This is Elon Musk, a techno-oligarch with 241 million followers on TwitterX, spreading and amplifying Ceuta-linked right-wing disinformation, with one message reaching 9.9 million views and the other 7.9 million as of right now. 1/4
John Pettus
@johngpettus.bsky.social
Social venture entrepreneur. San Francisco native. Iraq veteran. Economics-trained, MBA liberal. Both more liberal and more conservative than you, in some ways. Working on improving public discourse and teaching & measuring critical thinking at scale.
Here is a clear example of how corporate capitalist forces (and their media) try to undermine science & create their own counterfactuals (and enemies) - in this case using useful idiots. A clear example of false consciousness - where publics must be deceived to protect corporate capital accumulation
So many thought Project 2025 would be rejected, not embraced, by decent Republicans. Apparently not. America is broken.
Scott Dworkin@dworkin.bsky.social · yesterdaySixty-nine million American women changed their name when they married. The SAVE Act was written knowing exactly what that means for their paperwork. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Dems WILL vote blue no matter who in November. That's what it takes when you care more about beating the fascists than destroying the people with whom you have comparatively minor differences. But the bad faith of some of the left is Chris Rufo level. (I'm agnostic on any particular contest.)
JacqueBlue@jacqueblue.bsky.social · 8h agoIt's over! Kornacki called it! Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan! Okay Dems, Vote Blue No Matter Who!
There's no great courage in posting a Zeteo video on BSky. But in the early days, I didn't think that Israel was committing a genocide against Palestinians. But if you use the real definition, with what we now know, I don't see how an honest person could say that Israel doesn't fit the criteria.
Mehdi DEBUNKS NYT Columnist’s Viral Argument Denying Israel’s Genocide of Gaza
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Morally, I dont think I can buy games published by EA anymore. Which is going to be really easy because I dont remember the last time I bought an EA game
Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 18h agoEA Announces Completion of Acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners www.ea.com/news/ea-anno...
What, you say serial harassers Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are taking steps to encourage *more* harassment? How utterly not shocking.
Task & Purpose@taskandpurpose.com · 22h agoArmy ends anonymous reporting for harassment complaints trib.al/oQU93m2
NEW: The Reflecting Pool story is about Trump’s grip on reality, but the press corps won’t go there: presswatchers.org/2026/08/the-...
The Reflecting Pool story is about Trump's grip on reality, but the press corps won’t go there | Press Watch
Journalists are treating his ‘vandalism’ claim as if it were a normal, disputable argument. But it’s completely delusional.
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It's incredible that the dominant culture in the United States (Republican culture) is based on pretending obviously untrue things are true, and all the members of that tribe publicly affirming that up is down. In the future, people will not understand how it's possible. Like we didn't get "1984".
Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 18h agoNobody wants to talk about those things… because they don’t exist? The current average price for a dozen eggs is $2.14. For a gallon of milk it’s $4.32. fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU00... fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU00...
President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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EA-CEO Retort VideoCast: Charlatans v. Experts — From #Trump ’s Alarming Behavior to The Persecution of Dr. #Fauci (Scott Lucas with Tim El-Sheikh) #Disinformation #TrumpLies #AnthonyFauci #COVID #HaveYouNoShameRandPaul eaworldview.com/2026/08/char...
EA-CEO Retort VideoCast: Charlatans v. Experts - From Trump's Alarming Behavior to The Persecution of Dr. Fauci - EA WorldView
73 minute analysis of charlatans like Donald Trump and life-saving experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci --- and how we uphold one rather than other
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👀 Nathan Robinson takes full advantage of a chance to explain to Katie Pavlich why Democratic Socialism is on the rise 🔥
motherfuckers trying to preach about how we should understand the evil agenda of the AI companies, and you can read all about it on their paywalled Substack newsletter.
This is good information! I am EXTREMELY CRITICAL of the “uncommitted movement” which urges people to not do all they can to fight fascism. It’s bad, dumb political strategy. It’s intra-party selfishness at the expense of the public good. Kudos to this guy for being better than that.
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · yesterdayWhat El-Sayed actually said about why he was voting for Kamala Harris ahead of the 2024 election.
This dude was on TV basically every day during the pandemic and published tons of articles -- and he's saying "free speech was suspended" over COVID-19.
I don’t have kids but I am glad that my taxes pay for public education so that there will be good doctors when I am old. I’m glad that my taxes will make sure people who are struggling to make ends meet can feed themselves and their kids so they can grow up healthy.
Enter Kaikai's partner in crime, Bungalu! She's still learning how to share, but is adjusting admirably and adores her brother. Before he was rescued, Bungalu spent several lonely weeks trying to fend for himself, surviving a lion attack and storms. www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/bung...
Utterly fulfilling the stereotype of people who study Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. (But not the actual ethos of the thing. I know.)
Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · 2d agoHe will never understand that being "the fat guy from Superbad" is infinitely better than being "the martial arts chud nobody likes"
when people say "do your own research" they generally mean "do not trust anyone with any relevant training or experience"
Marc Veldhoen@marcveld.bsky.social · 2d agoI'm a full Professor of Immunology and fully vaccinated. I didn't get vaccinated out of obedience, but after decades of studying the immune system and evaluating all evidence. Calling that "lack of critical thinking" is not an argument. It's ideology masked as pretend intellect.
This obvious mathematical tension between high vs low housing prices is one of the BIGGEST issues in America's utterly dysfunctional robber baron economy. Essentially all of middle class wealth since... the 70s (IIRC) comes from home price appreciation. If that stops, no wealth increase anymore.
Greg Jericho@grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d agoThere is just an amazing desperation to paint lower house prices as awful
Destin's ( @smartereveryday.bsky.social ) product engineering quest has resulted in some significant insights about American manufacturing and, ultimately, capitalism, and hence... morality. This presages the conversation we all need to have as a society.
The PROBLEM with Capitalism - Smarter Every Day 316
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