There are two choices in November: 1. Democracy 2. Dictatorship Those who don’t vote are supporting #2. Internal fighting helps choice #2. If we don’t flip the house at a minimum, it won’t matter why - there won’t be a country and everything bad will get worse!

Presumably the proper English translation of whatever word an alien race used for its home planet would just be "Earth"

Matty@zagrebista.bsky.social · 4h ago

This reminds me of "Allah" just being the arabic word for "God" and not, as an incredible number of people seem to think, a specific "different" god like Thor or something

@lizszabo.bsky.social Any news on Covid 19 booster for fall of 2026 and what variant booster it would be. If you any information - please share on @bsky.app - Please!

Democrats refer Wright to DOJ for prosecution, accusing him of lying to Congress #TheHill https://twp.ai/9OZe1J

Captain America

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 8h ago

Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳

Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳

@paulaerizanu.bsky.social @cristiancantir.bsky.social I don’t know if you can shed any light on what is going on by our Kremlin-aligned government here?

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 8h ago

NEW: An ICE flight headed for Moldova turned around over the Atlantic Ocean yesterday and flew back to an ICE hub, returning 15 hours after it left. We don’t know why. Video I obtained from the scene shows 11 exhausted and shackled people disembark. gillianbrockell.com/why-did-this...

Best of all possibles, and they both started before results were in.

Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 7h ago

And I think it's notable that the actual candidates recognize this, know that the factions have far more in common than separates them, and are quickly moving to mend fences and look toward winning in November.

No paywall ... "Meta’s Chinese Partner Behind Deluge of Nudify Ads GatherOne is one of Meta’s key advertising partners in China. Its name is attached to thousands of ads for nudify apps." www.techtransparencyproject.org

Tech Transparency Project

Holding Big Tech accountable

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This is worth amplifying (also this podcast is rad), that Roman slavery was, y'know, slavery. In fact, all slavery is horrifying, but the broader 'Mediterranean' slavery tradition (which is also, by the by, the ancestor of Atlantic slavery) is one of the *more extreme* such traditions.

Claire E. Aubin@ceaubin.com · last wk.

Next time someone tries to tell you that Roman slavery was different or better than other forms of slavery, tell them to listen to last week’s episode of @thisguysucked.com and/or buy Emma’s book.

How very russian! 🤣

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 4h ago

😂 Wildberries management has begun stealing goods from entire logistics hubs and then recording them as "destroyed by drones", - Babel This particularly applies to valuable items such as jewelry and electronics.

SFB

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h ago

FT: "... Since attacking Iran in February, Trump’s immediate demands have shrunk from a sprawling list of concessions .. to just one: that Iran allow the Strait of Hormuz to return to its prewar state ..” @financialtimes.com #SuezMoment www.ft.com/content/87b0...

"Less than two cents on every dollar. That was US tech giant Palantir’s effective global corporation tax rate in 2025, according to a new study."

Follow the Money EU@ftm.eu · 16h ago

Palantir earns billions from government contracts around the world, including across Europe. Yet European trade unions say the US tech giant pays next to nothing in tax. How does a company profiting from so much public money contribute so little in return?

I'd love to hear why my book White Flight -- which won prizes from the Southern Historical Association and the American Political Science Association -- was deemed not good enough for students at Texas A&M.

King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · 20h ago

Only a matter of time before Texas forces @kevinmkruse.bsky.social to drink hemlock. www.aclutx.org/press-releas...

There’s are war crimes. Intentional terror killing of civilians. The Russian way of war. U.S. failure to support Ukraine is complicit in these deaths.

Ranked News@rankednews.bsky.social · 4h ago

Russia exploits Ukraine’s air defence shortage: A fresh wave of Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, has resulted in a tragic toll of at least 17 dead and more than 40 wounded. The attack underscores the acute vulnerability of Ukraine's air defenses, a sho… https://ranked.news/1214691?u=b

On one of the fronts, inside their own rear, Russian forces woke up to find Ukrainian special operations forces pointing weapons at them point-blank. t.me/c/1721372338...

the biggest presidential scandal in history. jeffrey epstein was a close friend and business associate of trump and they did crimes together! against children! its all pretty much out in the open now but its a smaller story than hillary's email server was for some reason

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 5h ago

BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.

The FIS of Ukraine reported that as a result of large-scale warehouse fires, Wildberries is already recording billions in losses, but the problems do not end there. Huge debts owed by the marketplace and its partners could severely impact Russian banks. szru.gov.ua/news-media/n...

Make a Tech Fascist sweat—pre-order "The Nerd Reich" book today! Available wherever you buy books. Use this link to support independent booksellers and my work: bookshop.org/a/109206/978...

The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy

“This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires linked to the second Trump administration...It’s an ominous look at an insular el...

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If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future. The @theguardian.com just published an amazing piece about my book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy." Coming August 18! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley

As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them

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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... “Premodern fanatics used to hallucinate flying devils. But few modern civilians have been chased by mechanized flying objects. Unless they live in or around Kherson.“

Putin’s Human Safari Is the Dystopian Future of War

A grim new normal dawns in Ukraine.

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@factforce.bsky.social , you asked recently what prompted the Georgia Dream regime to (apparently) abandon refining Russian oil. This 👇 may give you a more complete answer to your question.

Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · 11h ago

Georgian Dream: "WE ARE NOT REFINING RUSSIAN OIL!" *Prosecutes democratic leaders who speak of Russia sanctions evasion for up to 15 years* *Gets sanctioned* "Please, please, dear EU, we will get rid of the Russian oil!"

If “party leadership and centrists immediately fall behind El-Sayed to defeat the Republican” does not align with your priors about the Democratic Party you should both reflect on why and also update those priors

Journalists: Want to get the most out of your public records requests? @rcfp.org attorney Gunita Singh shares five FOIA tips for reporters to keep in mind — from the best way to craft your requests (be specific!) to how you can appeal a denial (no lawyer required).

All of you should let your mayors and councilmembers know that if your city does not embrace pro-housing reforms then it is very likely leaving federal grant money on the table. www.pew.org/en/research-...

The Success of the New Federal Housing Law Now Rests on States and Localities

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, enacted on July 11, represents the first comprehensive federal law in decades designed to increase homebuilding. The bipartisan package contains more than 50 prov...

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Easy. Put up the charts. Hammer the points home over and over and over again. This is a familiar pattern. Time to start saying so. Every day.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 6h ago

I fundamentally do not know how to square the politics whereby Democrats will essentially have to tell the American people that because they (the voters) made an extremely stupid decision, they need to lower their expectations substantially for the foreseeable future, but here we are.

I think there is a clear messaging path through this, actually. Americans just like to be the underdog so goddamn much.

"They paid to get him elected. Now they'll pay for the damages, too."

They paid to get him elected, afterall.