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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ok, i kind of think Todd Achilles is the real deal candidate-wise. i gave him some money. i'm going to sit down and do some math and try to figure out if this is legitimately a no-hoper or if this is a longshot-big-payoff bet, but if there's a chance we may do some cooking for him on Bsky
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moominpapa.bsky.social @moominpapa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What's your "origin" video game? Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you. I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer. So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨?
A very low-resolution pixel rendering of a yellow castle with a closed black portcullis. To the left of the castle is a small square with a key next to it. It is a scene from Adventure for Atari 2600.
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 07/09/2026
["QUACKS" vertically alongside a 2x3 grid of white ducks labeled: up, charm, top, down, strange, bottom. Strange wears a propeller hat.]
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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Good place to drop this! givebutter.com/heatprogram
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Support HEAT: Give Young People a Chance to Thrive
Support HEAT’s mission to protect and empower LGBTQAI+ youth, homeless youth, and young adults in crisis. Your donation changes lives.
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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I want to make sure everyone in the city is aware that SUNY Downstate operates a large and extremely skilled LGBTQ and gender affirming care clinic, and we have repeatedly reiterated our intention to go to jail before we stop.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"I am pro-trans generally, but anti-trans when it comes to sports and I think the concerns about trans athletes are legitimate, but sometimes they go too far" is not a tenable position. People are getting their news in sound bites on TikTok and third-order pundit "analysis" in the WSJ and NYT.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Administrations “misspend” funds all the time. The DeSantis administration stole public money and gave it to the Florida Republican Party via a series of shady proxy transfers that would make Saul Goodman blush.
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Rep. Vikki Goodwin @vikkigoodwintx.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Introducing: A healthcare plan for every Texan. Texas Cares would create a new, state administered health insurance program to cover low-income Texans, working Texans, and Texans who remain uninsured after pursuing coverage through their work, the marketplace, and family. ➡️ TexasCaresPlan.com
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is the federal government the AAU would like universities to work with. Got it. Keveney was the HHS Acting General Counsel. He is currently Chief Counsel of the FDA.
Screenshot of whistleblower disclosure which reads: Keveney additionally said he believed Harvard would settle because they are “over abarrel.” The proposed Harvard settlement terms, which Keveney showed Ms. Van Erem briefly onhis computer screen, were extraordinary and included MOUs with police, installing a provost tooversee curriculum, ending DEI programs, placing endowment money in trusts the governmentcould seize, and investing in programs in Israel. There was no information to indicate thesesweeping enforcement terms corresponded to any specific findings of Title VI violations.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"...findings that 3 [insts] violated civil rights law by tolerating antisemitism were predetermined by political priorities that blew past the evidence and cast aside standard investigative procedures..." Reading the whistleblower statement and taking rage breaks www.ms.now/news/frame-u...
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Whistleblower says probes into antisemitism at colleges were ploys to harass and strip millions
A former Justice Department lawyer says the Trump investigations squeezed Ivy League universities for millions before they were even concluded. A top Democrat is demanding answers.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Trump administration would rather your loved ones die from overdose than find out if their drugs are contaminated with fentanyl and other dangerous adulterants. They believe that “the wages of sin” ought to be death. Meanwhile, they’re massacring people in boats to fake “protect” people from drugs.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Texans, vote for Vikki Goodwin! @vikkigoodwintx.bsky.social www.vikkigoodwin.com
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 29/07/2026
Australia has skills shortages, yet almost half of skilled migrants are working below their qualification level. A clogged recognition system is wasting teachers, nurses, engineers and tradespeople already here, John Menadue writes. #auspol #Migration #Skills
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Australia is wasting the skills migrants bring
Almost half of skilled migrants are working below their qualification level, while Australia’s complex recognition system leaves urgently needed teachers, nurses, engineers and tradespeople underused.
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I do not think we should hand Donald Fucking Trump (or, indeed, any politician!) the ability to control whether trans people or Jewish people or queer people can talk about their lives online without having to deanonymize themselves and be put on a government watchlist, and neither should you.
