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@thenextvinnie.bsky.social
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I like #RSL and music and drumming. "Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth"

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here's a good test case for our framework, demonstrating how a real incident can be turned into a false "rigged election" rumor or narrative. Here the DOJ highlights a case where a postal worker discarded mail that included ballots, and uses that to suggest voter fraud and untrustworthy elections.
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 03/09/2026
More from my review of The Nerd Reich:
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ᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026
16 months ago: Never forget how it started.
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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Manosphere Isn't A Rabbit Hole Its a bunch of content algorithmically adjacent to a bunch of more popular stuff people prefer. It is not very durable. Many of its viewers think it sucks. It can easily be supplanted with a little effort. equimundo.substack.com/p/the-manosp...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Wow. Proponents of the ICE taser gloves are openly saying that one reason they love the gloves is that they doesn’t leave any marks or proof that they were used, making it harder for people to sue when they’re shocked excessively.
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"In today's society, you know, everybody's filming everything, everybody has a cell phone," Glueck said. If an officer punches someone on camera, that can go viral in an instant; even a standard taser leaves puncture wounds. But "the glove is low optic, and it looks better on camera, and it looks better to those witnesses. With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars."But local police across the country are still eagerly buying the gloves—in large part so that they can harm people and avoid being sued for it. It's been successful "from the patrolmen to the jailers," Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard said in a Compliant Technologies promotional video. "It's been a great tool as far as mitigating liability," according to Nelson County Jailer Justin Hall.
Bob Couey of the Floyd County Sheriff's Department sung the GLOVE's praises, too: "I highly recommend these gloves to anybody that's looking for a utility they can use that is conducive to not leading to lawsuits."
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"Living through a global resurgence of fascism, the greatest difficulty has proved to be not arguing against it, but convincing non-fascists that fascism’s adherents mean it. They believe what they are telling us they believe—and they will act accordingly." www.liberalcurrents.com/fascists-rea...
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Fascists Really Believe It
Millions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory.
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Adam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
These guys never get fired for being wrong. Being truthful or accurate isn't what they're hired to do.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I have nothing but respect for the reporters who are the exceptions to this rule. I can't imagine how hard it is to do actual journalism while so much of the industry around you is selling out. Please know it's appreciated in the present and will be remembered in the future.
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Quentin Bacquelé @quentinbacquele.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
1/ The world's songbirds sing in just 8 basic sounds. And where a bird lives decides which ones it uses. My first PhD paper is out now in @science.org (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee6239) Here is what we found:
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
These are good ideas. I've long believed that "debates" (or whatever you want to call those performances) are a really poor way for a candidate to demonstrate how informed or capable they are.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Messi's the 🐐 but 🇪🇸 is the champion
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Man zero shots from Argentina in 86 minutes, I'm sorry, that's just really sad
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
👀 I spot Animal
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Muppet Animal Looking Around
ALT: Muppet Animal Looking Around
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It seems rather uncontroversial to me, but there still seem to be lots of people in the legacy media space that simply can't grasp the idea that "neutrality" can be performative, complicit, misleading, harmful, and/or cowardly.
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g+ GameFlow @gameflow.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
g+ GameFlow: FIFA World Cup Knockout Round England v Argentina on July 15, 2026. #ENGvARG ⚽️🤖
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Ok Spain, we got this...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/07/2026
"When Donald Trump first appeared in U.S. politics, Graham recognized him immediately for what he was: the spokesman for an alien ideology, one radically different from the idealistic patriotism that Graham had practiced and preached since childhood." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Quintessential Politician of This Era
The late South Carolina senator made a mid-career turn to MAGA.
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
NGL I'm not torn up about the fact that someone gets ejected for diving
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
More VAR BS
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
BREAKING: The Trump White House just ousted all three sitting members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission — hamstringing the bipartisan agency ahead of the midterms. The EAC helps state and local officials run elections, including by certifying election equipment.
nbcnews.com
Trump ousts remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission ahead of midterms
The dismissals hamstring a key bipartisan agency just months before the midterms.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I don’t think people need to be “crucified” for thinking Platner changed or whatever but I do think they should engage in serious self-reflection and humility, such as not referring to themselves as being “crucified”
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Occam’s Rusty Spoon @occamsrustyspoon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Well that match was 🤯
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It's sadly a low bar, but few journalists are willing to admit they made huge mistakes like this. But we should praise such admissions.
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Win: Platner is out Loss: USA is out
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Umm.... defense?
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Look if you think it’s fine for Trump to corruptly get a red card revoked (or “suspended”) bc FIFA is already corrupt, maybe you understand the MAGA mindset better than you think. “All politicians are corrupt so it’s ok for Trump to be corrupt” is a very common maga rationalization
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Mexico's plan: hey what if we just cross the ball into the tall trees
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Ooof, gotta be red. Wild tackle.
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
What's the opposite of King Midas
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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This is NOT what the FIFA World Cup is about. The FIFA World Cup is about *opens history book* uh oh *Frantically starts flipping though pages* uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh
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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Yanks can survive this today, but it's disastrous should they advance to face Belgium. Balo is one of this team's irreplaceable figures
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Getting really tired of VAR and tech in soccer games lately
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Hincapié sabía lo que hacía
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I just sent this out to Democracy Docket premium members, but in light of the Postmasters comments this morning threatening voting by mail, I felt it is urgent to post it online for everyone. Please read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/mail...
democracydocket.com
Mail-in voting is under attack. Here's what you can do
The USPS is proposing a rule that would require states to share information about voters who request mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections.
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Belgium, what you doin
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Friends: Joey Tribbiani's Shocked Reaction
ALT: Friends: Joey Tribbiani's Shocked Reaction
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I thought the red card rule that got Almirón sent off was ridiculous but then I read up on it and I guess it makes sense?
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Every day feels like we’re unwilling participants in a cautionary tale that future generations will study in disbelief.
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Well I'll take those results
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
@fubo-tv.bsky.social What year is it?
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
@btarrington.bsky.social is a historian, writer, veteran, and Executive Director of the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation. He's the former Director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library. Arrington tells of the message Eisenhower drafted before D-Day, should the invasion have failed. #WeAreAmerica250
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"How flexible work arrangements reshape mothers’ careers" cepr.org/voxeu/column... via @voxeu
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Having watched a number of Kevin O'Leary clips trying to defend his gigantic data center, I can't imagine this guy has ever sold a single thing to anyone intelligent in his life
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
1. Number of stories about Trump buying and selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the first three months of 2026: CBS: 0 CNN: 0 Fox News: 0 NPR: 0 PBS: 0 Politico: 0 Semafor: 0 Business Insider: 0
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thenextvinnie.bsky.social @thenextvinnie.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Rare to find a video clip that captures so succinctly what's wrong with cable TV and Congress and the US
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 12/05/2026
Emails obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune show MIDA repeatedly advocating on behalf of Kevin O’Leary, effectively negotiating against the people of Box Elder County in the process.
sltrib.com
Box Elder County wanted data center project money up front. MIDA pushed back, advocating on Kevin O’Leary’s behalf.
Facing the prospect of a massive data center and energy campus moving in, Box Elder County wanted the money up front.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
“The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children,” Gawande wrote.” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
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USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
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