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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

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Custy McCustyface @ateyourfractal.bsky.social · 5h

RADICALIZE THEIR BODYGUARDS

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 7h

www.bbc.com/news/article...

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 7h

I‘m staring at this post like I was a Black student in the 90s and 2000s and had to share a campus with racist Young Republicans

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 11h

My parents' generation was super racist, but they took pains to hide it from us. So a lot of young conservatives in the 90s and early aughts were earnest small government and/or evangelical types.

As I said, the overt racists and radicals had to form their own orgs.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 7h

I know the whole “every accusation is a confession” thing but it’s pretty clear this is the most elitist government that’s existed in decades. It’s just 12 billionaires in a group chat sharing banned Reddit memes

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UAE Exotic Falconry & Finance𓅃 @falconryfinance.bsky.social · 1d

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 1d

every time there is a ceasefire israel just keeps killing and starving people as if nothing happened while everyone in power dusts their hands and says “glad that’s over”

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about it (either out of self-preservation or the distractions inherent in our cursed information environment) but man:

It’s humiliating to live in the hegemon that built the current global order as a bunch of illiterate pissbabies smash it to pieces.

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Custy McCustyface @ateyourfractal.bsky.social · 1d

MFAs should be prohibited from publishing anything until 10 years after graduation

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 2d

Please don’t look away from this man’s suffering.

Please keep fighting for our Palestinian friends as the powers that be lie to us all about this “peace deal”.

And please please please don’t give up <3

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 2d

lol this guy changed his profile picture to one of a prominently violent Zionist, after getting dunked on for hating ms Rachel

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 5d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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matthew @pahuski.com · 2d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Custy McCustyface @ateyourfractal.bsky.social · 2d

With AI fascist resistance art, it’s always like you had me, then you lost me

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d

Eric Andre asking Mel B if Margaret Thatcher had girl power

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 5d

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 5d

Noticing a LOT more support for white men academics who have been threatened by the Trump admin (but who are able to keep working abroad ) than there has ever been for women (of any race), ppl of color, Arabs, or LGBTQ folx whose academic careers were ended entirely by Biden over Gaza

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 5d

She's a U.S. sponsored opposition candidate and the daughter of a steel oligarch. Machado champions the privatization of Venezuela's oil, power, and steel industries.

Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social · 5d

New York Times:

“Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela & for her struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 5d

This is like writing about someone hoping to get a Best Actor Oscar despite not appearing in any films

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 5d

If the past few weeks are any indication, he’ll wait till she’s on a boat, blow it up, and then baselessly accuse her of being part of a cartel solely because she’s Venezuelan and he’s a bigot?

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 5d

The Nobel Peace Prize is going to Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado. The question for Norway is how will Trump react?

Norway Braces for Trump Reaction to Nobel Peace Prize Snub

Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado is this year’s recipient

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 6d

I've decided to dedicate my life to confidently popping into people's replies and saying "why are people surprised by this" despite nobody, anywhere, expressing any surprise

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Doodoo Chile @terrence.bsky.social · 6d

FIIIIIIIIIRE ✊

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The Onion @theonion.com · 6d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Custy McCustyface @ateyourfractal.bsky.social · 6d

Def don’t sleep on Flaming Hydra—worth the subscription for sure

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 6d

I often wish we were as ruthless as they imagine us to be.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6d

Not sure why there's suddenly a complete freakout on the far right about bloodlust from liberals for revenge come 2029. Could be mirror propaganda to stir up preemptive crackdowns or just a realization of how hated these people are.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 6d

Drake sitting there reading about how good the judge thought the song was and how everyone really enjoyed it

The song contains lyrics explicitly accusing Drake of being a pedophile, set to a catchy beat and propulsive
bassline. "Not Like Us" went on to become a cultural sensation.

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