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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Part of the reason many Germans supported the Nazis was that there really was a lot of violence in the streets & they wanted order. But much of that violence was carried out by the Nazi paramilitary SA.

So the Nazis presented themselves as the solution to a problem they intentionally created

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking fondly of all the pre-election fact-checks that said we couldn’t possibly know whether Republicans wanted to get rid of pre-existing condition protections.

• New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said that Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, "want to ... repeal the Affordable Care Act and elim nate protections for preexisting conditions." It's unclear what Trump would do, since he hasn't released a plan to replace the ACA. He said he would do so, if "we can come up With something that's better."

Schumer, meanwhile, was wrong to
say, as he did on the Senate floor April 28, that the bill goes "back to the day when insurance companies could deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions."

perorats and Republicans have made
competing claims on whether the latest version of the GOP health care bill maintains protections for people with preexisting medical conditions. President Trump has said, "Pre-existing conditions are in the bill. And I mandate it." Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer has said that
"insurance companies could deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions."
Neither of those comments quite gets it right. The latest version offers lesser protections than the Affordable Care Act, but it doesn't allow insurers to deny coverage to someone with a health

Who's right? Like everything else in health care, it's complicated.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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Think. It. Through. @cfaller96.bsky.social · 2d

How’s Austin U doing? Or are we conveniently forgetting that last grift by this “tremendous writer?”

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 2d

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

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Think. It. Through. @cfaller96.bsky.social · 3d

Actually what happened was Nate Silver asked ChatGPT to do his NFL bets and it lost him a lot of money (again). Never forget that in addition to being an idiot, Nate Silver is an addict (of the gambling variety), and addicts behave according to their addictive impulses.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 3d

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
@NateSilver538 • 5h
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

Think. It. Through. @cfaller96.bsky.social · 15d

Tesla took $50k for a car they never delivered & 8 yrs later they refunded 90% of the sale.

Except in that time, contrary to Marques Brownlee’s assumption, Tesla *did* do something with that cash. If they bought their own shares via SPE, then Tesla made $730k with his money.

Tesla is Enron.

Marques Brownlee Cancels Vaporware Tesla Roadster

YouTube video by The Art of Value

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Think. It. Through. @cfaller96.bsky.social · 22d

The “funny” thing to me, is- what exactly do the Adam Jentlesons want to do in this life? “Hop from one bigoted grift to the next and hope the Democratic Party keeps funding my bigoted grifts” may work for a time.

But it also sounds like a miserable existence, no matter how long it goes.

A New Group Forms To Oppose Groups

Dems need to stop talking about the disgusting queers and talk about normal people. All they do is talk about those deviant perverts! But A...

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Dan O'Dowd @realdanodowd.bsky.social · 26d

Yet more evidence that Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" software will try to kill you.

FSD will drive straight into the path of an oncoming train, ignoring flashing red lights at a railroad crossing.

Elon Musk's dangerous and defective software has no place on our public roads.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Sep 13

I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"

After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts

At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 12

man they really didn't give a shit about that guy. as soon as it was clear they couldn't use his death to launch a purge they started to treat it like a nothingburger

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 12

Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?

TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.

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Think. It. Through. @cfaller96.bsky.social · Sep 11

We knew this was coming. We knew eventually “the left” would be hunted, terrorized, brutalized, imprisoned, tortured, killed. At least now we know the why, when, and how.

It’s scary & sad to have the violence & hate out in the open. But the only way out [of fascism] is through [fighting it], IMO.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Sep 11

Here we go. Trump just made it unmistakably clear that it will now be absolutely open season on whoever they decide to label "the left," and that this will be pursued with the full force of the government. This could get very, very bad.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · Sep 10

We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.

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Think. It. Through. @cfaller96.bsky.social · Sep 10

Counterpoint: evil exists, and evil people exist.

Some people gave up their dignity & humanity for [money, power, fame, etc]. You can “believe” in their dignity, but IMO that’s just denial and magical thinking.

Jeffrey Epstein should burn in hell, for example. So should Charlie Kirk.

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Satisfied Psychic @satisfiedpsychic.bsky.social · Sep 10

Fascists are a threat regardless of what you do or say because they are fascists. Being polite will not protect you, because they are fascists. Lying will not protect you, because they are fascists.

Say what you mean and own it, and let the dipshits scream into the ether regardless.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Sep 10

You can condemn murder and political violence without whitewashing Charlie Kirk's shameful history of hate, racism, white nationalism and promotion of dangerous conspiracies that radicalized Trump supporters to violence.

You can do both.

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Think. It. Through. @cfaller96.bsky.social · Sep 7

What…what does it print? Screenshots, and eff you nothing else? What is happening here?

I am not sold. I am still interested, but not yet sold.

Think. It. Through. @cfaller96.bsky.social · Sep 6

Money. That’s what happened. She’s been bought.

Think. It. Through. @cfaller96.bsky.social · Sep 6

How is it that no one can see these “tech titans” as giving ‘guys who didn’t read the book trying to bullshit their way through their book report’ vibes?

Like, his “oh gosh uhhh” response is purely buying a few seconds to come up with some plausible bullshit. People see this, right? RIGHT?!?

Think. It. Through. @cfaller96.bsky.social · Sep 6

Yes, and was also 40+ years ago?

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Sep 6

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Zenaib. Zenaib is only 17 years old, she had dreams to become a doctor. She is now displaced with her family including her only two month old daughter, Zeina and her parents. She held off starting a fundraising campaign but she needs help ❤️

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Sep 6

Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday

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Think. It. Through. @cfaller96.bsky.social · Sep 6

It’s also the same guy who called for a nationwide general strike, just a few months ago.

David Brooks is off his meds, again, and I mean that literally.

Think. It. Through. @cfaller96.bsky.social · Sep 6

This is the same guy who called for a general strike. Like, two months ago.

Bobo is just a dumbass, example number eleventy billion.

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Think. It. Through. @cfaller96.bsky.social · Sep 6

So, early version AI slop, then.

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