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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 8h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 8h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 8h

If the people of India were to sell gold now they could become a much wealthier country overnight. But sell for what?

Hans de Geus @hansdegeus.bsky.social · 9h

Geen idee of Buiter dit kan weten. Maar wellicht kan niémand het 100% zeker weten: "While the total stock of bitcoin outstanding is capped at 21mn units, a skilled collection of cryptographers could *create any number of identical replicas* of capped bitcoin"

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Gold bubble should prompt central banks to sell the metal

The world is a thoughtless prisoner of history when it treats bullion as a desirable store of value

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 8h

That was my reaction the first time someone tried to convince me of the scarcity of Bitcoin. Similarly, the recent conversion of palladium into a "precious metal" should concern gold bugs.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 8h

explains some things

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 11h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 8h

The people running the USA. Do they think the world doesn't see them?

Screen shot of quotes from article like "I love Hitler"

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 8h

Remember when Alex Pareene predicted this after Charlottesville in 2017 www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 8h

Look at these Übermenschen. By which I mean they take a lot of Ubers

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 8h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 8h

What a thread

utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 9h

it helps to know that dee dated a notorious alt right guy who was obsessed with porn culture.

GQ @gqmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Is hard-right streamer Nick Fuentes winning over women on the left? Writer Katherine Dee investigates www.gq.com/story/nick-f...

Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 14h

New argument against congestion pricing: it makes Manhattan too desirable, raising rents

Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 1d

They didn't do that in Chile. Chilean cops don't use aircraft in urban areas

They were shining the lasers at the cops themselves, because the cops kept shooting people's eyes out with pepperballs and rubber bullets

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_inj...

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 1d

and just as importantly, they insist that only a foolish snowflake should be scared of masked agents of the state with long guns

Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 2d

The feds have laid off every "woke" member of the FBI, so if Mamdani needs to replenish NYPD ranks with people who actually want to solve crime he'll have plenty of people to choose from.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 2d

So if the welfare state is the Road to Serfdom™, why is it that the country with the highest per capita GDP has 79% of its population in public housing?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_...

Public housing in Singapore - Wikipedia

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 3d

look man I’d be happy to give some blood to the mosquitos but they just take it without asking, it’s the lack of communication that really chaps my ass

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 2d

I think about all the people who have worked so hard to protect darkness. The Jackson Hole airport replacing its runway lights. The bike path in Singapore that has no illumination so that wildlife can migrate. And then some tech bro can ruin it for everyone.

Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 4d

Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
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A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?

Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.

theconversation.com

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 4d

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 5d

Vixenflation-stagflation relationship

Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 4d

More than some. She hasn't said a word about the murder of her citizens by US forces in the Caribbean. She is openly pro-intervention. This prize is a game changer but seeing it as something against Donald Trump is wishful thinking. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Peace Prize Winner Has Supported Trump’s Military Actions in the Caribbean

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Joshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 4d

Yep. They did it. All glory to Peru

Joshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 5d

Peru is almost certainly about to impeach Boluarte, meaning Peru succesfully defends its title as "world champion president toppler"

I love those guys and gals🇵🇪

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 4d

They are friends

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 5d

The executive, so unitary

Federal prosecutors are defending Gilmartin’s actions, saying he and other department employees “operate entirely outside the scope of the prosecution team, possess no operational role in the investigative or prosecutorial functions of the Mangione matter, and are not ‘associated’ with this litigation,” according to the filing, as reported by NBC News.

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 5d

Santiago builds entire deep subway lines with reliable driverless trains for that money and in that time. Need more Chileans in Jersey

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Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 5d

Imagine what it means for alluvium miners along the banks of tributaries to the Amazon

Tracey Ryniec @traceyryniec.bsky.social · 8d

Gold is surging over $3900 to open the week. Will it get to $4000 this week? Anything over $3500 means record free cash flow for the miners who execute. I have a $4k price target but only by the end of 2025. #GDX

Steven Bodzin, sandwich bearer @stevenbodzin.bsky.social · 5d

Vixenflation-stagflation relationship

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 6d

When @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social got in touch about doing an episode of Cancel Me, Daddy, I fangirled hard, and then we cooked up this really cool episode about automotive propaganda and how it works in today's politics

It's out here now on youtube and everywhere tomorrow

Cancel Me, Daddy Podcast @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social · 6d

This week we're collabing with the co-hosts of @thewaroncars.bsky.social to chat about how pro-car propaganda works, its history, and how it shows up in our politics today, especially in this year's NYC mayor's race! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN-e...

Why Car Propaganda Is Destroying Our Cities (ft. The War on Cars Podcast)

YouTube video by Cancel Me, Daddy - Media & Politics Podcast

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7d

Just have to take a beat to say that the people that have long warned about state violence and the militarization of law enforcement were right.

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