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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It will matter whether Democrats demonstrate that the mess they will soon take over was premeditated and not merely an unfortunate consequence of incompetence. Right?

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 01/10/2026

Hey California: vote NO on Prop 39. It’s a Republican Trojan Horse bill intended to disenfranchise millions of voters, with costly and unnecessary barriers to voting. Don’t let these bastards do this.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

AI polls can lean on racial or partisan stereotypes, a new @pewresearch.org study shows. An experimental AI poll found that 97% of Hispanic adults in the US were likely to follow the World Cup. The actual figure – based on human respondents – was 43%. www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...

Screenshot of a September 2026 Pew Research Center study about AI polls. The study shows that AI polls can take attitudes that are reasonably common among certain demographic and partisan subgroups and portray them as nearly ubiquitous.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Every day that Democrats fail to mount a 25th Amendment prosecution in the news media is a day wasted.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"For decades, we've provided election coverage that's based on in-depth political reporting by an experienced team of journalists backed by commentary from political leaders. But now we're throwing that aside so we can tell you what some of the most irredeemable uninformed gamblers are guessing."

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He will not stop until Congress consists of 535 Democrats

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is a cry for a hearing test. Good grief.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How the fuck does any Republican stay within 50 points of any Democrat in Minnesota after all they've endured? I truly do not get this at all

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Worth noting that Ravi Ruia, the Indian billionaire behind the Iowa steel plant Trump touted yesterday as bringing back American industry, has massive funding from Russian state companies. Here he is on the Kremlin website talking with Putin about it. en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/59216

Ravi Ruia: Your Excellency, friends here. My name is Ravi Ruia, I am the co-founder of the Essar Group in India, along with my brother Shashi Ruia. Your Excellency, we are involved with Essar Group in different businesses. We are in the oil refining and exploration business, in spill manufacturing, power generation, port infrastructure, metals and mining. Our total revenues are around $15 billion a year. Your Excellency, in the last two years, with active cooperation and assistance of VTB Bank, we have been instrumental in bringing in a large investment from the state-owned oil company Rosneft into India, which has given access to Russia to a very large market in India of over 1.25 billion people. It is a total investment of almost $13 billion, which is the largest investment ever made by a Russian private company into the Indian private sector.
And it has given a big, major outlet for potentially Russian crude into India and access to over 4,000 to 5,000 filling gas stations in India where our product will be directly given to Indian consumers. Your Excellency, we are also looking at how else we can bring in more Russian investment into India, which would add to the growth of both Indian market and access to Indian population as well as add to Russian export. For instance, in the power generation sector, India genuinely believes that there is large potential for Russian power equipment to come into India as the Indian power generation is growing. This is the background of our group.
We are now looking at, Your Excellency. My question to you, Your Excellency, is the economic growth in India is at 1.5 percent. And now that the oil price has recovered, what measures do you envisage to take it to a sustainable high level of 3 percent? Thank you.

Andrei Kostin: Do you mean in Russia?
Ravi Ruia: Yes, in Russia.
Vladimir Putin: First of all, I would like to say that we have really good constructive relations with India, thanks also to our friendly personal ties with Prime Minister Modi, who is a serious politician and a really reliable partner.
It is largely thanks to his efforts that we are moving our relations forward in many fields. Yet we are not satisfied with the current state of our relations. It is beyond the capabilities of both India and Russia. We can increase the volume of our trade and economic ties and mutual
investments manifold, yes, many times over.
One of the investment projects you have mentioned is, indeed, the largest foreign investment in the history of the Indian economy - the acquisition by Rosneft, if l am not mistaken, of a stake worth $12 billion in one of India's largest oil refineries. I hope it is not the last investment of this kind.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It cannot be said any more clearly. Trump should have been arrested on January 20, 2021, and held without bail. Trump should be arrested now, or at least on January 20, 2029, if a Democrat wins. Let the justice system go to work. And if SCOTUS frees him, send him to prison in New York.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm pondering how far back in the history of the party one has to reach to find a nominee comparable to Rahm. The modern primary system has never produced one IMO

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's evident to me that Google has switched to AI-based spam filtering for Gmail -- it basically doesn't work anymore. Even after I submit multiple spam reports, I keep getting messages for the same life insurance scam. The enshittification of everything continues apace.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New rule: My text messages are reserved for personal use. If your campaign contacts me by text message, I will not donate to your campaign that day. Period. Go fight the good fight. My money will find you if you do.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Every day the Democrats fail to mount a 25th Amendment prosecution in the news media is a day wasted

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Football hypothetical: ball carrier appears to cross the plane of the goal line, prompting a whistle before the runner is down. The runner then gives ground for an instant before entering the end zone unambiguously. Replay shows the TD call was incorrect and the whistle premature. What now?

