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Richard Doom

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h
Slander is spoken; libel is written. But this isn't either of those. It's detailed reporting from a respected outlet with damning evidence. And "most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history" is as impressive as "shortest NBA player from Luxembourg"
Speaking on behalf of Lutnick, the White House said: "The BBC's pathetic and desperate attempt to slander Secretary Lutnick will do nothing to change the fact that he has been the most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history."
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
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Ernest "Dead" Penfold @penfoldsfiv.eurosky.social · 23h
"oh no people are being too mean to my emotional support video essay guy after he got outed as a rapist"
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Richard Doom @richarddoom.bsky.social · 22h
I think these two approaches of game criticism come from two competing frameworks Video Games As Commodity (“if you like x then you’ll love x2”) and Video Games As Art (“this game did something very interesting & has something to say to anyone who tries it”) Both are valid, if identified as such
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
These people cannot be trusted to vote in their best interests. Ever. They have failed at the most simple task and have driven this country to ruin. They are too stupid to be allowed to have a say in the future of the country. Convince a non-voter to vote. There are LOTS of those.
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 22h
In the economic system some jobs are considered especially heteroheinous. In Academia, the dedicated economists who investigate these vicious occupations are members of an elite squad known as the Labor Economics Graduate Workshop. These are their stories.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Most state attorneys general released Meta from Cambridge Analytica-related claims as part of the child safety settlement. New Mexico wasn't part of that deal, and a jury there just found 26 of 29 past statements about Cambridge Analytica, hate speech and misinformation willfully deceptive.
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Eight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa Fe
A jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation.
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Steve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This was a fairly accurate prediction in 2012: theonion.com/after-obama-...
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After Obama Victory, Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage Early GOP Front-Runner For 2016
Sources say the screaming orb might be the only potential candidate that would tap into Republicans’ deep-seated, seething fury after this election.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
For years, Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has set out to erode our system of checks and balances of power and to concentrate power in the hands of one person: President Trump. Now he’s quietly making it all happen. 🔊 Listen to this episode: propub.li/3TzIyaA
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” - Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Exposing Trump's scheme to illegally withhold aid to coerce Ukraine into lying to help Trump's reelection got the aid released. Important point. I don't know how some Dems talked themselves into thinking the best way to counter criminality is to let it slide, rather than investigate and expose it.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One can only assume Pete removed the laurel and the olive branch to intentionally look more fascist.
Congress established the War Department at the cabinet level, Aug. 7, 1789. In 1947, the Navy and War departments and the newly independent Air Force merged to become the National Military Establishment. Two years later, in 1949, the name was changed to Department of Defense and then-Defense Secretary Louis Johnson authorized the first design and use of a seal for the department. The seal was updated in September 2025 to reflect the use of a secondary title, Department of War, as directed in Executive Order 14347.

The design of the original seal and its symbolism is described in Appendix VI Joint Army and Air Force Bulletin No. 23:

"An American eagle is displayed facing to the right. Wings are horizontal. The eagle grasps three crossed arrows and bears on its breast a shield whose lower two-thirds carries alternating white and red stripes and whose upper third is blue. Above the eagle is an arc of thirteen stars with alternating rays. Below the eagle is a wreath of laurel extending to the eagle's right and wreath of olive extending to the eagle's left. On an encircling band is the inscription 'Department of Defense' and 'United States of America.'

The American bald eagle, long associated with symbolism representing the United States of America and its military establishment, has been selected as an emblem of strength. In facing to the right, the field of honor is indicated. The eagle is defending the United States, represented by the Shield of thirteen pieces. The thirteen pieces are joined together by the blue chief, representing the Congress. The rays and stars above the eagle signify glory, while the three arrows are collectively symbolic of the three component parts of the Department of War. The laurel stands for honors received in combat defending the peace represented by the olive branch.

When the seal is displayed in color, the background is to be of medium blue with the eagle and wreath in natural colors and the arrows, stars, and rays of gold.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
the idea that rufo has, at any point in his public career, been a sincere advocate for “colorblind meritocracy” is brain dead
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Impossible to understand how anyone could look at Rufo's career and conclude he was someone engaged in a "forthright defense of meritocracy." Rufo's entire career is built on the idea of purging people who don't think or look like him from positions of power.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
one thing I remember thinking about during the NYT's wall to wall coverage of Claudine Gay's fake plagiarism scandal is how regularly the NYT denies credit to the work of local, independent, and/or student journalists
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
republicans: we are nazis media: do democrats have a Hasan Piker Bin Laden problem?
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.
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Richard Doom @richarddoom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Not a lot of games will have, as loot, a letter from their mom on the mob you just killed. I see you, Dawnwalker. I see you.
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tante @tante.cc · 03/10/2026
Whenever someone legitimizes harmful shit with the importance of achieving "dominance" you have a fascist at hand.
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Richard Doom @richarddoom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Getting cats has been an excellent experience in learning about myself. When they want/do something that makes me pause I have to ask myself “does this harm them? Interfere with a need? A want? How strong a want? Eh, I guess they can do that. As long as…” 4 times a day I’ve lived alone too long
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David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Excellent piece here on AI as well.
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Collieflower @collieflower.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
so you tried to seriously lobby the pope into thinking you created human consciousness which would put you on par with god, to enslave it, to make a lot of money in your currently filed IPO. am i getting that correct. what exactly did you expect to happen here.
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NEW: According to a bombshell report in the New York Times, Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah threatened to walk out of Pope Leo XIV's Al encyclical launch in May because the pope rejected the idea that machines can be conscious.
Olah's team then privately lobbied the pope's advisers "to take the possibility of model consciousness seriously." Pope Leo XIV held firm.
For months, Anthropic has wined and dined theologians and religious scholars under nondisclosure agreements, hoping they would bless the idea that Claude has moral standing.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wow. I hadn't actually read the NYT story yet when I wrote this. But what actually happened to Jane Doe is the exact kind of thing that I'm talking about in this thread.
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Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Andraste Sideyr @andraste.fuckbgp.com · 03/10/2026
Lane || Boot.dev v @wagslane
Holy shit, America is cooked. They were able to perfectly clone the Microsoft Teams experience.


