Steve Townsend ❌👑
@stevetownsend0.bsky.social
Brit in NYC, computer programming lifer.
#SlavaUkraini #StandWithIsrael
Zionist & Bonds Dogs ally, Bluesky fella not for-profit
@pef-moderation.org - subjective labeling of disinfo and hate speech
#SlavaUkraini #StandWithIsrael
Zionist & Bonds Dogs ally, Bluesky fella not for-profit
@pef-moderation.org - subjective labeling of disinfo and hate speech
Pinned
What if instead of trying to deplatform bad actors, #NAFO crowd-moderates them?
NAFO Forum fallacy bot plus shiba horde -> a Labeler for people who want to avoid X-ification
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
NAFO Forum fallacy bot plus shiba horde -> a Labeler for people who want to avoid X-ification
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
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The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment
steady.page
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
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Guess who's behind X accounts like RedPilledNurse or Ivanka Trump News? People outside the US. And social media companies are rewarding the creators for it. @evystadium.bsky.social has more:
Full story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social: www.404media.co/americas-pol...
Full story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social: www.404media.co/americas-pol...
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Guess who's behind X accounts like RedPilledNurse or Ivanka Trump News? People outside the US. And social media companies are rewarding the creators for it. @evystadium.bsky.social has more:
Full story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social: www.404media.co/americas-pol...
Full story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social: www.404media.co/americas-pol...
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Universities that measure success solely or mainly by the % of new grads who get jobs right away isn't really a university: it's a trade school.
That's not a knock against trade schools: they play a valuable role in any society.
It's a knock against universities betraying their mission.
That's not a knock against trade schools: they play a valuable role in any society.
It's a knock against universities betraying their mission.
Almost no STEM graduate of my acquaintance was taught basic concepts of labor supply and demand, empirical organizational dynamics, or recent economic history, making them enormously vulnerable in their professional lives. This is disciplinary arrogance but it serves external interests as well. 2/2
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Universities that measure success solely or mainly by the % of new grads who get jobs right away isn't really a university: it's a trade school.
That's not a knock against trade schools: they play a valuable role in any society.
It's a knock against universities betraying their mission.
That's not a knock against trade schools: they play a valuable role in any society.
It's a knock against universities betraying their mission.
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The old American saying "if you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" has it exactly wrong, as we see vividly illustrated by the wealthy, malevolent actors hell-bent on destroying every public good that has made the US prosperous...they're rich, but only "smart" in a reptilian, predatory way.
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The old American saying "if you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" has it exactly wrong, as we see vividly illustrated by the wealthy, malevolent actors hell-bent on destroying every public good that has made the US prosperous...they're rich, but only "smart" in a reptilian, predatory way.
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"a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent"
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
NEW: Data on Russian forces’ rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent. Russian advances elsewhere on the frontline have been opportunistic and exploited seasonal weather. ⬇️🧵
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent"
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
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From lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, to taking on the media-backed gambling lobby, there was much to praise and far less to criticise in the Chancellor’s annual statement, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
The Good News in Rachel Reeves' Budget
From lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, to taking on the media-backed gambling lobby, there was much to praise and far less to criticise in the Chancellor's annual statement, ar...
bylinetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
From lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, to taking on the media-backed gambling lobby, there was much to praise and far less to criticise in the Chancellor’s annual statement, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
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There's still time to participate in this fundraiser. Americans - your donation is tax deductible!! My family just donated.
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Tooniacs came through once again—$𝟴,𝟭𝟭𝟵 raised with @libertyukraine.bsky.social to bring smiles to the children of #Ukraine ’s fallen and missing defenders💙💛
Missed us yesterday? No worries—Orthodox #ToonieTuesday is still rolling, and the wishing well is open!
⤵️1/2
Tooniacs came through once again—$𝟴,𝟭𝟭𝟵 raised with @libertyukraine.bsky.social to bring smiles to the children of #Ukraine ’s fallen and missing defenders💙💛
Missed us yesterday? No worries—Orthodox #ToonieTuesday is still rolling, and the wishing well is open!
⤵️1/2
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
There's still time to participate in this fundraiser. Americans - your donation is tax deductible!! My family just donated.
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Cover Reveal!
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Cover Reveal!
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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The so-called peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia will fail. It is inevitable. Putin‘s objective - the destruction of Ukraine (and the USA) - will never stop for as long he draws breath. He crossed the point of no return a long time ago.
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The so-called peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia will fail. It is inevitable. Putin‘s objective - the destruction of Ukraine (and the USA) - will never stop for as long he draws breath. He crossed the point of no return a long time ago.
