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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 21h

On the unwarranted certainty of conspiracy believers youtu.be/BxFnBDSLim8?...

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Unwarranted Certainty

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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My 14yo son’s latest obsession is Epic the Musical (adapted from The Odyssey) and I love that. youtu.be/jJ9vtKtilG8?...

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EPIC: The Musical - FULL MOVIE (with Canon Animations and Subtitles)

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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I just unironically made a comment to someone about the Jan 6 insurrection happening 20 years ago. I mean..,

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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Mamdani streamlining government and trimming bureaucracy kind of trashes the narrative that socialism = big government

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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

On Substack I’m an unlikable leftist…

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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

To self-styled centrists who are scolding leftists for dancing on Lindsey Graham’s grave, who are you pandering to? Who are you worried about offending?

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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I think this is the most widely-corrupting thing about Trump and our current era.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 09/07/2026

I'm in love with this style of reporting where the journalist doesn't actually ask any objective experts if anything being claimed by the CEO is actually true

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/07/2026

We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:

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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica

Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The offsides rule in soccer is broken. During active play, it should be up to the defense not to let attackers get open behind them.

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

90s scientists: “We cloned a sheep! We landed a robot on mars!” Scientists today: “Please stop drinking bleach and urine smoothies.”

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It’s important to understand that the Court is now just an arm of the oligarchy. This decision strips the people of the right to limit the role of money in politics. It gives billionaires special rights to buy our elections. A precondition of oligarchy.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/06/2026

this is a great illustration of one of the fundamental insights of democracy — that there is no such thing as "the people" and that majorities are elusive and ever shifting. no election, no decision, is final and treating an election as a final decision is profoundly undemocratic.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I will be on the Senate floor giving a comprehensive speech outlining the last 500 days of Trump's dizzying, unprecedented campaign of corruption. We cannot normalize what he is doing. He is stealing from us.

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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

“they hire linguists to improve the large language models of their burgeoning AI empires while disparaging the kind of people who become linguists.” www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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The Anti-Intellectualism of the Silicon Valley Elite

How the self-styled know-it-alls atop the knowledge economy want to dismantle the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake

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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

“the [tech elite] believe that work—the kind you do when you author a complex piece of music, for example—has little or no inherent value” Exactly this. They believe only work product — the output of work — has value, not the work itself. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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The Anti-Intellectualism of the Silicon Valley Elite

How the self-styled know-it-alls atop the knowledge economy want to dismantle the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake

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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

“a fierce anti-intellectual spirit has long animated American culture... [but] What’s striking about today’s brand of anti-intellectualism is that it infuses the American knowledge elite” The Anti-Intellectualism of the Silicon Valley Elite www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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The Anti-Intellectualism of the Silicon Valley Elite

How the self-styled know-it-alls atop the knowledge economy want to dismantle the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This is not part of the agreement. He is making this up. Iran agrees to give up NOTHING on their nuclear program in this deal.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was an anti-fascist German Lutheran pastor who opposed Hitler and the Nazi Party so effectively that they murdered him in 1945. He is only a bad guy if you literally spend all your time on far-right, neo-Nazi websites and have pickled your brain in fascist group chats.

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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Can everyone stop saying that Elon Musk is a trillionaire just because he heads companies whose valuations exceed a trillion dollars? 1. Those are company valuations, not his personal net worth. 2. Those company valuations are ridiculous fantasyland figures.

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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I’m a big proponent of breakfast pie

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/06/2026

here's what i wrote

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The economy is in freefall and the war is a quagmire but the president is laser-focused on making Americans' lives better: - White House ballroom - UFC cage match on the lawn - big triumphal arch - painting the reflecting pool - painting statues gold - his face on a $250 bill - lining his pockets

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ACLU @aclu.org · 30/05/2026

BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration over inhumane conditions in Camp East Montana, a large immigrant detention center at Fort Bliss in Texas. People detained here experience excessive force, medical neglect, and dehumanizing living conditions.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/05/2026

The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 45,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal. We're continuing to track the increase in these cases:

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Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants

ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.

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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Thinking about a new venture where I hoard Trump-adorned $250 bills and resell them to MAGA folks for $500 each. Anyone down to join me?

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 26/05/2026

As support for Israel becomes more politically risky, pro-Israel donors have found a new trick for funding Democratic candidates. They are moving money through the Better Blue Fund, a new group backed by longtime AIPAC-linked donors that is raising cash for Democrats facing primary challenges.

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Shawn Smith @metapede.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I’ve been reading a lot about AI sycophancy lately, including this science paper about sycophancy and interpersonal conflicts. This jumped out: “On posts from r/AmITheAsshole, AI systems affirm users in 51% of cases where human consensus does not (0%).” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...