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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

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The formative political event for my generation was not actually (only) 9/11. It was Florida 2000. We learned that we, as a country, were perfectly fine with not counting everyone's votes, that the institutions (esp. SCOTUS) were not going to save us, & that one party didn't believe in democracy.

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bruh, you literally JUST SAID "no fatties" and "no weirdos"

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nix @nix.ai · 30/09/2026

They don't even have 50% of men on their side. This is a hit dog hollering if I've ever heard one.

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nix @nix.ai · 30/09/2026

We will, in turn, join hands and build an army of the fatties, the trannies, the beardos, and weirdos, the wimps and the radicals. Together, we will scrape these low-T wannabe nazis out of the halls of power from the federal government all the way down to the local DMV.

Dan "Scary" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Ding ding ding. What if the railroad tracks laid in Maryland were uncompetitive by the time they got to California?

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When you have no concept of how people engage with music

nicksaraev ~
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I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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andré @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

it truly is just perfect that a republican — you know, the party that so badly wants to protect women athletes — used a senate hearing to confidently, and falsely, accuse a lawyer of perjury because he and his entire staff forgot that women’s sports exists

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Limited Edition Ellie @tldrellie.bsky.evl.im · 29/09/2026

Bardstown Road at Dundee Ave/Douglass Blvd. 1941, Louisville, KY. Still today known as Douglass loop, this was the turnaround point for Bardstown Road streetcars that wouldn't be venturing further out of town. This line was eventually extended to Doup's Point and beyond. #LouisvilleTransitHistory

A black and white photo of a dense commercial area. A set of streetcar tracks extend in front of the camera down a one-way street with cars parallel parked down the side. The road is wet with rain.

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 29/09/2026

it was the best of vibes, it was the worst of vibes

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nix @nix.ai · 29/09/2026

What if I became a mechanic?

nix @nix.ai · 29/09/2026

I remain unemployed so I just might

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nix @nix.ai · 29/09/2026

The age old "do I pay a mechanic $400 for 30 minutes of work, or get $400 in tools to fix it myself in a few hours".

nix @nix.ai · 28/09/2026

Whose record on this is notably not the best IIRC but still good to see

nix @nix.ai · 28/09/2026

That's MY governor

Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Dragula is actually the number one song in America

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nix @nix.ai · 26/09/2026

really quite a predicament to be both sad and lonely at the same time. who wants to hang out with someone sad? i get it, not me either.

nix @nix.ai · 26/09/2026

Ugh I did not think it was off 😭

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Limited Edition Ellie @tldrellie.bsky.evl.im · 25/09/2026

Inhaled a bug on my run today

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Aww yeah, welcome to your extremely walkable downtown, Louisville

A map of downtown Louisville highlighting all the parking garages and surface parking lots. It's over 50% of downtown land area.

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Oh sigh... Racing 2 - 2 Wave

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trying to steal the spotlight back from Boebert

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the killer feature of the new Meta AI is just human gig labor. Makes sense when you think about it. How much luck have AI-voiced spam calls had with you? Why should we expect AI callers to have more luck when working on your behalf?

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okay everyone, say it with me: Nice

fiftyplusone senate election simulation. republicans: 31 out of 100. democrats: 69 out of 100.

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Which makes it all the more impressive that POTUS is still running the old playbook of making it more difficult to vote and assuming that will help his side

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You ever watch a pot of water boil just to prove that superstition is silly?

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KAYLA FISCHER IS UNSTOPPABLE

Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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🚨New: With data added from more states, we now estimate that about 2 million fewer kids are receiving SNAP in the wake of deep cuts enacted in last year’s Republican reconciliation law. Overall, more than 5 million people have lost SNAP since July 2025. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

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SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Harmful 2025 Republican Reconciliation Law Is Implemented

SNAP participation nationwide fell by roughly 5 million people (12 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and May 2026, based on the latest month of data.

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

not now kitten, the walls are closing in on mommy

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They told us it was important to learn the material without calculators anyway. And you know what, they were right.

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The most useful courses of my life were the math curriculum for engineers in the 2010s. 6 or so advanced calc classes, with a quiz and a test each week, all done without calculators. We all complained that we'd be able to use calculators and computers on the job.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026

A lesbian bar made mascs optional on one night a week? And now they're going out of business? Those little guys really are pillars of the community aren't they

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“the english are a mongrel people (laudatory)”

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yeah it's been a while since I've looked into the reasons he's wrong but isn't it as simple as "attention basically fixes that"?

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new idea "one email a day" you should only be able to send or read one email a day

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dragonetti @dragonetti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I feel like we have bi visibility day every 3 months. like we get it, you'll fuck anything that moves (not me, of course)

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But, yes, my big question for myself is really how much sense does it make to try to start something new in this vein? Perhaps it's not the craziest idea

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I completely agree with stockx. Stitch Fix is an interesting example. In my opinion it was more of a service than an app/website until about 2021. And they're still trying to stick the landing of pivoting to their app. haha I have a lot of opinions I want to be careful about sharing.

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hey just curious where did the “protect women athletes” crowd get off to

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I like this example, thank you

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Like letterboxd or craigslist or pinboard. Or name your favorite example. Do you think people can still build stuff like that successfully?

Do you think it's possible to make a reasonable living by building a website that is moderately good at a few things and doesn't try to take over the world or get hockey stick growth or have a 10% chance to annihilate humanity.