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he/him/his Either way - patriot or treason it's gonna be one long hard ride - Melissa Etheridge

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 5d

"Nothing — markets, bots, or machines — can rescue us, except our imagination"
- William Davies
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/pol...

Lawyers, Guns and Money @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 5d

The critique of pure idiocy

The critique of pure idiocy - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Hannah Arendt, the year Hitler came to power William Davies has published an essential critique of Trumpian stupidity. This could not be more relevant to my current interests, but quite aside from that this is one of those essays that open up whole new vistas for thinking about fundamental social developments and patterns. I’d like […]

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19h

Altman claims the company didn’t anticipate people not wanting their deepfakes to say “offensive things or things that they find deeply problematic,” which sounds like a lie but is also indicative of how they recklessly release tech into the world.

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

www.theverge.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.

For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

(Published June)

DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts

We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...

www.propublica.org

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E = mily² @emily.news · 10h

Meme image in which Princess Daisy says, "Are you tired of going apeshit? Don't you just want to be nice?" Her face looks softly dejected.

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Ghastreblyansky @yastreblyansky.bsky.social · 5h

Getting harder and harder for them to hide it.

Always helpful at this point to note that the antifa opposing Nazis were not only Communists but also Social Democrats and trade unionists. It was probably the last that Nazis regarded as the greatest threat.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Rianamator 🦇🎃👻 @riana.bsky.social · 9h

Google too! You sniveling cowards. www.404media.co/google-calls...

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 7h

My dearest Martha,

This evening we shot pepper balls at a man clothed in a frog costume. It had no effect. He continued to dance and taunt us. We retreated before he could charge our lines and commit unspeakable horrors against our boys. I fear this war will never end.

Yours,

Silas

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 7h

This is why the people showing up in animal costumes for dance parties are doing it right.

Trump wants the image of violent confrontations. Give him frog costumes.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

www.nytimes.com

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Orcish Law @orcishlaw.bsky.social · 7h

Fascinating. I've had several doctors say that Long Covid acts like brain damage, and apparently that's because it literally damages your brain!

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 10h

Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19.

"Using ultra-high-resolution scanners that can see the living brain in fine detail, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford were able to observe the damaging effects Covid-19 can have on the brain."

Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19

Damage to the brainstem - the brain's 'control center' - is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests.

www.news-medical.net

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 8h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 7h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 7h

Cops caught lying about why they used AI tool to track woman who had abortion: report

www.rawstory.com

Cops caught lying about why they used AI tool to track woman who had abortion: report

twp.ai

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 7h

Everye seasoun of *Slow Horses* thei slowe the horses downe even more. Eventuallye you will not be able to see the horses move at all. The horses will seem eternallye still, yet motion will rest wythin them lyke the oak within the acorn.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 8h

This is getting wild.

The states of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 14 others have just asked for permission to file THEIR amicus brief in IL v. Trump.

The States of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and 14 additional States
respectfully move for leave to submit the attached amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants
and their opposition to Plaintiffs’ requested temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunction. Proposed amici are States with a vested interest in federalism, the relationship between
States and the federal government, and deploying the National Guard. We also each have a vital
interest in supporting the President and Congress in enacting and enforcing valid immigration
laws. Every State has a responsibility to protect our citizens.
The federalization of States’ National Guard units is a matter of profound public
importance, as it directly implicates the delicate balance of power between state and federal
governments—a true cornerstone of Federalism. States generally maintain authority over their
National Guard units, allowing governors to deploy them for state-specific needs, such as disaster
response or public safety. Federalization of state National Guard units without gubernatorial

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 8h

He's doing this a lot these days. A word that sounds like the right word but has a totally different meaning.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a far left extremist who inscribed the words, 'hey fascist, catch' -- meaning catch the bullet -- onto the bullet shelf itself."

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 12h

This is why I love Chicago so much. Their “we will fuck with you” reserves are BOTTOMLESS.

NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 14h

This is amazing.

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Will Li @williamlidc.bsky.social · 9h

Vibes to the left of me, vibes to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with rules

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 10h

Honest to god the biggest scam in America right now is whatever Dem consultants are being paid

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 12h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 10h

Im in ur backpack eating ur cupcake

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 10h

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 11h

idk about money laundering, but as far as espionage goes, this happened, and he was elected president for a 2nd time:

photo of classified documents stored in Trump's bathroom at Mar a Lago

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11h

in case you dont understand why trump keeps saying portland is burning, its because he watches this sludge on a loop and thinks its reality

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 12h

"I, the President of the United States, have made other politicians afraid of me and my gestapo" is not the flex he thinks it is.

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The Infinitely Prolonged @wowbaggert.bsky.social · 13h

The entire Trump/Epstein theory is that Trump is afraid of everyone finding out ... something, but given how shameless they all are about both their misogyny and their other criminal activities... I just don't see why they would be.

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