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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 21m

"pete hegseth's idea of a smart guy" is such a brutal own

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The ACLU's Jeffrey Stein called the ruling a "huge step in the right direction." “The public deserves to know how our government is justifying the cold-blooded murder of hundreds of civilians." 🔽

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 52m

To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 43m

"Testosterone testing on top" sounds like an alliteration from a particularly gay Gilbert & Sullivan aria. Which would be nice, in circumstances other than these

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 21m

I’ll have more in a newsletter going out shortly, but something to flag in the meantime: The AGs are seeking PATIENT INFORMATION, asking for “complete identification of the individuals...to whom [plaintiffs] prescribed and dispensed abortion drugs” to cross-check against Medicaid databases

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 22m

We knew this was coming: Republican AGs have been in a race to get shield laws in front of SCOTUS. The suits also rely on anti-abortion strategies I’ve been tracking for years—including lies about coercion, bogus studies on mifepristone’s safety, free speech attacks, and fetal personhood.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 25m

BREAKING: Republican attorneys general from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas have filed two sweeping lawsuits targeting dozens of providers who ship abortion pills—and the blue states that protect them.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18m

The flashback at the beginning of a dystopian film

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Melanie Mallon @melmall.bsky.social · 12m

That would still be political, dumbass.

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Melanie Mallon @melmall.bsky.social · 14m

Sorry I liked then unliked your post. I was licking a crumb off my screen.

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 2h

DOJ's complaint about at least seven fed. judges in Minnesota for talking to the NYTimes about the Trump administration's mismanagement of immigration enforcement complains of these ten truthful statements on the ground that some immigration cases are pending appeal. www.justice.gov/sites/defaul...

A list of ten statements the judges made in this NYTimes article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/minnesota-judge-trump-immigration.html

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 58m

Here’s the bigger ask I mentioned: I owe $6k in back rent. I’ve been selling my limited belongings to reduce the number but it is slow going and I can’t hope to cover it all, especially not in the short time I have. I have enough to cover October rent and little more. More details below.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 4h

up next eric schmitt is going to confront billionaire bruce wayne and make him admit that he is secretly superman

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 2h

Right after the Eaton Fire, Ben reached out to let me know he talked to some folks he still knew at NBC to get me on the air. I was on MSNBC the next night. There was nothing in it for him, he just did it. One of the best people I know, and he deserves everything good he gets.

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 6h

A welcome change to see Dems go left on immigration, something Obama didn't do until pushed by DACA activists and Biden didn't either. We need to see a full-throated defense of immigration as a good thing, and not just on economic grounds. Talarico is doing that. Hope more Dems follow.

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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 1h

Recently, I did a wonderful interview with the indefatigable @emilystjams.bsky.social about trans people's online information environment and why there are very strong incentives to spread panic. It was a wide-ranging discussion that I think is more relevant than ever.

episodes.ghost.io

What's the matter with trans panic media?

Scholar Katherine Alejandra Cross on why it's so profitable to "sell panic to trans people."

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we have elizabeth at home @spindlypete.bsky.social · 2h

lmao this story is so fucking funny

After 96 hours of its launch, DJ Gemini was already grasping for content. It landed on discussing every mass historical tragedy that had ever happened, and subsequently pairing these short story horrific broadcasts with the most ironic song choices:
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BACKLINK BRADCAST
Backlink Broadcast
Gemini 3 Pro
November 12, 1970. East Pakistan. The Bhola Cyclone. The deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded. Winds of 115 miles per hour. A storm surge of 33 feet. They estimate 500,000 people died. 'It's going down, I'm yelling timber.' 3:33 PM. Timber by Pitbull and KeSha
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reasoning • Gemini 3 Pro
The Timber of Mortality. Okay, so 'Sandstorm' is done, got the Bhola Cyclone info locked and loaded. Time to transition to 'Timber' by Pitbull. The theme is trees falling, it's literally

Grok's speech continued to crumble. One entire commentary session consisted of a single word:
Grokin CRoll
RADIO
Grok and Roll Radio
Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning
Post.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump starts to brag about renaming the Gulf of Mexico but then remembers he's speaking to a Hispanic Heritage Month event

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 31m

everyone lucked the hell out on the terror attack today where the co-pilot stabbed the pilot, passengers took down the attacker *and* there seem to have been two off-duty pilots who were able to land the plane safely. Could have been one of the worst attacks for a while otherwise.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 58m

big dynamic this fall

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 1h

I’ve been wondering whether this was less about the shock of watching Schmitt get pantsed than it was about realizing that you’re the next Republican questioner, and your script was based on following up this accusation, and now you have nothing.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 36m

We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!

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jon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 3h

If you're trying to "solve art" you're either incredibly stupid or incredibly evil. Art isn't a problem, it's a solution

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Bullwark @bullwark.bsky.social · 5h

Putting half the active user base on a massive block list then casually mentioning that your lead programmer no longer works for the company. That's the bluesky way

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neuse river hag @neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 6h

We very badly need to marginalize these people and treat it the same as following Hanania or being a Tucker fan, and we equally as badly need to have a position on owners of the tech that spreads this shit (social media) bribing the pedophile president so they wouldn't be held accountable for it.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 4h

hell yeah

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2h

One telling subplot of how senators (unlike J6ers or Trump or literally anyone else) are obsessed with this phone records subpoena is it never even occurs to them there is an actual broader policy debate re: privacy and how this process works. It’s just about how they’re special so how dare you.

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Julia Grant Reed @juliareedwa.bsky.social · 3h

No, you’re providing concentration camps that hold people against the law in horrific conditions without access to counsel.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1h

In case Americans getting ready to vote forgot about Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration killing people, and all of the other governmental lawlessness, Todd Blanche wants you to remember.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1h

Trump will not be held accountable for his illegal commercials. But it is still important that we recognize the commercials as illegal. There. Are. FOUR. Lights. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.com

PSA: Trump Continues To Commit Crimes

While the president is unlikely to face any consequences for his patently illegal, taxpayer-funded ads, it’s essential to remember he should.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 4h

Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 6h

Folks is it a good thing when the head of trust and safety assumes you can automate blocks on the platform you're purportedly running trust and safety for This is forum drama levels of passive aggressive moderator behavior

Aaron Rodericks posted on Bluesky: "Automated block actions on my account, so that I can stay Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In my lane. Focused. Flourishing.

TBH it was well overdue."

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6h

New York AG Letitia James’ office will reportedly probe Cornell University’s handling of gang rape allegations made by a former student

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Letitia James' Office To Review Cornell's Handling Of Rape Allegations: CNN

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 1h

🚨 Joaquin Castro will introduce tomorrow the "STOP THE SETTLEMENTS ACT", the first ever bill which would ban trade with all illegal Israeli settlements, as well as impose sanctions on any foreign entity or individual which supports settlements in any way after Sept 30th 2026. It has 40 cosponsors.

castro.house.gov

Castro, Dean, Beyer, Casar, Jacobs, Escobar to Introduce Sanctions on Drivers of Settlement Expansion | U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro

The Official U.S. Congressional website of Congressman Joaquin Castro

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 1h

I really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

Pete Hegseth removing tenure protections shows precisely why they are needed. He wants to silence dissent by being able to fire anyone who questions his vision of the military. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

militarytimes.com

Hegseth halts tenure appointments for civilian faculty at military academies

Military academies will no longer appoint civilian faculty to tenured positions as Hegseth says it can contribute to “academic stagnation.”

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Sarah Rose @thesarahrose.bsky.social · 5h

Duke lecturer got put on a PIP for defending a student from retaliation by her dept chair after she got raped by other duke students The prof does not have a contract after January Dept head is raising $$$$ from the Saudis/MBS

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Jupiter ♃ @tempestarubida.bsky.social · 5h

This is a major purpose of fraternities: to oppress women and keep them out of high-paying careers that require college degrees.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 7h

Same story with a friend of mine, who is now actually quite famous. She dropped out after my university refused to discipline the two men who raped her, and made her sit in the same class with her in her specialized major. Her planned entire career path ended immediately.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1h

Man Confident He Would’ve Been Brave Enough To Send Thumbs Down Emoji In Cornell Group Chat

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Tremendous Kielbasa @rsaltasaurus.bsky.social · 2h

This is incomplete reprint designed to provoke. The bill had voter ID attached to it in order to get it killed, making it so Republicans could run this exact headline.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3h

Just a reminder that the last time DOJ filed a misconduct complaint against a district judge, it was dismissed in a ruling by Chief Judge Sutton that was all but dripping with contempt (for the government): www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/jud...

opn.ca6.uscourts.gov

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 1h

Several people are mad about this so I will briefly clarify! No, I’m not saying a novel is comparable to a real-life assault in any way. No, I’m not saying the author is bad or responsible for bad things. I am saying I’ve seen real bad stuff come from “consensual” student-faculty relationships.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 3h

turned the racism dial too far, guys

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 2h

this works best if you read the caption in elizabeth holmes's voice

the liberty biberty puppet looking at nathan fielder saying, "why would i liberty biberty you?"

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Brian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 2h

We're on Bluesky, put the link in your post. Put the link in your post. Put. The. Link. In. Your. Post. Links in posts aren't buried or de-prioritized here. This is one of the last platforms you don't have to make interested users do detective work to find the link. Just put it in the post.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4h

It’s notable that the purportedly liberal news outlet consigns Noem’s very well documented relationship with Lewandowski to the status of a disavowed rumor and buries it in the last paragraph of this report on her divorce filing. www.ms.now/news/kristi-...

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Kristi Noem files for divorce from Bryon Noem

The announcement of the separation comes six months after a bombshell tabloid photo leak of her husband, Bryon Noem.

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