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Kombiz Lavasany

@kombiz.bsky.social
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Former Twitter dad is now a skeeting dad. I do a lot of political work mainly focused on empowering educators, nurses and workers. Beyond that it's Iran, music and trying to believe i can one day be funny. @kombiz everywhere

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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 3h
well, I mean bullshitting their way through it on a mountain of cash has worked for them before and then they'll just let the press fill in the details when they say they have mandate.
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 4h
"sure, granted, our policy ideas are terrible, our candidates are an off-putting bunch of third-rate grifters, woman-haters, and racists, we ran the economy into the ditch, and we started an illegal war we can't finish, but Democrats want abortion to be legal" is not a winning argument.
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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 3h
yes, pixel 10, but it's bootloaded and running arch Linux. I see it's just an apple thing, will have to listen to Joshua Tree instead
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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 3h
when will it show up on my phone?
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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 3h
these guys are so ego-filled and petty. George Clooney killed a hostile takeover of Sony by asshole billionaire Dan Loeb by literally 86 him from Hollywood parties and it killed his takeover.
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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 4h
holy shit, I thought wow a new picture of elusive billionaire Jeff Yass and he's hidden by Winklevoss twins.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10h
Comcast NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News, gave Trump $7.5 million for his ballroom project. Amazon, whose founder Jeff Bezos also owns the Washington Post, donated $5 million. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Some of MAHA have moved on from the MMR to … Covid vaccines. Reminds me of when the antivaccine crowd just dropped the thimerosal claims after we stopped using the preservative but autism still existed.
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 8h
Don’t worry your heads ladies, the menfolk are handling the corrupt, secretive funding of the President’s pet projects
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h
The curse of paying attention to the Trump admin is I now recognize these guys. Zampolli who pursued a teen model who flew to US on the Epstein plane, refused to marry her even when they had a kid, and then years later set ICE on her after she married someone else. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
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Trump Friend Asked ICE to Detain the Mother of His Child
Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and a longtime Trump ally, was in a custody battle over his son. An ICE official agreed to help.
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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 20h
Reading between the lines, this means Donald Trump has brought up using nukes enough that he’s been convinced by the brass to use this thing, which produces a “mushroom cloud” and would work well for the TV spots Trump wants to rewatch.
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The absolute flood of leaks about this case is maybe an indication that people inside govt aren’t feeling too great about it
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Five hundred people on hunger strike inside a for-profit ICE concentration camp in Georgia.
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Approximately 500 participate in hunger strike at Folkston immigration detention center - The Current
Approximately 500 detainees at a private ICE facility in Folkston, Georgia, launched a hunger strike to protest poor living conditions and alleged asylum protocol violations while awaiting judicial he...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/10/2026
that’s right
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
theonion.com/man-who-drin...
Business Insider: AI
Palantir CTO says some AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancerThe Onion in 2013: Man Who Drinks 5 Diet Cokes Per Day Hoping Doctors Working On Cure For Whatever He’s Getting
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Tyler Britten @tyler.britten.us · 14/10/2026
A very fun game if you come across these threads later on is to slowly scroll back and see how long it is before you can figure out who its about before you see the original post
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AAUP @aaup.org · 14/10/2026
“Students deserve an education of the first class from a university of the first class, and we’re pretty worried that that’s not the direction we’re heading in.” — Karma Chávez, UT Austin AAUP President @texasaaup.bsky.social
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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Plantir is run by a group of sadistic weirdos - Palantir CTO says the Pentagon has already replaced Anthropic’s AI share.google/Aq4bupmiHHmR...
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Palantir’s Shyam Sankar says the Pentagon has replaced Anthropic’s AI
“It’s already been replaced,” Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said of Anthropic’s AI at the Pentagon, adding it had no operational impact.
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Kombiz Lavasany @kombiz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I can't believe this person is still relevant and has power because she gave trump bjs.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Laura Loomer is one of the more influential people in Trump world, and she is also one of the most gullible dunderheads on the planet. Not great.
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Michigan has announced that they will be replacing Mr Brightside at the start of the 4th quarter with the Islamic Call to Prayer to better align with their values and population
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Are you serious???
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I'm sad I can't be a part of this conversation on X
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AAUP @aaup.org · 13/10/2026
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: Today, the AAUP announced a slate of 12 national political endorsements for the 2026 midterm elections. These candidates will champion higher education as a public good, protect academic freedom, advance debt-free education, & protect the collective bargaining rights of workers. 1/
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AAUP Endorses Midterm Election Candidates
Today, the AAUP announced a slate of twelve national political endorsements for the 2026 midterm elections. The endorsed candidates for Senate and congressional races will champion higher education as...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
republicans used to complain about the violence in gangster rap and now they want to livestream an execution
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Huh. Apparently Katie Miller deleted this tweet that I had the foresight to screencap. Turns out I can TOO make things go viral on Xitter, even.
My RT of a Katie Miller tweet which RTed the NYPost coverage of the Ilhan Omar raid. 

