Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026On Israel not having charged anyone in the killings of 9 Americans in the West Bank: “Mr. Milstein argued that the embassy should send a letter saying that Israel was properly handling the investigations, two officials briefed on the discussions said.” 062
Reposted by Gady EpsteinKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity." "ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 632680926
Reposted by Gady EpsteinDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Rufo pioneered the tactic of calling any discussions of race Critical Race Theory, and used it to get people fired. He pioneered the strategy of labeling teachers as "groomers" if they talked about gender identity donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-qanoni... 6545101
Reposted by Gady Epsteinrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 03/10/2026occasionally a student asks how some canonical book can possibly apply to their own life and moving forward i’ll refer them to the moment in Ulysses where bloom wants to leave a restaurant without eating there so he pretends to look around and realize he’s in the wrong place instead of just leaving 753136
Reposted by Gady EpsteinChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 1131339485
Reposted by Gady EpsteinGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 01/10/2026This ICE flight has landed in Ghana, a possible third-country removal. Immigrant passengers onboard have been shackled for at least 18 hours. 5226119
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yeah I often think of @eosnos.bsky.social’s excellent 2016 piece on what to expect from Trump’s first term. It was hard for many to believe at the time but Trump was always going to do much of what he said he would do 071
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is really good from M Gessennytimes.comOpinion | There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once (Gift Article)The film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice. 132
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“You might ask how, in this political climate, I was reelected after vetoing the anti-trans bill. Because people respect authentic faith. The day I vetoed it, I explained my why. I said I believe all children are children of God and that I don't want people picking on these kids.” 0123
Reposted by Gady EpsteinSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here’s Chris Rufo and his podcast co-host addressing “the Indian question,” a reference to “the Jewish question.” That question was whether Jews could be incorporated into European society, and the Nazis were the ones who claimed to have developed the “final solution” to that “problem.” 561204325
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026V good thread on how social media made the “network man,” an interesting way to make sense of the modern hellscape 040
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Agree with this. I also think the same consultants would attribute a loss to not talking *enough* shit about trans people in sports. Will fit any result to their priors 030
Reposted by Gady EpsteinSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026NEW: A Texas woman died after being denied an abortion and her family sued the state and her doctors for violating her right to life. They say the ban should be struck down. It's one of several cases challenging abortion laws under state constitutional rights to life and liberty @autonomynews.coautonomynews.coNew Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to LifeLawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense. 12447824
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A logical conclusion to draw here is that this is pretextual in that they want a narrative of kicking people off the rolls for fraud 0271
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Omissions of non-US shows that struck me: Utopia, State of Play, Dark, Babylon Berlin, Sherlock. And among US shows: Fargo S2 and S3, The Expanse, Hannibal, Mr Robot 010
Reposted by Gady EpsteinJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.socialnbcnews.comAmerica had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected. 23335632001
Reposted by Gady EpsteinMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Seems like it should be part of the "are phones ruining the kids" debate that every marker of teen mental health has improved since 2021 www.cdc.gov/yrbs/youth-h... 46895180
Reposted by Gady EpsteinJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026sciencebasedmedicine.orgDr. Jay Bhattacharya on Measles: “I Think I’ve Done My Best.”As football coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”. 516572
Reposted by Gady EpsteinMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026this story has some incredible tidbits. They hoped to sell 100 VIP tickets to cover expenses and sold six lol 52499494
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What if: a legendary poaster, but with epistemic humility? 050
Reposted by Gady EpsteinEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Here's what happened. It matches dozens of ICE's other car-smashing apprehensions, others of which ended with a shooting. “an unmarked black truck sideswiped him.” “He didn’t know it was ICE, and he did a U-turn under the highway. The truck chased him and sideswiped him again." Then ICE shot him. 35228
Reposted by Gady Epsteinchirping bird @chrpngbrd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026this is incredibly fascinating and the implications this has for treating neurological diseases like ALS is enormous. two minute read. amazing stuff. med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...med.stanford.eduHuman brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research findsStanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more. 24646241
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Remember the iron law of unfalsifiable punditry: if X Dem candidate wins it’s because they moved to the right, if that same candidate loses it’s because they didn’t move right enough, and so on 010
