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@isotopeeffect.bsky.social
half hipster, half crofter
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Melville: I hope you enjoyed that bloody action-packed chapter! But now, a moment to consider obscure technicalities about where everyone sits in the boat, how the boat is constructed, and my personal critique of current assigned seating practices.
February 10, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Melville: I hope you enjoyed that bloody action-packed chapter! But now, a moment to consider obscure technicalities about where everyone sits in the boat, how the boat is constructed, and my personal critique of current assigned seating practices.
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Thomas Massie is cooking right now and explicitly states that UAE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem was sending torture videos to Epstein
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Thomas Massie is cooking right now and explicitly states that UAE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem was sending torture videos to Epstein
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In the future we're gonna look back at online gambling and prediction markets in the same way we look now at cigarettes on airplanes and lead-based paint
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
February 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM
In the future we're gonna look back at online gambling and prediction markets in the same way we look now at cigarettes on airplanes and lead-based paint
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Hilarious to watch the NYT try to spin this as a strategy of some sorts rather than the act of a delusional madman who just loves bombs and violence
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Hilarious to watch the NYT try to spin this as a strategy of some sorts rather than the act of a delusional madman who just loves bombs and violence
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
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My commute home from work is littered with abandoned cars. Just sitting there, in the middle of the road. Windows broken out. Lives scooped up and taken away. Just like that.
February 9, 2026 at 11:54 PM
My commute home from work is littered with abandoned cars. Just sitting there, in the middle of the road. Windows broken out. Lives scooped up and taken away. Just like that.
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Raskin Shreds DOJ’s ‘Baffling’ Redactions, Like Email Contradicting Trump’s Claim He Kicked Epstein Out of Mar-A-Lago
www.mediaite.com/media/news/r...
www.mediaite.com/media/news/r...
Raskin Shreds DOJ’s ‘Baffling’ Redactions, Like Email Contradicting Trump’s Claim He Kicked Epstein Out of Mar-A-Lago
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) denounced the "tons of completely unnecessary redactions" the Department of Justice made in the Epstein files.
www.mediaite.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Raskin Shreds DOJ’s ‘Baffling’ Redactions, Like Email Contradicting Trump’s Claim He Kicked Epstein Out of Mar-A-Lago
www.mediaite.com/media/news/r...
www.mediaite.com/media/news/r...
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NEW: Law professor and scholar @stevevladeck.bsky.social joins me to explain the horrible late Friday ruling from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that will allow the Trump Administration to hold people in immigration detention WITHOUT BOND.
youtu.be/8wj4ZjMv-TA?...
youtu.be/8wj4ZjMv-TA?...
Judges MAKE MAJOR RULING on Trump’s INHUMANE Detention SCHEME
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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February 10, 2026 at 12:06 AM
NEW: Law professor and scholar @stevevladeck.bsky.social joins me to explain the horrible late Friday ruling from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that will allow the Trump Administration to hold people in immigration detention WITHOUT BOND.
youtu.be/8wj4ZjMv-TA?...
youtu.be/8wj4ZjMv-TA?...
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calls to return to “traditional indigenous agriculture” are calls for billions to die, it literally did lead to famine in Sri Lanka when it was tried, I’m firm believer that we should be bigger assholes to people hawking woo shit.
February 10, 2026 at 12:54 AM
calls to return to “traditional indigenous agriculture” are calls for billions to die, it literally did lead to famine in Sri Lanka when it was tried, I’m firm believer that we should be bigger assholes to people hawking woo shit.
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Jesus's name appears fewer times in the New Testament than Donald Trump's name appears in the Epstein files.
And most people think the New Testament is ALL about Jesus.
And most people think the New Testament is ALL about Jesus.
February 10, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Jesus's name appears fewer times in the New Testament than Donald Trump's name appears in the Epstein files.
And most people think the New Testament is ALL about Jesus.
And most people think the New Testament is ALL about Jesus.
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The SAVE act — another GOP effort to convert election lies into policy — would disenfranchise millions of voters. Congress is likely to vote on it this week. Sherrilyn’s article explains the urgency.
And here’s more context from the Bipartisan Policy Center: bipartisanpolicy.org/article/five...
And here’s more context from the Bipartisan Policy Center: bipartisanpolicy.org/article/five...
February 10, 2026 at 1:36 AM
The SAVE act — another GOP effort to convert election lies into policy — would disenfranchise millions of voters. Congress is likely to vote on it this week. Sherrilyn’s article explains the urgency.
