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Steve Schmidt

@steve.czmyt.com
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Computer consultant & database app software developer. Bookworm. Posts about computers, gear, security, safety, and Michigan. 🇺🇸 💔🇺🇦 From Haslett, Michigan, USA Not the campaign runner More at steve.czmyt.com Email steve@czmyt.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 55m
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Steve Schmidt @steve.czmyt.com · 1h
Hmmm, finally received my first spam / junk email attempting to recruit me for russia's smo. lol
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2h
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🍏Toxins out of our food 🧑‍🌾Farmers first, not chemical companies ❌Break up corporate concentration in agriculture 💧Clean water, guaranteed 🍽️School meals that nourish 💸Public dollars should buy public health ⚕️Food as medicine ⚖️Accountability for polluters, not immunity
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 5h
Mike Rogers has the audacity to lie to you about his plan like he didn't vote 4 times to stop you from getting cheaper medication from Canada, take $1M from Big Pharma, and vote 19 times to keep prescription drug prices higher. GTFOH.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 6h
Experimental when it's time to pay taxes.
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 13h
Trump, who refuses to follow the U.S. Constitution, bragging that he convinced AI makers to enter into a “morally binding” AI constitution is beyond parody. abcnews.com/Politics/top...
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Trump says AI leaders signed a 'constitution' to police themselves
The meeting comes as AI leaders are issuing dire warnings about the threat of AI and calling for steps to slow it down before it outsmarts humans.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 18h
Americans Are About to Lose Access to Cheap Gray-Market Prescriptions From Canada
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Americans Are About to Lose Access to Cheap Gray-Market Prescriptions From Canada
Millions who use online pharmacies from Canada and other countries could get cut off in October.
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Eamon Javers @eamonjavers.bsky.social · 21h
I’ve got a story coming tomorrow about espionage in Washington that we have been working on for a few months. I think it’s fascinating and important, and I hope you will get a chance to see it. Keep an eye on cnbc.com in the morning!
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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Any judge--sorry, immigration judge, not real judge--who requires a 2-year-old to represent themself and then deports them deserves to lose their license. And also rot in hell.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 23h
They’re coming to drive your electricity prices through the roof, destroy your environment, take your water, pollute your air, deafen your ears, pervert your politics, enrich billionaires, obliterate your property values, take your jobs, & make you pay for the privilege. What’s not to love?¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social · 22h
'Quantity of petrol' but no explosives found in three vehicles near RAF Fairford www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
RAF Fairford: 'Quantity of petrol' but no explosives found in three vehicles
Police say the decision to release five men on bail is one "grounded in experience and strategy".
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026
automakers are some of the worst on privacy and security of any industry in America, which makes their push to ban Chinese EVs "for privacy and security" extra fucking annoying
theverge.com
Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I guess the point is that Roger Marshall wants to keep this story in the news cycle as long as possible. Nice work.
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congo’s Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 confirmed cases as the disease remains out of control. apnews.com/article/cong...
apnews.com
Congo's Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 confirmed cases as disease remains out of control
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Congo has surged past 8,000 as the country struggles with a shortage of health workers. The new statistics were released Sunday.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s going to be pretty fucked up when this baby yeti starts telling people to kill themselves.
Subway display ad for meta’s muse ai product billed as “ai that gets it done.” The mascot is a little smiling fuzzy white puppet guy.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Re: Fairford suspects. I’ve seen speculation that maybe they were simply stealing diesel. I guess that’s possible. That said, the setup certainly matched the MO of a coordinated VBIED assault. Also, maybe don’t steal fuel in trucks that could easily be bombs next to a base.
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Steve Schmidt @steve.czmyt.com · 29/09/2026
"This Single Free App Replaces the Broken Windows 11 Store" While this Windows software installer and updater did not work for me, at least it did not wreck my system like some other disastrous ones. smiley face Recommend avoiding it. www.pcmag.com/explainers/t...
pcmag.com
This Single Free App Replaces the Broken Windows 11 Store
UniGetUI lets you find, install, and manage the Windows apps you actually want to use from one convenient place.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026
Morning Bid: Our products could end all human life, buy our shares reut.rs/4yEoTFP
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Morning Bid: Our products could end all human life, buy our shares
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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Companies
• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
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• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic warns AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' in IPO filing reut.rs/4hvqeY1
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EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic warns AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' in IPO filing
Anthropic plans to caution potential investors in its IPO that advanced ​AI could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," an extraordinary warning by a company seeking to profit from the same technology.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY…