She said: Promise made, promise kept.
I said: Katie Miller is not going to do very well in a deposition.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Non-zero chance Elon cut Starlink on his own bc the last thing the Masters of the Universe need is for people to understand data centers can be bombed.
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I've had bad bosses before, but I've never had one who told me objective facts were wrong because they visited friends
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"the real scandal here is that Talarico's campaign didn't move quickly enough to refute the lies our allies were spreading about him" is some weapons-grade bullshit
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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
NEW: Among the Truth Social posts we found shared by incoming White House press secretary Katie Zacharia were a seemingly pro-Putin post claiming he was fighting a “cabal” in Ukraine, and another implying Joan Rivers was killed for saying Michelle Obama had a penis. www.cnn.com/2026/10/12/p...
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New White House press secretary has a history of conspiracy-laced social media posts | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s incoming White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, repeatedly made baseless accusations of pedophilia against prominent Democrats and shared conspiracy-related content, inc...
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
this is so obviously correct it is deeply bizarre and corrosive how many people who should know better are unwilling to simply say it
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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I think Ossoff captures something that Newsom never did: the Dem base wants you to fight but they want real shit not goofy memes and too-online riffs
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
this is the wildest campaign pledge I've ever seen a candidate duck
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Meta has censored more than 1,000 pro-Lula accounts during the Brazilian Presidential Election. Evidence shows that the social media giant clearly interfered in the election. paydayreport.com/meta-censors...
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Meta Censors Over 1,080 Pro-Lula Accounts During Brazilian Presidential Election
Evidence shows the social media giant clearly interfered in the Brazilian Presidential Election
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The federal government is in its snuff films era
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
just checked in on twitter … “explore” tab featured a post from Benny Johnson Trending tab: #3: Ihan Omar married her brother #5: A bunch of Nazis defending raid on Omar’s house #7: A bunch of Nazis celebrating raid on Omar’s house entire site: - owned by world’s most powerful white supremacist
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
solidarity forever at the end was a real chef's kiss moment
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Might Scare-ger @mikesager.net · 13/10/2026
Once again, Marjorie Taylor Greene is a hateful bigot and antisemite. Even though she hates Trump now she is not our ally and is not in our tent. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
oh man 😂
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Kennedy Center is on the verge of destruction; the members of its board, filled with foreign policy grifters and billionaire wives, serve as a kind of cheat code for understanding the crimes of Trump 2.0. A great taxonomy to the staging behind the scenes: prospect.org/2026/10/13/k...
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The KC Mafia - The American Prospect
Behind Trump’s private equity–style bust-out of the Kennedy Center, a pack of billionaires and MAGA grifters have planned bigger heists, from Hollywood to Western Sahara.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Greg Abbott has backed off data centers, but sticks by his equally unpopular policy of funneling money out of public schools to unregulated "alternatives." Why risk re-election over this? I dig into who is funding Abbott: Billionaires who want theocracy. www.salon.com/2026/10/13/w...
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Who really controls Greg Abbott?
The Texas governor’s war on public schools is bankrolled by donors who want a Christian state
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 13/10/2026
The “Talarico is mentally ill” thing is just sweaty cope from the GOP who know they’ve all lined up behind a bad candidate and are going to lose Texas because of it. It’s like if the Dems ran Gavin Newsom for senate in CA and he lost to someone with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s politics and charms.
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
While civilian US sailors face Iranian attacks, they are also facing union busting from the Trump regime
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While Facing Iranian Attacks, US Merchant Marines Face Unionbusting
Despite their ships being targeted by name, Trump officials are denying these workers their right to a union
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Yep. Defending Main Street PAC—a GOP SuperPAC focused on boosting non-MAGA Republicans—spent $20-25K on digital ads against Troy Jackson in Portland ... OREGON. Receipts: adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/A...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
After years of championing "free speech," Texas lawmakers have enabled a dramatic rise of censorship in Texas universities, banning concepts, canceling courses and closing departments seen as "woke," and even using AI bots as censors. All in the name of freedom. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
In other professors’ syllabi, the bot flagged the Pulitzer Prize–winning play Angels in America by Tony Kushner, essays by the Mexican American MacArthur genius grant recipient Sandra Cisneros, and materials related to a class about the Holocaust (that professor was told to drop material regarding Nazi persecution of LGBTQ people).

Putting aside the ideological slant of the new rules, the bot, like many large language models, seems to “hallucinate,” or make mistakes. The AAUP lawsuit lists texts banned for their “sex-based ecofeminist framework” and “gendered ecofeminist frameworks.” These phrases might sound persuasively like academese, but the academics behind the lawsuit had never heard of them; these concepts “do not exist,” the complaint says. Matthew Pehl, a history professor at Tech, told me that he knew several people who’d received reports from the system that were “plainly written by an AI that had hallucinated content or confused content from one class to another.”
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
no coming back from this without punishing the entire chain of command from the officers carrying out this shit to the people at the top giving the orders
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 11/10/2026
The anti-anti-Trump movement has been as damaging to he country as the pro-Trump movement. The basic idea of the anti-anti-Trump faction is that they themselves criticize Trump sometimes, but any political or legal figure who tries to stop Trump is always going too far or not doing it the right way.
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Ilyse Hogue @ilyseh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Homeland Security agents just raided Rep. IOmar's house charging immigration fraud. What happens next is critical. This is a blatant test to see if weaponizing govt against a sitting elected provokes widespread condemnation. It's not about Omar; it's about democracy. www.foxnews.com/politics/ilh...
foxnews.com
Immigration enforcement officials search Ilhan Omar's home in pre-dawn raid
Rep. Ilhan Omar's home was the subject of a pre-dawn HSI raid.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.
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Kevin @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I'm losing my mind, the Kansas City Star literally did a review of other litigious Kansas doctors and found that none of them charged Marshall's insane 18% interest
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Marshall charged 18% on medical bills — more than other Kansas doctors who sued
In reviewing thousands of court documents, the Star found no other medical providers that charged annual interest at 18% or any other specified rate above 12%.
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Jim Manley @jamespmanley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Jeezus
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Peter Thiel is about to turn 59 and a half this year, so he’ll be able to withdraw his more than $5 billion in capital gains tax free because he legally gamed the Roth IRA system. Superrich just have different rules. Propublica’s 2021 report: www.propublica.org/article/lord...
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Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank
Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes.
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