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Jason Novotny

@jnovotny.bsky.social
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UC Berkeley / Former US govt (NASA, NSF, DOE) supercomputing geek and hater of fascist kleptocracies

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
QUESTION: What’s going on with Susan Collins and the bribery scandal? But explain it to me like I’m five. ANSWER: Here you go 👇🏽
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends.
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Proof that an otherwise smart and motivated startup guy can go on to become massive dick lacking any empathy. We have got to remove the billionaire/Epstein class
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I’ll repeat, history will remember immoral cowardly parasite Lindsey Graham as an insurrectionist who did everything he could in elected public office to help a vile deranged treasonous rapist felon commit election fraud and sedition against the United States. That’s his legacy.
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Good riddance to bad rubbish.. never quite understood what value he brought to the Times anyway www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...
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Ross Douthat Joins ‘60 Minutes’ as a Correspondent
Mr. Douthat, an opinion columnist at The New York Times, will join the CBS News program, along with several other journalists.
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This is so batshsit crazy, at first I thought it was the Onion www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/u...
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A Look Inside the Welcome Bags Planned for White South African Refugees
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Trump's America, just rob a bunch of retirees and pay off a sleazebag priest to gain clemency www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/u...
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Trump Administration Shuttered a Criminal Probe Into Fraudster’s Clemency
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 16/06/2026
"The mere existence of trillionaires is a major political and economic problem, probably the defining issue of our time," writes @gabrielzucman.bsky.social. "When the power of wealth is wielded by sociopaths, the consequences are a matter of life and death."
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The era of trillionaires will be dire for democracy. Here is how we can fight back | Gabriel Zucman
There is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/06/2026
This is very dangerous: voter registration group being treated as criminal www.ms.now/news/ohio-pr...
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FBI raids Ohio voting rights organization
Sources tell MS NOW that agents also fanned out across the state, showing up at staff members’ homes.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The Ellisons now own TikTok, Paramount, Warner Bros, CBS News, HBO, Comedy Central, and CNN, among other major channels. They are also the largest private donor to "Friends of the IDF." They also paid $7 billion for streaming rights to UFC, which is hosting an event at the White House.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/06/2026
It's hard to be excited about the Artemis III mission announcements when the CEO of the company making one of the mission's rockets has spent his week inciting racial violence via his personal social media platform.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
A proposed Trump policy would put Russ Vought in charge of American science. Its an example of the slow creep of politicization into processes that both parties traditionally understood as needing nonpartisan and expert guidance. What can you do about it? 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-creep-...
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The Creep of Politicization
A new assault on science highlights a broader pattern
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A crazy story, but what is the CIA doing with 40 million in gold bars?!? And how much more is tucked away? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Former senior CIA official accused of stealing $40m in gold bars from agency
David Rush’s trial for allegedly taking 303 gold bars and $2m in foreign currency from agency was pushed to next week
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Becoming a full blown dictatorship
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Opinion | The Damage of ‘Trump Math’ Is Adding Up
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
“I didn’t vote for THIS,” say the manosphere podcasters who simply had no way of knowing that Trump would lie about being a populist to get into office and then govern like a autocratic lunatic once in power, other than the fact that he did it for 4 entire years before that.
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Worth noting again that everything RFK Jr. does and every death and illness that he causes is 100% the responsibility of Bill Cassidy, who knew exactly who he was voting for and why he was nominated
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
most of the time I think he’s at least really committed to fascism. but there’s just a lot of evidence he’s bored as fuck and they keep coming up with these little projects for him. I mean it’s important for elderly people to stay active.
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 30/10/2025
Minnesota looks good on this map of Obamacare price hikes post-subsidy expiration … until you realize “good” means a $12,000-$17,999 annual increase, not a $28,000-$49,000. www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
U.S. Map showing Minnesota among a handful of states in the $12,000-$17,999 tier with 40+ states showing bigger increases up to $49,000.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I don't want to add to your stress, but I share these videos because it's vital that everyone understand the threat we face. We need to make sure everyone knows & pushes back. What can we do? A. VOTE B. VOLUNTEER(It's empowering) C. SHARE/SPEAK OUT D. CALL CONGRESS at 202-224-3121 #ICELawlessness
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
"People can say they don’t want you here,” the judge said. “They can say they don’t like the way you’re enforcing the law and that they wish you would leave Chicago and take your agents with you.” Keep it up, Chicago. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/j...
