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Gary Brown

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I am not that interesting.

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lumpenpoledancer @daturabombs333.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So yeah, without bigger accounts helping now I’m forced to literally do this on my own. Fucking gross ass behavior. Leaving people in the cold without even telling them why. To literally die if they can’t get enough help. So please share my MA more now. I’ve got to make up for these losses
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta muse saying why would I deceive you?
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The Alternate Histoween 🎃 @althistorian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You shouldn't post lies. No one is talking about this outside of your group chat.
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Amelia Sandrine Reisinger 🏳️‍⚧️ @ameliasandrine.com · 17/09/2026
Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Literacy crisis: everyone is mad at Ed Sheeran, but if you actually read his statement he specifically said he’s not complicit
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I've seen a lot of "saying AI is useless is hyperbolic" but the flipside hyperbole is denying that AI still has serious deficiencies. Bullshitting is inherent to the ways LLMs work. Whatever the form—erroneous facts, mangled data, fake cites, or the plagiarism here—it's impossible to fully mitigate.
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Gore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Medieval depictions of the sun are so funny. Teletubbies shit
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I dunno much about Maness or Anderson but Schlicter is a straight-up fascist who wants to among other things "use the law to ensure blue submission" and "imprison dissenters" to achieve the aim, "force them to be like us."
2021 Schlicter posts: 

For too long red state conservatives have offered to live and let live with blue state liberals but the blues are evangelical Marxists who cannot allow us to provide a counter example of freedom. 1/

So, no more. We must, by any means necessary, force them to be like us. No quarter. No compromise. 2/

Ban CRT, Marxism and anti-American misinformation. Nationalize big tech and academia and mandate conservatism as their operational ideology. Ban leftist media and entertainment from spreading misinformation.3

Penalize barren, non-familial lifestyles through taxes and disqualification from political participation. Establish property and military service qualifications for voting. Increase America’s carbon footprint. Ban masks. Dismantle unions.n4/

Use the law to ensure blue submission. Imprison dissenters. Force them to act against their deepest beliefs to keep their jobs. End all social programs and deport all illegals. Outlaw crime again. 5/
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 31/08/2026
FDA deregulation will manifest as a series of posts from people shitting their guts out with recalls that get closer and closer to where you live until you're the one shitting your guts out
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
US corporate profits have hit a record high of over $9 trillion the first half of this year, while workers’ slice of the pie has recently sunk to historic lows.
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jamie loftus @jamieloftus.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
infuriating that one of many things we're 'bringing back' with this wave of fascism is a dishonest, increased weaponization of racist, junk iq science reminder that IQ was never intended to be a fixed metric, and was originally meant for turn of the century french schoolchildren KNOCK IT OFF
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
every time some 'race realist' prick brings up african IQs they're always talking about richard lynn's apartheid stats which were debunked at the time & debunked when the bell curve used them & have been debunked 100 times since. is there no limit on how many times that conversation needs to be held
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Ernest "Dead" Penfold @penfoldsfiv.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026
the media when the centrist loses by 1% vs the media when the leftist loses by (less than) 1%
bluesky post by Politico saying "Progressives didn't get the big election night they wanted" referring to Abdul el-Sayed defeating Haley Stevens in the MI Senate primary and linking to their story with that headline.bluesky post by Politico with the text "The far left hits a wall" referring to David Crowley defeating Francesca Hong in the WI Governor Primary and linking to their story with that headline
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 06/08/2026
Third Way, a professedly "center left" group, is spending tens of millions of dollars to convince voters to vote for Republicans in November
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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026
lol hey so this is racist 🤷🏿‍♀️
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The most radicalizing thing about this era is listening to the most powerful people in the world speak about any subject whatsoever. gizmodo.com/elon-musk-ec...
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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Me: this THC drink ain’t shit Me, 15 seconds later:
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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We'll keep on pointing at this comic by @skutchdraws.bsky.social and @hbomberguy.bsky.social until it's embarrassing for tech bros to call you a luddite for hating AI! More of Failure to Launch in the link bsky.app/profile/iron...
"Curse you spinning jenny, you ruined everything!" A simpleton looking peasant yells as they smash the wooden machine.

