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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 32m

Not to be a dick, but when was the last time a member of the press corps asked a pertinent question and got a substantive answer from a government official, and you were like damn I learned something today? I can't remember this happening.

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 6h

Apologies… I’m immediately retracting that. I missed this. Assuming this is truly state of the art that isn’t viable based on this disclaimer.

Pulse-Fi also maintained sufficient accuracy despite the person’s posture (for example, sitting or walking) or distance from the recording device (up to 10 feet away).

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 6h

Not here to defend the claim per-se as it’s way beyond my level of expertise but wifi could absolutely reach those distances and would appear to be consistent with this for example no? spectrum.ieee.org/wi-fi-signal...

AI-Powered Wi-Fi Heart Monitoring Is Here

Can Wi-Fi signals really track your heartbeat? Dive into the world of Pulse-Fi and find out how it works without wearables.

spectrum.ieee.org

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 15h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING

The US State Department has revoked the visas of citizens from Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, and Paraguay for comments they made in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

- An Argentine national who said Charlie "devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric" and deserves to burn in hell.
- A South African national who mocked those grieving Charlie saying "they're hurt that the racist rally ended in attempted martyrdom"
-A Mexican national who said Charlie "died being a racist, he died being a misogynist" and stated that "there are people who deserve to die."
- A Brazilian national who said "Charlie Kirk was the reason for a Nazi rally where they marched in homage to him" and that he "DIED TOO LATE."
- A German national who celebrated Charlie's death + wrote
"when fascists die, democrats don't complain."
- A Paraguayan national who said "Charlie Kirk was a son of a b**** and he died by his own rules."

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 18h

Imagine the incentive structure at play to get your hands on data that can tie users with their real names and payment details to typing in horny shit. that is going to get breached at some point and exploited either as a public leak or blackmail.

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 18h

This is exactly what a malignant narcissist would say at the memorial for a man killed by a sniper.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

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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Politico @politico.com · 22h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 19h

It’s bigotry, age of consent laws and tax evasion in that order.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 22h

It’s been fun being attacked for years for saying bigotry motivates these people more than low taxes and small government

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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 20h

How the International Far Right is Getting on Board With Trump’s Antifa Terrorist Designation

Trump’s baseless “Antifa” terrorist designation has sparked a global echo, with Hungary, Poland, and the Netherlands moving to replicate it. The coordinated effort reframes dissent as terrorism—part o...

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Full of Contempt @m-theory3.bsky.social · 1d

This is the nation that we are now. This nation is unbelievably sick.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 22h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Caroline Haskins @carolinehaskins.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: A proposal for rebuilding Gaza that's been shared with the Trump admin references Tesla, IKEA, TSMC, and tons of other companies. I reached out to them—none had discussed or agreed to any work in Gaza. Some had no idea they were mentioned in this proposal:
www.wired.com/story/a-plan...

A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They're Not Involved

A presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild Gaza. Some of these companies say they had no idea they were mentioned.

www.wired.com

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 19h

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19h

Trump claimed that his sweeping tariffs will “pay down” the national debt, but it is actually doing the exact opposite. The US is “going broke,” according to JPMorgan Asset Management’s chief global strategist David Kelly in a note to investors. www.thedailybeast.com/key-jpmorgan...

Key Analyst Says U.S. is ‘Going Broke’ Under Trump

JPMorgan’s David Kelly cited Trump’s tariffs as a reason the U.S. debt could balloon further.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.bsky.social · 21h

OpenAI’s ‘flatlining’ subs in Europe: The AI boom’s poster child may be struggling to recruit new subscribers, Deutsche Bank warns fortune.com/2025/10/14/o...

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 21h

Legendary work from @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social.

He and a team uncovered a trove of data from a surveillance firm — location data from thousands of phone numbers from nearly every country on Earth.

The firm had been tracking everyone from Erik Prince to journalists to Jared Leto.

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

Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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Natanael, Tech janitor @natanael.bsky.social · 20h

"urging investors to diversify away from U.S. assets before “going broke slowly” turns fast"

America is ‘going broke slowly’ says J.P. Morgan, as national debt balloons and tariff revenue looks shaky | Fortune

Even with Trump’s tariffs and Musk’s spending cuts, J.P. Morgan’s David Kelly warns, America is “going broke.”

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20h

More of this, please.

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 20h

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 20h

Why do they always look like exactly how you expect them to?

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 21h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 20h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 20h

Half of America’s Voting Machines Now Owned by a MAGA Oligarch

They told us elections were rigged. Then they cloned stolen voting software. Then they bought the voting machines.
dissentinbloom.substack.com/p/half-of-am...

Half of America’s Voting Machines Now Owned by a MAGA Oligarch

They told us elections were rigged. Then they cloned stolen voting software. Then they bought the voting machines.

dissentinbloom.substack.com

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 20h

Pretty wild to see that some apologized by saying “those chats don’t reflect who I am as a person” when they very clearly do reflect who you are as a person

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 23h

We’re publishing this story with media partners across the world. To read their stories, check out our link here. lighthousereports.com/investigatio...

Surveillance Secrets

Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread

lighthousereports.com

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