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‘Not how any of us want to live’: Judge orders Border Patrol boss Bovino to court daily to report use of force
A visibly displeased federal judge Tuesday ordered Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino to start coming to court every day to detail any confrontations his immigration enforcement officers have had w…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions. These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water. AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.
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World's 10 richest people are $500 billion wealthier this year thanks to the AI boom
The 10 wealthiest people on the planet are jointly worth around $2.5 trillion, as AI buzz has boosted tech stocks such a
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NPR @npr.org · 28/10/2025
The designation would have, as one domestic terrorism expert told NPR, a "cascading effect across civil society, including social media organizations, civic organizations and everything in between." n.pr/4o55SXy
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As Trump talks of designating antifa a foreign terrorist group, experts see danger
The designation would have, as one domestic terrorism expert told NPR, a "cascading effect across civil society, including social media organizations, civic organizations and everything in between."
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
To Steinbaugh, who has litigated First Amendment violations all over the country, Bushart’s case stands out. “One thing that’s unique about it is that nobody has done a course correction here,” he said. “This guy’s been incarcerated since this happened over quoting the president.”
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The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme
Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Living thru the new casino economy
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Opinion | It Is Trump’s Casino Economy Now. You’ll Probably Lose.
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
"Crypto is the most successful libertarian project in American history.... Crypto has become a machine for transferring control and wealth from the many to the few, a bribery-as-a-service platform for buying and selling influence among authoritarian oligarchs."
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Opinion | How a Fringe Movement of Gun Nuts, Backwoodsmen and Free Marketers Paved the Way for Autocracy
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
At what point when you’re paying troops with your own private money do they not just become mercenaries
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Look if this rich disgusting fucker can pay 100 million for the military why can't he pay 100 miliion for SNAP benefits?
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Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/10/2025
Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This is very good
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Kevin 👽 @astro-kevin.com · 22/10/2025
"How would you describe the impact these departures are having on NASA?" "Cataclysmic. Stage five hurricane."
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4,000 gone: Inside NASA’s brain drain
In exclusive interviews, ex-NASA scientists speak out on the impact of the agency's mass departures.
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I'm not optimistic there will be anymore fair elections
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Trump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
We've entered a new Dark Ages of Stupidity
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Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/10/2025
NEW: Trump is going to steal $230M in taxpayer dollars by having his DOJ pay him a settlement for his legal trouble. Watch. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
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Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/10/2025
Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Sums up the stupidity of the times we're living in
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Opinion | Trump Posted a Video of Himself Dumping Excrement on Our Cities. It’s a Glimpse of His Deepest Drives.
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
While the United States has invested heavily in militarizing the police and deporting immigrants, China is taking the lead on science and research.
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Opinion | Trump’s Crackdown on Chinese Students Ignores a Startling New Reality
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I'm grateful to @60minutes.bsky.social featuring our study published @justsecurity.org. Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
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The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation
Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19/10/2025
Historians of the future: Rest assured, millions of us know all this in real time. We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends. trib.al/0islLh9
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
I wrote about the "Kavanaugh stop" newrepublic.com/post/201888/...
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The Infamy of the “Kavanaugh Stop”
The court’s majority typically doesn’t disclose their reasoning on shadow docket cases. Here’s one instance where a justice may regret speaking their mind.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
"The Supreme Court Case That Could End Free and Fair Elections" As Trump pressures states to redraw electoral maps to favor Republicans, the nation's far-right justices appear poised to weaken the Voting Rights Act and silence American minority voters:
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The Supreme Court Case That Could End Free and Fair Elections
As Trump pressures states to redraw electoral maps to favor Republicans, the nation's far-right justices appear poised to weaken the Voting Rights Act and silence the voters it was meant to protect.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Block list for Trump regime government accounts. How to Dismantle a Dictatorship, Step 4: Block validation. #3E bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/10/2025
Jeffries: "You've got Leavitt, who's sick, she's out of control. I'm not sure if she's just demented, ignorant, a stone cold liar, or all of the above. But the notion that an official WH spokesperson would say that the D Party consists of 'terrorists, violent criminals & undocumented immigrants'..."
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
And on the 4th day God gave Lyin' Leavitt stage 4 colorectal cancer.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/10/2025
Sunny Hostin to Cheryl Hines: "The problem is that your husband is the least qualified HHS head that we've had in history. I think that's very dangerous. He has spread a lot of misinformation, chaos, and confusion."
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Jason Novotny @jnovotny.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
As another American who left for Europe, I whole heartedly agree
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor.
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Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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