Reposted by DuaneCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The federal government is lying to you. And we have the receipts. projects.propublica.org/american-cit... 8558227
Reposted by DuaneDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets. 7938871128
Reposted by DuaneJustin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Gasoline-only cars fell below 50% of global new vehicle sales for the first time, as the Hormuz crisis and record fuel prices accelerated the shift toward EVs."oilprice.comFuel Price Shock Pushes Global Gas Car Sales Below 50% for First Time | OilPrice.comThe share of gasoline cars in global vehicle sales fell below 50% for the first time ever as the Hormuz shock and the resulting record-high fuel prices accelerated the previously sluggish shift toward... 561273361
Reposted by DuaneDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/10/2026Remarkable: an industry that is dying because it can't compete in the market writes a Republican president, asking him to keep the industry alive by brute force, and he says, ok. What would it take for the GOP to lose its reputation as the "free market" party? Seriously, what would it take?nytimes.comThe Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open. 15336106
Reposted by DuaneCRobertBuchanan @crobertbuchanan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Another great reason to not shop at Amazon. I've noticed that 99% of the time I can find what Amazon sells on the manufacturer website for the same price or cheaper and at other retailers. You. Don't. Need. Amazon. Fuck. Bezos. 1114
Reposted by DuaneJared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A federal district court just held that police use of Flock cameras without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 181553425
Reposted by DuaneBenjamin Harnett @benjaminharnett.com · 02/10/2026There are a chain of logical leaps that are unsupportable involved: 1. Because I saw it do a thing, that means it can reliably do that thing. (Setting aside that we don’t even agree on what the thing is.) 2. That it can reliably do that thing means it can do another thing that is like that thing. 182
Reposted by Duaneemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda. 473136849
Reposted by DuaneIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome 14780781990
Reposted by Duaneelias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 25/09/2026a culture where highbrow ppl are obsessed with tony soprano and lowerbrow ppl are obsessed with being walter white is in retrospect BEGGING for a strongman 1431047
Reposted by Duanepleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Some people would say "why are you putting yourself through this" and I would respond "once in a while, you need to remind yourself how dumb these people are so you don't lose sight of the voters you're trying to win" 1436731
Reposted by Duanemaple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The thing about trying to appeal to right wing bigots is that right wing bigots are all stupid idiots who get 100% of their news from propagandists so they will never actually find out that you were trying to appeal to them in the first place 7164881220
Reposted by DuaneGeorge Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This sucks I'm on a plane to Vegas and the pilots just ran outta the cockpit in squirrel costumes and whatnot #FurryInvasion 881697160
Reposted by DuaneDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Oracle may have given us the Bear Stearns moment of the AI bubble cepr.net/publications...cepr.netIs Oracle the Bear Stearns of the AI Bubble?Oracle’s force majeure notice on a New Mexico data center raises questions about AI demand, data center spending and the AI bubble. 85622
Reposted by Duaneweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sometimes feel like I don't really have imposter syndrome 2153388
Reposted by DuaneLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970182260
Reposted by DuaneDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026From a think tank analyst to Robert Reich's podcast to the Montana ballot & the Hawaii legislature: an idea to leverage state corporate charters to ban corporate money in politics. It's a novel idea that the Supreme Court may not want to touch. @jamesjbaratta.bsky.social has the story.prospect.orgCan the States Stop the Corporate Domination of Our Politics? - The American ProspectStates giveth corporations the right to exist, so the states can taketh away their political spending power—or at least, Hawaii and Montana are trying. 23917
Reposted by DuanePhilip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.statesman.comAttorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash deliveryA Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody. 25376663462
Reposted by DuaneDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Democrats need to be clear that once the orange stain is out of the White House, and pardons his gang of criminals, they will share all the evidence of crimes that the FBI and Justice Department have with state prosecutors and people filing civil suits. 59736
Reposted by DuaneAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.opb.orgOregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new reportA first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities. 7931181843
Reposted by Duaneeliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026just learned this today 6868433723
Reposted by DuaneLisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker.  329252985777
Duane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 17/09/2026www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...cbsnews.comICE agent accused of lying about north Minneapolis shooting booked into Hennepin County JailThe Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says it arrested Castro around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Second Avenue South and Third Street in Minneapolis. 010
Reposted by DuaneHennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty @hennepinatty.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty statement on Christian Castro: 151044244
Reposted by DuaneMike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 17/09/2026WATSON: That leaves four suspects: the marquess, a peer of the realm; a Parisian merchant; a fair-looking fishwife from the shores of Brighton; and a brown-skinned— SHERLOCK: Him. WATSON: Oh, splendid, Holmes! You must tell me how you came to the conclusion. Deductive reasoning? SHERLOCK: Sure. Yes! 110413
Reposted by DuaneDuane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You’re a tool if you think these LLM systems with feedback loops are capable of actions with intent, “hid mistakes”. Come on man. These are programming decisions made by people. People with bad judgment and who lack an understanding, like you, of what their programs actually do. It’s garbage in… 141
