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just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This might be one of the best analogies I’ve ever read. From @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social

Was Hegseth’s speech humiliating for whatever is left of America’s international prestige? Certainly. Was it a big joke? Well, perhaps it was, in the same sense that it is darkly funny that John Wayne Gacy performed as a clown in addition to being a serial killer. It would be a mistake not to recognize that whatever humor can be found in the situation is overpowered by its enormous quantity of darkness.

just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“White collar crime is too difficult and expensive to prosecute. Guess we just have to let the banksters go free.” BREAKING NEWS: DEA takes down complex drug and human trafficking ring after 20-year eleventy billion dollar investigation that spans 30 states and three countries.

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just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Twice I think. Been a while since I read up on my WWII history.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don't really know what to do with these pieces, because: 1. They refuse to used "illegal" & "unconstitutional" & "corruption" in the heds, deks, ledes, or body text 2. They disappear from the front page/headlines within 36 hours & never become THE NARRATIVE, contra EMAILS & BIDEN IS OLD, etc.

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just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It’s reassuring to find an essay written by a critically acclaimed author and the entire thing is, “Writing is hard and I do everything I can to avoid doing it. My house is spotless, I’ve helped every friend I have move, and the local animal shelter told me I had to leave. Time to write I guess.”

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 03/10/2026

You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn.

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 03/10/2026

Zach Bryan came out saying FREE PALESTINE in the first show at Gillette Stadium since Ed Sheeran and Robert Kraft silenced Macklemore, AND he played a new, still unreleased anti-AI song and some of y’all are still sleeping on the liberatory potential of Americana

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just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One thing I never really anticipated before becoming a parent was all the seemingly nonsensical places I would find my child’s dirty, unpaired socks. On laundry day, I scour the house looking for them and without fail will find two or three the next day inside a box under a table.

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just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Steph talked to me, some rando guy who messaged them out of the blue back when I first pivoted from ad copywriter to editor, and they were kind and patient and such a tremendous help. 10/10 highly recommend.

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good on you Sister's 👏

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Please, for the love of God, can the media stop calling random cranks who write fan fiction about their personal heroes in the past "historians."

Geoff Shepard, a former Nixon aide turned Watergate historian and revisionist, recently gave a two-hour presentation at Justice Department headquarters that laid out his theory that the deep state took Nixon down. The title of his 78-page slide deck: “Watergate As Lawfare.”

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

look, if the pentagon wants IT security then they have to do what the rest of us do: hire trans furries who go to renfest don't ask me why, idk, i just know that data is insecure until sanctified by the holy aura of someone who checks at least one of those boxes. it's part of god's plan.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Andreessen & Horowitz's a16z funded firms are mostly just fraud shops--crypto scams, social media bots designed to scam humans, new types of gambling. Good to see Meta trying to compete in this area.

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just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know we live in a time when we all lose and the laws don’t matter, but this sounds a whole lot like providing comfort to the enemy aka treason.

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Trump loves Xi because he wants to be him

Kowtowing to tyrants makes him think he’s strong.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo.

Michael Weiss: Why, that’s Ali Abdelaziz is on the far left. Manages a lot of Russian, Belarusian and Chechen MMA fighters including Khamzat Chimaev, who is close to Kadyrov. Abdelaziz was an FBI informant until the Bureau dropped him because they suspected he was a double agent. Looks like Ka$h (far right) has forgiven and forgotten. These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026

BLANCHE: AI has a lot of benefits. The fact that AI is able to understand what you want, where you want to shop -- you don't know it, but you actually benefit from that CAMPOS DUFFY: I don't want that! BLANCHE: I know you think you don't, but it's not all bad CD: I don't want my govt spying on me

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just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And by the way, we used the slowest method possible to inform you about this mistake that took us three years to find. So, you know, more interest to pay! Good luck loser!

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just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Love how the IRS is like, “Hey it took us three years to find a potential mistake on your taxes. You have two weeks to gather all the info to dispute it or else you have it pay it plus late fees and interest that’s been magically accruing even though we just found out about this mistake.”

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There is no Republican "split" with Trump. It's catnip for access media, but the desperate ploy to align with the supermajority of voters who can't stand the president is tissue-thin. The same people saying the Iran war needs to end voted yesterday to keep it going. #Realtalk here.

