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Vox @vox.com · 17h

Senior correspondent @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social breaks down the Gaza ceasefire deal, what it could mean for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and what comes next.

Will the Gaza ceasefire really stick?

And five other questions about the deal, answered.

www.vox.com

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Dov Waxman @dovwaxman.bsky.social · 21h

The ceasefire in Gaza, now in effect, depends on the promise given by an inveterate liar and conman (Trump) to a ruthless terrorist organization (Hamas) that he will prevent another serial liar, conman, and war criminal (Netanyahu) from resuming the war:

Trump promised not to let Israel break Gaza ceasefire to get deal

Israel broke one ceasefire. Trump told the mediators he wouldn't let it happen this time.

www.axios.com

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 20h

I truly don’t understand living through the DOGE experience and being like “great model, a+, no notes”

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 20h

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 21h

You hear them say "I think?" And then I say "therefore I am." The fake news, Crazy Kamala, the Democrats — they don't understand. Nobody understands our beautiful cogito like I do.

elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 22h

many ppl are saying - have you heard this yet? it’s true - many people are saying that life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. it’s true. you’re hearing it more and more.

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 22h

This is a land of wolves now? Wow. I didn’t know that. You’re just now telling me for the first time. The rule of law lived an amazing life. What can you even say?

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 1d

every time, somehow

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 1d

If, for whatever reason, you are having a bad day — please remember that this video is real and it's here for you www.youtube.com/shorts/Ymyf3...

Vladdy and David saying DAAAA Yankees Lose

YouTube video by Game Day

www.youtube.com

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 1d

Cosign this whole piece from @joshtpm.bsky.social, but especially this conclusion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/has-t...

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 1d

<Stephen Miller staffer busts through the door>

"Sir, we have a code orange on our hands. Antifa has weaponized the furries."

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 1d

This really tripped me up when I went to synagogue in Budapest, because Latin transliteration used Hungarian pronunciations that, for an English speaker, seemed at-odds with the actual Hebrew

Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 1d

I know practically nothing about Hungarian, but I know the “sz” combination is pronounced “s”, and the “zs” combination is “zh”

#NewsYouCanUse

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 2d

This is a moral crime of the first order. If there's a hell, Elon Musk would burn in it

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 2d

This post-World War II column shows that even a genius like W.E.B. Du Bois had some terrible takes

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 3d

There are people on here who complain that NYT headlines are written to be friendly to Trump

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 3d

it's funny to me how synonymous it's become with luxury internationally (see dubai chocolate) when the reality is so disappointing. the gulf monarchies are nothing if not good at branding

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 3d

i've been to the ritzy part of dubai and, honestly? overrated. the urban landscape is ugly, for the most part, even if you're just going from fancy high rise to high rise. if you just stay at a resort, plenty of nicer non-authoritarian places to do that

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 3d

sadly, you couldn't have asked for better timing for this paper

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 4d

Whenever you find a deranged comment on X, the account bio is always something like "Pinochet didn't go far enough."

On BlueSky, it's "Dr. Associate Vice Chair at Local State U in marginalia studies, PhD"

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 7d

That's the other thing, it's often invoked to shape current political strategy except conditions have completely changed bsky.app/profile/prex...

Prexit @prexit.bsky.social · 7d

I think it's plausible that everyone concerned about democracy was already voting for Harris, so it didn't win any undecideds over.

But that means it's more important to stress now, because your core voters care about it a lot!

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 7d

Beware political consultants telling you that messaging choices in a several week time span swung an election, they are very literally selling something

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 7d

I'm very tired of the "talking about democracy hurt Harris" argument.

The data marshaled to support it is not compelling, and certainly not strong enough to overturn the default story of the election — that inflation, immigration, and anti-incumbency swamped everything else

Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 7d

"Our abstract appeals to democracy didn't work in the harried 2024 campaign, so there is no point talking about it now that people are experiencing authoritarian rule."

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7d

I asked Chris Murphy if he privately talks to Dem colleagues about why they don't sound the alarm loudly. His answers were depressing. Dems tell him they don't want to be "alarmist" or that "democracy" didn't work in 2024, so they want to stick to health care. 5/

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 7d

Taylor Swift albums, ranked:

12. Taylor Swift (2006)
11. Evermore (2020)
10. Reputation (2017)
9. The Tortured Poets Department (2024)
8. The Life of a Showgirl (2025)
7. Lover (2019)
6. Speak Now (2010)
5. Midnights (2022)
4. Fearless (2008)
3. Red (2012)
2. 1989 (2014)
1. Folklore (2020)

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 7d

we're a long way from "the lucky one"

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 7d

This piece shows the problem with treating "populism" as a unified phenomenon.

Fukuyama's internet-focused theory can't explain why it seems like *right-wing* populism has lapped the left globally. For that, you need to look at cultural causes

www.persuasion.community/p/its-the-in...

It’s the Internet, Stupid

What caused the global populist wave? Blame the screens.

www.persuasion.community

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 7d

HUAC for the 21st century www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 7d

Unpopular opinion, but the BlueSky team is clearly in the right. Being an asshole online is never good, even (or perhaps especially) if you think it is in service of a righteous cause.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 7d

Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 7d

reading the interview, it really sounded like he had read the "team normal vs team abnormal" pieces...

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