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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 28/09/2026
"Such operations are more successful when they exploit pre-existing and often genuine fault lines within coalitions… So there are people with entirely genuine politics who are understandably upset by the implication that they are the useful idiots of foreign agents posing as friendly randos."
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Social Media Has Not Brought Liberation
Social media has been a boon to autocratic regimes and their allied movements in democracies.
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olive consumer @machete.gay · 23/09/2026
What he's butting up against with the far right is the same thing we do. They deny that process exists at all or, indeed, that it even can. In this way, most of us have more in common with Jacob Rees-Mogg than we do or he does with, say, Tommy Robinson.
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Christina Holland @mortalwombat.info · 22/09/2026
Casino to kick out 1000 players because they have "never won at blackjack"
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Public Universal Fiend @publicuniversal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My mental model of AI as it exists is that it’s a force multiplier for things people already know how to do. Like the danger isn’t “machine god torturing people“ it’s “someone who’s read The Turner Diaries using a bunch of clever prompts to find a way to take out half the grid”
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yeah, him too. Her? Yep, her too. Even him? *Especially* him.
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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 12/09/2026
BBC REPORTER: And now, for the latest on AI safety, an exclusive interview with a former top researcher. Jeremy [looks 13]: Glad to be here. The thing viewers need to understand is that if Neo doesn't find a way to defeat Agent Smith then all white-collar workers will be turned into cats. BBC: Wow
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 09/09/2026
"Where the DSA works best, it works as an engine for getting progressives and democratic socialists elected as Democrats—not engaged as a cadre of revolutionary communists. Contra the fever dreams of our center-right pundits, Zohran Mamdani is not training up a legion of Zoomer Red Guards."
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The End of History and the Final Girl
Anton Jäger’s "Hyperpolitics" is, at its best, late marginalia for "The End of History and the Last Man." At its worst, Jäger, like Fukuyama, is a prisoner of his political pieties.
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Wolf Confirmed as Grandmother After Overcoming Little Red Riding Hood's Concerns
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Blanche Is Confirmed as Attorney General After Overcoming G.O.P. Concerns
Todd Blanche, who has served as acting attorney general since April, eked out Senate approval, despite growing unease about his willingness to rein in President Trump.
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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
If a politician calls a group “monsters” and alleges that their participation in democracy is somehow illegitimate, you shouldn’t need to know the politician’s political party to decide whether his behavior is evidence of racial animus.
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penguins18.bsky.social @penguins18.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Don't sleep on the possibility that we've paid the Iranian regime members personally to keep the ceasefire agreement - the actual one - secret. Frees Trump to say whatever he wants about it.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Talarico: It looks a lot more like professional wrestling, right? You've got these old guys lathered up in their fake tan, throwing cheesy nicknames at each other. And those nicknames, they don't lower the cost of groceries.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"Well, in that case I'm certainly not telling YOU any secrets." Folks, one day, if you're lucky, you will all reach an age at which not being in on everyone else's private business comes as sweet relief.
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Pioneer Valley Brisket Boy @btownbrisket.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Welcome to Bluesky: Now let us tell you the post you should have written.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is a) false and b) irrelevant since impeachment means basically nothing with a 2/3 majority in the senate. This is just turning your ire on the Democrats because you think Trump doesnt give a fuck about your ire.
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Bill's son, Bob @bobyost.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I am very curious what senior U.S. diplomats Abbott and Costello say all of that verbiage means, having worked their way through the original "monkey puzzle" of their famous 'Who's On First' routine
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D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 03/05/2026
Restaurants shouldn't be cute with restroom names. I've been drinking and I have to pee. Don't make me stand there wondering if I'm a "clam" or a "swordfish".
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
⚠️ Warning: The images and footage related to this massacre contain graphic and disturbing content that may not be suitable for all viewers. 🧵⬇️ Important to read:
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
…and there were celebrities in superbowl ads and athletes investing in blockchain companies and late night hosts showed off their NFTs and Nike bought a virtual shoe company and Mark Zuckerberg’s sister had a crypto podcast and now it’s like none of it ever happened?
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D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 23/04/2026
Not all medication side effects are bad. Some are an added bonus. For example, the beer I take for my anxiety also makes me really good at singing.
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Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Americans quick to shriek that Magyar is a conservative might want to sit this one out and just let Hungarians celebrate tonight. Promise you Hungarians from the LGBTQ community who voted for Magyar know, and have understood opposition politics against autocracy better than you.
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Andrew Solender @andrewsolender.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
By my count, there are now over 50 House Democrats, along with two Senate Democrats, who have called for Trump to be impeached or removed via the 25th Amendment for his post on Iran. More here: www.axios.com/2026/04/07/t...
