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Michigan Democrats @michigandems.bsky.social · 11h

WATCH: A reporter pressed Mike Rogers on why he called Michiganders "nuts" for worrying about rising costs, asking "Do you need to provide an explanation about why you were wrong on tariffs, why you were wrong about what was going to happen with prices?" He didn't respond well.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 16h

I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?

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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections

America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's even worse - he used to say his family escaped Castro, but then it was revealed his family fled the US-supported Fulgencio Batista. Now that it's advantageous to be a Western supremacist, he's pushing aside Cuban and going with Spanish.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Justine Musk and Ashley St. Clair are my heroes. Thanks to my mutual since before that word existed, the great @melissaryan.bsky.social, for letting me go off on a subject of utmost importance: The Democratic Party needs to be as brave as the women of Musk.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/10/2026

This is right. The issue is that LLMs are at best a $50 billion/year revenue type business and they've invested in it like it's going to be $500 billion/year in revenue or more. The mismatch is potentially trillions in capex overspend which is enough to cause a deep recession when the bubble pops.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026

come 2028 vance will be cutting ads specifically denouncing his in-laws for coming to the united states

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Congrats again to the New York Times on its long form journalism

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The "SI" thing is was intended to provoke this exact sort of sniveling response from the courtiers, to train the oligarchs to humiliate themselves for Trump so they'll do it again later when it really matters.

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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 07/10/2026

Seriously though this is why LLMs aren't sentient

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Matt S @mattsouva.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

FOLKS: this past weekend, I took a mini-vacation road trip Up North & into the Upper Peninsula! Absolutely elite leaf-peepin' situation, tbh. Pretty much *everywhere* is aglow in reds, greens, and yellows. Here are some highlight pictures from the journey. Good job out there nature-ing, Michigan.

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

-Who is the woman in red? -What demon or alien has possessed her body? -Does anyone else in the room find this weird?

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's a doubly infuriating dynamic because Republicans called out Piker as if he mattered. Democrats have decided, for the second straight election, to let Musk's hundreds of millions and the flurry of Nazi hate at trans people pass by as if it's not worthy of comment.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The thing politically active college students are taught is that you can get paid on one side for doing what the other side does out of conviction

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The restaurant is not closed - we just don’t serve food anymore

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

imagine if the mainstream media covered Republicans' number one donor — the biggest political donor in US history! — and his controversial views with as much scrutiny as they covered Hasan Piker's

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The federal government is lying to you. And we have the receipts. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

They will have to invent books after stealing our books to feed their machines that then killed books.

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is a classic Voughtism: we have not eliminated the program - it still exists. It is just not distributing any resources.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

People forget that J6 was successful. Everyone who participated was let out of jail and the guy who perpetrated it is President again. There were no consequences. They have plenty of incentive to do a much bigger and worse version.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I grew up in an era where comics gave you shit if you did a Doritos commercial. I'll never get over them licking the ass-tonsils of a trillionaire.

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J.J. @jjfromkansas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There is no constitutional protection against being called a bigot and there should not be. Your liberty is not impinged upon because you might be made to hear criticism of you for having a problem with others having equal rights. What Alito wants is legal protection from growing a conscience.

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

can’t think of a better example of AI being mostly a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist also it can’t help when this is your user base

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@nic_carter
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this is about me and i'm not sorry! i don't have time
to autistically read forums and random team news
or whatever.
i'm sure spending hours and hours running your
fantasy team is a good ROI if you're unemployed but
some of us have jobs
also my team is stacked so that's another point in
the Al column

Andrew Weiner • @DickeyNate • 18h
What's the point if playing fantasy football if
you're just going to automate it

nic carter
@nic_carter • 17h
there's no point to fantasy football, it's grown ass
men pretending to draft NFL players

OpenWindowManiac @Cit_rusK •17h
Then just don't do it?

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social obligation
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

20 years ago today, #BattlestarGalactica aired Occupation & Precipice, Emmy-nominated episodes that kicked off its S3 New Caprica arc. I've posted a long 2006 #BSG interview with Ron Moore in honor of that anniversary. Some mo' New Caprica intel embedded within 👀🚀 www.moryan.com/battlestar-g...

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Battlestar Galactica Rewind: Ron Moore Talks 'Occupation,' 'Precipice' and the politically charged New Caprica arc

A 2006 interview with Battlestar Galactica executive producer Ron Moore, who talks about the drama's acclaimed New Caprica arc and much more.

