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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h
renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid
senator schmitt and his two idiot staffers after making a generational fuck up
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h
Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins
Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
inquirer.com
We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 26/09/2026
We could reduce US fossil-fuel pollution (climate & local air/water) ~25% by cleaning up the grid, ~25% by electrifying ground transport, and ~25% by electrifying heat (for space/water/food/many industrial processes). The last ~25% - everything else - is important but no reason not to do the 75%.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins says she delivers for Maine, but we all know the truth. Her legacy is corruption and self-service.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There's always that one cub: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You don’t change Mississippi by playing it safe. You change it by having the courage to stand up when it matters — even when the powerful don’t like it. I've always stood up for Mississippi and I'm ready to beat Cindy Hyde-Smith this November. #MississippiMatters
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As Health Director for Wayne County, we put vending machines with free Narcan and fentanyl test strips in 100 locations. We hoped to make even a small dent in offsetting the opioid epidemic that Mike Rogers made even worse by voting with the pharmaceutical industry his entire career in Congress.
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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026
"The seven transgressed boundaries are: climate change, change in biosphere integrity, land system change, freshwater change, modification of biogeochemical flows, introduction of novel entities, and ocean acidification." @pik-potsdam.bsky.social www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
pik-potsdam.de
Planetary Health Check 2026 finds mounting pressures across Earth’s life support systems
21.09.2026 – Seven breached Planetary Boundaries continue to worsen as record ocean heat, droughts, floods, wildfires and extreme heat reveal an Earth system under strain, according to the latest Plan...
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Weird for Zach Lahn to wade in here. He changed his voter registration to Iowa in Oct 2024, and his kids are growing up in another state. Lindsay James (Dem in #IA02) didn't grow up in Iowa but she moved to Dubuque in 2015, is raising kids there, and was first elected to the Iowa House in 2018.
Screenshot of post on X where Zach Lahn declares Lindsay James a carpetbagger
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Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump and Connolly looking frostyMr Burns saying "we did 20 takes and that was the best one"
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Many weirdnesses involved in this. But was talking to one guy who explained that to a great degree both OpenAI and Anthropic were started by folks whose argument was: AI will likely destroy humanity. So we need to create it so we can prevent that from happening. Paradoxical argument.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A magnificent Harry Siegel column on the city he loves so much.
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A City Forgets. Maybe It’s Supposed To.
The New York of today is a different city than the New York of 9/11.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
We talk a lot about the importance of voting but in doing so, we romanticize it, and I've come to believe that's a mistake. It's not romantic, it's not glorious, it's not an expression of your ideals or your identity. It's selecting the best outcome for the most people. That's all it is. Do that.
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"To visit Springfield now is to travel to a city being invaded and psychologically tortured by a man who my adoptive home state of Ohio gladly returned to the White House so that he could conduct his sprees of ethnic cleansing and immiseration." -- @swin24.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/trump-spri...
zeteo.com
Inside Trump’s Nightmare for Haitians in Springfield: ‘We’re Following Our Orders’
The most urgent moral test in all of Trump’s America today is happening in a small Ohio city – and we as a country are failing it miserably.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Has Mike Rogers disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ken Paxton disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Mike Collins disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Jon Husted disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Susan Collins disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ashley Moody disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ashley Hinson disavowed Elon Musk yet?
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 02/09/2026
"Gibney’s basic take on Musk is that he’s a confidence man whose power comes only from the stock market and disappears the minute we see through the facade of sales pitches"
hollywoodreporter.com
Elon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power”
He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he may also be the most dangerous.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 31/08/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: “Canadians are like the only people in the world who are going to preemptively apologize for something they didn't even do. So if you're starting a trade war with Canada, it's because you're the asshole.”
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I think we found the culprit
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I interviewed Maine's new Democratic senate candidate. He's pretty cool
prospect.org
Troy Jackson Is Looking Forward - The American Prospect
Maine’s U.S. Senate candidate poses the strongest challenge to Susan Collins of her career.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We’re somewhere between General Esposito declaring underwear must be worn on the outside and Dr. Evil’s father claiming he invented the question mark.
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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
When I become Chairman of the Oversight Committee after the November election, the Trump Crime Family is going to face accountability and justice. www.latimes.com/politics/new...
latimes.com
Commentary: 'An endless amount of corruption.' In a Democratic House, Trump would face a reckoning
Rep. Robert Garcia is poised to lead the investigative Oversight Committee. The Long Beach Democrat has a robust agenda and long list of people to hold to account.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 27/08/2026
The media sees an existential election and asks, “But who had the better week?”
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ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Have seen a lot of mentions of Jolene and 9-5, but my personal Dolly fave is Down from Dover www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecPC...
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Down from Dover
YouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic
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Norah Woodsey @norahwoodsey.com · 26/08/2026
They lit up the Empire State sparkling pink at 9:25 for Dolly
View of the Empire State Building, obscured by some buildings, as seen from Brooklyn. It is pink.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton was a supporter of Willa B. Farms, an animal rescue in Old Hickory, TN. I hope you will consider a donation in her memory. 💔 www.willabfarms.com/donate
Photo from the 1970s of the most radiant and wonderful Dolly Parton, smiling brilliantly and holding a tiny orange tabby kitten up to her cheek.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
One thing Ossoff is showing that you can hold pretty normie Dem positions but still campaign like you can read the room and understand the high stakes of this election. People are incredulous and angry at what’s happening, maybe common ground is a necessity later but nobody wants to hear that now.
