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William Slothrop

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“I have never been able to properly explain myself in this climate.”

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.
data4democracy.substack.com
Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
tech ceos love to talk like it's impossible to know what the computer will do at any given time as if that's smart and powerful and amazing. the determinism was like, the best part of the computer though. removing the determinism is the opposite of smart. it's stupid
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LiLBaz @lilbazza.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
'It's good to discuss', in practice means: 'accept all of the talking points of the worst faith biggest right wing conspiracy theory dangers who would get us all killed so if or when there is another mass public health emergency the crackpots can command the discourse & its framing'
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
OK but imagine the teleprompter guy white-knuckling through a speech he's got a big bet down on while Trump spends 25 minutes freestyling off script
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friday night roundtable enjoyer @bedlamatcbp.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
ok put duran in for the save
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Kevin Tompkins @ktompkinsii.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
good lord what is happening in there?
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LargeCheese 🧀 @largecheese.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Everyone keeps talking about green and red like they’re different colours. They’re the same colour, what are we doing here people..
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Brian Coulter @philabcoulter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Broad Street Hockey being responsible for a Stanley Cup before the Flyers organization is one of those things that makes you very proud and also very concerned.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/06/2026
a little on the nose for capitalism that the world’s first trillionaire is a nazi conman
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loctastic @loctastic.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
maybe the flyer fans who still pine for him in between eating big gobs of paste will shut the fuck up now
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vtgunner.bsky.social @vtgunner.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Text message one person texting the other 3 times "iran deal tonite?" "Iran deal tonight queen??" "Iran deal to ite eye emoji?"
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Jackson O'Brien @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I.C.E. maintains a strict dress code for people seeking to visit their loved ones caged at Delaney Hall. It’s clear the strict rule is useful pretext to deny visitors entry. #ICE #DHS
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
make this a major again
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 09/05/2026
This website shows you what your browser is leaking about you. sinceyouarrived.world/taken
sinceyouarrived.world
taken.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 09/05/2026
This is sicko shit and I'm here for it.
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Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I am once again here to preach the good word that Thomas Pynchon is a gorgeously readable writer and also probably the greatest american prose stylist of at least the last 50 years and people who tell you his books are calculus tests for boys don’t love you and Vineland is a great place to start
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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 05/05/2026
wow. Microsoft is scrapping Copilot on Xbox, just hours after a big Xbox platform reorg. Xbox Copilot on mobile is being killed off and development of Copilot on Xbox consoles is over www.theverge.com/games/924551...
theverge.com
Microsoft gives up on Xbox Copilot AI
Will you miss Xbox’s AI assistant?
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026
While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 02/05/2026
New terminology just dropped
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cayce @cayce.zone · 30/04/2026
wile e coyote about to be crushed, saying the quoted post
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Len Damico @lendami.co · 21/04/2026
sorry, I can’t, I have to watch this on repeat for the foreseeable future
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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
In 1999, I was playing a decker in Shadowrun, and tried to distract a guard by hacking a water fountain to overflow, and my GM said "why would a water fountain be on the network? That's fucking stupid. No you can't try." Well it's 2026 and I just want you to know, Phil, that I FUCKING CALLED IT!
A flatscreen display on a "smart" water fountain, demanding to be reconnected to the internet.
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Caity Weaver @caity.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
MAJOR UPDATE: I found the best free restaurant bread in the United States www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America
Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I sat on that very porch and interviewed the owner for this column share.inquirer.com/KmHX4i
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The annoying buzz of our AI future is keeping Vineland awake | Will Bunch
A massive data center on the outskirts of Vineland is triggering noise complaints as the future of data centers arrives.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 12/04/2026
this is why there’s been mass revolt and opposition to data centers being built in communities. it is genuinely a health hazard to live this close to something emitting this much sound. these need to stop being built
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death
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Richmond Eustis @reustis.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I say this as a working class public servant and elected member of a Democratic Party parish level DPEC: What kind of person must you be to take in the enormity of this moment: the confluence of official cruelty, incompetence, and bigotry, the elite impotence, and decide the solution is "tax cuts?"
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 06/04/2026
Ads slow down our site, create security vulnerabilities for readers, and interrupt the reading process. That ends today. Starting April 6, 2026, The American Prospect is removing all programmatic advertising from our website.
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Why We’re Removing Our Programmatic Ads - The American Prospect
Online advertising is bad for users, publishers, and even advertisers. The only beneficiaries are the Big Tech platforms. We’re doing something about it.
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University of Minnesota School of Nursing @umnnursing.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
After taking time to connect with the Pretti family and with their consent, we are honored to share that we have created the Alex Pretti Nursing Scholarship. For those interested, you can learn more and make a gift here: crowdfund.umn.edu/campaigns/Al...
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dr. hazel 🕯️ @hazelmonforton.com · 02/04/2026
We finally figured out the Eldar / Dark Eldar distinction in Warhammer 40k.
A picture of Janet and Bad Janet from the tv show The Good Place. Janet has been drawn over to look like a Craftworld Eldar and Bad Janet looks like a Dark Eldar / Drukhari. Drukhari Bad Janet is farting contemptuously. Thank you to @caitlinroseboyle.com who made this for me.
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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
i know writers who use AI and they're not writers
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
John Roberts googling "does the chief justice have contempt powers"
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/03/2026
This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-wo...
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San Diego woman says her credit card information was stolen while she was in ICE custody
Hanne Engan, whom ICE arrested at her green card appointment, said her diabetes quickly escalated while at Otay Mesa Detention Center due to medical negligence. Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited...
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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
isn't it amazing what you find digging through old News Papers
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/03/2026
Lindsey Graham on Kharg Island: "We did Iwo Jima. We can do this."
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𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐠 @ruleo.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
got early access to DLSS 5 and personally i think it looks incredible, check this out:
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
As soon as like eight of them said their favorite song about America was courtesy of the red white and blue I knew we weren’t winning shit
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Show Pussy On Regular TV @turdguy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
You hate to drop game 1, but I was proud of the way our guys fought and I still like our chances. - Mark DeRosa postgame
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Megan Wachspress @meganwachspress.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
DAAAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE
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Lum @brokentoys.social · 10/03/2026
Zeteo ran an interview with Graham Platner today (paywalled, unfortunately) and I can't get past the fact that someone who literally recommends people watch "Come and See" as the ultimate anti-war movie is trying to pretend he never knew what a Totenkopf was.
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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
this is what awaits us if we fail to crush Platner in the primary, "oh the party of Nazi Tattoos has something to say?" every time forever
Tweet by Igor Bobic 

"Fetterman responds to Graham Platner saying he should lose his seat:

“Oh, really? The guy with the Nazi tattoo? Yeah, I'm devastated by that.” "
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Jordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 28/02/2026
I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases www.newscientist.com/article/2516...
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AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.
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