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Justin Burch

@justinburch.bsky.social
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Native of the Southern Plains. Chickasaw. Trekkie. US IR and Cold War Historian. PhD Candidate UMass Amherst.

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Tom Harris @reaver58.bsky.social · 5h
Not sure if this is paywalled www.scientificamerican.com/article/clim...
scientificamerican.com
Climate Models Got It Right on Global Warming
Even models in the 1970s accurately predicted the relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and temperature rise
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Justin Burch @justinburch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Starting to get the feeling that polls need to be run in other red state Senate races. Top of the list should be Florida.
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Nelle from Magandjin @nelle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Los Angeles city has a population of 3.8 million people. That's >1% of the US population, more than Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska and both Dakotas, combined. Los Angeles county has a population of 9 million. Its GDP is over $1.3 trillion & it's the third largest city economy globally Small price to pay.
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Justin Burch @justinburch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An American President everyone: It’s a small price to pay to let an enemy take out a major American city and kill millions. I don’t know if even the most rabid Cold Warriors would say such a thing in private let alone publicly. And that’s saying something.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is it good when your head coach calls you an asshole on national TV
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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No greater gift to US adversaries than this clown show
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Justin Burch @justinburch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not a new take…but the reason he keeps saying nobody knows that dumb is spelled with a “B” is because he didn’t know when he tried to coin the phrase “dumocrats.” Someone told him it is spelled with a “B” and he keeps saying this to make himself feel better about being an ass hat.
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861
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Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Meet the mega-donor Pete Hegseth just named as the leader of his new automated war initiative, along with mega-donor Elon Musk and Newt Gingruch. Donald Trump Jr. invests in his company. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Major Republican fundraiser winning contracts from Trump administration, emails reveal
Palmer Luckey has donated $5.9m to Republicans and bundled more, while reaping billions in Pentagon contracts
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
these are our pianos, not theirs! I know this stuff can feel secondary with all of the immediate pain this admin causes, but in the face of such personalism, it also feels important to assert the democratic principle that these cultural inheritances don't belong to the president, they belong to us
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‘aesthetically terrifying’ @aruss-updates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Angie Nixon is a Black woman who was born and raised in Florida. She attended school there. She’s raising a family there. She’s operated small businesses, done grassroots community activism, and served in public office—all in Florida. That’s who Vance says “doesn’t belong in America.”
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Justin Burch @justinburch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Didn’t expect to put Peterbilt on my shit list today. But here we are.
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the thing about US natsec is that the stable is fairly small, and everyone knows the major players because they all worked either in the same admin or in the Senate
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Scholars of colour described overpreparing for presentations, ruthlessly analysing their own results before exposing them to scrutiny, softening their conclusions or avoiding research on race altogether." The level of checks I go through often astounds some colleagues
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Kim Connor @theotherkim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Archaeologist here. We can't generally carbon date pottery, unless you include some good carbon materials like shell temper. And because of nuclear testing and fossil fuels we don't use carbon dating for 19th/20th/21st century materials. Better to write the date on it.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh man you know he fucked up when the committee staff starts leaking.
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Justin Burch @justinburch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In a world turned upside down, I take solace in the reality that the Yankees have not won a World Series in 17 years.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is great news! I've been writing about the HPV for a long time, and it's been a massive success. slate.com/technology/2...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
yeah i am reasonably sure that i have a better chance of winning the democratic primary for president than rahm emmanuel
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Pierce @pwtulley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Winnie the Pooh and Piglet sitting on a log:
"DARMOK AND JALAD AT TANAGRA," SAID PIGLET.
"SHAKA, WHEN THE WALLS FELL," SAID POOH.
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 28/09/2026
HIS ARMS WIDE
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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Alex Gibney is about to SNAP 😱
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Bill Geerhart @conelrad6401240.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Russia's 'doomsday bunker.' www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
thetimes.com
Revealed: Putin is preparing a base for doomsday nuclear strikes
Exclusive investigation: Operation Dead Hand has been revived to guarantee retaliation if Russia comes under nuclear attack
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Justin Burch @justinburch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ruby also deserves her #caturday If there is a box…she’s in it.