And here’s more context from the Bipartisan Policy Center: bipartisanpolicy.org/article/five...
And here’s more context from the Bipartisan Policy Center: bipartisanpolicy.org/article/five...
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Pretty wild to me how many students were willing to occupy university buildings to protest something happening halfway around the world, but not in response to those very same universities caving to an authoritarian administration setting up concentration camps in our own borders
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Pretty wild to me how many students were willing to occupy university buildings to protest something happening halfway around the world, but not in response to those very same universities caving to an authoritarian administration setting up concentration camps in our own borders
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Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
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“Since AI was added to the device the FDA has received unconfirmed reports of at least 100 malfunctions & adverse events…Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads”
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
“Since AI was added to the device the FDA has received unconfirmed reports of at least 100 malfunctions & adverse events…Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads”
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When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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My Latest: Contrary to many doomsayers, it is not too late to protect the midterm elections. There are steps Democrats can take now — at both the state and federal levels — to safeguard our elections. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
It’s not too late for states and Congress to stop Trump from subverting the midterms
With only nine months before the midterm elections, Trump is plotting to prevent Democrats from taking control of Congress.
www.democracydocket.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
My Latest: Contrary to many doomsayers, it is not too late to protect the midterm elections. There are steps Democrats can take now — at both the state and federal levels — to safeguard our elections. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
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The people who support mass deportation policies never cared about whether people have "criminal records," and I caution people who want to stop mass deportations that they should not focus on the "criminal records" either.
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
The people who support mass deportation policies never cared about whether people have "criminal records," and I caution people who want to stop mass deportations that they should not focus on the "criminal records" either.
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Trump posted more than 60 times on Truth Social last night, but he handed his phone to an “unknown staffer” when the video depicting the Obamas as apes was posted?
GTFOH
GTFOH
February 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Trump posted more than 60 times on Truth Social last night, but he handed his phone to an “unknown staffer” when the video depicting the Obamas as apes was posted?
GTFOH
GTFOH
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No exaggeration, we can’t have a republic if this behavior becomes normalized
This is part of a pattern that is impeachable: Trump cuts previously appropriated Congressional funds, but only to states led by Democrats (California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota).
The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants “inconsistent with agency priorities,” according to documents reviewed by the NYT
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 PM
No exaggeration, we can’t have a republic if this behavior becomes normalized
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The news media needs to do a better job of explaining what this bill would mean to the average person.
It means that if your current name is not your birth name (true for millions of married women) and you don’t have a passport, you can’t vote.
It means that if your current name is not your birth name (true for millions of married women) and you don’t have a passport, you can’t vote.
February 9, 2026 at 11:46 PM
The news media needs to do a better job of explaining what this bill would mean to the average person.
It means that if your current name is not your birth name (true for millions of married women) and you don’t have a passport, you can’t vote.
It means that if your current name is not your birth name (true for millions of married women) and you don’t have a passport, you can’t vote.
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This thing would be a catastrophe
With Congress preparing another vote on the SAVE Act, advocates warn its documentation requirements could make registering to vote more difficult for millions of women—threatening both access to the ballot and progress toward gender parity in political power.
The SAVE Act Is Back—and Women’s Political Power Is on the Line
As Congress revives the SAVE Act, new proof-of-citizenship rules could reshape voter registration in ways that burden women voters.
msmagazine.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
This thing would be a catastrophe
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NEW: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to dramatically restrict mail-in voting nationwide and asking the justices to rule that ballots arriving after Election Day — even if mailed on time under state law — should not be counted.
Republicans ask Supreme Court to block states from counting legally cast mail ballots
If the Court sides with the RNC, millions of voters who depend on mail-in voting could be disenfranchised.
www.democracydocket.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
NEW: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to dramatically restrict mail-in voting nationwide and asking the justices to rule that ballots arriving after Election Day — even if mailed on time under state law — should not be counted.
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Trump posts a picture showing Canada and Greenland as part of the US. As I note today, his rhetoric violates the U.N. Charter: It requires members to “refrain … from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.” wapo.st/3MsWi3c
February 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Trump posts a picture showing Canada and Greenland as part of the US. As I note today, his rhetoric violates the U.N. Charter: It requires members to “refrain … from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.” wapo.st/3MsWi3c
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It's real and it's spectacular.
Bari Weiss bravely invites us to focus on the real fascism in Minneapolis
www.thefp.com/p/mob-rule-c...
www.thefp.com/p/mob-rule-c...
February 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It's real and it's spectacular.