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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 8h

I hate this timeline where I can’t tell the jokes and satire from the true statements. (No wonder the Onion bought Infowars.) If you’re serious, do you have a source?

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Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.com · 08/10/2026

A secret NYC location. Live music. A speakeasy for Ukraine 🇺🇦 Join us Oct 15 for a live Gaslit Nation taping with @razomforukraine.org CEO Dora Chomiak. Tickets/silent auction tax deductible. Get a sneak peek of my new book A Reasonable Guide for Unreasonable Women www.eventbrite.com/e/people-pow...

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People Power: Ukraine’s “Unreasonable” Women

A live Gaslit Nation taping at Razom celebrating Ukrainian women, with a preview of Andrea Chalupa’s new book and live jazz.

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 9h

I assume that the Pentagon now has lots of antiquated, AI-selected, unvetted Russian target sets to share, like those for Iran. It’s unlikely that there are any Russians still feeding the US anything true or that the USG Russia specialists survived DOGE and “grand conspiracy” charges.

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 9h

Under Trump, the US has never been Ukraine’s ally. He hates Ukraine because his idol Putin tells him to and because he expects he will personally benefit from Ukraine’s outpouring of blood. He doesn’t understand why he can’t force you to just take what Putin wants to give. Curses deserved.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 16h

Again, I never again want to hear the Republicans claim the mantle of, or be referred to as, the "party of national security." This, as with threatening to invade our NATO allies, should have long ago immediately ended his presidency. It also should again now.

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 9h

I think in effect “they” (his handlers) already have. Who else needs a sign saying “The Oval Office” outside…

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 16h

Growing up next door to an aggressor, you don't take freedom for granted. As a young Latvian shares, Ukraine isn't just fighting for itself—it’s breaking a cycle of occupation so the next generation across Eastern Europe can finally live without looking over their shoulder.

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Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · 23h

96-year old Georgian blogger and former math teacher Lamara Abjandadze's post (the post is in Georgian. I had AI translate it visually). A reminder of how our elderly, who have been through the turbulences of the 20th century, deserve to see freedom they have fought so hard for.

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 23h

If both Iranians and Ukrainians aren’t working flat-out on nuclear weapons, they’d be stupid. (Which they’re not.) Donald Trump’s word has no value. I used to think the US system was strong enough it could survive a bad leader. Trump isn’t just bad, but that assumption was wrong.

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 23h

OFAC announced lifting of sanctions already yesterday — very quickly for them. This isn’t about drops of diesel for US (voter issue is gasoline, too) but an excuse to de facto switch sides in the Ukraine war. Patrushev said Trump owed RF. One debt Trump will pay.

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Day 1690 and Ukraine woke up incredibly angry this morning. "Used", "betrayed" and "disgusted" just 3 of the words most commonly heard, as the former leader of the free world managed to tarnish the reputation of the U.S. yet more. I've never missed a day. This is the daily 🧵

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,

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Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 09/10/2026

This is a deal between two men who are desperate to look like they have cards on their hands: 1. Putin had to lift an export ban after Ukrainian drone strikes to deliver a symbolic amount of diesel. 2. Trump pretends that it will make a difference for diesel prices in America.

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Russia is short of diesel. Not a huge quantity. They can’t send it quickly. How does it get here? Does US have to escort Russian tankers? Likely. Essentially, Trump is now committed to military support for Russia against Ukraine. He really wants to stay autocrat.

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Listen to every word

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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So, my phone decided to remind me that today , years ago, when I was on the way of making my dream to see the Grand Canyon come true . Before Russia started bombing my city . Before my mother died. Before my friend was killed by Russian missile . Before , when US was still a destination I could

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In my first year in graduate school I took a political theory course from Hanna Pitkin. One of the things we read, I think Arendt’s _The Human Condition_, made the point that the “warrior” cannot live in the polis because the pursuit of individual glory destroys society. Keep remembering that lately

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I don’t know what Gestapo practice was, but I believe NKVD/KGB practice was/is to identify oneself, at least by flipping an id wallet in the general direction of the “suspect.”