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"Minors are entitled to a significant measure of First Amendment protection, and only in relatively narrow and well-defined circumstances may government bar public dissemination of protected materials to them." Erznoznik v. Jacksonville, 422 U. S. 205, 212–213 (1975)
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Beshear might challenge the senator-replacement law in court, and he might win, but in KY, the legislature can impeach with a simple majority. It might be Pyrrhic victory, assuming he could can hold onto office long enough to fight the battle.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Pin this. It will be a pivotal moment in Trump's move to steal the 2026 and 2028 elections. It will present lies that will be used to justify illegal actions to selectively disenfrachise voters. The next four months look like a historic threat to our democracy.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
On Wednesday of last week, Trump gave disaster relief funds to red states. On Friday, he denied disaster relief funds to blue states. If you’re wondering why a lot of us are up in arms about the proposed OMB rule that will require political litmus tests for grant funding, THIS IS WHY.
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This story blames a supposed “uptick in violence” on Boston not having 600 more cops. But halfway through the article, you find out homicides are down compared to last year. And two-thirds of the way through, you find out they're down by more than half!
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 24/06/2026
there’s a contingent of people from historically cooler climates who really do seem to think that they’re inherently better people for not using AC unlike those decadent tropical dwellers Anyway I wrote about this a while back and need to do a update foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/16/c...
foreignpolicy.com
Climate Change Demands More Air Conditioning
An often-disparaged technology is a lifesaver, not a luxury.
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National Nurses United @nationalnurses.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Chicago nurses are flexing our collective power: This is the second Chicago hospital in a month to join our union! All across the Windy City, we're rising up to unite for patient care as THE union for nurses! 💨⛵️
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Chicago nurses at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital vote overwhelmingly to join NNOC/NNU
Registered nurses at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago voted overwhelmingly to join National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fast...
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
SpaceX is worth less than half of its $1.75 trillion IPO target, Morningstar says www.cnbc.com/2026/06/03/m...
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SpaceX is worth less than half of its $1.75 trillion IPO target, Morningstar says
The analysts see a wide range of possibilities around xAI and find its "economic moat indeterminate."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
letsaddresstexas.substack.com
Ken Paxton’s office offered a child molester ONE day in jail and NO sex offender registration. Donald Trump endorsed Paxton yesterday.
Paxton let a child abuser have ONE day in jail, skip the sex offender registry and allowed him to get his law license back by 2031.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
“The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the U.S., or any of them.” [i.e. state govs]
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Jonathan Horowitz @jonathanhorowi1.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The answer is no. There is no way that smartphones are responsible for a 40% decline in worldwide fertility rate. This is what the graph looks like from 1970 to the present (from @ourworldindata.org).
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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I wrote about the campaign to criminalize “organized retail theft” in this piece. It’s the only time I’ve written something where I felt like I was going crazy. Theft is already a crime! But retailers lied about the stats, the law, and the causes—they claim that MS-13 and Hezbollah are behind it.
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Big Box Carceralism
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 14/05/2026
bluesky — i am talking to you, all of you — need to internalize this and you need to tell everyone you know this. shampoo more expensive? republicans. burgers more expensive? republicans. beer more expensive? republicans.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Ogles should be in prison for stealing money he raised to build a memorial garden to his dead baby, and he has the nerve to call other people hustlers:
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REVEALED: What did Andy Ogles do with nearly $25,000 meant for child burial garden? He won't say
Now, NewsChannel 5 Investigates has uncovered more questions that the freshman Republican won't answer.
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Andrea LaFlamme @andrealaflamme.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
More white male aggression is not going to get us the progress we need. Support change. Support the matriarchy. Support Andrea.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 29/04/2026
the indoor smoking bans of the 90's and 00's were the last genuinely great win for organized labor in this country and absolutely could not happen today, trying to reopen this door actively sets us back as a civilization, don't give them an inch
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Good Faith Media @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Mitch Randall: Rural communities often have few or no private school options, meaning the greatest benefits go to suburban and metropolitan families. For-profit schools rarely prioritize poor or rural communities because their central purpose is profit. Read more: ow.ly/9EgQ50YP2zj
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The Crumbling Wall of Church-State Separation: Why It Matters for the Future of Public Education
Let me be clear: I am not against private schools. Have as many as you want. What I oppose is private schools being funded by public dollars.
