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"...as willing to listen as only the dying can be."

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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 13h
But we wouldn't, you know, want to shut it down now, while we could. Can we stop confusing one kind of intelligence with intelligence. And certainly not integrity.
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 14h
Hey look, I now have 100,000 followers on Threads! This would be insanely exciting if it was on any platform other than Threads.
Screenshot of the "Low Quality Facts" Threads profile. The bio reads, "Low Quality Facts written in arguably lower quality handwriting," with a link to patreon.com/lowqualityfacts and a follower count showing 100K followers. The profile picture features the text "LOW QUALITY FACTS" written in simple pencil handwriting.
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 16h
Yet this jagoff voted to confirm all of the worst people who will help Trump try to thwart democracy. JFC.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 12/10/2026
Working people are working harder than ever, yet our paychecks are stuck and CEOs are bringing home record pay and bonuses. This election season, let’s elect candidates who will help make this economy work for all of us, not just the billionaire bosses. Betterinaunion.org
U.S. workers get a record-low share of the output we make. "American workers are getting the smallest slice of the pie on record." - NBC News, 9/7/26 | AFL-CIO
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David Bowie News @davidbowienews.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
David Bowie with Arcade Fire - Five Years (Live @ Fashion Rocks, 2005) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars (1972) Video of the Day
davidbowienews.com
David Bowie with Arcade Fire – Five Years (Fashion Rocks, 2005)
David Bowie | Arcade Fire | Five Years | Radio City Music Hall | New York | 8 September 2005 A couple of weeks ago, I (Nacho) put up my restored version of the first time Bowie performed Five Years…
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Lynne @lynne-sails.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"The Yale Budget Lab projects that staffing cuts will reduce IRS revenues by $600 billion over ten years."
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Some traumas never fully heal.
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
>Alba >aviation professionals for all the shit they have to put up with >a really great class of aspiring leaders who work for one of my clients >my 94 year old mom's doctors >my 94 year old mom's indomitability >my sister for caring for my mom >convertible rides with my lovely #grateful
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
One of the reasons my heart home is my heart home.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/10/2026
"Trump’s only reckoning can come from the ballot box, and while that may be encouraging, it’s not nearly proportional to the destruction he is wreaking."
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‘Trump Is the Picasso of Corruption’
The grift is relentless, the conflicts are everywhere, and the public keeps getting stuck with the tab.
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I have no doubt such a conversation happened.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor 3) Donors make huge gains 4) Repeat This is why we must get Big Money out of politics — and support the candidates who will fix the system.
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If I ask "Do you support this?" and you raise your hand. If I ask "Do you oppose this?" and you don't raise your hand. You are not deplorable. You are irredeemable.
apnews.com
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Before he was appointed, Kash Patel was flagged by FBI counterintelligence agents as being deeply enmeshed in influence operations run by the Russians and Chinese. After he took over, Patel began systematically eliminating all Russian and Chinese counterintelligence capacity. What to make of that?
npr.org
As Trump focuses the FBI on immigration, counterintelligence is falling behind
The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed.
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"If students continuously interact with proprietary AI systems, teachers facilitate those interactions, and schools provide the institutional environment in which they occur, then education systems risk becoming live testing grounds for AI [and] sites of extraction too" www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3308...
ei-ie.org
Are AI Frameworks complicit in turning schools into AI testing grounds and sites of extraction?
The capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and in particular Large Language Models like ChatGPT, Claude, or DeepSeek, are developing at extraordinary speed, accompanying by calls from some tech...
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
bbc.com
Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly TRIPLED since 2020. Meanwhile, Amazon's profits have soared by 550% in the same time frame. Watch this before you shop for Prime Day.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Your electric bill is up as much as 30%. PG&E's CEO took home $63.6 MILLION. Duke's CEO took home $51.2 MILLION. And both companies paid NEGATIVE federal tax rates. That's not a coincidence. That's a rigged system. Tax the rich.
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Something does not quite come out right with the "The World wants to do more with Canada" line. Feels like Canada has been sitting around collecting dust in the back of the hamper and mom is scraping to figure out what to fix for dinner.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 04/10/2026
MAINERS: Early voting starts TODAY! Voting early is the best way to make sure your ballot is safe from suppression efforts and election sabotage. Make your early voting plan today! Not in Maine? Help drive historic early vote turnout by sharing this post.
(around images of the state of Maine, a lighthouse, a lobster, and a pine cone) IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING STARTS IN MAINE TODAY

