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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
More generally, I think it’s underappreciated how much stupidity is chosen. If you have a set of indefensible beliefs that make you feel good and mark you as a member of a community, it’s both tempting and easy to induce just enough localized stupidity to allow yourself to hang onto them.
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pinesla.bsky.social @pinesla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Please have @doctorow.pluralistic.net or @edzitron.com on to put these claims in context. I’m begging you.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Oh wait, someone has thought of this before!
18 U.S. Code § 597 Expenditures to influence voting U.S. Code

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Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote- Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Everyone in the Trump administration, every Republican elected official, every Republican candidate, every Trump donor, should be asked what they think about Trump inventing heroic stories about himself on 9/11.
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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We are in the “you can’t learn that anymore” stage of fascism, for anyone still keeping track.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Important midterm messaging ideas from @brianbeutler.bsky.social: attack Trump's 3 wars (the war in Iran, the trade war, and the war on US pocketbooks) and pledge to conduct most vigorous oversight of any Congress ever. Just do it, Democrats, we're begging you. open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
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Hoping Someone Else Stops Trump Is Not A Plan
A whistleblower exposed his illegal scheme to cheat in the midterms, and House Democrats turned around and funded his government. It’s a bad omen for 2027.
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Tasha @toshyou.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
NO media 1000s are marching in DC to defend voting rights; 90 orgs signed on, Reuters sent photographers, but local media Bernie Sanders, AOC and Martin Luther King III attended Wa Post buried it A Black-led march is visible in DC only after somebody else reports it Repost the march they buried
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/08/2026
Reactionary centrists pretend to be saying "disavow Piker to make this all go away, so it doesn't hurt your electoral chances," but they know as well as we do that 1) "disavowing" does not make anything go away, it keeps it in the news, and 2) they don't *want* it to go away! It's all a farce.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Then the Haitians did it The Right Way. And now after Americans lured them here and practically begged them to come to Springfield — Springfield! — now they’re having Trump’s armed secret police inflicted on them, and being told they all need to go back to an incredibly dangerous place or else
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
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Haiti TPS has been TERMINATED.
Those with terminated TPS are in our nation Illegally. They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY or be DEPORTED.
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Underneath is a screenshot of a video showing two Haitian men in chains being led to the aircraft. I didn’t post the video, but it’s vile.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Does no one else find this an unforgivably stupid question? Emissions reductions won't make a heat wave NOW survivable. Likewise, more homes can have AC, heat pumps while overall cutting greenhouse emissions. This isn't an "either/or", both are needed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Air conditioning push favoured over emissions cuts in five European nations, survey finds
Poll also finds sizeable majorities who believe it should be easier to install air con in homes
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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
170 years ago today August 23, 1856 – Eunice Foote identifies carbon dioxide as greenhouse gas allouryesterdays.info/2022/08/23/a...
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August 23, 1856 -  Eunice Foote identifies carbon dioxide as greenhouse gas - All Our Yesterdays
On this day in 1856 American scientist and women’s rights campaigner Eunice Foote illustrated her findings in a paper entitled, “Circumstances affecting the heat of the sun’s rays,” which was accepted...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/08/2026
New study finds that the rapid growth of electric vehicles in China has prevented over 300,000 premature deaths. Conversely -- and this is just math -- everything done to prevent the rise of EVs in the US leads to more preventable deaths of Americans. It's not an academic debate.
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Reduced urban air pollution and mortality from the transition to new energy vehicles in China - Nature Health
Using satellite data and interpretable machine learning, the widespread adoption of new energy vehicles was shown to reduce particulate matter particles with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less and carbon mo...
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Rebecca Blood 🇺🇦 @rebeccablood.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“When we say “AI models went rogue,” we skip the entire story: the part where OpenAI manually removed the model's cybersecurity blocks. We skip that OpenAI chose to test it on a machine with a live network connection.” @doctorow.pluralistic.net
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Disturbing @adambonica.bsky.social analysis of the Democratic scam PAC ecosystem and how the tactics they employ are also used by mainstream party orgs and elected officials to take advantage of vulnerable seniors data4democracy.substack.com/p/hook-and-s...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/08/2026
I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Okay so I haven't opened this or read the story, but uhhh Paul Weiss was the tobacco industry's favorite attorney and is now one of the top firms for oil majors (Exxon is a client)...in what universe were they ever not going to "surrender" to Trump? They're on the same team!
Screen capture of an email promoting a New York Times story with the headline "Why Paul Weiss surrendered to Trump"
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pinesla.bsky.social @pinesla.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
She’s fighting with the clone
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This should be a lightbulb moment for Democrats: You are free to run on this platform because Republicans are going to accuse you of it whether you do or not!
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This. Cuts to the heart of the threat and the plan
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
“Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.
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John @localcelebrity.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Accidentally admitting that they’ve held American Citizens at Broadview.
