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More than a sandwich. Also an amateur economist, award-winning documentary film-maker & animal lover. Unabashed AI Hater. #dogrescue #dogs #animalrescue Americonned - www.rottentomatoes.com/m/americonned

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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 5h
The gap between the rich and the very, very rich is getting wider - The Wall Street Journal stocks.apple.com/AIDxe6tyTSmO...
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The Gap Between the Rich and the Very, Very Rich Is Getting Wider — The Wall Street Journal
The 0.1% holds about 15% of the nation’s total wealth, with average household wealth of over $200 million each
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 19h
Here's Mitch McConnell using his excellent healthcare to stay in a job he can't perform while takin away yours. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 17h
If inequality hadn't exploded after 1979, middle-income households would be making $30,000 MORE per year. That's a second income. A paid-off car. A college fund. Instead, we're turning hobbies into side hustles just to keep up. The money didn't disappear. It went to the top.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 18h
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ICE Deportees Are Vanishing Into Salvadoran Prisons
The world moved on after Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but people continue to disappear.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 18h
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Supreme Court lets Trump resume deporting migrants to countries not their own — Reuters
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump's administration resume deporting ​migrants to countries other than their own without offering them the chance to show the harms they may fac...
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 19h
Courts doing what they do best, protecting the super rich above all. Judge Orders New York to Scrap Rollout of Second-Home Tax and Start Over www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Judge Orders New York to Scrap Rollout of Second-Home Tax and Start Over (Gift Article)
A Staten Island judge sided with a group of homeowners who had sued the city over its introduction of the tax, dealing a blow to Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 22h
ICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Help With Deportation Drive www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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ICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Help With Deportation Drive (Gift Article)
A similar surge last year resulted in undervetted officers initially being let in and then removed as the agency skipped basic checks for new recruits.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another ETTD brewing.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Needs to be repeated every day. The President is a criminal.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Railroads Were Once the Octopus That A.I. Is Now www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
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Opinion | The Railroads Were Once the Octopus That A.I. Is Now (Gift Article)
New matrix, meet the old matrix.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The daily clown show rolls on.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Consumer optimism slides sharply as fears escalate over rising prices and jobs - CNBC stocks.apple.com/A5S4c9O9GQgi...
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Consumer optimism slides sharply as fears escalate over rising prices and jobs — CNBC
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index tumbled to 81.9, a decline of 6.7 points and a reading well below the forecast for 89.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
These sound like non-trivial problems.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Rahm Bomb
He’s the single worst Democratic hopeful now (almost) running for president. Democratic midterm candidates be warned: stay away from him.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Criminals running amok. Proud Boys Convicted Over Jan. 6 Go From Prosecutions to Pardons to Premiere www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Proud Boys Convicted Over Jan. 6 Go From Prosecutions to Pardons to Premiere (Gift Article)
The gala screening of the documentary “American Martyrs” was the latest effort by Trump supporters to rewrite the history of the Capitol attack.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
But Sleepy Joe!
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why are Americans being ripped off? - The Guardian stocks.apple.com/AnOawg0_OQ5y...
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Gouged: why Americans are being ripped off – and what to do about it — Guardian US
How can we fix our pricing crisis? Economic sociologist Lindsay Owens urges tough new rules – and a consumer uprising
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump’s attacks on CNN raise new questions about Joe Biden’s mental state. by Jake Tapper
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My kids have measles, I can’t buy diesel, and I have explosive diarrhea from a parasite that the CDC no longer monitors. But at least now I’ll be able to watch a baseball game in a national park
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Affordability Is a Winning Message for Democrats. But There’s an Even Better One. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...
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Opinion | Affordability Is a Winning Message for Democrats. But There’s an Even Better One. (Gift Article)
If Democrats can embrace what affordability is really about, they might do even more than win elections.
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shit weasel Zuckerberg announces his enterprise platform “Superintelligence” Fuck off boot licker
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei to have White House dinner with Trump - Axios stocks.apple.com/AlaUP6jrGTXW...
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Scoop: Anthropic's Dario Amodei to have White House dinner with Trump — Axios
President Trump plans to host Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at a private White House dinner on Sunday evening, sources familiar told Axios.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The new American retirement fear: working until you die - FORTUNE stocks.apple.com/ADr7NBuDfRYS...
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The new American retirement fear: working until you die — FORTUNE
September 13, 2026, 4:37 AM ET In times of economic strain, pessimism about retirement often follows. Recent data suggests many Americans now believe their bleakest fear is becoming reality: that they...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These people make Marie Antoinette look connected to the people and empathetic by comparison. They laugh at what their own voters are going through as they continue to mock them as they enrich themselves and have a great time.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Shut it all down. OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed U.S. government sites in unexpected ways - The Associated Press stocks.apple.com/Am91lRY_hQa-...
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OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed US government sites in unexpected ways — The Associated Press
OpenAI announced it has halted development of its latest artificial intelligence models hours after it disclosed its agents scouring federal government website acted in unexpected ways that suggest a ...
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s Fall www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/o...
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Opinion | The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s Fall (Gift Article)
Four TV shows, now acknowledged as the medium’s high point, each cannily predicted the ways in which America would start to crack apart.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Elon Musk, famous anti-communist, praises Xi Jinping's glorious leadership to Chinese state media: "The increased prosperity of the average Chinese citizen has increased tremendously ... it's happened under President Xi ... so he's clearly done an excellent job and is very capable."
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What Happens if the A.I. Bubble Bursts www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/o...
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Opinion | What Happens if the A.I. Bubble Bursts (Gift Article)
It’s as though 2008 never even happened.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
This is actually hell, right?
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero. The Trump admin claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens had been registered to vote in Nevada. Then DHS came back and said the number was actually 185. This week, Nevada told the admin every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oligarch solidarity www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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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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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank you RFK and the moron anti-vaxxers.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
State leaders say they fixed Florida’s insurance crisis. A new survey shows homeowners don’t buy it. - South Florida Sun Sentinel stocks.apple.com/AOJPmKxaESDC...
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State leaders say they fixed Florida's insurance crisis. A new survey shows homeowners don't buy it — South Florida Sun Sentinel
They’re reporting surging premiums, a staggering rate of being dropped by their insurers, and deep dissatisfaction with the coverage they’re getting in our exclusive South Florida Sun Sentinel/Orlando...
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jake Tapper: Trump's advisors are reportedly urging him to declare martial law before the midterms
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...
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Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels
Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
He knew it was coming and let it happen. Netanyahu Is Said to Have Been Warned About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...
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Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7 (Gift Article)
The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials sai...
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
More Americans lose SNAP as Congress weighs food stamps’ future - Stateline stocks.apple.com/A76lgBX1UR0G...
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More Americans lose SNAP as Congress weighs food stamps’ future — Stateline
Tens of thousands of Americans continue to lose access to food assistance each month, even as Congress debates slowing down major cuts to federal food stamps.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AI is already being used to decide who receives medical care - Vox stocks.apple.com/Ai_tVPPcFSW2...
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AI is already deciding whether or not people receive medical care — Vox
The AI freakout of the past few weeks has centered on nothing less than the risk of human extinction — on the possibility that artificial intelligence could wipe us all out.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Looks like US-made textiles and clothing have gotten more expensive since Trump imposed tariffs in April 2025.
A graph from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the price of US-made textile products and apparel since July of 2022. The prices held mostly steady until May of 2025, at which point they've gone up about 7%.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Is Oracle the Bear Stearns of the AI Bubble?
This could be the beginning of the end
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Whether it's Susan Collins taking thousands of dollars in bribes from a contractor or Troy Jackson throwing a water bottle at someone, both candidates have plenty of skeletons in the closet.
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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
So the message of this research out of China, where you were seeing a lot of kids using A.I. to help them, was that when they were using the A.I., they were getting things done faster. But it turned out that the skills they were learning were not holding, that their actual personal performance, at least in the way we traditionally measure it, was degrading.

