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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Rick Stengel @rickstengel.bsky.social · 4h

In Article II of the Constitution it says the president's duty is to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed." This president is taking care that his adversaries be faithfully prosecuted.

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JB stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 4h

2024 was about inflation in exactly the same way 2016 was about email security

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 7h

“Inflation caused 2024” is a comfortable and appealing explanation for a lot of people - it reinforces their patronizing sense that most voters are selfish little piggies with no inner life, it promises that things will be back to normal next time - but there’s really not any evidence of it

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BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 5h

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"A prominent anti-DEI campaigner appointed by Meta in August as an adviser on AI bias has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, transgender people, vaccines, crime, and protests."

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 6h

Vance has displaced Cruz as the person most deserving of the adjective "oleaginous"

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

"You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time."

I didn't think George Stephanopolous had that gear, but good for him. That's how it should always be done.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 7h

I’ve seen posts claiming this “truth” is evidence of dementia, but IMO that’s not the right frame. This is strategy. Since 2021, the right has been rewriting history, bending timelines, to connect their grievances (Covid) and conspiracy theories (Jan 6, censorship, etc) to the Biden administration.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

💯 CO-SIGN 👇🏽

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@ghoshworld @ghoshworld.bsky.social · 8h

Every character (even the radio announcer) speaks with British accents. The only reason they’ve set it in Paris is so they can squeeze name-recognition from the Maigret brand.

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@ghoshworld @ghoshworld.bsky.social · 8h

Appeal to producers everywhere: If you insist on remaking (and worse, updating) a classic like Maigret, please do yourself a favor and use AI tools to cast Michael Gambon… or even better, Rupert Davies.

@ghoshworld @ghoshworld.bsky.social · 8h

I thought it was impossible to make a worse casting choice for Maigret than Rowan Atkinson.

I thought wrong.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11h

No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 8h

Trump admin uses language, tactics of war against perceived enemies. “It’s a military language used by the government against its own people at a time, in fact, of relative tranquility,” says @mawaldman.bsky.social. “That’s really damaging, and it’s really rare.”

Trump deploys tactics and language of war against perceived domestic threats

It represents a dramatic shift in the use of the military, which has been focused for most of American history on threats from abroad.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 8h

Karin Immergut, lifelong prosecutor and judge and a registered Republican since 2001, is a kind of hero we need. A real conservative, reality-based, truthful, brave. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/o...

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 8h

The Sunday Times - The White House has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the failure to prosecute two alleged Chinese spies risks undermining the special relationship and could threaten intelligence sharing between Britain and the US. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

White House warns UK over China spy case fiasco

America says intelligence sharing could be damaged by Britain’s failure to prosecute alleged Chinese collaborators

www.thetimes.com

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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 9h

Religious movements are *always* internally contested. It is not for historians/outsiders to decide which party to the contestation represents the “true“ version or deserves exclusive use of the movement’s name/label. Their job is rather to describe the internal diversity as accurately as possible.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 10h

So thankful that dudes without game now have the option of driving all of our energy bills up to come up with devastating lines like it was nice to meet you

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 15h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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WIRED @wired.com · 19d

For years, influencer Nick Fuentes was too extreme even for MAGA. Now he's working his way into the mainstream—and has a plan for his secret followers to seize the levers of power. www.wired.com/story/nick-f...

Nick Fuentes’ Plan to Conquer America

For years, influencer Nick Fuentes was too extreme even for MAGA. Now he's working his way into the mainstream—and has a plan for his secret followers to seize the levers of power.

www.wired.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9h

China warns US of retaliation over Trump’s 100% tariffs threat

Investors brace for another bout of trade war turmoil as Beijing says it will act if US president fails to back down Beijing has told the US it will retaliate if Donald Trump fails to back down on his threat to impose 100% tariffs on Chinese imports as investors brace for another bout of trade war turmoil. China’s commerce ministry blamed Washington for raising trade tensions between the two countries after Trump announced on Friday that he would impose the additional tariffs on China’s exports to the US, along with new controls on critical software, by 1 November. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 10h

this is all rhyming with a very, very dark part of history.

"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her, 'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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@ghoshworld @ghoshworld.bsky.social · 9h

Phew! For a minute there, I was worried I’d have to declare war on you.

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@ghoshworld @ghoshworld.bsky.social · 10h

NARRATOR: And the Lord replied, “Mavis Staples.”

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Vasabjit Banerjee @vasabjit.bsky.social · 11h

I think that many of us don't know the extent of the Venezuelan refugee crisis. It is destabilizing a bunch of regional countries. 1/n

The illustration is from this recent article.

www.migrationpolicy.org/article/lati...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11h

Hannah Arendt distinguished totalitarianism “from other forms of political oppression known to us such as despotism, tyranny and dictatorship” in that totalitarianism seeks to subjugate civil society and private lives, not just political opponents, using psychological, not just physical, repression.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 11h

I saw the new George Orwell documentary last night. It’s called 2+2=5. I have been a little bit squeamish about applying the word totalitarian to Trump and the Republicans. Not anymore. We are experiencing a totalitarian movement. There’s no question.

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