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Michael Abadi

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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 15h
L'État, c'est moi
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 18h
It’s all a measure of how bad they fucked up with Iran
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
His whole demeanor is “hey great I’m in the South— you guys are idiots, you’ll believe this bullshit.” Utterly contemptuous
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The minivan doors close and he explains the minutia of AI regulation to his staffers
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Mitch McConnell leaves the Senate after not having a clue what he voted for or where he is.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Never really a race. Markey over 70%, race called w less than 10% of the vote in. apnews.com/projects/ele...
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Massachusetts U.S. Senate Primary Election Live Results 2026
Live results for the September 1, 2026 Massachusetts U.S. Senate primary. Track election results with real-time vote counts, county-level maps and race calls from AP.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thank you for all you left behind
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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton, one of the greatest singers and songwriters in the history of American popular entertainment, has passed away stereogum.com/2509381/doll...
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A friend found this clipping in some old files. Haven't seen this before. Mind blown.
Color political cartoon by Danny Hellman from the New York Press dated October 6-12, 1999. In it, Donald Trump and his then wife Marla Maples being shown a model of the White House with many added stories and a shiny gold T on the top, with Taj Mahal towers on the side and flags flying with a T. It is labeled "Proposed White House Renovation." A ghoulish Philip Johnson says, "Granted, It's in violation of several of Washington D.C.'s landmark and zoning codes. But of course as president of the United States..." Trump, licking his lips, says, "It's tremendous, Philip, when do I move in?" The caption beneath is Spectacularly unqualified egomaniac Donald Trump contemplates a White House run"
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Someone tell him he has a job and there’s stuff piling up on his desk
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A win for basic reading comprehension
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Please take a moment and read Lara Korte’s last story that she filed for Stars and Stripes published 3 hours ago. Thank you Lara for your professional dedication and journalistic values. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
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Today, I was informed that the Department of Defense is firing me for insubordination after I told a CBS reporter that I work for Stars and Stripes - not the Pentagon, not any administration, and not any policy maker.
3:29 PM • 8/21/26 • 155K Views

Lara Korte 
@lara_korte • 1h
I consider it a great privilege to live alongside members of the military and share their stories. It's a shame for the institution and service members, who swore to defend the Constitution and deserve right to a free and independent press.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 20/08/2026
"Most of the human hours that go into making artificial intelligence possible are not done in labs in Google or OpenAI. The majority of the work is actually … outsourced to various locations in the Global South, everywhere from India to East Africa to the Philippines,” says researcher James Muldoon.
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“Love Machines”: James Muldoon on How AI Is Changing Relationships & the Global Workers Fueling AI
James Muldoon is a sociologist who writes about the changing nature of human-technology relationships. Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Our Relationships investigates how peo...
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 20/08/2026
AI critic Connor Leahy calls for governments to “criminalize the creation of superintelligence the same way that it is illegal to build a nuclear bomb.”
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What Is AI Superintelligence? Why Critics Warn Against Developing Such Technology
Sixty-nine-year-old Wynd Kaufmyn, a retired teacher from Berkeley, California, is believed to be the first person imprisoned for protesting the development of artificial intelligence, after she and ot...
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Wait a minute. People voted for DJT because eggs were too expensive. And now, they’re deadly. I’ve never posted FAFO. And now…I have.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Well think about it. If you’re dead eggs cost nothing.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Steady Hand of “while somewhat unrelated (?)” Glad he’s clear he‘s just spitballing foreign policy and national security
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It’s important to remember this is just as possible and in fact more legal than what they’re doing right now. Confiscate criminal assets
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Susan Collins pulls into town in a bus full of her supporters; then they all get off the bus; and then she addresses the folks who were on the bus with her as if they were regular Mainers; and legacy media covers this, pretending it isn't deeply bizarre. (Notice the guys with cameras.) #MEpolitics
Susan Collins campaign photo.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This is really the best argument on why the Israeli intel that caused the Great Catering Truck Escape was probably bogus.
