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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

3/ they incrementally or in some breakthrough moment become or may become consciousness. There’s nothing about how these models work that gives any reason to think that’s true. And being somewhat acquainted with theories of consciousness I don’t think that’s how consciousness works.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16h

Not only should brooks and others shut up. But Ossoff is the best example in the country of a Democrat playing dominance politics and using it to control the whole terms of his race.

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Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 21h

A half mile from 6 sushi restaurants, depending on my precise mood.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 10/10/2026

i personally would like to live in a large house in a nature preserve with no neighbors that is a five minute walk from grocery stores, nightlife and amenities, a good school, and my six-figure job. i don't see why this is so difficult

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

this is literally why you have uniforms and badges every member of the media pretending that any of this is due to anything else should be frogmarched out of public life

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I understand this view but I think we should consider the implications of preemptively giving up charging a criminal with crimes because the jury may not convict

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 10/10/2026

Elite impunity is perhaps the single greatest problem in American politics going back to Gerald Ford’s Watergate pardons. These people keep getting away with it. This needs to stop.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Nailed it. 🔨

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Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

His “vision” is dividing the world into 3 empires, his own, Putin’s (Europe), and Xi’s. He doesn’t believe in allies, every country operating underneath each empire should simply obey their emperor.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.

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Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You’re too young for Lotus Notes, the last good business software.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Some ~personal~ news: After five years, I have been laid off from @the-independent.com. I am grateful for the time I have had there. With that in mind, I am absolutely looking for new work opportunities, especially ahead if the midterms. My email is EMGarcia2009@gmail.com. My signal is emgarcia.85

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Once again I offer a hearty “what the fuck are you doing, moron?” to Jared Polis, who commuted her sentence the last time she pulled this shit

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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president ever.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

this reveals SO MUCH about legacy media

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

hard to think of a cartoon that better sums up the mind of a Trump voter than this

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026

this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Again, you can always detect some faint embarrassment from Democrats when they talk about the ballroom, but “the president demolished a big part of the White House to build himself a palace with bribes from enemy powers” is, by an order of magnitude, the worst corruption scandal in US history

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A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?

Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.

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Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It can but we haven’t done anything like this since Arthur Andersen (thanks Dems) and in “tech” Uber and even Amazon (state taxes) just broke laws for years before someone finally stopped them. We mostly have the laws we need, we need Dems to be pre-Enron.

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Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NFL Draft picks are very predictable so they matter.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

it’s particularly on-brand that Scott Wiener is an active participant in SF Transit Month while Connie Chan is nowhere to be found (which is unsurprising given that she fought against the ballot measure that saved Caltrain during the pandemic)

Elected Officials
Leaderboard - Rides - San Francisco Bay
Area
Top elected officials, appointed officials, candidates or board members who live in the San Francisco Bay Area by ride count for September 1 - 6

Name
Total
Distance
Agency
Count
Ride
Count

1 Alfred Twu
138 mi

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2 D7 Myrna Melgar
64.6 mi
2
20

3 Scott Wiener
31.6 mi
2
17

4 Marina MIMBY
16.3 mi
1
12

5 Joaquín Torres
109 mi
3
9

6 EmilyM
46.6 mi
5
9

7 Emma Hare, DCCC
18.7 mi
2
9

8 James4mv
32.9 mi
3
8

9 SaraLovesBART
29.8 mi
2
8

10 busbaddie
10.8 mi
1
8

11 RebeccaEC
40.0 mi
3
7

12 Rockgirl
94.6 mi
1
4

13 H.B.
34.8 mi
2
4

14 Janice Li
11.0 mi
1
4

15 Danny Sauter D3
3.8 mi
1
4

16 Lydia S
12.9 mi
2
3

17 IttyBittyP
10.9 mi
2
2

18 Sam Gould
4.3 mi
1
2

19 ChristinePelosi
2.1 mi
1
2

20 Mike Chen
1.4 mi
1
2

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Truth 👇

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Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The man you want is Hillary Clinton.

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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

BREAKING: The Trump Administration violates/ignores court order and continues ban on media… We are now officially in a constitutional crisis. Enjoy. 😎✨

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Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is good, anthropomorphizing is part of the addiction, removing it, regardless of your thinking about what makes something conscious, is a social good.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I think ‘rote memorization’ is underrated. Having a ton of shit laying around in your head leads to connections and being able to more precisely describe things.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Worth noting here that Jackson is running on the same policy platform as Platner and is MUCH more credibly committed to it. The only reasons to be nostalgic for Platner are 1)misogyny and 2)hating Democrats much more than Republicans. Obviously Stoller hits both marks

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In simple terms, this is antisemitism

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If Michelle Obama had tweeted this there would have been impeachment hearings

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Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

No sympathy. All the Biden “bullshit” was ginned up, didn’t have to be this way.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 17/09/2026

Members of Congress should be paid $600,000 a year so they will be less tempted to leave office and become highly-paid lobbyists.