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"An admission that the American president offered to sell arms to China is extraordinary. The Communist-ruled nation is considered by most policymakers and legislators of both parties to be the greatest military, economic and diplomatic rival of the United States..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026
Beyond the fact that it’s incredibly illegal and corrupt to use taxpayer dollars to run political ads on television, there’s another problem with re-running old ads like this: the messaging only reminds everyone what a fraud you are.
Black-and-white image of Donald Trump standing in a hallway from a recent ad he ran on TV with taxpayer funds. White subtitle text on a black bar at the bottom displays what Trump’s voiceover says in the ad: “we will expel the warmongers from our government.”
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 28/09/2026
"Trump asked China's president if he wants to buy US arms, ambassador says" apnews.com/article/trum... Wow… imagine if a Democratic president made the same offer; the Republicans would be demanding that he be removed under the 25th Amendment.
apnews.com
Trump asked China's president if he wants to buy US arms, ambassador says
The U.S. ambassador to China says President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 27/09/2026
Talking about my struggles with being overweight still makes me uncomfortable, since weight can carry moral judgment in ways that other health challenges don't. But that fear stops too many struggling from getting treatment that could extend their lives.
people.com
Gov. JB Pritzker Reveals He’s Lost 80 Lbs. with GLP-1 After Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis (Exclusive)
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tells PEOPLE that a GLP-1 has contributed to his 80-Lb. weight loss, but that he initially started taking it after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If the nation wasn’t led by madmen, this would be a huge story. As it is, Trump’s offer to sell weapons to our most powerful adversary is just another sign of America’s national suicide.
nytimes.com
Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The fact that this was *previously used as a campaign ad during the presidential campaign* removes any real defense as to its purpose. Its not a public service announcement. Its a campaign ad that has become state propaganda.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here’s your periodic reminder that Howard Lutnick is still Commerce secretary despite blatantly lying to the public about his personal and business ties with child molester Jeffrey Epstein.
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Jean-Michel Connard @torriangray.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is a man heading towards a massive defeat fantasizing about death and destruction in retaliation.
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Nathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The problem with seeing AI as an end and not a tool is you completely miss how it fundamentally layers into the way our economy/society is already structured. We don’t have the incentives to use AI for increasing factory productivity. We do for extracting maximum profits out of services.
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citychicken.bsky.social @citychicken.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:
propublica.org
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These people make Marie Antoinette look connected to the people and empathetic by comparison. They laugh at what their own voters are going through as they continue to mock them as they enrich themselves and have a great time.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
AI is killing the billable hour. Charging clients for “hours” of research and document drafting that obviously took far less time with AI is unsustainable. It’ll be interesting to see which professions can successfully move to flat rates or outcome-based billing without losing revenue.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
For a second I thought this was a promotional pic for Linda McMahon’s new single, “Baby Got Backhoe.”
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What happens on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown has ramifications for Northern Ireland, Ireland and UK politics. If the PSNI (police) force a path through the nationalist residents and protect a loyalist triumphalist hate march ('Orange parade') along the road, it could spark widespread unrest.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Muscular Christianity” means that when when you’re glazing the serial predator president who deports refugee children, executes fishermen, and builds idols to himself, you TYPE REALLY HARD.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This company just radiates predator energy
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X
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Associate Marshallian Spillover Coordinator @stevenlandgraf.com · 26/09/2026
Share an actor who nailed a role so hard that nobody else will ever be able to live up to it…
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Men In Black: Vincent D'Onofrio as Edgar
Alt: Men In Black: Vincent D'Onofrio as Edgar, stumbling down a NYC sidewalk
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Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This👇
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 16/09/2026
lady: our data center flexes demand to protect the grid and ratepayers!

guy: how

lady: we use AI to shift load!

guy: how

lady: we run diesel generators when prices spike

guy: thank you
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Nonya Bidniss @nonyabidniss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I listened to Wolfers on why it's prudent to invest in AI safety. I *think* he means taxpayers. But law requires airbags & seatbelts, and car buyers pay for them. AI users (& whatever downstream chain of customers or users, yes) should pay, not taxpayers. Techbros are **seeking a bailout.**
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Steve Schmidt @steve.czmyt.com · 26/09/2026
"CEO no longer employed by Michigan credit union after Lake America post" #ETTD / #FAFO. lol www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
detroitnews.com
CEO no longer employed by Michigan credit union after Lake America post
The CEO of Family First Credit Union is no longer employed there after posting an AI-generated photo of her family wearing "Lake America" sweatshirts.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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