House
1. Ansari
2. Omar
3. Pocan
4. Tlaib
5. DeGette
6. Thanedar
7. Stansbury
8. Khanna
9. Frost
10. Julie Johnson
11. Olszewski
12. Ramirez
13. Nikema Williams
14. Moulton
15. Pressley
16. Summer Lee
17. Magaziner
18. McBride
19. McCollum
20. Swalwell
21. Liccardo
22. Dexter
23. Ocasio-Cortez
24. Robert Garcia
25. Menendez
26. Castro
27. McClain Delaney
28. Fletcher
29. Simon
30. Watson Coleman
31. Mike Thompson
32. Hayes
33. Foushee
34. Ritchie Torres
35. Sylvia Garcia36. Leger Fernandez
37. Pingree
38. Tonko
39. Lofgren
40. McGarvey
41. Dan Goldman
42. Espaillat
43. DeSaulnier
44. Schakowsky
45. Cohen
46. Jacobs
47. Trahan
48. Gomez
49. Grijalva
50. Sanchez
51. Matsui
52. Tokuda
53. Bonamici
54. Jayapal
55. Min

Senate
1. Markey
2. Wyden
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penguins18.bsky.social @penguins18.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
She's loathsome, but anyone else have the instinct that Bondi was not fired because she was ineffective at prosecuting Trump's enemies, but instead because she was pulling an MTG internally, and pushing back HOPING to get fired? I wonder.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Have they tried unplugging the war and then plugging it back in?
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Mr. Spookytime Grift @djdunclive.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Campaign Where This Regularly Happens
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Amanda Becker @amandabecker.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
“The destructive force they have brought is nearly immeasurable.” TikTokers showed up in Springfield looking for ICE; instead, they launched conspiracies attacking the groups helping Haitians. 19thnews.org/2026/02/tikt... via @19thnews.org
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TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began.
The conspiracy theories have triggered chaos in the Ohio city, where Haitian immigrant families and the groups working with them are already on edge.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Cheese is just fully off the dude’s cracker at this point.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Buddy, if there’s a risk of the dude in the middle of the ocean running away across the water, your ass just bombed Jesus.
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D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 02/12/2025
I used to think the cat was dumb for staring out the window, watching for birds, but I'd probably stare too, if occasionally a pizza flew by.
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penguins18.bsky.social @penguins18.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
And they'd be right.
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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Here it is, the most damning academic figure in the history of all figures: Russian IRA accounts deeply embedded in both sides of the 2016 Twitter BLM "discussion" (by @katestarbird.bsky.social & team, 2018). THIS is what our information ecosystem supports. Twitter just made it 1% more visible.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 24/11/2025
Like, I get LLM-based tech that, say, tells a doctor "hey, you're the expert here, but this looks like cancer according to my database. I recommend giving it a second look." But I don't need a massive server farm to degrade friends at parties. Also, I don't want to degrade my friends at parties.
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D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 23/11/2025
I’m still banned from the tanning bed place. You try to thaw a turkey one time and they never forgive you.
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D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 19/11/2025
Billionaires are losing interest in generative AI. They must have found a younger technology.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 30/10/2025
Happening now: Hakeem Jeffries holds a press conference with Rev. William Barber and others, decrying cuts to healthcare and voicing concerns about expiring SNAP benefits. Jeffries calls healthcare cuts “policy violence.” Barber says they asked Johnson for a meeting, but he was “too busy”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries stands in front of clergy at a press conference.The Rev. William Barber stands in front of clergy and lawmakers at a press conference
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penguins18.bsky.social @penguins18.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Indicting anyone on pretextual charges like this is bad. I don't think the fact that one of the indictees is a minor candidate for U.S. House matters in the slightest.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Read every word! "You say you hate empire, but you only ever mean one. You rage at U.S. hegemony while excusing Russian conquest. You romanticize “multipolarity,” as if choosing a different empire were the same as dismantling one... dumplingradical.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
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a letter to the western left
with frustration, from central eastern europe
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
life hack: set up a rule in your email app to automatically trash all emails containing the word "thought leader"
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Who made this? 😂
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penguins18.bsky.social @penguins18.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
We’re six months in, and it’s already impossible to remember we’re in this mess because egg prices were a little high last fall.
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penguins18.bsky.social @penguins18.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Question: If a liberal President were acting as Trump is, ignoring law and custom in pursuit of some substantive policy goals that we like, what would you think?
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penguins18.bsky.social @penguins18.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I see all it took is one night and the Epstein story is all but gone, replaced with fascism-porn about canceling some public TV and radio contracts.
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penguins18.bsky.social @penguins18.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Ok so points to the Murdoch owned WSJ for hitting publish despite the threats.
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Skeets McGee @emmreef.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I am seeing people suggest that nonprofits shouldn't work with other orgs or people who hold at least one (1) repugnant view, and I have to tell you that if everyone followed that advice then nonprofits couldn't work with anyone.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 12/04/2025
Wishing a happy and meaningful Passover to all who celebrate. Chag Pesach Sameach!
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