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Stephen Schmidt

@stephenschmidt.bsky.social
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Curating what interests me. Trying to figure out life with peripheral nerve disease. No longer the only Iowa sports fan on Bluesky

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/07/2026
NEW: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.
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A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification
ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Aurora and Cephalus, by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1810, 📸 by Jesse D. Garrabrant
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Stephen Schmidt @stephenschmidt.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Or Zuckerberg will probably have some spare Meta glasses lying around that they could use.
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 15/04/2026
oh we are fucked
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Stephen Schmidt @stephenschmidt.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I've always thought Eric Swalwell gave Michael Avenattiesque "I'm a dick to Republicans to advance my career, but maybe that means I'm too good at being a dick in general" vibes, but he has managed to turn out more terrible than I imagined.
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This is lovely
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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
What a beautiful moment.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This should be a tradition, every April's fool's day we launch a spaceship and then the president transforms into a zombie live on air
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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.
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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her. Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day
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Frustrated Fan @frustratedfan.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Sorry Clemson
Marge: Oh, the little tiger tries so hard. Why does he keep failing?
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Maybe there’s a reason nobody has tried this before
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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This story by @sheinvestigates.bsky.social is so so good and so so upsetting. Get ready to have your head explode www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
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How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues
The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for Iran war supplemental, sources say Some in WH think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress My last story for WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war
That figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 18/03/2026
Fuck yeah Afroman!
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Afroman Scores Legal Victory Over Deputies in Defamation Lawsuit
Afroman prevailed in court after sheriff’s deputies accus...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
e-bikes solve this
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
In a survey of 1,000 hiring managers, 59% say they emphasize AI’s role in layoffs because it “is viewed more favorably by stakeholders than saying layoffs or hiring freezes are driven by financial constraints.” Only 9% said AI had fully replaced any roles.
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The ‘AI-Washing’ of Job Cuts Is Corrosive and Confusing
Whatever you think about whether artificial intelligence is coming for your job, it has already mastered one corporate skill: hogging the credit.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 14/03/2026
We only rate dogs. This is clearly a gigantic mouse that someone just found in their home. Please gently return them to the garden and only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: kitsune_inu)
a tan chihuahua-sized rodent with a graying muzzle is being held aloft in front of a white wall. the creature looks at the camera with dark, round eyes. each of his ears are the size of his head, sticking out on either side like satellites. he looks a little embarrassed that he's been caught.
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
If the government really is worried about Iranian sleeper cells, then it was probably a mistake to systematically reorient the majority of US counterterror resources toward arresting immigrant grandmothers and five-year-olds in bunny hats
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404 Media @404media.co · 13/03/2026
“AI can never be AI without humans. It is not artificial intelligence. It’s African intelligence...We are training our own death. We train ChatGPT and it’s killing us slowly.” Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. Now, they're fighting back.
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'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back
Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Gift Article “How Trump assassination attempts played into his decision to attack Iran “I got him before he got me,” Trump told ABC of killing Iran’s supreme leader.” wapo.st/4cYVhL3
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How Trump assassination attempts played into his decision to attack Iran
President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time a personal rationale for attacking Iran: “I got him before he got me.”
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
New addition to the bookshelf (hi randy)
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Because we put... incels in charge of the Pentagon???
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Love it when our nation’s defense contractors all spend their Friday nights subtweeting each other about killing everyone in the world
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 20/02/2026
Remember, these guys fired all the people who actually know what they're doing because "DEI" and then hired the absolute dumbest people imaginable because of "meritocracy" and... then they do stuff like leaving comments enabled in their "this is how we concentration camp" PDF.
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jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · 18/02/2026
oh you think white people don't have culture? what about this sickly family of incestuous warlords from a book i didn't read?
Jack Posobiec on twitter sharing a video of Baelor Targaryen from A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms with the caption "This is white culture"
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Mother: so you run a school? Charles Xavier: a school for gifted youngsters, like Timothy Mother: but it’s a real school right? Xavier: oh my yes Mother: so he won’t be trained to kill Xavier: oh no he certainly will Mother: but he won’t actually have to do it Xavier: oh no he certainly will
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Solar exploded across Africa in 2025: apnews.com/article/sola...
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Africa leads growth in solar energy as demand spreads beyond traditional markets, report says
A report shows that Africa has emerged as the world's fastest-growing solar market even as global growth slowed last year, driven by a 60% surge in imports of solar panels from China.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps. If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Somehow this is even more devastating without the cursing
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 06/02/2026
Sabrina Carpenter being on The Muppet Show makes perfect sense. I think she’s basically a muppet to begin with. Like in the field of contemporary celebs she’s gotta be in like, the top ten of obvious muppets masquerading as people.
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Britain has dethroned a prince, forced Mandelson to resign, & lost confidence in Starmer because Rep. Thomas Massie & I forced the release of the Epstein files. What is America doing to hold the Epstein class accountable? We need to haul these powerful men before Congress.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Trump posts racist video about the Obamas. Karoline Leavitt dismisses criticism as "fake outrage." Tim Scott calls it "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House." White House deletes video. @ericalgj.bsky.social @bellakwai.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
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Trump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
#Bitcoin explained in two posts: $BTC
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I still don't get bitcoin

yolo contendere
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imagine if keeping your car idling 24/7
produced solved Sudokus you could trade for heroin
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Feathers McGraw @feathersmcgraw.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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Keith Decent @keithdecent.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Elon not being happy despite having all the money is like someone losing at a game in tutorial mode, which he also does
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Killing the CIA World Factbook might seem like small potatoes, but it was a touchstone of curated facts in a sea of disinformation.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
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FoxxMD @foxxmd.dev · 04/02/2026
Have you seen the new blog post? It's on pckt. It's literally on bsky. It's a standard dot site record. It's literally on Offprint. You can probably find it on Margin. Dude it's on your pds. It's a Leaflet original. Go to atproto. Dive into atproto. Atproto has it for you. Atproto has it for you.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 04/02/2026
INBOX: Robert McCartney, who worked for 39 years at The Washington Post, including as a Metro columnist and editor, before retiring in 2021, claims on X that he has heard the Post has laid off *all* its photojournalists.
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We’re hearing Post has laid off all its photojournalists.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 04/02/2026
Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.
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L-EEK! @leask.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
They say the two happiest days in a gm’s life are the day he trades for James Harden and the day he trades away James Harden
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