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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

To a broader point: Technology makes it too easy for people like these intelligence officers to forget that they are killing people, and often innocent ones. We shouldn't worry so much at this point in time about AI killing people directly, and more about it making murder feel frictionless.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Well Sean, why don't you try driving yourself someplace a couple times before mis-naming the features you're telling us we all hate. I'm guessing you haven't done any driving yourself in the last, oh, decade?

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Good. Going mainstream was never going to be good for yoga.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The ‘Axis of Evil’ speechwriter having a post at the Atlantic is a testament to the lack of accountability that helped pave the way for our current moment.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/07/2026

Weeks ago, I spoke directly with Major Jason Watson regarding his planned act of civil disobedience. What I do not hear enough people discussing is the broader constitutional strategy behind his message. 🧵

open.substack.com

Defender of Our Republic

Major Jason Watson Deserves an Honest Accounting

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

So, in schoolyard terms: The person bullying your friend is nice to you, so you're going to be nice to that bully. Why? Because your friend didn't help you when you and a second bully couldn't get the guy down the street to cry uncle. Sure sounds like you like bullies, not friends.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2026

Ossoff says he does not want his young daughters "to grow up in a world defined by the values of Donald J. Trump"

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Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander @goodlander.house.gov · 17/08/2026

Last week, I had the honor of meeting Wes — a Korean War veteran who served our country in the U.S. Air Force — while delivering Meals on Wheels with Erik and the amazing team from Home Healthcare, Hospice, and Community Services. We owe it to him and every Granite Stater to protect this lifeline.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A succinct verdict on the persecution of the poor young academic who just died by suicide. Plagiarism is common. Persecution of the kind he endured is uncommon, aka selectively applied. The reason why he was targeted seems as clear as it is ugly.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A thread on how heroes like Dr. Anthony Fauci make Trump and the Republicans look like criminals by comparison. That's why they tried to destroy his good name. That's the story.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Probably true, but you say *instead* of physical exertion as if exertion is bad. We need to teach them how mind and body work *in tandem* And you need to not call out boys in this case.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

What if you... just let them be active? Many boys *and girls* are better able to focus after physical exertion. What harm is there in helping them do so *in addition to* teaching them less physical meditative techniques?

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Super Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

President Toddler

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Keep losing your temper bro. Those fast-food-hardened arteries can take plenty of this.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Trump never considers that his - nominally weaker - opponent may not take the safe option, but opt instead to fight despite the pain it causes. Let's hope that Delcy Rodriguez doesn't belatedly realize this.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This is exactly right. Unless Iranian leaders are forcibly removed, there are no other options here.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/07/2026

"Unlike the coercive empire of the Soviets, American statesmen pulled off the astounding accomplishment of attracting allies and trade partners in a consensual manner." This is what people like Elbridge Colby want to rip up.

lnk.thebulwark.com

Elbridge Colby and the Art of Defending the Indefensible

Trump’s impulsive foreign policy of grudges, threats, and contempt for allies is a self-defeating mess. His suave sophist struggles to spin it as strategically sound.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The Trump administration wants to deter any organizing efforts that effectively interrupt its agenda—using indictments to make a chilling example of a few, writes Jenna Ruddock. But using Signal, making zines and watching the watchers are all constitutionally protected activities.

techpolicy.press

Trump’s Crackdown on Dissent is Targeting Signal—and Zines

The Trump administration wants to deter any organizing efforts that effectively interrupt its agenda, writes Jenna Ruddock.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/06/2026

“People who need an enemy can never afford to win.” Why Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene are leaving the Republican Party—and why it has less to do with disagreement than with the business model of permanent grievance. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

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Tucker and MTG Are Leaving The GOP. Not Because They Lost. But Because They Won.

The bomb throwers were never going to be satisfied — even with everything.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Sloopy lives in a very nice part of town And everybody, yeah, tries to put my Sloopy down Sloopy, I care what daddy Trump do 'Cause you know, Sloopy, girl, he's playing you

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Don't hang on Sloopy, Sloopy don't hang on.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/06/2026

Our entirely predictable Social Security “crisis" is a political choice made by a pay-to-play government, writes @michaelmechanic.bsky.social. Congress could close the gap tomorrow if lawmakers started acting in the interests of the broader public and not just the richest 10 percent.

motherjones.com

There is no Social Security crisis

The Trump administration has priorities. Helping the little guy just isn't one of them.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

And, again, focusing completely on Trump is like thinking Ronald McDonald actually runs McDonald's. The apparatus behind MAGA is funded and directed by the wealth and oligarchical classes and they are relentlessly not just stealing but positioning things for the world they want to run.

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A few of my faves @phaves.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

He has no alpha qualities and is intrinsically one of the weakest individuals I have ever observed. Not smart, not prudent and has no self-discipline. Never physically strong or fit. His only power over anyone is that he was born into wealth and kept it through crime and thuggery.

