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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My response to Democratic "centrists," their corporate donors, and their Republican allies who spend their time punching progressives and the left: we are going to take over the party, and we will replace them with fighters actually willing to represent the people and their needs. with Sam Seder

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/10/2026

Rahm Emanuel represents the last vestiges of dying, corporate do-nothing foolishness. He’s not a Democrat. He’s a wealthy, status quo strongly-worded letter in a suit. Anyone who listens to him is digging their own political grave.

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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026

someone call up will smith we need him to do something

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Not necesssrily. Increases in housing stock (blocking NIMBYism) is what lowers rents. Austin is a perfect example of how to fix the problem of too many people/too few homes. Also see CA builder’s choice / last resort model where cities MUST allow building or else. bsky.app/profile/samd...

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What everyone has to prepare for is the constitutional crisis to accelerate if the Democrats take the House and the Senate. Vought has been allowed by the Republicans to act with impunity, so have he will continue to ignore Congress. This is why you have to impeach him immediately.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 03/10/2026

Agreed. And the reason most theories are so lacking is that we need better theories of cognition and epistemology. Richard Dawkins is a perfect case in point of how easily computational functionalism is misled:

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Richard Dawkins and the Claude Delusion - Flux

Senescence makes people believe silly things; so does bad science

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Is there a word to describe things when inflation is high & the job market is cratering & a Republican is in the White House? I ask only because I am aware of what we call high inflation & a booming job market with a Democratic president? 🤔🧐🤷‍♂️

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...

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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing

To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is only somewhat true. The real issue is the Senate Judicial Cmte has a blue slip process where the Senators of that Circuit or Appeals court must also approve of a nominee. This is why you get the 5th Cir. craziness for TX. Cannon seems to have connections with Trump making her problematic.

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Democracy Vibe · by NoMAGA @democracyvibe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The key issue isn’t only where the planes ended up; it’s whether the executive branch can disregard a court order and litigate the consequences later. That’s what makes the contempt inquiry consequential.

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

OMG - Psych is one of those “did the networks just let James and Dulé and the others really run with THAT?!?” And the special guests - what an amazing number of people over the years.

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Aaron provides a valuable service and let’s all of us see the video coverage of the day. In addition he runs a great daily coverage report. Support small journalists that give us useful info like this on a daily basis.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026

This is another great, approachable explainer on “the rationalist wackos who have managed to take over much of the AI industry, and who now have tons of money and political power.” www.iankduncan.com/personal/202...

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Sex, AI, and the Apocalypse - Ian Duncan

How a community devoted to thinking clearly incubated salvation stories, abusive experiments, race science, and an affection for autocracy, and why that history matters now that its alumni are asking ...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

Oh my God Taskmaster has hit Hulu. I repeat all seasons of Taskmaster are on Hulu. If you've never watched Taskmaster go start watching it literally right now

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Karen H @karenmhj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Remember how, if asked, new Yorkers would say not to ever vote for trump? I'm a Chicagolander: Do NOT vote for Rahm. He was dumb enough to actually hire Musk's Boring co to drill tunnels through the existing tunnels under Chicago, for a drive to ohare, when there's ALREADY a train.

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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins

Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As someone else said, dinner most nights is like Jazz. Meaning you improvise with what you have, the time allotted, and constraints on who is arriving or leaving and when they do so. It’s almost never follow a set recipe, it’s add or remove entire prep steps or ingredients. bsky.app/profile/grum...

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So true. We have chilled Asian noodle bowl or bruschetta chicken for the recipe name, but both have serious complexity and prep changes that are made solely by what time I get off work to start dinner / how much time I have. End result is always tasty but no way an AI is helping that grocery list.

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Lillian Hochwender (a.k.a. Lillie) @ligerlillie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I continue to hate that the “computer-illiterate elderly people falling prey to computer-oriented scams” demographic seems to include every American politician.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Planning dinner is, for many many many people, about what they have on hand, what they can afford, how work schedules change day-to-day, kids’ complicated schedules, individual preferences. The idea that this just a series of tasks is a huge cultural blindspot — which was my original point.

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Thegrumpybluedot @grumpybluedot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yes. This. 💯 When most folks who work service and retail jobs have no set shift schedule that is only scheduled out a week in advance with fluctuating hours, this is insane utopian fiction of the rich and stable. Dinner is more like Jazz for most of us.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 27/09/2026

It's important for Democrats to go on shows like Rogan's. He has a lot of dumb ideas, but ultimately Rogan is a conservative and not a reactionary. Getting conservatives to feel safe with change is what progressives must do. Separate the uninformed normies from the deplorables.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 28/09/2026

The idea that Democrats' views of reproductive rights are harmful to them is just flagrantly wrong. Solid majorities in every state support keeping birth control and abortion legal. Anyone claiming Dems are "too far left on abortion" is either uninformed or lying.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

whenever I fuck up and do some stupid shit at work I'm going to start saying I "went rogue"

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh yeah, my newly adopted indoor cat would at first attempt to go outside. Coyote activity recently intensified , and he has now lost ALL interest in the outside after hearing them in the riverbed behind the house multiple times a week.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

On the record, I DO think AI has the potential to be extremely dangerous in terrifying ways that we need to research and anticipate: I also want a truly diverse set of people who aren’t all part of the same millenarian Silicon Valley doom cult doing that research and safety work.

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Brunhilde2525 @brunhilde2525.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sadly, par for the course with Bernie. He talks a good game, but good lord he puts his trust in the worst people (for example, his senior campaign staff during that last run for prez).

