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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Wondering why data centers are as unpopular as nuclear waste? It's not the data centers. The problem is both more obvious and more fundamental: The daily lived experience of the AI boom sucks. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ai-is-maki...

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AI is making everything worse

The political problem isn't the data centers — it's that AI is a turd mountain looming over daily life.

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

modern fascists aren't posturing, or saying stuff for some other purpose—they mean it my latest with @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/fascists-rea...

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Fascists Really Believe It

Millions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory.

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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026

‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Johnson: If we lose the midterms, these Democrats will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they'll go after the president's family, the cabinet, his donors, friends, half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Anyone who wants citizenship to be an inheritance linked to blood, such that out-groups can be unrepresented and exploited by the in-groups, is a fucking fascist and needs to be treated as such.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc. But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.

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The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital

Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.

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Ungrateful plant @ondankbare-plant.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Goddamn evergreen skeet explaining so much of the current shitshow.

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Reza H. Akbari @rezahakbari.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

War in #Iran means relentless thunderous explosions, plumes of smoke across the skyline, and the destruction of military sites alongside airports, oil depots, water facilities, homes, and businesses. In my latest piece, I translate and share two firsthand accounts from inside Tehran.

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Stories from Tehran Under Fire

Pages from a War – Part 2

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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I'm just blown away at how much the average American has taken for granted. Just floored at how nonchalant they were about voting for the "vibes" and "concepts of a plan" guy. Society hangs in the balance and people are just barely aware of what they stand to lose at this very moment.

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

If you let corruption fester then it creates a very bad incentive structure in which anyone who isn't corrupt is a sucker and once everyone is corrupt, everyone is guilty, and enforcement of anti-corruption laws simply becomes a mechanism for punishing anyone who falls from favor

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Ungrateful plant @ondankbare-plant.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

The fascist regimes that were born from the abyss of WWI relied on millions of men who fought and killed in the trenches. The current attempted remake is staffed by doughy failsons who are mad that their doordashed burrito has become lukewarm.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

imo the correct dem immigration position is engraved in stone on ellis island

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Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Russian fascism is engaged in an existential civilisational battle against liberal democracy, with the Ukrainian working class acting as the first line of defence for Europe. Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

If I logged on to Al Gore's Internet and started denigrating normie libs and wine moms for wanting to protest or lecturing people (incorrectly) about protest OPSEC while Ruby Bridges is still alive and well and sharing her experiences, I would simply die from shame. Fix your fucking hearts.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Sometimes I’m like maybe I should tell my wife more about what’s happening here on Bluesky and then sometimes I’m like no jesus no I absolutely cannot do that

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from: 📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 1/🧵

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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia

Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 19/09/2025

Dutch late night TV has its take

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Ungrateful plant @ondankbare-plant.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

This question should be asked a lot more often, but it's apparent neither the US nor Israel is interested in the answer.

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Nick Waters @nickwaters.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Apparently, because it’s 2020 again, I need to start a thread on police violence targeting journalists in the US. So, here we go: 1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition. m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...

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Reporter hit by rubber bullet while covering ICE protests in LA

YouTube video by ABC7

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God @thegodshow.com · 20/05/2025

Thou shalt continue to ask Trump officials basic questions like, “WHAT IS HABEOUS CORPUS?” so that they can reveal that they don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

"AI makes me so much more efficient" - the least productive person you know

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired! www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...

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Read Pope Leo XIV's first homily as pope

During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their beliefs.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

nobody who thinks the soviet union should be a model for any future society has anything of value to say on any subject

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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

The Shifting Front of Militant Islamist Violence in the Sahel Militant Islamist violence in the Sahel continues to shift southward and westward, putting ever more pressure on population centers in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger—as well on West African neighbors. africacenter.org/spotlight/mi...

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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Really, any employer who can credibly promise to provide a job to someone (and put up security equal to some number of months in pay) should be able to bring anyone without a criminal record over the border to work.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 19/04/2025

It is time for Trump to put up or shut up in Court. A FEDERAL JUDGE said “no evidence before the court connects Abrego Garcia to MS-13 or any criminal organization.” No one is vouching for one man. We are standing up for EVERYONE’s right to due process under the Constitution.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

The great thing about fighting back against this stuff is that if you end up losing anyway you get the same outcome you’d have gotten from complying but you don’t have to fucking hate yourself too.

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

the emperor’s favorite concubine fired one of his top internal security officers while rumors abound that the household eunuch has lost the emperors favor

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Trump is breaking the law and ignoring the Constitution. We don’t need to dress it up, we don’t need to link it to big explainers why that’s bad. Everyone knows that breaking the law and ignoring the Constitution is bad.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.

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Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

This is really important: When stuff works well it tends to become invisible. Radicalism in politics should be thought of as the confidence that you and your movement can replicate all of the invisible stuff that you break.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 01/03/2025

I can't stop laughing at this man I'm sorry. This is the kind of shit the biggest loser in the world would say to their girlfriend about buying her flowers on Valentine's Day once, and he's doing so in an argument that started because he called her a bitch

Tweet: "Have you said thank you once?" -@VP JD Vance - pic of jd Vance looking oddly symmetrical. Why are his pants so tight?

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Full comic here: smbc-comics.com/comic/strong-3

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 05/02/2025

Pitch for a new spy movie: a CIA agent spends years getting close to a terrorist suspect then just before he gets the crucial piece of evidence he’s fired and replaced with a teenager who doesn’t speak any foreign languages but does have a lot of followers on X. Everybody dies.

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Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The 19-24 yr olds carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.

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christiewells.bsky.social @christiewells.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I go to @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for historical perspective and contemporary context about the dystopia we're experiencing. Snyder's post today has both, plus real actionable guidance. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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The Logic of Destruction

And how to resist it

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Yes, they are violating the law. They are also responsible for enforcing the law, which they won't do. Therefore, law enforcement and preservation of the Republic will require either external enforcement from non-Trump-aligned government elements or acceptance of autocracy. Those are the choices.

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Ungrateful plant @ondankbare-plant.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Basically the US government is being run by a bunch of Barry's. Just substitute DEI or whatever nonsense du jour for Barrys anti-semitism. It's the same vindictive, small minded incompetence of mediocre men (and some women) blaming everything that happens on the Thing. m.youtube.com/watch?v=PEe2...

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PARTS are jewish

YouTube video by Porta27PZR

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

you are living through the collapse of the system of government that has governed the united states for the entirety of its existence. that collapse appears to be happening literally tonight. react accordingly

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I really do not care for how it seems like we’re rapidly illegally dismantling the basic functions of the federal government. I dislike this current series of events.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Ralph Nader is genuinely an underhated villain, not just for 2000 but that he was the progenitor for weak-wristed litigation liberalism

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