Broadview, IL
Total Arrests	405
Dates of Arrest	01/27/25 - 04/28/26
Criminal Charges	Assault, Burglary, Damage Property, Dangerous Drugs, Forgery, Fraudulent Activities, General Crimes, Health / Safety, Homicide, Immigration, Invasion of Privacy, Kidnapping, Larceny, Obstructing Judiciary, Congress, Legislature, Etc., Obstructing the Police, Robbery, Sexual Assault, Traffic Offenses, Weapon Offenses
Countries of Origin	BRAZIL, CHINA, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF, COLOMBIA, CUBA, DEM REP OF THE CONGO, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GREECE, GUATEMALA, GUINEA, HAITI, HONDURAS, INDIA, ITALY, JORDAN, KOREA, KYRGYZSTAN, LAOS, LIBYA, MEXICO, MOLDOVA, MONGOLIA, NICARAGUA, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, TAJIKISTAN, TURKIYE, TURKMENISTAN, UKRAINE, UNITED STATES, UZBEKISTAN, VENEZUELA
Gang Affiliation
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Alex @alxlndomountain.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Adding to Tom Steyer discourse
Tom Stever: "I'm totally in favor of trans athletes n high school. When you understand the vulnerabilitv. the stress. the danger of being a trans kid and you understand almost half of them try to commit suicide. Then you think we're gonna punish those kids, we're gonna cut them off from team sport. It's like. no we're not*
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سست BlU
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Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 22/05/2026
The Daily Mail published an article about me but all it did was prove my point. Vote for @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social on June 2nd for mayor of Los Angeles.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/05/2026
JD Vance Disavows Trump’s Handling Of Iran War As Brilliant Strategy By An Impeccable Genius
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Brian DiNunno @bdinunno.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Then there is what happened just last night on California's grid with the arrival of the extra SunZia wind power. Those natural gas plants that wait poised to surge at sunset ... just weren't needed. 1.5 GW of gas during the day to be ready went to 1 GW at sunset with 9 GW of batteries. Amazing.
https://www.gridstatus.io/live/caiso?date=2026-05-14

Graph showing California's gird power sources for May 14th, with a surge of batteries and wind at sunset meaning there was no need for a surge in natural gas plants to come online.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/05/2026
At this point, solving climate change is cheaper than not solving it -- not only on some grand 50 year time horizon, but tomorrow, today, immediately. Soving climate change *is* affordability. Maybe Dems should tell voters about that.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
They think you're stupid.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Aside from who started it, states like CA and VA putting a counter-gerrymander up to a referendum, where people are told and can make a decision on the context for why it's being done, has vastly more democratic legitimacy than state legislators rushing it through because they got bullied by POTUS.
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pinesla.bsky.social @pinesla.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
@schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Average Bsky poster: "We must inaugurate a Second Reconstruction with blood and fire." Average Democratic politician: "We are in a war for the Republic, which is why I propose a 23.7% tax cut." Average liberal columnist: "For too long the transgenders have blocked research into the racial IQ gap."
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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 13/03/2026
“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Someone in NYC should do interviews with middle-school kids who take the subway to and from school every day, to see if they have any advice for Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy who can't seem to go a single day without pissing himself in fear over them.
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Tom Haberstroh @tomhaberstroh.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I slept on it. I had to do it. Sorry, Heat fans: Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game deserves an asterisk. 83* joins my definitive short list of 70+ scoring nights with an asterisk: sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/...
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Bam Adebayo's 83-point game needs an asterisk
Adebayo joins an exclusive list of asterisked 70-plus scoring nights.
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pinesla.bsky.social @pinesla.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The Harris thing feels very psyop . IDK, it just feels unnatural. There’s no natural constituency for that take.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/03/2026
Not one of these ghouls knows a trans kid, understands anything about the actual circumstances or humanity of trans kids, or gives a shit. To them, trans kids play a purely symbolic role: they are a Weak Other that can be abused as form of collective self-soothing. So fucking gross.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/03/2026
It is repulsive to me -- morally, aesthetically, politically -- on a scale that I genuinely don't know how to describe. It's just so deeply, deeply gross, to be so filled with weakness that you abuse other, weaker people to feel better. What a horrible kind of human, to do that, to *allow* that.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/03/2026
I lack the words to capture it, but ... it's just endlessly remarkable to me that so many people in our society have chosen trans kis -- TRANS KIDS, the smallest, least significant, most vulnerable demographic slice you could possibly pick -- as a repository for all their fears & insecurities.
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pinesla.bsky.social @pinesla.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
@brianstelter.bsky.social you’re a pathetic, willfully blind, weak man!
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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time."
Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed.
That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.
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pinesla.bsky.social @pinesla.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Evergreen @theonion.com
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Paramount should enjoy its growing news monopoly while they have it because when Democrats win back power we are going to break up these anti-democratic information conglomerates. All of them.
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Dolphin Pilot @theamitie.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
It happened again
Some bot account complaining about pronouns in bio shit. I asked the bot to write a poem about pangolins and it did
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
for some reason the left (goldman sachs) refuses to take AI seriously
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pinesla.bsky.social @pinesla.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
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pinesla.bsky.social @pinesla.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
And that’s before we talk the murders THAT ICE AGENTS ARE FILMING THEMSELVES
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pinesla.bsky.social @pinesla.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
They’re kidnapping American citizens and holding people with valid visas, raping detainees, and stealing their credit cards. And we’re talking body cameras?
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