Why is Sean Duffy unable to give an update on the situation that doesn’t sound a) overtly political, and b) embarassingly glazing of Trump?

1/ I'll explain exactly how this happened because I'm the person at Forbes who calculates these numbers. This is going to take some unraveling, but here's a spoiler: The president's answer here is nonsense.

60 Minutes@60minutes.bsky.social · last wk.

Ross Douthat asks the President how his net worth rose by nearly $3 billion, according to a Forbes estimate, since he returned to office. Watch the interview Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT on 60 Minutes.

Too many Democrats concede as "fact" the stereotype-driven propaganda that far-right groups like the Alliance Defending Freedom have promoted: that trans athletes at all ages and forever have a competitive advantage and that safety, even, is at issue. A long body of research disproves these claims

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 2mo ago

Republicans are putting transphobia on the November ballot in seven questions in five states. The measures reflect broad anti-feminist aims, from "sex verification" for girls to limits on reproductive rights, an analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social for Assigned Media and Important Context finds.

This hearing, in which Judge Reyes is looking for an explanation about why DOJ told her there wasn't a "final agency action" to close the golf course when there was clearly a final agency action to close the golf course is starting right now.

the "other reasons" Musk deems "irrelevant" include silly little stuff like requiring his companies adhere to the law

O Captain my Captain

thread of headlines in newspaper archives about people who had the same name as a future famous person!!!!

In MAGA, parental estrangement is a big issue — and parents are held out as blameless victims. I suspect that's one reason why Vivek Ramaswamy ran an ad celebrating Amy Acton's vile mother. And why MAGA — including Vance and Trump — are backing him. www.salon.com/2026/10/23/r...

Ramaswamy's ad exposes MAGA’s obsession with parental estrangement

Many Republicans have kids who won't talk to them — and they blame their offspring

salon.com

"Vote for us or we won't pay Marines and their families restitution for poisoning them" is one way to go.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Trump on Camp Lejeune settlements: "If the Republicans don't do well, I'd say maybe they won't get their money"

scenes from an authoritarian cult -- Trump signs an EO, and then all of his cronies keep clapping and clapping for him since none of them wants to be the first one to stop

NEW: We spent months investigating a little-known media startup called Brown Brothers Media, which buys legit news sites and turns them into AI-powered zombie content farms What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News futurism.com/artificial-i...

How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month

Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.

futurism.com

This was a particularly enlightening/depressing article of theirs I appreciated. Really great reporting. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Terrorize Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools

Teen boys are using Meta's AI glasses to harass and bully victims -- overwhelmingly girls -- at middle schools and high schools.

futurism.com

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 2mo ago

Futurism does not get anywhere near as much credit as it deserves for its reporting/coverage in general!

This is one of the most horrific stories I've seen reported in a long time. An utter indictment of fraternity & sorority culture, sports media, elite Universities, and as always, the utter cesspool that is Twitter.

Ej Dickson@ejdickson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There is a corner of the internet I had never heard of before I started reporting this story. It’s called the “burnerverse”: a network of anon burner accounts ostensibly discussing college sports. But they have another goal: destroying young girls’ lives.🧵: www.wired.com/story/burner...

It's very easy to wear a suit and tie in any major city, even if the aesthetic has mostly disappeared from daily life, because there are people outside wearing pink tutus with Army boots. As usual, your liberation is connected to other people's liberation.

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...

Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.

variety.com

Everyone still using X is using a website that produces and distributes CSAM. It is disgusting and immoral and nobody has any excuse for not being fully aware at this point.

kate conger@kateconger.com · 2mo ago

Over six months, we tracked the appearance of child sexual abuse material on X. We found images from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's database, which is considered one of the most highly vetted and which many tech companies block on upload. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/t...

A 9/11 thread

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Alberta is so determined to usher in a wave of AI data centres & increase oil and gas production that it is considering rewriting legislation and creating government-owned corporations that would force private companies to invest in natural gas pipeline expansions..." By @drewanderson.bsky.social:

Leaked doc suggests Alberta has sprawling plans to pave the way for AI data centres, more oil production

Rewriting laws, creating Crown corporations that could rival TC Energy, building new natural gas pipelines and increasing prices for consumers: what a leaked document says about Alberta’s AI data centre and oil push

thenarwhal.ca

Perspective.

Possibly the most American news of all time

Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt

Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.

local12.com

Smoke Alarm Sick Of Being Yelled At For Doing Its Job https://theonion.com/smoke-alarm-sick-of-being-yelled-at-for-doing-its-job-1845127577/

it's not an exaggeration to say that jk rowling is the world's most powerful and prominent transphobe outside of elon musk it's easy to not buy a tesla and it's easy to not watch the harry potter tv show

The Verge@theverge.com · 2mo ago

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

if only there had been clues

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Former Kanye West aide Milo Yiannopoulos walks back his support for Trump after his ICE arrest: "If I had any clue that anything remotely like this was even possible, I would have never gotten involved in supporting Trump in the first place"

"But her emails" on steroids. El-Sayed's posts are completely innocuous but Bari's minions are framing them as a controversy to keep the antisemitism accusations in the news cycle.

David A. Graham@dgraham.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Are you kidding me www.cbsnews.com/news/abdul-e...

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing