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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2h

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 12h

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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SpeedoFella @speedofella.bsky.social · 3d

Actually one of the most salient quotes I've seen today, and reminding of the fact that there always be good people being very brave.

Silly Sally 💙💙💙 @caturday62.bsky.social · 4d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant. They should make the signs available to everyone.

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

This is a really well done—I hope it catches on: A silent roadside protest staged over the weekend in Westerville, Ohio, and posted to the Facebook page of the Westerville Progressive Alliance.
www.youtube.com/shorts/TpZFS...

Signs of Fascism!

YouTube video by COOLHAND

www.youtube.com

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FloofMcGoof @floofmcgoof.bsky.social · 4d

🎶🎶 Tis the Season for spooky shit. 😉

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patrickcogny.com @patrickcogny.com · 2d

Excellent read thanks for sharing! We are running against the laws of physics which are quite unforgiving. Doesn’t mean AI won’t be very useful (as the article points out) but betting our species’s future on AI makes no sense (apart for tech bros using the argument to fuel a speculative frenzy).

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 2d

It's tough to take these arguments seriously from those building AI slop TikTok.

You can read the entire essay below

Superintelligence Isn’t Enough

AI has many answers—but it can’t by itself build a new society.

www.persuasion.community

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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patrickcogny.com @patrickcogny.com · 2d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Boston” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS Boston · No Kings

**BOSTON SAYS NO KINGS!** We’re wicked pissed. Wicked loud. Wicked united. Join us Saturday, October 18, as we take to the Parade Grounds of Boston Common! We’re standing together against the abuse...

www.mobilize.us

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 3d

If you like my work, please share and subscribe. I'm trying to override a variety of shadowbans and broken algorithms. Thank you!

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 3d

New Q & A answers are up! Readers sent in thoughtful questions on city raids, digital surveillance, the disappearing internet, and much more: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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patrickcogny.com @patrickcogny.com · 2d

“Not the onion” is becoming a common tagline! This says so much about America unfortunately.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2d

The husband who bought the “RUMP” watch for his wife said, “We expected it would have the integrity of the President of the United States.”

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

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Jenny Staff Johnson @htownjenny.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve said this on here before but my “reformed” church brining this guy (Wilson) to speak in 1997 was the first massive red flag telling me I’d gotten myself into a situation I needed to get out of.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 3d

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

Douthat: So that’s the first purpose of your political project, for America to stop making God angry.

Wilson: Yes. And most people think that when they are confronted with that project, they think that we want to get our tentacles into everything and start controlling everything. I actually think we need limited government. The government should be significantly smaller than it is, and we need to curtail a lot of the busybodyness that we have. That’s why I would call myself a theocratic libertarian. There is a true libertarian element in this, and yet, the transcendent grounding for what we’re talking about means that we acknowledge the authority of God.

We have racked up quite a body count of awful crimes, and I believe the only way out is for us to repent and turn to Christ. This would be things like no more Pride parades, no more drag queen story hours, no more abortion on demand, no more legalized same-sex unions — all of that, done. That’s the repentance part.

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 3d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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patrickcogny.com @patrickcogny.com · 4d

Bought it! Hopefully it becomes a collector item after this madness goes away!

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 4d

I posted this on Threads, it went low-key viral, and now dozens of people are posting they've bought it, some showing the sale confirmation they received. Social media is, sometimes, such a glorious thing.

Sale confirmation from Cards Against Humanity saying: "Thank you for your pre-order and for supporting the American Libraries Association! We hope you enjoy your Informational product this holiday season, your heart warmed by the knowledge that you didn't give Donald Trump a fucking cent."

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks.
FTR, the very first time I had to call NCIS (I was working for the Navy) and then the FBI because of threats from Trumpers was almost ten years ago. I also had to fight being fired; I told my family, including my young daughter, that I might be unemployed soon.
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Suhail Manzoor @suhails.bsky.social · 8d

But I am glad you are resisting. Thank you.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 9d

The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars

Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 25d

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

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John Gruber @gruber.foo · 10d

'Fuck You, Make Me'

daringfireball.net/linked/202...

‘Fuck You, Make Me’

Link to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohPToBog_-g

daringfireball.net

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Cackling O'Brien, Chief Witch-gineer 🔵 @radobrien.myatproto.social · 15d

ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this

Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 15d

Carl Benz has an idea

[Scene is a 19th century drawing room with a sign outside saying TRANSPORT INVENTORS CLUB. Inside, the German Engineer KARL BENZ is addressing a meeting of gentlemen about his new transport idea]

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KARL BENZ:
OK guys - you’re gonna love this

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KARL BENZ:
So it’s like, a box made of metal that goes at up to 120 miles an hour, yeah?

[Karl shows them a diagram of a car]

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KARL BENZ:
And your drive it down one side of the road, and the boxes going the other way go on the opposite side, so we don’t need to build two roads!

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OTHER GUY:
What’s down the middle?

KARL BENZ:
A white line.

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OTHER GUY:
So like, a white barrier…

KARL BENZ:
No a white line. Drawn on the floor.

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OTHER GUY:
And who’s piloting these machines?

KARL BENZ:
I was thinking: random members of the public.

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[Pause, the other guys all look with concern at Karl]

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OTHER GUY:
Karl are you OK

KARL BENZ:
No listen it’s fine

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OTHER GUY:
You know we’re worried about you, don’t you?

KARL BENZ:
No really it’ll work -

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KARL BENZ:
Once hundreds of millions of people have died and the world’s started ending because of the fumes it’ll all be normal.

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OTHER GUY:
Is that normal like the ‘commuter travel device’ you brought in last week which was just…

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OTHER GUY:
…an iron maiden fired from a catapult?

[The other guy displays a diagram of an iron maiden being fired from a catapult]

KARL BENZ:
THAT WOULD’VE WORKED!

[ends]

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Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 15d

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15d

79. American citizen.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 16d

Joe Biden won the 2020 election.

Haitian migrants were not eating your cats & dogs.

The American people pay for Trump’s tariffs.

The right in America commits more political violence than the left.

I could go on & on & on. Trump’s greatest legacy is the destruction of truth.

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