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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 2h
they did the thing
an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The "Is AI alive" conversation is 100% this, too. If you can be conned by a chatbot, I fear for your general safety. You are the guy at the stripclub who think the dancers really like you.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Again, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard.
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KC Current @kansascitycurrent.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Debinha gets her first hat trick with #KCBABY 🔥
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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August @month8.theotheramb.com · 29/09/2026
One of the main things I've learned traveling this weekend is hotels and airlines love advertising services and then not having them available.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
These are not fully formed ideas but what I am sensing is a toxic combination of: - So few people reading quality fiction where you have to put yourself in someone else's shoes & actually pay attention, rather than reading passively. This results in lacking basic reading skills.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23/09/2026
NEW: Last month, I flew to Kansas to speak with Rev. Adam Hamilton, the megachurch pastor running for Senate — as a Democrat. He talked to me about "progressive evangelicalism," and I talked to his congregants. And here's the thing: he has a real chance of winning. religionnews.com/2026/09/23/h...
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How megapastor Adam Hamilton could break the GOP's hold on Kansas
LEAWOOD, Kansas (RNS) — While Democrats have long been considered a longshot for statewide races in Kansas, the Rev. Adam Hamilton's candidacy has proven unexpectedly competitive.
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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August @month8.theotheramb.com · 21/09/2026
Digital labels at the store suck. Beyond any fears of price manipulation or whatever, they just suck to look at.
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August @month8.theotheramb.com · 18/09/2026
Me going through the quotes of this post one by one trying to correct people's misconceptions about Kansas
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It Ain't Much, But It's Honest Work Meme
Alt: It Ain't Much, But It's Honest Work Meme
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August @month8.theotheramb.com · 18/09/2026
I think this is the best shot of a D senator in my lifetime, bc Marshall is such a bad candidate. The normal R voter (probably about 1/3 the population) are not enthusiastic. They don't like him going on Fox news every day, they don't like his attack ads, they don't like his personality.
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August @month8.theotheramb.com · 18/09/2026
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 17/09/2026
I didn't trust AI to tell me whether AI will kill us all in the next decade. So I turned to the one branch of science more reliable than LLMs: Bracketology
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The AI Apocalypse Bracket: Just How Doomed Are We, Really?
Is AI really likely to wipe out humanity within the next decade? We used the most scientific tool in existence to get an answer.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Shout out to the student journalists at The Daily Iowan for reporting on the travesty that is Iowa's Center for Intellectual Freedom. With quotes from me dailyiowan.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Uncertainty in leadership, curriculum surrounds UI Center for Intellectual Freedom
In the barren walls of his Calvin Hall office, where the Center for Intellectual Freedom resides, interim director and University of Iowa economics professor Luciano de Castro shuffles a stack of pape...
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MagnetCarta @magnetcarta.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Millennial who as a kid argued about the Iraqi War on a Dragonball Z message board vs. anyone else in a debate.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🔥 @Hamilton4Kansas ends his senate debate against @RogerMarshallMD (who has poor people arrested for not affording bills after pregnancies) with a ‘WIZARD OF OZ’ analogy that sums up Republicans in Washington perfectly
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The Lawrence Times @lawrencekstimes.com · 12/09/2026
Candidates for Kansas governor largely sidestepped pointed questions from a news media panel during the debate at the Kansas State Fair as they argued over who was more extreme and how to make life affordable for state residents. Via @kansasreflector.com: lawrenceks.news/4r94PYR
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In scorching Kansas State Fair debate, governor candidates fight over taxes, data centers, vouchers
Candidates for Kansas governor largely sidestepped pointed questions from a news media panel during the debate at the Kansas State Fair as they argued over who was more extreme and how to make life af...
