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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 4h

I don't know how it will play in Maine, but Troy Jackson seems to be winning this debate

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 7h

There's news of a plague outbreak in Russia. Here's what we know and here's who in the White House is staffed to handle any U.S. related work on it (hint: it's RFK Jr. and a gutted CDC...) Russia is trying to cover up the media reports on the outbreak, which now has 200 people in quarantine.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 7h

"Mr. Hearn was deprived of his liberty, indicted for a crime he didn't commit, threatened w/ incarceration of up to 10 years & endured defaming of his name" Former Olympian charged w/ discredited Reflecting Pool criminal case asks for Dept of Interior watchdog probe of agency

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Nicki Kenyon @nickikenyon.bsky.social · 7h

This is 100 percent me. When I lost my beloved St. Bernard a few years ago, both my husband and I wept and wept. I still haven't been able to cry for my mom who passed six months ago.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 18h

Justice Alito devotes an entire chapter of his new book to the emergency docket—and to responding to people like me (“the most prolific academic critic of the emergency docket”). As I explain over at “One First,” it … didn’t go well: www.stevevladeck.com/p/256-so-une...

In the pre-publication galleys to his new book, So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country, Justice Alito spelled my last name inconsistently. This is, I suspect, the pettiest possible point on which to open in discussing a Supreme Court justice’s new memoir, and I would never have mentioned it except for the fact that inconsistency turns out to be the organizing feature of the chapter in which I (“the most prolific academic critic of the emergency docket”) repeatedly appear.

The central inconsistency of Chapter 8, which is devoted to the emergency docket, is structural: Rather than tackle the subject holistically (as one might expect in a book), Alito mashed together the speech he gave five years ago at Notre Dame Law School with a “postscript.” The former was deeply flawed even at the time (among lots of other things, Alito repeatedly insisted that there was “nothing new” about the Court’s behavior on emergency applications during the first Trump administration and COVID); and the latter tries to move the goalposts away from the specific phenomena to which critics like me have actually objected.

The result is to leave readers with a disjointed, inaccurate, and misleading sense of what the debate is even about—to say nothing of how the Court’s own behavior since September 2021 (including Alito’s) has only further undermined the already-flawed claims Alito made back then. Somewhere between the galleys of Alito’s book and the final product (which hits bookstores today), someone apparently figured out that my last name should be spelled the same way (and correctly!) throughout. The other, more significant inconsistencies were, apparently, harder to fix.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible

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Hayden Center @haydencenter.bsky.social · 7h

Starting at 7 pm E. Watch live on our YouTube channel or also on CSPAN 2!!!!

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 4h

‘If one or both of the labs gets their lunch eaten by the much-cheaper open source models, then not only will the demand for the hyperscalers’ compute shrink, but their non-operating income from their stakes in the labs will fall meaningfully.‘ econjared.substack.com/p/a-budding-...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com To fight back against A.I. propaganda, “Americans need to learn the counterspy techniques of CIA officers,” Anthony Vinci writes in a guest essay.

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Opinion | A Spy’s Guide to Fighting A.I. Propaganda

In the age of A.I. disinformation, we all need to use the tools of counterespionage to find the truth.

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Colin Laney @noydbmf.bsky.social · 2h

Very good article. -=-=- "To fight back, Americans need to learn the counterspy techniques of C.I.A. officers: using multiple sources to check information; testing those sources regularly for reliability; never getting complacent and trusting one source without thinking." bsky.app/profile/nyti...

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Opal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · 4h

AI CEOs: "Why are the externalities pissed off that we're calling their deaths and immiseration an 'acceptable cost', and why aren't they spending more money on our products, the ungrateful fucks?"

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 11h

Or never. Best book on the history:

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Colin Laney @noydbmf.bsky.social · 2h

two references ;) "Out Where the Buses Don't Run" is an epic Miami Vice ep. A young David Strathairn co-stars. Bruce McGill is incredibly good. As for Mr. Duke, well..