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Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

But wouldn’t SFZ also have the same problem? They’ll strike that down too?

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Bari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity. —"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

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Bari’s ‘60’ Bust

Bari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status...

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

this sounds awful but that’s because she’s actually mocking Trump and Mr. Smoothgroin deceptively clipped it to own the libs

TAPPER: So, it sounds as though he's saying Democrats would allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. He's also saying, of course, the war is going to end after the midterms. What's your
response?
PELOSI: Well, first of all, let's just say it's not about always responding to Donald Trump. I know that must attract advertisers, but it doesn't win the election. We have to talk about what we're going to do for the American people. Hakeem Jeffries is going to be the speaker. He is preparing how we win, how we protect the election and what we're going to do when we win.
Our country is at war. We always root for our country under any circumstance. So, let's get this done, Mr. President. You said it would take a few weeks. Clearly, you did not know what you were talking about. And you're sounding like Richard Nixon when you say you're going to end this right after the election. But okay for that.
The fact is so sad about this war because it was could've been so totally avoided. President Obama was masterful, virtuoso diplomatic accomplishment when he did the Iran nuclear agreement. And they had stopped -- we accomplished all of our goals. Except this one comes in, tears that up and now says he's going to stop the development of nuclear weapon in Iran, which he hasn't.
So, it's really sad, but our troops are in harm's way, and this is not a small potatoes thing as that person you had on the screen might refer to it. Small potatoes is not how we describe our men and women in uniform risking their lives.
So, this Iran war is taking a toll on the nation because people don't like us going to war in the first place. Second of all, it's increasing the cost of price at the pump, gasoline for farmers, increasing the price of food and groceries. So, this has an impact right at the kitchen table of the American people, in addition to not protecting the security of our country.

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Skye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

BREAKING: The US Supreme Court has denied the Trump admin’s attempt to stay the court order blocking the president’s attempt to misuse the post office to disenfranchise voters before the election. This is a win for the American people and our votes.

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 14/09/2026

Do you ever think about how San Francisco basically went through an economic miracle, with multiple years of double-digit growth, and about the only thing they have to show for it is a world-famous housing crisis? Data from fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPAL...

Chart labeled Economy of San Francisco, showing rapid growth from 2011 to 2024. On the right is a chart showing the GDP per year in billions, and percentage change.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPALL06075

Year Billion % Change
2001 $70
2002 $68 -3.5%
2003 $68 0.8%
2004 $70 2.0%
2005 $76 8.7%
2006 $81 7.5%
2007 $87 6.3%
2008 $88 1.1%
2009 $88 0.3%
2010 $92 4.6%
2011 $100 8.6%
2012 $112 11.8%
2013 $119 6.7%
2014 $131 10.3%
2015 $144 9.7%
2016 $157 9.2%
2017 $173 10.0%
2018 $189 9.4%
2019 $207 9.6%
2020 $215 3.7%
2021 $250 16.4%
2022 $246 -1.8%
2023 $259 5.3%
2024 $268 3.7%

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it?

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

lol two months ago OpenAI was signing a letter about how important open weights models were and now their house propagandist is saying “we will ban open weights and you will thank us for it”. You can’t hate this company enough

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Jared Kushner is not "on the other side of the aisle." He's not an elected official. He's not an administration official. He's the president's son-in-law and a private citizen. You do not, in fact, have to take meetings with relatives of the president. Some might even say you should *not* do that

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Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

But they have a clear incentive to lie, and they’re also in a sort of cult.

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Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I don’t get Pelosi’s game, she knows Chan can’t survive 2 terms? I don’t understand Chan’s goal. Mayor? Sure. Living and working in DC on legislation you don’t understand or care about? Why?

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Michael Mathog @mmathog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Jayapal is downstream of the “vibes” where Chan is “for the people” and Wiener is “corporate and moderate” although the reality is Chan can’t even spell “Gaza” but she says “community” a lot but Jayapal has never been here so doesn’t know that means “protect rich NIMBYs no matter what”.

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