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Ash McGonigal @ashmcgonigal.com · 12/09/2026
The Kansas State Fair is, in normal times, a pretty friendly venue for the Republican
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11/09/2026
Friends, if you still post on X, I think less of you. I don't hate you. Not gonna cancel you. But your posting on X gives me reason to doubt your judgment & your commitment to sticking up for vulnerable people against powerful predators. I'm not perfect, either! But I'm not fucking posting on X.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 10/09/2026
I am serious that today’s journalism ecosystem would be fooled if they played war of the worlds on the radio. It would be on CNN within hours
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 09/09/2026
I do not believe that these guys are about to summon a world-ending superconsciousness from Nvidia graphics cards. But they either believe they can or want me to believe they believe they can. So I think "fuck them" is the only rational response
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 08/09/2026
you HAVE to get on board with beanie babies. beanie babies are going to leave you behind. you must devote your time to studying all the new beanie babies and how it impacts yuor life. also theyre alive and im in love with iggy the iguana
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Andrew Przybylski @shuhbillskee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In case you missed it earlier this summer... A great piece by @masnick.com covering @candiceodgers.bsky.social amazing TED Talk. www.techdirt.com/2026/07/10/a...
techdirt.com
Adults Broke The Internet, And They’re Trying To Fix It By Kicking Kids Off
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of developmental psychologist Candice Odgers. I’ve mentioned her and her work on the site many times, and she was a guest on my podcast as well. She …
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The wealthiest nation in the history of the human species has no rational excuse for functioning this way.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🎯🎯🎯🎯 Every study initiated on the subject makes it clear that the most effective, cheapest (yes, CHEAPEST, most inexpensive, highest return on investment) forms of aid are direct cash payments with zero means testing, and on-request right-to-housing. These are just facts.
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romulus - 🛸METROID RAVENOUS🍽️ @romulusofficial.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
it must be so difficult to act with a character who you can’t even see. thankfully, Foghorn is just that talented
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binp @binp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
understandable
Bloody urine (haematurea) was recorded by Ancient Egyptians in papyri 5,000 years ago. They called it Aaa. The first scientific report
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.
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Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026
If buying isn't owning then piracy can't be theft. Any reasonable corporation knows that.
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Something that is true is the GOP has gotten significantly crazier every term it’s been out of the Oval Office in my lifetime.
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August @month8.theotheramb.com · 18/08/2026
Thank God there's no more Woke keeping glass out of my desserts.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The US Army realised in 1941, as it spooled up for war, that it needed around 500,000 typewriters to function. so great was the need that they had to requisition and ration them. HALF A MILLION. Equivalent to 40% of the entire US domestic supply at the time. Logtics wins wars.
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August @month8.theotheramb.com · 15/08/2026
Since there's been some talk on this subject, today I will share the August Theory of Kansas Politics. I am not a political scientist or politician, just a lifetime resident and long time observer. The theory: Average Kansas Republicans will allow themselves ONE non-R aligned vote each election.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
i love when they recover some 3000 year old clay tablet and its something totally relatable like “i hope this tablet finds you well but the group project is a disaster…”
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Adam Hamilton @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Are you hungry for change? 🥩 Adam's 🔥 response to that goofy attack ad.
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KC Current @kansascitycurrent.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
WHITE WASTED NO TIME 🤯🔥 Amelia White getting the party started 25 seconds in 👏
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August @month8.theotheramb.com · 15/08/2026
Abby became a soccer fan during the World Cup, showing more interest in it than any other sport I've tried to get the kids into. So now we're NWSL watchers. Go Current! Taking the lead 25 seconds in!
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Micah @rincewind.run · 06/08/2026
if the moderate wing of the Dem party would spend even half of the energy they are spending fighting the DSA on fighting Trump they wouldn't be losing so many primaries to the DSA
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 04/08/2026
"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!
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August @month8.theotheramb.com · 05/08/2026
See y'all next time the slimey fucks try to sneak in some shitty amendment because they can't handle losing 10% of the time.
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Craig Brown @craigbrownkc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Tell me you’re the worst team in the AL Central without telling me you’re the worst team in the AL Central.
Tyler Tolbert, Randy Dobnak Named Royals Player, Pitcher of the Month for
July
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Dominic @domoffinland.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
this guy gets it
Listen to this king at a Huntington City Council meeting on Flock Cameras:

"I'm not gonna waste your time, I'm kinda hungry, but one last thing. Every single Flock camera has about 2-3 lbs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold. Do with that information what you will."
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Eric Bolduc @ericfinalfantasy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
#BlocktheMerger
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The House of Ellison is on the Brink
Everything the world’s briefly richest man built is failing at once
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