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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

After years of telling Ilhan Omar to “go back,” the Trump administration has brought federal agents to her door. The raid sends a warning about who gets to remain unquestioningly American and who must keep proving they belong. testset.media/article/ilha...

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The Ilhan Omar Raid and the Politics of Making Americans Foreign Again

After years of telling Ilhan Omar to “go back,” the Trump administration has brought federal agents to her door. The raid sends a warning about who gets to…

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Omar Afra follows the money behind Greg Abbott’s politics of fear: voucher megadonors, data-center interests and unlimited Texas contributions. The article also says donations alone do not prove a purchased government action. testset.media/article/greg-abbott-d…

Testset editorial composite of Texas Governor Greg Abbott accompanying Omar Afra’s analysis of campaign donors, vouchers, data centers and fear-based politics.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

M. Martin uses HBO’s Lanterns, Nebraska and a presidential rally to examine the appetite for political spectacle in the American heartland. The provocation and conclusions are the author’s. testset.media/article/what-is-it-ab…

A rural Nebraska landscape photographed by Laura Seaman, used as the hero image for M. Martin’s Testset essay on Lanterns and political spectacle.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Lindner Center of Hope says James Talarico was never treated there. Omar Afra examines an unverified call and conflicting timeline, arguing that anyone who shared the hospitalization rumor as confirmed owes a correction. testset.media/article/james-talaric…

Editorial image accompanying Testset’s article examining the James Talarico psychiatric-hospital rumor and Lindner Center of Hope’s reported denial.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

M. Martin treats Smith and Marx as a lineage, not opposites: Smith as Moses, Marx as Jesus, Engels as John the Baptist. testset.media/article/if-smith-was-…

Testset editorial collage presenting Adam Smith as Moses, Karl Marx as Jesus and Friedrich Engels as John the Baptist.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Power to the People offered $125 entry, a $1,500 Robinhood package and Ticketmaster sales. Omar Afra argues revolutionary branding should be judged by access, sacrifice and who gets the stage. testset.media/article/tom-morello-p…

Tom Morello performing onstage, photographed by Chris Anthony, accompanying Omar Afra’s critique of Power to the People Festival.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“Pattern recognition” can become selection bias wearing a lab coat. Omar Afra tests the right’s pseudo-intellectualism against terrorism, immigration and psychology research. The argument is his. testset.media/article/right-wing-pa…

Archival image accompanying Omar Afra’s essay on pattern recognition rhetoric, selection bias, racism and xenophobia.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

B0YG1RL’s album turns FL Studio, Ableton, clipping and resampling into musical structure. Farrah Mann traces the Miami duo’s producer network without inventing undocumented gear. testset.media/article/b0yg1rl-overc…

B0YG1RL editorial portrait accompanying Farrah Mann’s analysis of the Miami duo’s production process, software and collaborative network.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Texas has no gubernatorial term limit and generally no individual contribution cap for nonjudicial candidates. Omar Afra examines how fear politics and donor power operate together; donations alone do not prove any purchased action. testset.media/article/greg-abbott-d…

Editorial photograph of Texas Governor Greg Abbott accompanying Omar Afra’s analysis of campaign finance, political fear and donor influence.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

M. Martin links the Nebraska-set Lanterns finale to Donald Trump’s October 6 rally rhetoric and asks why sacrificial politics finds an applauding audience. The comparison and conclusions are the author’s. testset.media/article/what-is-it-ab…

A red-and-white vintage car in a Nebraska landscape, photographed by Laura Seaman, accompanying M. Martin’s essay connecting Lanterns, political rhetoric and the American Midwest.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Chris Hedges connects his own experience of fraternity humiliation to the reported Cornell sexual-assault case and argues for transparent investigation. Allegations are not findings of guilt. testset.media/article/thoughts-on-t…

Exterior view of the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University, accompanying Chris Hedges’s essay on fraternity culture and reported sexual assault.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Power to the People Festival sold $125, $225, $375 and $1,500 tiers. Omar Afra asks what movement branding owes audiences. testset.media/article/tom-morello-p…

Tom Morello performing onstage in a photograph by Chris Anthony, accompanying Omar Afra’s analysis of the Power to the People Festival.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Selected incidents are not population rates. Omar Afra tests “pattern recognition” against research on scientific racism, media framing and immigrant crime. testset.media/article/right-wing-pa…

Historical photograph of Ku Klux Klan members used as the editorial hero image for Omar Afra’s essay on selective pattern recognition, scientific racism and political rhetoric.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

B0YG1RL’s genres change; the production logic holds: FL Studio, Ableton, clipping, resampling and fast edits. Farrah Mann follows documented tools and workflows without inventing a microphone or synth rack. testset.media/article/b0yg1rl-overc…

B0YG1RL editorial image accompanying Farrah Mann’s analysis of the duo’s software-heavy club-music production.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Greg Abbott began 2026 with $105.7M on hand. Omar Afra follows the donors, vouchers, data centers and politics of fear—while stating plainly that contributions alone do not prove a purchased action. testset.media/article/greg-abbott-d…

Editorial image of Texas Governor Greg Abbott accompanying Omar Afra’s analysis of campaign donors, vouchers, data centers and fear-based politics.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

M. Martin uses Lanterns’ Nebraska supervillain to examine political spectacle, authoritarian fantasy and the demand to “move on” after abuses of power. It is satire and cultural criticism, not a neutral series recap. testset.media/article/what-is-it-ab…

A long rural road running through Nebraska beneath a broad sky, photographed by Laura Seaman for M. Martin’s essay on Lanterns, political spectacle and the American heartland.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Jerusalem changed hands in 1099 and 1187; Acre fell in 1291. Omar Afra argues that far-right crusader imagery flattens a failed, violent history into a permission structure for anti-Muslim politics. testset.media/article/the-crusades-…

