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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 36m

The Young Republican chat leak isn’t about “kids telling jokes.” It’s about a culture that’s been decades in the making—from the Southern Strategy to Trump’s open embrace of white nationalism. J.D. Vance’s defense of it shows how far the party has fallen.
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The GOP’s Long Dance With Racism

The leaked Young Republican chat shows a party culture decades in the making

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 38m

Not the WSJ having the only even moderately acceptable push alert here.

NYT and NBC with basic journalism fails here.

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Breaking News
President Trump pardoned the billionaire founder of the
cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Changpeng Zhao.
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Trump pardons crypto executive
Changpeng Zhao, who served four months in prison after pleading guilty to enabling money laundering at Binance
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Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, whose crypto exchange has been boosting the Trump family's own crypto venture

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 42m

Visegrád24 are the enemy.

Unmasking Visegrád24: Tracing the People, Money, and Political Connections - VSquare.org

Visegrád24 became famous for its anti-Muslim and anti-migration stance as well as waves of disinformation. A recent report by the Centre for Information Integrity in Africa (CINIA) brings to light a p...

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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 13d

FSB boss: “Sergei, you post frog to make America Nazi”

Sergei: “Da”

Boss: “Why is frog now Antifa?”

Sergei: “…”

Boss: “Сергей!!!!”

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 13d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 44m

Maybe that was the source of the claim? Again bad memory but as I recall that was around in the 50s I think? If so dropping it in the mid 80s is maybe less controversial

Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 48m

As a side note… that point at the end there about remotely identifying the receiving frequency of a radio without requiring a visual is a cool capability. Trying to remember where I read it but I was shocked when I learned how early the Brit’s were onto that sniffing out numbers station recipients.

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 54m

I‘m well out of my depth here but.. that they tried to prosecute him for this feels entirely legitimate no?

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 58m

I haven’t actually read spycatcher.. but the impression I had of the books contents was actually very problematic. Not putting my hands in the fire on that one, I’m going with minimal context and a bad memory.

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 1h

As I recall Peter Wright even made that threat explicitly that they either back off right now or he would go nuclear from the relative safety of Australia.

Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 1h

I don’t mean to oversimplify it but there’s a very obvious answer right there I think too. I just generally wouldn’t recommend trying to blackmail an intelligence agency but as far as I can tell both him and Peter wright did exactly that and walked. Just a random guys impression nothing more.

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 1h

World’s most predictable outcome. Also if you ever encounter someone pulling this in real life please don't hesitate to break their shit on the spot.

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2h

People are opening up Meta AI Ray Ban glasses and modding out the LED recording light, then selling them on eBay. There is huge interest in disabling this functionality, which means basically you cannot trust anyone wearing these (i'm sure you already weren't)

www.404media.co/how-to-disab...

A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light

Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe blackmail is a bit dramatic of a term but most people don’t tend to talk their way out of situations like that. I know even less about the spycatcher affair but that also gave me that impression in a bunch of ways. Let’s call it a mutual understanding I guess 🤷‍♂️

Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 1h

Appreciate the insight. On one hand it looks somewhat like he blackmailed them as an outsider but in a more practical sense, I never heard him say another thing in public after that point which was probably a good outcome to be honest and has some parallels I think here that feel relevant.

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 3h

the way you lot are just lighting your reputations of fire with this drivel is mind blowing.

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 13h

had to put this one together from the archives but: called it again

Twitter conversation:
kthorjensen: Didn't know that Matt Gaetz's fiancee is VR soy-pepe Palmer Luckey's sister. I guess pedophiles really do stick together
palmerluckey: Is there a reason you think I am a pedophile, or are you just an idiot?
kthorjensen: Just playing the odds

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 4h

who needs a work-life balance when the boss is waiting for an update to his anime goonbot waifu that makes it jiggle in just the right way?

JA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com · 10h

Absolutely obsessed with framing your employees sleeping on the floor as a humble brag

“Look how hard my team works” no dude you’re just bad at project management.

Competent companies ship products without cosplaying being homeless

A tweet by Mark Kretschmann showing two photos of the xAI office on Grokipedia release day. The office is filled with small camping tents set up between desks and along hallways, suggesting that engineers have been sleeping there while working late. The caption notes it’s early morning and the engineers are still in their tents, joking that a good night’s sleep does wonders.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 4h

Since the “ceasefire,” Netanyahu has killed 100+ Palestinians, has continued to restrict aid into Gaza, banned all UN investigators, & still enforces an international media blackout.

And billionaire owned Washington Post runs this pro genocide editorial. Why do you still have a Wash Post sub?

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 4h

I just need to remind everyone that Donald Trump is NOT leaving office in 2028. In 10 months he has:

- disbanded the Federal Election Commission, who oversees elections
- has the Supreme Court overturning the Voting Rights Act to give him ~20 more seats in Congress

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he'll push for paper ballots

TRUMP ALLIES SUE TO ALLOW ELECTION OFFICIALS TO REFUSE TO CERTIFY RESULTS
The America First Policy Institute is representing an election-denying election official who wants the discretion to refuse to certify results

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 6h

Makes sense in that its absolutely the party of choice for people who have fucked up their own lives and their kids won’t talk to them anymore etc… the level of self loathing is actually incredibly high among them.

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Jesse Myerson @jessemyerson.bsky.social · 1d

You never met a bigger critic than Bret Stephens of “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” nor a bigger proponent of courageously engaging in argumentation and embracing discomfort.

Until someone advocates for Palestinian human rights. Then he shrivels up into a whimpering, tearful, quaking mess.

Opinion
Free Speech and the Necessity of Discomfort
By Bret Stephens
Feb. 22, 2018

Opinion
ON CAMPUS
Leave Your Safe Spaces:
The 2017 Commencement Address at Hampden-Sydney College
By Bret Stephens
May 15, 2017

Opinion
The Dying Art of Disagreement
By Bret Stephens
Sept. 24, 2017

OPINION
BRET STEPHENS
Why Mamdani
Frightens Jews Like Me
Oct. 21, 2025

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Anthony McIntyre @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social · 6h

A Trump Treat

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 6h

Heroiam slava

Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 6h

Gray-haired man in civilian coat runs into flames at Kharkiv kindergarten hit by Russian drones y'day. Emerges with child—pink pants and slippers visible under his jacket. Goes back in.

2 journalists recognized him 👇

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 8h

why are they always hyper fucking focused on age of consent laws…?

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 8h

Not yet willing to make claims about exactly *how* they go about this but my main takeaway is that they are just not going to put themselves in a position where a loss is possible.

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.bsky.social · 12h

"Politicians from Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the eastern state of Thuringia have been accused of filing parliamentary questions on sensitive issues as a way of spying for Russia." DW
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Germany: Far-right lawmakers accused of spying for Russia – DW – 10/22/2025

Lawmakers from the AfD in Thuringia have been accused of trying to gain sensitive data for Russia with parliamentary inquiries. AfD called the allegations "bizarre conspiracy theories."

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