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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 57m

So Trump is rolling out the red carpet for Xi while China arms Iran against us, making gas deals with Putin while Russia attacks Ukraine and fights our allies, and gifting billions in giant bombs to Israel to bomb innocent people in Gaza and Lebanon. Are we great yet? 🤷🏼

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

Not happening, Donald! Just days after claiming it would be a “great discredit” if he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, the prize went to South African anti-apartheid lawyer and human rights judge Navi Pillay.

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Trump Denied Nobel Peace Prize Yet Again; Winner is South African Anti-Apartheid Judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay

Pillay was honored for her courage in defending international law and justice as a pioneering South African judge

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

It's always All In the Family: "In the United Arab Emirates, one of the major investors is led by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He is a powerful member of the Abu Dhabi royal family whose business ventures have also invested in Mr. Kushner’s private equity fund and in World Liberty Financial,

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In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners

A majority of ownership in a proposed multibillion-dollar deal would go to a group of Middle Eastern investors, including some with business ties to U.S. negotiators.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026

It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.

X post from AI industry insider Alvin Sng :

My wife: Can you read our baby a book?
Me: I can just play an audiobook from my phone.
My wife: But then it won't be in your voice.
Me: I can train a voice model.
Parenting hits different when you work in Al.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18h

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 15h

Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.

Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 14h

Countries That Have Public and/or Live Streamed Executions Context: www.reuters.com/world/us-li...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When Trump calls for Iran to nuke Los Angeles and San Diego, and his crowd of MAGA faithful cheer in response, we witness the completion of a process of psychological transformation associated with totalitarianism. Urging physical harm to fellow citizens has become a test of fidelity to the Leader.

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The most shocking part of Trump’s comments is what our reaction says about us

Listening to the president at a rally these days is a mix of deja vu and word salad, but his decade-long project of division remains abnormal and dangerous

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A beautiful 1974 Sesame Street moment between a monster and his little human friend. 💕⚡😍 More than 50 years later, this little moment still says so much about how children learn. Credit: Sesame Street / Sesame Workshop 1974 feat. John "John-John" Williams III and Herry Monster #learning

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So after the White House spokespersons tried to justify his inexplicable remarks, saying that he wasn't calling for Iran to nuke Los Angeles and San Diego, Trump *doubles down* Literally daring them to bomb the California cities

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Don't they have enough?? All these little weeny billionaires do is suck up our resources and leave us with nothing." ICYMI - South Park calls out billionaires for data centers and resource extraction👇

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

No ai. Just perfect

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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karpurple.bsky.social @karpurple.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“.. Each hour, Muse updates its dossiers on you and the people you’ve mentioned in chats, messages, and emails that Muse has read. .. Even people who don’t use Muse are subject to this mapping process by other people’s Muse agents.” @time.com $META time.com/article/2026...

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump said Iran could wipe out major American cities yesterday. Invited them to do it. Not even a headline.

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

can’t think of a better example of AI being mostly a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist also it can’t help when this is your user base

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@nic_carter
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this is about me and i'm not sorry! i don't have time
to autistically read forums and random team news
or whatever.
i'm sure spending hours and hours running your
fantasy team is a good ROI if you're unemployed but
some of us have jobs
also my team is stacked so that's another point in
the Al column

Andrew Weiner • @DickeyNate • 18h
What's the point if playing fantasy football if
you're just going to automate it

nic carter
@nic_carter • 17h
there's no point to fantasy football, it's grown ass
men pretending to draft NFL players

OpenWindowManiac @Cit_rusK •17h
Then just don't do it?

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@nic_carter
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social obligation
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

UPDATE: Trump just awarded another $3 BILLION military contract to a company backed by his son Don Jr. (and Peter Thiel) — what skilled businessmen these Trumps are! Robbing the American taxpayer in broad daylight.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Yeah, sorry your kid died or whatever. What do you think about my chandeliers?"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I thought Trump’s tariffs were specifically designed to dramatically reduce this number to zero.

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Seriously 👇

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erikapotgieter.bsky.social @erikapotgieter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

He is running roughshod over the Constitution

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

👀 the fearmongering is failing

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There might be other places in the world beside #Quebec where #beers are named in honour of the French #mathematician #HenriPoincare, but I rather doubt it …

A colourful can of beer with a stylized depiction of Henri Poincaré.

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erikapotgieter.bsky.social @erikapotgieter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Great to see Anthony Gordon doing so well.. for Barca and England.. wish Spurs (Levy) had made more of an effort to sign him a few years back

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

John Kennedy is a literal Rhodes Scholar who then ran for office as a Republican & now talks like a man named Earl who steals chickens.

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Trev @trevor1972.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s like 6:30 pm after the Seattle game. This is a band called EEL SALAD from Portland. Holy fuck lads

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Mehdi Hasan: “Is Elon Musk the most dangerous person on Earth?” Alex Gibney: “Right now, I think he is. Pete Hegseth made him co-director of the new Defense Department plan for war in the future. It’s a little bit like The Joker being handed the keys to The Manhattan Project x.com/MarcoFoster_...

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Meanwhile....MAGA youth pastor Zachary Radcliff and featured singer at CPAC, now faces 60 charges sex crimes against children. When I tell you it's all of them, it's ALL of them.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...

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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics

Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Alabama Republicans voted against funding the bridge. Biden got the money approved. The bridge got built. Now Trump wants his name on it, and Republicans have made that the priority. Vote against it. Take credit for it. Put your name on it.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Speaking of Kushner… cc: 🇺🇸 media

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

1. Tonight at Gillette Stadium, Zach Bryan, one of the biggest country music artists in the world, wore a Free Palestine shirt onstage. Gillette Stadium is owned by Robert Kraft, who pushed Ed Sheeran and his promoter to drop Macklemore from his tour. Bryan isn’t just a major country artist.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.

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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

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