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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 5h
well, that's one way to put it
Laura Loomer, a blogger with a large following
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 5h
I'm morbidly curious to see what happens when oil, natural gas, gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel reserves run out. Meaning I think it will be quite bad, and would greatly prefer if it didn't happen, but I don't know what the aftereffects will be, so if it must happen, I'm curious to see how it goes.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h
WOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue."
In conducting this hearing, the Court is not called upon to resolve factual disputes between
the parties. The facts set forth in this Memorandum Opinion and Order were proposed by the
Plaintiff, unobjected to by the Government, and then deemed admitted by the Court. Dkts. 74, 75,
77.2 These facts establish that high-ranking government officials, including then Secretary of DHS
Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, engaged in a coordinated public relations campaign to impugn the
personal and professional integrity of Ms. Comans. For reasons unfathomable to this Court,
officials chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an
impeccable record of public service. In short, Ms. Comans was professionally targeted and
personally attacked by government officials for no legitimate reason. The attacks against Ms.
Comans were based entirely on false information, and many government officials knew the
accusations were untrue at the time they were made. With no regard for the truth and with no
consideration for the personal and professional effect on Ms. Comans, government officials
exploited their access to mass media outlets to broadcast false information. These false
statements reached hundreds of millions of people. The purpose of this Order is, to the best of
this Court’s ability, to correct the public record and establish as a matter of law that the
statements made by these officials about Ms. Comans were objectively and demonstrably false.
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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 8h
If you wanted to understand this election denier's "plan" to use a trade and cybersecurity regulation to interfere with elections, and why it's complete nonsense, then, boy, do I have the story for you: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Election deniers say an obscure rule on Wi-Fi routers means Trump can decide how votes are counted. Here’s why they’re wrong
"The Commerce secretary doesn't have more power than the president. The president has zero power over elections in the United States.”
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lgotts.bsky.social @lgotts.bsky.social · 5h
She’s the scalp to protect the rest. Assume she will be given a new, never before been described job to maintain her benefits and diminish her chance of spilling the info on the family she no doubt has.
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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 5h
lol
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Pedro Marques @prm.bsky.social · 5h
Traffic volume from yandex web crawler machines went down (a webcrawler is usually lower priority workload as it is mostly refreshing pages ). Web crawler are referred to as bots. Nothing to do with social media posts.
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lgotts.bsky.social @lgotts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Total 4 Seasons Landscaping…
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My probe into how local cops in Pa.'s York County teamed with ICE to bust 500-plus immigrants on busy highways, terrifying the Haitian community and shattering families over a busted headlight 287(g) has made York the worst place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. www.inquirer.com/opinion/york...
inquirer.com
How York County became the most dangerous place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. | Will Bunch
Local cops working with ICE in York County, Pa. have made hundreds of arrests, with many more afraid to leave home.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations... It’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/10/2026
"Trump called Mark Carney apparently and begged him like a dog for diesel from Canada." @timmiller.bsky.social & @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on Trump turning to Canada for desperately needed diesel after picking a trade war with Mark Carney and driving up energy prices with his war in Iran.
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lgotts.bsky.social @lgotts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“I am 8 yo and next will stamp my feet and hold my breath.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Wrong Portland. @nbcnews.com #MEsen www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A white and black lop-eared bunny rests on a carpeted floor with a doorway and storage boxes behind it.
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lgotts.bsky.social @lgotts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hahhahhahh
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lgotts.bsky.social @lgotts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
pauloffit.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-ai-...
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RFK Jr., AI, and “Medical Experts”
RFK Jr. claims that AI frees us from trusting medical experts.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
US 10-year Treasury yields risk hitting 6% for first time since 2000, Pimco says www.ft.com/content/a752...
ft.com
US 10-year Treasury yields risk hitting 6% for first time since 2000, Pimco says
Bond giant’s investment chief warns that further sharp rise in borrowing costs is ‘feasible’ as market participants are forced to unwind losing bets
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Fox is garbage.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
An apt and evocative neologism from @amandacarpenter.bsky.social: ‘Neporuption’ -- when the fathers wield the power, and the sons cash in. www.thebulwark.com/p/welcome-to...
thebulwark.com
Welcome to the ‘Neporuption’
The fathers wield the power. The sons cash in.
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lgotts.bsky.social @lgotts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
snyder.substack.com/p/war-throug... “In trying to make friends with Putin, Trump is trying to ally with the country that is backing his enemy. He is, in effect, paying the other side to kill his troops.”
snyder.substack.com
War Through Weakness
Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now members of Congress are being denied the ability to see the damage at these bases because there's a coverup underway. There's a coverup underway to try to hide the cost of this war and the debacle it has caused in the region."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
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lgotts.bsky.social @lgotts.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Bard college…..
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/10/2026
Jon Husted took more than $115,000 from Jeffrey Epstein's longtime financial backer Les Wexner, including a maximum donation last year. Then he voted against releasing the Epstein files. @timmiller.bsky.social digs into the Ohio senator's troubling ties to Wexner.
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swandiveswim.bsky.social @swandiveswim.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#Birds #SparrowSunday A juvenile White Crowned Sparrow, taken 2 weeks ago. It's -5C (23F) this morning, cold enough to finish off the last of the winged insects. The songbirds have left for warmer climes & I am missing them already.
A bird, mostly light brown, is perched on a slender, leafless branch. The bird faces right, against a background of gold & green. The sunlight coming from the left, shines on its back. It has a rust coloured crown, dark eyeline, greyish neck, brown streaks over a tan back, dark brown flights with hints of white on the tips and, dark brown tailfeathers.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Update on the ceasefire Trump announced this morning.
