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@ignominious.bsky.social

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If you think “hearing from all sides” is a useful way to spend your time, you may have too much time on your hands. Give me sound logic or talk to someone else. My time is too valuable for nonsense. Apologies in advance. I don’t read or repost Substack.

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Good Grief @ignominious.bsky.social · Jan 6

I hear that, occasionally. I countered that mindset early by posting a giant “WHAT IF EVERYBODY DID THAT?” sign in the classroom.
It came up again the other day regarding leash laws.
Reasoning: Why are you mad? His dog is behaving very well without a leash.
Rebuttal: *Taps the sign*

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 2h

HOLY FUCKING SHIT.

Actually, nearly ALL of it is due to the expiration of the enhanced tax credits.

I feel a rage-induced blog post coming on...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

THUNE: These premiums are going up a little bit b/c of the expiration of the enhanced tax credits

VITALI: I think people hearing their premiums are doubling don't feel that it's a little bit

T: I'm just saying only a small part of that is attributable to the expiration of the enhanced tax credits

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Nikki Budzinski @budzinski.house.gov · 29m

Researchers at the University of Illinois’ Prairie Research Institute are developing innovative solutions to our top public health and national security challenges. The Trump administration cancelling their funding to retaliate against Democrats is unprecedented, unjustified, and unacceptable.

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WIRED @wired.com · 1h

Then there's Russ Taylor. "It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement."

(Editor's note: Taylor was plead guilty to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack. He was later pardoned by Trump.)
www.wired.com/story/owning...

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Good Grief @ignominious.bsky.social · 21m

I had no idea! Thanks so much for the thread. I don’t remember when I followed him or why—only that there were a punch of reputable names on his Following list, so I didn’t think much about it.

Good Grief @ignominious.bsky.social · 42m

Off to research if it’s even legal to build your own computer in the US…

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 2h

I'd say "let's burn it all down" but putting AI in everything will kind of burn it down for us, soooooo

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 2h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 2h

jesus christ. delete your twitter accounts asap

onion person @junlper.beer · 18h

important note from libcrusher:

Reactivating temporarily to send a warning.
Since I got doxxed, it appears the same doxxing ring has targeted several other users. I learned that they were banned this week, only for Elon to, apparently, personally unban them. I feel obliged to warn everyone about my experience.

It wasn't just my personal information that got published. Someone, somewhere, got my passwords too. For my banking accounts, brokerage accounts, venmo, etc.
Most of which had different and unique passwords. All these attempts started the day i got doxxed, and have sporadically continued since.

If you know anyone who's been doxxed by this group, you need to have them change all their passwords on every website immediately. Ensure 2FA and any other security measures are in place everywhere.
And, wherever possible, document and report it. Frankly, if you're a lefty of any note, do it now too

If anyone was also a victim of this or knows someone who was, there are ways to reach me. I wish I could go into more details right now. But until that time comes, protect yourself.

I will be deactivating in 20 minutes.
Hopefully, that's enough time for the warning to get out.

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 2h

I’m guessing you haven’t even hard of this case: San Antonio Police Officers shot and killed Melissa Perez in 2023.

Now, her daughter is hoping a criminal trial will mark the first time murder charges stick for on-duty officers in the city.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/16/s...

‘The Video Speaks for Itself.’ An Historic Murder Case Puts San Antonio Officers on Trial.

San Antonio police officers had never been charged with murder for an on-the-job shooting. Now, a courthouse is packed for an historic trial.

thebarbedwire.com

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Good Grief @ignominious.bsky.social · 50m

Wait, though. I have to understand this…like…as a mom.
I’ve said some dumb stuff when mad, but using the r word is something that has NEVER occurred to me; not even my youngest, dumbest, flirted-with-socialism-for-a-hot-minute self.
What’s normal? Am *I* weird???😳

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15h

What's your rewrite? "President Trump on Wednesday issued a document claiming he could grant himself powers not granted to him to snatch up federal funds the Constitution grants Congress jurisdiction over, in a move sure to meet with legal challenges."

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 2h

I know I’m constantly beating the drum for building more housing to lower rent.

