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Zach D Roberts

@zdroberts.bsky.social
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writer/photojournalist/loves movies Writing: Visu.News Portfolio: ZDRoberts.com Movie Talk: ECVPodcast.com Signal: @ZDRoberts.81

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FUNNY MONEY: The Dane Cook Story is a fantastic new doc out tmrw that I’m telling you to watch. It’s a supremely well made investigative true crime doc about how Dane Cook had millions stolen from him by his half-brother & how he made (some of) it back. visunews.substack.com/p/im-telling...
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I switched over to Godzilla after Lanterns. Immediately Hal pops on the screen in nearly the same outfit.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Does this read as Fuck Flock?
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac...
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Started a new hobby! Linocut prints! Started out with something simple.
Photo showing Lino cut, block prints on a table that say fuck ice.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
God. Can’t men have female friends? lol.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Gahdamn. @alexwinter.com was great in Primetime. I consumed zero media about this film beforehand so his arrival in the film was a complete surprise
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There is a multitude of things that I’m hoping that this trailer is leaving out of the documentary. That said if Musk is worried about it then we should all pre-order tickets.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
FOOTBALL!
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Love that Facebook is trying to convince me to use their Ai agent muse by telling me they could remind me of an anti-flock rally that happened last month.
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Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not an original thought but I wish Paul Reiser was still this young. He could play a perfect clammy Sam Altman.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pathetic collapse of journalistic solidarity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business…
nytimes.com
TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)
The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New assignment dropped: spread this info to every Brazilian. Nova tarefa, gente: espalhar essa noticia para a brasileirada toda!!!
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 27/09/2026
When asked why he doesn’t become an independent, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman responded: “Because I’m a lifelong Republican.” After realizing his slip-up, Fetterman laughed and said: “That’ll get clipped.” He then corrected himself and said he's a lifelong Democrat. #TribFest26
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m gonna get a weird tattoo next week. Still haven’t decided.
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Yolo No Ragrets Tattoo
ALT: Yolo No Ragrets Tattoo
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Superagent” Ari Emanuel, Rahm’s brother, who is the CEO to the parent company of UFC (Trump is invested in) wants red faced scumbag Pat McAfee to be in Michael Mann’s HEAT 2. Why? Because everything is fucking horrible and we can’t have anything nice. russburlingame.substack.com/p/superagent...
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“Superagent” Wants Pat McAfee in Michael Mann’s HEAT 2
The perpetually bright-red commentator has been in cowboy shows.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Martin Scorsese voiced this just before he signed to add his name to an Ai company.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 25/09/2026
Now that both "The Nerd Reich" and "End Times Fascism" (by @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social) are New York Times best sellers ... it's getting weirder and weirder that certain prominent tech critics have nothing to say on the subject. Stupidity? Cowardice? Complicity? 🤔
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Gala leading to vendor hall expo. Banner with Palantir name + logo is overhead. Top left – faded portrait of the first Black Congresswoman, Shirley Chisholm, of the campaign motto “unbought and unbossed.” Awardees: Viola Davis, Andrew Young, Gov. Douglas Wilder
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A digital banner inside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center shows Palantir and their brand logo listed among the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference’s “top supporters.”

