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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 2h

JD Vance has been a Catholic for like five minutes, I guess he doesn't know the rules yet

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 2h

(we disagree about all of this stuff obviously and that's ok... thanks for the conversation)

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 2h

No I am seeing a country that is finally figuring out what it's done to itself, plus a few emergency tools that could be made use of now The enraged people of Hungary got rid of their fascist govt after 16 years

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 5h

In libraries 📚 the purpose of the technology and the facilities and the administration and the money people and the politics and the fundraising... Is so we can DO LIBRARY STUFF. Books. Programs. Outreach. Literacy. Human connection. Third Spaces. LIBRARY STUFF.

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Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 10h

TODAY: @mkupperman.bsky.social on a bit of forgotten scientific lore. “Sick and tired of not playing God? I know just how you feel.” flaminghydra.com/the-insult-t...

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THE INSULT THAT MADE A MAN MAKE ANOTHER MAN

a fiery writer-owned cooperative

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 16h

Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 5h

p.s. my thing at Hydra today is about P.B. Medawar and touches on these themes

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 5h

the point is that one is weak, malleable, and the best available lever to effect change (cf. Mamdani, nominally a Democrat), and the other is the actual Nazis

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Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · 11h

Still think when Google actually worked that was a better tool than any LLM.

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 9h

Snidely Whiplash-level melodramatic evildoing

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John Saward @rbuas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Really been an especially great last couple weeks on @flaminghydra.com, The Best Website.

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 9h

from this perspective the Bulwark-style exhortations to 'civility' appear in their true, sinister colors

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 10h

!!!! from “Polarization Is Not the Problem” by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social — muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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Colin McGowan @csmcgowan.bsky.social · 10h

I like that Hydra publishes a wide variety of stuff, including work from a few really talented cartoonists and illustrators. @mkupperman.bsky.social's latest is a good gag. flaminghydra.com/issue-661/#t...

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Exquisite corpse / Science friction

Little-known history revealed by Michael Kupperman; a Nobel-winning biologist had the answer in 1969, says Maria Bustillos

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 9h

P.B. Medawar! The best!! an immaculate, elegant writer who also was a Nobel laureate for his discoveries re: organ transplants

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 9h

Never in a million years will you guess how @mkupperman.bsky.social's hero prevails over his enemy!!! flaminghydra.com/issue-661/

A 98-pound weakling at the beach vows his revenge ('The big bully! I'll get even some day'); 'The wedding is OFF,' pouts his bikini-clad lady friend

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 9h

One of my favorite writers ever, biologist P.B. Medawar, would have set everyone straight about the LLMs in about five minutes b/w a gorgeous and hilarious comic from @mkupperman.bsky.social flaminghydra.com/issue-661/

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Exquisite corpse / Science friction

Little-known history revealed by Michael Kupperman; a Nobel-winning biologist had the answer in 1969, says Maria Bustillos

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 10h

ok so where does this leave Suella Braverman tho

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 11h

The US Congress absolutely must switch over and then everyone has to go world-historically ham on them

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 13h

Again, buy as much physical media as you can now, before it's adulterated and/or censored

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 13h

Thank you!!! It's incredible to me that we even have to listen to their nonsense, and it's every single freaking day These supposed champions of Greek literature should consider reading about the divided line in The Republic!!! ffs

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 14h

This is neato! @maxread.info is going to host the Hard Fork podcast at @nytimes.com, reducing the horribleness quotient of that publication by a nontrivial amount www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/p...

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What’s Next for ‘Hard Fork’?

The podcast’s next chapter begins this week.

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 14h

Pope Leo XIV 'held firm,' in other words refused to countenance the most ridiculous dolts ever You can 'wine and dine' U.S. senators and UK MPs into saying whatever you want, but that really does not work on everybody

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 16h

Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit

David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 14h

The water we're swimming in

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LoveNow @carenow.bsky.social · 17h

To counter Rufo, @samthielman.com offers this partial list: “Our true heritage..is in the real history of the war won against slavers, of the liberatory movements that survived assassinations, and of our right to celebrate the lives of our queer siblings in peace.” flaminghydra.com/ill-show-you...

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I’ll Show You the Life of the Mind

We are sick in our souls. The other day New York Times columnist and podcaster Ezra Klein interviewed Christopher Rufo, the professional racist whose recent campaign of lies about Haitian immigrants...

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 15h

- Authoritarians have significant control of this new uh entity - Buy physical media from affected companies now; it is likely that a whole lot of their works will be disappearing soon - Support independent alternatives where artists/writers can publish, broadcast freely - Vote for a Dem congress

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 16h

ok now ask The Keynes Bot about his love affair with Duncan Grant

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 17h

Read @raxkingisdead.bsky.social's brilliant essay about the rape at Cornell, and how misogyny is largely a performance by men, for men (small paywall, worth hopping) flaminghydra.com/issue-659/

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Real good buds

Rax King considers the camaraderie among men at Cornell University

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 17h

I too love this one a lot

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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 19h

I think it is crucial for the health of the Democratic party that the entire consultant class from previous administrations, including and especially Clinton, be told to go home and stop bothering people. They are wrong about everything and have been holding the party back for decades.

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 18h

Ordinary men are rarely as vicious and unprincipled as Vance but o/w yeah

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The other week I ate a bag of chicken-flavored squid chips from Japan. What does that say about the times we live in? I wrote about that for @flaminghydra.com, in which I argue that it is time to consider the postmodern potato chip at the end of history

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Consider the Postmodern Potato Chip at the End of History

The other week, my partner brought back a bag of crunchy squid snacks from Japan, a gift from a colleague who had recently traveled to Tokyo. It was good enough that we looked it up after we were done...

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 23h

Between weekly school shootings to exposure to truly awful videos (Kirk, Good, Pretti, and Gaza) I don't think older people have an idea of just how much Zoomers are desensitized to violence and how much a small subset of them want other people to relive the worst days of their lives as a punishment

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 01/10/2026

There is still huge resentment in this town about the amount of time, energy and money that was used up by #Brexit from 2016 to 2020. The last thing people want is to start that process again only to have a new government come in and torpedo the talks.

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Burnham reopens Brexit debate: EU says UK must chart Its own path on future relations • FRANCE 24

YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 02/10/2026

Hey hey, it's... @bandcamp.com FRIDAY!!!!! A simply perfect day to pre-order LOSER BABIES -- thus supporting not only the great work of @hausofcodec.bsky.social, but ALSO great independent musicians everywhere!! Pre-order -- and stream @lustytirefire.bsky.social's "Paramour" -- right now!!!

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Loser Babies: Music Inspired by Josephine Riesman's "The Last Temptation of Beck", by A Few Good Records

11 track album

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

once again, they're telling us what they want to do

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solomonhughes.bsky.social @solomonhughes.bsky.social · 23h

(1)The Labour Centrist strategy imo is this: can't beat Burnham in public, so keep quiet , keep Cabinet jobs, absorb Burnham good vibes. Win cutting the triple lock, win disability benefit cuts, slowly start putting pressure against social spending , regulation in name of "growth" "fiscal" etc...

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 23h

a gym saying to indicate lubrication of the body, proper function; my trainer says a similar one, 'motion is medicine'

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Isn’t it: - through 1990s: every caller is a mystery - 2000s-2010s (early cellphone era): every caller is known - 2020s: almost every caller is spam

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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Not the least bit surprising but still extremely grim to read. time.com/article/2026...

Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.

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