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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 4h
they did the thing
an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The simple answer, btw, is to pick a couple high-profile targets and destroy them. And the painfully obvious two to start with are (1) Elon's companies and (2) Oracle. The Oracle Corporation is one of the worst rent-seekers in the US. And Elon's just committing crimes left and right.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
what an asshole
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/10/2026
Remarkable: an industry that is dying because it can't compete in the market writes a Republican president, asking him to keep the industry alive by brute force, and he says, ok. What would it take for the GOP to lose its reputation as the "free market" party? Seriously, what would it take?
nytimes.com
The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.
In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
you can’t really rebuild the same thing in terms of diminished state capacity but it’s not a monotonous decline, you can build something else that does a similar thing or the same thing and it can do it better whether or not we specifically are capable of that in a few years, tbd
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026
this is very funny
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McDaragh @mcdaragh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In addition to the direct harm, this is also blatantly unconstitutional. Of course, the NYT refers to this act of dictatorial lawlessness as "creative ways to work around Congress."
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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
SCOTUS says, without explanation, that it is fine to kill people while a legal challenge to their killing is still pending, because reasons.
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William Snyder @profsnyder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Beyond parody.
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's astonishing just how committed this SCOTUS is to burning its own institutional legitimacy to the ground.
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This isn't a court at all. They're literally not even reading the fucking briefs before making "decisions".
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026
I love this paper so much. If I had my way every single journalist, pundit, analyst, and politician in the US would read it & then read it again. I want to quote all of it. www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...
frontiersin.org
Frontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism
"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i...
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 26/09/2026
It's almost as if an attempt to suppress certain speech leads to more people being aware of it. Someone should coin a phrase that encapsulates that phenomenon.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Your regular reminder this morning that adding a few seats to SCOTUS is the <baseline minimum> "moderate" position at this point. Other, more serious positions are readily available:
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That's a headline for you cmarmitage.substack.com/p/big-balls-...
cmarmitage.substack.com
Big Balls Now Exposed to Serious Criminal Charges in at Least Six States
Fired at 17 for leaking secrets. Served a cybercrime ring. Named by the Social Security whistleblower. Now the government's model employee.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
just a quick reminder that this fuckhead was the proximate trigger for thousands of National Guardsmen being deployed to DC
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 26/09/2026
Yes, yes, I'm sure that will stop all interest in the film.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Go on. Keep proving the point of the documentary, fellas.
apple.news
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for 'Musk' (Exclusive) — The Hollywood Reporter
The Alex Gibney doc has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. Its U.S. distributor is appealing.
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
People who kind of but not fully pay attention to US politics may not appreciate that there is barely a political echelon of government anymore
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Is it good when the financial press is talking about imminent catastrophe? It’s good, right?
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW: A federal judge ordered the White House to immediately restore hard passes for POLITICO, CNN and MSNOW, saying President Trump's ban punished "routine" reporting and the WH provided zero evidence for its national security claims. w @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Judge restores White House access for POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the return of press credentials President Donald Trump had revoked.
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Josh @josh.galaxyrise.org · 23/09/2026
jfc
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026
I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
nytimes.com
Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
really feels like the bottom has completely fallen out for republicans over the past couple weeks
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sorry Piedmont, you’re now covered by the Oakland Unified School District. (Piedmont itself should get annexed by Oakland, but that’s another story.)
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
oh cool. new state news service launches.
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
evanstonnow.com
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026
ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.
statesman.com
Attorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash delivery
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody.
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Josh @josh.galaxyrise.org · 20/09/2026
Extremely disheartening that I get the reference. Questioning my life choices.
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You could run these sorts of calculations for every moment of conflict in every war man ever started (and you should) and what you'd find is a second war running beneath the first one, fought entirely by civilians, against an enemy that has no name.
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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Who knows, man
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 18/09/2026
one of my brain genius ideas for getting a grip on the AI sex and doom cult culture that’s been building in (primarily) silicon valley is, legitimately, ending dual class shares and strengthening regulations about corporate board duties and responsibilities
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!!
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/09/2026
We're in the midst of an illegal war that's costing Americans $1 billion a day. Gas is over $4/gallon. AI companies are warning of threats to humanity. And the President is trying to demolish the Kennedy Center because he can't put his name on it. Sums up the Trump era.
washingtonpost.com
Judge says Trump’s board may not demolish Kennedy Center without warning
Rep. Joyce Beatty asked a federal judge to clarify that the center cannot be torn down after images surfaced of the president reviewing what appeared to be a printout related to the institution.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
gizmodo.com
71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Once again, this was how the Economist characterized the American economy on Election Day in 2024. We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/09/2026
Kinda wild that Trump dismisses his long history of close ties with Putin's regime as a "Russia hoax" and just ... gets away with it.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
NEW: Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses at Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, including renting out a private island and paying for the fireworks show.
propublica.org
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026
pleasant surprise. i would like to read whatever deranged dissent alito and thomas have written. i’m sure it will be some version of “MAIL FRAUD IS REAL AND I SAW IT IN THE CLOSET MAKING A BABY AND THE BABY LOOKED AT ME”
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'm getting dangerously close to optimistic, I demand that the @nytimes.com release a new round of swing state polls to depress me once again.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The video of this is genuinely unsettling. He literally appears to have no idea what the journalist is talking about when she mentions January 6—even when she clarifies that she is talking about 2021 and about the rioters at the Capitol that day. He looks at her blankly. Scary.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story.
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Omggggggg www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/deta...
vesselfinder.com
KOBAYASHI MARU, Bulk Carrier - Details and current position - IMO 9847011 - VesselFinder
Vessel KOBAYASHI MARU (IMO 9847011, MMSI 538008176) is a Bulk Carrier built in 2019 and currently sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands.
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Josh @josh.galaxyrise.org · 14/09/2026
I always figured it would kill us with memes
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