The standard narrative goes that LUDDITES were foolish lunatics who, in fear of technology, decided progress was bad, and started hitting it with sticks. (But the truth is entire ways of life were being destroyed.)

Previously, skilled craftsmen were respected for the time and effort it took to do their work. The entire family usit would form a cottage industry - creating something valuable, and command a decent living. But when a machine can work 10 times faster its owner can charge less for the prodcts- craftsmen couldn't compete and were left out of work almost overnight. 

And as factories became a fixture of the british landscape, these now unemployed labourers often ended up working the factories that had just destroyed their way of life. Britain was the most prosperous nation in history, factory owners became extremely wealthy and influential. But the people doing the actual work saw almost none of it.
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
By far the funniest moment in Homer’s Odyssey is when Circe says, “Shall we have sex?” and Odysseus says, “You just turned all my men into pigs. You have the GALL to think I would sleep with you? Of course I will. Absolutely. But don’t do any weird spells”
photograph of the relevant passage in Fitzgerald's translation of the Odyssey ("I make no bed of love with you upon it. Or swear me first a great oath, if I do, you'll work no more enchantment to my harm.")
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17/07/2026
HAPPENING NOW: Trump is addressing the nation with what he's calling "really big news" on elections. The reality? He's spent nearly six years pushing false claims about 2020 that have been debunked by his own administration, election officials and courts. We're fact-checking him LIVE below👇
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🚨 👀 HEADS UP. Democratic Senators Dick Durbin and Tim Kaine looking to team up with MAGA Republicans to cut social security.
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Deeply saddened to learn of the loss of my dear friend Satan, the Prince of Lies. Though we often disagreed about matters such as the appropriate role of torture in the afterlife, I will most remember how his quick wit and affable nature made our weekly golf outings a ritual. He will be missed.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Again. This is the author. What are we doing here?
The Somali community is a scourge on the republic. I have been saying this for years. The rampant fraud is just icing on the cake. We should indeed be reviewing if Somalis e.g. lied on naturalization forms, and deport any with deportable offenses.
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binp @binp.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
we are scarily close to general artificial intelligence
a screenshot of a facebook post of a photo of an rv with "THEY EAT BABIES IN DENVER!!!" scrawled on the back. 

