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Sophia Florence

@sophiaflorence.bsky.social

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ChemEng/data/applied math (pharma formulations + disinformation), writer/comedian (stand-up and horror films), health/science/tech policy consultant, copywriter, host of the Crumbling Podcast (about disinformation histories), Connecticut enthusiast.

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Sophia Florence @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · Apr 25

The Crumbling updates:
1. New tiers on Patreon with shirts and stickers www.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcast
2. We'll be revealing our new co-host soon
3. We've got two episodes on the NCAA coming out, two more interviews, then a long series on libertarianism, and then one on Ed and Lorraine Warren

Get more from The Crumbling on Patreon

Podcast

www.patreon.com

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Sophia Florence @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · 3h

(we'll also throw in a T-shirt? Or cash? Both?)

Sophia Florence @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · 3h

God yeah I can see that

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 7h

whoa hitler stuff in the young republican chats?? no way.

EXCLUSIVE: 'Yeah that was too far': Private Facebook chats for Gavin Wax's Liberty Conservative littered with racial slurs, Holocaust jokes

Wax previously called out a DeSantis supporter for his old, offensive conversations.

www.dailydot.com

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Sophia Florence @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · 3h

(also came here because I was like "Wasn't Amanda talking about NYYR years ago?")

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Sophia Florence @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · 3h

We also have a paywalled section on our Patreon that you could get really wild on if it made you happy. And if people want to hear it, they can get a t shirt with their membership. So that's nice.

Sophia Florence @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · 3h

Hi, I have a (fairly?) small niche podcast and I would fight a bear to have you on.

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 4h

for real though me and rae watched it tonight and I feel like the context of "this is about social media" makes so more sense to me than imagining it being about TV. Dr. O'Blivion is basically an LLM!

Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 4h

Videodrome is a great movie that covers why making your livelihood around social media slowly turns you into a monster

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Sophia Florence @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · 3h

I'm waiting for the AI bubble to burst, if only for the schadenfreude at this point. It's gonna suck, but I spent years warning people.

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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 3h

Lol ending of that movie is “this is gonna happen again” and I’m yelling at the screen TESLA! OPENAI! Jesus we’re doomed to repeat the same Enron bullshit until there’s real accountability to deter it.

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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 10h

Gonna watch Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room to brush up on how a ponzi scheme collapses

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 5h

No it isn’t stop complying in advance

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

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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Sophia Florence @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · 4h

This is what I mean when I say we need to take control of the party's infrastructure. They put their thumb on the scales, but it's also not hard to get into these kinds of spaces and start to take the thumb off. Just gotta be willing to do some very boring and unsexy work.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16h

The Dem establishment appears to be putting its thumb hard on the scales against Graham Platner:

The DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) has formed a joint fundraising committee with the campaign of Janet Mills.

It’s called “Maine Senate Victory 2026”:

docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
HOME / CAMPAIGN FINANCE DATA / COMMITTEE DETAILS / HTML VIEWER
FEC FORM 1
STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION
FILING FEC-1919061
1. Maine Senate Victory 2026
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Email: compliance@dscc.org;anderson@dscc.org
2. Date: 10/14/2025
3. FEC Committee ID #: C00923177
This committee collects contributions, pays fundraising expenses and disburses net proceeds for two or more political
committees/organizations, at least one of which is an authorized committee of a federal candidate.
Committees Participating in Joint Fundraiser
Joint Fund Participant(s)
1. Mills for Maine,
Committee Id: C00923144
Committee Type: Senate
2. DSCC,
Committee Id: C00042366
Committee Type: Unauthorized
Affiliated Committees/Organizations
NONE
Custodian of Records:
Connor Reilly
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Title: Custodian of Records
Treasurer:
Evan Clary
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone # (202) 224-2447
Designated Agent(s):
Tristan Anderson
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Title: Assistant Treasurer
Banks or Depositories
Amalgamated Bank
1825 K St NW
Washington, DC 20006
Signed: Evan Clary
Date Signed: 10/14/2025
(End FEC FORM 1)

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 7h

FOR THE LOVE OF PETE

HE IS A WHITE WORKING CLASS MILITARY VET

with a stunningly sharp media package

They can’t update their website with a plan but they can kick the knees out fo somebody whose making waves form someone older than my momma !

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16h

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 16h

“We need everyone to get involved in the fight, and we need everyone to have a vested interest in continuing to resist.”

🚨 new from me 🚨

ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.

How Local Organizing, Community Defense and Security Culture Protect Us in Ways Technology Never Could

ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.

“Despite the app’s goal of protecting people from ICE, its viral success, and the state repression against it, ICEBlock has serious issues: Most

www.counterpunch.org

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Politico @politico.com · 15h

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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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 16h

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Tweet from Pam Bondi:

Today following outreach from
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target
@ICEgov
agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16h

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 16h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Sophia Florence @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · 15h

It's one of the funniest ways to react to people. I remember sending it to my alma mater for undergrad when they asked me for money after I had emailed the president and tore him a new one

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 16h

i’m sorry what does this mean. is he calling off the peace deal because he thinks they’re hoarding corpses

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Sophia Florence @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · 15h

I've also responded with this image before

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Sophia Florence @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah it's not so rude that it upsets people, but it is roughly shorthand for, "You know what you just did."

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Sophia Florence @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · 16h

Usually when something like this happens, I just sent back this face

:|

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 16h

It's extremely funny to email me from Vice Studios asking for help making a documentary out of my reporting from before Vice laid everyone off. Personally I would be embarrassed to do that but your mileage may vary lol

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Sophia Florence @sophiaflorence.bsky.social · 16h

Surely is an odd time to be trans here. Lots of fixation on us, and I understand why on the level of knowing how dehumanization works, but it never gets less jarring.

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