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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is what it feels like trying to get to Monday Night Football through a sea of sports betting segments and Draft Kings ads

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Airplane (reverend moon, Jews for Jesus, Jehovah Witness, Buddhism, Jerry's Kids, Scientology)

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dear Alberta, VOTE! 🗳️ NO to the 9. 👎 YES to Canada. 🇨🇦

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...

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Orddu, Orwen, or Orgoch @troynovaunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ooh I know this one

Oregon Trail frame with wagon and the caption “you have died of dysentery”

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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Well normally I try to avoid listening to this whiny prick, but I had to hear this with my own ears.

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Allison Hantschel @allisonhantschel.com · 18/09/2026

Part of what Mamdani is doing is explaining to people how government works. We've had 50 years of the GOP making sure it doesn't do anything but hurt and troll, while they yell that it's useless. Mamdani is like "no, it's for fixing shit and making decisions" and

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Surprised Pikachu Face - Mind Blown Meme

Alt: Surprised Pikachu Face - Mind Blown Meme

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Someone tried to silence us last night by damaging our Unity Bus. All they did was prove why our mission to bring people together is so urgent. It’s time to stop this divisive referendum.The glass is repaired, the engine is running, and we'll see you at our next stop Alberta.

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Worth a watch. Also worth noting that it’s not the “stay” side that feels compelled to lie and cheat their way through this campaign.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is an outstanding idea for FOI requests.

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Title 18 US Code 597: "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...if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Birds of a feather goose-step together. Time to tie these people to their fellow-travellers, and ask them about it every chance we get.

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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Dear American News Media: You constantly ask every single Democrat about some podcast dude. Couldn’t you, occasionally, ask Republicans about their biggest donor, who is a white supremacist?

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is a subculture I had no idea existed - with its own etiquette that propagates all the way down to model railroaders’ attention to detail.

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Absolutely agree with Paula Simons. Excellent article. No to the noxious nine!

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/08/2026

I've heard thousands of climate denial arguments over the last few decades. But do you know they all fall into one of 5 categories? 1. It's not real 2. It's not us 3. It's not bad 4. We can't fix it 5. You can't trust the info/experts Source: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A classification tree showing the breakdown of climate denial arguments.

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

F@$# Vladdy. RUN EVERY BALL OUT. FFS they teach you that when you’re six.

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Arrighetti is doing HIS job. C’mon, meatballs!

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

every 6 months the Trump administration realizes lowering tariffs will lower prices, applies this insight to one specific good, and then proceeds to never introspect beyond that. It’s honestly beautiful in its stupidity.

Today, I concluded a deal to substantially lower the price of ground beef for working American families. As everyone knows, under President Biden, beef prices soared at their fastest rate and the American beef herd fell to its smallest size in modern history. As we work to rebuild this herd and help our ranchers, for the next 90 days, the United States will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef to be imported with no out of quota tariff. We have a commitment that this beef will be sold at 25 percent below current market prices. This deal will reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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Micah @rincewind.run · 15/08/2026

this is the absolute best part of visiting pompeii the city is filled with graffiti like “Aufidius was here” and “I screwed the barmaid” and “Epaphra, you are bald!” people have just been people, forever

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Canadians are just getting started. We are fed up with interference from the US embassy in our country. And we are tired of the toxic shit bird's gaslighting. This petition will likely be the largest in Canadian history. Sign here: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/w...

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Canadian Petition to Expel U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Takes Off

Mr. Hoekstra has been President Trump’s faithful messenger in Canada amid a historic low in relations. More than 160,000 Canadians want him gone.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

They're exactly who we thought they were. To those considering voting with these goons to "send a message to Ottawa" -- consider the message you're sending about your own values.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Gambling apps partnering with news organizations are the natural endpoint of horserace journalism. What’s the point of a horserace if you can’t bet on it

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USMC Vet M-3-7/MarineBarracks, NAS Alameda 🇺🇦 @usmarinevet.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social This "Who are you with?" shit has to stop. "Who are you with?" "The United States of America, sir. Who are you with?" The first journalist to do this should get our nation's most prestigious journalism award.

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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 03/08/2026

Young people need to take less risk on a screen and more risk off of screens. From my conversation with Bill Maher.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It is funny that this person thinks “immigrants defended the union while native born whites sought to destroy it in the name of slavery” is an argument against immigrants being Americans. This is precisely the point, nothing about being born here makes you better bsky.app/profile/aphc...

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Burgum should never be allowed to go on TV again without being asked: "You repeatedly went on TV and told obvious lies about mythical 'vandalism' of the Reflecting Pool when everyone knew it was a botched repair job. Now that the administration has admitted the truth, would you like to apologize?"

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

What, the ball didn’t get its own Louis Vuitton box? What’s wrong with you, FIFA?

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 19/07/2026

The lack of clarity on the "other nine" referendum questions is galling. These policies will affect tens of thousands of Albertans, say nothing about the impacts on businesses --and yes, public services -- that depend on them. 🔗 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 16/07/2026

can we also bet on how much this will increase corruption and insider trading? good lord

Kalshi Inc. is expanding in biotechnology by offering wagers on the outcomes of clinical trials and regulatory decisions, giving traders a more direct way to bet on key industry catalysts.

The prediction market platform says the move will allow investors to isolate binary events like drug approvals from a company’s overall stock performance. Kalshi launched 13 new biotech contracts last night in partnership with AI-powered intelligence firm AppliedXL, including bets on whether US regulators will approve medicines made by companies like Sanofi and Gilead Sciences Inc.

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Ok Alberta - you know what to do.

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Remarkable article worth reading in its entirety.

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Geez - how does Soto lay off those? Sometimes you just gotta tip your cap. At least it stays in the yard this way.

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Dismaying but really, unsurprising.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 25/06/2026

1) Open this image up 2) Find the small, blue feature in the very middle Congratulations, you've spotted the Perseverance rover on Mars, photographed from orbit! 3) Trace the rover tracks as they wend their way across the surface

A complex landscape of buttes, hills, hummocks, and sand dunes, in tones of gold and teal. In the middle, a small, beetle-blue feature. Around it, faint parallel tracks.

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

God I cannot WAIT for a return to sanity.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Props to CNN’s chyron writer:

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A thread. The other day, I happened to clock the little AI-written bio attached to my name. It announced, quite confidently, that I was married, not to my husband, but to his brother. Particularly amusing, since my BIL is a proud member of the LGBQT community. I love him, but I am NOT his type. 🧵

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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I recently published an article on an esoteric historical subject. It took me years. AI could not have researched and written it, and even if it could, relying on AI to do these things would have deprived me of the knowledge and joy I gained doing something I love to do and is worthwhile.

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James Goss @gossjam.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Amazing story about how Starbucks launched a "Tank" marketing campaign in South Korea on the anniversary of a massacre by the military.... including a slogan referencing the beating to death of a student. AI did it. Emails were signed off unread by managers www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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How a Starbucks marketing stunt spiralled into mass boycotts in South Korea

A botched tumbler promotion on the anniversary of a pro-democracy massacre unleashed a boycott, police investigation and political firestorm

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Paul Rodger @prodger.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

This list is probably light but knowing those goobers it’s a pretty good start.

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