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1/ Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin warns from his jail cell that Ukraine and the EU have no reason to accept the Dmitriev-Witkoff proposals to end the war, because Russia is currently incapable of inflicting a strategic defeat on Ukraine, despite local tactical victories. ⬇️
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
1/ Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin warns from his jail cell that Ukraine and the EU have no reason to accept the Dmitriev-Witkoff proposals to end the war, because Russia is currently incapable of inflicting a strategic defeat on Ukraine, despite local tactical victories. ⬇️
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#Pokrovsk: I'm attaching an interview with the commander of the 7th Corps defending the city, Brigadier General Yevhen Lasiychuk. nv.ua/ukr/ukraine/...
«Оточення немає». Що зараз відбувається у Покровську, на найгарячішій ділянці фронту — інтервʼю з командиром 7-го корпусу ДШВ Ласійчуком
Бригадний генерал Євген Ласійчук, корпус якого боронить Покровськ та Мирноград, пояснив NV, що роблять українські десантники, аби стримати атаки 150 тис. росіян на міста, захоплення яких стало ціллю №...
nv.ua
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
#Pokrovsk: I'm attaching an interview with the commander of the 7th Corps defending the city, Brigadier General Yevhen Lasiychuk. nv.ua/ukr/ukraine/...
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Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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It would be conceptually simpler to think of DOGE as a real government agency with clearly known leadership, employees, legal structure, and mandate. But DOGE is nothing like that and never has been. So, "DOGE is over" headlines are inherently ambiguous to the point of being misleading.
I feel like this has always been the case since day 1, Musk dodged questions about it and gave different replies depending on convenience, any attempt at accountability has been met with “well I’m not responsible for that and I don’t know who is” ect
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It would be conceptually simpler to think of DOGE as a real government agency with clearly known leadership, employees, legal structure, and mandate. But DOGE is nothing like that and never has been. So, "DOGE is over" headlines are inherently ambiguous to the point of being misleading.
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“Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks” 11/20/25 … 1/
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
Exclusive: Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros Discovery
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks” 11/20/25 … 1/
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Ukraine relations get even more chaotic. Two factions - Kushner/Witkoff and Vance/Driscoll - are both freelancing to set US policy: cutting out the State Dept, pushing Ukraine to surrender, then leaking to press to claim they are official. Why? Putin is desperate and has called in his assets. A 🧵 1/
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Ukraine relations get even more chaotic. Two factions - Kushner/Witkoff and Vance/Driscoll - are both freelancing to set US policy: cutting out the State Dept, pushing Ukraine to surrender, then leaking to press to claim they are official. Why? Putin is desperate and has called in his assets. A 🧵 1/
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It didn’t take long for Pavel Durov to go from a mysterious, semi-exiled Russian ’tech genius’ to a Russian anti-West disinformation and conspiracy-theory spreader
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It didn’t take long for Pavel Durov to go from a mysterious, semi-exiled Russian ’tech genius’ to a Russian anti-West disinformation and conspiracy-theory spreader
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If one of the Muslim countries that have a travel-based economy bans an extremist or terrorist group, we need to be looking at that seriously.
It’s not because they’re Islamophobic; we have to be able to talk about this stuff.
It’s not because they’re Islamophobic; we have to be able to talk about this stuff.
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If one of the Muslim countries that have a travel-based economy bans an extremist or terrorist group, we need to be looking at that seriously.
It’s not because they’re Islamophobic; we have to be able to talk about this stuff.
It’s not because they’re Islamophobic; we have to be able to talk about this stuff.
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"Abandon Ukraine to save our powder for China" was always either for cynics or useful idiots.
America’s Heel Turn
Whose side are we on?
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"Abandon Ukraine to save our powder for China" was always either for cynics or useful idiots.
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The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.
www.nextgov.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
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Pro-MAGA X accounts operating secretly from abroad spread 31 significant false claims about U.S. politics, ranging from supposed corruption by Democrats to a phony Ukrainian assassination plot, a NewsGuard review has found.
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Pro-MAGA X accounts operating secretly from abroad spread 31 significant false claims about U.S. politics, ranging from supposed corruption by Democrats to a phony Ukrainian assassination plot, a NewsGuard review has found.
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A new feature on X showed that lots of hugely popular MAGA accounts were secretly based overseas. Donald Trump keeps sharing their posts anyway. from @davidgilbert.bsky.social
Trump Is Boosting MAGA X Accounts Operating Overseas
A new feature on X revealed that many influential MAGA accounts are not actually based in the US. President Donald Trump has continued sharing their posts anyway.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A new feature on X showed that lots of hugely popular MAGA accounts were secretly based overseas. Donald Trump keeps sharing their posts anyway. from @davidgilbert.bsky.social
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"Homophobia-teasing Democrats would do well to consider that when it comes to setting up a bigger political tent, humiliation is not as effective as persuasion."
Why Are Democrats Teasing Homophobia in New Attacks on MAGA?
The strategy demeans an important constituency of the party without providing an obvious political gain.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"Homophobia-teasing Democrats would do well to consider that when it comes to setting up a bigger political tent, humiliation is not as effective as persuasion."
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We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago begins in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
snyder.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago begins in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...