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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Musk has already given far more money, about $366 million, during this election cycle than he did during the 2024 election, when he laid out roughly $290 million to return Republicans to power. He has given even more in undisclosed donations during both elections: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/10/2026
In 1987 Trump visited Moscow. Since then, "He has changed his mind about abortion and crypto, he has supported different political parties, but his dislike of America’s democratic allies and his preference for Russia have remained remarkably consistent." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
If I was a conservative, I'd be less concerned about liberal thought-control in universities and more concerned that educated people seem to have completely rejected my philosophy.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Uprising was easily one of my films of the year. Unpredictable, thrilling, visceral, a properly dangerous and grown-up thing. Deserves more love than it's getting.
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Everything can always get dumber: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Candidate named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru
Leftwing Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores beats far-right candidate in election in remote district of Andes
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“‘Eric, I really wish you would stop papering all these things,’ Guilfoyle responded. ‘It’s really dangerous and not helpful to you or me while you could simply just call me on signal.’ …A U.S. ambassador lecturing her briber on bribing best practices.” www.thebulwark.com/p/our-big-fa...
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Our Big Fat Greek Bribery Scandal
Kimberly Guilfoyle’s corruption is shocking, damning, and—by now—chump change.
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Happily there is a body of evidence dating back a few years (about 1,300) on what good writing is. It is called English literature.”
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The Economist @economist.com · 08/10/2026
Humans impair their ability by using AI and they often loathe its use by others. This may be ridiculous but is encouraging
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AI often makes writing worse. (Even if it makes it better)
Why is complicated. But it’s not about the damn em-dash
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He makes a good point.
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Chris Power @chrispower.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Anne Carson, newly minted Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, once published the greatest ever author bio
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Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ayn Rand, one of the most influential political novelists of the 20th Century, is the subject @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social are revisiting this week. Listen ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Nothing means anything and everything is evidence of a plot against this fucking guy.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
God. We wasted an entire season of Origin Story telling the story of this word, when we could've just checked in with James here.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The only reason you would hear this is if you're hanging out with a bunch of Neo-Nazis.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR TO ASK WHETHER JONN ELLEDGE BOOKS MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump on Iran: "They were nuclear and drug. They were doing drugs but they were doing the nuclear. But these drug factories slash nuclear factories were hit so hard."
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The Economist @economist.com · 04/10/2026
It is depressing that the planet-loving Greens, who support things like eating lentils and planting trees, have faint-heartedly indulged the hard left. The party deserves to fall back into irrelevance
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Britain’s Greens have voted, shamefully, to say Zionism is racism
It is a damning moment for a political party with pretensions to power
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This fucking guy www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"If you saw a montage everyone swiping left or right on your profile, it would ruin your life." If Books Could Kill podcast archive is a trove of joy.
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“So what if it’s in bad taste?” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It's true: this is my final column. You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs | Marina Hyde
Yes, after 25 years I’m signing off, and I’ve cherished every moment – especially storming the French embassy with a (toy) AK-47, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What a week. We've seen the news agenda rescued from the grip of the far-right. We've seen astonishing levels of competence in government communication. And we've seen the outline of a radical policy programme. It's a v.exciting time to be involved in politics iandunt.substack.com/p/some-dispa...
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Some disparate thoughts on a historic speech
For the first time in two years, we freed ourselves from the far-right’s strangle-hold over the news agenda.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/10/2026
A deep dive into the Baltic states' extensive preparations for a Russian invasion, from @isaacstanbecker who tracks "the emergence of a new order, in which Ukraine matters as much to the security of Europe as the United States" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Baltic States Prepare for War
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are readying themselves to fend off a Russian attack—with the help of the United States, or without it.
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“They shot Alexander Hamilton there, not just once, but nightly, to make sure he was really dead. People went Into the Woods and got trampled by a giant. A rat king danced there. Valkyries rode there. Fairies forced people to fall in love, then out of love. It all happened in this building.”
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“It is not just the murder capital of Washington. Revolutions happen there, frequently. They built a barricade on one of the stages and tried to take down the whole French government. And they sang the whole time.“
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The falling ceiling is the least of anyone’s concerns. Everything else about this place is far more threatening. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Kennedy Center Is the Most Terrifying Building in America
This place is much too dangerous.
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Please Like Me shoulda been on the list. the Great North, Bob’s Burgers, King of the Hill shoulda been too. Orange Is the New Black, obv, and Russian Doll too. Bad Sisters, Pluribus, Central Park, The Testaments, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. But yeah. Fine—the list is fine. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century
More than 500 influential stars, showrunners and other notable names in the world of TV voted on the best series released since Jan. 1, 2000. See what they chose.