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Justin Burch @justinburch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
hollywoodreporter.com
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/09/2026
Meta's platforms have repeatedly been caught running ads for deepfake "nudify" apps that let you virtually undress real people without their consent, but they won't run an a trailer for an upcoming documentary that reflects poorly on Elon Musk. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
hollywoodreporter.com
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Justin Burch @justinburch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oklahoma might not win another game this season. Which is a gut punch for OU fans. Because they have a championship defense. Totally wasted.
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Justin Burch @justinburch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
OU football is embarrassing itself on a national stage. But I take solace in my man Crowley. Always a comfort in stormy seas. #caturday
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Justin Burch @justinburch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Get your shorty shorts back on Tate!
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Justin Burch @justinburch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Why does Facebook want to be anything other than Facebook? newatlas.com/consumer-tec...
newatlas.com
Meta's new gadget puts an AI agent in your palm instead of on your face
Meta – the parent company behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp – just wrapped up its Connect event where it showed off everything it's been working on recently. One product that caught my eye was ...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🤷🏼
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Meanwhile, the MAGA Supremes just ruled (via the shadow docket with zero arguments or rationale) that Trump can use the highly defective tool to screen voters in the mid-term elections. How many thousands, or millions, of Americans will be refused their right to vote?
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DHS used a hastily-built "citizenship verification tool" to declare that over 14,000 Nevada voters are not citizens. Later, they revised that down to 185. This week, Nevada announced that they had contacted every person flagged by DHS and proved that they are ALL citizens. That's a 100% error rate.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
wsj.com
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This was the 28th time #SCOTUS has granted emergency relief to the Trump administration since 1/20/25. That matches the total number of grants during the entirety of the first Trump administration. And both of those totals dwarf the *four* grants of relief (two each) during the Bush & Obama admins.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
motherjones.com
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I love when my friends’ books arrive! This is such important work and I can’t wait to read and cite it. @michaelgmiller.bsky.social @kevintmorris.bsky.social
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Monique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My @epi.org colleagues @elisegould.bsky.social & Hilary Wething put together a banger of a chartbook on wage suppression--the single biggest cause of the affordability crisis. Some of the charts are among EPI's greatest hits & some are new (at least to me). www.epi.org/publication/...
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Wage suppression in 10 charts
Wages for typical workers lag far behind productivity growth. It hasn't always been this way and does not have to be this way. These 10 charts outline the historical context of workers’ wage trajector...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 23/09/2026
The Pentagon has quietly added another death to the US toll from the Iran war after reports of a cover-up. According to reports, the service member died last Friday, but the Pentagon hasn't publicly announced it.
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Pentagon Quietly Adds to US Death Toll From Iran War After Reports of Coverup
The death happened last Friday, but the Pentagon has not publicly announced the death, reports say.
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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the US from Australia, people briefed on the incident said.
bloomberg.com
China Is Holding Sensitive F-35 Parts Diverted to Hong Kong
The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the US from Australia, people briefed ...
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Justin Burch @justinburch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There’s a long list of items the next D President needs to prioritize. Ending Kalshi needs to be on that list.
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 23/09/2026
How much faster can we bring about utter collapse?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
whenever i hear some variation on "but what if trump does X or Y or Z" i think of this ulysses s. grant remark to a subordinate during the wilderness campaign.
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Huei Sears, PhD 🌟 @starlights.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The ! human ! brain ! is ! two ! separate ! organs ! what !!! amazing 🧪🧠 #FundScience www.the-independent.com/news/science...
the-independent.com
Human brain is actually two separate organs, scientists find
The Stanford University breakthrough stands to open new doors for research into fatal neurodegenerative diseases
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I dislike the gendering of cat ownership not only because it means fewer cats get adopted, but also because it makes it harder to find cat-themed menswear. Below are some I've come across over the years. Brands and descriptions are in the alt text. Also a mug at the end that I like.
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