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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026

Trump: "Would anybody like the hear The Snake? We gotta whip it out. This is in honor of Springfield, Ohio, a quaint little town of 32,000 where they took in 35,000 and put them into Springfield. It didn't work out too well and they're being removed." The crowd starts chanting "De-port! De-port!"

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026

So far the only retort from the AI boosters appears to be “2025 doesn’t matter” and I’m not kidding

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026

Per Reuters, Anthropic has $252 billion in non-cancelable compute obligations across Microsoft, Google and Amazon, and $161.2 billion in Broadcom TPU lease obligations that are "largely non-cancelable". Truly insane. $413 billion in non-cancelable contracts. www.reuters.com/business/ant...

The company said it plans to spend at least $111.1 billion with Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google, $110 billion with Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab and $31.4 billion with Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab under long-term infrastructure service obligations over the next seven to 10 years "regardless of ⁠usage."
Anthropic is separately carrying about $161.2 billion of Broadcom (AVGO.O), opens new tab-related equipment lease obligations that are largely non-cancelable, according to the prospectus. Anthropic filed for an IPO confidentially with the Securities and Exchange Commission in June but its paperwork has not been publicly disclosed.

Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the filing.
The company said it committed to pay Google between April 2026 and July 2033 and Amazon between May 2026 and April 2036.
"If our actual spend falls short, we must pay Google the difference," the company said, adding that similar terms apply to its Amazon agreement.
It added its commitment with Microsoft of $31.4 billion between November 2026 and May 2033 "is non-cancelable except in the event of Microsoft's uncured material breach."

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Like everything else Trump “fixes,” the reflecting pool (along with the war in Iran, gas prices, beef prices, and mortgage rates) is in exponentially worse shape than when he started.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What a fucking embarrassment

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/09/2026

AI has lost the Mandate of Heaven I’m afraid. WSJ saying it’s a “when” the ai bubble bursts. SNL dabbing on their biggest names for being weird. FT says 50% of chips sold in 2026 and 2027 have nowhere to go. Hundreds of billions short on revenue for even 10% ROIC. A disaster.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Could we finish bumblefucking our way through the war in Iran before we start one with Cuba? Thanks

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026

Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister: "In 2015, we had a deal, we remained committed to that deal, it was the US that withdrew with zero justification"

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So much of what we are confronting today is best understood by the actions undertaken by white communities in response to integration orders. White supremacy is a form of democratic nihilism. Every institution, norm, and value of democracy will be sacrificed for it. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...

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Sep. 27, 1958 | White Little Rock Voters Choose to Close Public Schools Rather Than Integrate

Learn more about our history of racial injustice

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?

Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?

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Tom Bonier @tbonier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Seeing the Emerson poll this morning that showed Trump's net approval dropping 50 pts among Gen Z since he took office made me curious about voter registration trends among those voters in key states. Starting with PA...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here?

Trump TS post featuring the mentioned edit of Monica Crowley's face

Trump TS post which shows Natalie's face where Monica's is on the original. very weird

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the first of ten video meditations I recorded at night in Kharkiv, a frontline city in northeastern Ukraine. They concern matters that came to mind in the general setting of a long and terrible war. snyder.substack.com/p/cowardice

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On Cowardice (Kharkiv Meditations 1/10)

Kharkiv Meditations 1/10

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

About 29% of our daily cognitive load could be eliminated if we lived in an opt-in only culture.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Israeli fire killed 15 Palestinian civilians in Gaza since 21 Sept, pushing Gaza ceasefire death toll past 1,400. In the occupied West Bank, raids intensified as more than 1,600 settler attacks causing casualties or property damage were reported in 2026.

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Israel kills more Palestinian civilians in Gaza as West Bank raids widen

Israeli fire killed 15 more Palestinians in Gaza from 21 to 24 September, as troops and settlers raided, burned and detained Palestinian civilians across the occupied West Bank. Gaza's ceasefire death...

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 24/09/2026

#NV02 is one of those very conservative districts that nonetheless seems to be in play thanks to a strong Dem candidate and a *very* poor GOP candidate. Here's the latest from @danmerica.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

David Flippo, a Republican congressional candidate in Nevada, inflated his military record multiple times in recent years by claiming he received a Bronze Star “for valor” during his two-decade Air Force career.

