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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 18h

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social You busy? Because my man looks like a closet Republican who got away with diddling kids despite not really feeling it.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In excusable, nostalgia drenched coverage in lieu of exacting account of mentally unstable rants. This is truly reprehensible non-journalism. See: www.contrariannews.org/p/you-can-he...

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In Alabama, Trump Relives His Glory Days (This Time With Some Empty Seats)

The Deep South was the birthplace of the mega MAGA rally. How do people on the Gulf feel about President Trump now?

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes"

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Actual headline in today's WaPo.

Headline: At every turn, Trump's ideas for aiding US consumers run into resistance.

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In which case you don’t need to do anything on margin.

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Made a few small changes to the AI Crisis Flowchart

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Maryann Trump in a photo with her hair pulled up in a hairdo that might go up 6-8 inches, with a speech bubble beneath her.

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Good to see that some people can have nice things. This should be the law and practice everywhere.

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The most important achievements came from neither. The wheel, fire, agriculture or animal husbandry just emerged. In more recent times, achievements came from both since most private achievements are underpinned by public research while few public achievements are possible without private suppliers.

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Oh, Argentina is up 12:10 players. Let’s see if they can suck less.

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Looking forward @peterbakernyt.bsky.social’s rending of garments when Stevie Miller’s goons knock on the NYT’s door to sterilize their minority employees.

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Musiala is football’s Wenvy. Gets hacked 10 times without a foul call, decides to take matters in his own hands - yellow. Fuck! These! Refs!

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

It’s amazing how the establishment is circling the wagons. The same people who say they can’t fight obvious treason somehow manage to have a coordinated assault on a few people trying to stand up what in most countries would pass for a center-left movement.

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Sean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 28/06/2026

Side note but props to @syracuse.com (my hometown-ish outlet) for not only kicking off this DHS agent / First Amendment news cycle, but for going full throttle and digging up even more

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Oh... Messi got his ass carried to scoring again. Abandon Bluesky.

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Looks like the rule of law isn't really the important bit. You can have a perfectly well established rule of law that is entirely capricious and profoundly unjust. The entire legal system needs rebuilding from the ground up.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

He hasn’t tweeted today what happened

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Juneteenth should not be a federal holiday.

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Jack Graham @timescarcass.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This is brilliant. Thomas Zimmer is maybe the clearest-eyed observer of the current state of Trumpism in government.

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Wait? Holding smol bean managers to some semblance of standard is _not_ hostile? Better work from home to avoid being harmed by exploding heads.

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Stephanie Baker @stephabaker.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The way the media keeps calling E Jean Carroll an “accuser” like she didn’t already win her day in court is shameful.

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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Yet here @nytimes.com found it appropriate to cite to, and quote, Pielke at length with zero mention of the fact that his employer, the American Enterprise Institute, receives enormous funding from the fossil fuel industry. They've been one of ExxonMobil's major grantees for 20 years.

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I think this is a you problem. I’ve repeatedly cancelled my Twitter accounts because there was always vitriol and very, very rarely any actual conversation. And that was before Elon. Here are plenty of people I disagree with but mostly respectful conversations.

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Or, you know, I may just want to get information from the better class of independent journalists, academics, and lawyers without having a bunch of brainless goons regurgitating the same shit at me. Because what you consider diverse views can be achieved with 3 lines of code randomizing bullshit.

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

"I don't pay taxes on my billions and billions of income, peons" is a weird flex.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Whoa, hold up there Jeff—who said anything about "double"? You pay an effective tax rate of 0.98%. We want to centuple your taxes. Then again, you'd still be a billionaire, so maybe more than centuple.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Putting the end of the civil rights era in historical perspective. I wrote about the Rise and Fall of the Second Reconstruction, 1964/65 – 2025/26: An attempt to really grasp what a profoundly important - and disturbing - moment in U.S. history we are currently witnessing. My new piece:

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The Rise and Fall of the Second Reconstruction, 1964/65 – 2025/26

Putting the end of the civil rights era in historical perspective: How it transformed the nation, how it was toppled by a raging reaction, and what comes next.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I get why many people don’t want to admit the US is no longer a rule of law democracy and has backslid into competitive authoritarianism. It’s a big change for the worse and unsettling to think about. But that won’t change the fact that it has. And the pro-democracy opposition needs to act like it.

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Winning Power in Competitive Authoritarianism

America's Supreme Court and Virginia's state supreme court distorted law to give Republicans unfair electoral advantages, but as Hungary shows, Democrats can still gain power

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Daniel Harper @danielharper.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The further you live from a transit stop, the more valid your political opinions are. That's just science. Duh.

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Preach brother. Let’s all take a moment to remember what happened to the Confederates last time.

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Mark J. Nelson @mm-jj-nn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case

Judge Breyer: Okay. Thank you very much. Juror 96, I think that you also have strong views. Could you set them aside?

Juror 96: I believe that in a criminal trial, I would feel morally obligated to convict. However, in a civil trial, I feel I can set those views aside.

Judge Breyer: That’s interesting.

Juror 96: I’m happy to expand.

Judge Breyer: Sure.

Juror 96: I believe it would be to the benefit of the human race were Mr. Musk to be sent to prison. However, I don’t believe a loss of several hundreds of millions of dollars in a civil trial would be even a drop in the bucket to his wealth, so it doesn’t really matter. Therefore, I would be able to consider the facts.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

"F&ck the planet" by the New York Times

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

@lawandchaospod.bsky.social Can we get an uncensored NSFW reaction to this in the subscriber section?

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Happy birthday, Dad. Wish you were here. You’d know what to do. Or at least you’d know what to write. ❤️

Terry and Rhianna Pratchett dressed up for the launch of Dodger in 2012.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

this is america. you could find yourself within 100yds of a shooting at any time, in any place. school, the grocery store, a movie theater, a block party, a public park… it happens to regular people every day. but this week we’ll get 50+ weepy op-eds because it happened to the guys who write op-eds

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Unlike you, the sum total of our ambitions isn’t access to the meritless elite, so, nah. When this is over, you all need to tie a steak around your neck to have your dog give you any attention.

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Have to respect the hustle. When the family makes billions in bribes, it's people like Eric, who show up for the small amounts, who make you feel they deeply care. Well, that or it's just that Eric is the failest of fail sons.

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

key thing we learned from Virginia campaign Republicans are freaked the fuck out about accountability Not just Trump, all of them - including their billionaires, like Thiel They fear what's coming when Dems win - and Dems need to be ruthless about it

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I think it’s the best democracy money can buy.

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Klaus Bardenhagen @taiwanreporter.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Taipei-based political analyst Sasha B. Chhabra criticizes major international media's reporting: "It is with absolute historical illiteracy and a complete mockery of political analysis that Western media insist..." formosareview.substack.com/p/did-you-fo...

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Did you forget it’s the CHINESE Nationalist Party?

Don’t let the Western media fool you

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Any news as to whether they are intending to make a pointed statement by doing their bloody jobs instead of acting as Trump's PR department?

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Ton Chrysoprase @tonchrysoprase.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Bluesky users to Xitter users: we too have diverse viewpoints. Every last Bluesky user about Mastodon: OMG, they have foreigners whose way of interacting does not conform to my American expectations - that site needs to be eradicated.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

when we're all unable to connect to use the internet, send emails, pay our bills, use our toasters, and god knows what else if AWS goes down, i want you to know now that i blame our lack of antitrust laws far more than i'll blame a foreign missile

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

From the President down, there are a lot of Americans who think our bases in Europe exist mainly to defend Europe. They have no comprehension how logistically crucial they are to our ability to support our forces elsewhere, wherever we choose to send them.

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