I told you these "colossal" guys with their fake de-extinction scam were evil.

Amy Feldman@amyfeldman7.bsky.social · 2h ago

*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

"It's never our intention to improperly interfere with elections or the state confirmation process, or certification process, but you know, to say that there's no circumstances that we would ever do that, of course I'm not going to say that" - Attorney General Todd Blanche 10-22-26

Christopher Lee Reads Edgar Allan Poe: “The Raven,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” & More

Christopher Lee Reads Edgar Allan Poe: “The Raven,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” & More

Sir Christopher Lee and Edgar Allan Poe went way back. Or at least they went as far back as 1969, the year of The Oblong Box, a loose and lurid film adaptation of the eponymous story starring Lee and ...

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This is going to fall apart. They’re trying to intimidate voters. Trump’s DOJ is accusing states of registering thousands of noncitizens to vote. There’s just one problem. Their own evidence is blowing up in their faces.

Jack Ross, CEO of Turning Point UK and a former Conservative election candidate, has been suspended from the party in the wake of undercover sting by Al Jazeera reportedly showing him discussing the cost of hiring contract killers. Story from @benquinn75.bsky.social and me

Former Tory election candidate suspended over contract killing claims

Jack Ross was filmed allegedly discussing with an undercover reporter violent options to deal with enemies

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"They can start cutting people's faces up. They can stab someone. They can shoot someone." EXCLUSIVE: Our hidden cameras capture the leader of Turning Point UK organising a fake rally for a foreign government and helping arrange a murder-for-hire with loyalist paramilitaries.

A judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content moderation policies on Facebook.

Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion over Cambridge Analytica breach

A judge has ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content moderation on Facebook.

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New: We found cops who kept using Flock to spy on women after they left the force. One used it for five years after retirement, tracking his wife during a custody battle. Another ran searches while he was suspended (and later fired) after killing a 15-year-old boy. Free to read: wapo.st/3UEwWU7

Their police jobs ended. They kept using Flock’s vast surveillance network.

Flock employees urged the company to adopt stronger security after a 2024 breach. The company continued to allow practices that left its network vulnerable to unauthorized users.

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nice to get mask off with it

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · yesterday

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

"271 current and former employees [of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department] who either admitted to or were found to potentially have tattoos associated with two deputy gangs, the 'Regulators' and 'Spartans.'" #California #USA #Policing #Incarceration

How big are LASD deputy gangs? A lawsuit points to 271 employees with potential gang tattoos

A former LASD lieutenant's lawsuit reveals new details about an internal investigation into the 'Regulators' and 'Spartans' gangs, offering a rare glimpse into the possible scale of deputy gangs.

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Trump administration is holding back another billion from California for Medicaid, citing Medicaid-funded home care costs. As I wrote for @motherjones.com in July, the last time they did this, California does its program better than other states. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

California does Medicaid home care well. They're being punished for it.

Republicans are deferring $850 million from the state because of unfounded fraud claims.

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Trump on Camp Lejeune water contamination claims: "If we win the House and Senate, I am directing the Department of Justice to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible ... if we don't win, there's no money."

Traveling in France and Germany this fall has provoked me to think about the different memory cultures nations have around fascism. This is a very funny take on that theme.

Notably, the WHO still says this trial is unethical: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

RFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-Bissau

Police seize doses of hepatitis B vaccine from people at center of dispute over research on African newborns

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We won our case against DOGE for violating the privacy rights of current and former government employees! The case is AFGE v. OPM, Case 1:25-cv-01237-DLC Document 241 Filed 10/20/26 if you can't get it from the ECF link ecf.nysd.uscourts.gov/doc1/1271405...

Now that Russiagate is being played out again but this time in public, tell me again how it was all a paranoid fantasy?

You know it’s bad when national review is debunking a lie

Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc)@purrtah.bsky.social · 2d ago

NRO obtained court records showing Acton did in fact face abuse and her mother and Vivek are just straight up lying www.nationalreview.com/news/amy-act...

I wrote about how naming and going after corruption is a way to build a national movement in the U.S. that unites people without throwing anyone under the bus.

Donald Trump was heading towards his helipad when he suddenly stopped to acknowledge a nonexistent crowd. trib.al/GSwMkKK

Trump, 80, Wanders Off While Waving and Saluting to No One

Donald Trump was heading towards his helipad when he suddenly stopped to acknowledge a nonexistent crowd.

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BREAKING WSJ: Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of the military-grade version of Starlink that Ukraine relied on.

Exclusive | Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine

The SpaceX founder authorized the move and has been discussing Ukraine with Trump, but the president has denied ordering the restrictions.

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Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/

The name of New Mexico is funny because it's one of those things that you'd think is really simple (oh, it's it used to be part of old Mexico, so we'll call it New Mexico!), but it's much more complex New Mexico as the name for the area predates Mexico by several hundred years!

Owen Barcala@obarcala.bsky.social · 3d ago

But, like, New America wouldn't make any sense because this is still the original America and... You know what, forget it

“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's comms director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped (published Oct. 2025):

“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America

Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...

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Because four of the Justices have book contracts with a party's corporate parent, the Supreme Court LACKS A QUORUM to hear BMG v. Vetter, and one of the worst copyright decisions in recent memory is affirmed by default. It's just one bad look after another. www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...

I refuse to disavow the Nicholas Brothers! #TCMparty

Nick Bros Acrobatic Jumpin' Jive Dance

Alt: Nick Bros Acrobatic Jumpin' Jive Dance

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What do you call it when secret police round up people of a certain ethnic background, concentrated in over-crowded camps, and mistreats them until many die?

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 4d ago

A 56-year-old Mexican man held at a federal immigration facility in Laredo was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. His family says the center would not give him medicine for diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition. He is the 7th person to die in ICE custody in Texas this year.

it was the fuck-aroundest of times, it was the find-outest of times (gift link) www.wsj.com/politics/pol...