Flippo received a Bronze Star in 2004 for his service, but not the Bronze Star with valor, a much rarer distinction that recognizes heroism in direct combat with an enemy. Experts on military awards say such exaggerations are tantamount to lying. The Flippo campaign acknowledged the misrepresentations but downplayed them as “honest mistakes” by staff members.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 24/09/2026

Zelenskyy says the so-called “Anchorage agreements” are no longer on the negotiating table, including Russian demands for recognition of its sovereignty over Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk and occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. He credited Ukraine’s Armed Forces with helping remove them. #Ukraine

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NYC — Actresses Hannah Einbinder & Susan Sarandon arrested protesting Netanyahu

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 24/09/2026

Marine Le Pen said France should stop financial assistance to Ukraine if she wins the 2027 presidential election. “We can no longer provide financial assistance to Ukraine, and we regret that,” she told POLITICO, while saying France could continue military aid and training for Ukrainian forces.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 24/09/2026

The 3rd Corps released footage from Operation Vivaldi showing heavy Gryphon bomber drones deploying kamikaze unmanned ground vehicles more than 10 km behind Russian lines. The tactic was developed by the NC13 strike UGV unit and implemented with support from the 3rd Assault Brigade’s drone forces.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 24/09/2026

Russian strikes have hit multiple data centers and internet providers in Kyiv over the past two days, disrupting service for around 100,000 households as Moscow expands its attacks on Ukraine's internet infrastructure.

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Russia puts Ukraine’s internet in its sights as attacks on Kyiv infrastructure intensify

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tucker Carlson tells NPR Trump should’ve been removed from office

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve floated, “GET YOUR HAND OUT MY POCKET, FOOL” for this purpose. So far no takers.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As others have said, most political reporters and pundits have been marinating their brains in the right-wing fever swamp of X and it's led them to a wide range of misunderstandings about What Is Really Happening.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Saw this poll this morning and whew doggie

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Could be some good reasons the U.S. Constitution doesn’t authorize one person to take the country to war based on their erratic whims and the last person they spoke with.

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is about regulating AI but the same applies to safety net and ALMPs in response to anticipated disruption from AI. Folks on the hill want "something for AI" but standard sectoral training and employment policy, guaranteed income, etc. are still the solutions because disruption is disruption.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

reporters werent “barred” from recording, the powerful people they are covering asked them not to record and they immediately complied and hid whats happening from their audience

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"The greatest threat to American democracy is Christian nationalism" Hayley Williams

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is otherwise a great article, but this is incorrect—Abbott did NOT refuse to extradite Castro; he just ran out the clock by stalling and not making a decision. The judge did NOT uphold that choice but said only that Minnesota was premature in suing www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

On May 18th, Moriarty’s office charged Christian Castro, the Texas-based ice agent who’d shot Julio Sosa-Celis through a closed door and claimed that he was attacked, with second-degree assault and with falsely reporting a crime. He was arrested later that month, in Texas, but was released from jail on August 27th, after Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, refused to extradite him back to Minnesota, a decision upheld by a federal judge. Whether the federal government allows the state to subpoena federal witnesses, such as the agents involved in these cases, may indicate how any charges against the officers who killed Renée Good and Alex Pretti might proceed.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 14/09/2026

❗️Polish troops recovered a drone from the Baltic Sea near the beach at Rusinowo, close to Jaroslawiec, Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz says. A preliminary inspection indicates it is a Russian military drone. Services are securing the site and recovered equipment. #NATO

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Or sports

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Kushner’s deal in Ukraine was to beg for the Ukrainian armed forces to withdraw from the front line and allow Russia to keep territory it is occupying. The proposal failed, now Trump is trying to strong arm Ukraine into ending its most successful operations against Russian oil.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026

crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It’s happening. 292 million birds take off tonight. Bigger than Wednesday's wave, and this time it is over the Ohio Valley. Chicago, Indianapolis, Louisville, Lexington, Cincinnati, Nashville, Birmingham. Turn off the porch and outside lights, tonight. Step outside after 10 and listen

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WRMS Traffic & Weather Reporter on the 2’s @carnegro.blacksky.app · 13/09/2026

I missed FAMU honoring Dolly Parton at Miami Friday night.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

One of the underrated parts of this election cycle is finding out what huge pieces of shit formerly safe elected officials are because they're finally vulnerable enough to get raked over the coals

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 13/09/2026

"As of publication time on Sunday afternoon, Oracle stock is down 22% since the beginning of the year. The company has been spending heavily on data centers, and it recently became one of the major owners and security partners for TikTok’s U.S. operations."

A photo of Beyonce looking devious and pleased but trying to hold it in

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

(in a raspy voice hoarse from repetition) I wonder ... I wonder if any Republicans ... will be asked ... to disavow ... (swallows hard) to disavow the Nazi ... who works for their colleague? (collapses from exhaustion)

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

NEW: Ukrainian forces conducted their deepest long-range drone strike thus far in the war, striking one of Russia’s largest gas complexes nearly 3,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. 🧵(1/5 ) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar09102026

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Historic moment: PM Carney and President Zelenskyy sign the 100-year partnership declaration to work together in defence, security, trade and reconstruction. The beginning of a new era. #cdnpoli

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In case anyone is still unclear they put him over the country

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Impressive series of sentences

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Reuters photographer @evanvucci captures Trump snapping at @ABC’s @rachelvscott tonight👇🏽 📸 Her crime? Asking why he has to bribe voters if his economic policies are working. 🤷🏼 Video of his tantrum (no other media defended her): www.threads.com/share/_rHmAx...

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