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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · Feb 26

I’ll Be Glad When You Dead…

Buck Woods tells German-speaking Nazis what he thinks of them while performing in France. Somehow feels relevant these days.

From REUNION IN FRANCE, starring Joan Crawford and John Wayne, released on Christmas, 1942.

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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 16h

Gee, ya think?

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Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · 21h

Wow if this turns out to be a tipoff it’s going to undo years of hard work to establish trust and confidence in crypto mar- nah, I’m just kidding. If you’re not cheating in crypto you’re the fish. It’s just a matter of time.

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Look at this.

A new crypto account was opened yesterday morning.

30 minutes BEFORE Trump's announcement of 100% tariffs on China, it added a huge multi-million dollar levered Bitcoin short position, per YF.

The market dumped.

The trader made +$192 million in two hours.

Unusual.

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Saikat for Congress @saikatforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

We can fix this. We know the fascist playbook and we’re seeing it play out right in front of us. We can’t have our representatives sit on the sidelines during this coup. We need leadership with the guts to stop this coup, and to beat fascism for good by building an economy that works for everybody.

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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed- my question intends to highlight that State and local officials, if they can't get more Federal dollars, must take the political risk of talking about raising local taxes to fill the gap.

But most people want to cut everything (tax AND spending) and hope our problems fix themselves, I guess

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 1d

Nancy Pelosi was asked, “what did the Democrats do wrong?” “And her answer was basically nothing... I just feel like it’s completely inadequate,” says congressional candidate Saikat Chakrabarti.

Saikat Chakrabarti is coming for the Democratic establishment

AOC’s former campaign manager is ready to take on Nancy Pelosi

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d

During the First World War, Louis and Antoinette Thuillier created thousands of glass negatives containing photographs of soldiers. The digitized images are astonishingly clear: you can read the date of a newspaper folded on a lap. http://nyer.cm/74Hzfpm

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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 1d

My Word of the Day: Propitiation

The act of appeasing a god, spirit, or person, typically through a gift or sacrifice.

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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 1d

The reduction in Federal taxes on MANY SF taxpayers should be met by an increase in local taxes to pay for all the things people like Benioff complain about.

If SF raised its property tax rate to match Manhattan's, it would have an additional $500m per year.

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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 1d

It would cost SF taxpayers $300m a year for 1,000 more cops. SF's deficit is at $1 billion.

If Benioff REALLY cared, he'd support raising property tax OR increase Federal grants- not a fascist takeover of the streets

I wonder how @saikatforcongress.bsky.social would get more $ for SF in Congress

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Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · 1d

The Posse Commitas Act is actually very specific and the thing it says specifically is that the military cannot be cops.

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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 2d

My Word of the Day: Sitzfleisch

The ability to endure or persevere through a long, sedentary task.

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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 2d

But that's not why Thiel thinks Greta is the antichrist. Once you dive into the pseudo-philosophical underpinnings of his beliefs you see how absolutely ridiculous it all is.

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Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · 2d

When all you've got is an antichrist hammer...

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Yoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 2d

This op-ed published in the @nytimes.com by Stephen Witt thoughtfully captures the urgency and complexity of navigating AI's risks, but also my sincere conviction that technical solutions are possible — we still have agency and an opportunity to act.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

www.nytimes.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

Trump just threatened to impose severe, unprecedented tariffs on Chinese imports. He won’t negotiate with Xi at the upcoming APEC summit, choosing to sink the global economy. The Dow is already down 300 points. This will devastate American small businesses and cause your expenses to skyrocket.

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Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · 2d

Tyranny is brittle.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

We live in a country where the government honors insurrectionists who sacked the Capitol, and defines peaceful protest, even before it occurs, to be terrorism.
They know their position is weak, they know they are unpopular, which is why they are seeking to stamp out dissent.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3d

🐶🐱 New California pet laws!

🐾 3rd party, for-profit sales of cats, puppies and rabbits are now BANNED
🐾 Cats CANNOT be declawed for non-medical reasons
🐾 Sellers MUST disclose origin and health info
🐾 Contracts for pets that include non-refundable deposits will be VOID

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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 4d

Trump may become the first person considered for both a Nobel Peace Prize and a War Crime at the same time.

International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) @irap.bsky.social · 4d

On Monday, UNHCR High Commissioner Filippo Grandi suggested that U.S. deportation practices are "not consistent with international law" and warned against the the broader backlash against immigrants and refugees.

UN refugee agency chief suggests that US deportation practices violate the law

The head of the U.N. refugee agency has suggested that President Donald Trump’s America has carried out deportation practices that violate international law.

apnews.com

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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 4d

Trump may become the first person considered for both a Nobel Peace Prize and a War Crime at the same time.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 5d

I swear to god if he outlives Dolly...

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Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · 5d

“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

has anybody ever been more obviously full of shit than Pam Bondi is at the end of this 20 second clip?

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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 5d

“There is so much about this moment that is trying to make people feel like they’ve lost their minds, when, in fact, these muthafuckas are crazy.” -- @kamalaharris.com

*Originally posted by @madampolitick.bsky.social at X.

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Marilyn Minter @marilynminter.bsky.social · 5d

I’m so proud and in awe of Jane Fonda, who has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, a free speech coalition originally formed by Hollywood stars in 1947, opposing McCarthy-era restrictions.

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Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social · 5d

Wait, people WANT typing indicators? It's one of the most anxiety-provoking inventions in all Internet history.