VOTE EARLY OCTOBER 4-29

SHARE THIS & SPREAD THE WORD!
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
>amazing neighbors in my home away from home >3 hikes in 4 days >my 94 year old mom winning a $30K charity raffle! >procrastinating #grateful
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm with Carl Sagan on this:
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Feels like a leaked promo for a book showing how tough the guy is who voted to support so many morons and idiots in the Trump administration.
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This sure will be a tough one for Kegsbreath's new Office of Religious Affairs to untangle.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The idea that we should let kids go hungry just to give tax breaks to people like Elon Musk is ridiculous to me.
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David Bowie News @davidbowienews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
SOUND AND VISION OF DAVID BOWIE @ The Cutting Room, NYC, January 7, 8 and 9, 2027 www.davidbowienews.com/2026/10/soun...
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
👇 Exactly 👇
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Its like VEEP and @theonion.com had a baby.
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I can't say this counts as undiscovered Scotland, but @undisscot.bsky.social can judge. The Tyndal-Bruce monument near Falkland.
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 29/09/2026
Who gets heard when money dominates politics? Since the disastrous Citizens United ruling 15 years ago, billionaires have gone from $16M to $2.6B in presidential election spending, while ordinary voters' preferences barely register in policy outcomes. Here's the evidence:
rooseveltinstitute.org
Citizens United and the Decline of US Democracy: Assessing the Decision’s Impact 15 Years Later - Roosevelt Institute
In a new analysis, Rachel Funk Fordham examines the 15-year legacy of Citizens United, assessing its impact on democracy through new evidence and political science research and offering recommendation...
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biologist077.bsky.social @biologist077.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Phase 1 CRISPR trial in 15 patients cut "bad" cholesterol (LDL) by 52.5% and triglycerides by 47.8% for a year after one dose. For families like mine, who've seen how hard it is to manage these conditions, how might this change the future of heart health?
sciencedaily.com
One CRISPR treatment cut “bad” cholesterol in half for a full year
A groundbreaking Phase 1 clinical trial conducted by Cleveland Clinic has revealed that a single infusion of a CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing therapy significantly reduced levels of "bad" cholesterol (LDL)
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There is no album as good as this album.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
youtube.com
Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
>my health >my doctors >my sons >my wife >my friends >Everything that made it possible for me to be grateful to have them in my life #grateful
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
hollywoodreporter.com
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If this is AI fine, but otherwise just another engineer type who mistakes his own guilt as the basis for an affirmative theology or cosmology or ontology or ethics...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. In 2025, he made 1,794x more. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers? I will continue my boycott of Starbucks.
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Don't get excited about this shit I want you to buy. Just surrender and buy it so I can make my money. What a fuck.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 25/09/2026
It's a great time to be a baseball fan in Chicago (especially if you're a Cubs fan like me)! Congratulations to both teams for advancing to the postseason!
abc7chicago.com
Chicago White Sox, Cubs both clinch spot in Wild Card Series for MLB postseason
The White Sox and the Cubs both won their games Thursday, securing a playoff berth for each of the Chicago teams for just the fourth time in history.
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CMS head Mehmet Oz is leading the enforcement to fully terminate health plans of 760,000 individuals on the premise they fraudulently signed up for Obamacare. Sick or not, they're now fully uninsured. Oz, a "doctor," is sworn to to do no harm - Which makes him either a fraud or a criminal.
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Olorin @olorinmaiar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Arendt did not really write about the out and out stupidity of evil. These people are writing that chapter.
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David Bowie News @davidbowienews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
David Bowie - John, I'm Only Dancing (Nacho edit with unreleased footage) Video of the Day - directed by Mick Rock John, I’m Only Dancing peaked at #12 on the UK Singles Chart.
davidbowienews.com
David Bowie – John, I’m Only Dancing (Nacho edit with unreleased footage)
David Bowie’s John, I’m Only Dancing was released as single, on September 1st, 1972. It had been recorded a few months prior, in June of that year. Then six months later, it was re-recorded during …
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
opb.org
Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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