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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்)

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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 1h
Reposting with alt-text. These aren't far left positions, folks. Democrats in particularneed to take note. @matthewjdowd.bsky.social
G Matthew Dowd @matthew.... 4h Latest WSJ poll:
"63% want to pause Al development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel"
This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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retiredandlovingit.bsky.social @retiredandlovingit.bsky.social · 1h
"I suspect — and I hope — that oil’s reputation is irrevocably ruined by Trump showing us just how stupid it is to rely on that energy source."
tamino.wordpress.com
They know not what they do
When I use measurements of something (like atmospheric CO2) to estimate its growth rate (how fast it’s increasing or decreasing), I have to choose a “time scale” on which to do so…
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 1h
Reposting with alt-text. These aren't far left positions, folks. Democrats in particularneed to take note. @matthewjdowd.bsky.social
G Matthew Dowd @matthew.... 4h Latest WSJ poll:
"63% want to pause Al development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel"
This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 15h
Daily, these people show who they are. Ghouls.
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🎃ruth boo-der yinzburgh🎃 @violetvolume.bsky.social · 17h
this man's brain is soup and we keep just letting him do stuff
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 21h
wapo.st/4dh1IIZ 100% sue the daylights out of them.
wapo.st
Renée Good’s family sues Trump officials, saying death was ‘not an accident’
The death of the mother of three sparked protests and scrutiny over how federal officers are using force against both immigrants and protesters.
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 15h
Daily, these people show who they are. Ghouls.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 20h
Well at least he likes dividends. Democrats should just call his bluff and do UBI as a universal dividend.
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 21h
wapo.st/4dh1IIZ 100% sue the daylights out of them.
wapo.st
Renée Good’s family sues Trump officials, saying death was ‘not an accident’
The death of the mother of three sparked protests and scrutiny over how federal officers are using force against both immigrants and protesters.
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OGBobbyJoshson @jawalker.bsky.social · 22h
“I’m running for president to remove power from the office,” would be an extremely powerful platform.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Trump now says "If I weren't president, Saudi Arabia wouldn't be here right now ... They'd be wiped off the face of the planet." 🙃
Yes, there were reports after the Houthi attacks that Saudi Arabia wasn't pleased that the U.S. didn't come to its defense. What's your relationship like with the Saudis right now?

Good, good. I've done a lot for Saudi Arabia. I protect Saudi Arabia. If I weren't president, Saudi Arabia wouldn't be here right now. Neither would Israel. They'd be wiped off the face of the planet. I do a lot for Saudi Arabia. My relationship with them is very good. I like the crown prince. My relationship is very good. But remember, if I weren't here, there wouldn't be a Saudi Arabia. There wouldn't be an Israel. There wouldn't be various other countries also.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
nice
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s so weird how when you tell the rest of the world to go fuck itself and fill your nation’s streets with gangs of armed, masked, and unaccountable armed thugs and terrorize people at the border…that people will decide to vacation elsewhere. Who could have guessed?
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
abolish the death penalty
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is horrendous. What a cruel practice.
theguardian.com
Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections
Christa Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
*No fiction of any genre* should be "written" by AI. How offensive of her to single out romance, too.
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
*Kentucky's* Andy Beshear
advocate.com
Andy Beshear has a message for Democrats backing away from trans rights: ‘That is not the party that we are’
"We don't throw anybody under the bus,” the Democratic Kentucky governor said.
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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A friend has Covid right now. They have lost their sense of smell and they're having cognitive problems. This hit me today, as it often does: we made, and continue to make, a huge collective mistake in allowing a virus that impacts the brain to transmit unmitigated globally.
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
*Kentucky's* Andy Beshear
advocate.com
Andy Beshear has a message for Democrats backing away from trans rights: ‘That is not the party that we are’
"We don't throw anybody under the bus,” the Democratic Kentucky governor said.
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 30/09/2026
How is this not the Onion headline
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1. DOGE dividend. 2. Tariff dividend. 3. Midterms dividend. 4. Data center dividend.
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Because the pervasive, outlandish corruption just seems to get a pass from corporate media and from voters, framing like this that's clear, makes connections, and is free from Beltway jargon seems really important.
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What he does in this clip is to explain, in straightforward terms, how Trump’s corruption (a) works and (b) how it hurts all of us. More of this from Democrats, please.
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rep Walkinshaw (D-VA): From mining deals in Kazakhstan to Russian weddings, Trump and his family are getting rich off of corruption while YOU pay more for everything
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rep Walkinshaw (D-VA): From mining deals in Kazakhstan to Russian weddings, Trump and his family are getting rich off of corruption while YOU pay more for everything
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tell them, John Grisham! “I wrote 50 books before I ever heard about Al, so I don't need it."
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Friday was the hottest day *ever recorded* for Earth's oceans, on average. Oceans continue to absorb more than 90% of the excess heat from global warming: www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti... via @sfchronicle.com
sfchronicle.com
Earth’s oceans just broke a heat record. The implications will be massive
Human-caused global warming and a strong El Niño are adding excess heat to the oceans, threatening marine life and providing storms with more energy and moisture.
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Brent C. Lambert @brentclambert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My first story set in my home of San Diego! The inspiration for this was a Twitter post I saw from a white pagan years ago who said with all seriousness “you can’t accuse me of oppression because I was a Black slave in a past life”.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026
no matter how badly donald trump loses the midterms he will never lose them as badly as he has lost canadian elections
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don't trust polls anymore but let's hope this is indicative of a real trend that holds up.
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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Photo of a book cover which features an illustration of a man and woman meditating aside a chakra map and inside a translucent pyramid which is flying over the desert. Copy and title read