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Republicans Had 690 Days to Oppose Trump - The American Prospect

They’re trying to cram all the opposition into the last 40 before the election.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Just as providers are using sophisticated A.I. tools to say their patients are sicker, insurance companies have been accused of using the tools to delay or deny care." AI, unlocking opportunities for bad-faith corporate actors to try to extract more money www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...

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Battle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher

The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care.

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You can trace the decline of American society through DraftKings/FanDuel ads. In 2015 when they first infected sports, fans were so mad they stopped. In 2026 every league & network gets a cut, so fans are still mad but we're forced to suffer. The customer is always wrong, now.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“The customer is always wrong, now” is a great way to capture how specialize finance has ruined everything from our favorite store to your political process. Margins are now the only customer. The only voter. We have but one real way to exert power over any of it anymore.

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

Eventually we have to talk about the police themselves when discussing what’s happening.

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just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Excited for 8 democrats and whatever Fetterman is at this point to vote for her confirmation anyway.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Remember when they said (lied) that USAID was corrupt? $400 million was handed out to 30 countries, with no real oversight and with workarounds to bypass human rights safeguards typically given to U.S. foreign assistance payments. Immigration is just a giant trough of corruption right now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026

LOL -- The White House pool is boycotting Trump, but Real America's Voice is trying to fill in the gap. Unfortunately they haven't yet figured out how microphones work so Trump is still yelling into the void.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is correct - personal experiences of needing social services makes people, including policymakers, more opposed to imposing administrative burdens (which is how they are breaking SNAP and Medicaid) academic.oup.com/jpart/articl...

• When a policymaker has personal, firsthand experience navigating a welfare system or public service, their tolerance for administrative burden significantly drops. © Oxford Academic
• Conversely, policymakers without personal experience are much more likely to tolerate or actively support high administrative burdens, often driven by political ideology or a perception that the target population is "undeserving".
Syddansk Uni...

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So much of what we’re living through right now, from Trump to AI, feels like it’s driven by an explicit strategy of “we just do the crimes so quickly that we can’t be stopped and by the time the courts weigh in, they have no choice but to accept our crimes.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...

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It's the accountability, stupid.

Doing crime

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Already hearing lots of anecdotes of 3d modelers losing all their gigs, just like the copywriters did a year or two ago. This doesn't kill all animation, but if you talk to people who do light youtube animation, they will tell you upping quality has no effect on views. This is good enough.

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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

not beating the sex cult allegations with this one

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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026

Citizens showed up to the city council meeting with plans to let city leaders know how they felt about the city’s use of Flock. But Springfield mayor Jeff Schrag moved to prevent public comment on Flock. Then, arrests happened, @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Story: www.404media.co/woman-arrest...

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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm sure the DOJ that thinks 86 47 constitutes a threat will be all over this.

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just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s a good thing when a bunch of the stocks you follow for your pathetically small retirement account all hit their 52-week lows when the market opens, right? Line go…oh no. Line go down. *also yes I consider myself lucky that I even have a retirement account.

A screenshot showing notifications that a bunch of stocks hit their 52-week lows. Because the “businessman president” is so good at business.

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just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yeah well Matt Gaetz wants to fuck your kids so…

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just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Senator Susan Collins is very concerned about what this person, Susan Collins, is alleged to have done.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

14/ He eviscerated the specialized FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption investigations, some of which were involved in Trump-related cases. And the government stopped talking to an informant who had offered a road map to corruption in Congress.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

13/ By the end of 2024, FBI agents had enough evidence to pursue a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers of both political parties. They asked their supervisors to approve a new investigation. Then Trump returned to the White House.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 22/09/2026

EXCLUSIVE: Christy McCormick, at the time a top federal voting official, coordinated with Cleta Mitchell's anti-voting group on a plan to impose proof of citizenship rules, emails shared with Democracy Docket show.

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just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I bet Susan Collins is very concerned about this person named Susan Collins who was accepting bribes.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

With the midterm elections shaping up to be a massive reckoning for the Republican Party, it's worth remembering that they had a fairly easy offramp from Trumpism in the immediate aftermath of the January 6th riot but they completely chickened out.

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just some guy @gregwritesinvt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is one of those posts that will be applicable forever.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nashville just canceled a holiday light show at the zoo because the Trump administration denied visas to the foreign artisans who set it up.

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