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I Don't Want to Wear Pants @xehtfodrol.northsky.social · 27/09/2026

Nothing is more inherently untrustworthy than every time people talk about regulations, we immediately go to the people who have a financial stake in what's about to be regulated and ask them how they want it to work.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

I regret to inform you all that Bernie Sanders is in fact taking meetings with noted rationalist wacko Eliezer Yudkowsky over what AI regulations should look like. x.com/SenSanders/s...

Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders
Will Al become smarter than humans?
If so, is humanity in danger?
I went to Silicon Valley to ask some of the leading Al experts that question.
Here's what they had to say:
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The Als are much, much, much more powerful.
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My thanks to Senator Sanders; as to other legislators on all sides of any political aisle, and to any human being on Earth who now stands

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Also flap meat when the fajita craze of the ‘80s-‘90s hit and moved on to carne asada in the 2000s. Same with sirloin tip (now upsold as picahna) and beef short ribs (used for Korean BBQ and many Asian cuisine favorites) that used to be the cheap meat for bolognese sauce.

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is his classic business move. Others have talked about how Trump simply wishcasts things and tries to make them happen. If you have enough money or control over a large corporation or Presidency, some of it does happen. But then you hit the wall with Iran or Ukraine or gas prices or inflation.

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Exactly. The House 119th Congress ceases to exist on Jan 3. The only mucking might be the clerk of the house, but I hope a SCOTUS justice or two would walk over to swear in the Dems over the clerk’s objections. The harder part is getting a consensus on Speaker so a majority approve the first time.

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’ll point out $1600 was for natural gas and included the water heater removal, new one, and install months later once remediation was complete. So… $2k is a little high unless there were other circumstances like needing to retrofit or repair stuff.

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ehhh. Mine was $1600. But the water damage from the old and poorly installed one was $30k…. If you haven’t done so, check your water heater and flush it yearly. Or pay a plumber to come do it if you don’t have tools/knowhow. Way cheaper for $90 plumber than remediation after a slow leak.

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Martin Gardner @mglovesfun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

‘Criticism of me is a threat to national security.’

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@FurrBooksFan.bsky.social @furrbooksfangirl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@FurrBooksFan.bsky.social 🎵Don't let it be forgot that once there was a spot For one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot ...🎵. scroll to about 1.50. It doesn't have to be this way: youtu.be/-RYiL-7V7IY?...

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Clearly they don’t. Look at the MAHA outrage at the new EPA rules on insecticides and forever chemicals. Yes, perhaps we look at emissions the same way we did to require low-sulfur diesel with DEF to reduce pollution. But emissions are distinct from chemtrails.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“In a well-organized essay, critically evaluate this statement of the president. Be sure to draw on the material you learned in Introduction to International Relations, especially the lectures & readings on trade, the balance of payments, & the political economy of monetary policy.”

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Suboptimal that the president is a fucking moron.

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ohohoh my eyeballs! I did NOT need to know that Zuck is Lovecraft’s junior doppelgänger!

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orangecatstargrep.bsky.social @orangecatstargrep.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You’re missing the whole quote and Ken has baited you with a sound bite. Pelosi is bitterly mocking Trump right after this. After playing the “patriotic” card she digs in. Ken’s clip is clearly misleading… bsky.app/profile/samd...

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026

The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That:

Erin Redwing
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I went to an rationalist/EA Al doomer event last night with the goal of meeting someone who could calmly explain to me the argument for how they get to the conclusion that Al will kill everyone.
Because these are rationalists, I expected to find people who could lay out a serious extinction pathway, walk through the assumptions and intermediate steps, identify choke points where negative pathways could potentially be regulated, and entertain disagreement about where their assumptions might break down.
My experience was the exact opposite.
The people I spoke to seemed psychologically unable to entertain the possibility that their conclusion (that Al literally kills everyone, which was a point that many would not even budge on) might be wrong.
Their most extreme conclusion was treated as an axiom.
I had multiple people walk out of conversations with me when I questioned their inevitable extinction premise.
At one point during a panel, the moderator asked everyone in the audience who was still skeptical of Al doom to raise their hands. About half the room did. He then told all of the skeptics to leave the panel and go with one of the speakers, who would answer their questions separately. They filtered out all the skeptics, and continued the panel only with the subset who accepted their extreme position.
I genuinely felt like a heretic just for questioning whether superintelligent Al inevitably leads to the extinction of humanity, or entertaining the possibility that the future might actually turn out well.
That does not mean Al safety is fake. Obviously there are serious questions about rapidly advancing Al systems and what happens as they become much more capable. Those are exactly the conversations I went there hoping to have.
But what I encountered was an apocalyptic death cult. These people are not rational. They are deeply afraid, they reinforce that fear in one another, and they have become so emotionally committed to apocalypse

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
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Staff also reported that time spent in the small metal enclosures is closely monitored, and
detainees are not locked in, even though we observed locking mechanisms on the enclosures.
Figures 11 and 12. Small Metal Enclosures; Observed January 21, 2026

Underneath is a picture of a metal cage that is 4 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 3 inches long, and 7 feet 9 inches high. The cage itself is placed on a tiny spot of fake turf, and then surrounded by another chainlink fence with razor wire on top. The cage is covered by a roof, but it's entirely exposed to the outside otherwise, meaning mosquitos and no air conditioning.

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Steel Rat Gamer @steelrat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

All this cruelty and torture was designed to make immigrants, who had committed no crimes, to self deport. If there is justice they will all get U-visas

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