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Phil Seiler

@javamanphil.bsky.social

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Phil Seiler @javamanphil.bsky.social · Apr 14

Really enjoying living in a time when all those people that assured me for years they "would've done something" about Nazi totalitarianism continue to do nothing at all.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 22m

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23m

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Link Must Be Reinstated @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 9h

No I don’t, you chucklefucks, I want Norma Jean to be able to rest in peace without a bunch of technoghouls turning her corpse into a marionette.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 16h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 11h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 3h

It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

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Phil Seiler @javamanphil.bsky.social · 4h

That’s quite a premium to pay for the extra service of being hassled by border officials.

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 10h

Korol is a US citizen. Her family hasn’t heard from her since she was taken, public charges haven’t been released—what crime did she even commit? 2nd-Degree Woodwinding?—and there has been no explanation for her “renditioning” across state lines.

We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 10h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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John Walters @thevpo.bsky.social · 1d

Some troubling information, mostly from the public record, about the recently (and precipitously) departed corrections commissioner Nicholas Deml.

Quite a lot of troubling information, actually.

thevpo.org/2025/10/13/w...

Was Nicholas Deml the Worst-Ever Hire by the Scott Administration?

I put the title in the form of a question, but based on what I’ve learned in recent days, there really isn’t much doubt about it: Nicholas Deml’s tenure as corrections commissione…

thevpo.org

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John Walters @thevpo.bsky.social · 13h

Thanks to Politico, an extreme conservative is suddenly persona non grata in #vtpoli-land. I could have told you — actually, I DID tell you — about his extremism three years ago. And there are more like him in the Republican Statehouse caucuses.

thevpo.org/2025/10/14/i...

I Tried to Tell You About Sam Douglass (and There’s a Lot More Like Him)

Gov. Phil Scott couldn’t act fast enough to distance himself from newly-disgraced state Sen. Samuel Douglass. Within hours of a Politico report that identified Douglass as an active participa…

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 14h

This is the *second* item in Politico's evening newsletter, after 15 paragraphs about Sierra Club controversies that do not include praising Hitler or talking about putting political opponents in gas chambers.

'I love Hitler': Leaked messages expose Young Republicans' racist chat: Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway. 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 driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery ... The exchange is part of a trove of Telegram chats - obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than seven months of messages among Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas,
Arizona and Vermont.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 20h

Regarding the news today, all I have to say for now is... subscribe to The Onion. Thank you for believing in us and thank you for your patience.

Join The Onion

Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.

membership.theonion.com

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 17h

I swear I did not have "I'm better at ducking bullets than Charlie Kirk" on my Donny Batshit Bingo card

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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jen ramos-eisen 🇵🇭 @jenramose.online · 18h

Jesus fucking Christ

Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 21h

Padres manager Mike Shildt said he retired in part because of death threats from sports bettors:

Mike Shildt says decision to retire was his own, but Padres questions remain

www.nytimes.com

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Green Mountain Bhoys @greenmountainbhoys.bsky.social · 18h

We'll be heading to the No Kings gathering on Oct 18th (here in Burlington and all around Vermont) Find your local march and join in this nationwide protest. We're all in this together. #NoKings

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Tyler Littwin @tylerlittwin.bsky.social · 19h

Jake and Elwood Blues discussing their hated of Nazis

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Alex R. Johnson @haciendafilms.bsky.social · 19h

Did you know that Rudy Giuliani isn't just a bad guy in real life but he's also a bad guy in my 1998 set NYC book? The plot connects w/after effects of RG rejecting the findings of the Mollen Commission + the environment it created. Dude sucks but my book is good. Get it. linktr.ee/BrooklynMotto

Two copies of Brooklyn Motto on a wooden floor, highlighted by sunlight coming through an off screen window.

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Phil Seiler @javamanphil.bsky.social · 20h

Samuel Douglass, a state senator from northern Vermont and the head of the state’s Young Republicans features

#btv

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

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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Phil Seiler @javamanphil.bsky.social · 21h

And there aren't actually that many for them to be aggrieved about. So you just keep reaching backwards.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 22h

1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

ow.ly

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 22h

R.I.P. ICON D’Angelo 🙏🏾🕊️

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 22h

D'Angelo is dead at age 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer

D’Angelo Dead At 51

Terrible, shocking news: The great soul artist D’Angelo, one of the most gifted and mythic musicians of his generation, has reportedly passed away. TMZ reports that pancreatic cancer was his cause of ...

www.stereogum.com

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AC @ahmadchildress.bsky.social · 22h

An icon of poster illustration and design. Definitely on the Mount Rushmore with Saul Bass and others.

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Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

gizmodo.com

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

Which is pretty telling, since Oliver's comments about Reingold's "reporting" shows how bad she is at reporting, in part by ignoring facts that contradict the false narrative she's trying to sell.

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 1d

OK there's my Unhinged Literary Opinion: Pratchett is the greatest humanist/philosophical writer of our era.

Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

and since he really does have a quote for everything, in the wise words of Sir Terry Pratchett: “Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book.”

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