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Josh Hilby

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Witticism 1. Witticism 2. Finale.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Trump has moved the ethical line" drives me crazy. It pretends there are no other actors with agency in 🇺🇸 politics or the media. You could have treated this as a nonstop five-alarm scandal & crisis for democracy. You didn't do that. You did for EMAIL & BIDEN OLD. Other choices were right there.
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An Outrage in 2019. No Problem in 2026. Trump Has Moved the Ethical Line.
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
RIP Margaret Hamilton. A real one, gone.
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Corruption.
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Which is literally ripped from the way The United Fruit Company set up (thanks CIA) a “banana republic” in Guatemala.
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neuse river hag @neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One major issue with America right now is that as long as the government is your boss you're just totally insulated from accountability for felonies you commit, even when a judge says you obviously committed them. They aren't even framed as felonies! Impunity squared. We should prosecute all of them
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Uncharacteristically, NYT editors decide they will report Trump's taunting the Iranians to "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego, but they bury it deep inside the paper.
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I need to know what prep schools this white boy went to. Because fuuuck me, this is wrong.
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Your hate only makes my vaygaynism grow STRONGER.
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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“… members of a fraternity posted vile things about her on social media… taking photos of her at her workplace on campus… She went to report it to CUPD at the encouragement of her boss... ‘They sent a male officer to take my statement. He informed me that I should be “flattered” by the posts’…”
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I eagerly look forward to many reporters FOIAing the planning documents for this stage decor and event
".@SECWAR FULL ADDRESS at the United States Air Force Academy."
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Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
new wolfenstein looks like shit
its pete hegseth splaying his arms christlike at a podium with all sorts of americana bunting thats got a distinct fash aesthetic
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You know hegseth jerks off to Man in the High Castle
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I went to the grand reopening of the African American Civil War museum this week and the timing is just right — its mission to preserve Black history is more relevant now than ever
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The African American Civil War Museum Reopens To Honor The Black Soldiers Who Changed History
The museum recently held its grand reopening in Washington’s historic U Street Corridor.
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Jeremy Kun @jeremykun.com · 29/09/2026
3rd circuit rules AI training on copyrighted material is NOT fair use. Wow! chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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BREAKING News: Third Circuit affirms summary judgment rejection of fair use defense by ROSS Intelligence in AI training
Opinion under seal for now.
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ban the fucking frats and, if you care about self-protection in the way many of us do, please avoid them katemanne.substack.com/p/ban-the-fu...
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Ban the Fucking Frats—and in the Meantime, Avoid Them
My open letter to a seventeen-year-old female college applicant
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Despite valid criticisms of where the EU is both in tech and business…there’s a gigantic opportunity here for the EU to leapfrog the Us on multiple fronts.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mess with the bull, better be ready for the horns….Fox News
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Außer Hegel….fuck….off……
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Field Trip! @democrats.org !
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We are in the “fun sock” phase of capitalist rot it seems.
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Assault? This is not a democracy.
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Charlotte Canning @cmcanning.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As Richard Hofstader said back in 1962, “communism was not the target but the weapon.”
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fuck yeah brother!
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Arnold & Dillon's Iconic Bros Handshake
ALT: Arnold & Dillon's Iconic Bros Handshake
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
We had to wait for the....NEW YORK POST to write about this. Y'all know there is so much more where this came from but journalists don't want to dig and people are terrified to speak to any journalist seeing the type of reporting they've been doing
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This LBJ movie is going to be LIT!
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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NYT confirming Haaretz's report from earlier this month: Two sources told the Times "that the Emirati leader had secretly reported to Mr. Netanyahu that Hamas was considering a major attack. The warning from the Emirati leader, however, never reached the leaders of Israel’s security establishment."
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Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7 (Gift Article)
The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials sai...
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
you guys broke watergate
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
She really is right wing Jenna Maroney
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
some pilots are part of the furry community
An illustration of the Ralph Lauren Polo bear dressed up as a pilot and standing in front of a red airplane. The text says "Polo Aviator by Ralph Lauren."
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
*white male minoritarian—-
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 24/09/2026
This is Ali Abbas, a survivor of Israel’s terrorist attack on Lebanon. He was 12 years old at the time.
Ali Abbas, a survivor of Israel’s 2024 pager terrorist attack in Lebanon, holds up UNO No Mercy cards while playing. Scarring and injuries are visible across his face, particularly around his eyes and forehead.

REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yup. It’s time to “do shit”. Instead we have Merz and Merkel imitating the scream in their blamelessness, if they did shit…we wouldn’t be here.
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@questlove.bsky.social this Earh Wind and Fire doc?!!!!!! You are taking me back to being a kid in Oakland in 1979…they were THE sound I heard in all my friends’ houses. Man. So good. The doc is just amazing. Thank you.
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Agree, with all. Was trying to be unsuccessfully witty.
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This shit is why the CDU fails in state elections and has only shock as a response. Centrist bullshit like this gets people to turn to WHOEVER is the loudest in the room about how you are being fucked by the system. And guess who that is right now?
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
who up lesson planning for Chicago culture week
barry is katrina and the waves
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I've said for years that if the average American knew how much influence 28-year-old executive branch special assistants have over policy, then the positions would require Senate confirmation. This is my theory come to life.
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Natalie Harp showed Trump coverage clips before he issued media ban | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s close aide Natalie Harp showed him clips of media coverage last week before he banned Politico, CNN and MS NOW from the White House, people familiar with the matter said.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese: "I really hope people stay calm, don't panic, and remember that the international community consists of 193 countries, and this is the time to give the United States what it has been looking for - isolation!"
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 20/09/2026
"But but but my kid our school blah blah blah" actually what you are doing is textbook white flight and it's the same loser shit as perfectly safe people who talk about moving to Canada or Europe after Democrats lose an election. progress is not a straight line. nut up and get to work.
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
AI is the largest theft of labor in history, but the case doesn't go far enough -- AI steals not only from journalists and researchers but from authors throughout history, from policymakers and legal writers, from photographers and artists in every medium.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Humbled by losses, a chastened Trump strikes a new tone. New York Times, November 5
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Please clap”
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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
holy shit, this is the whole ballgame in a single paragraph gAI systems require mass theft of copyrighted works, for the explicit purpose of replacing the market for the people they stole from, and the people in charge knew what they were doing ahead of time, and did it anyway
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Expanding the Supreme Court is a popular idea, pass it on
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oh my dear sweet multi-millionaire goin down on Ayn Rand in hell Lord….
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
underrated part of El-Sayed’s messaging strategy seems to be shaming journalists who ask dumb questions that play into right-wing frames. you can’t answer these in a way that satisfies them, but you can make it embarrassing enough that you impose a toll on asking.
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
College Football will one day be viewed like the cigarette industry.
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Josh Hilby @ilprofessore.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Liz Lemon Says 'That Is Solid'
Alt: Liz Lemon Says 'That Is Solid'
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