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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Rep. Mark Kelly 👇👇
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 13/08/2026
"The internet represents hegemonic views. It does not represent [everybody] in the world." AI researcher Timnit Gebru untangles the deceptive nature of large language models like Chat-GPT, and explains how so-called "superintelligence" entrenches societal biases and inequality.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It’s nice Cassidy didn’t have to suffer Existential anxiety for too long.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
it’s to blast opponents shots out of the sky. Winning!
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RedwoodGirl @redwoodgirl.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Yep, the U.S. cut childhood poverty in half in 2020-2021. Then the child tax credits expired and childhood poverty went right back up to where it had been. Every Democratic congressional candidate should be talking about that.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Pretty impressive that the two issues coming in at 80% tag SCOTUS as the problem. That’s a pretty sophisticated structural understanding of how we got here.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Downplay a book or movie The Empire Claps Back
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
How can anyone born rich be this insecure? His dad must have seriously messed with him.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This line’s a keeper: “If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office,…”
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Donny’s wrong again. Major damage caused by VISIGOTHS!
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Oh Look the MLB trade deadline and the McConnell replacement special election deadline is Monday August 3.
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I feel terrible for my son 2009 Alt-right Birtherism Cryptocurrency Dox Gig worker
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 31/07/2026
DOGE took an axe to CISA and left the U.S. exposed to cyber attacks. Thankfully, our experts in Minnesota were able to identify the vulnerability quickly and work with local communities to stop it.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Vote Save America @votesaveamerica.crooked.com · 28/07/2026
Control of Congress comes down to these communities. Help get the message there. Share this post.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Explosive Diarrhea Released
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 26/07/2026
The ACLU has put together a know your rights guide for people within 100 miles of a border. If you are in that swath of land, please take a look at this and learn your actual rights. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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Know Your Rights | 100 Mile Border Zone | ACLU
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects people from random and arbitrary stops and searches. Although the federal government claims the power to conduct certain kinds of warrantless sto...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/07/2026
If you have a second home in New York City worth more than $5M, check your mailbox when you're back in the five boroughs — because you've got mail.
Today, we sent notification letters to property owners, letting them know that our new pied-à-terre tax is coming soon.
The best city in the world deserves the best parks, libraries, and schools in the world. That's only possible when we all pay our fair share.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 22/07/2026
“All of them said very strongly, ‘Finish that ballroom.’”
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Hey Donnie you forgot your stupid hat
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
“It could take at least a year for OMB to respond to the comments and amend the draft rule”. Friends, this is a direct result of our collective action. The OMB Rule that would require political review of grants has prompted at least 50K comments. Thanks to all who commented, and you still can.
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A Proposed Rule Would Politicize Medical Research. Scientists Are Not Happy.
In tens of thousands of comments, researchers, doctors and others warned the rule could hamper progress on important health issues.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Biden used his decades of legislative experience to masterfully thread the needle.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Shut up and write the check Donny
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I mean
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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
“If he’s unfit to communicate, he’s unfit to serve.” “He can no longer make sound choices, not even the choice of words. He can't communicate in a way that’s coherent or persuasive. We are well beyond sane-washing. We have arrived at assisted living.” www.editorialboard.com/the-press-co...
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The press corps is Trump’s assisted living program
We are beyond “sane-washing.”
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
hey US journalists import the self-respect question. No tariff
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026
The concept of 'polarization' comes from physics. 🔵🔴 It describes two symmetric poles. 📍↔️📍 Moving apart in space. ⬅️➡️ Mutually pushing each other in opposite directions. This metaphor has come to shape how we understand democratic crisis. But every part of it is wrong.
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Michael Abadi @mcavt.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
youtu.be/t3Yq9_lKpQw?... Give us your tired and weak And we will make them strong Bring us your foreign songs And we will sing along
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Willie Nelson - Living in the Promiseland (Live at Farm Aid 2004)
YouTube video by Farm Aid
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