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026 Would you rather fight 100 Stancil-sized philosophers or 100 philosopher-sized Stancils? 0275
Reposted by Gady EpsteinGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal ordersU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an... 2922021234
Reposted by Gady EpsteinMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026While ICE agents were shooting Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin on Sunday, their colleagues were violently detaining a US citizen in Evanston, IL who "resembled" a person they were seeking. The victim reported "injuries to his head, neck and teeth":evanstonnow.comFederal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston NowPolice chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved. 16591248
Reposted by Gady EpsteinPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.statesman.comAttorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash deliveryA Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody. 25376663462
Reposted by Gady EpsteinSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The MAGA outrage du jour that started on Twitter and has now been picked up by the OR GOP is that someone noticed that Tilamook cheese (made in Oregon) has a halal label. They’ve had it for years and they switched to non-animal rennet for economic reasons. But the hate machine must be fed. 901615374
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is right, but would remove the modifier “compelling.” There is no actual evidence supporting the lab leak theory. It’s only theories all the way down 021
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 20/09/2026His particular beliefs in this regard happen to predate Twitter but yes 110
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Still find it funny that he “subscribes” to exactly one account on X and it’s Richard Hanania 0102
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Exposing an opponent’s perceived strength as a vulnerability is good, actually 050
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Which is strategically sharper: X politician is terrible on some things but he’s sorta right or not all wrong on (or we just won’t bring up) this one issue he polls decently on. OR He’s terrible on some things and also btw he’s terrible on this other thing too 150
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Trump went from net-positive to -15 (or worse) on immigration after people did the opposite of the advice given in the quoted tweet. His other negatives also got worse because raising salience is not zero-sum 4406
Reposted by Gady EpsteinEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This point, from my recent interview with @perrybaconjr.bsky.social for TNR, is so crucial. Trans people are desperate for relief from the relentless Republican attacks impacting all of us. When Democrats move right, they signal relief may not be coming, and that engenders a lot of despair. 161251291
Reposted by Gady EpsteinBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Holy moly this looks good. Setting my alarm for 12:01 am on September 27 0296
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I wiled away some hours in the 1980s on a (slightly) less complex game, “NATO: The next war in Europe.” It featured “tactical” nuclear battles which struck even 12-year-old me as insane 040
Gady Epstein @gadyepstein.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“Since a pet knocking over the game 10 years in would be catastrophic, they have affixed magnets to the five game boards and the more than 1,600 pieces to keep everything in place.”nytimes.comCan Two Friends Complete a Game No One Has Ever Finished?The Campaign for North Africa, a staggeringly complicated World War II board game, has stymied players for decades. Now two guys in England are giving it a serious go. 060
Reposted by Gady EpsteinSam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 18/09/2026realize I'm a little bit of a quirky guy but being punched in the face repeatedly by masked men with guns actually is something I find frightening 263282643
Reposted by Gady EpsteinMichelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o... 251399532
Reposted by Gady EpsteinTom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 18/09/2026People who call the polio vaccine a "fraud" are not "skeptics" toward vaccines, they are people with fixed views toward vaccines! (The name for that fixed view is "denial.") 538147
Reposted by Gady EpsteinMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Read only the first and last sentence of this paragraph 251972244
Reposted by Gady Epsteinamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week. Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.motherjones.comThe Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.” 121508704
Reposted by Gady EpsteinBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A shaky anonymous source; a jab about a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” lawyer; a flub that allowed a skeptical editor’s email to become public; an internal text exchange raising doubts about the story: I looked into how the NYT lost its first US libel case in >50 years. www.cjr.org/news/how-the...cjr.orgHow the New York Times lost a defamation trial.An anonymous source, a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” text message, and the newsroom’s first defamation defeat in this country in more than fifty years. 21724166
Reposted by Gady EpsteinGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“ICE agents were caught on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him repeatedly in the face while he lay on the ground. The other teen, Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, ‘I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.’” 1731681737
Reposted by Gady EpsteinPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues. 31570522532