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@POLITICOEurope • Oct 1
The European Commission has rolled out an alternative to Microsoft Teams.
But officials using it aren't impressed, with one describing the tool as "absolute shit."
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This was only a matter of time. In a very real way, the net effect of networked license plate readers is more like putting a GPS device on a car than it is like driving past individual security cameras. And if police wanted to track you over time w/ GPS device or your phone---they'd need a warrant.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Jane @jane.meangirls.online · 02/10/2026
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
An amazing clip to drop during an October campaign. Can somebody check on those approval ratings with white women? I want to see just how badly he's rat****ed his party.
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Golgo 1312 @whatroughbeast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I hate my governor I hate my governor I hate my governor I hate my governor I fuCKING HAT EMY GOVERNOR
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Golgo 1312 @whatroughbeast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I must not Fed-post, Fed-posting is the Fed summoner. Fed-posting is the little relief that brings total Fed visits.
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Golgo 1312 @whatroughbeast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Really wish I could take every instance of despair and stress and fear and loss and uncertainty and pain that trans people, immigrants, and women are being subjected to in this country out of their lives and inflict it on the people doing all that shit to them.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This group of like twelve of the most malevolent dudes to ever live that for some reason you have to hear about every single day want you to use this thing you hate
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Heather MacDonald of the same Manhattan Institute that employes Chris Rufo. When institutions show you who they are, believe them.
Ayfkm Heather Mac Donald?

She’s doing apologia for the Cornell 7
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heute jedoch nicht @heutejedochnicht.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Meta-Adbusting in der Londoner U-Bahn
Jeffrey Epstein mit Ray Ban Meta-Smartglasses und Denkblase „Finally, a pair that suits me...“
Caption: „GLASSES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO CONSENT“
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The media loves talking about Deshaun Watson overcoming "adversity," but refuses to say what that "adversity" is. Story: www.jezebel.com/sports-media... #DeshaunWatson #Browns #NFL #assault
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
it's a problem for this admin (and the country obviously but in a different way) that their comms people are all These People and are only in social circles that are similar nazi bubbles
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
For weeks, Tierra Walker and her family continued to ask medical providers about ending the pregnancy For weeks, medical providers continued to tell her, “Your baby is fine” Walker, however, was not ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Tierra Walker’s Death Was Preventable. The Conservative Legal Movement Made It Predictable
Republican politicians have made Texas doctors increasingly afraid to provide lifesaving abortion care.
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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Jasmine Crockett was offering lobbying and consulting services on her campaign-funded website until @zeteo.com asked about it. New from @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/jasmine-cr...
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Jasmine Crockett Offered Lobbying Services on Her Campaign-Funded Website – While in Office
The offering was removed after Zeteo contacted the Texas Democratic congresswoman’s office.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great story by @gillianbrockell.com about progressives on the Chicago city council forcing a private equity firm trying to buy city parking meters to divest from Omni Air International, the charter airline that did ICE’s longest & cruelest flights. The spun-off Omni is now in huge financial trouble.
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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a city contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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Gore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yup
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
trump going on an emergency 17 state media tour to support republican candidates before the midterms and he is going with “nobody knows that dumb has a b on the end”
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Give me your Arya Stark list for the powerful elites of this time. NOT to kill them, I say to you mods and feds and narcs, just to be clear, so your monocles don’t pop out. No, I mean prosecute + jail. Top 10 powerful elites in the USA you’d put on trial / in a dungeon, if given the power.
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olive consumer's floating skull @machete.gay · 01/10/2026
A great many people are obsessed with power, not as a possession but as something to exist in proximity to. I have said before these are peasants who long to touch the hem of their lord that they might claim to be graced by their better. It is a pathetic, servile instinct that cannot be cured.
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FEARsten @k-a-aitch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"When you criticize Cornell administration, here's who you're really hurting" [holds up a human shield made of rape victims]
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Richard Doom @richarddoom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Age is just a number. Years count how long you have been doing something, not necessarily how good you are at it. (Highlighted text begins) Throughout his career, the President has never compartmentalized people into their demographics(highlighted text ends), but rather has the rare gift of seeing something in people thatA man looking incredulously at the camera with the text “555-COME-ON-NOW” on the bottom of the screen
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Richard Doom @richarddoom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Asking “has your young age helped or hurt you professionally?” to the assistant to history’s loudest pedophile is very, very silly. Almost as much as beginning your answer with “age is just a number.”
5. You've reached a level of professional success and achievement at a relatively young age-and young women are often not taken as seriously as thirty-something men.
Do you feel your age has been an obstacle or an asset to your success and professional life?
Age is just a number. Years count how long you have been doing something, not necessarily how good you are at it. Throughout his career, the President has never compartmentalized people into their demographics, but rather has the rare gift of seeing something in people that perhaps they don't see in themselves, male or female, young or old, and then bringing those gifts into focus. Take a look at his Cabinet. The diversity in skill, talent, and backgrounds, creates a dynamic unit, which works cohesively together to secure unprecedented WINS for the American People. In the end, History will remember us not for our gender, years lived, or at what age we reached what the World sees as "success" but, by what we did, and that, will outlive us!
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Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
so it’s pretty clear that what the public perceives as contemporary trump linguistics is, in fact, harp’s spin on it. how to delineate between what you believe to be trump’s actual way of communicating versus what is harp gets really hard. and whatever the percentages are, it says something bad.
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