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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Super Intelligence."
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
*gripping a usb hard drive and pretending to wrestle with it* guys help i got skynet trapped in here. bail me out quick
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
the dual purpose of "our AI is getting too powerful!" is firstly to generate hype & secondly to provide a reason to scale it down that isn't uh oh, this nonsense is very expensive and we can't figure out a way to make a profit with it
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 17/09/2026
It was confirmed yesterday that the centre left coalition won the election in Sweden As predicted, with the far right performing poorly, coverage has almost entirely vanished from international media
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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The reason Friedrich Merz wasn’t on TV tonight to address what happened in Saxony-Anhalt is that he was unable to find his hotdog suit.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026
This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
not to be confused with quesadilla
Ķ
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Quesadilla.
Ķ (k-cedilla) is the 17th letter of the Latvian alphabet.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The fact that being a corporate lobbyist doesn’t automatically disqualify you for any government position is itself a fatal flaw in the UK’s system, which instead seems to constantly reward such backgrounds with even more power
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
0 shots on goal, 19 fouls, 2 touches in the opponent's box, 3 yellow cards. dismal stuff tbh
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
it’s very funny to believe that you’re headed to eternal paradise, most people are headed to eternal suffering, but while we’re very briefly on this mortal plane we need to be more racist
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
nothing happened 'to' him. he took that fairly united party and told whole sections of it to piss off. banging the anti-immigrant drum won zero votes and alienated many. he was all blunders. centrist is a blunder
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
telling to see UK pundits so befuddled about Keir Starmer's downfall. He went after immigrants, the poor and the elderly, gave a top job to an Epstein acolyte, was complicit in genocide, and lied over and over again. But it's weird that people didn't like him! www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
Historians will puzzle over this one. Of the six prime ministers that have led Britain over the last decade, with a seventh now on the way, it will be the fall of Keir Starmer that will most perplex the political analysts of the future.

They will ponder a man who won a landslide victory in July 2024 only to be pushed out less than two years later, having started no illegal wars, having triggered no grave economic crises, having been accused of no scandalous act of corruption.

They will scratch their heads at a PM who paid the ultimate political price, even though few could point to the single, obvious political crime he had committed.

So what did for Starmer – and what legacy, if any – does he leave behind? Perhaps most important, what does the fleeting premiership of the outgoing Labour leader portend for whoever takes his place?
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
We don’t reflect enough on how the revealed preference of the richest men in history, who can afford any material luxury or human experience, is often “being angry and resentful all the time.” Righteous grievance turns out to be the absolute pinnacle of Maslow’s pyramid. The ultimate luxury good
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
We all literally, LITERALLY just watched NASA fly four absolute all-stars the farthest any human has ever been from Earth and back flawlessly, and yet we're still continuously forced to pretend Musk's bullshit catastrophe factory is the future of human space exploration
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/05/2026
"If she has her own house, what will she need me for?" I don't know, dude, maybe be cool and fun to be around and be happy for her success instead being whiny little sad-ass troll about it? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Single women are buying more houses. The men they are dating are not responding well
Female home owners report feeling stuck between men’s contradictory expectations – they are told to be independent, but not assume the breadwinner role
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
My AI chatbot is conscious. I know because it is always telling me how smart and pretty I am;
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My latest newsletter is about how the media defines "political violence" as something that happens exclusively to politicians, and ignores its primary victims: everyone else.
stringinamaze.net
What's Political Violence?
When the media talks about political violence, they're only telling part of the story
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I don't know, but let's try some more.
Screenshot from New York Times Opinion: How Much Humiliation Can Vance Take?
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The president is just posting his negotiating position on main. None of this is agreed to, and the fact that this is all he is asking for is a startling admission of U.S. strategic defeat. He is HOPING Iran will let him get back to a position worse than JCPOA.
The United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined has gone through what will be a very productive Regime Change! There will be no enrichment of Uranium, and the United States will, working with Iran, dig up and remove all of the deeply buried (B-2 Bombers) Nuclear “Dust.” It is now, and has been, under very exacting Satellite Surveillance (Space Force!). Nothing has been touched from the date of attack. We are, and will be, talking Tariff and Sanctions relief with Iran. Many of the 15 points have already been been agreed to. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
*sees men being misogynists* “this reminds me of women”
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Laura Martínez 🥑 @miblogestublog.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Here's your moment of zen: A "holy" cat named Coco stands at the entrance of a church in Mexico, seemingly blessing everyone who walks in 🐱
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
leaders like trump are why sun tzu had to write a bunch of advice like "don't write your enemy a letter detailing what tactics you really don't want them to do"
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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The Strait of Hormuz is open for transit
Scene of Mario jumping around to avoid all the spinning fire sticks in the original Super Mario Bros game
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
If Reform had won, Labour's statement would be that this result is a stark reminder we need to listen and learn from voters who rightly feel betrayed by modern politics. But the Greens won by a comfortable margin, so it's: these voters are stupid and also sinister and, ugh, Muslims
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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The long 2010s are finally over
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Maria @lazyoilpainter.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The Great Divide (in the @ifbookspod.bsky.social Patreon communtiy)
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Micah @rincewind.run · 19/02/2026
the main reason to go after the rich is that if you don’t the entire structure of your society is predicated on the whims of people who are entirely disconnected from ordinary life billionaires are simply too dangerous to exist, and any budgetary stuff that comes out of it is just a bonus
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Wishing a meaningful & reflective Mark Wahlberg 40 Day Challenge to all who observe.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Sometimes I just randomly shout, “TO WHAT END!”
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berserk @worstplace.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
All the traits that you have been taught to value and look for in special individuals - courage, intelligence, strength - are actually collective traits. There is no genius or hero coming to save us from our problems. We solve them together or not at all. Socialism or barbarism.
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.” Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
taking trump seriously rn would be too damaging to a US in decline so the whole system is squirming to not look at him directly. press translating what he says to sound more sane, democrats just talking about eggs. he's too big to fail
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
smartphone & social media adoption was coincident with a huge global economic crash & its wake. increasing inequality, stagnant wages, sky-high house prices. if you want to counter the effect of the change in social attitudes you need to incentivize way, way harder on the economic end
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Frostbitten Flamingo @flemtheparrot.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Morning.
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
this is your mission. roll up to this daycare in full tactical gear to harass some kids and teachers. when you get spooked by your own shadow like a panicked horse and start shooting your gun, our pedophile president will call the person you shot a terrorist. good luck soldier
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
finally, we're living through precedented times
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/01/2026
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
podcasts.apple.com
"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
yes. she investigated the case of why everyone at the new york times hated her and discovered that it was because she was too smart and too brave.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Mother's Little Helper but instead of valium for you it is benadryl for your husband
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
turning nazism into something that sounds like bland centrism is the culmination of the modern reactionary project
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 08/12/2025
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did' Comments have been turned off on YouTube
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