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Mark Lush

@iammarklush.bsky.social

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Coffee. Kettlebells. Dogs. Economics. Decision-making. All opinions are my own.

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 16d

Chickenshit cowards. The lot of ‘em. Never thought you’d be able to figure out the courage of an executive simply by taking the inverse of their wealth. These nerds should have been bullied more when they were kids to learn the truth: you don’t submit to bullies. You stand up to them.

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 16d

The WSJ says YouTube "has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit that President Trump brought against the company and its chief executive over its suspension of Trump’s account after that year’s riot at the U.S. Capitol." www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Exclusive | YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Trump

The Google subsidiary is the final Big Tech company to resolve a trio of personal lawsuits that Donald Trump filed against social-media platforms.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 7h

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · Jun 12

The thing I want most from social media is for people to share things that I might want to read or watch that otherwise I wouldn’t read or watch, whether news, commentary, books, movies, tv, games to play, whatever. Bluesky does this. /4

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Senator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 14h

Mike Johnson is covering up for pedophiles. I won't stop saying it.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h

😡😡😡😡

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 16h

"The reality right now is that if you refuse to engage with the science- the science that shows that COVID is a virus that disables human beings, and that this virus is asymptomatic 44% of the time- then you are spreading a disabling virus, and you are harming people. "

Beyond all reason

Long COVID patients are constantly harangued about our requests for COVID safety. Yet what we're asking for is far less than what we're called on to do to survive.

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 18h

“Hey Norm, if you were a hot dog….would you eat yourself?!?! It’s a simple question.”

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 18h

Bessent would have fought for the British during the Revolution.

Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 18h

That’s not fair. At least Eddie was for democracy and free markets.

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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 20h

Unfortunately, reality is only apparent *after* elections.

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 18h

Bessent would have fought for the British during the Revolution.

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 18h

“In Soviet USA, government picks winners and losers.”

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 18h

Bessent would have fought with the British during the Revolution.

Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 18h

Bessent would have fought for the British in the Revolution.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

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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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

Or Treasury, for that matter

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the things that didn’t happen

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

Good morning London. While you were sleeping, this was our most-read story: on.ft.com/4n6nUHI

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 1d

Always dreamed of having a romance with this guy

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 1d

I simply can’t be trusted with this kind of power

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 1d

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. Now, It’s $0. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. Now, It’s $0.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 1d

Possibly the funniest thing in here is Jones’ lawyers describing The Onion as his “ideological nemesis.”

Meet the Press @meetthepress.com · 1d

The conspiracy theorist had asked the justices to immediately intervene, warning that the ownership of his Infowars website could be transferred to the satirical news site The Onion.

Supreme Court turns away Alex Jones' attempt to block $1.5B defamation judgment

The conspiracy theorist had asked the justices to immediately intervene, warning that the ownership of his Infowars website could be transferred to the satirical news site The Onion.

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 1d

For a great resource in your point (and a worthwhile video to make and share with your followers): thebullshitmachines.com/lesson-2-the...

Lesson 2: The Nature of Bullshit

This lesson explores philosopher Harry Frankfurt's notion of bullshit, and explains why LLMs are, by his definition, bullshit machines.

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Jason, point of clarification. It’s not “lying.” It’s “bullshitting”.

According to philosopher Harry Frankfurt, a liar knows the truth and is trying to lead us in the opposite direction.

A bullshitter either doesn't know the truth, or doesn't care. They are just trying to be persuasive.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 5d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 1d

NPR's veteran defense reporter Tom Bowman: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon Pass

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Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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