Reposted by Duane'dro🐰 @clowndro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I have seen enough and now I would like to be less informed 05121
Reposted by DuaneBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The president is just such a stupid asshole. I know we try to ascribe motives to this guy but he’s at the end of the day, when the story is written, just a dumdum idiot with a tiny brain that don’t work so good. 2938728815
Reposted by DuaneJeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026All areas in red are breaking the monthly record for strongest heat dome at 500 mb… some by a large margin in the Maroon (images via Tomer Burg) … it’s more than 1/3rd of the nation… 3/ 25713
Reposted by DuaneBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/09/2026To be the boss is to sit alone at your desk, haunted by the suspicion that you are not in the driver's seat, but rather, you are in the back seat playing with a Fisher Price steering wheel. 214921
Reposted by DuaneAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I need younger generations to understand how weird it is that trump is such a unique terrible fuck up that it’s actually correct to blame the president for a demonstrably shittier economy and costs 525526951
Reposted by DuaneDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The Douthat piece where he talks about the importance of AI closes with a sponsorship notice from a healthcare company using AI to deny claims. 411514407
Reposted by DuaneTom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Conversely you have never had more access to content depicting crime. You have never felt less safe while living in a year that is in competition for the safest in human history. 621656
Duane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I think Yim Yames performance in "Run Lola Run" is incredible. I didn't know he could ride a bike. 021
Reposted by DuaneAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026El-Sayed's elevator pitch is quite compelling 251270279
Reposted by DuaneTrevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land. 8476702173
Reposted by Duanerobertus @robertus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Elizabeth Holmes is gonna crawl out of your computer monitor in seven days unless you show this to someone else 9135392
Reposted by Duanejab lung @mobute.bsky.social · 06/09/2026every one of you who wasn't alive for the 2000 election, this is exactly what it was like 12822140
Reposted by DuaneCasey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The Cardinals, in response to home-plate umpire Doug Eddings telling rookie Hancel Rincon to fix his hat last night, all wore tipped caps in their dugout tonight. The Rockies did, as well, after Eddings claimed Hunter Goodman asked for Rincon to fix his hat, something Goodman strongly denied. 392172401
Reposted by DuaneRacket @racketmn.com · 04/09/2026The Minnesota State Fair, running now through Monday, is the greatest place on earth. We sent the reliably excellent BUMP OPERA to capture photographic evidence of that fact✨racketmn.comEnjoy 43 Lovely Portraits of Minnesotans Thriving at the 2026 MN State Fair - RacketAt the Great Minnesota Get-Together, humanity shines as bright as the midday Midway sun. 612935
Reposted by DuaneSteve Benen @stevebenen.com · 03/09/2026I don’t seriously expect the White House to care, but I’m still struck by the bipartisan condemnations of Pete Hegseth: It’s just not normal for lawmakers from a president’s own political party to publicly call for the defense secretary’s ouster. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...ms.nowSenate Republican calls for Hegseth’s ouster, citing ‘inept management’ of militaryIt’s not normal for lawmakers from a president’s own political party to publicly call for the defense secretary’s ouster. 3037793
Reposted by DuaneProtect Our Care @protectourcare.org · 03/09/2026🚨BREAKING: Representative Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, has learned that DoD officials are actively working to divert billions in funding from the NIH to supplement the DoD budget. More here ⬇️democrats-appropriations.house.govDefense Officials Attempt to Raid NIH Funds to Cover Department of Defense ActivitiesHouse Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) has learned that officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are working to divert billions of dollars from the National Institute... 33128
Reposted by DuaneRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I’ve known many other defense secretaries, starting with Cap Weinberger, who served as defense secretary under Reagan. I can say without fear of contradiction that Pete Hegseth is the stupidest and least qualified of them all.robertreich.substack.comHegseth Must GoIf Trump won’t fire him, Congress must impeach him 29059081507
Reposted by Duanesweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026this could happen to you *points at everything everywhere* 413251
Reposted by DuaneDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026Convincing young people that America is poor & no one can afford anything & everyone is living paycheck to paycheck & their economic future is doomed ... IS NOT GOING TO LEAD TO MORE PROGRESSIVE POLICY. People who feel anxious & under threat do not respond with openness & generosity! Look it up! 551664270
Reposted by DuaneMike D’Angelo @gemko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Didn’t think I’d live to see it: Virtually every SCTV episode is now on Netflix. (The one that’s missing is highly unusual, featuring none of the show’s cast at the time.) Some rights-based cuts/substitutions of music, but fewer than I’d have guessed. It’s 95% complete. Incredible. 922547
Reposted by DuaneCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“This is being directed by the Main Justice and the US Attorney,” federal prosecutor Matthew Evans wrote in a remarkably candid account of internal deliberations. “I objected in the strongest possible terms and fought it as hard as I could. It wasn’t enough.”propublica.orgTrump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” ObjectionsA prosecutor planned to file civil rights charges — similar to those brought against the officers who killed George Floyd — against an ICE agent. In an email we exclusively obtained, he reveals that T... 1197105
Reposted by DuaneTiger Pournelle, Furious Irish🏳️🌈 @tigerpournelle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Cher — 80 Sylvester Stallone — 80 Sally Field — 79 Steve Martin — 81 Goldie Hawn — 80 Henry Winkler — 80 Liza Minnelli — 80 Tommy Lee Jones — 79 Candice Bergen — 80 Michael Douglas — 81 Bette Midler — 80 Arnold Schwarzenegger — 79 David Letterman — 79 Steven Spielberg — 79 George Lucas — 82 3123