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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

the worst thing you can do is to base your values on what you think the public wants, the second-worst thing you can do is convince yourself that the public really shares your values and is being betrayed. People are simply not consistent enough or knowledgeable enough en masse to say this.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."

Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Two is as many as we can afford, before every beit midrash devolves into an endless stream of "deez nutz" jokes

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 27th 2026 (Brutal), in less than 7 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

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Clues by Sam

A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!

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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 25/09/2026

Watch what you post because Threads just might pretend you're the guy who masturbated on the plane. What just happened to Peter Shankman is a warning for all of us using Meta products.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Important: the USPS rule that SCOTUS blocked tonight was Trump’s big plan to control and restrict mail voting. But a separate policy remains in place: USPS is no longer postmarking mail as soon it gets it, which is hugely important for deadlines. So people must mail back with plenty of time.

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In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration - Bolts

A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Soooooo there was a big push to get people to sign up as poll workers over the last ~10 days or so and uhhhh We are now at 27,000 new poll workers. 💪💪💪 This is not a joke, that's twenty-seven THOUSAND people.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The idea that making a sitting president answer for criminal charges would distract him from important official duties has never looked more ridiculous.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Here's the signup link! powerthepolls.org/creator-sara... Signing up to become a poll worker is: -A good way to help keep elections running properly! -A good way to stop doomscrolling & DO SOMETHING! -And it's better than free, it's paid work!

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Power the Polls

Poll workers power democracy. We help recruit them! Sign up now to make sure we have safe, fair, efficient elections for all!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/09/2026

A string of absolutely bonkers Truth Social posts from Trump in the span of about 10 minutes

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 6th 2026 (Hard), in less than 12 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

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Clues by Sam

A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Gotta go with what worked for Zaphod Beeblebrox. Post your getaway vehicle

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Curly sue @moocowsue.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

More than 1.2 million Texans' voter registrations were suspended. Check here to make sure you are still registered to vote in Texas: www.texas.gov/living-in-te... If you have been removed here is what you need to do: www.kxan.com/news/texas/w...

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What to do if you’ve been wrongfully removed from voter rolls in Texas

An investigation from our media partners at the Texas Tribune highlights why all voters should confirm their voter registration status while there’s still time. The Texas Tribune, in partners…

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Conspiracism means never having to say you're sorry. It's always somebody else's fault. There are always hidden facts that would exonerate you if the evil-doers weren't hiding them.

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I want to like this post at least 12 times

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 23rd 2026 (Brutal), in less than 11 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

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Clues by Sam

A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 22nd 2026 (Hard), in 05:54 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

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Clues by Sam

A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!

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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

These posters just went up all over every courthouse in New York State, and, man, what an excellent policy.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness. They produced NOTHING we still read. Thinking about that a lot lately.

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 15th 2026 (Hard), in less than 9 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

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Clues by Sam

A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

OMG, I thought I was joking. www.businessinsider.com/trump-magnet...

"They had a $900 million cost over on these stupid electric catapults that didn't work. They had almost a billion dollar cost over on the magnetic elevators," he said. "Think of it, magnets. Now all I know about magnets is this: Give me a glass of water, let me drop it on the magnets, that's the end of the magnets."

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A bunch of cops cheering at a political rally — in uniform — as the president and AG endorse a candidate and attack their political opponents is not normal. And it is not okay.

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Their secure coding practices were not gouda nough

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I think the Supreme Court's decision to legalize ubiquitous sports gambling is likely to have negative long-term consequences.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

yeah man people online will form mobs to harass each other at the drop of a hat. Hey which side actually integrated that into their sanctioned political activity and promoted some of the ringleaders to government?

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"It wasn't the future after all" is the tagline for America and Europe since 2014 or so

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I'm not saying the solution is easy, but it's a real problem that we're not able to parse "I want to see hot famous people naked" as a normal and basically good human sentiment

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

There is a point at which the sheer volume of lying becomes self-reinforcing. Maybe you can get through to people with a fact-check on a couple specific points. If you have to explain that virtually everything they “know” on a topic is a lie, you end up sounding like the crazy one.

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 2nd 2026 (Hard), in less than 8 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

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Clues by Sam

A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.

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Mike Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This is what I mean when I say conspiracy theory is not a way of thinking but a form of discourse; its core is Wilhoit's Law but for evidence: There must be in-groups whom norms of argument protect but do not bind, alongside out-groups whom the norms bind but do not protect.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 25/07/2026

The core of the right-wing information universe is that one correction from a mainstream outlet proves it can’t be trusted and that one accurate claim in a flurry of false ones proves that they must be.

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Don't just stand there, bust a move

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The words of the prophets are written on subway walls

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I am the Walrus, goo goo g'joob

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 20/07/2026

"WAGES ARE A PRICE, IT IS THE COST FIRMS AND HOUSEHOLDS PAY TO HIRE LABOR. IF YOU WANT PRICES TO GO DOWN THAT ALSO INCLUDES WAGES" i scream on deaf ears

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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I spent time yesterday asking top news networks about their plans to cover Trump's primetime push to fool us into believing a massive foreign & deep-state conspiracy disrupted U.S. elections, incl the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden. I then watched their coverage. Here's what I found: 🧵

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jul 17th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 8 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

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Clues by Sam

A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The cowards at the NYT backtracked on the accurate "President Asserts Outlandish Claims" headline and retreated to "Trump Exaggerates Claims About Election Vulnerabilities in Speech."

Live Updates: Trump Exaggerates Claims About Election Vulnerabilities in Speech

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Misogyny. This specific political tendency is called misogyny.

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Some mfers are always trying to ice skate uphill

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

fantasy GOP: salt of the earth blue collar guys who really connect to regular non-coastal-elite folks actual GOP politicians in R+73 seats: Harvard law degree, has worn a suit and tie every day of his adult life, half-heartedly affects an accent that sounds like a drag queen doing Foghorn Leghorn

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Ben Slusky @syskill.bsky.social · 05/07/2026