📸: @the1ajsolo via Threads
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Daniel has eyes on literally every county in every state, so you should trust the curation here and bookmark this:
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows DHS to use its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database with Social Security info, staying a district court order that had vacated the new policy. Justice Jackson dissents for the three Dem appointees. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What are they worried about? We're told we don't have to worry about Flock cameras if we're not doing anything illegal. Are they doing something illegal?
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have gotten voting data from the Republican run N. Carolina elections office in 2014 that was not supposed to be released to me easier than I has been to get my own personal medical records from my old doctor sent to my current doctor. WHY CAN'T THEY JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER!?!
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Harvard, Ai and pre-crime - what could go wrong? Happening in Norfolk, VA. "The study will test whether a data-driven "triage score" can improve standard risk assessments used to determine the likelihood of defendants reoffending." www.whro.org/local-govern...
whro.org
Norfolk prosecutors partner with Harvard to test new AI tool
The study will test whether a data-driven "triage score" can improve standard risk assessments used to determine the likelihood of defendants reoffending.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jennifer really understanding the question here.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What a commitment to the conspiracy bit. Died two years later, just to make sure President Trump doesn't get found out that he faked his wound in Butler. [sarcasm.] www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Jim Copenhaver, man shot in Trump assassination attempt, dies 2 years later
Copenhaver suffered what his family described as “life-altering” injuries after being wounded in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If Lucas had done this, Star Wars fanboys would have orgasmed themselves to death.
Screenshot from Star Wars when a ship jumps through another.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I promise, it’ll work.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It’s threads like this that would have done real numbers on old twitter. Bluesky is such a disappointment.
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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks to @highcountrynews.org for running this harrowing story on the drought-fueled Bearpocalypse that’s driving ursids into conflicts across the West. Bear issues have become nightly here in Salida; I just wrote to city council begging for better waste disposal. www.hcn.org/articles/as-...
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As bears ‘spin out’ in southern Montana, wildlife managers are at wit’s end - High Country News
Amid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a 'fed bear' really should...
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.
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The Deportation Project Map
Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Put together some video from my time covering Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago/Broadview (including off topic behind the scenes clips, like when I invented a new way to lock myself out of my hotel room).
turtlediaries.net
A Year After Operation Midway Blitz
On Guantanamo Bay and Broadview
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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend. There's a reason people have been saying don't trust Newsom.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
it just a baby.
Image from Shin Godzilla
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/09/2026
Contact info for the Equality Caucus chair, Mark Takano. Melt the phone lines. DC (202) 225-2305 Local office (951) 222-0203
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The law enforcement in Norfolk is such a fucking joke. This cop came flying down the road saw that the road was flooded… Saw multiple cars with their lights on and people in them in the flooded space… then flipped a U-turn in the Exxon parking lot and drove away.
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ECV Podcast/Analog @ecvpodcast.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New podcast on HBO's LANTERNS - Episode 6 Warriors Bar with @russburlingame.com, @zdroberts.bsky.social and David J Murphy. Russ explains it all to Zach and David. russburlingame.substack.com/p/warriors-b...
Image of Warriors Bar from the comic book Green Lantern showing a man with a large sword sculpted into a building. The words "Warriors bar: a lanterns podcast episode 6" are typed across it.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What is it the woo woo bullshitters always say? Follow the money? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
nytimes.com
RFK Jr. Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA
A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary’s wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
On Saturday @jpinckney.bsky.social saw a man in his Austin neighborhood being kidnapped by ICE. Every day since then he's passed by the car, still sitting there, a horrifying lonely symbol of what is being done. www.welcometohellworld.com/his-car-is-s...
welcometohellworld.com
His car is still sitting there
An ICE kidnapping in Austin
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Miles Taylor, a man instrumental in the child separation policy of Trump 1, grew a beard and is now on MSNOW all the time. I'm sure there will be plenty of other people like that from Trump 2.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s actually shocking. How bad a film Apple’s Fountain of Youth is. It’s trying so hard to be National Treasure meets Indiana Jones but fails to even be a movie of the week rip off of either…with a $180 million budget and two huge stars.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’m sorry as someone who is over the age of 30… Did y’all fucking miss what a fucking piece of shit racist Curtis Sliwa was and still is? Why the fuck are we treating him like some adorable New York City character?
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This map is incredible graphic journalism.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2027 class of fellows! Apply by Oct. 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaq
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Suck gas, evildoer!
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here's all the media companies participating in the media pool tomorrow. Judge as you see fit.
In-Town Pool
Secondary TV Corr & Crew: Lindell TV 
Photos: AP, AFP, NYT, Reuters, Getty
Print: Washington Post
Secondary Print: Bloomberg
Radio: BBC
New Media: Semafor
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s the 20s and America is ready for an anti-vice campaign to sweep the nation.
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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wild, the level of evil that Ai companies will reach for to make a profit is insane. Barrick Gold once killed miners in Africa, using bulldozers to just bury them alive. www.gregpalast.com/the-truth-bu...

Hi, this is Alix!

AI is top of mind for stock investors these days. That means even companies outside tech are beefing up their AI credentials ahead of new listings. 

In one such example, Barrick Gold’s North American unit has agreed to a five-year partnership with Avathon, a startup that develops AI-powered software to help industrial companies predict when expensive equipment will fail and monitors mine and factories sites for safety risks, Avathon CEO Pervinder Johar told me. 

Barrick is planning to float a minority stake in its North American unit, which produces the majority of its gold. The company has targeted year-end for the listing.
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