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𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ𝕠𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 8h

Oh, what that? You wish to understand why XJP is doing the thing he's doing? That's cute, of course you do. And you will...

But first, let me tell you about a little something called Pangu. In the beginning, there was nothing but an egg, & in it was all Light & Darkness. For 18,000 years it is gest

Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 1d

SCMP giving up on being a newspaper

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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 6h

Happy 10th birthday to the most resonant political tweet of all time.

One day, people will get wise to right-wing populism, but seemingly not yet.
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Adrian Bott @Cavalorn

'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

9:18 16 Oct 15

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Dominic Meagher @dom-ma.bsky.social · 6h

Wow. Opposition to AUKUS is polling even less than the Libs primary vote www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Aussies stick with US in new poll despite disliking Trump

New polling shows most Australians want to stick with the US alliance, despite holding overwhelmingly negative views towards the Trump administration and harbouring deep worries about the erosion of A...

www.abc.net.au

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.

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

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MW Hyde @mwhyde.bsky.social · 15h

Interesting additions to this saga, one that continues to lump disgrace on the Australian government, regardless of the party in power.
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As pain and unanswered questions linger, a plea to ‘remember the Balibo Five forever’

There are few living witnesses of the events surrounding the murder of the five young journalists, but one shares his story for the first time.

www.smh.com.au

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 18h

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 1d

As a friend who was planning to go to the 2026 WC told me, "this settles it". He won't.

Comparison of prices between the prices of tickets at the 2022 and 2026 Fifa World Cup, showing prices increases of up to 1,000%.

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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 22h

Chinese president is behind patriarchal turn in politics with activists silenced for ‘promoting gender antagonism’.

Xi directs quashing of Chinese feminists even as he praises advances at women’s conference

Chinese president is behind patriarchal turn in politics with activists silenced for ‘promoting gender antagonism’

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Crane @uselesstree.bsky.social · 1d

Talk today by the indomitable Willie Wo-Lap Lam.

He predicts that, even though Xi Jinping’s health is bad and nobody in Beijing likes him, it is increasingly likely that he will go for a fourth term and stay in power until 2032.
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Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social · 1d

“I fought hard not to weep at one of the most decent, humane, and heartfelt gestures I've ever seen.” NPR's veteran Pentagon reporter warns new media policy stifles journalism

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 1d

A subtle point: police in Fujian province are tasked with this attack. PRC always wanting to make Taiwan subordinate to Fujian.

Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 1d

Chinese authorities have issued bounties for 18 Taiwanese military members.

Police in China's Fujian province claim the 18 are part of Taiwan's "psychological warfare unit" that spread disinformation and propaganda on Taiwan's independence

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MW Hyde @mwhyde.bsky.social · 1d

And extraordinarily useful for separating the more pragmatist and capital-conscious pro-China elements from the wacko, invade-us-now brigade. Genuinely staggering as KMT infighting goes, though. A watershed moment.

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Céu Azul means Blue Sky @ceu---azul.bsky.social · 1d

When you let your enemies steal an election and put your biggest creep in office

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MW Hyde @mwhyde.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit. This is way, way, way out there.

Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 1d

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趙少康控中國介入藍營主席選舉蔡正元、邱毅質疑他是CIA間諜 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報

國民黨將於本月18日舉行主席改選，網內互打越來越火熱。候選人郝龍斌日前控訴遭「境外」網軍攻擊抹黑，挺郝的前中廣董事長趙少康也直指所謂「境外」網軍就是來自中國，呼籲國安單位介入調查，今天（13日）又召開記者會公布疑似中國網路介選藍營主席戰的相關數據，引發外界熱議。針對此事，親藍陣營內部有不少親中派出聲砲轟，前立委蔡正元、邱毅甚至質疑趙少康是美國中情局（CIA）的間諜！針對趙少康指控中國介入國民黨主席...

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 1d

Would it surprise you that the owner of Scientific American's parent company, Stefan von Holtzbrinck, invested $37 million in Inkitt, an AI firm?

What a SHOCK

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

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

www.scientificamerican.com

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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 1d

Kind of amazing that the photo Politico used of one of these folks -- the one who made a joke about gas chambers -- is from an event that Politico sponsored last summer.

Peter Giunta participates in a CNN-POLITICO Grill discussion at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July 16, 2024. | Rod Lamkey Jr. for POLITICO

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

OOPSIE DAISY. The entire republican party is just a gaggle of sex pests.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

A judge has issued a restraining order against Republican Rep. Cory Mills after he was accused by a former girlfriend of threatening to circulate sexually explicit videos of her.

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MW Hyde @mwhyde.bsky.social · 1d

So what? White folks perform original land ownership acknowledgement rituals on a daily basis on websites and at conferences and on TV, and that's ALL that matters, baby.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

More Indigenous Australians died in custody in NSW this year than ever before, coroner reveals

Coroner decries ‘profoundly distressing milestone’ as state surpasses yearly record after only nine months, with expert saying tough on crime measures compounding problem * Warning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have died * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast More First Nations people have died in custody in New South Wales so far this year than ever before, the state coroner has revealed, pointing to soaring Aboriginal incarceration rates as a key driver behind the “profoundly distressing milestone”. Twelve Indigenous people have died in NSW corrective services custody since January, while four have died in police operations – the highest number recorded in any full year. Continue reading...

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Mark Harrison @mhar4.bsky.social · 1d

"‘Country could shut down’: Australia has just 28 days of petrol"

Racking my brains trying to think of some possible regional crisis that could disrupt Australia's oil imports.
www.afr.com/policy/forei...

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MW Hyde @mwhyde.bsky.social · 1d

The man is pure, narcissistic poison and it is shocking how gently he is being treated.

Pierre-Yves Baubry 博磊 @pybaubry.bsky.social · 1d

If Huang Kuo-chang's involvement in this hacking (in which a banner on RTI's Web site was replaced with the People’s Republic of China flag!!!) is confirmed (he denies any involvement), I don't see how he could survive this scandal.

RTI hacker suspect worked for TPP Chairman Huang Kuo-chang: report - Taipei Times

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

www.taipeitimes.com

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MW Hyde @mwhyde.bsky.social · 1d

US Treasury website: "The radical left has chosen to shut down the United States government in the name of reckless spending and obstructionism. As a result, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s websites will only be sporadically updated until this shutdown concludes.".

North Korea would be proud.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 2d

返校 (Detention) is a 2017 horror game from the Taiwanese studio Red Candle Games, and a movie adaptation was released in September 2019. The timing, and the subject matter of the White Terror, meant Detention featured quite a bit in HK protest art.

A small thread.

gail 💖 🔜 GATEway FATE 🌱✨ @notgodzilla.bsky.social · 4d

oh btw if you guys liked Silent Hill f may I suggest Detention. It's by the same studio that made Devotion. It takes place during White Terror in Taiwan and has some really great horror elements from Taiwanese mythology.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 2d

Unending and unbelievable shitshow.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: More than half of the roughly 1,300 layoffs notices at @CDCgov have been rescinded. But analysts with top-secret clearance working on biodefense preparedness at another health agency have lost their jobs, per sources. Our story 1/4
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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit

More than half of the roughly 1,300 CDC layoff notices have been rescinded, but workers at health agencies who work on biodefense and mental health still lost their jobs.

www.washingtonpost.com

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