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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 1h

why are they always hyper fucking focused on age of consent laws…?

Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 1h

Not yet willing to make claims about exactly *how* they go about this but my main takeaway is that they are just not going to put themselves in a position where a loss is possible.

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.bsky.social · 4h

"Politicians from Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the eastern state of Thuringia have been accused of filing parliamentary questions on sensitive issues as a way of spying for Russia." DW
www.dw.com/en/germany-f...

Germany: Far-right lawmakers accused of spying for Russia – DW – 10/22/2025

Lawmakers from the AfD in Thuringia have been accused of trying to gain sensitive data for Russia with parliamentary inquiries. AfD called the allegations "bizarre conspiracy theories."

www.dw.com

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 3h

Why is the default stance “immunity to anyone accused of wrongdoing”. How on earth is justice supposed to work in that environment?

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 3h

Nobody in the international community has any faith in the ability of the US to internally clean up this mess what so ever. I don’t know what the road back from this looks like but one of those steps is going to involve US personnel becoming subject to institutions like The Hague.

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 3h

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 3h

There is zero chance he leaves voluntarily. it’s another bibi situation where for both him and a lot of others in the administration their lives become very very complicated the moment they lose power and there’s no incentive for them to risk that scenario

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 15h

"In the most serious category, they've now found 20 cases where judges have questioned the government's compliance with their judicial orders."

I'm grateful for this new discussion of our updated study in @60minutes.bsky.social Overtime.

Link to @justsecurity.org study:
youtu.be/VO_2nP1-e5c?...

Some courts are losing trust in Trump Justice Department, according to a study

YouTube video by 60 Minutes

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 12h

No apparently that’s correct.. this is *after* jail

Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 12h

Also I might have the timeline wrong here but I think a meaningful amount of this happened *after* he went to prison. I.e the book, the leaking of names etc…

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 12h

He did… but after that was all said and done my understanding was that everything was “resolved”. I don’t know enough about what that meant in practice though. not my area of expertise at all. But I mean not just resolved in a strictly legal sense

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 15h

Nothing warms my heart as much as seeing someone doing this. The world is *full* of people doubling down on shit they don’t even believe out of a sense of pride, and seeing someone graciously acknowledge being wrong, in full public view, is quite inspiring.

Technical appreciator @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 1d

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

STEREOGUM: People my age, we talk about how we were lucky that we didn’t have social media growing up, and there’s no record of all the dumb shit we said and did. You didn’t have social media, but everything you said and did in those years is on record, and you’ve got to live with it now. That’s tough.

VIOLENT J: And the amount of gay Juggalos out there is really surprising. I think about them doing their research and getting the old records, getting excited about it, and getting their hearts broke or something, you know? I tell my daughter, “For the rest of your life, when your friends ask why your dad said that, say it’s because your dad was a fool. Don’t defend me. Say I was a fool then, but I’m not now.” There’s no excuse. I was going with the flow, and that’s the very thing we preach against — being a sheep. And that’s what I was doing.

https://www.stereogum.com/2083804/icp-interview-juggalos/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13h

Breaking News: President Trump is having the White House’s entire East Wing demolished to make way for his $200 million ballroom. The project is far more extensive than he initially let on.

Trump Will Demolish Entire White House East Wing for Ballroom: Live Updates

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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 14h

Washington Post OUT at the Pentagon, Lindell TV IN. Excited for all the hard-hitting stories TK

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 15h

NEW >>

One week after Pentagon reporters exited over DOD's press policy, a new crop of right-wing media and influencers has signed on including Tim Pool, Gateway Pundit, TPUSA, and Lindell TV.

My latest for @washingtonpost.com with @drewharwell.com:

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Pentagon announces a new right-wing press corps after mass walkout

A new crop of conservative media and influencers signed an agreement with the Pentagon, including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events and the National Pulse.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 15h

Senator Merkley is on hour 20 of reading How Democracies Die, mixed w commentary, on u.s. senate floor

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 15h

I’m going to keep saying this.. you aren’t going to be able to vote your way out of this mess. they aren’t going to cancel elections but it won’t matter who you vote for is the most likely scenario shaping up right now.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 15h

Republican Scott Leinendecker is now the “sole owner of Dominion” > making the deal contingent on “dropping”remaining lawsuits against OANN & “prominent conservatives.” Leiendecker told the Caller that “remaining litigation” w/ Mike Lindell, Rudy Giuliani & Sidney Powell will also be “dropped.” 1/

Republican Buys Dominion Voting Systems, Forces Them To Drop Lawsuits Against Conservatives

Dominion Voting systems has been acquired by former GOP election reform advocate and the founder and chairman of Liberty Vote Scott Leiendecker.

dailycaller.com

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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 15h

Quick, bring in the military, murders are lower than they've been since Eisenhower

David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 15h

Homicides in San Francisco are at their lowest since 1954 missionlocal.org/2025/10/trum...

Trump says San Francisco ‘went wrong.’ Crime data shows otherwise.

Homicides are their lowest since 1954, robberies since 1985, and smash-and-grabs are down by more than half since 2022.

missionlocal.org

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 16h

The optics of Trump building a ballroom that 99.9% of Americans will never set foot in while millions line up for food banks are worth more than any policy paper or economic proposal. This image is a visceral punch in the mouth that needs no words. It should haunt the GOP for a generation.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 15h

I’m not trying to have an argument or anything I’m trying to improve the piece and this convo got off on a bad foot with my use of the word horrible.

Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 15h

Ok. I think people will misinterpret it and some additional clarification might be helpful though.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17h

📊 Our polling shows that 62% of Brits believe Brexit has been a failure.

Brexit has cost our economy £140 billion. Cost our citizens opportunities. Hit our pockets.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/22/chancellor-hoping-shift-in-tone-on-brexit-will-ring-true-for-key-groups-of-voters

Chancellor hoping shift in tone on Brexit will ring true for key groups of voters

Rachel Reeves’ criticism of Brexit impact on economy aimed at leave voters who have changed their minds, younger voters, and remainers threatening to vote Green or Lib Dem, says analysts

www.theguardian.com

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Justin Joque @jjoque.bsky.social · 17h

Oh yeah! It's the ponzi scheme part of the bubble where they have to cannibalize the old investments to keep the party going for a few more days

Nytimes headline: Meta Plans to Cut 600 Jobs at A.I. Superintelligence Labs
The cuts will not affect Meta’s newest A.I. hires, who are in some cases being paid up to hundreds of millions of dollars. The layoffs are focused on correcting an earlier hiring spree.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 17h

The video shows the moment when a Russian drone hit a kindergarten in #Kharkiv.

Kids and their parents have experienced acute stress reactions and are now receiving psychological support.

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 17h

I more got the impression that you’re looking at it from the perspective of “remote API” data is the default with JSON and it’s not a good fit for that as when it goes wrong it goes really wrong which *is* a good insight but a bad premise.

Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 17h

Sure, but this 1. Ignores scenarios without a build step and 2. Still leaves it as a weird thing to say as basically the first point of the article that “essentially I would never use it in a browser context”. You’re now adding in a bunch of additional context at the end which I think changes that

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