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May she take her place among the stars, and rest in peace amongst them. May her legacy continue to inspire young girls and women to reach for the cosmos!

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 5h

"The questions that have been implicit ever since Rosalind Franklin’s crystallography revealed God’s schematics for James Watson and Francis Crick to decode: What is a human being? What is our worth? Who decides?" Ask the tech barons of Silicon Valley who decides. They'll tell you: It's them.

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Too Late for Peter Singer to Die Young (part 1)

Harriet Johnson et al vs the ersatz philosophers, genocidal orgyists and ableist fascist theocrats of Silicon Valley

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 5h

Cartoon by Zach Weinersmith: Peter Singer walks past a child in a pond. Caption: "Ironically, Peter Singer is the only person not ethically permitted to save a drowning child."

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Too Late for Peter Singer to Die Young (part 1)

Harriet Johnson et al vs the ersatz philosophers, genocidal orgyists and ableist fascist theocrats of Silicon Valley

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Kriste Kline @kristekline.bsky.social · 6h

Thom Tillis should be a bit more...careful. He is dangerously close to advocating treason. He knows, or should know, that if the Ds win the House, Mike Johnson has FA to say about what happens next. He'll just be a mediocre Rep from LA again, with no more power than any other Rep.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 12h

Samuel Alito invented an entire history of birthright citizenship.

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 6h

Well now that's a surprise shocker. Not.

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Libraryvixen @libraryvixen.bsky.social · 7h

Our Minister of Global Affairs, @anitaanand.bsky.social, is an ass kisser who published an affectionate selfie with Crimes Against Humanity Marco, and now caved to kiss Trump's ass. Thanks Anita!

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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request

Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 7h

The House Judiciary Committee is now demanding an investigation into Botstein’s possible involvement in Epstein’s trafficking, as well as allegations that Botstein groped women and intervened on behalf of sexual abuse perpetrators in Bard’s Title IX investigations. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...

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Leon Botstein, Former Bard President With Epstein Ties, Resigns From College Positions

Leon Botstein had already retired from the presidency of the liberal arts college this spring, after emails showed he had maintained a longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 6h

God damn these fucking fascists. God damn them all to hell.

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 6h

I think you've hit the nail on the head, Simon. I've been deeply immersed in writing about the fascist scumbags of Silicon Valley for the last couple of days, and then this. . . But we will persevere, by gum. We won't be ground down. But Margaret Hamilton was something else, wasn't she?

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 6h

You see in the caption to her wikipedia entry "(software engineer)". Do you know who who created that title for 'computer programmer'? Margaret Hamilton, that's who. The last time I got this gut-punched by the passing of somebody I didn't know was Alex Chilton 2011. Can't explain it. I just hurts.

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 7h

Saw in my inbox "breaking" from the NY Times that began "Woman whose software. . . " and knew immediately that Margaret Hamilton had left us. I heard myself saying "Oh no, oh no" & all these fucking tears came out of nowhere. She lived a long life & I didn't know her. Why was I sobbing? 1/2

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 9h

This is just a relentlessly horrific story. It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...

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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Pope Leo XIV’s top ally in Washington Cardinal Robert McElroy has told Catholics to convert the politicians who tolerate Trump’s war on immigrants “or replace them.” He was met with a standing ovation.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Cardinal Robert McElroy’s World Day of Migrants homily named Minneapolis, where federal agents killed Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, whom ICE held for 11 days in Texas. “We are losing our soul as a nation,” the archbishop of Washington said.

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On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy Indicts Trump’s War on Immigrants

Preaching on the Good Samaritan for World Day of Migrants, Washington’s archbishop named Minneapolis, a five-year-old used as bait, and a nation that “passed on by.” He told Catholics to fight every…

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ezra Klein: “What is, to you, the ‘rage economy’?” James Talarico: “The billionaires own the algorithms and the news networks. They have created for-profit platforms that divide us on an hourly basis — by party, by race, by gender, by religion. They elevate the most extreme voices."

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

They're all like this.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

DHS reportedly collected data about anti-ICE protestors in Maine, uploading their photos and license plate numbers into a database. That database was built by Palantir — which may be the most dangerous corporation in America. Watch.

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The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?

The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir.

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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Epstein victim's family speaks out against Colorado Republican Jeff Crank: "My sister Virginia was one of Jeffrey Epstein's victims... After she died, we promised to carry on her fight, but our own Congressman Jeff Crank refused to meet with us... He repeatedly voted to cover them up."

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Wilber was finally able to undergo surgery on Thursday—11 days after he was shot. “When ICE can shoot a man in the back and then barely give him any medical treatment and let him suffer, there’s a reason for that because we have gotten to a point where we see people as less than human.”

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Austin man has surgery 11 days after being shot by ICE agent

The surgery on the Venezuelan national, who has been in custody since his Sept. 20 run-in with an immigration officer, removed the bullet lodged in his back.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

and while we're on the subject of legacy media and its suicide pact with the same old templates

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Bat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's really crucial to remember that a "gas tax holiday" means starving states of revenue. That means fewer resources for public needs. Who do you think wins in a fight between funding for preschools and highways?

