Colin Laney
@noydbmf.bsky.social
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civis Americanus sum Pseudonymous Minor Figure Deputy Chief Sub-Underflunky: NonServiam AI; Datastream Cowboy: Yellow Submarine of the Deep State; Imagination is wetware-computed latent space; All the Algorithm and all it wants; Monetize the Eschaton
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noydbmf.bsky.social
"So now they were headed into androgenic, systemic, multiplex, seriously bad shit, like she sort of already knew, figured everybody did, except for people who still said it wasn’t happening, and those people were mostly expecting the Second Coming anyway."
-- William Gibson, "The Peripheral", 2014
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auntpatty.bsky.social
Meanwhile, the animals come out at night in Portland..
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walterolson.bsky.social
New Yorker profile of a small group of Los Angeles activists ("Peace Patrol") who videorecord ICE vehicles entering and exiting around Terminal Island at the city's port where the agency has a complex. /1
The Volunteers Tracking ICE in Los Angeles
How a small group of activists dubbed the “Peace Patrol” stymie the deployment of federal agents in California.
www.newyorker.com
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warnock.senate.gov
The Senate Republican budget is immoral. It allows health care cuts that will raise monthly costs for millions of Americans.

I cannot vote for legislation that allows working people to lose their health care.
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cwebbonline.com
Check the timestamps. On CNN’s website, the uploaded interview starts at 2:52. On their YouTube page, the upload starts at 2:47. The “plenary authority” comment by Miller was at 2:41, as shown in my side-by-side video post. CNN should be reporting on what Miller said. It’s news!
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cwebbonline.com
Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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gailhelt.bsky.social
So essentially Stephen Miller announced a coup on live TV, panicked, and got CNN to cover for him?
cwebbonline.com
Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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cashsteven.bsky.social
Honored to have spoken to an amazing group of Vassar Students on behalf of @steadystatevets.bsky.social
vassar.bsky.social
The country is facing the gravest threat to its constitutional democracy since the Civil War. That was the assessment of the current political situation from former national security official Steven Cash ’84, who spoke with students.
https://bit.ly/4pNBkeg
A person sitting at a table leading a presentation
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johnsipher.bsky.social
The Court needs to answer if a president “can use a contrived crisis as a justification for sending troops into our cities. In other words, the issue is going to come down to who decides the facts when it comes to domestic use of the military.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Opinion | No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants
www.nytimes.com
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
More good work by Greg Sargent
gregsargent.bsky.social
JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule
He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.
newrepublic.com
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sanho.bsky.social
Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.
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cmar0561.bsky.social
So many of Trump’s followers wrap themselves in the cross while defiling everything it stands for.

They preach love, yet cheer cruelty.

They claim the mantle of faith, yet follow a man who mocks compassion, mercy, and truth. 1/3
What Would Jesus Say About Donald Trump?
YouTube video by Dark Brandon
youtu.be
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johnbuss.bsky.social
Release Special Counsel Jack Smith’s files.
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peter-butler.bsky.social
Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
www.bloomberg.com
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charlotteclymer.bsky.social
"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
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megankovacs.bsky.social
Hot girls, good boys. Paws off Portland, Kristi Noem!
Three women in sunglasses, two holding signs that say “Send treats, not troops” and “Bad Noem go home” and the other is wearing a Chinga La Migra Tshirt. There is a handsome red lab looking off to the right.
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theonion.com
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ICE is hiring!
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whitehouse.senate.gov
AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.
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elerianm.bsky.social
No stopping the price of gold for now:
Up more than 50% so far this year, it has more than doubled over the past two years.
Consistent buying by some foreign central baks is being reinforced by growing institutional and retail allocations, and a more volatile speculative overlay.
#gold #markets
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katzish.bsky.social
The first move is to purge every single columnist readers like. The second is this