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Colin Laney @noydbmf.bsky.social · 3h

..teaches resilience, but yeah🙇

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Here's a nearly 10-minute supercut of Troy Jackson taking it to Susan Collins during their debate tonight, including Jackson telling her "you can't eat road salt" and "Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 7h

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Iran’s leaders and a second group of leaders were gone and that nobody knows who is running the country. “The biggest problem I have is nobody knows who the hell is running the country,” he said at an Anduril Industries event in Maryland.-Iran Intl

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

“.. Without it, you do have that $200-a-barrel scenario, so it is pretty important it continues,” he said. “There aren’t any more inventories to drain in the west.” @financialtimes.com ⛽️ www.ft.com/content/95db...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

“.. Each hour, Muse updates its dossiers on you and the people you’ve mentioned in chats, messages, and emails that Muse has read. .. Even people who don’t use Muse are subject to this mapping process by other people’s Muse agents.” @time.com $META time.com/article/2026...

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 7h

It’s October and the neighbors are back with #SkeletonCrew. Strong start!

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 7h

Under Trump, more than 500 Americans have been grabbed off the street and sent to DHS concentration camps. Many have been filmed screaming that they are American citizens. DHS doesn't care; they just toss them into detainment until some family member or lawyer is able to prove their citizenship.

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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Hayden Center @haydencenter.bsky.social · 6h

We just got started at the Hayden Center with David @IgnatiusPost. Join us! WATCH: www.youtube.com/live/8KP4MvR...

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 7h

"Antonio" is checking that the sprinklers are working correctly. This is essential so that all the lettuce plants get the proper amount of water to grow. #WeFeedYou

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 7h

CDC on Russian plague reports:

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

“.. the latest example of Trump advisers profiting from far-right politicians abroad who have sought favor from the U.S. president ..” @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

“.. two things really stand out here. One is that the US pays a lot more to borrow money these days than China.” @weisenthal.bsky.social @bloomberg.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

“.. Distressed leveraged loans … a nearly 90% jump over the past 12 months ..” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

SHELL CEO: “There’s a limit to how much those shock absorbers can continue to take. .. We have maybe softened the worst impact of the crisis, but there is only so long that you can continue to do that without further discontinuities emerging.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 19h

Plusses: Can start mobilisation Minuses: There isn't any fuel to get them to Ukraine, and those not in a petrol queue have the plague.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17h

Hot news for the sea lion in my comments bothering everyone about how training data is fair use www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...

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AI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third Circuit

Using someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 22h

I want this lying, sundowning grifter to continue speaking off-the-cuff, emptying his hollow soul into microphones in every swing state he can reach in the next month. I want him out there every day, revealing some fresh thread of malignant, fatuous idiocy. I think he's now a political plague.

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Colin Laney @noydbmf.bsky.social · 10h

..wanna bet the software phoned home? ;)

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity." "ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump on his meeting with Gold Star families: "I invited them out to check out the new helipad, check out the new ballroom, and check out the new helicopter"

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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As warned, Trump isn't using his new powers under the recently passed sanctions law to further punish Russia. Just the opposite: U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 10h

Let’s go bag some birds!

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

A simple, factual, and effective message.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 13h

Norway plans to introduce a law to parliament that would temporarily ban the tech at places such as parks, beaches, schools, and kindergartens, while also setting up an expert group to propose permanent national rules: arstechnica.visitlink.me/5Agx05

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AI glasses face their first major government crackdown

Norway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Farm workers are knocking on doors asking voters to vote for Randy Villegas for CD 22. Since they began last week, they've knocked on 4,986 Spanish language doors to a great response. Their message is simple. Randy supports farm workers. Support us by voting for Randy Villegas.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 16h

The Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea claims: "Our forces succeeded in attacking concentrations of Saudi enemy forces in the Al-Dagharir camp in Jizan using several ballistic missiles. The strikes were accurate and direct, causing dozens of dead and wounded in their ranks."

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: The Trump DOJ's recent crackdown on illegal voting relies on an rarely used statute — "voting by aliens" — that some experts, and as of last week one federal court, believe is unconstitutional. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 10h

We are aware of multiple stops conducted today by federal agents in the Madera and Fresno areas. We remind the public to stay calm, to verify information, and to exercise one’s rights, including the right to not answer questions. If detained, do not sign anything without speaking to a lawyer. 1/

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 19h

The 7 stages of Western "concern" 1 This is concerning 2 This is increasingly concerning 3 We are now deeply concerned 4 We are now gravely concerned 5 There will be consequences 6 We demand answers 7 It is important not to escalate the situation

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