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Seattle Times is still talking about "mandating treatment" as a necessary condition of having a place to sleep out of the rain. You can't get furious about the persistence of tents and also say people in active addiction don't deserve shelter.
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Can Seattle mayor's approach to homelessness gain traction where past efforts failed? | Editorial
Seattle's mayor is staking her political future on making progress on homelessness. Questions remain in the policy details and residents deserve answers.
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MBR @flame89.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Iran says Lebanon is part of the ceasefire. The U.S. and Israel say it is not. This is why real diplomats spend considerable time on joint communiques. Each side will always spin agreements to their domestic audiences. But you can’t have disputes over fundamental matters like entire theaters of war.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I'm a bit of a broken record on this, but usurping the power of the purse isn't just one constitutional violation among all the many others. It is, uniquely and singularly, the death of constitutional government altogether. Game over, end of story, you now live in an autocracy.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/04/2026
For years I've been looking for the right guest to do a pod on this. The car-sales model that is dictated by law in the US -- you must go to a dealership & suffer for hours in order to buy one -- is one of the most nakedly anti-social special interest giveaways in history. Needs to be killed dead.
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Gammitin (Ben) 💾 @gammitin.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
IBM OS/2 Warp 4 😍😍😍
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Trump: I’m going to put ICE in the airports, where they will target and arrest all the illegals, especially Somalis, because I hate the Democrats Headlines: Trump puts ICE officers in airports to ease long lines, provide relief for weary travelers
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Farage 2026 : "Starmer has finally given the US permission to use British bases to destroy Iranian missiles. Better late than never" Farage 2015 : "We don't need to take foreign policy advice from the American President. The last time we did that it was called the Iraq War" There's always a tweet
Tweet from Nigel Farage on Mar 1, 2026

"Keir Starmer has finally given the US permission to use British bases to destroy Iranian missiles. Better late than never. 

The Prime Minister is a follower, not a leader."Tweet from Nigel Farage on Jun 7, 2015

"We don't need to take foreign policy advice from the American President. The last time we did that it was called the Iraq War"
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
We saw an uptick in ICE activity today. ICE continues to be spotted around the metro area - dining, driving, and hiding in between events. Current vehicles on the short list include Black Chevrolet Tahoes, White or Silver Jeep Wagoneers, and White Ford Transit vans with fake branding.
A white Ford Transit van that is labeled "Midwest Plumbing". This is not a real company.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
there are a lot of people working in the government right now who want to intentionally trigger an apocalypse to create the conditions for the return of jesus christ and I know how crazy that sounds but its absolutely true
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
twitter screengrab:
Donald J. Trump 11.11.13 
Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.
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A bot, definitely Russian or North Korean 🔞🦊 @dykemoonblade.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
It seems like the majority of people are just looking at the headline and interpreting this as another "whoops! user data got leaked! our bad!" What was actually exposed was code used in Persona's software. Code showing that this company is doing A LOT MORE THAN CHECKING YOUR AGE.
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moominpapa.bsky.social @moominpapa.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I have just experienced a thread about right-wing media and JD Vance dissing AOC's Munich speech, and so many commenters were asserting that it was all a Newsom promotion ploy. Yes, that's why Fox News is so anti-AOC all of a sudden. 🙄 I'm beginning to think social media was a mistake.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 15/02/2026
This scheme to make passports harder to obtain comes as Republicans are trying to make passports one of the few documents that can be presented in order to be permitted to register to vote.
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State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications
The State Department has ordered nonprofit public libraries to stop taking passport applications, cutting off a popular local service.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 12/02/2026
CEO said a thing!
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The Media Can't Stop Propping Up Elon Musk's Phony Supergenius Engineer Mythology
"CEO said a thing!" journalism is now utterly pervasive, and includes parroting billionaire and CEO claims with a total disregard for whether or not anything being said is actually true.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Most people don’t know this: Heat pumps REDUCE gas consumption even if running 100% on electricity from a gas fired power plant. More here in my piece for @carbonbrief.org👇 interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
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