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Rob Dahl

@robthereader.bsky.social
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Trying to figure out why people do the things that they do; I'm also known as RobTheReader; "A bad joke is better than no joke at all; a joke badly told is better than no joke at all; a joke you've heard before is better than no joke at all ; )

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MDP @matthewdp.bsky.social · 2h
You need to do more than vote blue …
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3h
Prime Minister Mark Carney mocked the US after supporters erupted in cheers at his promise to reduce Canada's dependence on the US. “Careful. They might think that's election interference. They're a little touchy down there. We're not. We're getting on with it.” #cdnpoli
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 3h
Narrator: they do not
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 3h
Little helper.. 😊
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3h
The bar for government action under Anthropic's proposed AI safety bill is alarmingly high
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Anthropic’s AI safety bill has an alarming threshold for government action
Under the company's proposal, the government can block a model's use if it poses an imminent threat to the lives of more than 50 people.
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 2h
Trump wants $1.5 trillion for the military
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 2h
The Trump administration is seeking to remove the judge presiding over the East Potomac Park case after she barred officials from removing more trees from the public golf course this week.
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DOJ Asks a Judge to Recuse Herself From East Potomac Park Case
Government lawyers claim Reyes has overstepped her authority in the case.
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Metro Chimp @metrochimp.bsky.social · 6h
And ...
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Dark Days Are Here @iamthelich.bsky.social · 6h
An extreme fixation with an imagined reality where they are victims is the only way they’re able to deal with their predatory behaviors. The mental illness of predators. 🤷‍♂️
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h
I have a doctorate degree. And I don't recall socialism ever being discussed, much less sold, in any classroom. These people live in a paranoid world of lies they create to justify the unpopularity of their weird, reality-rejecting beliefs.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 6h
it is time
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CaptnCanada 🇨🇦 @captncanada.bsky.social · 22h
Speaking of not being able to read the room… #NovaScotia
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h
Update: Trump has now contributed $0.00 of his own money towards the ballroom. bsky.app/profile/ronf...
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 21h
Elon Musk is a naturalized citizen that just helped Russia, our greatest enemy, by suppressing Ukraine’s star link power. Pretty sure that’s treason
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21h
Is Tucker Carlson a secret Nazi? Probably not. But he's definitely an overt racist, conspiracy monger, Hitler defender, Putin supporter, and far-right extremist.
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Whitewashing Tucker Carlson
The New York Times and NPR recently failed to convey just how extreme the former Fox host's views have become.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/10/2026
TRUTH SOCIAL IS LOSING ITS AUDIENCE Daily users have dropped from 420,000 to just 260,000, a whopping 38% decline from its peak. Trump spends half his life screaming into that platform, but fewer people are sticking around to listen ☠️ Reminder Tomorrow: N🚫 Kings #VoteEarlyOnNoKings
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Luke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Social media companies also have their own foreign policies
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Gizmo-RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES 🇺🇦 🌻 @bkara1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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👍 @ranmull.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Truth 👇
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Today Elon Musk has more blood on his hands. These photographs should be in every American living room tonight
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
When someone is trying to kill you, the person handing him the knife, is also your enemy.
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Did Ukrainian drone strikes really silence Russia's social media bots? (No) A real Cloudflare chart fueled a viral story ab MAGA and AfD accounts going quiet. But the evidence doesn't support the rumor. I wrote about bots, vibes, & what we've lost as platforms have shut down tools & data access.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Geez, fuel oil. 😞 @talsmith.bsky.social #CPI www.bls.gov/news.release...
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 14/10/2026
Holy shit, it's almost like some drunk podcaster is in charge of the FBI
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/10/2026
We scoured social media, court records and local stories for instances of immigration agents holding citizens against their will. The administration doesn’t track these cases. So we have. We’re sharing our database with you.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Daniel Boris @danboriscreates.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Robber Barons 2026
Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos seen with devilish grins on their faces, dressed in turn of the century Robber Baron costumes, each holding bags of cash, and Musk smoking a cigar. Green smoke rising from his lit cigar. Each also wearing large too hats bearing their company logos. Each also wearing cufflinks that are the logos of other companies they own (Zuck: Facebook and Instagram, Musk: Twitter, Bezos: AWS).
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 14/10/2026
Wow, if only there were some kind of legislative body of elected leaders who have oversight on these kinds of issues Oh well I guess!
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Carmine Bello @bluebello.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The levels of corruption in this administration is mind-numbing. One of the biggest problems for Dems after they retake power is... where the hell do we start??? There's just so much of it.
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“I, [state your name]”… @zoomydu.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Still trying to hug the leopard as it's eating their faces...
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Vorstus Bartmoss 🏴‍☠️ @vorstus.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