It’s happening again 

WHITE PEOPLE
UP TO
NO GOOD

by John D. Nuagape
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don't trust polls anymore but let's hope this is indicative of a real trend that holds up.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
womp womp
radaronline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Bari Weiss 'Likely Out' at CBS After Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger as 'Anti-Woke' Editor Blamed for Torpedoing '60 Minutes'
Bari Weiss has been blamed for 60 Minutes' slide in viewership this season after making sweeping changes to the news network.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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OGBobbyJoshson @jawalker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The way these people devalue positions as important as hers sickens me. It’s all a game to them.
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OGBobbyJoshson @jawalker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Comically dystopian.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 29/09/2026
Tokyo marked 34 straight days of rain Tuesday, the longest run since records began in 1886, the weather agency said.
bloom.bg
Tokyo’s Longest Streak of Rain on Record Adds to Price Woes
Tokyo marked 34 straight days of rain Tuesday, the longest run since records began in 1886, the weather agency said.
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Because, if there's one thing I've learned during my Gen X lifespan as an American, it's that you cannot trust American voters. There are far too many bigoted, ignorant, brainwashed, unwise, foolish, and functionally unhinged people in this country. They are not to be trusted.
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Happy" seven months' anniversary to Trump's 3-to-6 week Iran War! Cost to consumers: $119 billion and counting iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Iran War Energy Cost Tracker
Tracks the extra cost paid by U.S. consumers for gasoline and diesel since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, compared against a no-war counterfactual baseline.
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
$65b gas, $53b diesel, $119.69b total, $913/household
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rossgraber.bsky.social @rossgraber.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lots of unaccounted for financial stress... home heating oil costs in CT are up > 75% from last year at this time - up roughly $2.75 a gallon.
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Some of the pain hasn't fully arrived. Lost or diminished crops due to reduced availability of fertilizers. Increased harvesting costs and transportation costs due to diesel. People already feel a lot of financial pressure from inflation but food looks to increase further. All avoidable...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
ICE IS ABOUT TO MAKE YOUR GROCERY BILL EVEN WORSE Cattle groups in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas say ICE raids are creating a “massive chilling effect” on legal, documented workers, disrupting meatpacking and delaying the processing of thousands of cattle. They’re reporting millions in losses.
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Bill Stewart @billstewart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And that's just road fuel costs, since it hasn't been heating oil season for most of the war. The increase in Pentagon budget to pay for it is going to be bigger, just because everything is an excuse for a higher Pentagon budget.
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Happy" seven months' anniversary to Trump's 3-to-6 week Iran War! Cost to consumers: $119 billion and counting iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Iran War Energy Cost Tracker
Tracks the extra cost paid by U.S. consumers for gasoline and diesel since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, compared against a no-war counterfactual baseline.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey New England friends. I'll be giving a talk about my book, Hot Type, at @historicnewengland.bsky.social in Haverhill, MA, then a dem of the beloved Linotype up the hill at the Museum of Printing, on Saturday, Oct. 10. It's free. Please come! Details here: my.historicnewengland.org/26403/hot-type
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Jeff Jarvis, Hot Type: The Magnificent Machine That Gave Birth to Mass Media and Drove Mark Twain Made | Historic New England
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Trump 2.0 has made extremist views acceptable. In November, candidates will run for critical federal and state-level positions who have expressed racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views. Many have been endorsed by Trump www.wired.com/story/these-...
wired.com
These Extremists Are Running for Election in November
With the threat of political violence at unprecedented levels, state and federal GOP candidates are openly sharing racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 27/09/2026
You've got to be fucking kidding me. For all the claims by progressives that The Establishment is doing everything possible to tank their candidates, it turns out that it's PROGRESSIVE groups who are holding back on helping Abdul here in Michigan??? www.axios.com/2026/09/22/s...
axios.com
Democrats prod progressives to spend for El-Sayed
"I made an appeal to all of my colleagues in caucus to give," Sen. Elissa Slotkin told Axios.
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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump has them all wearing big clown shoes.
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