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A. fulgens ♨️🇨🇦 @alexandergruchala.bsky.social · 4h

Dear Ubisoft, please make more Splinter Cell.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 9h

I have long believed that we should be WAY more vocal about how police and ICE constantly murder dogs, and I think this is great messaging actually.

The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 15h

god i love how wide the Free Press set of topics are and how you can tell *what* exact type of reactionary centrist they are

Antisemitism

Bari Weiss

California

Canada

Culture and Ideas

Education

Faith

Free Speech

Health and Self-Improvement

History

International

Israel

Jed Rubenfeld

Matthew Continetti

New York

Niall Ferguson

Parenting

Second Thought

Sex and Gender

Tech and Business

Tyler Cowen Must Know

U.S. Politics

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 8h

Democrats need to put the same extended media consuming outrage into the Young Republican Nazi chats as Republicans mustered for Biden going for ice cream.

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A. fulgens ♨️🇨🇦 @alexandergruchala.bsky.social · 9h

These guys want their very own Dubai so fucking badly.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · May 11

Anduril founder Palmer Luckey says the US should “expand our naval base on Guantanamo Bay into Liberty City [ie, a ‘freedom city’], an American Singapore of the Caribbean.” Anduril is backed by Tech Bros Peter Thiel & Marc Andreessen who support aspiring “network states” via Pronomos Capital. 1/

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 10h

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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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A. fulgens ♨️🇨🇦 @alexandergruchala.bsky.social · 9h

On this, he’s not wrong. I got two texts from the Mills campaign today even though I live a thousand miles away from Maine.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 9h

Here’s why you were barraged with spam today.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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

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Sam Eyler-Driscoll 🍉🌻🍁 @sameyler.bsky.social · 14h

The lesson, which we should already know, is that confining fascists behind a cordon sanitaire is a condition for the exercise of democracy. Authoritarians simply cannot be folded into electoral politics for all the reasons in this thread. They make it impossible for democracies to credibly commit

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 15h

This is not to say that elections don't matter; they clearly do, and democracy requires them, and in every case I'd rather my side win than lose. But if I'm working on the question of what to do *while in power*, it's going to be heavily biased towards *how do we ensure electoral defeat isn't fatal*

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Alex Rikleen @rikleen.bsky.social · 13h

The SecDef has a Nazi tattoo*.
The President's biggest donor did a Nazi salute twice after referencing a famous Nazi slogan.
The VP intervened to make sure the admin rehired someone fired for pro-Nazi statements.

These kids are following the examples set by their leadership.

Politico @politico.com · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 14h

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple 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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A. fulgens ♨️🇨🇦 @alexandergruchala.bsky.social · 14h

Not needing to win elections to hold power describes the US right now. According to GOP SCOTUS, Biden couldn’t enact student loan forgiveness but Trump can unilaterally tax and spend. We should try political reform—PR in the House, depowered Sen, weak Pres, responsible Cabinet, regularly renewed SC.

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A. fulgens ♨️🇨🇦 @alexandergruchala.bsky.social · 15h

That was fast.

AP
Breaking News
now
Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire with slow release of dead hostages, AP sources say.

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X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 15h

Rest in peace, Drew Struzan.
A titanic talent.

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 15h

Trump: *Illegally and unilaterally raises tariffs on basic goods*

The Atlantic: Hrm, instead of coffee have you tried meth?

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 16h

This is a sidebar but this is a form of manufactured consent of a more broader variety.

What is happening here is that elites enjoy finding everyday actions of the peons (you and me) that we insist a right to enjoy and, instead of taking a serious account of fault, find basis to ridicule.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16h

Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 16h

one thing we can never allow to happen again is making someone president who is rich enough to fund endless frivolous lawsuits

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

one response to this (correct) observation is to say “well, the cops will attack you no matter how you dress and behave.” that’s right. images of cops and ICE beating grandmas and kids in inflatable frog costumes is a win for the opposition.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 19h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 18h

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 19h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

direct deposits hitting the checking accounts of active duty servicemen means article 1 of the constitution is basically a dead letter as of tonight, huh

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 19h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

The Chinese are likely going to return to the moon before Americans and it's going to hit the American space establishment like a nightmare

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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