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Sam Horrorwitt

@shurwitt.bsky.social
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Longtime Bay Area arts journalist and occasional playwright turned mailman. I could tell you stories.

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Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I truly cannot think of a reason to live stream an execution other than continued normalization of the government killing people such that they don’t have to bother hiding their violence anymore
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Jooooohhhh No! @josefoshea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?
Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141
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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia appears to have been a follower of QAnon figure Jon Herold (known online as "Patel Patriot"), whose "Devolution" conspiracy theory — which claimed Trump was secretly still in power — was popular within the QAnon community after Biden took office.
From Judd Legum's article: "Zacharia also posted about her beliefs on “devolution,” the QAnon theory that, after leaving office in 2021, Trump retained control over the military. In response to an April 3, 2022 post asking for evidence of devolution from “patelpatriot,” Zacharia suggested the military signaled that Biden wasn’t really in charge by not giving him a real 21-gun salute on Inauguration Day. “On Biden’s inaugural day, he received a 3 cannon, ~ 9 shot every 8-9 second gun salute versus a true presidential 21 gun salute,” Zacharia wrote.

Four days later, Zacharia posted a “ReTruth” of the same account suggesting that Trump would have been “derelict in his duties” had he not retained control of the military after leaving office."From https://www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/qanon-affiliated-figure-has-hosted-trumps-va-secretary-and-least-four-gop: "Jon Herold, known online as “Patel Patriot,” came to prominence in the QAnon community after the 2020 presidential election when he created a conspiracy theory known as “Devolution” that he has said “mirrors closely to Q,” which the community subsequently embraced. The baseless theory held that Donald Trump was secretly still the president during Joe Biden’s tenure — having “suspended the counting of the electoral college votes” and “secretly suspended elements of the Constitution” — and would eventually return to the Oval Office during Biden’s term."
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Andrew Tobolowsky @andytobo.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And the thing is, at the EXACT SAME TIME in other states that they don't control, we're supposed to act like we believe that the SAME people only want "viewpoint diversity"
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A good summation of David Brooks and "civility" politics generally: no one on the right-wing can ever be described honestly, while everyone who isn't on the right-wing is always portrayed as a radical breaking cherished norms.
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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It's like Ossoff and El-Sayed are in a competition to see which one can most brutally disembowel their GOP rival. Hot Jewish guy and hot Muslim guy tag-teaming against white supremacy: This is the America I love.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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Deep Hurting 🐈🐈‍⬛𓃠 Cats of Antifa @deep-hurting.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Snow White and the Seven Samurai
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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Unbearable Lightness of Being John Malkovich.
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Laurie @lauriebelle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Craft Singles
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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just to be clear: we are fine in Minnesota. We are not being taken over, though there are more rabbits in our yard than some years. Also we still need to address creeping bellflower. But otherwise all good. Don’t need rescuing or another murderous occupation.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
the funniest thing here is it's not even his main point. it's just a casual backhand as he thumps him for supporting data centers.
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LA Public Press @lapublicpress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE arrests surge across LA as feds target ‘sanctuary cities’ ahead of midterm elections. Immigration agents are reportedly targeting all immigrants across CA, according to ICE agents who told the Washington Examiner their mandate is to 'go after anybody.' lapublicpress.org/2026/10/la-i...
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ICE arrests surge across LA as feds target 'sanctuary cities' ahead of midterm elections
Federal immigration agents are reportedly targeting all immigrants across California, according to ICE agents who told the Washington Examiner their mandate is to “go after anybody.”
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The regime knows they’re on track to get demolished in the midterms, so they’re about to reach as far into the dictator’s toolkit as they can reach. They know they’re cooked, but they’re going to try to break everything on their way down.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN...
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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Fun fact: I used to like to sing the Ramones’ “Pet Sematary,” from the film of the same name, in the style of Fred Schneider of the B-52s.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just today: - The Trump admin announced the first public execution since 1936. - Trump tried to incite a race war against Somalis. - Trump said anyone using the phrase AI is "THE ENEMY" - The NYT reported on a potential ICE plan to deport migrants on military boats and ferries.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump's racism is not new, but I do want to talk about something interesting. And that is the way American fascists have been using social media to try to splinter the black vote and dissuade Black Americans from coming to the defense of Haitian and Somali people.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
(1) This is vile racism & hatred from Trump (2) Important context that Trump tried to start a race war with his initial paramilitary invasion of Minneapolis, but was stunned to see (white native) neighbors defending their (non-white immigrant) neighbors (inconceivable to a person powered by hatred).
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Related news: I reviewed emails received yesterday by two federal agencies—SEC and NIH—instructing them to update all internal and public materials to say "super intelligence" instead of "artificial intelligence" in order to comply with Trump's executive order.
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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sooooo… um…
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Daisy Johnson Chloe Bennet
ALT: Daisy Johnson Chloe Bennet
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability.
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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hey, I get it. Even though I am An Old who still misses Vance being stuck in his suit as a character defining trait.
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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I demand a comics-accurate Zodiac series that drags in the Guardians of the Galaxy because Libra is Mantis’s dad.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026
Don’t forget: billionaires are using their grip on social media and the news to convince us that peaceful protests don’t work, our vote doesn’t matter, and that both parties are the same. They’re spending billions on it.
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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s kind of weird how long it’s been since I’ve seen even a glimmer of Zodiac. I don’t read everything, but it’s weird that they haven’t popped up in crime cartel summits or stuff like the Gang War storyline
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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
this is definitely what publishers do with books that are in high demand and not written by a toxically bigoted dented can of spray cheese
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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I guess that’s one way to try to make fetch happen
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
this is so bleak, actually imagine being called a slur for a group you don't even belong to and instead of going "wow holy shit, no one should have to put up with that, we need to hold people to account," you go "no guys it's okay I hate them too!!!" and just hand the bully your lunch money
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Betty Kraken of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’s true for Trump specifically; the crypto-grift brought in billions, as did the Pentagon contracts directed to the elder failsons. Even his unemployed youngest raked in more that $150M. It really is a Golden Age for that shitty, corrupt family.
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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I was misled
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
to be clear, they’re arguing that because Trump appointed himself to the Kennedy Center board and then made himself Chairman (a position never before held by a US President), the fact that he is also President renders all of his communications *as Chairman* subject to Presidential privilege.
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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The most decent thing he ever did was to go away.
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Sam Horrorwitt @shurwitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is room for debate about who’s the protagonist in this one, but she would win that debate.
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Brigitte Lin Lin Ching Hsia in Water
Alt: Brigitte Lin wipes her mouth with her sleeve while standing in a lake in Swordsman 2
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
De Niro: When that coward, that fucking piece of shit, Donald Trump, tries to take our voice and power away, what do we tell him? Keep your fucking hands off our vote.
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Vic! Perfecto @victorperfecto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Static deserves another go round so we can at least try putting to rest people thinking his name is "Static SHOCK"
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money!
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA INDIANA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online) MISSISSIPPI MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person) OHIO SOUTH CAROLINA — mail TENNESSEE TEXAS npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You can read the full interview, here. share.google/NgMm5RbsFq2X...
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I love when White House reporters assure us that Karoline Leavitt was an entirely different person off the record as if that's not key to the whole Trump regime's press manipulation strategy.
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