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Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 6h
Max Hastings on Trump “This is a man who appears willing to sell out Ukraine in return for vast Russian business opportunities for himself and his clan. And a shocking number of Americans remain willing to ride along” www.thetimes.com/article/2325...
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Fakers tussle for seats at Donald Trump’s table of lies
We must wrestle against normalising the president’s lying and bullying — it has made victims of the Ukrainian people
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Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 7h
……and crime is the correct term. People seem to find it remarkably hard to learn the lessons of history. Kleptocrats often use scapegoats, whether Jews, Ukrainians or people of colour, to consolidate power and accumulate extraordinary wealth.
Historical black-and-white photograph of the Nuremberg trials, showing senior Nazi defendants seated in the courtroom, guarded by American military police wearing white helmets.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.” -- Nicole Noren, 24-year ESPN veteran and winner of Emmy, Murrow, and Peabody awards. Her grandfather, father and one of my brothers "were pretty much destroyed by sports gambling addiction." www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
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Nicole Noren: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.”
Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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. Because there were fewer bots. It’s pretty clear where those bots were."
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Reading thru lawsuits against xAI for generating CSAM--one school photographer in Arkansas took the school photos he was taking to generate CSAM of both girls and boys. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Complaint – #1 in Doe I v. X.AI Corp. (N.D. Cal., 3:26-cv-08567) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against X.AI Corp., X.AI Holdings LLC, X.AI LLC ( Filing fee $ 405, receipt number ACANDC-22352318.). Filed by John Doe I, Jane Doe III, Jane Doe V, Jane Doe IV, Jane Doe I, Jane Doe II. (Sa...
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Josh Allen drives his body like it's a rental.
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Bubba Sawyer @pinemonkey.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Space nazi is trying to buy our elections… again.
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans (Gift Article)
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If you are shocked this am that Trump’s government executed a search warrant against a Democratic Member of Congress and ignored a judge’s order then you haven’t been paying attention. Stop saying this isn’t how it works in the US. It is exactly how it works under Trump.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 12/10/2026
totally cool and normal country (it takes the NYT until the 10th paragraph to even try to inform the reader this "investigation" is baseless)
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Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage (Gift Article)
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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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
REMINDER: Rep. Ilhan Omar came to US in 1995 when she was 12 with family as part of asylum program. She became a US Citizen in 2000 at 17. She got married 9 years LATER on Feb. 12, 2009 at 26 years old. She did NOT marry her brother or anyone to become a citizen. She ALREADY was a citizen!
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I think it's bad that a South African Nazi can spend almost 300 million on the U.S. midterms (gift link).
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans (Gift Article)
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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Marc @minntrav.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/m...
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She’s Been to Gaza. She Met With the Iranians. Now She Has a Warning. (Gift Article)
As the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric goes to both sides of conflicts. She’s worried that our warring world is spiraling out of control.
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Leslie Ehrlich @leslieehrlich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tech Oligarchs deservedly get a lot of attention. But these "mainstream millionaires", fueled by tax breaks and other advantages together have > 13 times the collective wealth of the Forbes 400 To start, let's close loopholes like passthroughs which let them evade taxes regular workers pay
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The Rich People Democrats Aren’t Talking About (Gift Article)
As billionaires become a popular political target, a new book urges Washington not to lose sight of a much larger, and quieter, group of wealthy business owners.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is why I get pissed off when anyone accuses me of being an elitist when I say young people should go to college if they can. I say that because my dad was a local lineman and contractor who did heavy physical labor for years and has had chronic back pain since his early 30s
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The world must stop equating wealth with knowledge, wealth with wisdom, wealth with sainthood, or to any other redeeming quality.
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Cannonball Adderall @echoloop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Substance of this particular piece aside, it’s remarkable to me how NYTimes headlines are starting to resemble the woo-woo clickbait ads at the bottom of the page. “Scientists Ate This Ancient Superfood For One Week and Listened to Their Farts. What They Heard Stunned Them!”
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Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
At a really fundamental level Leo XIV is just a person with sound, well-reasoned, moral stances on the world and how life should be lived who isn't afraid to say those things in public. That kind of person simply does not make sense to business leaders and politicians for whom speech is convenience.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In some ways, the biggest difference between me and a person who is "successfull in media" is this clip right here. Thompson is summoning every ounce of her strength to sit there and listen to sports praise of a sexual predator. I'd... lose my shit and get fired.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One of my biggest concerns in 2023-24 was the likelihood that, if Trump got power again, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and related figures such as Palmer Luckey would get more deeply burrowed into the U.S. national security apparatus, in all sorts of dangerous ways that will be hard to dislodge. Alas.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And look, overly defensive men, Women know it's not all men but there's a fuck ton of them and there's no way to tell who the good ones are. Stop putting the onus on women to stay safe from men and then scream at us, "NOT ALL MEN."
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Check the back seat of the car to make sure there's no strange man. Watch/cover your drink. Don't wear revealing clothing. Why? Because all men rape. That's the message. Women need to protect themselves from men. Men who argue "not all men" are willfully ignorant and/or protest too much.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Make sure your friends know where you're going. Meet at a public place. Keep mace in your purse. Learn self-defense. Don't walk alone at night. Don't drink too much. What advice do men get before a date or night out?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm concerned he may have misinterpreted some signs saying "F*** DONALD TRUMP”
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Politics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Think about it: Andrew Tate is wildly popular among young men. Choking a woman during sex is now considered "normal." Boys grow up having watched violent porn on their phones. There are whole online communities devoted to men who hate women. We are not safe. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Is College Getting Less Safe for Women?
