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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28m

265 days into Donald Trump's term:

The president's net approval rating is -16%,
down 0.7 points since last week.

39% approve, 56% disapprove, 4% not sure

www.economist.com/interactive/...

Donald Trump’s approval rating

Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump

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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · 1h

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*Bratan* @mazov.bsky.social · 11d

Oh shit oh fuck it's gonna pop

Cnbc headline
Jim Cramer: Why the crazy spending of this AI boom isn't like the dot-com bubble

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Antifa Jr Data Analyst @dudeabides57.bsky.social · 1h

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2h

Singer Chappell Roan took a break from her concert in Pasadena, California, to bash ICE on Friday.

Pop Star Pauses Concert to Say ‘F*** ICE’

Chappell Roan slammed the federal agency on Friday, while Chance the Rapper put out the same message at a different concert.

trib.al

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minderbinder8.bsky.social @minderbinder8.bsky.social · 1d

You can completely lie about being an undercover cop and even father a child with the woman you are deceiving and that is fine.

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trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 1d

you can argue about whether she should have disclosed or whether her active deception made it worse til the cows come home. I do not care.

cis people, primarily men, reguarly lie and deceive their intimate partners to obtain sex all of the time. It takes A LOT to be considered deception usually.

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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 14h

Climbing into the Irish top ten this week in October 1988: 'A Little Respect' by Erasure' www.youtube.com/watch?v=x34i...

Erasure - A Little Respect (Official HD Music Video)

YouTube video by Erasure

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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @askaubry.com · 3h

They literally show a housewife in a servant's uniform. They see women just as a product to purchase rather than a human being.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

I want to point out that when all the votes were counted Al Gore beat George Bush, and Al Gore should have been President

But he was forced to concede before the votes were counted

US Elections weren't even safe 25 years ago

Why the hell would they be under Trump

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Wesley @wesgo.bsky.social · 3h

Or Fernandes

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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 4h

Nigel Farage is a Russian asset and traitor to the United Kingdom.

For more than a decade I’ve been pointing out how Farage is a creature of fascist Russia as Oswald Mosley was a creature of Nazi Germany.

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Réics Carló @reicscarlo.bsky.social · 4d

The Phoenix Magazine claims the Connolly/Éirigí story was conveniently leaked just before the Indo was going to lead with the Gavin rental scandal. Interesting. #Áras25 #aras25

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 4h

Independent Catherine Connolly has a substantial lead in the Presidential Election, a new Business Post/Red C poll suggests www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Substantial lead for Connolly in Áras race, poll suggests

Independent candidate Catherine Connolly has a substantial lead in the Presidential Election, a new Business Post/Red C poll suggests.

www.rte.ie

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 7h

1. Marwan Barghouti

Born June 2, 1959, in Kobar near Ramallah, Marwan Barghouti is one of the most prominent leaders of the Fatah movement in the West Bank. He rose through its ranks to become Secretary-General of Fatah in the West Bank and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council...

Hamas has consistently placed Barghouti at the top of its proposed exchange lists, viewing his release as a potential unifying moment for the Palestinian movement. However, his freedom could challenge Mahmoud Abbas’s authority, which may explain resistance within the Palestinian Authority to seeing him released.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 4h

President of Colombia:

Gustavo Petro via X (@petrogustavo): "Without killing anyone. Without firing missiles. 2.7 tons fall on a speedboat that was heading to Costa Rica through the Pacific Ocean, through which the vast majority of Colombian cocaine travels.

Five Colombians captured and alive."

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 5h

This has always been part of the GOP playbook: Downplay incidents of right-wing violence, and then repurpose them as supposed acts of leftist terrorism for public consumption. They first did this in 2020.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 7h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 8h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Django Unlame @djangounlame.bsky.social · 19h

Ahh yes another "merit-based" hire 🤡🤦🤡

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Wesley @wesgo.bsky.social · 5h

Catherine Connolly once returned a video tape to Xtra-vision without rewinding it fully. 😱 #SmearTheBejaysus #SmearTheBejaysis

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 6h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 9h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 5h

31-year-old David Noutch, white British has been charged with racially aggravated assault, threatening with a bladed article in a public place and assault by beating.

It was a White man attacking Non-White people.

Where is the apology from this hateful racist?

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 9h

The easiest way to understand the system is...

If a poor person makes a mistake, the poor person has to pay.

If a very rich person makes a mistake, the poor people have to pay.

Capitalism is a casino, where are all the games are rigged so the house always wins.

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