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Fascists cynically deploy liberal values to fascists ends wherever doing so is convenient (and then drop those values when they no longer serve a purpose). We've seen this with "free speech," "meritocracy," "freedom of religion," "free markets," etc. etc.

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Patrick Rogers @patrickrogers.bsky.social · 14h

There do seem to be strong parallels between the US economy today and Japan in the late 80s, right before the lost decade began.

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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Status reports that ABC News deleted that explosive story about the Trump kids getting billions in federal contracts for their companies. ABC hasn't explained why they nuked the story, even as Trump has crowed about its deletion, sparking a firestorm behind scenes. www.status.news/p/david-elli...

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Ryan Stauffer @ryanswx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Haha, this fucking sucks.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

(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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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus. The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy. Full text below. 👇

Part 1 of an open letter of resignation by Arienne Childrey, stepping down as Vice Chair and member of the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) Pride Caucus. She states that party leadership treats the caucus as a recruitment and sales team rather than a representative body. She cites an incident where the ODP censored and denied permission for the caucus to post a letter by two trans leaders addressing harmful comments made by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton. The State Party Chair reportedly called the letter an "unwelcome distraction," which Childrey notes demonstrates how little party leadership values the voices and dignity of LGBTQ+ Democrats.

Since that decision, every Caucus plan, every potential post, and every path forward has been filtered through a lens of strict compliance and ODP approval. That may very well be the party's rule, but following those rules right now is a dereliction of our duty to the LGBTQ+ community.

For me, any rule that silences advocacy for the trans community during this time is an unjust rule, and I see no obligation to follow it. In alignment with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his Letter from Birmingham Jail:

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

We are living in incredibly dangerous times for the trans community. We are in an era where the GOP has so thoroughly weaponized trans lives that even some formerly self-professing allies within our own party have fallen prey to the rhetoric. Looking at the national trend towards Democratic anti-trans triangulation, as well as our own internal conversations, it is clear to me that this shift is much more than a simple coincidence.

We have to speak up—loudly, strongly, and unapologetically—or I fear what our 2028 choices may look like. The ODP would like everyone to believe they are a "big tent" party. However, their successful efforts to silence even the Pride Caucus—even in cases where we are simply begging our candidates not to trade on our lives for perceived electoral advantage—has proven otherwise. The tent hasn't gotten any bigger; it has simply shifted, leaving many trans individuals, progressives, and allies out in the rain.

I will continue to advocate, organize, and fight for our community with everything I have. But I can no longer compromise my own moral principles by remaining part of a caucus that appears more interested in party approval than in true, defiant advocacy.

Sincerely,
Arienne Childrey

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A huge chunk of elite poli-tastemaking is writing essays from the unstated perspective “Let’s just act as if this obvious liar is being genuine,” like people’s lives are just the score in a debate competition.

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Jason S. Canon @uncanonical.net · 04/10/2026

Our ancient wisdom traditions have good reason for asking us to cultivate more compassion for present suffering, not less. If your ethical theory rejects this, then it's not worth the tokens it cost you.

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Patrick Rogers @patrickrogers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is idiotic. For any of this to work, both sides have to be willing to engage in good faith. When one side happily transitions from free speech absolutism to firing librarians in the space of a single year, it becomes clear that they aren't having discussions in good faith.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And one more time, prescient JP Stevens dissent: “Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year’s presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the Nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law”

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 02/10/2026

When military police found Adrian Martinez's body, his bags had already been packed for his trip home to Houston. The army says he took his own life, but their investigation seemed to ignore one key fact: He was a sexual assault whistleblower.

texasobserver.org

A Texas Soldier's Death Casts Doubt on Federal Whistleblower Protections

Adrian Martinez reported a sexual assault two years before he was found dead on a Hawaii Army base. The Vanessa Guillén Act is supposed to protect soldiers like him.

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Brianinja @brianinja.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

People want to talk about trains but are missing out on the transformative power of a well-organized bus network. Colorado's Bustang has knocked intercity bus service out of the park and added 18 new routes since launching Bustang in 2015. Illinois should directly copy Colorado's success.

en.wikipedia.org

Bustang - Wikipedia

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Patrick Rogers @patrickrogers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The NYT is basically "Völkischer Beobachter" + Wordle.

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Note how there is no (0) person, whether politician or activist, quoted in this piece who‘s in favour of more liberal asylum policies, and as for quoting any actual refugees, their function is to be the silent object of other people’s violent imaginings, not to have a voice or personhood

bbc.co.uk

Most migrant small boat arrivals in single day of 2026

A total of 781 migrants arrive on Wednesday, but the yearly total is below the same point in 2025.

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Patrick Rogers @patrickrogers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I don't think NPR is actually terrified of being tagged as left-wing. There's a whole cohort of "left-wing" media whose entire purpose is laundering conservative talking points and acting as the "thin entering wedge" of right-wing propaganda. They need the facade of leftism to make that work.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?

Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?

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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Bookshelfie has officially teamed up with Good to Know, our new site for discovering, sharing and supporting the work of independent authors, creators and businesses. Together, we’ve been developing Postscript: a free-to-use, no-AI alternative to Canva and Figma. Try it out here! www.post-script.app

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Patrick Rogers @patrickrogers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I was reading a short thread where people were discussing how increased fuel charges are making everything super expensive in Alaska and it took all my willpower not to drop into the thread with screenshots of the Alaskan presidential vote in 2016, 2020 and 2024.

