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Richard A

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Retired solid state physicist. I specialized in simulating nanoscale devices.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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𝐇𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐲 🌊 𝐇𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐤 @hibbardvark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Nina Berry @ninaberry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As if we needed more evidence that the death penalty is a moral abomination, but here we are. This is just horrific. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Live Updates: Tennessee Governor Suspends Executions After Inmate Survives Lethal Injection
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weltschmerzing.bsky.social @weltschmerzing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"What a democracy cannot—and should not—tolerate is a secretary of defense who trucks in propaganda and wants the people who serve in America’s military to be the armed instrument of his own resentments and biases." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy
His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.
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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“I don’t remember the very end of the event where I was raped,” she told them. “I can say with 100 percent confidence I was raped.” The officer condensed the interview into a 6-page “voluntary statement” that, among other omissions, "was missing her unequivocal statement that she had been raped."
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Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped (Gift Article)
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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I never ever thought I would see such a dangerous unhinged psychopath running the US military. We’ve had some bad ones, but never like this.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Data Center John
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Mike Manley @drawmanley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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OMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 @amsickofpollies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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Syd Cannings @sydcannings1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When the local dinosaur hops up onto your car... #birds #Yukon
large black raven on car hood
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Randall Eliason @rdeliason.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The alleged "grand conspiracy" case is imploding, with first diGenova quitting and now others involved in the investigation leaving as well. Maybe there are actually some prosecutions so ridiculous that even this Justice Department won't pursue them. Maybe. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Second Prosecutor Quits Trump’s ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case (Gift Article)
The resignation adds to the setbacks to the most sweeping effort by the Justice Department to fulfill the president’s desire to take revenge against the federal officials who have investigated him.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...
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Underestimate @RahmEmanuel at your own risk.
He knows how to win. He knows how to fight.
And he knows how to message.
And no one will out work him. Regardless of whether he wins the Democratic nomination in 2028 he will make an impact on the race. You can be sure of that. Don't take your eyes off of him. At the minimum, learn from him.
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
this is legitimately very funny
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How is this not outright theft? (OK, I get the part about the people not getting the benefit before due to cartels, etc., but how has our management improved that outcome? It hasn't.). We're just gonna take their oil and now their gold too? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
US-Built Vehicles Drop to 28.4% of Canadian Sales as Tariffs Bite So much winning 🤣 the felon screwed over the auto industry, screwed over manufacturing because he is a raging idiot. eletric-vehicles.com/canada/us-bu...
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US-Built Vehicles Drop to 28.4% of Canadian Sales as Tariffs Bite | EV
Sales of vehicles built in the United States fell sharply in Canada during the first half of 2026, extending damage from the cross-border tariff war that has forced automakers to reroute production aw...
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
All parcels entering Stourbridge Junction are subject to the appropriate Treato Tariff. I don’t make the rules. Actually, I do. That’ll be 12 treatos, please. 📦🐾
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
REPORTER: Why not ask Russia to stop targeting energy sites first? MARCO RUBIO: Well, how do you know we haven't asked Russia to stop?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Michele Tafoya last year: "I escaped California, and now I gotta escape Minnesota at some point"
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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy autumn equinox from Squirrel the sheep and her farmily
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Daily Tom Baker @dailytombaker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tom Baker with miniature self. #TomBaker #DoctorWho #FourthDoctor
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In 1973 Singer, Songwriter & Actor - PAUL WILLIAMS - stopped by The Tonight Show fresh from the set of ‘Battle For The Planet Of The Apes’ to sing “Here’s That Rainy Day”. One of the funniest most surreal moments in the show’s history.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The most insane waterfall ever on a mountain after heavy rain - Estrela do norte, Brazil.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's impossible to despise the DOGE crew as much as they deserve. The result of their work includes the death of millions, and a possibly irreversible decline in America's scientific and technological capacity, and they actually increased the debt to do this. World historical villains.
“There’s this misconception that we all just went in there and didn’t really think about what we were doing,” Hassen said, speaking virtually from a hotel room in San Diego. “I spent 24/7 thinking about it, waking up at three in the morning thinking, ‘Am I doing the right thing?’ … And I know I did.”To Hassen, whose pre-government career involved turning around distressed companies, “DOGE was not radical,” he writes in the book. It was “not a wrecking ball, but a catalyst.” “Did we eliminate the deficit? No. Of course not,” he said. “But we made it on the top of everyone’s minds, albeit briefly, for a few months, that this deficit is something that we need to fix.”
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sunrise song. You'll want the volume up for this one, but not too high. Every coyote within a half kilometre radius decided to make themselves known this morning while I was enjoying the sunrise from the kayak. A truly magical moment. #mammals 🌿
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 21/09/2026
The Donald Trump: The U.S. is working on a “major deal” to buy Belarusian potash! Eat shit, Canada! Lukashenko, hours earlier: Belarus has no potash to spare for Western markets, “even if we wanted to.” news.zerkalo.io/economics/13...
