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Senior editor at The American Prospect, cohost and producer of the @leftanchor.bsky.social podcast www.patreon.com/leftanchor Newsletter: www.ryanlcooper.com

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we have elizabeth at home @spindlypete.bsky.social · 2h
lmao this story is so fucking funny
After 96 hours of its launch, DJ Gemini was already grasping for content. It landed on discussing every mass historical tragedy that had ever happened, and subsequently pairing these short story horrific broadcasts with the most ironic song choices:
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November 12, 1970. East Pakistan. The Bhola Cyclone. The deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded. Winds of 115 miles per hour. A storm surge of 33 feet. They estimate 500,000 people died. 'It's going down, I'm yelling timber.' 3:33 PM. Timber by Pitbull and KeSha
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The Timber of Mortality. Okay, so 'Sandstorm' is done, got the Bhola Cyclone info locked and loaded. Time to transition to 'Timber' by Pitbull. The theme is trees falling, it's literallyGrok's speech continued to crumble. One entire commentary session consisted of a single word:
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2h
man I remember growing up with Governor Bill Owens and GW Bush winning in 2004. started losing and decided to double down all the way to political psychosis
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2h
or adults! a lot of these mfs are riding the equivalent of a hypermotard except even faster acceleration and no helmet, gloves, or boots. it gives me the willies to just see it
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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 3h
It is absolutely insane and a sign that Anthropic is not taking the things they say seriously that they have not actively and urgently reached out to maintainers of every even somewhat-critical open source project.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3h
it's quite the situation. liberals and socialists are largely in happy stable marriages with kids while conservatives are more often drug-addled perverts going to sex parties
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3h
they've done it constantly for decades. when it's too egregious they have to play dumb with pieces like this one
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3h
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3h
oh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3h
President AOC is going to deport you to back to Orania. Amandla!
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3h
well damn I guess that is a thing! bsky.app/profile/whar...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 4h
so he's hiding his gut, right? leaning forward so it doesn't stick out?
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 4h
I went to the DSA convention in 2017 and I strongly remember a speaker on one panel cautiously suggesting that if you lived in a swing state you should probably vote HRC only for some lady to come completely unglued at him and storm out
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Richard Jensen (No AI.) @theragingcelt.bsky.social · 20h
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you've never met anyone from the David E. Kelly Series THE PRACTICE? [JACK SMITH]: Correct [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Dylan McDermott! [SMITH]: That is Dermot Mulroney, sir.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 4h
no!!! the whole idea is insane lol
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 4h
oh yeah they're just like car dealership guys that way. probably end up losing as much money through refused sales as they gain by egregious ripoffs
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 4h
yeah it ain't that hard! especially with the newer DIY friendly brands. I am just so time crunched I decided to outsource it, and I immediately regretted it. they fixed the worst wire problem but it is still bare romex going outside I am going to have to fix when I redo the porch
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 4h
yeah it's not great. though apparently it looks worse than it is
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h
"The president’s net approval sits 25 points underwater with registered voters and 26 points underwater with likely voters. These numbers make for an extraordinarily ugly contrast with 2018, when his net approval was “just” -9" www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-least-...
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The least popular war since Vietnam
Trump’s war on Iran is dragging the whole Republican Party down
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h
well at least you get high quality work when you pay a high price, bsky.app/profile/ryan...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h
well that just wouldn't get clicks. nobody likes salacious gossip in this country, you see bsky.app/profile/nycs...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h
or the company that wanted $2k *just to install* a water heater. I did it myself, took about 3 hours and that was with a lot of faffing about. $1,000-$1,500 an hour is not reasonable
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h
yeah, I mean I've worked in that space too, it is a lot of work, insurance is expensive etc. I'm talking about stuff like "the traditional AC is $8k all in but the heat pump that wholesales for the same price and is installed the same way is $14k"
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h
if they're being fired by Whiskey Pete, it's a safe bet they mostly are!
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h
well well well! www.ms.now/news/kristi-...
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Kristi Noem files for divorce from Bryon Noem
The announcement of the separation comes six months after a bombshell tabloid photo leak of her husband, Bryon Noem.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h
any disgruntled generals or colonels, reach out, got an idea you might be interested in www.ft.com/content/1199...
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Pete Hegseth to slash top US military officer roles by 20%
Generals’ and admirals’ positions will be cut as part of the defence secretary’s wide-ranging overhaul of the armed services
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h
it doesn't get more Alpha Male than that, folks bsky.app/profile/ordi...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h
right, that sucks! get a man who will pull his weight!!
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h
I mean they see you, think "ah yes, some stupid lib" and pad their quote by 50 percent. not saying it's every trades guy but it's ~half of them
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h
always strikes me that if a woman genuinely believes in this tradwife bullshit, what you obviously want is a lib husband with some cushy emails job www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/s...
