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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 8h

From 1984 movie "Fear City." Detective Al Wheeler (Billy Dee Williams) says to partner, "Shit, I would love to throw them all in jail."

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Full of Contempt @m-theory3.bsky.social · 11h

This is the nation that we are now. This nation is unbelievably sick.

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 8h

Manatee-o-war!

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 1d

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 8h

About those "green" pledges from Big Oil — b.s.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/10/foss...

Fossil fuel companies’ contributions to the green transition are largely hot air

The first quantitative global analysis of renewable energy development by fossil giants reveals an enormous gap between rhetoric and reality.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 8h

If you're stupid enough to upload porn, robot or otherwise, to a govt computer, you're too stupid to be guarding nukes.

www.404media.co/man-stores-a...

Man Stores AI-Generated ‘Robot Porn' on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network.

www.404media.co

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 8h

Camel brain, camel throat.

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 8h

Show me the money.

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 8h

Neglected to mention that it was a double play, with a force out at third after Will Smith didn't run. Remarkable heads-up play.

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 9h

CAN we repair the internet?

www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/14/1...

Can we repair the internet?

Three new books propose remedies that run the gamut from government regulation to user responsibility.

www.technologyreview.com

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 9h

Think about it:

"A new study shows that a team of AIs working together can score up to 97 percent on US medical licensing exams, outperforming any single AI."

singularityhub.com/2025/10/10/a...

An AI Council Just Aced the US Medical Licensing Exam

Getting a “council” of five AI models to deliberate over their answers rather than working alone led to record-breaking scores on a medical exam.

singularityhub.com

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 9h

Oh, when the Flat Earthers see this ...

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 9h

NEW: US and UK authorities have disrupted one of the largest alleged scam operations in the world, with the US seizing a record-breaking $15 billion in Bitcoin—more money of any type in DOJ history. @mattburgess1.bsky.social and @agreenberg.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/feds-s...

Feds Seize Record-Breaking $15 Billion in Bitcoin From Alleged Scam Empire

Officials in the US and UK have taken sweeping action against “one of the largest investment fraud operations in history,” confiscating a historic amount of funds in the process.

www.wired.com

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 9h

Anyone doubt the U.S. has become a police state?

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, MAGA, stay away. No one wants you. Marches will be peaceful. You will bring the violence — along with the govt's masked goons.

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Michael Busch @michael-w-busch.bsky.social · 12h

It remains way past time to shut down all of the scams being promoted as "cryptocurrency" and "AI".

Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 13h

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 9h

The GOP kids are most definitely not all right.

They are far, far right and racist as hell.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 13h

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

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

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 10h

Smarter, too.

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 10h

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 11h

This is the event I am talking about. Who and where is she? bsky.app/profile/thet...

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 1d

I know I could get into trouble for posting the Antifa battle flag, but I'm gonna do it anyway.

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 10h

“This is no longer, the Department of Justice, it’s no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so."

— Chris Christie, Republican ex-N.J. guv and U.S. attorney, on ABC.

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d

This is the criminal/hedge fund/real estate/LLC/fascist/crypto/police/abuser mindset: hide or obscure the truth, the names, the profits, the corruption, the money, the history. Bury the facts. Destroy them. Protect your family, your power, your wealth, your regime.

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