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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 3h

I really feel like millennials especially resent the copyright theft part of these AI data centers because of this.

Strange Days at Blake Hol(e)sey High 👻 🍑 @reactionordinary.bsky.social · 3h

The RIAA was suing teenagers. We had to sit through ⬇️ this shit anytime we wanted to watch a DVD. A whole generation shamed for using Limewire and torrents. Only for these silicone valley assholes to now find copyright infringement a necessary evil they shouldn’t have to answer for

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Alexandre Adler @bachpropagate.bsky.social · 8h

Look, we’re both very sorry about the widening gyre.

The US president on the phone in Dr Strangelove.

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Justin S. Casey @justinscasey.bsky.social · 19h

Debates over typical labels (radical or extreme right esp.) gloss over the fluidity, overlap, and cross-pollination between them. Eco's concept of Eternal Fascism - emphasizing how certain ideas can clump together and snowball into fascism - allows us to imagine how these barriers are dissolving

Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 3d

🧵 Fascism is an ideology. The government is fascist. But it's an unconsolidated competitive authoritarian regime, not a totalitarian one.

@justinscasey.bsky.social and I discuss this, and the heterogeneity of interwar fascism, here 👇

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Justin S. Casey @justinscasey.bsky.social · 1d

is this going to affect my just barely affordable gluten free rummo?

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 2d

Italy trying to get US to call off mega tariff on imported pasta that will double prices for American consumers. Via Reuters

Rome calls on US to reconsider extra tariff on pasta imports

With almost $800 million in exports, the U.S. is one of Italy's top three export markets for pasta, a staple of the country's culinary heritage and a substantial export commodity.

www.reuters.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

The biggest takeaway from this chart is that most people the New York Times treats as legal experts were wrong about Trump Term 2 because they were too complacent, and rather than question that broader complacency and talk to people who got it right, NYT will continue treating them as go-to experts.

New York Times pie-chart of responses to "has Trump's second term posed a greater or lesser threat to the rule of law than you expected?" that's "based on our survey of 50 legal experts" showing most answer more or much more than expected.

From: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/magazine/legal-experts-trump-justice-department.html

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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 3d

🧵 Fascism is an ideology. The government is fascist. But it's an unconsolidated competitive authoritarian regime, not a totalitarian one.

@justinscasey.bsky.social and I discuss this, and the heterogeneity of interwar fascism, here 👇

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Justin S. Casey @justinscasey.bsky.social · 5d

Lots of amazing AI content coming out for teaching students about palingenesis and what that means soon

John Darwin Kurc @kurc.com · 5d

From DHS. State Run Media.

Justin S. Casey @justinscasey.bsky.social · 5d

out of power: issue ownership of migration
in power: issue ownership of issues

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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 5d

Um, didn't Depeche Mode write a song about this?

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Justin S. Casey @justinscasey.bsky.social · 5d

Lots of FL TX jobs implying that scholars are leaving which further heats up the job market

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KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 5d

BREAKING: The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.

Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword

The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.

www.kcur.org

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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 5d

We continue to live in hell.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 6d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.

A picture of some AI girl standing on an AI landscape with an AI monster behind her. I'm gonna be so real: she looks about 14

By Tyler Cowen

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Justin S. Casey @justinscasey.bsky.social · 6d

its the podcast ads

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 6d

% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society

22% in 2022
47% in 2025

No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.

Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports

Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.

www.pewresearch.org

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 6d

No one has ever Responsibly Statecrafted as much as Trump, many people are saying.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6d

Breaking News: President Trump told Congress in a confidential notice that he had decided that the U.S. was in an “armed conflict” with certain drug cartels.

Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”

nyti.ms

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6d

From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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Justin S. Casey @justinscasey.bsky.social · 7d

Hands off red, white, and blueland!

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 7d

🚨 BREAKING: Britain is closing in on a long-desired critical minerals partnership with Greenland, three figures familiar with the plans told POLITICO. Full story here 👇

www.politico.eu/article/uk-g...

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Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · 7d

It’s publication day 🥳 my book is officially out in the world thanks to @stanfordpress.bsky.social, and I celebrated by giving it the 6+1 treatment at the @duckofminerva.bsky.social.

Duck of Minerva @duckofminerva.bsky.social · 7d

6+1 Questions about American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy

What’s the name of the book, and where can we find it? American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy (Stanford University Press, 2025). What’s the argument?…

6+1 Questions about American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy

What’s the name of the book, and where can we find it? American Conquest: The Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy (Stanford University Press, 2025). What’s the argument? Relations with Native American groups were constitutive of early U.S. foreign policy, and this should make us reconsider the notion that the United States was isolationist in this period.

www.duckofminerva.com

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holden m. accountable @noahs.bsky.social · 9d

THE MEME IS REAL

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Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social · 11d

Francis Fukuyama: ‘The neoliberals went too far. Now, we need more social democratic policies’

english.elpais.com/culture/2022...

Francis Fukuyama: ‘The neoliberals went too far. Now, we need more social democratic policies’

The political scientist, who at the beginning of the 1990s declared ‘the end of history,’ returns with a new book where he identifies the threats to classical liberalism: runaway capitalism and too mu...

english.elpais.com

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 14d

i made a helpful reference

$top right: a fractured black rectangle where one half is labeled "autism is bad" and the other side is labeled "FACT CHECK: autistic people are productive members of society". top left: WRONG -negating their frame reinforces it -starts with what it isn't instead of what it is - your argument is shaped like their argument bottom right: large image of Kirby, a pink blob inhaling and the "autism is bad" fragment, labeled THEY'RE DOING EUGENICS bottom left: RIGHT - you eat their frame -starts with what's actually happening -contains and explains what they're doing -your argument is shaped like kirby$

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 11d

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders

www.nytimes.com

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🕯️ Crowley Rae Jepsen 🕯️ @mags.colvett.online · 20d

Worrier ethos

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Justin S. Casey @justinscasey.bsky.social · 12d

So the news is...
-Kimmel is rehabilitated
-The WH is going after "domestic terrorists"
-Starmer fumbles rightwards
-Ukraine can conquer Russia
-Slovakia has 2 genders
-The person who shot migrants hated ice (bullets say so)
-Gaza will return to the *checks notes* Tony Blair mandate
that all?

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 13d

Republicans can’t win on their policies, so they are trying to dodge accountability by rewriting the rules. These lawmakers are going out of their way to silence the will of the people and deliberately undermine our democracy.

All On The Line @allontheline.bsky.social · 13d

The White House is continuing to pressure more states to gerrymander their congressional maps because they are afraid of voters holding them accountable for their unpopular policies.

This is a decisive moment for our democracy. Take action to fight back against this power grab. ⬇️

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 14d

Vance once called Trump "America's Hitler."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Vance: "If you want stop political violence, stop telling your supporters that everybody who disagrees with you is a Nazi."

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