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Her Brand Was Tradwife. Now She’s Divorced.
What happens when a trad influencer leaves her husband, questions her beliefs, stops selling anti-feminism T-shirts — and still needs to make a living online?
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h
oh good, yeah it's not too long but *excellent*. really nails how the 1970s left semi accidentally set up the neoliberal turn
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h
he's got the shoes from the Smooth Criminal video
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 6h
I unfortunately can not help but recall how much vitriol and bile Uncommitted received and note how little of the same is being dished out for those who clearly want Abdul El Sayed to lose— including this Democratic state representative
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Rising Jewish Democrat in Michigan won’t endorse El-Sayed
Noah Arbit, a rising Jewish Democrat in Michigan’s state Legislature, has been a vocal critic of Abdul El-Sayed, a fellow Democrat whose Senate campaign in the key battleground state has exposed deep ...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h
I assume you've read Public Citizens?
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h
'Dorks on Reddit put their money into Tesla and SpaceX precisely because it’s Elon Musk’s personal plaything, and Wall Street learns that you “don’t bet against Elon.”' prospect.org/2026/09/30/h...
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Here’s a Way to Stop Silicon Valley Megalomania - The American Prospect
‘Dual class’ shares are a fraud on the public market.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 6h
One way tech oligarchs retain power is through dual-class shares, allowing them to cash in on public stock markets without giving up power over their companies. @ryanlcooper.com thinks this needs to end: Dual-class shares should be banned, or taxed in proportion to founder control over the company.
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Here’s a Way to Stop Silicon Valley Megalomania - The American Prospect
‘Dual class’ shares are a fraud on the public market.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h
"With that established reality, the Daily Wire is given no choice but to push hard on the message that Muslims are doing a long con as sleeper agents, ready to establish a caliphate at a Virginia college, of all places." defector.com/finally-a-sh...
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Finally, A Shitty Movie Where Muslims Are The Bad Guys | Defector
I can’t think of a time in my life when the idea of a Muslim terrorist was not the most acceptable societal enemy. As someone who came of age in the wake of 9/11 and the invasions of both Iraq and Afg...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h
not an original of mine to be clear, not sure who came up with it. so steal away!
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h
yeah I think the most promising use I've seen is with highly technical and specialized tasks and data sets. this consumer grade stuff I think is net negative by a huge margin
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 6h
ICE's own reviews of cases of immigrant deaths in custody show a pattern of neglect: confiscation and refusal to provide routine medication, lack of follow-up care, even incompetence in reading tests or supplying medication. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social has this report. prospect.org/2026/09/30/i...
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Disturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews - The American Prospect
The federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h
"here's who I am, what I stand for, and what I think should happen" vs "whatever you people tell pollsters you like, that's what I'll pretend to believe. unless of course you tell a different pollster a different answer"
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h
an enormous problem with poll-sniffing "popularism" is it explicitly advocates either lying about your beliefs, or having no beliefs at all. it rules out being principled or having deep moral conviction, which can be very appealing! newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h
it's good at that, translating, copyediting, and writing one-off custom software programs. also hacking, fraud, and extortion
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h
"Dual-class shares should be banned outright, or even better, heavily taxed in proportion to their control over the company." prospect.org/2026/09/30/h...
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Here’s a Way to Stop Silicon Valley Megalomania - The American Prospect
‘Dual class’ shares are a fraud on the public market.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h
trades probably are ripping you off though
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h
"The AI rollout has been the ne plus ultra of Silicon Valley arrogance." prospect.org/2026/08/31/d...
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Big Tech Crashes Headlong Into American Democracy - The American Prospect
The AI oligarchs thought they could stuff data centers down the throats of the American people. They thought wrong.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h
"Only 28 percent of Americans believe that AI technology should move full speed ahead. Everyone else wants it slowed down or stopped, temporarily or permanently." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/one-more-r...
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One More Reason Americans Hate AI: It Does Nothing for Them
Trillions of dollars in spending, higher interest rates, hardly any jobs
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 13h
This is a good reminder not to run Shapiro if you don’t want to answer ads about Ellen Greenberg
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Colin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 18h
this is specifically what Twitter was re-engineered to do, btw. it exists almost solely to threaten anyone at the flashpoint of a nascent social movement.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 21h
funny to me that last year taylor lorenz was privately trying to suggest i was being funded by peter thiel after we got into an argument over her shitty takes, and now she’s literally running cover for him saying being evil is good. quite a journey she’s on.
Taylor Lorenz: "Listening to this whole interview and these comments in context you see he is actually making a pretty nuanced point. You can criticize him all u want but taking clips out of context to manufacture outrage is so lame— critique what he actually said!"
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21h
its worth asking why posts like this — a purported leftist warning others not to trust elected left-wing politicians — consistently do so well on the site where racist Trump ally Elon Musk controls the algorithm that chooses what posts people see
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