A lawsuit about an alleged gang rape at Cornell University and a Wired story about sexual cyberharassment reveal how campus rape culture and online misogyny are colliding.
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underworldneo @underworldneo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The women at Ithaca are not safe, if there are men around. The Greek letter men organise a mass rape. The all American entitlement programme, toxic masculinity. 1122.6 United States of America Helen of Troy Eye of Freemasonry bible
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Opinion | I Thought Things Had Gotten Better. The Cornell Case Breaks My Heart. (Gift Article)
How could so little have changed?
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Tumbleweed @disconnectedjoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why? Emanuel like many others don't seem to realize they are a part of the problem, not the solution. Move on. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...
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Rahm Emanuel, Eyeing 2028, Makes His 2026 Play (Gift Article)
The longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about the next presidential race.
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Vaughn Winchell @orderforalex.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This seems like exactly the kind of hare-brained, backwards-looking idea that Dems often get excited about. Quick, somebody, go ask James Carville what he thinks about Rahm in 2028! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...
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Rahm Emanuel, Eyeing 2028, Makes His 2026 Play (Gift Article)
The longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about the next presidential race.
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Chubby Newsdump Standard Herald Inquirer Dispatch Tribune Times @chubbynews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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What Do You Know About the Deep-Sea Barbie Pig? - Nautilus
What about the Ping Pong Sponge? The Casper the Ghost Octopus? The Gummy Squirrel?
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☾❃ 𝓗𝓾𝓶𝓪𝓷 🦋 𝓫𝓮𝓲𝓷𝓰 ❃☽ @thrivewell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Holy Patagonia 🤑 Thank you @jesscraven101.bsky.social For the deets on this offer Source: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/b...
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Patagonia Offers $100 to Customers Who Help Others Plan to Vote (Gift Article)
The outdoor apparel brand, which sued the Trump administration this month, is ramping up its environmental activism before the midterm elections.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our country is staring into the abyss, and much of our national press corps lacks the fortitude that this moment demands www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...
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TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)
The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
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Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s kind of worse than this thread because Rationalists hold that monogamy is a now-illogical holdover from worrying about paternity. So, if you don’t want to participate you are providing evidence of your irrationality
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randy r. potts @thephatic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
dunno but I'm from Oklahoma, spent 12 years living in Dallas, and I've never heard this "Choosin Texas" song, and I'm guessing I'm better off this way
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 27/09/2026
(For the record: I have never heard this song or heard of it. I don't listen to country music or the radio and I have no interest in news coverage about pop songs. That said, I do not live in a cave. I would contend that Rolling Stones is who does.)
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 27/09/2026
Accusing people who don't live in your little cultural bubble of feigning ignorance about a pop song is, amusingly, a spectacular display of actual ignorance of how big and varied the world is.
Excerpt from Rolling Stone:

At this point, though, if someone contends they've never even heard of "Choosin' Texas" or Langley, it may say more about the listener than the song. Or, for that matter, what they want to project to the world. With incessant news coverage alongside chart and playlist presence, it's pretty difficult to still claim total ignorance on this one. Perhaps there is a deeper reason why people say they haven't heard the song and feel the need to make it known: cultural cachet.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/09/2026
Meta's platforms have repeatedly been caught running ads for deepfake "nudify" apps that let you virtually undress real people without their consent, but they won't run an a trailer for an upcoming documentary that reflects poorly on Elon Musk. 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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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Since Elon Musk seems to hate this documentary about him from one of my favorite non-fiction filmmakers, Alex Gibney, figured it was my duty to spread a link to the trailer so you can see it for yourself. ENJOY: loom.ly/oA2_-p8
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
Musk
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I do wonder whether our only hope for getting a grip on AI is that it does something bad enough soon enough - like bring down a plane- making the case for regulation blindingly obvious Bit like Hitler starting WW2 before his U-boat fleet was built. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Australia’s Medicare and took months to disclose breach
Prime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And a malignant narcissist is a narcissist who ends up trying to destroy everything he hasn’t contributed to and isn’t entitled to. ht: @narceducator.bsky.social
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Republican Governor Jim Pillen has been a champion of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. But at least 20 of his family farms employed undocumented immigrants, according to a new investigation by the Flatwater Free Press and The New York Times. youtu.be/5RZgrR1_7Dc?...
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This GOP governor said ‘illegal aliens’ have ‘invaded.’ His family farms EMPLOYED them, report finds
YouTube video by MS NOW
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God @thegodshow.com · 18/09/2026
He endorsed Trump for president.
Joe Rogan Calls Trump Fans 'F**king Nuts' And Says He's Been 'Left-Wing My Whole Life'
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Dear Leader @dearleader8647.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
mamdani: what if we just did basic shit people think the government is supposed to do and then make a video about it? dem establishment: what dem consultants: stop it voters: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558306...
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A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan: 9780735225282 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction • An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year • A Chicago Review of Books Best Book...
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