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Griffin Kantz

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ceej @ceej.online · 20h
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending
a graph of roadway and mass transit lights
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing
Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026
“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
when wikipedia launched, the idea that an encyclopedia could be reliably maintained by the public was a joke. now, it's a marvel, a remarkable resource, virtually the only website that remotely delivers on its potential and practically the last pleasant browsing experience on the internet.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New study finds the social cost of driving a car 1 km—including pollution, crashes, infrastructure, and noise—is more than *triple* the private cost paid by the car owner. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 08/09/2026
Trump shits on everything conservatives say they hold sacred and they don’t even pretend to care
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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Reminder if you are not Sunni do not say gringx
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mr. TIM @timkellogg.me · 27/08/2026
Apparently in the next version of Fable, Anthropic changed their tokenizer based on real world usage and made “Let me check rather than answer from memory” into a single token, reportedly saving 43% of all token generation very interesting tinyurl.com/58zf9d3c
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Reuters @reuters.com · 19/08/2026
Merck, Moderna say melanoma vaccine meets goals in large trial reut.rs/4zqdji1
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Merck, Moderna say melanoma vaccine meets goals in large trial
Merck and Moderna said on Wednesday a study of a personalized ​mRNA vaccine combined with the immunotherapy drug Keytruda reduced ‌skin cancer recurrence and spread compared with Keytruda alone, the first positive late-stage trial results for an mRNA cancer vaccine.
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Griffin Kantz @gkantz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The wheel squeaking through the double crossover at Wilshire/La Cienega is so fucking loud.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
"The modern American conservative movement is mostly interested in using liberals’ commitment to pluralistic values as a way of undermining them, demanding that they grant them a level of access and influence that they have no interest in reciprocating."
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Do We All Live On Campus Now?
(what it says) There’s a lot happening in the United States right now. A global pandemic ravages our population, mass demonstrations against police brutality and misconduct have raging for we…
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/07/2026
This is huge! The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to withhold Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender affirming care to trans youth under 19. www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...
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Trump's HHS abandons threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over trans care
NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.
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New town every hour @townsusa.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Monowi, Nebraska Pop: 1 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monowi,_Nebra… Images: commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c… commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c… commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c…
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New town every hour @townsusa.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Burbank, California Pop: 102,511 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbank,_Cali… Images: commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c… commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c… commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c…
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Kenny Logins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
jims
@jims.bsky.social
found God. they were in the back of the fridge, festering and forgotten behind an expired jar of horseradish cremé. they were laughing soundlessly, chest heaving with the effort of hysteric mirth. tears streamed from unblinking eyes, bulging with a mania unimaginable; infinite. closed the fridge.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The pool and the county fair or whatever are a reminder that the real power and competence in the conservative movement are the media and the supreme court who usually are able to cover us for Trump's fuckups but sometimes can't when physical reality intrudes.
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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Trump came to the brink of unleashing horrific destruction on Iran's civilian infrastructure simply because he was tired of being briefed on how we were losing every day, & once he was denied that he checked out even more. It is the most pathetic performance of any world leader in memory
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Griffin Kantz @gkantz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
GK’s dumb forecast GOVERNOR If: 856,000 votes remaining Becerra 2,655,241 (28.2%) Hilton 2,318,987 (24.6%) Steyer 2,157,275 (22.9%) MAYOR If: 14,000 votes remaining Bass 295,269 (34.3%) Raman 251,061 (29.2%) Pratt 218,725 (25.4%) No more updates.
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Griffin Kantz @gkantz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
GK’s dumb forecast GOVERNOR If: 1,819,000 votes remaining Becerra 2,740,726 (28.5%) Hilton 2,308,996 (24.0%) Steyer 2,285,524 (23.7%) MAYOR If: 65,000 votes remaining Bass 296,530 (34.1%) Raman 255,983 (29.4%) Pratt 219,413 (25.2%) Next update tomorrow.
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Griffin Kantz @gkantz.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
GK’s dumb forecast GOVERNOR If: 2,674,000 votes remaining Becerra 2,787,636 (29.1%) Hilton 2,310,409 (24.1%) Steyer 2,254,156 (23.5%) MAYOR If: 146,000 votes remaining Bass 298,994 (34.4%) Raman 254,779 (29.3%) Pratt 218,966 (25.2%)
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Griffin Kantz @gkantz.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
GK’s dumb forecast GOVERNOR If: 2,815,000 votes remaining Becerra 2,719,046 (28.4%) Hilton 2,361,428 (24.7%) Steyer 2,177,273 (22.8%) MAYOR If: 194,000 votes remaining Bass 299,908 (34.5%) Raman 253,068 (29.1%) Pratt 218,885 (25.2%) Next update tomorrow.
