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Matthewせいじ @matthewseiji.com · Aug 14

It’s 2050 and a teen girl is torrenting a .tar.gz file of all the consciousnesses of all the tech bros who uploaded themselves into the cloud in a bid for immortality and modding them into The Sims 4

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 6h

Narrative über alles.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Noem claims Portland hid their war zone from her.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Can you hear the words coming out of your mouth, Megan?

Yes, the guy who received so many threats because of your own actions he had to flee to Europe isn’t the real victim. No. You are, because people called you out.

Megyn Doyle, a student at Rutgers and the treasurer for the Turning Point USA chapter who started the Change.org petition to remove Bray, told Fox News Digital in a statement that Di Filippo's petition is slanderous.
"The petition once again proves that Conservative students are always on the receiving end of hate when speaking about concerning issues," Doyle said.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

The Rutgers TPUSA chapter — whose characterization of a historian there as a “outspoken, well-known antifa member” led to death threats and moving his family to Europe — think *other* people are being “blatantly defamatory.”

Not them, though. They’re doing politics the right way.

Rutgers TPUSA officers slam petition to shut down chapter, ‘Blatantly defamatory’

Alexander Di Filippo accuses Turning Point USA of inciting violence against Antifa handbook author Mark Bray.

www.foxnews.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7h

From today's TRO hearing in Illinois v. Trump, Judge April Perry:

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 9h

Perry: "I agree with you about the seriousness of threats, generally, across the United States right now. I don't think there's a single public servant, really, who is not being subject to threats.

"Mine started about 10 minutes after I got this case."

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 6h

and that's why we don't trust private equity

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 8h

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 7h

stealing this phrase. "easier to move gigabits than gigawatts".

John Looney @bigvalen.bsky.social · 8h

You do lose some power, even at 200kV.

The real problem is that grids are under enormous pressure to allow new connections, and can delay adding wind farms and solar parks for YEARS. This can be called stranded power, and big power users chase it.

It's easier to move gigabits than gigawatts.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9h

The European Commission is going to investigate allegations that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government placed intelligence officers in Brussels to gather information on EU institutions and recruit an EU official.

www.reuters.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 5h

If you don't want people to call you the Gestapo, maybe try not acting like the Gestapo? 🤔

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Jean-Paul (JP) Jassy @jpjassy.bsky.social · 5h

Ninth Circuit just ended appeals from denial of anti-SLAPP motions in federal court, overturning 20+ years of precedent. From a practical standpoint, massively consequential case. From a principled standpoint, major blow to free expression. Bad.

cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...

cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 5h

I think if any Dem said this they'd find themselves absolutely drowning in support. It has to MATTER that this is happening and that we won't just pretend it's over and move on. Because that is literally how we got here. Again.

Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 5h

Exactly. I want Democratic leadership that are openly letting us know that if/when the clock turns, there will be Nuremberg Trials for the fascists that have taken control of this country.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 6h

Be nice if any single national Democrat promised to hold these fuckwads accountable for malicious prosecution should the wheel ever turn around.

But, whatever. Everybody who opposes Trump will just have to weather this bullshit.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 7h

We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 8h

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

incredibly, bleakly funny that trump is going after christopher wray, who spent his entire tenure at the fbi with his head down desperately trying to avoid trump's attention and did nothing to protect the bureau from trump's attacks www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Other prosecutors are investigating former CIA director John Brennan, another prominent Trump critic, and former FBI director Christopher Wray, who was originally appointed by Trump but enraged conservatives who came to believe he had wielded the bureau’s powers against them. Former officials have received subpoenas in recent days in the Wray inquiry, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Tormented🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social · 5h

I've said it before, but it's remarkable how quickly the feds have managed to piss away the seemingly ironclad presumption of candor & credibility they enjoyed with federal judges.

They've lied so shamelessly, flagrantly, & frequently that judges have decided not to be played for fools any more.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5h

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 6h

#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 8h

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 8h

"one week after the White House boasted that Trump 'is a strong supporter of free speech,' the president declared — out loud, on the record and in public — that he and his team 'took the freedom of speech away,' referring to developments that did not and cannot happen:"
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

‘We took the freedom of speech away’: On First Amendment, Trump says quiet part loud

A week after the White House boasted that Trump “is a strong supporter of free speech,” the president’s legal gibberish pointed in the opposite direction.

www.msnbc.com

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 10h

Hamilton: “The court doesn’t have to decide what a rebellion is.”
Perry: “I think I do.”

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 10h

Perry: DOJ's definition of rebellion would mean that
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 10h

NEW: A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring Chicago-area fed agents from several violent actions they’ve taken against journalists, activists and “religious practitioners” protesting ICE — including Rev. Black, a plaintiff in the case. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

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Natanael, Tech janitor @natanael.bsky.social · 15h

arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/b...

Bank of England warns AI stock bubble rivals 2000 dotcom peak

Central bank says market concentration hasn’t been this extreme in 50 years.

arstechnica.com

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Natanael, Tech janitor @natanael.bsky.social · 1d

Roughly my take on it

Natanael, Tech janitor @natanael.bsky.social · Sep 28

Self quote, when in disagreement, you should appeal to the highest set of values that your opponent holds, neither go higher nor lower.

(or else they'll never truly believe your argument)

And as a corollary - if they have no values, do not appeal to them

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

If I'm hearing the Speaker and Republican leadership right in this press conference they are now saying they will keep the House in recess for the fourth week in a row as troops and federal workers start missing their paychecks

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