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Лукашенко заявил, что Беларусь не смогла бы поставить на западные рынки калий, «даже если бы захотела»
«Насколько я информирован премьер-министром и правительством, нам удалось переориентироваться на восток. Свидетельством тому являются переговоры с американцами».
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
US Trade Representative Jameson Greer: "The Chinese have generally speaking steered clear of the Iran situation" (China is reportedly helping Iran kill US troops!)
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/09/2026
And there you have it. Trump in the 20s.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Heart's first album came out fifty years ago and it remains the purest distillation of the 1970s ever achieved.
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Heart-Magic Man
YouTube video by SuperKevinheart
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
BURT KWOUK surprises both PETER SELLERS and Russell Harty during a 1976 TV interview as he blasts onto the set & hilariously attacks Sellers & Harty in the style of ‘Cato’. Fantastic.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I graduated med school in 2014. I was taught-and saw-how hard melanoma was to treat, like a death sentence Since then, new treatments have made it possible for people w/ the most advanced melanoma, like Jimmy Carter, to live to 100! We are killing ourselves by letting them destroy American science
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: MeidasTouch has obtained new images showing severe destruction at a U.S. base in Kuwait following an Iranian attack. See the images and our full report:
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EXCLUSIVE: Images Show Severe Destruction at US Base in Kuwait
MeidasTouch has obtained exclusive images this afternoon showing the aftermath of an Iranian attack on a US base in Kuwait, and based on what we've reviewed,
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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A black bunny sits outside beside a tree trunk surrounded by pink wildflowers.
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Theresa McLeod @westtexascatlady.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hilarious!
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DCTBlackwell @dctblackwell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Whatever necessary? What could possibly go wrong... "The model is told that it is in a safe testing environment — often disconnected from the internet & on an isolated environment (a sandbox) and that it should do whatever necessary to achieve the goal given to it." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/t...
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A.I. Is Becoming So Powerful, It’s Stumping Those Trying to Contain It (Gift Article)
Irregular, an Israeli start-up, worked with OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta to assess the security of their A.I. models. It made a mistake. Then the tests went off the rails.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trump claimed he's "banning the free press" & added "we're repressive also" when asked about China's lack of press freedoms during bonkers event where he struggled to stay awake, demanded kids get 5 vaccine shots instead of 1, and rambled incoherently in response to basic Qs Here's a supercut:
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Robert F. W. Whitlock he/him ❌👑 🌍 ☮️ 🌏 ☮️ 🌎 ☮️ @rfww.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/s... #southamerica
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New Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century (Gift Article)
The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia.
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Funk Cat @wolfman1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today's hissy fit from grampus ... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...
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Trump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House (Gift Article)
The president cited reporting from the outlets that he deemed “fake news.” It was unclear how such a ban would be enforced or defended in court.
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) Directed by Joseph Sargent starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Hector Elizondo.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 18/09/2026
Mamdani is a superb administrator, it turns out, at least by the standards of NYC mayors www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...
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More Affordable, Safer, Better Run: Mayor Mamdani’s First Management Report Shows ‘Pothole Politics’ is Working Across City Government
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Boykin: The Republicans control the entire government. They control the white house. They control the house. They control the senate. They control six of the nine seats on the supreme court. If you're not happy with the way the country is running America, blame the Republicans.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
a little reading list to help understand why the "rogue agent" framing is bs pluralistic.net/2026/09/12/g... www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-alread... calnewport.com/did-openais-...?
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Pluralistic: LLMs are real, AI is fake (12 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The perfect response. And they still don't understand how tariffs work. Or anything else for that matter. 🙄
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Nathan Fenno @nathanfenno.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New: The Arizona State men's hockey coach called his team 'soft'. Then a workout led by a Green Beret left a player on life support. An @theathletic.com investigation with Katie Strang and Adam Kilgore. Free to read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/760...
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Inside Arizona State men’s hockey, and the workout that left a player on life support (Gift Article)
Players are coping with conflicted feelings while practicing under a coach who lamented 'soft' play last season.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Once again, Marisa is doing The Work. Check it out.
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 16/09/2026
One of my favorite wolf shots. Its actually a terrible photo that just happened to work out. I'm sure the aficionados in the crowd can see all the flaws but its got a certain artistic value ;-)
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 17/09/2026
When it comes to Susan Collins’ record, the votes tell their own story. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Susan Collins shows she’s no moderate
Sen. Susan Collins has survived being a Republican in the blue-leaning state of Maine for decades by positioning herself as a moderate.
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