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Petergeist Clines @peterclines.com · 13/10/2026

HEY YOU ON THE INTERNET We're only three weeks away from the paperback release of GOD'S JUNK DRAWER. You could preorder it now anywhere fine paperbacks are sold. It's got a lot of dinosaurs and astrophysics, so you might even be able to write it off on your taxes as a research expense.

The cover for GOD'S JUNK DRAWER by Peter Clines, showing a dinosaur skeleton in a black void, along with a space suit helmet, a human skull, a bionic arm, and a stone-tipped spear.

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Diana B. Henriques @dianabhenriques.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Whether China and Russia are helping Iran is not a question to be answered as a matter of "belief." It's a question of actual knowledge. We have Intel services informing the POTUS. Congress can interrogate them to get a fact-based answer. Once we get a Congress capable of doing that. VOTE.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Don't mess with Texas.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 06/10/2026

once democrats take back congress, we need to call their offices daily and let them know all this shit is absolutely a no go in the budget

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As of 1:00PM today, Hager Books, 2176 W. 41st, had two copies of the UK trade paper of Mona Lisa Overdrive on their SALE table outside, $13.99. I don’t think I even have one of those myself! (Unsigned, as I didn’t have time to prove I was me.)

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Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 02/10/2026

This would not surprise me. Ukraine is a laboratory for drone war and innovation and that the US/NATO is not in the business of designing/evaluating and flooding the zone with "free" prototypes for Ukraine is pretty negligent.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026

i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This post really pissed me off. As someone who has been an activist for forty years and training activists, organizers and non-profit leaders for 15 years, one of the most relevant factors for continued engagement is whether people enjoy the work, feel like they belong, and find community in it.

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Ollie the Cat @skulker13.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wow, the responses to this post are something...

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There's a lot to say about this, and other folks are saying most of it. I just want to focus on one thing: the claim about the relationship between universities and "the real world."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If they deserve to be impeached — and so many of them do — then the House should impeach them. Maybe the Senate won‘t convict but it’s still worth the effort to remind people that laws still exist and that Democrats still defend it. Also, as noted here, make ‘em sweat.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We need at some point to talk about American Evangelicalism as a heretical movement. We should not indulge the delusion of a bunch or nuts who cherry-pick the Bible to rationalize otherwise indefensible 21st century bigotries that they are representatives of a global faith.

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Vote in person or use a dropbox if you possibly can. And if you can't, mail your ballot as early as you possibly can

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Ben McKenzie @benmckenzie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Love this idea. A crypto skeptic doc screening in Vegas, the heart of legalized gambling, is a pretty amazing combo. ❤️

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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Those of you on instagram, promote this post! www.instagram.com/p/DcUb_GbOyj...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I don’t think a good definition of “viewpoint diversity” is “you must lower your standards specifically for anti-science, anti-truth, bigots, and fascists — a healthy intellectual community needs those voices and they can’t clear the bar otherwise.”

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

*clears throat* *taps mic* criticizing the adult women who knowingly attach themselves to Trump - whether for his approval, proximity to fascist power, party status, or simply the joy of being evil - is not misogyny, no matter how much vicarious embarrassment it gives you to watch them do it

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Philosophers often bring up the "principle of charity": a willingness to assume good faith in an interlocutor and treat them accordingly. It's good to do in many circumstances. But it is worth formulating a principle of not being a fucking mark. If not during the rise of fascism, then when? 12/

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Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 14/08/2026

Doubly remarkable: it was clear back in 2018 that it was a fraud and a criminal money laundering enterprise that can and should have easily been squished like a bug and those who were paying attention were explicitly advocating for this.

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Ollie the Cat @skulker13.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Currently reading this - it’s great! I keep finding myself staying up late to finish chapters because I’ll think, “just one more.”

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Dr. Fauci is a hero. He really is. He helped guide America thru a mass death event. Millions more could have died but they did not, thanks to him. Everyone over 70 owes him a debt. It is disgusting that we live in a country that not only dishonors him but actively smears his good name.

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Jen d’Arc @jenonymous.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Today is a great day to subscribe to @wired.com — especially if you think it’s important to have news reporting that puts telling readers the truth above catering to billionaires’ vanity and their anti-democracy agendas.

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Ollie the Cat @skulker13.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

To all the scolds on BSKY saying, “don’t speak ill of the dead:”you just feel guilty because your first reaction was joy, also.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/07/2026

Crypto is the largest corporate funder in the 2026 elections. We're doing a deep dive into crypto corruption with actor and activist Ben McKenzie this Thursday. RSVP: www.mobilize.us/indi...

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Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 08/07/2026

I don't understand why some Dem dark money isn't using these blooper reels as TV ads, spread WIDE not deep, end with the tag line "He can start a nuclear war. Republicans are happy with that", just so the lower information voters get saturated with the insanity that is Trump.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We could do with less veneration of every aspect of a system that has led to such plainly destructive results. If we idolized the imperfect architects of our system a little less, we might utilize the amendment process (and legislative leeway) to avoid train wrecks. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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Founders Maybe Weren’t Geniuses

Trump has proven you can never be skeptical enough

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I think what a lot of people miss here is that Major Watson did not just criticize an action or policy. He called for the President's removal from office. Even if you think Trump SHOULD be removed - I do - we do NOT want members of our military making that decision, or even arguing for it.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I love you @financialtimes.com, but it's July 2026. Stop normalizing the lawless authoritarianism like this.

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Ben McKenzie @benmckenzie.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

PRE-ORDER to STREAM my movie about how crypto is dumb and bad NOW @: everyoneislying.com

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

You can lecture people until the cows come home that they HAVE TO vote Dem because we have a two party system. People like me clearly agree with you. But most people aren’t like us and all the lecturing will not make them vote as much as pandering and coddling them on the issues they care about.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 01/07/2026

Let me be cringe this one (1) time: don’t ever let someone convince you not to vote. Vote in every election, every year, your entire life. It always matters.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

(that being said, every woman should learn at least a little bit about PUA techniques so they can recognize them and run screaming from anyone who deploys them)

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I really enjoyed @doctorow.pluralistic.net’s new book, and sat down with him to talk about it. slate.com/podcasts/wha...

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A.I. Enshittifies Everything

Should you base the whole economy on companies that hemorrhage money?

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Also! It’s Off The Record day. Which means that @maryharris.bsky.social and I run through some of the big stories of the week, and speculate on Taylor’s wedding, the Second Lady’s podcast and Bill Cassidy’s senioritis. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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Off the Record: Taylor’s Version

Podcast Episode · What Next | Daily News and Analysis · June 26 · Bonus · Slate Plus Only · 17m

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

And one more thing: all the cranks demanding third parties should take a look at what Mamdani has done. He won his Democratic primary and then threw his support behind other primary challengers and won those. He's the King of New York, and he did it as a Democrat and with Democrats.

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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

They said you can't flip a Republican district. We did. You can't beat the extremists. We did. You can't take back the State Senate. We did. Then — we delivered. Our first TV ad “We Will” is up today. Join us.

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The complete destruction of mediating institutions/organizations + the rise of social media/collapse of the unified/manicured reality produced by legacy media has led to straight up griftocracy.

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