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Cheers to the great neighborhood pizza joint, not fast, not cheap, but damn, when you bite into that pie it's a moment of comfort zen. The TCU location of Mama's Pizza is that joint for me, and tonight they really brought it

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Trilemma @trilemma.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Welfare queens

The Republican Congress has not worked enough days on 2026 to qualify for SNAP, just in case you were curious who is actually sponging off our tax dollars.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Democrat who promises to reclaim our public money from the Trump crime family wins my vote.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's Friday. I'm not going to waste it arguing with the ignorant.

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Dylan Wilbanks is not a Halloween person @dylanw.social · 25/09/2026

Democrats: All these leftists on Bluesky only represent a fifth of the party, we're not going to pay attention to them Also Democrats: What can we do to appeal to the 18% of Americans that strongly approve of Trump

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Postcard" is about 39 minutes into this (though the whole thing is a pleasure to Tupelo fans) and, well, shit, did Jeff or Jay ever do anything this great on their own? Maybe, but this gets me by the gut in a way Wilco never has. (Son Volt... maybe.) youtu.be/rO1s9-Ge1Cs?...

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Uncle Tupelo- Jake's, Bloomington In 11/10/92 xfer from Hi8 Master Videotape w/DAT Audio Live Tweedy

YouTube video by 3.Cameras.and.a.Microphone

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Those who possess charisma, use it. Those who don't often follow.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Unpopular opinions of mine, TV edition: 1. Widow's Bay, while featuring tremendous acting, isn't that great. The premise is contrived and very little of the comedy ever lands. 2. The Pitt isn't great, either. It's a hospital procedural melded into a one-day "24" style narrative. Fun, forgettable.

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Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Was Desert Storm the last US military adventure where we actually had a clearly articulated win condition? We were gonna shoot at Iraqi troops until Saddam pulled them all out of Kuwait. We did, he did, and then the war was over. Everything since then has been open ended quagmires.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Not sure why replies are restricted, but the answer is to govern with energy, to seize the political initiative and never give it back until it's taken from us at the polls. Be the party of action, get tangible reforms done. The traditional finger-in-the-wind method dampens all enthusiasm.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Have I mentioned the need to demand a 25th Amendment remedy?

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

He's got his eyes on the next FIFA Peace Prize

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is going to become a thing. I'm very tempted.

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Mira @thefreeradical.org · 21/09/2026

update - the guy in question is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, he's 29. he called his wife screaming in pain after he got shot. he has done literally no crime. www.npr.org/2026/09/20/n...

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Federal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, Texas

The person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference.

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Mira @thefreeradical.org · 21/09/2026

yall, ICE shot *someone else* in austin, TX today. the guy in question is still alive but has serious wounds do not let this go silent or ignored. people already stopped talking about lorenzo araujo's murder, do not forget what ICE is doing as it murders and assaults innocent people

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ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, officials say

Local authorities say a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer has shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, where anti-ICE protesters gathered at the scene.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

AI makes me question the entire premise of technology, which begins with the notion that humans are served best by machines which can do the most. But is that really true? For example, do we really want our food chain managed by machines that have no stake in the outcome?

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Simultaneously "fueled by West Texas oil money" and "populist," all in one headline. We have a literacy crisis in our newsrooms

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What will Greg Abbott do to keep these gangs of murderous thugs off our streets?

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Trans folk willing to sell out their own, along with everyone else, because they often don't get the Dem nominee that they want? Scabs. This is life and death and they want style points. Fuck that, and fuck them.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Oh, I will be busy blocking fascist apologists tonight

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My younger son's birthday falls about a month after mine. Every year, I add another tally to my age and wax philosophical at any age ending in 0. Then, one month later, I freak completely out that my younger one is... 23 today. I expect to age, but I don't care for it at all for my sons.

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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What pisses me off about the Abdul El-Sayed discourse is that he is treated as a radical, despite being an extremely normal progressive. There is little meaningful differences between him & Elizabeth Warren on policy, but because he’s Muslim, Abdul is treated as if he’s DSA.

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Replacements’ “Tim” was released on this date in 1985.

Colored-pencil card drawing of Paul Westerberg

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Every day the Democrats fall to mount a 25th Amendment prosecution in the news media is a day wasted.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tasteless, irresponsible and depraved. Two thumbs up!

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Every day the Democrats decline to mount a 25th Amendment prosecution in the news media is a day wasted. Trump is non compos mentis. We all know this. It's time to confront it.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I remember trolling for freshmen on USENET by spelling it, "dumn." This feels full circle somehow

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Shorter Star-Telegram: Violence against women *is* funny!

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Every day that Democrats fail to mount a 25th Amendment prosecution in the news media is a day wasted.

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Chris Bellomy @iconoplasty.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One day, Texas Democrats will nominate someone who can win both a statewide election and the affection of every contributor to Bluesky. I'll be dead by then. But I hope we at least get the first half of that deal first

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