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I took a crack a trying to capture the chaos of the moment in scientific research—generational change in what happens and how practitioners feel about it, the end of a decades-long program to orient science only toward "productivity," product, and capital. www.scientificamerican.com/article/amer...

scientificamerican.com

America’s compact between science and politics is broken, and we’re all going to pay

How did we get here?

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I wrote about Marty Embry’s viral MAGA hat experiment, and why his both sides conclusions are wrong. when you put on a maga hat, you’re telling a lot of people you hate them. They’re allowed to believe you. That’s not intolerance. It’s self preservation. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/fascism-is...

everythingishorrible.net

Fascism Is What You Do, Not What’s In Your Heart

On Marty Embry’s MAGA hat experiment.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I think it is difficult to ascribe a "failure to promote moral reality" to a movie in which the main character, Tyler Durden, has dissociative identity disorder. I hardly think it was meant to delight anyone, though many would revel in his violent, subversive campaign against capitalism.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Saying he has "no judgement" is foolish. It shows that Trump has no real sense for Netanyahu's goals and motivations. These would be obvious to a POTUS with cognitive empathy, who could discern the Israeli leaders thinking and motivations.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Entirely performative. I'll pay attention when he, or any other person in this Administration and most of the Democrats currently in office, starts to turn the screws on Bibi and his band of genocidal racists.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The problem isn't the credit card, it is the $200 cable bill you've been paying but don't want to give up. In other words, look at Defense spending and rich people's entitlements, i.e. tax cuts. Social spending is being crowded out by Defense and interest payments. The right choice here is obvious.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Mike Johnson is a drum that echoes only those tones emanating from oligarchs The idea that Social Security and Medicaid A shortfalls are due to "automatic" entitlement spending is like saying you can't afford food because your credit card is on auto-pay. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.com

Social Security shortfall expected to accelerate, with funds at critical low in 2032

The shortfall will be driven in part by a drop in immigration and Trump’s tax cuts, trustees say, resulting in trimmed benefits.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

One of Piker's central insights: If you want something, fight for it. Don't immediately compromise in the name of bipartisanship. This is the central issue with Dems in general, and Third Way in particular. www.vox.com/america-actu... @nberlat.bsky.social has been beating this drum for some time

vox.com

Why Hasan Piker thinks Democrats are moving in his direction

Hasan Piker vs. Third Way is a battle for the Democratic Party.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Ugh, another one. Here is a very similar recent article from the Journal. It seems that this tortured line of reasoning is in vogue among so-called Free Market Economists and their toadies. www.wsj.com/opinion/what...

wsj.com

What Happens When Europeans Find Out How Poor They Are?

The Continent trails far behind U.S. economic output. Politics is bound to catch up sooner or later.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/06/2026

"The pro-democracy coalition needs leaders. It needs fighters. It needs consiglieres who are ruthless about the exercise of legal power. It does not need a cult built around vice signaling."

lnk.thebulwark.com

Nazis, Real and Imagined

Graham Platner isn't a Nazi. Guess who is.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

There are many in the fallen world of American politics who are more mendacious, more corrupt, more self-aggrandizing. But no one -- and I mean no one -- is as empty, soulless and craven as this man.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Three years ago tomorrow, I very nervously gave this speech. I knew my career as a TV journalist was dunzo, cooked, filleted, kaput the morning I wrote it. (Thanks to Kat insisting I go for it anyway.) The end is awfully prescient at this exact second, though. Big ups to Scott Pelley for fighting.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Yes. And describing the Moore episode as happening “a few years ago” when it was almost a decade ago transforms a tortured argument into a farce.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Friendly suggestion: You often say (my paraphrasing) that changing people’s minds is about stories. When you make posts like this -which are spot-on but perhaps also too abstract for someone who isn’t already seeing what you speak to - you can augment it with a story that makes it more concrete

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

In the universe where the replacement will likely be even worse

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

“Honestly, we’re just trying to live up to our name.” - Bank official

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

In the "bubble" that is the entire Northeast, Christian and non-Christian alike largely agree that Paxton is unelectable vermin.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

You don’t borrow the money for a down payment, you nitwit.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Transport yourself back 87 or so years and make that same statement, but substituting “Jew” for “Palestinian”, and guess what country’s leaders were expressing such sentiment?

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Natuurlijk; In Antwerpen. hartelijk dank voor de links!

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Alive? Yes. In any way considerate of others? Not on your life.

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rocroc.bsky.social @rocroc.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

@ninahenkens.bsky.social I know this comes out of the blue, but I am an African-American considering relocating to Holland. I have plenty of family there who are supportive, but none who might speak to the challenges I might face due to my race. Any guidance you can provide would be appreciated!

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