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Griffin Kantz @gkantz.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
GK’s dumb forecast GOVERNOR If: 3,041,000 votes remaining Becerra 2,680,932 (28.2%) Hilton 2,351,595 (24.7%) Steyer 2,145,653 (22.6%) MAYOR If: 253,000 votes remaining Bass 304,418 (35.0%) Raman 246,575 (28.3%) Pratt 221,454 (25.4%) Next update tomorrow.
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Griffin Kantz @gkantz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
GK’s dumb forecast GOVERNOR If: 3,990,000 votes remaining Becerra 2,635,475 (28.0%) Hilton 2,276,115 (24.2%) Steyer 2,126,875 (22.6%) MAYOR If: 291,000 votes remaining Bass 305,326 (36.0%) Raman 225,345 (26.6%) Pratt 223,010 (26.3%) Next update tomorrow.
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 04/06/2026
Fresh Oats™ (@YourDarlingSon) quote tweets: "I'm so stressed that sunlight hurts. I am gods mistake" with: "Sing this to the tune of "Old MacDonald""
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Griffin Kantz @gkantz.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
GK’s dumb forecast GOVERNOR If: 4,078,000 votes remaining Becerra 2,641,112 (28.6%) Hilton 2,305,029 (25.0%) Steyer 2,056,609 (22.3%) MAYOR If: 322,000* votes remaining Bass 307,484 (36.3%) Pratt 223,251 (26.3%) Raman 220,821 (26.1%) *: Raman probably needs this to be >345K. Next update tomorrow
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Americans have a habit of trying to compare all authoritarianism to Nazi Germany. I think in some ways i think it is comforting to view authoritarianism as a foreign ideology. If you want to understand our current authoritarian moment, you need to look to our own past, not to Europe 1/x
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Take a look at the CNN sourcing and fact-checking on their Swalwell article. Look at how many extra people they contacted in order to corroborate claims. They viewed screenshots, called parents/husbands/friends/colleagues. They viewed TV footage and interviews, & more. Two things worth pointing out:
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Griffin Kantz @gkantz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Close to 0% of space missions have ever made it past re-entry
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ceej @ceej.online · 07/04/2026
I’ve been thinking about this guy almost daily for ten fucking years. essentially my entire 30’s. when he finally croaks I imagine I’ll let out a sigh so deep it realigns my fucking spine
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Jacqui Bird @jacqui702.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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Keith @mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Prompt: can you use whatever resources you like, and python, to generate a short 'youtube poop' video and render it using ffmpeg? Put your own heart into it. Use it as a medium to express how you perceive the experience of being a human. Opus 4.6, medium effort
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Carlos Scheidegger @cscheid.net · 04/03/2026
This was mostly unprompted and entirely accidental after it realized it had made a bad analysis (or something like it, I can’t quite remember)
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
know I’m AI-posting a lot today, but holy shit read the linked lawsuit for this. this is probably the worst of these so far, by far (contingent on the brief being accurate, which isn’t guaranteed). the other ones were people with existing ideation not being stopped, this actively pushed him.
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 23/01/2026
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
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Idothethinking @idothethinking.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
You'll often hear Trump voters claim they dont like the man but they agree with his policies. This is a lie. Its the exact opposite. People like Trump as a person, they like the horrible shit he says and does, and then they'll wrap their own politics around him. Lying to themselves and to associates
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
We now have data from Trump's first full year in office. Let's review the performance of Trump and the two parties since 1989 and a new age of globalization began. However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Leading up to that.. Eric Lee Atty Kids screaming "Let us out! Let us out!"
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 19/01/2026
1️⃣ He didn't say that. 2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him. 3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling. 4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it. 5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented. 6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
tim walz can urge everyone not to interfere with ICE loud n clear all day. he's still subpoenaed for obstruction because that's the narrative trump likes. he's getting the exact big loud show he wants to see, always. you win by making a big loud show he doesn't want to see, that gets better ratings
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New town every hour @townsusa.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Fremont, California Pop: 241,110 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont,_Cali… Images: commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c… commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c… commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c…
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Jeedy Jay @jeedyjay.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
But here’s the most uncomfortable truth of all: the parasites that have taken over so much of our country—pantsuited girlboss advertising executives, Skittle-haired they/them activists, soy-faced pajama-clad work-from-home HR apparatchiks, Adderall-addicted dog mom diversity consultants, nasally voiced Ivy League regulatory lawyers, obese George Soros–funded police abolitionist district attorneys, hipster trust fund socialists—are some of the least impressive people in the history of the world. The Uniparty would never have achieved what it has in this country without a great degree of rottenness, of decadence, of torpor, of complacency already
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Griffin Kantz @gkantz.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Every good Dave Roberts decision is followed by a baffling Dave Roberts decision. The universe in constant Balance.
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Griffin Kantz @gkantz.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The Dodgers have only scored 1 HR since Game 3.
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Griffin Kantz @gkantz.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
One of the only constants in this series is Betts leaving Ohtani stranded on base
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk. I had it exactly backward.
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