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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 9h

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 9h

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h

This MAGA propaganda is deeply sinister. Stephen Miller has been lying about Portland/Chicago relentlessly. It's core to his project: He's trying to establish quasi-absolute power for Trump to simply invent pretexts by fiat to justify whatever abuses he launches. 5/

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 2h

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

Inventive People of Portland Dressing as Animals:

Please don't dress as dogs. Your life will not be safe with psychopath Kristi Noem on the rooftops.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 21h

This is awesome.

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Rob Altman 😷✊🇬🇩 @robaltman14.bsky.social · 2m

“But I put up a sign!”

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 33m

one thing that’s definitely new over the past decade or so is the number of bumper stickers and signs threatening to kill you

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 13m

But at least we have Trump setting global trade, the Fed, and democracy on fire to fall back on.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 30m

“I’ve spoken with over two-dozen rather senior people in the datacenter universe, and there was an interesting and overriding theme to our conversations; no one understands how the financial math is supposed to work. They are as baffled as I am, and they do this for a living.”

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 13m

And this isn’t a new issue— In the 1920s we had the same discussion about billionaires and robber barons controlling media and how bad that would be for democracy.

The result was public media, like the BBC, the FCC, and breaking up big media firms like NBC.

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 13m

Fox and WSJ Opinion and Facebook and Twitter laid the groundwork.

And that’s Murdoch, Murdoch, Zuckerberg, Musk.

Billionaire ownership of media is the biggest issue we face in democracies today.

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 13m

Like Bari Weiss being stuffed by a billionaire atop CBS to lie to normies, this is billionaires stuffing rightwing ideas into AI systems to lie to normies.

The whole fascist takeover of the US is built atop an information war.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

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Rob Altman 😷✊🇬🇩 @robaltman14.bsky.social · 7m

do you mean Jorkin Dapenis Vance?

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NPR @npr.org · 1h

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 13h

Psychiatrists/NPs/therapists who could provide off-the-books, no-fee, Zoom-based care for individuals in crisis in ICE-targeted Chicago communities, please email me: [email protected]. Include whether you can prescribe, speak Spanish (or other languages), and available hours per week/month.

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Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 21h

This is awesome.

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Lacci @lacci.bsky.social · 5h

Honestly we should have protests all over the country with jugglers and marching bands and dance and theater troupes. And have drag shows and games and sports. A big party where everyone chants how much authoritarianism sucks and we hope not to get brutalized.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 21h

This is awesome.

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 1d

Bless you all, Portland. And curse you for making me work out the alt text for this specific image.

People dressed up as a shark, some kind of white dog, and... maybe a peacock? Or colourful turkey?

Text overlay: After our interview, the frogs were joined by a couple of unicorns, a polar bear, an axolotl, a raccoon, and several more characters.

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 15h

Trump to China: obey my command or I will destroy the United States

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 18h

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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Rob Altman 😷✊🇬🇩 @robaltman14.bsky.social · 11h

make america great again

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Mr. Dr. Prof. Patrick @mr-dr-prof-patrick.bsky.social · 12h

Fortunately, Billionaire’s disease is a treatable condition. The treatment is taxation. Ask your congress if taxing the billionaires is right for you.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 12h

Doing comms work for billionaires slowly melting their brains must be quite a job.

At the end of the interview, he turned to a public relations executive. He could be heard asking why her mouth was wide open and if he had said anything he shouldn’t have.

“What about the political questions?” he asked. “Too spicy?”

Then he hung up.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 12h

Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Micah @rincewind.run · 11h

the list of things that needs to be done to repair this country is extensive but high up on it is breaking the power of the tech lords

they are convinced they are untouchable feudal barons whose money allows them to dictate everyone else's life and they must be disabused of that notion

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 12h

Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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