Editorial illustration accompanying Omar Afra’s essay on Crusader mythology and contemporary anti-Muslim politics.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bibio and Dorian Concept built Answers remotely across three locations, trading files and analogue-video fragments. Omar Afra hears an argument for materiality in electronic music. Due Oct. 16; this is an early-singles analysis. testset.media/article/bibio-dorian-…

Cover artwork for Answers, the collaborative Bibio and Dorian Concept album announced by Warp Records.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Chris Hedges argues Cornell’s reported gang-rape case exposes a fraternity system built on hazing, conformity and secrecy. The allegation is not adjudicated; the essay calls for criminal and public accountability. testset.media/article/thoughts-on-t…

Exterior of a Cornell fraternity house, the editorial image for Chris Hedges’s essay on fraternity culture and a reported sexual-assault case.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Smith and Marx as rival prophets with a shared inheritance: Testset’s new essay asks where stewardship fits. testset.media/article/if-smith-was-…

Testset editorial artwork juxtaposing religious and economic thinkers for the Smith and Marx essay.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Omar Afra examines ticket tiers, VIP hospitality and charitable accounting at Tom Morello’s Power to the People festival. testset.media/article/tom-morello-p…

Chris Anthony photograph of Tom Morello used as the Testset article’s hero image.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Clipping, resampling, singeli and laptop sound design: Farrah Mann gets inside B0YG1RL’s production network. testset.media/article/b0yg1rl-overc…

B0YG1RL artwork accompanying Testset’s feature on the duo’s club-music production.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yemen is already inside a humanitarian catastrophe. Omar Afra traces the roles of regional powers, collapsing aid and AI-assisted targeting—and argues that the crisis was made, not stumbled into. testset.media/article/yemen-humanit…

Peter Biro photograph accompanying Omar Afra’s Testset essay on Yemen’s humanitarian catastrophe and AI-assisted warfare.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

From a burning firefighter in Bordeaux to the endless scroll of Gaza, Omar Afra asks when recording became a substitute for responding—and whether the phone has trained us to confuse witnessing with action. testset.media/article/our-phones-ha…

Still from a TikTok video showing bystanders filming during a street emergency in Bordeaux. Image via @mmm33 / La Dépêche.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The online right keeps recycling Crusader imagery as anti-Muslim branding. Omar Afra’s new Testset essay asks what the actual Crusades achieved—and why “Deus vult” survives as political cosplay. testset.media/article/the-crusades-…

Testset hero artwork for Omar Afra’s essay on Crusades imagery, right-wing Islamophobia and Christian nationalism.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yemen’s crisis is already catastrophic: the UN says 22m+ need aid in 2026. Omar Afra’s new Testset essay examines regional intervention and AI-assisted targeting in modern war. testset.media/article/yemen-humanit…

Peter Biro photograph accompanying Omar Afra’s Testset essay on Yemen’s humanitarian crisis and the changing technology of warfare.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

M. Martin argues that the AI industry’s regulatory turn may also be a bid to socialize financial risk after enormous private investment. Testset on regulation, debt and bailout politics. testset.media/article/big-tech-does…

Featured image for M. Martin’s Testset essay on Big Tech, AI regulation, financial risk and the prospect of public bailouts.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Chris Hedges asks a moral-philosophy question about Donald Trump through Susan Neiman’s work on evil: what happens when self-interest becomes the governing norm? Testset republishes the essay. testset.media/article/donald-trump-…

The Great Dicktator, an illustration by Mr. Fish, accompanying Chris Hedges’s essay Donald Trump and the Age of Evil.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New at Testset: Omar Afra argues that Texas statewide candidates should debate their opponents, focusing on Abbott/Hinojosa, Paxton/Talarico and Patrick/Goodwin. No endorsement—an argument for public debate. testset.media/article/texas-republi…

Testset featured image for Omar Afra’s column about debate participation in the 2026 Texas statewide elections.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A stadium’s capacity is potential inventory, not paid attendance or profit. Testset looks at Ye’s 2026 tour through venue size, primary pricing and resale—and the gap between spectacle and yield. testset.media/article/ye-2026-stadi…

Hero image accompanying Testset’s analysis of Ye’s 2026 stadium tour economics.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Four major AI services failed at roughly the same time. M. Martin asks the useful systems question: how independent are supposedly competing platforms when outages converge? testset.media/article/the-day-every…

Editorial image accompanying M. Martin’s Testset essay about a simultaneous outage across major AI services.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Bullion’s Nearly turns art-pop history intimate: sophisti-pop polish, ambient space and producer logic pared down until almost nothing feels decorative. Testset reviews the new Ghostly album. testset.media/article/bullion-nearl…

Album artwork for Bullion’s Nearly: a pale celadon field with dark abstract ink-like forms.

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A photograph of Palestinians playing soccer amid the ruins of Gaza became entangled in claims of antisemitism before disappearing from a French photography fest. But there is nothing antisemitic in the image—unless simply allowing people to see the destruction of Gaza qualifies as hatred of Jews.

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French Sports Photography Festival Pulls Gaza Photo After Complaints

The Deauville Sport Images Festival selected a photograph of Palestinians playing soccer amid the ruins of Gaza, then removed it after complaints. The i

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TESTSET @testsetmedia.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Older voters are significantly worse at identifying synthetic media than younger users. Ken Paxton’s political ecosystem may have found the perfect audience for an age-driven digital literacy gap.

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Why Does the Right Love AI Slop So Much?

Older voters are significantly worse at identifying synthetic media than younger users. Ken Paxton’s political ecosystem may have found the perfect audi

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