A new @abdulelsayed.bsky.social ad out from Senate Majority PAC — stark contrast to the Mike Rogers fearmongering that has already started
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Congrats to Abdul El-Sayed. This was the highest Dem turnout in history of Michigan Dem primaries. Surprising to see some of the folks on stage with Abdul These midterms are just the beginning folks.
LIVE: Michigan Senate Dem nominee El-Sayed speaks after narrow primary win
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One day, we will all be active participants in AI LLM pest control.
It’s Time to Poison AI | GN Mega Charts Update & LLM Countermeasures
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My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Neoclassical econ assumes rationality. The corollary of, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" is "you're rich, so you must be very smart!" Thus, people assume that if powerful, well-compensated CEOs insist that "AI is changing everything," well then, *AI must be changing everything*. 1/
After years of hype, and trillions of dollars, the AI boom will leave us with a captured economy, a corrupted democracy, and a devastated environment. We can't let them get away with it. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Haven’t seen this reported elsewhere yet, but it looks like enough Michigan Dems rejected AIPAC and went in for a progressive. This is huge! We’re potentially one step closer to living in a country where US tax dollars are used to fund US prosperity!
Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 11h agoMoney out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.
What exactly is the problem here? Our capitalist overlords and social betters taking record profits as a so-called war bonus is the system working exactly as intended! ☠️
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d agoOil profits boom on ‘war bonus’ as Trump blasts energy giants for ‘making too much money’ - business live
Block hammer of the gods We’ll federate our shit to new lands We’ll silence the horde who piss and cry Curation, I am coming
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
The reality of the US is that the country has been ruthlessly, unrelentingly capitalistic since its founding. The authors of the Constitution were so unrepentantly capitalist that they enshrined chattel slavery in their founding documents, writing native Americans, women, and the poor out entirely.
Hey Babe - Don’t bother getting up, better to just sleep in. More absurd, egomaniacal, Ross Douthat brainrot nonsense just dropped. 💩🧠
Religion is an Obligation - NYT Columnist Ross Douthat
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Name a villain who was actually right
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Comfortably Numb@numb.comfortab.ly · 5d agoUsing facebook was already akin to slathering your brain in mercury. Now said slathering comes with an added bonus of PFAS packed orifices.
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 6d agoI hope everybody caught this. Under Mark "masculine energy" Zuckerburg, Meta is no longer just implicitly going right wing -- it has become explicit. Allying with Newsmax is not subtle. This is a deeply awful company. If you work there, you should quit.
If you’re the kind of white man who enjoys violence against children, women, and coworkers, boy howdy have we got the political party for you!
Truthout@truthout.org · 5d agoDemocrats are calling for an ethics investigation into Republican Congressmember Max Miller of Ohio as he runs for reelection. Miller’s ex-wife Emily Moreno claims that Miller burned her by throwing hot water at her, held a gun to her head and fractured their 2-year-old daughter’s collarbone.
Medicare for All or huge swathes of us will die. That's the midterms. That's 2028.
CatDaMaMa@catdamama.bsky.social · 5d agoOn 7/30/66, Medicare & Medicaid went into effect. Both have helped seniors, people of lower income, the disabled, etc., have the healthcare they need w/o the fear of going bankrupt. But the Trump regime & the GOP have cut both programs which will go into effect in 2027. #RepublicansCutHealthcare
The Deadline story on the retracted AI novel begins "The novel by [for a complicated set of reasons I have removed the author’s name]." (That's the piece's redaction, not mine.) 1. That's a VERY weird lede. 2. I am dying to know the reasons. 3. I suspect the name will be public knowledge by EOB.
AI Questions Spoil Book & Movie Heat On 'Call Me, I'll Hide The Body' Novel
That screeching sound you heard from international publishers and film rights buyers was an abrupt application of the brakes after a fevered pursuit of the unpublished debut novel.
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Kinda wild that @jamellebouie.net is the only person saying this clearly in a high-profile media outlet, but I'm so glad he is.
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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Dem Socialist Candidate Calls Trump ‘Pedophile President’ on Fox News During Grilling On Illegal Immigration
Dem Socialist Candidate Calls Trump ‘Pedophile President’ on Fox News During Grilling On Illegal Immigration
DSA candidate Oliver Larkin described President Donald Trump as a "pedophile president" during questioning by Fox anchor Trace Gallagher. The pair were discussing immigration in the United States. The post Dem Socialist Candidate Calls Trump ‘Pedophile President’ on Fox News During Grilling On Illegal Immigration first appeared on Mediaite.
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We live in an era of obvious bad guys and ever more idiotic evil.
Lora Kolodny@lorak.bsky.social · last wk.SpaceX-owned xAI, the developer of Grok, sued Minnesota AG to challenge a law coming into effect in the state that will ban "nudify" apps, use of these AI image generators to make non-consenting intimate images, aka AI deepfake porn of real people including minors. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/s...
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
Kory Steele@korysteele.bsky.social · last wk.Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
Is Mitch McConnell dead? Alive? Something darker and much, much worse? Who knows! All I do know is that he has looked like the walking dead and served the forces of darkness and evil my entire adult life. I scribbled this sketch at the dawn of Trump I. Dude has been unalive for more than a decade!
Every coward and sycophant in attendance at this degenerate’s dinner thinks the rest of us are fools, rubes, and imbeciles.
Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · 2w agoTrump is now deep into a speech that White House officials said would be “unifying but vicious.” The president — who normally speaks to crowds of fans who laugh at his jokes — is being met by extended silence.
We want free healthcare, world class public schools, world class infrastructure, and best in the world workers' rights protections, at a minimum. These MAGA monsters want corporate impunity, endless war, the death of American prosperity to fund foreign colonialism, and a degenerate oligarchy.
From the I Never Thought I’d See the Day file:
Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 2w agoFucking hell, Dara, what a horrible, horrible title for your shitty Zionist book
TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers. (Published 2022)
Meet the Billionaire and Rising GOP Mega-Donor Who’s Gaming the Tax System
Susquehanna founder and TikTok investor Jeff Yass has avoided $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He’s now pouring his money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election de...
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NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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