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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 14h

she is phenomenally bad at this

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In other words, it is the job of scientists to devise experiments that can test their claims, to always be cautious abt what they are claiming, and to critically evaluate the claims of other scientists. By these well-established standards, no serious science is happening behind Anthropic's claims.

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tmbhmltn.bsky.social @tmbhmltn.bsky.social · 16h

One Dem state executing 3 ppl is why she is wrong tho. AZ should stop executing ppl, full stop. But over the last 10 years since VA executed its last person, those are the only 3 executions carried out by a Dem of 219 total. To claim Dems are CENTRAL (all caps) is absurd

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Great piece by Lisa Needham for Aaron Rupar’s Public Notice: Trump meme coin investors, including rich foreigners, have lost $3.81 billion but gained an opportunity to bribe the president of the United States. It’s mindblowingly corrupt.

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Fine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

These should be making their way into national ads run by the Democrats. Republicans think this kind of stuff is popular because the groypers think it shows they're "tough". Ads saying "Republicans want ICE to give electric shocks to children" will hit them where they live.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

*through a mouthful of road salt* WHUGH???

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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

As one of the MANY women who visited Collins' Maine offices & begged her not to confirm Kavanaugh, I'm so grateful Troy Jackson is pushing her on this.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?

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Micah @rincewind.run · 05/10/2026

the reason these people need to be stripped of almost all of their money is so that they stop thinking that it gives them the right to nominate themselves for the "benevolent dictator" position

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Biden: The MAGA wing, well gosh, listen, they’re, it’s, a bit of a flirt with fascism, no kidding around Media: Democratic rhetoric invites political violence Trump: The nuclear flames that burn every mongrel soul in San Diego will be a cleansing fire. Media: Trump makes his case in Nebraska

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026

Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/10/2026

Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak has hit a sobering milestone, surpassing 1,000 cases — the first U.S. outbreak to do so in 35 years. The virus moved through communities where many children and adults have gone years without the two doses of measles vaccine.

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Pennsylvania measles outbreak is first in 35 years to top 1,000 cases

The largest previous measles outbreak in the United States took place in Philadelphia in 1991 and infected 1,400 people.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Who you gonna believe, the lying liar or your own eyes? 👀

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

now is a good time to remember how some military observers, including an academic at a british university, kept telling us that we were underestimating us military power due to negative polarization and iran was going to collapse from bombing and subversion

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.

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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’

Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.

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Shoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"The only person better off after two years of Donald Trump is Donald Trump."

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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

OK, but if these are government ads, not campaign ads, now he's violating the anti-deficiency law.

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My Password is Louvre @bmceuen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Seems like Paxton just gifted Texas Dems an attack ad

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

New today in the old tale of externalizing costs while privatizing profits: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tells Politico, “We believe the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology.”

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Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI

The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I eagerly look forward to many reporters FOIAing the planning documents for this stage decor and event

".@SECWAR FULL ADDRESS at the United States Air Force Academy."

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

republicans: we are nazis media: do democrats have a Hasan Piker Bin Laden problem?

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune

The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026

Trump: "Trump: "If the Democrats win, you will end up in a 1929-style economic depression. We will have a disaster on our hands. Had I lost the election, had we had Kamala win, I believe our country would be destroyed. If the Republicans win, you will each have $5,000 in your pocket."

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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 04/10/2026

This was supposed to be a rally in support of these dudes, but apparently this is the only shoutout they got bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trump’s insider trading is, on its own, the worst corruption scandal in US history, with $$$ dwarfing Teapot Dome. So are Trump’s bribes-for-pardons. So is the Qatar bribe plane. So is all the Saudi money he (and Kushner) have pocketed. And the ballroom. And more. Each alone would be the worst.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not to repeat the obvious, but this is literally lawless behavior that makes a mockery of the Constitution and judicial system, should result in contempt prosecution for anyone involved, and disbarment of any lawyers

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Micah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026

“actually your household is doing fine” has never worked as a political message even in cases where it’s true so I highly encourage trump to keep using this argument

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OPERATION: ALBATROSS is off to a roaring start.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

Trump on global warming: "That didn't work out because the planet got cooler. In fact, you know the ice that was melting? It right now just set a record. It's the biggest ice cube that's ever been in the history of the world ... they're doing the scam with data centers, by the way."

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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Of course, of course: "Korea Disputes Trump’s Claim It Agreed to Invest in Alaska LNG" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hardly a surprise Hegseth is saying this stuff so publicly now, when one of the Pentagon influencers has: • Called women a "pestilence" • Praised dictators like Pinochet and Franco • Said only people with children should be allowed vote www.wired.com/story/a-pent...

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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization

Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."

Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 01/10/2026

Ban states are asking the Supreme Court to be able to extradite abortion providers to face criminal charges. Fugitive Slave Act 2: Electric Booglagoo

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This would be the equivalent of sports coverage devoting itself to reporting on gambling markets instead of the game. Because real reporting on real stories is hard.

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What makes the current dynamic unsustainable is that the rule of law, appearance of propriety, and good governance are all really important. It cannot be the case, however, that only one political party values those things over an extended period of time. There needs to be one set of rules.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is the thing about AI that I love so much. Think of all the morons you know (many on this site!) using and swearing by this tech that can change the output depending on who is controlling the AI. And those dumbasses still believe it should be used for anything regarding data!

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And this is almost an aside in the story, but also absolutely bonkers. Meta claimed Zuck as a "researcher" to get a $355 million tax break on his $4.1 billion stock-based compensation.

Screenshot from New York Times article: "Meta is already in one sizable dispute with the I.R.S. over this tax break, for using it to subsidize its chief executive’s multibillion-dollar pay package. In 2013, Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense because he helped invent new software, such as Facebook’s News Feed. The I.R.S. is trying to claw back the company’s resulting $355 million in tax savings, court filings show."

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What this looks like in SEC filings. Companies love the research tax credit -- it's the second biggest corporate tax break in America -- but Meta really loves it.

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Once again granting a stay with no analysis of the stay factors in a case where the balance of equities is utterly bonkers

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Super cool. Here’s a class traitor dispatch: when you start to make more money you start to pay more taxes. The size of the checks you send to the govt have big numbers on them. It’s unsettling. You need a strategy & that strategy is SUCK IT UP MOTHERFUCKER.

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The fact that OAN is reporting this … (a) damn!, and also (b) this sort of thing is very good for democracy because it prepares the most partisan Republicans to understand and (maybe) accept election results that go against them

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fellow GenXers: remember how often we were bombarded with images of late-period USSR? Old, decrepit men in charge, clinging to an ossified ideology. Political repression, nakedly false propaganda, empty shelves, food shortages, inadequate health care, deep-seated cynicism, crumbling infrastructure

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Ironic Star Wars Moment

Alt: A smirking emperor palpatine says "ironic."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

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CaitBrie @caitbrie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Every day at some point (or at a few points) I ask myself “what stupid moronic embarrassing untrue thing has Drumpf said today?” And then I come on this site and go to @atrupar.com to catch up.

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