What do you think when you hear that?

The last part — I completely agree. Try to get a kid to do long division right now. The multiplication table is starting to be forgotten. Doing square roots, my goodness. Basic math is being forgotten. Does it matter?

That’s my question for you.

Yeah. I don’t think it does. I don’t think it does.

But there must be some set of skills that matter.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But maybe not those. We’re going to discover new ones. Just maybe not those.

There are a lot of skills that don’t matter. My first confession, I actually don’t know my address.And I ——

I don’t really believe that to be true.

It’s completely true. Janine will tell you and Lori will tell you.

One day I had to pump gas — it was a few years ago. They needed my ZIP code, and I panicked. I didn’t know my ZIP code. I don’t know my telephone number. I forget these things. I can live with it.

But let me take the other side because I don’t want to fall into a thing where, because some skills can be safely offloaded ——

Yeah.

I also can’t get anywhere without a mapping system now. Never could, frankly. But I’m a big reader. And one of the skills I really value, one of the capacities I have that I really value is an attention span formed on physical books.

You’re a big reader. I’ve read about the kind of reading you do. And there is, prior to A.I., a lot of concern and noticing among college professors and others that the way people use the internet has probably shortened attention spans.
Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.

Yeah. Well, I think that we’re going to lose some finer intellectual dexterity, but we’re going to be better systems thinkers.

Today’s engineers are far better systems thinkers than I was when I graduated from school. But I was a much better transistor thinker.

What do you mean by systems thinker?

They think of large systems. Today’s computers have trillions, hundreds of trillions of transistors in them. When I first graduated from school, the first chip I worked on had 200 transistors. I knew every one of them by name. No engineer does that today. Most engineers now work well above the transistor, well above the functionality, and they’re cobbling things together to do things.

So you need to think much more about systems and interactions of systems. So some of the lower-level knowledge is gone.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Better term would be “violently assaulting”. Do better Times. Videos Show ICE Agents Mistakenly Detaining U.S. Citizen www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Video: Videos Show ICE Agents Mistakenly Detaining U.S. Citizen
Federal immigration agents in Evanston, Ill., mistakenly detained a U.S. citizen, who was later released after he identified himself.
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Mannwich @mannwich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Donald the Deadbeat Does Diesel
Trump gets ready to stiff more contractors
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