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Trump has threatened to sue the left-leaning @americanprogress.bsky.social (CAP) and its donors over a study it published questioning the benefits of his National Guard deployment. I'm proud that Cato's president is speaking out against this act of intimidation. "We stand with CAP." /1
Cato Institute graphic with text "Disagreements on matters of policy should be settled through open inquiry, evidence, and debate -- not threats designed to silence criticism. We stand with CAP in defending the fundamental American principle of free speech." -- Peter Goettler President and CEO Cato Institute with picture of Goettler
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
NYT: “.. Slaughtering wild horses is illegal, but the [Bureau of Land Management’s] actions create a loophole that enables people to get mustangs on the cheap and then quickly resell them to be exported alive, processed into cuts of meat and sold abroad.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22/08/2026
everyone needs a couple solar panels and a battery power station. it would be cool for DSA or somebody to do fundraising for this
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EC @prairiecrab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Sounds like someone recently took a large position in the Argentine beef commodities market.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 21/08/2026
“Any politician who is not speaking about the role of Silicon Valley fascism in the destruction of our democracy is not someone who can be trusted.” Read “Silicon Valley’s Most Dangerous Innovation,” my interview with @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/silicon-vall...
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Silicon Valley’s Most Dangerous Innovation
Author Gil Durán says the rise of ‘tech fascism’ is putting our democracy in peril – and asks us to imagine a world without billionaires.
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Nick Baumann @nickbaumann.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"If governments lose their ability to draw hard lines on the behavior of corporations—if corps become so powerful that govts are no longer able to tell them what to do—then corporations become the supreme power on earth," writes @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social: www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/corporate-...
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Corporate Power Approaches Escape Velocity
A failed Tesla strike in Sweden is a flashing warning light.
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I am physically sick struggling to explain this Natalie business to my son’s Bayler & Kryss. They saw Bret Ratner’s superb “Melania” doc opening night with friends & have been inspired for years by the First Couple’s enduring love. Is it all a lie??? What do I do?? @support
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ishkabibliophile.bsky.social @ishkabibliophile.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Finally watched Toni Erdmann a few weeks back (and glad I did so as it's no longer on Hulu.) and I just realized that Sandra Huller did not even get an Oscar nom for best actress??? She gives one of the best 5-6 performances of the entire 21st century!! Sigh....... Oh, it's also an amazing film
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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Administration is acting like this is a story that’s a million times worse than anyone knows and wants it shut down immediately
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James in Brooklyn @jamesinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I had relatives who were marked with numbers like this too
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
cool we finally discovered what the military equivalent of bankrupting a casino is
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Marie Follayttar @mariefollayttar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A canvasser for @SenatorCollins campaign has threatened to call ICE on @therealsjames a prominent Maine black man. Is Susan sending canvassers to target and harass our community? Mainers deserve to know & Samuel James deserves an immediate apology and assurances that ICE 1/2
A door knocker for susan Collins just threatened to call ice on me. 

Samuel james.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: two raccoons are sitting at a table with a bunch of podcast recording equipment. Raccoon one says into the microphone, “you gotta cut the negativity out of your life.” Panel 2: raccoon replies, “facts” Panel 3: raccoon 1 continues with his hands clasped together to capture the sincerity of his monologue, “that way you have more time to eat garbage.” Raccoon 2 contributes, “that’s facts”
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Artemus Knab 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @artemusknab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
You can't predict the turns this sentence takes. Extreme heat is threatening Italy’s “cheese banks,” where hundreds of thousands of Parmigiano-Reggiano wheels are stored as loan collateral. fortune.com/2026/08/10/i...
fortune.com
Italy's $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the heat as climate change threatens its cheese banks that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral | Fortune
Extreme heat is straining the vaults that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral, and economists say the damage runs wider than the vault
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Richard Nixon was never arrested for his crimes, but his Attorney General John Mitchell was—for helping Nixon cover them up. Have fun with the next administration, Todd Blanche!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Eerily similar to the verbiage on the Access Hollywood tape, except instead of bragging about assaulting women he’s talking about pilfering historical artifacts, most of which we will likely never see again.
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𝙾𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙰 🤍 🇲🇽 𝟺𝚃𝙷 𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙽𝚂𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝙴𝚁 @olivia4t.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
❌ 🆘 A group of females went to the Capitol and brought pictures of all the people that have lost their lives by the hands of #ÏCE. They were immediately put in handcuffs and arrested even though they were there being peaceful exercising their second amendment right to free speech.‼️
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/08/2026
jesusfuckingchrist
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Oregon senators warn prediction markets allowing betting on wildfires could incentivize arson
A public report urges the CFTC to ban prediction market contracts on destructive wildfires, raising concerns over public safety and potential arson.
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