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J.J. @jjfromkansas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The combined population in the Greater Los Angeles Statistical Area and of the San Diego Metropolitan area is roughly equal to three average US states or the bottom 17 states for population (including Kansas)

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"One conservative commentator said “the website represents one of the more compelling partnerships between MAGA and Silicon Valley — not least because bureaucracy is nowhere to be seen.” Yes, that’s sort of the problem: you actually need to deal with the bureaucracy to make the services work."

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is a question that answers itself.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

this is all a joke to them because far-right conservatives think that rape is good, and that high status men should be entitled to rape any women around them who are not also already attached to other high-status men. this is their actual ideology

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The Verge @theverge.com · 06/10/2026

Tech companies with new AI hardware want you to agree that always-listening, often-recapping devices don’t count as recording. Read more from @vicmsong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/column/10056...

Verge headline: We can't just change the definition of 'recording'
by Victoria Song

Photo of Meta smart glasses

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Rachel Vorona Cote @rvoronacote.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Master class in headline writing:

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drb-3-25.bsky.social @drb-3-25.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Must read: “We must end the influence of private money in American politics. That is the toxin that killed American democracy. That is the poison that has a generation of Americans questioning whether they believe in capitalism in any form.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026

one funny thing about Alito is he is constantly fuming over his critics. just a big blubbering baby.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Article 1 is Congress. The presidency comes second, in Article 2, and explicitly requires the president to faithfully execute the law as passed by Congress. But that structure implies that the president can break laws without consequence. Or, well, at least this one can. -Sam Alito, paraphrased

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026

I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.

The Trump administration says none of this is happening.

"DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake." "There are no 'indiscriminate' stops." Allegations of "racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE." "The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force." "ICE does not zip tie or restrain children."

But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One of these was literally a Trump 2024 campaign ad. The only difference is that it now says "paid for by the US government"

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 05/10/2026

If I learned anything from Chuck E. Cheese, it's that anything that runs on tokens is bullshit that is ripping you off

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Michigan Democrats @michigandems.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“I don’t see any ‘red’ folks here. Frankly, I don’t see any ‘blue’ folk here either...I see folks who are sick and tired of having to worry about how they’re going to afford next month’s rent." - @AbdulElSayed.bsky.social michiganadvance.com/2026/10/04/d...

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Democrats target Macomb County with a first-ever joint town hall featuring El-Sayed, Slotkin • Michigan Advance

The importance of Macomb County to Michigan Democrats’ 2026 playbook was on full display Saturday as U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin joined U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed for a joint town hall event…

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Slotkin is trying to make Abdul's candidacy and success not look like, in part, a backlash against her leaning into the right, and that's pretty smart. She's good at politics! You have to be to win in Michigan.

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I periodically ask myself, Is Social Media Driving Me Crazy, And How, Specifically. I have made efforts to spend more time in the physical world in various ways, and I have found that helps me answer the question

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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 05/10/2026

You see, the benevolent dictator is more efficient, but only if he acts in my interests. What happens then, when there is a benevolent dictator who acts on behalf of others and brings harm to me? How do we prevent that? Oh, I guess you haven't read that far yet.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026

Exactly this. And in fact, many models *have* been created this way, and decades of prior machine learning systems *were* created this way, consensually. These things are choices! People are STILL working this way! It’s not just that a better world is possible — it already EXISTS. We can nurture it.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There is more to drop on this story. What the Times does not mention is that Salus, the company that got an almost $1 billion no bid contract was also telling other contractors it could secure them govt contracts - if they were willing to hand tens of millions to her boyfriend, Corey Lewandowski.

Marketing firms were told they were guaranteed a contract, but they just needed to hire a consulting firm who could serve as a pass-through to paying Lewandowski. The consulting firm would get half or more of the contract. The company that was acting as a middleman here, telling the marketing firms they had to pay Lewandowski, was Salus. This is one of the companies owned by the Noem donor William Walters.

Sounds complicated, right? In simple terms, Noem gave almost $1 billion dollars in no-bid contracts to a company that then became a middleman for others selling services to government. That company told contractors they had to pay Noem’s boyfriend an extraordinary amount of money if they wanted to receive a government contract. It seems reasonable to assume that some of the inflated costs of these contracts returned to Lewandowski.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability

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Nathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Look either I've been right from the beginning and this is our future or I'm wrong and we're doomed. But I choose not to be a passive bystander in all of it, and I hope each and every one of you chooses the same path.

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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 05/10/2026

Was just confronted with a Simpson ad where Homer calls Hans Moleman a “Boomer” and my brain was like “but Homer is a Boomer!” and I guess this is what happens when your main character is 39 years old for 38 straight seasons.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

More Democrats need to be telling the online casino owners behind Polymarket to shut the fuck up

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