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Peter Vogel

@peterevogeljr.bsky.social
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I help scientists much smarter than I am to do science things more betterer. Also a nerd. I will not comply. 🏳️‍🌈

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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 16h
The current level of inequality is incompatible with the continuance of democracy. None of our other problems will be solved, until we solve this one. open.substack.com/pub/howthing...
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The War Against Accumulated Capital
Either pass wealth taxes or learn to love digital feudalism.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 18h
If anyone is waiting for the GOP at large to denounce Trump’s comments, don’t bother. The base agrees with him.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
More of this, please
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
After Trump is gone, there will be many in the institutionalist caucus who will tell us to move on, that there is no appetite for reform. Those people are fools. We need to fix the Constitution. Badly. This might be a good place to start. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/the-consti...
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The Constitution Has Failed—And Repair Is No Longer Optional
Why the Constitution No Longer Fits the Country It Governs
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Drop some MARTIAL ARTS
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Papesnupi Miss Piggy
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 30/09/2026
Really good longread on what's actually involved when you go into the trades!
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So You Think You Could Be An Electrician?
Funny how the people telling kids to get jobs in the trades tend to be white-collar.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hearing a lot of folks didn’t like Digger. To each their own, but I can’t help but think they’re two major factors that play here: first, a lot of folks seem to really dislike when movies throw them a curveball that wasn’t in the trailers…
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Saw Digger. It is very much not what the trailers suggest. I mean all that is in there, but that it’s not the overall vibe. That will probably throw a lot of people off, but I quite liked it. Think Don’t Look Up by way of Terry Gilliam.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Of course it was. He is constitutionally incapable of not doing the worst possible thing. 
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We have now entered the season of “when you leave work it’s dark.” Which means also, the season of, “I shall stay up later as a small act of rebellion.”
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The GOP base - and many Democrats for that matter - generally assume that the military is basically a right-aligned institution that will support Republicans no matter what. On the other hand, a beaten dog don’t bark.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/i...
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In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" - emptywheel
Once you realize Trump's morally binding AI code doesn't even spell "United States" properly, the whole sham looks even more ominous.
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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sometimes life doesn't send you answers. It sends you a cat that lies down next to you and makes everything a little easier.
Jinx the tabby bobtail cat with her two front paws curled under her belly.  She’s sound asleep.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Seriously 💥
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Carson‘s work is rightly cited as a case study in how science can be used to inform an alert the public, and ultimately to motivate them to action. But the lesson that the disinformation agents took from this, was that they had to get better at their craft. And they have, by orders of magnitude.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Film you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF
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Rebecca Jorden (Carrie Henn) in Aliens
ALT: Rebecca Jorden (Carrie Henn) in Aliens
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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The cult classic ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O’Brien, Patricia Quinn, Charles Gray, Nell Campbell, and Meat Loaf time warped into cinemas in Italy fifty years ago this week (September 1976) 💍 🎶 ⚡️ #OTD
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Terrific quote from @marcelias.bsky.social: “… there will be lawyers out there fighting for your vote. But we can only fight for your vote, if you vote!”
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
To clarify, this will potentially impact voting in any of the Red states who willingly turned over there for the roles to the federal government. But it’s so sloppy, it’s more a matter of general chaos than a distinct advantage for the GOP.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.newsweek.com/videos/tommy...
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Awkward Puppet Side Eye
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
He kept yelling "I'm a U.S. citizen." They kept him pinned to the sidewalk anyway. He left in an ambulance with injuries to his head, neck, and teeth. DHS calls it "without further incident." www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Drone technology is rapidly making hyper-expensive systems like the F-35 obsolete, but this only reduces our advantage faster.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I want everyone to sit with that statistic. But I especially want men to sit with that statistic.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan Collins was at the center of a major bribery probe for steering millions in contracts to a company whose CEO illegally funneled thousands to her campaign. Then Trump took office and gutted the FBI and DOJ units investigating her. Is this what "being moderate" looks like?
propublica.org
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping po
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On the one hand, it’s heartening to find that there is in fact a line where low-info voters no longer believe the Trump/MAGA bullshit claims. But man, oh man, was that line ever low. Like, there needed to be blatantly obvious impacts on a daily basis in order for folks to finally get it.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For that amount of money, they could purchase a drone fleet numbering in the tens of thousands. It’s getting really easy to spot the countries who understand that warfare has changed, and those who have not.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yeah, our democracy is in terrific shape.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If the tech giants want to develop something that would truly benefit humanity, how about improving voice to text so that you don’t have to talk to it like you are communicating with your mostly deaf 98 year old great grandmother?
