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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/05/2026

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

kinda amazing in hindsight that this dude was significantly cooler than any of the actual supervillain billionaires we wound up getting

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/05/2026

it is incredible to see folks complain that good people don't run for office, that lawmaking is a hobby for the rich, that our state legislators are run by car dealership freaks, and then insist that we shouldn't pay lawmakers any more than we do.

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

“Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window” – Steve Wozniak

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“Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window” – Steve Wozniak

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

How can people not wash their ass? -Hairy Man

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/05/2026

this is also one of my hobbyhorses. you want a better caliber of lawmaker? you want to reduce the odds of corruption? pay them more. a lot more.

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I think the third act of Rogue One is peak Star Wars. But you really can't beat the original trilogy when you take into account they were released in 1977-83

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Each one of these headlines let us know Memdani is doing a good job

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

An old dumb joke is that the DoD is a logistics company with a military. I wonder how much more costly the war in Iran would be without access to any NATO military bases or airspace. Dumb as Trump, he can understand this. I hope someone reminds him of it everyday.

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Autocorrect is still a piece of shirt

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Excellent piece. I'll admit I'll basically vote for any congressperson with a D next to their name due to their policy bundle and the limited damage they can do with their office. For executive positions if the Dem was monsterous I'd vote GOP or if very terrible then 3rd party.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 24/04/2026

Yes, I think the enormity of Elon Musk racking up Pol-Pot levels of mass killing is so hideous to contemplate that many people just….aren’t.

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

A useful graphic of what definitely not to do with said armband www.reddit.com/r/meirl/s/O7...

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Abby @arobertswrites.com · 15/04/2026

Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

A simpler explanation is you can tell how progressive a Dem is by how much the NYT and other "liberal" media outlets treat them. This is why you have to explain Biden's platform even to people who closely follow politics on bsky. Sidenote, oh boy do I love how much the NYT hates Mamdani

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

"To ensure that the person who earns investment gains pays the tax bill, taxes should be paid on gains whenever property is transferred—not just by sale, but by gift or at death as well. A rule like this has worked in Canada for decades. It will work here too." theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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How to Tax Billionaires

Step one: Abolish the estate tax. No, really.

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

"Before taking office, Mr. Trump told top aides to think of each presidential day as an episode in a television show in which he vanquishes rivals." www.nytimes.com/2017/12/09/u...

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Inside Trump’s Hour-by-Hour Battle for Self-Preservation (Published 2017)

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Someone please pitch him the idea of using hydrogen filled airships instead of ships

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 09/04/2026

This is a prime example of the very worst kind of symbiotic "insider account" journalism -- in which you can tell who the "sources" are, because they make themselves look good. It is therefore of extremely suspect accuracy. But.... 1/

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How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Lol what a ridiculous idea. We need to be using hydrogen filled airships, not ships!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The Onion is still undefeated 🧅

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Old: Freedom of Navigation New: Joint Trump-Ayatollbooth

This morning, I asked President Trump if he’s okay with the Iranians charging a toll for all ships that go through the Strait of Hormuz, he told me there may be a Joint US-Iran venture to charge tolls:

“We’re thinking of doing it as a joint venture. It’s a way of securing it — also securing it from lots of other people.”

“It’s a beautiful thing”

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I'm trying to make AayaTollBooth a thing. It's a dumb and simple thing to quickly understand. Trump'a war created an AayaTollBooth.

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Can the press and Dems just repeat how Trump created the AayaTollBooth over and over again? Does it matter?

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

They probably won't even dare to ask about the AayaTollBooth

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Millions of American voters wanted to be villains. They came to believe it’s the key to success, while goodness is weak, woke, loser stuff, done only to signal. Offered the option of unvarnished villainy, they enthusiastically took it. Seeing others suffer more made them feel big. And here we are.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I love these people.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

One of my favorite “history fun facts” I often share in class is that Notre Dame is called “the fighting Irish” because in 1924, UND students beat the shit out of a local Klan that tried to harass them for being Catholic. stories.nd.edu/stories/a-cl...

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A Clash Over Catholicism

It was May 1924, and the Ku Klux Klan wanted to showcase its power and cement its sudden grip on Indiana politics by holding a picnic and parade in South Bend, the most Catholic area in the state. Abo...

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

reminder that the number one issue that the press covered in 2016, the one they told voters was THE MOST IMPORTANT thing in the election, was Hillary Clinton's compliance with Presidential Records Act record-keeping

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Amazingly the Hegseth-picked press isn’t asking him tough questions in an attempt to hold his feet to the fire, hold power accountable, and inform the public. They’re asking these basic questions because they assume Hegseth knows what he’s doing, is succeeding, and will therefore have good answers.

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Im sure he's wanted to use them but has been talked out of it because it would destroy oil reserves. I truly believe that.

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Emanuela Paoletti @manupaoletti.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Big fan of David Roberts @volts.wtf and @pkrugman.bsky.social but their conversation on clean energy, environmentalism, EVs and so much more is next-level. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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Talking with David Roberts

Climate, energy, and America left behind

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/03/2026

Heather Cox Richardson has a larger audience than almost any dudefluencer. More informed. Better values & policy preferences. And yet there are no profiles, no elevation or lionization, because there's *nothing* US media is less interested in than middle-aged lib women. No diner interviews for them.

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Tony Paradis @tparadis27.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Gotta love the Canadians... Right now there is a big push for them to forego buying the US-Made F-35 fighter jets in favor of buying Swedish-built jets instead. The proposed designation for this new jet would be the FU-47.

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I'd play Civilization while watching TV, I swear! Even accounting for that I still have a shameful number of hours on steam lol

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Maybe Baker should have spent less time complaining about black people winning journalism awards and spent more time accurately describing the man running the most powerful country in the world bsky.app/profile/carl...

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

You don't have to like or praise Carlson, who's an awful human being, to acknowledge any and all MAGA infighting has a good chance of making the world a better place. Awful people sometimes do good things for the wrong reasons.

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Indeed. He's doing this while Russia is providing intelligence to Iran FFS

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Hugh Mann @normalhughmann.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I don't have or want kids and my genetics didn't factor at all into my thought process about it. But I could see people with terrible generic disorders choose not to have kids for that reason and it would be the right thing to do.

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