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Joseph Gruber @josephgruber.com · 4h

That’s called burying the lead

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 3h

this just drives me insane. all of this rests on the idea that out of a couple hundred people you cannot find 5 or so with a conscience or a basic sense of duty to our system of laws

Zach Binney @binneyz.bsky.social · 4h

Taking this earnestly: 2 SCOTUS Justices OR 3 House GOP members + 4 GOP Senators. So either 2 or 7, I guess?

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 4h

it's funny to see things like this every day, reflexively ask yourself "where is the limit," remember that "there are no limits" but then have your inner institutionalist say "but imagine if one day we do reach a limit lol"

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h

Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

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Jordan Kalfus @jordankalfus.bsky.social · 3h

Right, absolutely, but it always felt like an abstract concept. Turns out that all it takes to undo is the *literal mutual agreement of a handful of people*, which is...mind numbing to realize how shaky the foundations always were.

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Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: In a bizarre reversal, NYC liberals are now making "vote-splitting" arguments against a Republican in order to defeat the Democratic nominee.
www.peoplesline.org/p/nyc-libera...

NYC Liberals accuse Republicans of costing them the election

Cuomo supporters calling for Curtis Sliwa to drop out are exposing the hiliarious logic of "vote-splitting" rhetoric.

www.peoplesline.org

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Jordan Kalfus @jordankalfus.bsky.social · 4h

I was so confused as to why it would be a Soviet plane but yeah, of course. Guess he's self aware enough to get ahead of accusations

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Jordan Kalfus @jordankalfus.bsky.social · 5h

Software wise they're solid, but I'm on my fourth one over ~8 years and all have had some amount of hardware issues including all of them eventually not being able to charge via the charging port and relying on wireless charging, which is a bit insane for how much they cost

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 5h

i really hope i live to see a time where it again feels like education for its own sake is seen as a social good

jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 6h

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero

Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...

www.thecrimson.com

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 5h

we're like a year away from someone not being able to flush their toilet because there were too many people sexting with Claude

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 7h

You have to be willing to walk away from these guys if they let you down, just as a matter of basic self respect. It's not a fandom. You're hiring them to do a job or not.

timothy faust @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 9h

I liked the Platner ads too but I think there's a difference between "guy who had some bad reddit posts a decade ago" and "ex-Blackwater merc who still has a Nazi tattoo." Sucks bigtime that he's the only one taking positions and talking policy I like, but them's the breaks!

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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 7h

Saturday: No Kings! Awesome vibes! This is the direction we can move in!

Today: “Dems vote to approve King’s choice for judgeship”

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 7h

Dems/Ind Senators voting in favor: Coons, Durbin, Fetterman, Hassan, Heinrich, Kaine, Kelly, King (I), Klobuchar, Reed, Schiff, Shaheen, Welch, & Whitehouse.

Senators not voting: Duckworth & Tillis

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"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · 7h

Yesterday two Trump-appointed judges lifted a stay on Trump sending the National Guard into Democratic cities, and today Coons, Durbin, Fetterman, Hassan, Heinrich, Kaine, Kelly, Klobuchar, Reed, Schiff, Shaheen, Welch, and Whitehouse are giving him yet ANOTHER appointment. Totally fucking useless!

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 8h

By a vote of 66-32, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Harold D. Mooty III to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.

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Ben Rosen @benrosen.bsky.social · 21h

republicans: it’s inappropriate to call your political opponents nazis

republicans in group chats: hey guys jim “the nazi” hitler here and yes i do have the mustache

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 19h

The newspaper that mainstreamed Chris Rufo, Ben Shapiro, Bari Weiss, and Charlie Kirk renews its calls to meet fascists halfway:

NYT tweet:
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@nytopinion

The antidote to our polarized politics “is a creative, re-energized political center,” the Times editorial board writes.

https://x.com/nytimes/status/1980486711332286887

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 20h

Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered.

levernews.com/book

Supreme Court ruling: "This Court now concludes that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption. That speakers may have influence over or access to elected officials does not mean that those officials are corrupt. And the appearance of influence or access will not cause the electorate to lose faith in this democracy."

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Ashwin Rodrigues @ashwinrodrigues.com · 1d

centrist: Where do we go from here? We have to find common ground. We can't just call the other group "Nazis." At the end of the day, we're all just rich white men with podcasts.

Republican lawmaker: Welcome to Hitler Chat. I'm Hitler

Republican lawmaker 2: Hello. I am Hitler as well.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

It's really worth noting that online liberals are not liberals in the sense that they believe in the principles of liberalism. They are liberals in that they support the Democratic Party. This guarantees nothing about their beliefs, except that they hate anything deemed antagonistic to the party.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

I'm not going to lie Bsky liberals at times seem genuinely to be more Islamophobic and anti-Arab than on Twitter

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

couldn’t be more representative of the current media landscape that the video trump posted of him dumping his own shit on people “appeared to be” ai generated. we have to hear out both sides of this, it could be real, who’s to say

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

President Trump posted what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media showing him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters. He shared the video on Saturday, the same day that protesters participated in mass “No Kings” demonstrations.

Trump Posts Fake A.I. Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters

President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators.

nyti.ms

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acabylon 👻 BOO! 👻 @acabylonbee.bsky.social · 1d

these big tent arguments only ever go one way..

jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 1d

mfs be like "you can't be purity testing we need a big tent" and the "purity test" is minorities objecting people who are trying to toss them out of the tent

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

I'm not going to lie Bsky liberals at times seem genuinely to be more Islamophobic and anti-Arab than on Twitter

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Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 1d

Nice web infrastructure you got there. Be a shame if someone bought up a third of it and then suddenly crashed without warning.

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Skullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 1d

why even write new op eds just post this one every week

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

I just did a jump scare and @joshgondelman.bsky.social asked me what was wrong.
Behold:

OPINION
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The Partisans Are Wrong:
Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 2d

we are in a self-awareness crisis

Quote post from X by "OscarAI":
Never do this:

Passing off someone else’s work as your own.

This Grok Imagine effect with the day-to-night transition was created by me — and I’m pretty sure that person knows it.

To make things worse, their copy has more impressions than my original post.

Not cool 👎
Quoted post:
Prashant @Prashant_1722
Oct 15
Grok Imagine trick:

Add "day to night transition" to your prompt.

In shots like this, you’ll see a beautiful, harmonious effect as the day turns int...
(AI slop animation video)

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 2d

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For posting AI generated videos of Himself flying a Plane full of Shite

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 2d

i do not want to "work from anywhere". i want to work in my dedicated work environment with all my dedicated work assisting tools. i do not want to send an email from the coffee shop or the park. i want to do coffee shop or park related tasks when i'm in the coffee shop or park

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