges facing platforms." Both videos show "video unavailable" with a "watch on YouTube" link.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 16/04/2026
Trump has threatened to use the U.S. military to carry out acts of genocide against the Iranian people. Make no mistake: those that voted NO to the War Powers Resolution are actively endorsing that threat. Congress must exercise our power to end this chaos.
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 15/04/2026
arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/u...
arstechnica.com
Ukraine’s military robot surge aims to offset drone risks to humans
Ukraine is replacing more soldiers with robots in the battlefield kill zone.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note
"Magataotao" on Twitter writes: "I am Catholic. This👇is not my Pope."

Attached is a video of the Pope saying that we should search for peace and reject war.

A community note under their tweet says: "You are not a Catholic if you do not accept the Pope, but rather a schismatic.

Canon 751: “Schism is the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff,” ie. the Pope.

https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib3-cann747-755_en.html"
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/04/2026
BREAKING: Ukrainian military personnel shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his first public acknowledgment of the operations.
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Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces shot down Shahed drones in Middle Eastern countries during Iran war
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian military personnel shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, describing the operations as part of a broader effort to help partners counter the same weapons used by Russia in Ukraine.
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 09/04/2026
arstechnica.com/security/202...
arstechnica.com
Iran-linked hackers disrupt operations at US critical infrastructure sites
As the US and Israel's war has ramped up, so too have hacks on US industrial sites.
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 09/04/2026
arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
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Trump admin makes sweeping request for medical records of federal workers
The unprecedented proposal would give the Trump admin access to doctors' notes.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/04/2026
More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕
A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)
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Forbes @forbes.com · 03/04/2026
The French president urged countries to band together to avoid becoming “vassals” or face the “dominance” of China or the “unpredictability” of the U.S.
forbes.com
Macron Urges Countries To Stand Up To ‘Hegemonic Powers’ U.S. And China Amid Growing Trump Feud
The French president urged countries to band together to avoid becoming “vassals” or face the “dominance” of China or the “unpredictability” of the U.S.
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 03/04/2026
you, a naive fool: i do believe there are some things the nytimes won’t both sides the nytimes:
actual nytimes headline 

