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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 10h

Yep, boy howdy, and absolutely.

I’m not a civic tech person, but I know some good ones — @erie.bsky.social, @merici.bsky.social, @waldo.net. A Democratic Party serious about rebuilding state capacity would give folks like them the latitude to supplant contractors with internal tech.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

These guys have gotten incredibly rich by fleecing the government with subpar tech that was designed for rentseeking rather than performance. A smart Dem agenda item would be to build internal tech capacity. The fact that it would punish these guys is just a silver lining.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 10h

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

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 10h

This ruling flew under many radars given the big rulings on whether deployment itself was legal under Title 10. But it’s very impactful.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 10h

Get to know #Pegasus. Coming to an American phone near you. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus...

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 10h

This dude getting a national platform to criticize someone else's appearance is Peak 'Murica

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 11h

Dewey think we've ever seen a better sunset?

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 15h

This man said "packed supreme court" like it's not a GOP temple of BigotWizards right now...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 11h

The Chesapeake Bay Program Reaches a Crossroads baltimorebeat.com/the-chesapea...

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Kevin B. Blackistone @kevinbblackistone.bsky.social · 11h

“We want to make sure that the bureaucracy can’t reconstitute itself later in future administrations,” Trumps OMB head Russell Vought said in April in a podcast with Charlie Kirk.
He told reporters in July, “We’re having fun.”

Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 11h

If our TV networks had not been captured by the right wing, some very easy journalism would be to play this clip besides a very not on fire Portland and then tell viewers that the President of the United States is living in an alternate reality.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 11h

"Nobody wants to know how the sausage is made" they said.

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 11h

Dewey think we've ever seen a better sunset?

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 15h

This man said "packed supreme court" like it's not a GOP temple of BigotWizards right now...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 15h

If Democrats said that Republicans refused to pay the troops in order to prevent the release of the Epstein files, Republicans would have to deny it. Just saying.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 18h

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 23h

Nah bro. This ain't it and you aren't funny.

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 21h

American Nuremberg Trials for every single one of these depraved brownshirts, not just the depraved individuals giving them their orders.

There will be a fucking reckoning of some stripe. Bet.

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 6d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23h

Is this the country where you want to live? Where people get assaulted (and hospitalized) just for talking?

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 6d

This is Brighton Park, the neighborhood where a U.S. Border Patrol agent also shot a woman earlier today. It is a predominantly Latine community on the southwest side.

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 6d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Street Sense Media @streetsensedc.bsky.social · 23h

Two awesome stories hit the wires yesterday as part of the crisis project: a follow-up on the federal takeover from WAMU and a profile of Alan's Oasis, the drive-by water business that's taken over a busy intersection. Read them both at bit.ly/DCHCRP.

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 23h

Mediocrity

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23h

Perfect example of what they mean by meritocracy.

Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣😢🤣 www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 23h

It's Banned Books Week!

Sign the petition against book bans at www.bookbanpetition.us

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 23h

Nah bro. This ain't it and you aren't funny.

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

"Digital rights activists and online speech experts have long warned about this exact scenario: the privacy risks involved in handing over one’s ID to a platform—specifically taking companies at their word that they’re capable of safeguarding users’ data—outweigh any supposed benefits they promise"

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win

delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 1d

everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.

The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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