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julie khaner
@juliekhaner.bsky.social
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Videodrome, Street Legal, Newsroom...but retired now... just waiting for trump to die so I can go back to ranting about toronto sports franchises
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julie khaner @juliekhaner.bsky.social · Aug 21
his mission is to turn america into Stupid Russia and it’s working
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 21
New in PN: Russia, Trump is listening

"It’s this arrangement that Trump covets. Why shouldn’t he be allowed to rule for decades with no worry he could ever be defeated again like he was in 2020? Why can’t he dictate how elections are run to ensure landslide after landslide like Putin has managed?"
Russia, Trump is listening
His attack on mail voting is inspired by Putin.
www.publicnotice.co
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 2h
“What we have to do is not only defend against what is happening now, but we have to push further past where we were before, to build a system to build a better American democracy that we all deserve.”
Trump's indictment of New York attorney general Letitia James stirs concerns for Black women leaders
The indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James on allegations of mortgage fraud has raised alarms among her allies and Black leaders, who condemned it as a politicization of the justice sys...
apnews.com
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2h
IMHO, LLMs will be an economic negative for years.

They'll do a worse job than humans,

but will still replace humans because they're cheaper for employers,

but really they're costlier, it's just that lots of costs get externalized to society by our horrible energy/tax policies.

Lose-lose-lose.
The Real AI Risk is ‘Meh’ Technology That Takes Jobs and Annoys Us All
While AI doomsday scenarios dwell on the risks posed by superintelligent robot overlords, one Nobel-Prize winning economist fears a more mundane possibility.
www.bloomberg.com
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2h
No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2h
The Trump administration has promoted the anti-vax, anti-science movement which has now produced an epidemic www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks
At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.
www.nbcnews.com
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2h
The man who bribed Gill - Oleh Voloshyn - is part of a much wider network of pro-Russian actors.

He worked with this guy, an FSB agent, who I've been fascinated by for years,

My investigation for @thenerve.news shows how Gill was a pawn in a Kremlin operation that spanned both Europe & US
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2h
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 5h
9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup"

In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation

Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2h
Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies
Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies
The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of computing?
www.theguardian.com
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julie khaner @juliekhaner.bsky.social · 1h
because america is a lawless kleptocracy and all they want is for the pig god to leave them be. His mission was to make america stupid russia and it worked
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 20h
Not enough news outlets are making it absolutely clear that last night’s RIFs are unlawful
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 2h
"The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members."

-- Elizabeth Fry, who died #OTD 1845
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15h
<all together now>
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 11h
The case against Comey is beyond weak. The case against James is worse. It is based on a lie, and they know they're lying because exculpatory evidence that contradicts the indictment had already been presented to a grand jury in another jurisdiction. Everyone involved with this needs to be disbarred
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 12h
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

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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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 12h
Straight to prison with all of them
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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 19h
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2h
“Who was president in 2020?” remains one of the most pertinent questions in American politics—absurd, yes, but here we are—and that extends to “who was president January 1 - 19, 2021?”
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2h
That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2h
That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d
This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit
A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.
newrepublic.com
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 22h
PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'
Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.
www.nbcnews.com
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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 12h
today in "predicted by 30 Rock"
Edie Falco on 30 Rock: I MISSED THE VOTE ON A BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL WHALE TORTURE.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h
Nice recap
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22h
Four dead, 12 injured after a mass shooting in Leland, Mississippi, following a homecoming football game. (NYP)
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Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · 17h
Diane Keaton💔
La De Da, La De Da
#DianeKeaton
She is Awesome
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 16h
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juliekhaner.bsky.social
julie khaner @juliekhaner.bsky.social · 12h
the demented dunce is being “handled” by his fascist ferrets in the idiocracy
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 16h
Dr. Oz flunked math..... They all flunked math......
Stupidity, just like who pays the tariffs ?....
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d
A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
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