They always start these things the same way "I still love Cult Daddy, but he does these things to hurt me, does he not know that I love him?!". Then they'll deny that they're in a cult at all.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
When is a dictator most dangerous? When he sees his political magic wearing off. So be optimistic about the midterms, but take nothing for granted. Vote, vote, vote. Pay for truth-telling media. Support voting rights groups. And get set to resist if Trump tries another coup. My latest newsletter.
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Be optimistic about the midterms, but be unsurprised if Trump pulls a coup
It’s a dangerous time when a dictator feels threatened by rising public outrage
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Iran war has cost each U.S. household an estimated $2,000 in higher costs.
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mjk4mj.bsky.social @mjk4mj.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
No normal person should be using X.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“.. The episode demonstrates a key way that Musk is wielding political power .. his enormous audience acts as an influence machine, propelling a fringe claim into the political conversation with a single post.” @washingtonpost.com #TXsen www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 13/10/2026
Texas taxpayers are being forced to subsidize private religious schools that can discriminate against the very families footing the bill. This isn’t “school choice.” It’s a taxpayer-funded giveaway to religious institutions and wealthy special interests. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
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Opinion | Billionaires Love This School Policy. Many Regular Parents Hate It. (Gift Article)
In Texas and Iowa, Democrats are successfully tying universal school vouchers to corruption.
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MissyCat @missygirl1999.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Imagine that Republicans lying. 🙄🤦
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 13/10/2026
You mean like a single-payer system where the entire population is pooled together in one gigantic risk class? Like...socialized healthcare?
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215 Pounds on the Moon, in 1/6 Gravity, Maybe. @215poundsonthemoon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Unfortunately courts do not have a lot of power to enforce their decisions. They depend on the rule of law. Contempt of court and sanctions are about all they have. This administration has zero respect for the rule of law and The Constitution.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING WaPo: A federal judge issued a temporary order Sunday blocking the Trump admin from airing those propaganda ads. But the administration blew past that deadline and ran two of the ads into the early hours of Monday, advertising data shows.
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Trump blew past deadline to halt running taxpayer-funded campaign-style ads
A coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.” The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward.
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Wolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The cruelty is the point .. (cartoon Pedro Molina)
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"The Russians have provided Iran with intelligence, ammunition, and explosives...Trump’s response is to beg Putin to accept money for a few thousand barrels of diesel. This is the most stunning display of submission and weakness from an American president ever." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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He’s Desperate, Stupid, Weak, and Desperate
Trump panics over diesel and begs Putin for help.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/10/2026
This post was written in 2018 and has only gotten truer with time.
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If you want to understand Trump, understand this: revenge is what he cares about most
That's what he says.
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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Concluding the meeting with the American delegation in the US two days ago, after receiving a tirade of threats from Trump officials, Ukraine's Budanov turned when leaving and said, "We are now going to burn every last Russian refinery and every last port to hell. All of it, down to the final one."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“.. the repeated failure of Saudi air defences to protect airports risks doing longer-term damage to the kingdom’s image and its ability to attract foreign investors and tourists, both vital for the success of the crown prince’s economic plans.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/bc73...
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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Is it just me, or does the fact that the language of the fake endorsement mirrors the Manchurian Candidate line ("Raymond Shaw is the kindest, warmest, bravest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life") sort of an odd coincidence here?
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
six more left
Between October 8 and October 11, 2026, Ukrainian forces conducted an unprecedented campaign targeting the physical infrastructure of Russian internet giant Yandex, frequently called "Russia's Google". This infographic marks the precise timeline and impact metrics of the three facilities targeted out of Yandex's largest network sites:

• 1. Yandex Kaluga: Marked with a red "X," this facility—with a capacity of ~63 MW—was hit by drones on October 9, 2026, knocking several of its core infrastructure modules offline.

• 2. Yandex Vladimir (Energetik): Marked with a red "X," this ~63 MW facility was targeted on October 11, 2026. Yandex subsequently announced that all operations at this data center were completely suspended.

• 3. Yandex Sasovo (Ryazan region): Marked with a red "X," this hub was struck overnight on October 8, 2026, sparking a fire and causing a total shutdown. This facility is particularly critical as it houses two of Yandex's three supercomputers used to train artificial intelligence models.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Excellent piece, and ends with a quote from John Kenneth Galbraith: “People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.” Sums up a lot of what @astra.bsky.social have been writing about in ETF... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...
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Opinion | What Happens When You Can No Longer Fight a Wildfire? (Gift Article)
This year’s fast moving, virtually irrepressible events are not the seasonal burns of decades past.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Thread
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