meta ai suggests:
- Baby-eating restaurants in Denver
- Denver's population
- Denver's unique food scene
- Restaurants that serve babies
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The cherry on the sundae is that she's a policy wonk for Heritage, so getting this sort of coverage is part of her job, but it also speaks to how the NYT's culture pieces are basically, 'journalist interviews their friend in the same elite circles.'
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Donald Trump has stolen billions of dollars. But the liberals at my World Cup watch party kept saying “Cabo Verde.” I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/07/2026
Kavanaugh really, really wants people to think that trans sports bans and his decision upholding them are strictly about sports None of that is true! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/west-...
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Conservative Activists Know the Trans Sports Ban Case Isn’t Just About Sports
Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion emphasized that sports are “different.” But conservative activists are already celebrating what the case will allow them to do next.
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Chilari @chilari.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
There's no backwards compatibility anymore
A search bar with the question "will GTA be on antikyth..." And an AI summary reply saying "no. Grand theft auto will not be playable on the antikythera mechanism. The device is a 2000 year old ancient greek analogy computer and orrery used exclusively to calculate the positions of celestial bodies like the sun, moon and...". There is a picture of a bronze machine made of circular parts
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
even if it was good policy, this shit is completely ancillary to the goal of actually limiting the power of big tech. Elon Musk has a trillion dollars and is trying to start a global race war, your response to that can’t be “kids should be on their phones less”
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I was a lifelong liberal Democrat. Then I learned that Kat Abughazaleh spent 12 bucks on a basket of fast food shrimp.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/06/2026
NEW: This is the story of how one of the most influential climate papers in history came to exist thanks to one of the companies most responsible for causing the climate crisis — and one with a financial stake in the technologies described in the paper. w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social
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Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study
BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 24/06/2026
went down to the centrist convention. they’re all shaking and crying, I heard one guy say “I’m starting to think a better world IS possible.” the lady next to him slapped him in the face
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/06/2026
NEW: Missouri’s governor says “out-of-state special interests” are influencing citizen-led efforts to amend the state constitution. His own ballot measure, a push to eliminate the state income tax, has received $1.9M from a mysterious Delaware nonprofit.
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Missouri’s Governor Is Opposed to Out-Of-State Funding, but Not for His Own Ballot Measure
Gov. Mike Kehoe says “out-of-state special interests” are influencing citizen-led efforts to amend the state constitution. His own ballot measure, a push to eliminate the state income tax, has receive...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
www.commondreams.org/news/tax-dod...
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88 Corporations That Paid No US Federal Income Tax in 2025 Spent $852 Million on Recent Lobbying, Elections | Common Dreams
"The result," said the author of a new Public Citizen analysis, "is a self-reinforcing loop where corporate cash buys policy, and policy pays cash back."
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
My latest newsletter is about Thomas Chatterton Williams, who can't stop blaming racism on the left.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams and the New Redeemers
The Atlantic columnist buys what white supremacists are selling
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
In 2012, 30 states allowed no-excuse mail-in voting. In 2016, 8 states saw more than a fourth of voters send in their ballots. Taibbi has either gotten a lot dumber, or he just doesn't give a shit anymore.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"Before you even get to Republicans being bad actors" — No. The *only reason* anyone gives a shit about California taking a week to tally votes is Republican bad faith. Stop pretending every fake GOP conspiracy has a kernel of truth to it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This is such a perfect demonstration of how 99% of media works now: Republicans flood the country with lies and misinformation. Then, rather than pushing back, mainstream outlets and centrist politicians launder the lies into a storyline about "liabilities for Democrats."
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Michigan Governor caught on hot mic with Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, discussing citizen opposition to AI data centers, bragging how she ignores their concerns: “We’re used to people saying 'f*ck no,' & doing it anyway.”🇺🇸
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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The Great Replacement conspiracy theory, once relegated to mass shooter manifestos, has become increasingly central to global right-wing politics. My latest ep for the QAA Podcast premium feed explores how a murderous idea mutated to go mainstream. Featuring contributions from @feolski.bsky.social
Photo from anti-migrant protest in the UK. A woman holds a sign saying "Stop the Silent Invasion"
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Republicans say James Talarico ordered a vegan taco. Democrats say that it wasn't vegan because it had both egg and cheese—doubling down on the cultural elitism that has cost them so dearly in recent elections.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
They dredged the bottom so hard they got Vanilla Ice AND Milli Vanilli.🤡🤣
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Entertainers unveiled for 250th US birthday bash on National Mall
An eclectic mix of entertainers is poised to join a massive bash on the National Mall marking America’s 250th birthday that’s being billed as a “once-in-a-generation celebrat…
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FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) @fairmediawatch.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"They think that the College of Liberal Arts at places like UT is far too 'woke.' And so conservatives are better equipped to teach in a more disinterested way. Of course, it's not actually disinterested. It's promoting a white supremacist view of culture and history." fair.org/home/educati...
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‘Education Is Dangerous Because It Encourages Students to Challenge What Those With Power Take for Granted’: CounterSpin interview with Karma Chávez on academic freedom
"Conservative politicians and their ultra-rich donors are infusing money into universities to create, essentially, conservative think tanks."
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The history of the West shows that many of its greatest leaders, from the Greeks and the Romans forward, lost humiliating wars to Persia. by Niall Ferguson
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