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/09/2026
It’s always a good time to pick up a new book: here are the best recent novels to read as the seasons change
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Eight of the best new novels to read now
Our favourite books published between July and September
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“When Fuentes said women made men “want to cut their heads off,” she’d defended that, too, calling it a natural reaction to the modern thinking that taught women to push men away.”
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
When the groypers posted online that women belonged in breeding gulags or were too stupid to vote, she’d defended them, telling her own audience that the edgy jokes made “inconvenient truths more digestible” for a new generation of conservative men. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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She helped lead a far-right internet movement. Then it turned on her.
Amy Dangerfield worked to become one of Nick Fuentes’s model “groypettes,” but a vicious fight left her grappling with the dark side of far-right fame.
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/09/2026
The EU considers putting an Irish alumina refiner on its sanctions list
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Ireland is helping supply Russia’s war machine
The EU considers putting an Irish alumina refiner on its sanctions list
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Danger! Danger!! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Kennedy Center Is the Most Terrifying Building in America
This place is much too dangerous.
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The designated target is expected to soak up endless criticism in silence, or even express gratitude. If the target gets upset, they can be accused of “centering their own pain“ at the expense of the marginalized. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How to Destroy a Lesbian Bar
The scourge of COVID led to drive-by whinings disguised as activism.
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“This is sadism disguised as activism.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How to Destroy a Lesbian Bar
The scourge of COVID led to drive-by whinings disguised as activism.
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/09/2026
The makers of sophisticated AI models will engineer them to display a simulacrum of consciousness—perhaps even to gain consciousness itself. The intuition that they are just machines will become harder to sustain
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Could AIs become conscious?
Even if they don’t, they might be treated as such—to humanity’s great cost
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/09/2026
Housing asylum-seekers in Britain is fraught, owing to the fear and loathing directed at them. The government’s policies are not making things any better
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By housing asylum-seekers so badly, Britain is harming itself
Most will become citizens in time
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Remember this? Who’s the stupid one now?
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I guess we're still not ready to acknowledge that Breaking Bad was the dramatic equivalent of junkfood, huh
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Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“If you write one good book, you will live forever.” How did A Theory of Justice make John Rawls a star in academia?  @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss the book that changed modern political philosophy. ➡️ linktr.ee/originstorypodcast
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The warning from the Emirati leader, however, never reached the leaders of Israel’s security establishment, according to five former senior Israeli officials.“ Netanyahu gathered his spooks days later, on Oct. 1, 2023, for a meeting about Gaza “and never mentioned the warning”
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Alex Moody @moodyblx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So that’s two reports now, first in the Israeli paper: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...
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Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7
The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials sai...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Something very strange and disturbing is happening in this country, of which Braverman is just the most pitiful example. iandunt.substack.com/p/the-return...
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The return of race politics
Ethnic minority politicians on the right are engaged in depraved acts of self-hatred, in order to capture a movement which will never accept them
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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
we've got to stop Liz Truss from finding out about this at all costs
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milo edwards @miloedwards.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
CALGARY SHOW TONIGHT!
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mad little deal going on at the i paper right now. The usual £79.99 annual subscription as been cut to just £20 for the whole year. You can unlock it by going to my last article inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
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Trump threatened genocide. So why does the UK ignore his moral depravity?
Ian Dunt: America has wised up to what the US President represents. When will we?
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That's just fraud, my dude. Even if you use an AI agent. It's just fucking fraud.
Nikita Bier: Hello computer,

Find every Amazon purchase I ever made. 
Call the number of the manufacturer. 
Say you’re not satisfied.
Request a refund. 
If they decline, threaten to leave a bad review.
If they decline, find the CEO’s phone number and ask him for a refund.

Now, repeat the same process for items I never even purchased and see if you can get  them to send me money.

If they ask for a recipient, generate an image of one and send that.

Do not stop until you’ve collected $1 million in refunds.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why does the UK press continue to treat Trump like a normal politician when he is demonstrably wicked and insane inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Over the last few months these guys made me proud to be British: kind, practical, profoundly moral, a testament to this island. Now they're targeted by the very worst of us. I just gave them a bunch of money. You should too. Show those fascist clowns what's what. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A police chief in Milford, Connecticut, is calling out Flock Safety for using his image in a promotional video without his permission, and I find the irony to be absolutely hilarious.
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milo edwards @miloedwards.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
CANADA! my greatest hits tour is now on sale for september - i’ll be coming to montreal, ottawa, toronto, calgary and vancouver - grab your tickets here: www.miloedwards.co.uk/liveshows-can
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