FEMA Official Says He Teleported to Waffle House. Experts Are Dubious.
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 03/04/2026
www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
economist.com
On the front lines, Russian soldiers pay officers to stay alive
Russian soldiers describe a system of extortion on Ukraine's front lines, where officers demand bribes for survival and use troops as sources of enrichment.
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Dan Goodin @dangoodin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The cost and shortage of GPUs means they're frequently shared among dozens of users in cloud environments. 2 new Rowhammer attacks demonstrate how a malicious user can gain full root control of the host machine running high-performance Nvidia GPU cards. arstechnica.com/security/202...
arstechnica.com
New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs
Both GDDRHammer and GeForge hammer GPU memory in ways that compromise the CPU.
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 02/04/2026
#catposting
My 3 legged cat poking his head out from underneath a floor mat.
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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 02/04/2026
right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 02/04/2026
arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
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SpaceX finally files for IPO, targets $1.75 trillion valuation
Confidential SEC submission sets up largest IPO in history.
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J. Elvis Weinstein @jelvisweinstein.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is probably the last moon launch from the just Kennedy Space Center
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 02/04/2026
I can’t say that I have a real use for @aetheros.computer yet, but I kinda love messing with it.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Lovely that we’ve reached the stage of American conservatism where they are positively cheering the black helicopters that are spying on and intimidating American citizens exercising their rights, but only if the black helicopters are targeting “the wrong type of citizen.”
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
"Pentagon insiders describe the atmosphere as chilling. An anonymous Department of Defense source characterized the environment as "terrifying," noting that personnel working under Hegseth fear being punished or fired for failing to embrace his Christian nationalist worldview."
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 29/03/2026
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Pentagon preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, Washington Post reports
The Pentagon is ‌preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, the Washington ​Post reported Saturday, ​citing U.S. officials.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I see no problem here. Hard to disagree with and easy to chant.
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Dane Owens @owendanes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now
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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
1. A short thread on a Bluesky phenomenon that might be described as "They are a dead-eyed cultist who must be cast out lest the heresy take root!" OP has blocked me for mocking them - I'd usually obscure their name but since they themselves were quote-dunking to demand someone else be blocked ...
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John Siracusa @siracusa.social · 04/03/2026
The A18 Pro in the MacBook Neo is 19% faster than the M2 Ultra in the Mac Pro in single-core performance (Geekbench 6). The MacBook Neo starts at $599. The Mac Pro, which is still for sale, starts at $6,999.
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Raytheon Executive: I know you’re skeptical about buying American again. But hear me out. The MIM-104 Patriot is the only surface to air missile system with a proven track record of success against the US Air Force. Danish Defense Minister: Continue.
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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 26/02/2026
it's not the issue of this story, but it is a transparent example of how the "cars are freedom" narrative is a complete farce. when the state controls your movement and can immobilize you on a whim, you are not free. car dependency is an arm of fascism for the car *IS* fascism and must be abolished.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
“This message is brought to you tonight by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which is solely responsible for its content.”
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 12/02/2026
No one expects the Portuguese nuclear program
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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month - all accounts set to "teen-appropriate experience" by default www.theverge.com/tech/875309/... discord.com/press-releas...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
kind of funny there are prob 1,000 major US musicians and every time conservatives need to put up a music artist to counter a mainstream narrative, they put up kid rock. "ok here's kid rock again" for the next 30 years, an octogenarian man in jean shorts rapping something from the 1990s
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti? Vance: For what?
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Henry is absolutely right here about regular people but wrong about shithead columnists. The whole point of the latter is that they are the Opinion Cops: their job is to police the outer boundary of acceptable discourse, usually via dumb insults and vexatious horseshit. They don’t care what is real.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
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Counterpoint: maybe the next time someone goes vegan, I will just shout "SOME OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS" at them and see how it goes.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
A long-term effect of Trump is obviously to strengthen China, while weakening the international commitment to democracy. Even pro-democratic countries will align with a stable authoritarian regime rather than one that is threatening to attack them.
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Zooples @zooples.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
ICE car was raided in Minneapolis, documents were found that reveal their ENTIRE plan, those involved, judges, maps, their immigrant targets plan of attack (yes they call them targets), names, numbers, emails, hotels, hotel phone numbers & more ! #ICE #MN #Minneapolis
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I was watching a stupid show on Netflix about romance scammers last night and they got to this one chick and I was like "what a bad woman" until I found out she was from Tacoma and then I was like, "YES QUEEN WOMEN IN MEN'S FIELDS. SCAM THAT SEATTLITE SCUM. OH SO WOMEN CAN'T HAVE HOBBIES NOW????"
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 16/11/2025
@siracusa.social on life support www.macrumors.com/2025/11/16/m...
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Mac Pro Reportedly on 'Back Burner' and 'Largely Written Off' at Apple
Apple's high-end Mac Pro desktop computer is currently "on the back burner," according to the latest word from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said he heard that Appl...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/11/2025
Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 10/11/2025
I’m sure this time Republicans are acting in good faith.
Lucy holding the football
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 09/11/2025
Dems not beating the “controlled opposition” allegations.
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 27/10/2025
⚡️Ukraine destroys Russian Buk air defense system worth $45 million, military says. Ukraine's "Black Forest" brigade detected and struck a Russian Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system at an unspecified location.
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Ukraine destroys Russian Buk air defense system worth $45 million, military says
Ukraine's "Black Forest" brigade detected and struck a Russian Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system at an unspecified location.
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 21/10/2025
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
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AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto
The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.
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Elias Fox @elias.foxhold.net · 21/10/2025
www.dailynk.com/english/nort...
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North Korea elevates intelligence capabilities with new unified spy agency
North Korea began operations of a new intelligence warfare system that ties together satellite, cyber, signals and human intelligence.
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