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mbdowney

@mathgrenades.bsky.social
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Artist, musician, geologist. Owned by several cats. Currently in a liminal space. But hey - home is just a sad abstraction, right?

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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The people in charge handed the richest 1% a $1 TRILLION tax break last year. Now those same billionaires have spent $1.7 BILLION on the midterms. Which came first? The politicians currying favor by passing tax cuts? Or the billionaires bankrolling those who will favor them?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump and Republicans are terrified of policies that curb their own wealth and power, and the wealth and power of the oligarchs that bankroll them. That's why they're amping up the fearmongering about "socialism."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult. A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates. Dems need to be on the side of the many, not Big Money.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Abolish ICE, prosecute ICE. Every employee.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Every day I read a dozen things so grotesque, so depraved, that i could never again trust or respect anyone supporting it. But even in a crowded field this stands out. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says (Gift Article)
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 09/10/2026
Front cover text:
"WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN AMERICA HAS A DICTATOR?
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
A Novel by
SINCLAIR LEWIS"

Background includes an image of a red fasces with a green olive branch.

Back cover text:
"'Vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily detected… He was an actor of genius'

A vain, outlandish, anti-immigrant, fear-mongering demagogue runs for President of the United States – and wins. Sinclair Lewis's chilling 1935 bestseller is the story of Buzz Windrip, who promises poor, angry voters that he will make America proud and prosperous once more, but takes the country down a far darker path. As the new regime slides into authoritarianism, newspaper editor Doremus Jessop can't believe it will last – but is he right? This cautionary tale of liberal complacency in the face of populist tyranny shows it really can happen here."
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Born into a family of Indian Tamil origin under apartheid in Durban, South Africa, Pillay became a lawyer and legal pioneer, confronting deep structural discrimination, segregation and exclusion." abcnews.com/US/nobel-pea...
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Nobel Peace Prize goes to Navanethem Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 was awarded Friday to Navanethem Pillay "for her efforts to promote peace and international law."
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Carolyn Johnson @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/s...
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Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code (Gift Article)
The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek.
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is objectively psychotic and every member of Congress and Senate should be ashamed if they don’t try to remove him from office before this happens
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Jenna Beet @jennabeet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Glad you're on our team, Mr Gibson
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psvrh.bsky.social @psvrh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I can see that living disconnected from your cancer-ridding body that's floating in several vats in a Stockholm suburb might be utopian for some people
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Politics of Cars @thismachinekillsfascists.bike · 09/10/2026
We've hit the Jackpot
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蛟龍Stormwyrm ⛈️🐉🔞🩵💙 @stormwyrm.org · 09/10/2026
It seems they think Josef Virek is an inspiration. Heck, some of them even think Sauron was the hero of Lord of the Rings!
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.
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🎃Halved Josh Spooky Edition🎃 @outerleftfield.net · 07/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton being awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barrack Obama.
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Laika & I wish you all a beautiful Wednesday evening.
A ruddy Abyssinian cat and a middle-aged white man with glasses stare intently into the camera.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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ThisIsKoo @thisiskoo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A Space Disaster Is Coming Unless We Take Kessler Syndrome Seriously flip.it/cRBmcR
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A Space Disaster Is Coming Unless We Take Kessler Syndrome Seriously
According to a recent analysis, it could plausibly happen in just over a decade. That would not be great.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Cornell University has retained former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates to lead a "comprehensive independent review" into how the school "prevents and responds to sexual harassment, sexual assault and related misconduct on campus.” abcnews.com/US/cornell-t...
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Cornell taps former deputy AG Sally Yates to lead independent review
Cornell University has retained former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates to lead an independent review of how Cornell responds to sexual assault cases.
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legal cat 🐾 @legalcat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Williams, 37, then unleashed her response to the DHS' statement in an Instagram Story post Monday: "And may I suggest all Nazi bitches suck on my fat d***." MOTHERRRRR
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Paramore’s Hayley Williams unleashes profanity-filled response after DHS tells her to ‘thank’ ICE
‘We suggest Ms. Williams to thank them for their service, not belittle their sacrifice,’ the DHS said
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
October 6, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 6, 2026
Judging from his social media posts, Trump is panicking.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There is a sickness at the core of Donald Trump’s political movement, and it speaks in a sordid history of word salad, violent, unapologetic word salad. I am exhausted by the pantomime we are forced to play: watching this man vomit
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Julie A. Su @juliesulabor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Often, corporate practices that steal time and money from workers and consumers are designed to push the limit of prohibited practices. We will equip New Yorkers with new tools to take on predatory companies, bad landlords, scammers, and other actors who exploit them.
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Mamdani Backs Bill to Let Consumers Sue Over Unfair Business Practices (Gift Article)
The proposed New York City legislation would also allow nonprofits, including tenants’ unions, to sue companies directly rather than relying on agency enforcement.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 07/10/2026
feels like we should make a larger talking point out of the fact that AI is just another attempt to consolidate wealth for billionaires
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am a witch for all those near broken. I am a witch for those scraped raw by trying to climb high walls, cut by having to walk on glass scattered by hollow-hearted bastards. I am a witch for those needing transformation, bound to pain. For witches understand the bruised. - #EmilyCBanting #WitchSky
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 07/10/2026
Every time I see flyers and posters like this from the archive I’m even more mad about all those lazy fuckers claiming they need AI to make marketing materials because uwu smol bean no budget:
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 07/10/2026
You arseholes never heard of scissors and glue? Letraset? A fucking copier? Get to it!
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Ghoul-in’ Dickey @colindickey.com · 07/10/2026
The kind of people stupid enough to use LLMs to write their emails are also the exact same people who think "more text = better"
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Early warning signs for the stupid to come
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Modern conservatism began with Goldwater and his opposition to civil rights legislation (it’s why MLK endorsed Johnson). That led to Reagan which led to both Bushes which led to Trump. This aren’t occasional interruptions. Bigotry beats in the heart of the right.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Trump administration plans to have its own lawyers represent migrant kids
Putting government counsel on both sides "makes me feel like it's all a farce," says one immigration attorney.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026
It's a rape-ocracy from the top down
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026
I wish I was being hyperbolic. This is Gilead shit. Congress (which I realize is in recess to campaign) is utterly derelict in letting this man continue to be president. He is putting ALL OF US in immense danger. Our SecDef is monstrously stupid. The polycrisis alarms are all sounding SOS
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026
And in classic abuser form, he is getting MORE dangerous and unhinged because he knows the country wants to dump his ass and leave him. I just—shit's bad, ok. It's really, really, REALLY bad.
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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I think that despite all their cheating, they will lose the midterms, and I am terrified for the immediate aftermath.
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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Petition for Jamelle Bouie to replace all headline writers in the US.
YouTube. Video with title

I cannot emphasize enough that the president has pudding for brains
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ImaFlosser @imaflosser.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We remember, Susan. Roe v Wade Shame on You #Maine
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Sue Me @superberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
i dont want to download an app i don't want a qr code menu i dont want to talk to an ai assistant i dont want ai summaries for my searches i dont want to optimize my workflow i dont want to jump on a call i dont want to rate anything i don't want to create an account LEAVEME ADLONEe
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The Trump Administration is proposing to repeal the Roadless Rule, opening 45 million acres of national forests to road construction, destructive timber harvest and energy development." Today is the last day for public comment. Weigh in: defenders.org/roadless-rule
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The Roadless Rule
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
jeez can ya keep it down out there, some of us are trying to sleep
orange cat peeking his head out behind a blanket looking half asleep
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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