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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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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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Amrk @amrk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I googled her name and she’s a health policy researcher who writes think tank reports about gambling harms, we have found the patron saint of UK Bluesky
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 11/08/2026
“Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years… For every death averted, 66 years of full health were gained on average, translating to 10.2 billion years of full health gained.” [thelancet.com]
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Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region. We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant survival over the past 50 years. In the context of strengthening primary health care, our results show that equitable univers
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Yes, Argentina, that country that has famously never dabbled in antisemitism, unlike Spain. Just don't ask the people in Javier Milei's government where all of their ancestors came from and why.
Tweet from Arsen Ostrovsky: "For those asking who I’m backing in the World Cup Final: Argentina! Easy choice. And not just because of Messi. One country has stood unequivocally with Israel. The other, Spain, is governed by a sewer of unrestrained antisemitism and appeasement of terror! Vamos, Argentina! 🇦🇷🇮🇱"
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The best story ICE could make up, after 12 hours, is that ICE agents shot someone in the head because they believed the person they shot, who was not accused of any crime, was a different person also not accused of any crime, and so "public safety" required killing them on the spot.
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SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 10/07/2026
Meta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent. SAG-AFTRA recommends that #SagAftraMembers (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness.
If you want to avoid AI generations of your Instagram posts without switching your account to private, you’ll have to dig into the app’s settings. Open the Instagram app, tap your profile, and then tap the three lines in the top-right corner of the screen. Then, scroll down to the Sharing and reuse tab. Here is where you should see a section labeled Allow people to use your content on Instagram and with AI features on Meta, with a toggle for Posts and one for Reels.
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Taken and you can take it too
1. What message do you have for the Democratic Party?
Make Graham Platner drop out
2. What message do you have for Graham?
Drop out you selfish fucking asshole
Those are all the questions we have for you today! Thank you very much for your time!
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This is typically great. Ken will be fine. It’s our loss. www.popehat.com/p/a-bit-of-t...
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A Bit of Tedious Drama At Bluesky
Bluesky Can Ban Whoever They Want! But They Won’t Stop Me From Saying What I Think. I Think The World Would Be A Better Place Without Elon Musk.
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Justin Glawe @justinglawe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The president of these United States has difficulty reading and thinking at a very basic level and displays that flaw in public nearly every single day.
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Kim Lyons @kimly.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.” share.inquirer.com/THMiUZ
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Julie K. Brown receives Pulitzer Prize special citation for her work on Jeffrey Epstein case
Brown's 2017 and 2018 reporting was cited at the awards ceremony. “Her work, and the government’s release of the Epstein files, continue to reverberate around the world.”
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 13/04/2026
lmao meanwhile here in NYC we've got Bernie dropping in from the top rope with the surprise entrance www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMbV...
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UNSEEN MOMENT: Senator Bernie Sanders Embraces Zohran Mamdani During his 100 Days Address | AC1Z
YouTube video by DRM News
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The New York Times deleted Trump’s “open the fuckin’ strait” line to make him look less insane Their write-up falsely says his post says only “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” and “Praise be to Allah”
NYT: Iran War Live Updates: Trump Escalates Threat to Hit Iranian Power Plants After U.S. Rescues Downed Airman
President Trump used an expletive-laden social media post to taunt Iranian leaders, saying that the United States would attack if they did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.  NYT: President Trump on Sunday escalated his threats to bomb Iranian power plants within the next two days and taunted the country’s leaders in an expletive-laden social media post.

Mr. Trump, seemingly emboldened by the successful U.S. rescue of an American airman in Iran over the weekend, issued a new ultimatum to Iran to end its chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz, a major Persian Gulf waterway for the transport of oil and gas, by Apr. 6.

If Iran’s government did not, he said, U.S. forces would target the country’s energy infrastructure, which supplies power for millions of civilians.

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” Mr. Trump wrote on social media. The president has previously postponed his deadline to attack twice and the Omani foreign ministry said on Sunday that officials had discussed how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz with Iranian counterparts without reaching a definitive agreement.“Praise be to Allah,” Mr. Trump added, before signing off in all caps.

Iran has threatened to retaliate by intensifying its attacks on critical infrastructure in Israel and Arab states that are allied with the United States. An escalation could further derail the lives of civilians throughout the region and add to worries about the global economy, which has been rattled by soaring energy prices since the start of the war.

