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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 10m

They've been arguing in court repeatedly that there are no plans for a shutdown and that they will honor all statutory obligations.
Not sure what a legal system does with a government that simply isn't credible.

Reuters @reuters.com · 5h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 2h

has no one taken TBTF as a ticker?

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the P/E signals pretty exciting growth expectations.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT2S...

K's Choice - Not An Addict

YouTube video by kelinhauk

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 2h

No one should be remotely surprised, but this conversation between @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com and @hurricanexyz.bsky.social is remarkably deep and wide-ranging. Exceptional. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

Liberalism 101: Liberalism and Limited Government by Neon Liberalism

If you remember anything from high school civics, it's the phrases "separation of powers" and "checks and balances." That separation and those checks are under the greatest attack we've seen in our li...

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 8h

they have learned the key to power is named Brazen.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 8h

#Jan6 cops on Line One

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 8h

Remember just a few years ago when the entire press corps ridiculed Bernie Sanders for politely suggesting that billionaires have influence over the media properties they own?

And remember how none of them ever apologized or admitted he was absolutely right?

Good times.

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 10h

Now there’s a recruitment ad

ad from u/AmericansNavy, the image is some palace with the words "Navy Life in Italy" over it. The text says:

Italy doesn't have to be just for vacations. When you're a Sailor with America's Navy, you can make Italy your home and enjoy all its history, culture and cuisine.

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 18h

pretty soon if it isn’t in-person theater, it’ll just seem cheap and tawdry.

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 20h

you ask a gen-alpha-er what they want to be when they grow up and they say “i want to be canceled when i grow up so i can be famous and make a lot of money and run the government.”

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 21h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 1d

"The old world is dying, and its creators are pretty quiet about it." ~Atrios www.eschatonblog.com/2025/10/the-...

The World is Flat

I don't really know what's happening here, but imagine "Bolivia Takes Control Of US-Owned Chipmaker." BRUSSELS — The Dutch government has g...

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 1d

somebody’s going to make an algorithmic ai-generated porn app that examines users’ scrolls and pauses like tik-tok and modifies what it generates accordingly. some strange shit gonna evolve in that ecosystem.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 1d

today's Miller Lite stat o' the day

97,000

the daily subscription base for the Washington Post, down from 250k 5 years ago, and the first time under 100k in over 5 decades

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 2d

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 2d

In which John Oliver methodically unpacks how thin it is to claim you’re all about “the truth” when you’re only running essays don’t get properly fact-checked — and don’t hold up to even basic reporting scrutiny www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · May 28

'Democracy being on the ballot' in a two party system suggests the only way to preserve democracy is for one party to win every election, forever — or until the other one somehow rededicates itself to democracy.

Folks, as if I need to say it, that's a democracy on its deathbed

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · May 28

Agree substantively, but it suggests something that's become clearer to me in the last few days: the absolute non-negotiability of multi-partyism as the key remedy for the US's present authoritarian slide.

There is no stable escape from where we are that doesn't break up the existing parties.

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · May 28

One Real Problems party, folks. If the policy problem you care about is not some version of “people I hate are insufficiently subjugated”, there is one (1) game in town. Yes, even basic good-government stuff. Yes, even things that would be in the self-interest of GOP constituencies like businesses.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2d

“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 2d

i can’t speak for other people, but when *i* listen to you, i do not consume you.

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JennAI&Tonic @jtsveigdalen.bsky.social · 2d

I'm questioning my life choices. First thing I did this morning was open an email from Språkrådet and tumble down a Nynorsk rabbithole. It's been an hour and my head hurts.

If you're not aware, because most people I follow and follow me aren't Norwegian, Nynorsk is New Norwegian and not as 1/

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

Musk demands US troops be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs

www.independent.co.uk

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