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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
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batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Turns out I was exactly like other girls, because all girls, all women, are real people, and deserving of a place in whatever room they want to enter. And yeah, I can understand that if you're a man who had the exact same dreams I did, looked at the exact same data, you may have assumed these...

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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Ten years ago today, in April 2016, the Boston Globe printed a satirical front page imagining a future Trump administration. The page was called "alarmist," "hyperbolic," "dystopian." But we’ve put up with so much since then it now looks like . . . a slow Thursday?

Boston Globe mock front page from April 9, 2016. Date says April 9, 2017, with giant headline “DEPORTATIONS TO BEGIN” and “Markets sink as trade war looms.”

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/04/2026

You can't separate anti-immigrant and anti-trans politics from what is happening with Iran. When MAGA picked transphobia and nativism as its organizing principle, it selected for the capacity to treat entire categories of people as civilizational threats whose elimination is an act of self-defense.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

He is insane. And this is an open declaration of intended genocide. If any other world leader said this, there would be sanctions and an arrest warrant, not just for him, but for his whole regime.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 07/04/2026

“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.” Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Any republicans in congress feel like "A whole civilization will die tonight" might cross your own personal line? No? Hm.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

she's literally funneling the cash from all her various media ventures into a money gun and pointing it directly at whichever institution promises to hurt trans people the most. she's not even lying about it. she's just telling you that's what she's going to do if you give her more money

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

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rkramer105 🐸 @rkramer105.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Incompetence at this scale is indistinguishable from malice

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Millennial here: How many avocado toasts are in a barrel of oil?

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Pete Hegseth is openly saying we’re going to do war crimes. His removal is not enough. Passing laws to prevent stuff like this administration from happening again is not enough. He has to be held accountable. Made an example of.

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

A computer can never be held accountable, therefore we gave it a gun.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Again, I’m gonna reiterate: We are here. This is the stage we’re in right now. And anyone celebrating has the memory of a goldfish.

Bush on the aircraft carrier with the mission accomplished banner behind him.

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Sandhya Dirks @audiosand.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

i am distracted from the bombing of children by the raping of children, and from that by the kidnapping and caging of children, and then from that by the bombing of children and on and on "distracted" until there are no children left

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Civil rights are a kitchen-table issue.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Right, because men don't care about what other people think of them? (Seriously, men kill women for laughing at them or rejecting them, which can serve as a measure of how much they care.) Insert picture of Hegseth and RFK jr. doing pushups.

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 06/02/2026

Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care. Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/

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Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school

A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, a scared 5-year-old, drew attention to a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Advocates say his experience reflects what hundreds of children have endured out of public vie...

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article. Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

"Should we vote to give more money to the people shooting my constituents in the face?" is not a complicated political question. And yet, Democrats don't seem able to answer it.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/01/2026

if you don’t think you can campaign on abolishing this agency and prosecuting the people involved - if you don’t think you’re able to make that case using this video and other like it - get the fuck out of politics

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

There is no recalibrated or sanitized way to conduct the war that Trump and Stephen Miller are waging on American cities right now. That’s because it’s a campaign of deliberate terror. The policy *is* the terror, and the terror *is* the policy. newrepublic.com/article/2053...

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

telling the secret police they have immunity to harm & kill citizens really lays bare the hollowness of decades of right-wing GOP screeching about encroaching Big Government - it was never a problem they had with government per se, just that it wasn't being used to harm the people they wanted to

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 08/01/2026

Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power - file impeachment articles every day in the House - withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee - be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable

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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

It's illegal for the president to relieve student loan debt. It's completely fine for the president to unilaterally decide to have the head of a foreign nation black bagged on foreign soil.

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

i'm really having a hard time getting past the "surely we can all agree that Somalis are worse than trash" thing. this feels new and very bad

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/12/2025

Under this framework, Jim Crow was ok, slavery was ok, the forced removal of indigenous people was ok, etc. There are certain things even when passed through liberal democratic means are illiberal and should never be allowed.

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Jason, and countless screaming Argonauts @jseabird.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

“Say what you will about the tenets of national socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.” This may be a contender for worst take I’ve ever seen on the internet. Which is saying *a lot*. Trans rights are human rights. Violating human rights via democratic process is no less evil.

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Sage Deviant 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

this is going to do numbers on LinkedIn. Series A funding confirmed.

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These are all standard startup values and should not be interpreted symbolically.

Certain leaked early materials referenced “circles,” “pacts,” “summonings,” or “the inevitable devouring of the soul”. Those were exploratory thought exercises from a very different fundraising climate and do not reflect our current roadmap.

We categorically deny the existence of a hellmouth beneath our home office in SOMA. The chanting heard after hours is a mindfulness practice. The sulfur smell is a plumbing issue common throughout The Bay Area. Lights flickering whenever someone says our company name aloud is a known electrical quirk of our parent company PG&E.

We appreciate the tech community’s passion & curiosity. We wish to reiterate our commitment to ethics, transparency, and being normal.

Please direct further questions to our director of comms, Lilith Morningstar.

(C-suite notes: DELIVER TO KARA SWISHER & CASEY NEWTON IN ADVANCE . DO NOT SEND THIS TO ED ZITRON AGAIN HE KEEPS COUNTER HEXING OUR TALK TRACKS)

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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I'm begging for feminists to add an ounce of goblin mode to their politics.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 30/11/2025

"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism. Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.

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kia speaks @kiaspeaks.us · 21/11/2025

My favorite piece of content today.

actuallychloehayes
› millennials 20h
serious question for the millennials... my older cousin said she used to 'burn' cds for her crush. like... with
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was that a ritual? did it work? you guys were literally practicing witchcraft just to get a text back. i'm scared of y'all.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Thanks to Donald Trump, we have corrections like “the baby was exposed to pepper spray, not tear gas.” Fucking monsters.

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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Life situations are bleak right now for a lot of people. In tech, the "Venn Diagram" of (1) positive work and (2) making enough money to support your family is increasingly non-overlapping. We all do what we can. This image has been living in my mind rent-free for months.

Tech Venn Diagram
Two circles, one says "Doing work that contributes beneficially to society."; the other says "Making enough income to support a family."

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

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“Trans people have kitchen tables. People that love trans people have kitchen tables. Immigrants have kitchen tables,” Abughazaleh said. “Democrats have been messaging on this issue, which is basic human decency, wrong this entire time. It’s a two-pronged thing. When it comes to extremism, if you’re constantly ceding ground that trans people don’t deserve to exist, or that there are carve-outs for that … it never stops with the people that you deem inhuman, it will always come to you.”

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 14/09/2025

Every pundit article: BLUESKY IS A HOTBED OF RADICALIZATION Majority of posts in my feed: Check out this cool bug/bird/random historical personage I found! Small but vivid minority of posts: Do you think Gritty and Alf are in a polycule or nah?

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

To my fellow cishet dudes: when we are quiet about supporting the trans community, the only voices anyone hears are the Charlie Kirks of the world. Don't let accusations of being "performative" or "virtue signaling" shut you up - that's their whole point. Our voices are needed now more than ever.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

this is fucking horrifying

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 25/08/2025

"Website design is my passion." americabydesign.gov

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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

You should care about homeless ppl b/c they are ppl, and most folks are closer to living outside than they are to being a billionaire. But if that's not enough, care about them b/c how gov't treats them says volumes abt us. Care b/c the cruelty won't stop with homeless folks.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 16/08/2025

The "oh you won't compromise and abandon [marginalized group]? enjoy the nazi takeover!" argument rings pretty fucking false when you consider that the horrors of a nazi takeover begin with the abandonment of marginalized groups.

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