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Jim White @jawhite.bsky.social · 21m

And may you have many more years.

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Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 1h

Someone asked for a dumbed down summary of my PhD thesis so here you go:

Black holes make galaxies fart but don’t ask any follow ups because that’s just about the extent of our current knowledge.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

Trump has a very simple worldview: the Presidency is not a public office, it is his property. He can use it to satisfy his personal or partisan whims, or to enrich himself.

So here, he threatens to reorganize an international competition, cohosted by Mexico and Canada, to settle a vendetta.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 3h

6 months ago I was anxious about being targeted because I’ve raised a lot of money for Democrats & have a big mouth online.

I no longer think I’ll be targeted for those reasons.

Now I’m afraid I’ll just be kidnapped & thrown into an unmarked van literally at random.

Which I guess is the point.

Xennial Farmer @xennialfarmer.bsky.social · 1d

Whatever immunity they think they have will not save them.

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Jim White @jawhite.bsky.social · 46m

The "mess in Israel" is a disturbing way to allude to genocide in a place that is not a part of Israel under international law. If you think that Ds can win national elections while looking away from Gaza, I think you are mistaken.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 3h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

I’m a subscriber to The Onion print edition and trust me, the ads alone are worth it

Fake Apple ad

Remember when those
Chinese factory workers were all committing suicide?
Neither do we!

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 6h

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 4h

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Last June, more than 5 million Americans joined #NoKings rallies across the country, protesting President Trump's authoritarianism. And this Saturday, with your help, it's going to be even bigger and better.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 3h

there are a couple of ways to think about this, one is that no one should be running for their first senate race at this age, and the other is that if platner can’t beat her, he definitely can’t beat collins. i think he can. everybody needs to stop crying and start fighting.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3h

Janet Mills going to the Senate at 79 would make her the oldest elected freshman senator in history — but just as old as or younger than 1 in 9 senators serving in this congress. www.pbump.net/o/a-79-year-...

A 79 year-old freshman senator would be … unusual

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has announced her intention to run for Senate against the state's well-known — ahem — incumbent, Susan Collins. When the next Senate term begins in January 2027, Collins wil...

www.pbump.net

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1h

Pupils fear AI is eroding their ability to study, research finds

One in four students say AI ‘makes it too easy’ for them to find answers Pupils fear that using artificial intelligence is eroding their ability to study, with many complaining it makes schoolwork “too easy” and others saying it limits their creativity and stops them learning new skills, according to new research. The report on the use of AI in UK schools, commissioned by Oxford University Press (OUP), found that just 2% of students aged between 13 and 18 said they did not use AI for their schoolwork, while 80% said they regularly used it. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1h

Every one of these "If only it were possible to..." plugs for AI is animated by an incredibly deep resentment of either talent or authorship.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2h

The sentiments we encounter in this group chat are not all that different from the kind of shit the more right-leaning Young Republicans in the Goldwater/Nixon era were saying. What's different is that there is no one left in the party willing to discipline these freaks. bsky.app/profile/carl...

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Sean Hecker @sean-hecker.bsky.social · 2h

“Extrajudicial executions” is the right description.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2h

Maybe if you are so obsessed with a Peace Prize you should stop all the murdering for one of many starts. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump says six were killed in US strike on another boat allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela

UN has condemned US strikes on small boats it believes to be trafficking drugs as extrajudicial executions

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Emma L Briant 🐸🎃 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 3h

Wow. Compulsory propaganda.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 4h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 4h

Chicago is 231 square miles. You never know in what neighborhood where the kidnappers will pop up next. So people literally track the military helicopters always thundering overhead to try to figure it out.

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Rob Shum @robshum.bsky.social · Nov 16

Exactly. Democrats have to recognize that they are fighting Putinism, not Eisenhower-Republicanism. And they need to start acting less like Adlai Stevenson, and more like Alexei Navalny.

I’m not sure the older, whiter generation of Democrats will ever get this.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Nov 15

For years now, the right has been accusing Democrats of running a shadowy conspiracy to protect politicians who are sex predators.

Democrats need to scream "WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?" until they force the report's release.

Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · Nov 15

Oh its bad bad

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Jim White @jawhite.bsky.social · 5h

Trump is the son of an immigrant mother. His grandfather was an immigrant. As were mothers of all of Trump’s non-Tik-Tok board member children.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 6h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h

A Facebook group that shared information on sightings of Trump's secret police in the Chicago area was taken down by Mark Zuckerberg because Pam Bondi asked him to do so. Also because secret police aren't so secret is you know their movements and can avoid them.

Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes

The Facebook page ICE Sighting-Chicagoland amassed over 70,000 members in recent weeks as the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” has ramped up in Chicago and the suburbs.

www.chicagotribune.com

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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 8h

The freedom of speech lovers are at it again

WSJ headline that reads "breaking news: The U.S. has revoked the visas of at least six people for their comments on the death of Charlie Kirk, the State Department said"

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 7h

You first, motherfuckers.

Homeland Security
@DHSgov
Remigrate.
3:06 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 545.8K Views

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 12h

The ‘Peace President’ killed six more people off the coast of Venezuela this morning. We have no evidence other than his word that they were a threat to anyone, anywhere and also release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention in this matter!

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