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daviss @daviss.org · 11/10/2026
2018 Helsinki, never forget
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haversack @hsack121.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We really are in the dumbest timeline right now..
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lgotts.bsky.social @lgotts.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Asking for a friend: did Nancy actually finish high school?
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Yandex Pay had to come out with a statement after many Russians said they couldn’t access their money. Yandex Bank is also unresponsive after the Ukrainian strike on three data centres.
< Press releases
We continue to restore Yandex Pay.
October 11, 2026
Hi everyone, I'm Dima Pirogov, and I head Yandex's fintech division.
This morning, another Yandex data center, home to our services, was damaged. Because of this, many of you are stilli unable to check your balance, pay for purchases, or transfer money.
First things first: all your money is safe. The money itself isn't stored in a data center. That's where the servers that power the services are located. Records for each account are stored in multiple copies across multiple locations. We've verified their integrity: not a single record was lost.
Im very sorry I can't tell you yet that everything is working again. The team is continuing to restore services and is checking every step. When it comes to your money, it's important to us not only to restore Yandex Pay as quickly as possible, but also to ensure everything is working reliably.
I understand that you're not waiting for words, but for access to your money. And I understand how hard it is to wait when you can't use it. We can't yet give you a precise restoration timeline, but we promise: we won't stop until the service is restored.
Thank you to everyone who's been waiting, supporting us, and writing kind words. And we're sorry for making you worry. We really appreciate you staying with us, even during such a difficult time. We'll get back to you with news as soon as we can.
Dima •
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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A black and white bunny sits on a stone path before green foliage.
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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots.
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lgotts.bsky.social @lgotts.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Wait, Republicans are now the party of Putin?
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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Two bunnies, one gray and one brown sit close together on a gray floor.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Cut out and keep.
Handed Data Centres in Russia - 3 of 9 hit
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Cloudflare Data Explorer shows the amount of russian bot traffic has dropped to 49% after Ukraine struck a yandex data center.
Chart showing plummeting bot traffic
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A crude oil supertanker exploded after hitting a naval mine while attempting to leave the Strait of Hormuz through an unauthorized route, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said in a statement on Sunday.
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lgotts.bsky.social @lgotts.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
www.wsj.com/politics/pol... “Kimberly Guilfoyle, as America’s newly minted ambassador to Greece, boasted at Davos about her close ties to two Greek tycoons and said they were bankrolling her high-rolling trips around the world.”
wsj.com
Exclusive | At Davos, Kimberly Guilfoyle Boasted of Private Jet Trips, Luxury Stays
A recording captured the U.S. ambassador saying that Greek businessmen were paying for her travels and pleading for an invitation to an event with Eric Trump.
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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Remember in The West Wing when Toby Ziegler did this? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...
nytimes.com
Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was examining whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/10/2026
Bob Harvie: "I promise you I will vote on day one of taking that oath of office in January to end this war in Iran. It is a war that has cost now 21 American lives. Twenty-one families are suffering because of a war that Donald Trump got into and has no idea how to get out of."
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
For almost 2 years now, DHS has repeatedly told me they're not detaining U.S. citizens It's simply not true So @propublica.org published the receipts: a searchable database of the 500+ citizens detained by immigration agents during this Trump administration projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 10/10/2026
‘The current generation of synthetic agents simply cannot be trusted. Until they can be fixed, they should be removed from the market, just like a car with defective brakes.’ garymarcus.substack.com/p/we-must-re... by @garymarcus.bsky.social
garymarcus.substack.com
We must recall open-ended AI agents with internet access from the market, now
Every minute we wait risks disaster
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Judge Brown ordered the ICE field office director, on pain of contempt, to explain within 21 days how he’d ensure ICE acts lawfully in future. @wired.com & others have reported that an officer identified in Brown’s ruling was present at the subsequent Bronx shooting, brandishing a weapon. 2/2
Some of these failings fall within this Court's powers to impose sanctions, to refer these
matters for further action by other authorities and/or to exercise its contempt powers.
Before the Court considers invoking that authority, it will provide respondents with an
opportunity to address the concerns raised above and, if they so choose, propose
investigatory, operational and/or disciplinary measures to remediate these apparent
violations. Alfaro, 831 F. Supp. 3d at 186 ("Respondents, charged with enforcing the laws of this nation, cannot ignore the scores of decisions which they have unsuccessfully litigated before this Court and others, without taking action to ensure that their agents and agencies are not acting in contravention of the law.") Should
respondents fail to propose and carry out sufficient measures, the Court will consider
further action.
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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They tried baking you a cake.
Two orange cats rolling in a pile of dropped flour on a wood floor.
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lgotts.bsky.social @lgotts.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
- www.reuters.com/world/us/rea... “Horwitz …earning a Pulitzer Prize in beat reporting this year w/colleague Engen Tham for reports that exposed how the company was knowingly allowing its chatbots to engage in harmful behavior &relying on fraudulent ads for billions of dollars in revenue.”
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The real reporter behind 'The Social Reckoning' on what Aaron Sorkin’s film gets right — and what it changes
Investigative reporter Jeff Horwitz discusses the surreal experience of watching his reporting with Frances Haugen get fictionalized on screen.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/10/2026
It may seem strange to focus on the social media posts of a crank, even if he's friends with a congressman. But Dave Sommers is not just a friend or associate of Fitzpatrick’s—he is the backbone of his re-election advertising strategy.
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The Bigot Behind Brian Fitzpatrick’s Attack Ads
The embattled congressman has been pushing wild claims made by a family friend with a history of bizarre criminality and despicable social media posts.
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