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Tom McGrath @tcmcg.bsky.social · 10h

The last face you see before the axe:

Willie the Wildcat, Northwestern, growling

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 16h

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 11h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 16h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Scary Kristen @berry198.bsky.social · 3h

He’s where charisma goes to die

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 14h

Commentary: Ohio’s JD Vance tells whoppers like his boss, but with no charisma he can’t get away with it. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/10/o...

Ohio's JD Vance tells whoppers like his boss, but with no charisma he can't get away with it • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio's former US Senator and now Vice President JD Vance has flat out declared his willingness “to create stories” for political purposes. But while Vance tells whoppers just as flagrant as his boss,…

ohiocapitaljournal.com

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 16h

The deportation order derives from the crime of which he has now been exonerated.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 10h

Idk who reported it first but please credit the Northwestern Wildcats with getting James Franklin fired

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 9h

The two horsemen of the Penn-podcalypse.

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

Thinking about the condiment sow again.

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Scary Kristen @berry198.bsky.social · 16h

The harm this administration happily does to the American People is horrifying.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 1d

“I’ve spoken with over two-dozen rather senior people in the datacenter universe, and there was an interesting and overriding theme to our conversations; no one understands how the financial math is supposed to work. They are as baffled as I am, and they do this for a living.”

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Stephanie Burt @notquitehydepark.bsky.social · 1d

Seems bad

Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 1d

Data centers in Loudon County, Virginia (one of the most affluent places in the US) drive up utility charges in West Virginia (one of the poorest states in the country).

mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/10/05/r...

Data centers in other states are raising power costs in West Virginia

West Virginians are seeing higher power costs as AI and data centers increase electricity demand across the regional power grid.

mountainstatespotlight.org

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

If you’re at the state fair today for Red River, why not try Dubai Chocolate Bacon? A real thing they are selling?

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Lake Huron! Live! @lake-huron.live · 1d

Current* conditions near Mackinaw City, MI:

Northeastern view of the Mackinac Bridge in the distance traversing the Straits of Mackinac with Lake Huron in the foreground. // Image captured at: 2025-10-11 13:58:17 UTC (about 15 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Mackinaw City: 55.99 F | 13.33 C // Precip: few clouds // Wind: NNE at 13.802 mph | 22.21 kph // Humidity: 78%

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1d

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

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Thurber House @thurberhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Look who stopped by #Thurber House: Mr. Elvis Costello himself! 😎

It's no secret that Elvis is a big #JamesThurber fan. He even made an epic new addition to Jamie's bedroom closet: "Elvis Costello: The singer who bit people!" 😉😂

#asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #columbusohio

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

They're literally installing Racism Dial bsky.app/profile/numb...

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Jan 15

vox populi

Altman: thanks a lot for these! some common requests:

AGI (a little patience please)
GPT-5
better voice mode
higher rate limits
better GPTs
better reasoning
control over degree of wokeness/behavior
video
personalization
better browsing
'sign in with openai
open source

Quoting:
what would you like openai to build/fix in 2024?

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Tim Recuber @timrecuber.bsky.social · 1d

I imagine people used to admire and envy JP Morgan & Rockefeller. They might have been cutthroat but they built libraries and gave to charities and enjoyed their wealth. This generations titans of industry have largely driven themselves mad. Nobody envies or admires Mr. Antichrist here.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel delivered four off-the-record lectures in San Francisco, connecting government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future, according to recordings reviewed by The Post.