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I have many more papers to read than get read, but those citations definitely sound like things I’d look up and add to the pile. If they existed.

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The last day of the working week is here. But there are no days off on the frontline, no rest for a country trying to survive, protect freedom and democracy. It's Day 1689 of the monumental struggle against a not only corrupt, but psychopathic regime in Moscow I've done this every day, here's the🧵

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So we’d better treat her right?

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Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Of course live-streaming the firing squad execution of a Muslim America is beyond sick. But announcing it now, weeks before the election, is also pretty clearly (to me) a campaign move by the GOP. They want the outrage from elected Dems so they can twist it into anti-Dem messaging. Disgusting.

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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 08/10/2026

I bitterly lament that the term "hi-tech lynching" will be forever associated with Clarence Thomas' infamous attempts at avoiding accountability during his confirmation hearing. Because what Hegseth is proposing now is, in fact, a hi-tech lynching in the most dire of terms.

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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We shouldn’t be doing this. This isn’t about what he did, it’s about who we are and how we respond to it. Live streaming a snuff film is not something I’m ever going to agree with.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hey while the DOJ is reportedly preparing to charge Cassidy Hutchinson with lying to Jan 6 investigators, I want to remind you of this little chestnut: www.dailykos.com/stories/2022...

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Former Trump White House lawyer allegedly instructed witness to mislead Jan. 6 probe

Stefan Passantino, Trump’s former ethics lawyer, denies coaching Hutchinson to mislead Jan. 6 probe. Read his response and what’s next.

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yes. I suspect I’m a good bit older than @trance.bsky.social, but I was baffled too. Still am, since I know lots of boomers whose parents fought the evil in WW2. (I have lots of stories of being taught casual racism and anti-semitism by some of those same folks, though.)

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

TYVM. Not an organization I knew about, and the web site just glitched when I tried to subscribe to the newsletter, but one I should follow.

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Any chance of a recording? 10:30 CET is early where I am.)))

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Samuel Bagg @samuel-bagg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In the era of hollowed-out parties trading culture war barbs on cable and social media while the world burns, @uditbhatia.bsky.social and I wondered if robust party machines built via patronage and clientelism might have something to teach us. Our answer is now published in @apsrjournal.bsky.social

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is obscene. Destroying something so precious for shitty memes? Just sickening.

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Wolf 🏳️‍🌈 @wolfperson1.sleeplesswolf.com · 07/10/2026

I’d also add, it’s not even strictly true, given trans children and young adults increasingly struggle to get care in even blue states

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Anna Politkovskaya, murdered on Putin’s birthday (rip), on Putin, Trump’s ideal.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 07/10/2026

According to MIT News, Margaret Hamilton died at the age of 90. "A profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program". This famous photo 🔽 inspired the For All Mankind character Margo Madison.

Margaret Hamilton, but the famous 1969 photo that inspired the For All Mankind character Margo Madison is in the quoted post.

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

One of the basic flaws in Trump-world grifting is that they don’t stay bought. Not advocating corruption, but corruption usually involves payment for a service. If the service is not performed, then…

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This shouldn’t surprise me, but it does.

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Julie Hotard Ph.D., writer, effects of disinfo on social systems @upine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yes. Ppl in authoritarian mass movements live in a fantasy world--not in the real 1. Hoffer described this well in his classic book, The True Believer. He described MAGA perfectly 65 years before it existed. Everyone shd read this bk, & if U read it yrs ago before this experience, re-read it.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

TY. I have had to try to ignore at least a zillion stupid LiMu ads, and even someone else noting this earlier in the thread didn’t make me get it. Now I finally do.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’m crying this is so funny

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

dawg I WISH

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As a comment on this post suggests (TY!), when Trump says “we” he doesn’t mean “we the USA,” but “we Trumps.”

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try

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Don Van Atta @oldsovetlog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Haven’t watched your vid, though now I will. But I remember, about 1960, hearing an uncle —otherwise a sane and sober small businessman — say McCarthy was right. This view has always been out there. Unfortunately.

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