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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 4h

So fishy!!! I actually made a separate public records request just to learn what was the special technology they claimed to use to recover the deleted messages. I even asked for the user manual, because that’s obviously not exempt. They refuse to provide any info.

Hello,

Please re-open this request and ensure that you fulfill your duty to assist and search, pursuant to California law and court ruling described below.

For example only:
If your response means that the Office of the Mayor doesn't have the records but a specific IT office or finance office does, this is a practical basis that can be overcome and you must suggest the correct place to request such records.
If my use of the phrase "specialized technology" is not appropriately worded, you must provide assistance to help me rephrase the request.
If there are releasable records related to the "specialized technology" which are not as obvious to request as user guides and billing information, you must assist me in identifying those releasable documents as they may be responsive to the purpose of the request.
To be clear, the purpose of this request is to understand the nature of the "specialized technologies" that the City of Los Angeles has to recover other records.

Thank you,
Adam

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 9h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 4h

This is quite a split screen:

➡️Trump & RFKjr layoff the top two leaders of the federal measles response team as part of CDC purge
⬅️Measles outbreak expands, hundreds of unvaccinated children hit with highly contagious disease

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

Scientists who focused on other infectious diseases, like an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also were let go.

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 23h

What a crock of shit from Marc Benioff — who appears willfully ignorant of news and facts and so thirsty for approval and attention from the Trump tech bros (who in the past mocked him relentlessly) that he is soiling himself in public www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 5h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 4h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 4h

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino said today that Brockman has “charges pending.” He also posted a photo of her in the ICE minivan after she was detained.

I asked how she wasn’t charged right away if she assaulted officers and what the charges will be but he hasn’t replied.

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eric shamow @botmatrix.myatproto.social · 4h

I know I have Salesforce friends and I know this is a company that has acquired a lot of functional teams, and where people feel a strong sense of togetherness and pride

It's never too late to rethink who you lend your vocal support & name to

Anil Dash @anildash.com · 4h

Would be a good time to shut down Dreamforce. If I have friends who are still speaking there, this is a good reason to cancel.

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 4h

Would be a good time to shut down Dreamforce. If I have friends who are still speaking there, this is a good reason to cancel.

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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gregorg @greg.org · 4h

Ok those are really nice!

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 5h

@greg.org they came. it turns out framebridge gives you extra reflective plexiglass at no extra cost. but i still like them. v happy with this decision.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

“We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close.”

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Hogan @lphogan.bsky.social · 9h

You never know where a historical treasure trove will show up!

Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 11h

“Thanks to the solidity of bearded vulture nest structures and their locations in the western Mediterranean… they have acted as [ #archivists], conserving historical material in good condition."

A shoe made from twigs and grass is 675 y.o. while a basket in the nest was woven about 150 years ago!!

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 23h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 8h

There are some nice silk science scarves in the sale section #sciart www.etsy.com/shop/artolog...

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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 11h

“I had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic...Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most.” futurism.com/future-socie...

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gregorg @greg.org · 10h

not me crying at yet another campaign ad

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Aruna D’Souza 🇨🇦 @arunadsouza.bsky.social · 11h

This is how politicians should be talking about trans folks. Period.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Kevin Buist @kevinbuist.com · 10h

Stop calling them “Democratic cities.” They are attacking American cities.

CNN @cnn.com · 13h

In the hours after a chaotic confrontation in Chicago last week that culminated with a federal agent shooting a local woman, top White House aide Stephen Miller delivered an urgent order to Department of Defense personnel: Prepare to send in the troops.

Stephen Miller emerges as key architect of Trump’s offensive on Democratic cities | CNN Politics

In the hours after a chaotic confrontation in Chicago last week that culminated with a federal agent shooting a local woman, top White House aide Stephen Miller delivered an urgent order to Department...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12h

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 12h

folks, youre not going to believe this but ive been reading revelations and the only way to keep the 7 seals secured and stave off the antichrist is to give me all your money

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 20h

CDC leaders asked staff to report if they’d received RIF notices—plus details like years of service and whether they’d been reinstated before.

Why?

Because these decisions weren’t made inside the agency. They came from political operatives outside CDC, apparently.

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 20h

The usual justification—that cuts were a “course correction”—wasn’t even attempted this time.

“This is clearly a political move to pressure Democrats,” one current CDC official told Inside Medicine. “Many who were RIF’d were working on emergencies.”

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 21h

It's so reassuring to see the promise of competent and principled leadership. And behind him stands the magnificent Maya Wiley, who could have been our *current* mayor.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Mamdani: I run against a disgraced former governor who, in this moment, has chosen to issue a statement in which he cannot even say the name Tish James, nor the name Donald Trump.

If you cannot say Trump’s name today—how will you stand up to him tomorrow?

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