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Kylie Sertic @kyliesertic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The whole conceit of why it’s supposedly bad for trans kids to play sports is based on the idea that boys are so superior to girls that any boy, any boy at all, could trounce girls at any and every athletic feat. Which everyone has seen with their own eyes is not true!

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Rewatching this video for a post on Jim Comey. It lays out what Trump and Todd Blanche are trying to argue: Not only that Trump can order up politicized prosecutions, but that defendants can't focus on how Trump intervened. All bc of Trump v. US. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwyG...

youtube.com

DOJ is invoking Trump v. US in an attempt to dodge accountability for the Broadview 6 case

YouTube video by emptywheel

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Patrick Rogers @patrickrogers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Honestly, if this person is capable of being so confidently incorrect, maybe we should talk another look at their published research. What else have they gotten wrong because of their biases?

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GoMagic.org @gomagic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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Patrick Rogers @patrickrogers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Nixon conspired with North Vietnam. Reagan conspired with Iran, Bush Sr was directly involved with Iran-Contra, Bush Jr only won after the Supreme Court intervened, and Trump conspired with both Russia and conservatives within the FBI. Eisenhower was the last Republican to be legitimately elected.

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BeefReeferLives @beefreeferlives.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

& when you remember that context, republicans doing everything they can to ridicule and delegitimize the term makes sense, since they really REALLY do not like to be reminded of the systemic racism and brutality that American Black people have suffered at the hands of their ancestors.

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Patrick Rogers @patrickrogers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Google is signalling their willingness to act as Trump's agents when he attempts to fully subvert democracy.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

the moderate democratic position on Gaza is that if Israel’s opponents do not comport themselves perfectly, if they don’t dance flawlessly through the rhetorical minefields every day, then it’s dead children forever.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/08/2026

so Trump 2.0’s war on every single non-evil job did destroy my career and traumatize me a lil bit, but the thing is that, like many people in my position, I’m quite capable of synthesizing that trauma into a single-minded thirst for revenge

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Congrats again to Jeffrey Sachs, multiple repeat winner of the John J. Mearsheimer Award for Demonstrating to People Who You Really Are

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There it is. While you struggle to afford groceries, or find any that are edible, and pay thousands more every year in gas, rent, utilities, childcare, and healthcare, they are laughing all the way to the bank.

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Anybody who’s still advocating putting these tools anywhere near a school is not doing so despite the cognitive collapse they cause, but because of it. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

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Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative Al affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine monthly closed-book exams, high-school and college entrance exams, and homework scores and completion time across nine subjects. We exploit staggered Al adoption in a difference-in-differences design. Al adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months.
High-stakes entrance-exam scores fall by 18 and 24%, with the full penalty emerging only after about two years. The losses are largest in social science subjects, followed by STEM and languages, and are especially large for junior students, high-achieving students, and boys. The learning losses are concentrated among roughly 80% of Al users whose behavior is consistent with homework outsourcing, as indicated by exceptionally short homework completion time coupled with high homework scores. Al users who maintain similar homework completion time as non-Al users experience small learning losses.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.'

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Patrick Rogers @patrickrogers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The majority of Republicans were apathetic about trans people up until the last 5-10 years. What happened around then? Metoo and Epstein. Hegseth leans so hard into anti-trans because it forces progressives to shift from going after pedophiles to protecting trans people. He's protecting himself.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hey @apsphysics.aps.org...why the hell are you bringing in Heritage Foundation supported people to steer the direction of the NSF????? www.aps.org/initiatives/...

aps.org

About NSF Forward

Learn about this initiative to help shape the future of the National Science Foundation and meet our leaders.

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🔥TwixeGobbo🔥GoblinVtuber!🍑 @twixegobbo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Twitch added a new "Opt-Out" feature to use your content for AI-Slop. I made a handy guide to help you turn it off! :) #Twitch #Vtuber

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

THREAD. Contrary to what you are being told, 40 years of polling have established that shifting money away from police/prisons toward social services is one of the most popular public policies among *all* political demographics. But it's not just that, it goes way deeper.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

not to be confused with quesadilla

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 09/08/2026

In April, I was kicked off of X. Now, YouTube is threatening to delete the Nerd Reich podcast. Anyone have experience dealing with this kind of thing? It's clearly a coordinated campaign to kill our channel via false complaints, but it appears YouTube will nuke our channel in the next two days.

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Patrick Rogers @patrickrogers.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

When Douthat bemoans "peak woke" he's talking about the time period of MeToo and the prosecution of Epstein. This is just Douthat admitting he's a pedophile sex offender.

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AndaliteBandit @andalitebandit.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The legal precedent the judges mentioned here are following was set by, among others, a military JAG at Gitmo in the 00s. Instead of prosecuting torturers like his voters hoped he'd do, President Obama insisted we would "look forward, not back". The JAG is now governor of the state of Florida.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I agree with everything in this thread. I'd only add two things. First, the US military's ability to project force globally is also contingent on the forward basing made possible by its alliances. So the strategic competence extends to eroding those alliances as well.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

futurism.com

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.

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Patrick Rogers @patrickrogers.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I unfollow people who litter my feed with reposts of the New York Times and the Washington Post. I'm not interested in being lied to, thanks.

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Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.

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