But I confess that I never thought about the downstream rent-related consequences of ICE. So I’m going to spend my recipe for affordable housing to 2 steps:

1. Build more housing.

2. Abolish ICE.

ICE activity is stressing Chicago's building managers, who warn rents could rise

Frightened by federal agents, some tenants can't pay rent on time after missing work, while maintenance staff aren't showing up to job sites. Property owners and managers worry continued ICE activity ...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Good Grief @ignominious.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you thank you thank you!

Sorry for sounding like a mom. I’m just big on cheering little, principled stands. These are way bigger than protests to me.❤️

Good Grief @ignominious.bsky.social · 1h

I don’t think conservatives on the court are reachable in their current I-am-so-far-above-the-common-riff-raff-with-my-big-thoughts mode. They’re convinced they’re operating on a higher plane of logic than the rest of us mortals, and I don’t see that changing until their pedestal gets trimmed.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2h

I am happy to have them come to this realization while they are riding the circuit, working in cubicles without clerks, & serving as 6 of 25 on an expanded Court

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Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 2h

Society needs to let them come to this realization without ridicule or claims of hypocrisy or intellectual inconsistency

Basic human behavior: if they feel like they will incur costs for reining it in, they will not do it

And they need to do it - it is a ruling incompatible with democracy

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 2h

deploying the editor's note like solid snake with the chokeout

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Cersei Trannister 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️🦋 @qadishtujessica.inanna.app · 2h

“i was married, but i’m not married anymore. women don’t like the vehicle.”

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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 2h

Speaking with the dead, or necromancy, is explicitly forbidden in the bible multiple times

Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 2h

Churches showing an AI Charlie Kirk telling congregants, through an artificial voice, not to let evil win is a new level of instrumentalizing the dead.

When Trump goes, I think we’re going to see the same thing. Visions and AI slop will abound. Prophecies and messages from beyond the grave.

Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 2h

I wrote about how MAGA is being shaped by a politics of immortality, how Charlie Kirk’s martyrdom reflects this, and what it could mean for the future of Trumpism. Read at @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/the-last-ene...

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2h

NEWS: CBS News head of standards Claudia Milne has quit. It was announced in the network’s 9 am editorial meeting. Bari Weiss was not on the call. According to a source, Milne gave thanks but did not say why she’s leaving the network.

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Lucas Seehafer PhD @seehafer.bsky.social · 2h

The Q collar is one of those things that, if you have even a little knowledge of how concussions occur, is obvious it doesn’t work.

Products like this take advantage of people who don’t have that knowledge.

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 4h

“Everybody is so caught up in their own research, nobody has the time, even if they agree something doesn’t sound right, to devote to trying to debunk it,” said Smoliga, who now works in Tufts University’s physical therapy program, in an interview. “I did.” Bravo & thank you @jsmoliga.bsky.social

Device claims to protect athletes’ brains, but records reveal doubts at FDA

NFL players wear it. Some coaches and parents swear by it. But does the Q-Collar actually work?

www.washingtonpost.com

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 2h

I don't understand why the coverage of this incident gives credence to the claim that the Congressman needs law enforcement to get to the bottom of this. The American flag desecrated with a swastika was in his employee's cubicle! In view of his employee!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

American Flag With Swastika Is Found in Republican Congressman’s Office

www.nytimes.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3h

The Guardian has published an extract of Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir.
While the headline mentions Prince Andrew, this excerpt begins at Mar-a-Lago and Donald Trump.
And how Maxwell and Epstein preyed on her.
Its a rough read, trigger warnings.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 6h

UNRWA has enough food outside #Gaza to supply people there for 3 months, amid desperate need. Our teams stand ready to deliver it.

But despite the #ceasefire, the Israeli Authorities’ block on UNRWA bringing any supplies into Gaza still continues.

Let us get aid into Gaza at the full scale needed.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 3h

Honestly a good idea and would permanently move BLS to the Fed. They have the capacity to do. And would allow employment stats to remain apolitical.

Ivan the K ™☑️ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 3h

The Fed should publish its own estimates of employment statistics until the shutdown is over. They're still publishing all their regional bank data. Don't know why they wouldn't disseminate what they're using for decision making.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

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Good Grief @ignominious.bsky.social · 2h

It’s the Icarus thing. Don’t fly too close to the sun if your wings are mostly wax. Learn to fly, upgrade your wings, then try it.👍