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"Polarization Is Not the Problem"
This paragraph says more about "both sides" journalism than just about anything I have read.
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By @lilymasonphd.bsky.social via @brizzyc.bsky.social
This paragraph says more about "both sides" journalism than just about anything I have read.
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October 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
"Polarization Is Not the Problem"
This paragraph says more about "both sides" journalism than just about anything I have read.
Read the rest here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
By @lilymasonphd.bsky.social via @brizzyc.bsky.social
This paragraph says more about "both sides" journalism than just about anything I have read.
Read the rest here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
By @lilymasonphd.bsky.social via @brizzyc.bsky.social
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Watched The Music Man tonight and wondered, as I always do, how watching two men sing about the benefits of dating promiscuous women affected Amaryllis
October 3, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Watched The Music Man tonight and wondered, as I always do, how watching two men sing about the benefits of dating promiscuous women affected Amaryllis
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Katie Phang: "Get the fuck out of here. Are you kidding me? You think it's a good use of taxpayers time and money to be able to do illegal redactions and withholds that are now forcing me to have to go and sue? Are you joking? But this is how Todd Blanche thinks."
October 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Katie Phang: "Get the fuck out of here. Are you kidding me? You think it's a good use of taxpayers time and money to be able to do illegal redactions and withholds that are now forcing me to have to go and sue? Are you joking? But this is how Todd Blanche thinks."
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Oh, look! The Trump administration is making crossing the US border more onerous for all the millions of Canadians who are no longer doing it.
They are smart that way.
They are smart that way.
October 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Oh, look! The Trump administration is making crossing the US border more onerous for all the millions of Canadians who are no longer doing it.
They are smart that way.
They are smart that way.
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Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
US appeals court blocks Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law for now in XAI lawsuit
Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
reut.rs
October 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
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Fascists don't believe in peace. Peace doesn't help them. No authoritarian regime ever wants peace.
Liberal democracies want peace. Peace helps them. Every liberal democracy wants peace.
Liberal democracies want peace. Peace helps them. Every liberal democracy wants peace.
October 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Fascists don't believe in peace. Peace doesn't help them. No authoritarian regime ever wants peace.
Liberal democracies want peace. Peace helps them. Every liberal democracy wants peace.
Liberal democracies want peace. Peace helps them. Every liberal democracy wants peace.
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asking the pope "how many local models do you run" and still thinking i'm going to see the pearly gates
October 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
asking the pope "how many local models do you run" and still thinking i'm going to see the pearly gates
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Look, I’m not saying the Pope should bring back the Spanish Inquisition for everyone, but maybe in some special cases? As a little treat for the rest of us?
asking the pope "how many local models do you run" and still thinking i'm going to see the pearly gates
October 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Look, I’m not saying the Pope should bring back the Spanish Inquisition for everyone, but maybe in some special cases? As a little treat for the rest of us?
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Jesus. TN is such a nightmare.
Outgoing prison chief in Christa Pike case oversaw five ‘botched’ executions, lawyers say
Frank Strada will leave role next month after uproar over execution attempt sent Pike to hospital in critical condition
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Jesus. TN is such a nightmare.
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russell t. davies interview in the times.
this is the country the labour party has created. a rancid, anti-lgbt+, shithole. five years ago this would have bedn unthinkable.
@lucympowell.bsky.social and andy burnham have the nerve to say ‘hope again’.
they’re responsible for this:
this is the country the labour party has created. a rancid, anti-lgbt+, shithole. five years ago this would have bedn unthinkable.
@lucympowell.bsky.social and andy burnham have the nerve to say ‘hope again’.
they’re responsible for this:
!["I'm called a paedophile and a groomer online by people like [Father Ted creator and anti-trans activist] Graham Linehan, and now people believe what they read. People believe it when they're told the Earth is flat," he says. His support for trans rights has resulted in years of death threats and
"groomer" smears, which he used to brush off. "But the online world is becoming the real world. People have worked out my address, and one person turned up at my house. If you believe a paedophile lives here, it's not the maddest thing in the world to come and get me. I've been saying for years that our rights are paper-thin, and here we are. What scares me is that I can't see an end to it. Nothing is going to unseat these tech barons - it will require some sort of revolution to stop them. So for the first time in history, hatred is being monetised by an algorithm."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bcgtpezwhu5ynanpiezkmfim/bafkreibb7jegeej5bqy4bqwzavfzack77peo3nft3kbt52cw2rhmpmjhhy)
October 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
russell t. davies interview in the times.
this is the country the labour party has created. a rancid, anti-lgbt+, shithole. five years ago this would have bedn unthinkable.
@lucympowell.bsky.social and andy burnham have the nerve to say ‘hope again’.
they’re responsible for this:
this is the country the labour party has created. a rancid, anti-lgbt+, shithole. five years ago this would have bedn unthinkable.
@lucympowell.bsky.social and andy burnham have the nerve to say ‘hope again’.
they’re responsible for this:
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This is an indirect measure of how much hypocrisy is baked into partisan politics now, at least for the GOP. They assume that they can accuse future Dem Presidents of engaging in authoritarian actions, regardless of whether if it is true or not, while dismissing any questioning of their integrity.
