Christopher Dabbs
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My colleague @johnarchibald.bsky.social asked Google to look up an old column. Overviews hallucinated a controversy that never happened. Also, it thinks I’m a 10-year-old swimmer bound for the Olympics. www.al.com/news/2025/10...
Archibald: What happened when I Googled myself
AI created a phony national controversy, a fake Miss Alabama and a life in hiding.
www.al.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My colleague @johnarchibald.bsky.social asked Google to look up an old column. Overviews hallucinated a controversy that never happened. Also, it thinks I’m a 10-year-old swimmer bound for the Olympics. www.al.com/news/2025/10...
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A tropical tango known as the Fujiwhara effect can unfold when two storms move too close together and start to influence one another’s strength and track. https://cnn.it/46UCaOS
September 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A tropical tango known as the Fujiwhara effect can unfold when two storms move too close together and start to influence one another’s strength and track. https://cnn.it/46UCaOS
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🔭 New Comet SWAN25B over Mexico
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September 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 New Comet SWAN25B over Mexico
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Korona dakoko_minera at live.com.ar)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25091...
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"Yes, the man who wants to be our governor called humans rats," columnist @roysj.bsky.social writes about Tommy Tuberville's recent comments. "Yes, he did."
Read more:
https://www.al.com/news/2025/06/tommy-tubervilles-racism-and-rat-talk-isnt-welcome-here-he-shouldnt-be-either.html
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https://www.al.com/news/2025/06/tommy-tubervilles-racism-and-rat-talk-isnt-welcome-here-he-shouldnt-be-either.html
June 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Yes, the man who wants to be our governor called humans rats," columnist @roysj.bsky.social writes about Tommy Tuberville's recent comments. "Yes, he did."
Read more:
https://www.al.com/news/2025/06/tommy-tubervilles-racism-and-rat-talk-isnt-welcome-here-he-shouldnt-be-either.html
Read more:
https://www.al.com/news/2025/06/tommy-tubervilles-racism-and-rat-talk-isnt-welcome-here-he-shouldnt-be-either.html
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Childhood races by unless you’re sitting in school. #CalvinandHobbes #DeepThoughts
June 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Childhood races by unless you’re sitting in school. #CalvinandHobbes #DeepThoughts
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Editor @brianlyman.bsky.social writes that outgoing PSC President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh pioneered a brand of political campaigning where a candidate could lean so hard into political identity they didn’t need to bother with the pretense of doing the job of the office they sought.
Goodbye to Twinkle Cavanaugh, the regulator who did little regulating | Alabama Reflector
The outgoing PSC president did little to address Alabama's high power prices. Instead, she ran on Republican identity politics
alabamareflector.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Editor @brianlyman.bsky.social writes that outgoing PSC President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh pioneered a brand of political campaigning where a candidate could lean so hard into political identity they didn’t need to bother with the pretense of doing the job of the office they sought.
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I understand the sensitivities of political diplomacy, but just once I’d like to see Kier Starmer tell Trump to get knotted and shove his tariffs up his orange arse.
May 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I understand the sensitivities of political diplomacy, but just once I’d like to see Kier Starmer tell Trump to get knotted and shove his tariffs up his orange arse.
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Under RFK Jr., ‘Make America Healthy Again’ means junk science like ‘survival of the fittest.’
Read more from @laurenleffer.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more from @laurenleffer.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
May 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Under RFK Jr., ‘Make America Healthy Again’ means junk science like ‘survival of the fittest.’
Read more from @laurenleffer.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more from @laurenleffer.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
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COMMENTARY: Like Project 2025, "Project Esther" is also a creation of the Heritage Foundation. “It's an exercise in cynicism by an administration eager to prey on people’s worst fears,” writes Anita Diamant.
‘Project Esther’ and Trump’s playbook against antisemitism
Many people believe President Trump is weaponizing antisemitism in his war against diversity, equity and inclusion. What many may not realize, however, is that his administration seems to be following...
www.wbur.org
May 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
COMMENTARY: Like Project 2025, "Project Esther" is also a creation of the Heritage Foundation. “It's an exercise in cynicism by an administration eager to prey on people’s worst fears,” writes Anita Diamant.
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Kennedy's thoughts and actions make a lot more sense when you realize he doesn't believe in a foundational scientific principle.
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory
In his 2021 book vilifying Anthony Fauci, RFK Jr. lays out support for an alternate theory.
arstechnica.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Kennedy's thoughts and actions make a lot more sense when you realize he doesn't believe in a foundational scientific principle.
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America is so busy deifying robber barons that we’re left feeding grandmothers on 10 bucks a day.
Archibald: The shrinkflation of America hits nursing homes
I began to doubt my sanity, my reality. How could such a switch happen? How long would it take?
www.al.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
America is so busy deifying robber barons that we’re left feeding grandmothers on 10 bucks a day.
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"DOJ is ending a settlement that would have helped people in Alabama’s most put-upon region keep their family land and build passable sewer systems rather than risk health or property or both," columnist @JohnArchibald.bsky.social writes. "All in the disingenuous name of DEI."
Read the column:
Read the column:
Archibald: In Lowndes County, DEI has a more sinister meaning
Apparently Americans don't do irony anymore.
www.al.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"DOJ is ending a settlement that would have helped people in Alabama’s most put-upon region keep their family land and build passable sewer systems rather than risk health or property or both," columnist @JohnArchibald.bsky.social writes. "All in the disingenuous name of DEI."
Read the column:
Read the column:
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Spaceman Spiff calls Susie a ‘gurl’ alien—she’s not amused! Space drama! 👽 #CalvinAndHobbes #AlienSass
April 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Spaceman Spiff calls Susie a ‘gurl’ alien—she’s not amused! Space drama! 👽 #CalvinAndHobbes #AlienSass
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March 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Pete Rose amassed 4,256 career hits, more than any player in MLB history. He was an MVP. He won three World Series rings.
He does not belong in Cooperstown.
Those ideas aren't mutually exclusive.
http://dlvr.it/TJLFP0
He does not belong in Cooperstown.
Those ideas aren't mutually exclusive.
http://dlvr.it/TJLFP0
March 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Pete Rose amassed 4,256 career hits, more than any player in MLB history. He was an MVP. He won three World Series rings.
He does not belong in Cooperstown.
Those ideas aren't mutually exclusive.
http://dlvr.it/TJLFP0
He does not belong in Cooperstown.
Those ideas aren't mutually exclusive.
http://dlvr.it/TJLFP0
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Editor @brianlyman.bsky.social writes that Alabama needs a new constitution, one that protects voting rights; establishes a right to education, and allows local governments to make local decisions without needless interference from Montgomery.
The case for a new Alabama constitution • Alabama Reflector
Too much decision-making in Alabama relies on the whims of Montgomery lawmakers with far too much say over local governance.
alabamareflector.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Editor @brianlyman.bsky.social writes that Alabama needs a new constitution, one that protects voting rights; establishes a right to education, and allows local governments to make local decisions without needless interference from Montgomery.
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How to deactivate your X account
How to deactivate your X account
You can leave X for greener social meadows.
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November 11, 2024 at 6:50 PM
How to deactivate your X account