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
OK, take this with a huge grain of salt, because this industry is absolutely addicted to hype… Having said that, if this is really what they’re claiming? Then this is what has the big AI firms saying we need to hit the brakes. And if so, they’re right. runtimewire.com/article/odys...
runtimewire.com
Odyssey unveils Odyssey-3 for robots, cars and game agents
Odyssey says Odyssey-3 can support robots, humanoids, autonomous driving, drones and game agents using limited task-specific training data.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For future famous artistic types who are faced with a moral decision: historically, it’s almost always better to stand with your fellow artists on principle, than cave to the money men.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We are in an extraordinarily precarious position when it comes to national defense. All thanks to you know who. Still think the military will support Trump in any constitutional showdown? He hasn’t exactly treated them well. theintercept.com/2026/09/15/i...
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Iran War Has the U.S. Military on the Brink of a “Breakdown”
As the U.S. military faces relentless attacks on its bases, the Iran conflict is “ultimately unsustainable,” one U.S. official told The Intercept.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Oh, look, Anthropic and I have something in common.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Donald Trump admits what DOJ and most of the legacy media refuse to. The U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballot rule was a partisan effort to help the GOP. SCOTUS' decision was, in his words: "a big loss for Republicans."
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Future generations are not going to believe us when we say that Ray-Ban Wayfarers used to be considered one of the coolest types of sunglasses. Big tech, much like Trump, ruins everything it touches.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So three weeks ago, the doomsayers were saying the USPS would throw out mail and ballots. A week ago they were saying that SCOTUS would rule in Trump’s favor. Now they will say Trump will ignore the courts. Don’t listen to the Cassandras. They’ve been telling us there’s no hope since the start.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Good times breed weak men. Weak men breed hard times. Ed Sheeran grew up in good times, times when you could just be “apolitical”, because the political discourse was, correctly, incorrectly, rather tame. But these aren’t good times anymore. And to be apolitical is to stand with the oppressor.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A friendly reminder that people making predictions are not seers or wizards, and most of the time their forecasts are based on some very basic assumptions and recent trends.
A headline from GASBUDDY: YEARLY AVERAGE GAS PRICES TO FALL BELOW $3 IN 2026 — LOWEST SINCE 2020. The article was published on January 6, 2026.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Utterly delusional. And the GOP Congress - or the Cabinet - could stop this at any time. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
usatoday.com
Trump says US could 'decide to stay' in Iran and 'keep the oil'
President Donald Trump said the United States could "stay in Iran" and "keep the oil," as the war in the Middle East that's roiled global oil markets continues.
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
ysph.yale.edu/news-article... Single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1.04 trillion or 20% less than the system it would replace, according to new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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The Phantom Judge You Harshly 🎃💀🦇🧛‍♂️ @judgeyouharshly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Happy Caturday to everyone with love-scars. 🤷
Cats mark you. 🥰
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Pamiejean @pamiejean.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Houthis seize key port city in Yemen, closing off key Saudi pipeline - Trump regime won’t be able to contain oil prices much longer
Watch now (2 mins) | Also see this excellent article from professor Robert Pape.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We will remember fondly the halcyon days of $4 gasoline.
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Peter Vogel @peterevogeljr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One of the incredibly frustrating but morbidly fascinating things about Trump’s success is, how someone who is by any standard measure so stupid can manipulate so many, so easily.
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LadyBlue4evr💙Radical Liberal Scum @ladyblue4evr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Well, there you have it.
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M.S. Squires @perpetualoptimist4.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
He made a video for Republican midterm convention to help GOP keep control of Congress. Nobody says a Democrat has to agree with Democrats on everything. But appearing at the other party’s election convention while they’re fighting to keep Democrats out of power is a whole different conversation.
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