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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

BREAKING: President Donald Trump is activating up to 400 Texas National Guard personnel for deployment to Oregon, Illinois and possibly elsewhere, per Hegseth memo in court filing.

California governor says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Trump administration is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 8d

At one point this guy is like “I’m not arguing the merits of it, but the politics” and why the fuck not dude?! Maybe the problem with the media is that you’re NOT ARGUING THE MERITS OF IF SOMETHING IS TRUE OR NOT

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

DOKOUPIL: Republicans says what you're really fighting for is taxpayer dollars for illegal aliens. I know that's not strictly true--

ELIZABETH WARREN: Excuse me, not strictly true? It is a flat out lie!

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 11d

I’m becoming more and more concerned that people at high levels of public discussion cannot identify the difference between a genuinely viral conversation vs a bunch of bots making noise.

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 11d

“Bots or likely bots authored 44.5% of X posts mentioning Cracker Barrel in the 24 hours after the new logo gained attention on Aug. 20, according to research for ⁦‪@WSJ‬⁩ by PeakMetrics. That number rose to 49% among posts calling for a boycott.”

Bot Networks Are Helping Drag Consumer Brands Into the Culture Wars

AI tools have made coordinated attacks targeting corporations much more common, researchers say.

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Matt Largey @mattlargey.bsky.social · 12d

isn't that the... opposite of how copyright works?

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 12d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 12d

remember when you were a CHILD? wasn't life BETTER then? now it's all SCARY.

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Matt Largey @mattlargey.bsky.social · 13d

So, uh, when this doesn’t happen (because it’s completely fake) … what then?

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 13d

Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 15d

🤷🏿‍♂️

Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say

Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 15d

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

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Matt Largey @mattlargey.bsky.social · 16d

This is probably what that Rapture guy’s prophesy was about

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 16d

“Ultimately, the outcome was the agency was left broken and understaffed,” said Chad Becker, a former GSA real estate official. “They didn’t have the people they needed to carry out basic functions.”
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Incredible waste and incompetence

Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE

Hundreds of laid-off federal employees who managed government workspaces are being called back to their jobs as the Trump administration walks back plans to slash its real estate portfolio.

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 17d

In its redistricting filings, Texas now claims that the DOJ letter about coalition districts was just a “ham-fisted” effort “to provide political cover for Texas to engage in partisan redistricting.” #txlege

drive.google.com/file/d/1e7iP...

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𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖐𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝕻𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖘 @doomdisco.bsky.social · 18d

LOL

A representative for GWAR told The Post, "Normalizing violence? Humans don't need GWAR for that. There is nothing normal about the Looney Toon violence acted out on a GWAR stage. GWAR is absurdist spectacle. GWAR is to violence what the New York Post is to journalism. Ridiculous."

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Matt Largey @mattlargey.bsky.social · 20d

Isn’t that true of every two weeks?

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 26d

The far right really are leaning into the apocalyptic nature of #CharlieKirk's death.

Here's right-wing influencer Sam Hyde:

"What happens in next two weeks is going to determine the future of mankind. That's not hyperbole. That's just how it is."

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 21d

this exists it is called thinking

Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 23d

I'm not sure about this branding but I'm not the billionaire business genius

Mark Zuckerberg presenting his Pervert Glasses for perverts

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onion person @junlper.beer · 22d

the hysteria has gone off the rails so far that the average american thinks 1 in 5 people are transgender. pure absolute insanity that is driving the current lavender scare

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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 23d

Headlines on the Bloomberg Terminal from Air Force One:

*TRUMP: TV LICENSES SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY IF BAD PUBLICITY FOR ME
*TRUMP: IF TV SHOWS 'HIT TRUMP' SHOULD BE DISCUSSED ON LICENSES
*TRUMP ON TV SHOWS CRITICIZING HIM: THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO

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Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 24d

Nexstar is currently awaiting approval from the FCC and FTC on a $6.2 Billion acquisition of TEGNA.

TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 24d

This is...something

Nexstar, one of largest owners of TV stations in the country, is pre-empting JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE "for the foreseeable future":

"Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming."

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Matt Largey @mattlargey.bsky.social · 24d

when you're taking things very seriously in your podcast studio

Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 24d

"All I can say for me in the work I do is that I want to create a space that takes our disagreements seriously, that takes the stakes of them seriously, the consequences for people seriously, but does so without deepening our divisions irreparably. We are going to have to live here with each other"

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Matt Largey @mattlargey.bsky.social · 25d

This seems like…not a lot of money?

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 25d

McDonald’s said Monday it plans to invest $200 million over the next seven years to promote regenerative agriculture practices on cattle ranches.

McDonald's plans $200 million investment to promote regenerative practices on US cattle ranches

McDonald’s said Monday it plans to invest $200 million over the next seven years to promote regenerative agriculture practices on cattle ranches.

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Matt Largey @mattlargey.bsky.social · 26d

Anyone in Austin have a t-shirt cannon I can borrow?

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Matt Largey @mattlargey.bsky.social · 26d

Moxie rules. Diet Moxie is even better.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 29d

yeesh so much disinfo out there about the gunman

"Notices bulges, OWO whats this?"
- Meme about furries/roleplaying; not political

"hey fascist! Catch! Up, right, down x3"
- From Helldivers 2, satirical game, you nuke 'fascist' aliens even though you're a fascist yourself; the code launches a bomb

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