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What a school library in Roseville, MN could do with $10,000: #LocalAngle Also: “Nothing shows more privilege than when people say, Can’t people just buy books?”

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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 05/10/2026

Dennis Hastert sexually abused teenage boys, paid hush money to bury it, and still held the record as the longest-serving Republican speaker. The only thing he did time for was how he withdrew the cash. He died at 84 in his own home.

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Disgraced House Speaker Dies at 84

Dennis Hastert was both the longest-serving Republican House speaker in history and the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to face jail time.

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was baptized Catholic as an infant & confirmed at 13. I was an altar boy when the mass was still said in Latin. I've known many wonderful devout Catholics. But I'm also a graduate of the same Jesuit, ROTC school that gave us that smug theocratic asshole Antonin Scalia. These guys are the worst.

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Smug fucking asshole Catholic theocrat monster.

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today I read in the Economist about the 'apostles' of effective altruism, a quasi-religious Silicon Valley philosophy; an essay about the 'apostles' of rationalism, a Silicon Valley quasi-religious cult, & an article about the 'apostles' of the network state. BITCHES, WANT MY FUCKING ROYALTIES! 1/

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Acts of the Apostles: Mind Over Matter Volume Blue

Amazon.com: Acts of the Apostles: Mind Over Matter Volume Blue: 9781461104209: Sundman, John F.X.: Books

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026

First Lady Natalie Harp returns to the White House late last night after traveling all day with the president #TravelWithNatalie (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty)

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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/10/2026

This week, we testified before the UN Human Rights Council about the alarming number of Black people who have been found dead, hanging, or drowned in the U.S. over the past decade. We urged UN human rights experts to investigate these deaths properly as our government continues to fail the public.

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Nicole Guenther Discenza @ndiscenza1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is Tohono O’odham ancestral land, and the tribe had been taking legal action to protect the site. They will continue to fight—as should we all!—but the damage is probably irreparable

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Since this summer, ICE has been arresting asylum applicants at airports. Many came legally, then applied for asylum. They have been here for years just stuck in a massive line, working and paying taxes while they wait. No prior admin would have arrested them. Their “overstay” is due to DHS delay.

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molly priddy @mollypriddy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

guarantee those rapists used AI to write their consequence essays

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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"At its root, the [Alien Terrorist Removal Court] is a domestic tribunal wherein the executive branch may deprive someone with constitutional rights of their liberty, relying on secret evidence." Excellent piece by Attorney Eric Lee via @justsecurity.org ⬇️ www.justsecurity.org/159035/dange...

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Dangerous Warning Signs from the First-Ever ATRC Case

The first-ever case brought before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court displayed the dangers it poses to democratic rights.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Plenty of “follow the money” stories re Leonard Leo & his Opus Dei network at SCOTUS, Heritage, in trump cabinet. Not one MSM story on Catholic MAGA faith. What do they believe? Goals? Strategy? Tons of ink on Evangelical faith. Biggest unreported coup in US history. youtu.be/0VCQHIMaxh0?...

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The Tiny Catholic Group With Huge Power in Washington | The Frank Figliuzzi Show with Gareth Gore

YouTube video by Lincoln Square

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Younger Daughter lives overseas. Took her husband's last name. Good luck to the ghouls holding her student loans trying to track her down. 15 years later they still call here once in a while. As if! (Took me & my wife 15 years to pay off the loans we took out for her.)

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Senior year, on 'honors night' she was awarded the top prize in English. (During the boycott she categorically refused to read Plath's 'The Bell Jar'. The teacher accepted her proposal to read 'A Prayer for Owen Meany' instead.) Her review of my best book: "Dad. R-rated." I laughed so hard!

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When you're a writer, being an outsized hero to your kids comes with the territory. P.S. Older daughter once led a successful boycott of depressing 'realistic' books in her Honors English class, saying "If I wanted to read that dystopian crap I'd just read my dad's books." I was so proud! #booksky

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thanks. For my first legit laugh out loud on here in quite a while.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Ah, this may be it: 1989 Teamsters were put under federal oversight bc they’d been mobbed up forever. Ever since they’ve looked to Repubs to help them end the consent decree. Nothing was more important to them I looked, & sure enough, DOJ just ended federal oversight teamster.org/2026/09/u-s-...

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U.S. District Court Grants End to 37-Year Federal Monitorship of Teamsters Union

(WASHINGTON) – After nearly four decades, the U.S. government has officially ended federal monitorship of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, followin

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tallest mountain I've ever done was Mt. Adams, in Vermont. I walked up it 46 years ago. But even I know that big mountains have ice and snow and rocks at the top. In fact my grandchildren know that, and some of them can barely walk.

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I met some guys who were literally tossed out of a movie theatre showing Backdraft because they were laughing so loudly.

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John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Somebody tell Hakeem Jeffries. He'll get right to the bottom of this!

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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026

JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day

Take five minutes to not destroy civilization

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