Over the past two days, the U.S. military has been in a race with Iranian armed forces to find the missing airman after an F-15E jet was shot down over Iran on Friday, in the first known instance of a U.S. combat aircraft since the start of the war.

The plane’s pilot was quickly rescued. But a second officer was stranded in Iran and injured in the incident. American commandoes found the airman deep inside Iranian territory under the cover of darkness.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Journalistic malpractice and democratic betrayal.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Staffer: Sir, good news. One of the F-15 pilots ejected safely and is on the ground. Calm and cool under pressure. Badass aura. A video taken by a thankful Kuwaiti civilian is going viral. Hegseth: Fuck yeah. What's his name? Staffer: Okay, so, here's the part you won't like...
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
US immigration officials picked up a blind Rohingya refugee last week in Buffalo, NY. Then, realizing they had no basis to deport him, they released him five miles from his home. He needed a walking stick and died trying to make his way back to his house: www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...
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Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo.
A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This is the exact level at which ICE is operating:
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Soylent D Cracker🏳️‍🌈 @cinemacultist.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
SHE REMOVED THEIR WEDDING PHOTO LMAOOOOOO Oh she HATED his guts
Wedding photo top leftWedding photo removed
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind. This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine. Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
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Opinion | Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump
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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot. "They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets." "They had the professional demeanor of criminals." ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I CANAE BREATHE!!!
Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’
Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 25/01/2026
It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026
Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
🙂
ICE slipping on ice
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Persmikity @mikstress.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I highly recommend “sound on” for this new angle
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 09/01/2026
Any staffer who did this would face up to 5 years in prison.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
CONFIRMED: the gold snot covering the Oval Office is $58-apiece onlays from Home Depot that have been spraypainted. When Laura Ingraham confronted Trump about this in the Oval—specifically and correctly noting that the tacky garbage was from Home Depot—he lied to her face and insisted it wasn't.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
It’s tough being the oldest president in history. Low energy! Sad!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/11/2025
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
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How To Read This Chart @howtoreadthisch.art · 06/11/2025
Doing some math with the White House.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 30/10/2025
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum. www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
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Ben Daniel (he/him) @revbennyd.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Pretty much every single one of these new government accounts is posting rage bait. It's possible (like 100% guaranteed) they are trying to provoke people here on purpose, so don't fall for it. Blockity block block block.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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dfh1.bsky.social @dfh1.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Absolutely brilliant satire. "These “Guess Stops” will be staffed by special agents known as Guess Stop Officers, or “Guess-Stop-O” for short. The Guess-Stop-O will make crime disappear by making undesirable people disappear."
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John Schmitt @jschmittwdc.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Some useful advice fromt he the ACLU.
Know your rights if stopped by police in D.C.

* Ask: “Am I free to leave?” and “Am I under arrest?”

 * If police stop you, they might ask if they can search you. You do not have to give the officers permission to conduct a frisk or a search, though in some circumstances they can do so anyway. Telling police that you do not consent to a search is a good way to protect your rights to the greatest extent possible.

* You do not have to answer questions that police ask you, except to give your name and address if asked in some situations.

* If you are arrested, you should tell the police that you are invoking your right to remain silent (say so explicitly) and that you want to speak with a lawyer. From there, you should not answer any other questions, except your name and address if asked.

* If you are detained by ICE or Border Patrol, you have the right to hire a lawyer, but the government does not have to provide one for you. Ask for a list of free or low-cost alternatives.

* It can be dangerous for people to argue about police misconduct in the street, especially for Black and Brown people. Keep yourself safe and file a complaint later.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 17/08/2025
Miraculously, he didn’t hit a single CDC employee! But he did kill David Rose, the police officer who responded, who leaves behind two children and a pregnant wife. I can't help but imagine the vast attention this case would have received if the race of the shooter and the victim were reversed.
A memorial to David Rose: his photo in uniform surrounded by flowers and hand-written messages of support.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Trump’s Caddie magically drops a ball for him not in the deep stuff ⛳️
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
If you think it’s a coincidence that this weird post portraying manifest destiny and Native Americans being chased away has 14 words and the two H’s are randomly capitalized I’ve got a bridge to sell you. The bridge is covered in Nazis.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Imagine being disappeared in one dictatorship, making it to America, and then being disappeared again
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