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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 6h

Mamdani’sccomms are so simple and effective. NYC is joy-filled streets, not smoke-filled rooms.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the Bronx and Harlem at our paper shredding events — we cleared out old junk mail, built community, danced, took family portraits and enjoyed frozen treats (it still felt a lot like summer). Thanks to everyone who joined.

Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 6h

Fun guessathon on Nobel Literature Prize.
It aims to maximize surprise, and elevate writers around the world (mostly Europe) who are only known in highbrow circles
(Eg László Krasznahorkai—🤔)

newspaper editor: “Nobel Prize winners should not be in paperback!”

www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

Which writer will win the Nobel? The literati have some guesses.

Amitov Ghosh? Gerald Murnane? The truth will be revealed Thursday.

www.washingtonpost.com

Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 15h

“The prize represents a triumph for the University of California system; Clarke remains at the University of California, Berkeley, and Devoret and Martinis are at the University of California, Santa Barbara. (Devoret also holds a position at Yale University.)”

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 16h

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work showing how bizarre microscopic quantum effects can infiltrate our large-scale, everyday world

This Year’s Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded to Three Scientists for Work in Quantum Mechanics

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work showing how bizarre microscopic quantum effects can infiltrate our large-scale, everyday world

www.scientificamerican.com

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 15h

Yes, it is shocking.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h

One trademark of the second Trump administration is the open and seething contempt that his Cabinet officials have for Congress. They don't see elected officials or their oversight function as legitimate.
(see also RFK Jr, Kash Patel).

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Bondi is alternating between attacking Democratic senator when they ask her tough questions and punting them to Kash Patel (even though she's his boss)

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 15h

Brilliant

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 1d

Devin Linder

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 17h

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 17h

Lot of ships abandoned on these shorses. Most recently CNN. (Via @status.news)

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20h

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 1d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 17h

This! They are in such a bubble that nobody influential can keep Miller in the basement.

What happened to the brilliant Susie Wiles?

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 1d

SSA “removed key customer service metrics from its website, such as the live wait time for phone services. Bisignano told lawmakers he thought the public metrics might discourage people from calling”

Let’s surprise citizens with hours-long wait times!

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump’s new IRS ‘CEO’: The head of Social Security

The Trump administration on Monday found its seventh leader for the Internal Revenue Service since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term: the head of the Social Security Administration.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 1d

"We're calling up all our soybean customers around the world..."
No

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Why did China stop buying US soybeans, Kevin?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hassett: "China has stopped buying US soybeans. The silos are full and there are soybeans sitting on the ground w/tarps over them. That's unacceptable to POTUS. We're calling up our soybean customers around the world as part of our trade negotiations & we'll strong policies to support our farmers"

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

"It's disturbing. It's ridiculous."

Broadview, Illinois police chief says that ICE has been making false 911 calls.

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Local News
Broadview police chief accuses ICE agents of making false 911 calls
chicago
By Dave Savini, Samah Assad
October 2, 2025 / 10:25 PM CDT / CBS Chicago

Broadview village officials sent a strong message to the feds this week. They do not want U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operating its detention center in their town.

On Thursday, Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said ICE agents are draining the resources of his department and the community by making false 911 calls.

Body camera video footage obtained by the CBS News Chicago Investigators shows several Broadview officers responding to a 911 call claiming someone was tampering with a gate at the ICE detention facility.

The gate in question is where ICE takes detained immigrants for processing, but when police arrived, all they found was two people and a camera. A CBS News Chicago photographer was filming the exterior of the building, with a CBS security guard by his side.

The 911 call from an ICE agent claimed someone was tampering with the gate.

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 1d

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
October 05,1953

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
P1- NANCY HEARS A GROUP OF BOYS SHOUT : HOORAY FOR
P2- NANCY SEES THE BOYS CARRYING SLUGGO
NANCY: OH,BOY
P3- NANCY: DID SLUGGO
MAKE THE WINNING TOUCH-DOWN?
P4- ONE OF THE BOYS REPLIED…
NO…HE FOUND A DOLLAR
THE BOYS ARE ARE TAKING SLUGGO TO THE SODA SHOP

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Beatghoul ⑆⑇⑈⑉ @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 1d

Ireland now has a Basic Income for the Arts.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 2d

This week at an event for THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT, a reader asked in a gracious and cheeky way what I would hope white readers in particular would get out of the book. Or more directly, what I would TELL white readers. And this was basically my answer:

African-Americans are experts on America.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 2d

America should listen to Black people

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 1d

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 2d

These skirmishes will only get worse and more violent, as The Cold Men are not trained to de-escalate. Notice the woman grabbing an ICEy arm

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 3d

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting use of the passive voice you've got there, CNN..

Angry goose meme where in the first panel the goose says "“Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments" then in the second panel the goose is chasing the person angrily saying "WHO PULLED THEM, CNN?".

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 3d

At least Johnson promised to swear in pivotal Rep Grijalva next week. We’ll see…

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Mike Johnson swore in newly elected Republicans earlier this year when the House wasn’t fully in session.

But now he’s refusing to do the same for Democratic representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 3d

The bald-faced lying is now normalized across many parts of GOP

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

KEILAR: A Post poll shows more Americans are blaming Republicans for the shutdown. Does that give you pause?

MARSHALL: I discount that poll altogether

K: Why?

M: There are so many other polls that say the opposite

K: Which one?

M: I don't have them at my fingertips. That's a very biased poll

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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 5d

Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 4d

Criminal and waaay out of protocol

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 4d

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Emily Josephs @emjo.bsky.social · 4d

This photo does not capture the amazing energy & enthusiasm of @llseedsull.bsky.social's amazing tenure talk today!!! (Although I did manage to get the Capsella cameo & @andreacase.bsky.social's "not a threat I promise" blouse

A woman giving a talk with a slide that says "how can organisms respond to change? Adapt, move, die". Another woman in the front row wears a blouse with skulls on it.