Trump is corruptly misappropriating taxpayer funds to pay for political ads. And rather than object, his GOP allies in Congress shrink in fear. Gift link:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Campaign-style Trump ads use money meant for border security, memorials
The White House Office of Management and Budget added $20 million to the pot for commemorative events a day before DHS awarded an advertising contract of the same amount.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This is an indirect measure of how much hypocrisy is baked into partisan politics now, at least for the GOP. They assume that they can accuse future Dem Presidents of engaging in authoritarian actions, regardless of whether if it is true or not, while dismissing any questioning of their integrity.
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At least five GOP senators have criticized Trump on the propaganda adds which is both pathetically few and maybe a second-term record.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
GOP senators push back on Trump’s taxpayer-funded ad
President Trump’s new government-funded ads pledging to “cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists” are getting strong pushback from Senate Republicans who are warning the president not …
thehill.com
October 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
At least five GOP senators have criticized Trump on the propaganda adds which is both pathetically few and maybe a second-term record.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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Old enough to remember when Trump did this to Lindsey Graham in 2015
www.politico.com/story/2015/0...
www.politico.com/story/2015/0...
October 3, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Old enough to remember when Trump did this to Lindsey Graham in 2015
www.politico.com/story/2015/0...
www.politico.com/story/2015/0...
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this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished
"After measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system" @bachynski.bsky.social
A 20-year-old Amish woman with leukemia got measles and died in Pa.’s largest outbreak in three decades
After measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system.
www.inquirer.com
October 3, 2026 at 4:57 PM
this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished
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The US has been heavily intervening on behalf of right wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of Sunday’s elections.
In Brazil’s Elections, Trump Seeks to Tighten Right Wing Grip on the Americas
The US has been heavily intervening on behalf of right wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of Sunday’s elections.
buff.ly
October 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The US has been heavily intervening on behalf of right wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of Sunday’s elections.
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New Law Requires Sex Offenders To Wear Tinted Sunglasses, Cut-Off Shorts
October 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
New Law Requires Sex Offenders To Wear Tinted Sunglasses, Cut-Off Shorts
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Reporter: "What do you say to those who are struggling to afford gas, groceries, diesel?"
Trump: You're losers. It's the greatest. If you're struggling in this economy, you're a loser.
There's your midterm messaging from the GOP 🤬🤡🎪
Trump: You're losers. It's the greatest. If you're struggling in this economy, you're a loser.
There's your midterm messaging from the GOP 🤬🤡🎪
October 3, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Reporter: "What do you say to those who are struggling to afford gas, groceries, diesel?"
Trump: You're losers. It's the greatest. If you're struggling in this economy, you're a loser.
There's your midterm messaging from the GOP 🤬🤡🎪
Trump: You're losers. It's the greatest. If you're struggling in this economy, you're a loser.
There's your midterm messaging from the GOP 🤬🤡🎪
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These hideous Trump ads are outright theft from the taxpayers and election misconduct at the same time. $20 million in OUR MONEY spent on Illegal ads glorifying the would-be king. And his co-conspirators told him it was OK.
Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency (Gift Article)
The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2026 at 1:56 AM
These hideous Trump ads are outright theft from the taxpayers and election misconduct at the same time. $20 million in OUR MONEY spent on Illegal ads glorifying the would-be king. And his co-conspirators told him it was OK.
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Truly, I already knew intellectually that medical emergency exceptions to abortion bans are useless, but Tierra Walker's case was ... painfully demonstrative
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
October 2, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Truly, I already knew intellectually that medical emergency exceptions to abortion bans are useless, but Tierra Walker's case was ... painfully demonstrative
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Rev. Wanda Paredes “sees President Donald Trump as accountable.”
“He says, ‘I’m gonna protect the United States no matter what,’ but I just don’t see how that’s protecting the United States,” Wanda said. “My husband, what has he done wrong?”
“He says, ‘I’m gonna protect the United States no matter what,’ but I just don’t see how that’s protecting the United States,” Wanda said. “My husband, what has he done wrong?”
“A single detention impacts far more than one person, [Pastor Paredes’ son] Elias noted. ‘This is something that is dividing families. It’s not just one person. It’s a network of people. It’s not just one family that gets affected.’
In his father’s case, he said, ‘It’s hundreds of people.’”
In his father’s case, he said, ‘It’s hundreds of people.’”
“RNS found at least 25 immigrant pastors were detained, deported or otherwise separated from their churches. While the Rev. Esdras Paredes ministers via video, his congregation sells tamales to raise funds and prays for a miracle.”
religionnews.com/2026/09/29/h...
religionnews.com/2026/09/29/h...
October 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Rev. Wanda Paredes “sees President Donald Trump as accountable.”
“He says, ‘I’m gonna protect the United States no matter what,’ but I just don’t see how that’s protecting the United States,” Wanda said. “My husband, what has he done wrong?”
“He says, ‘I’m gonna protect the United States no matter what,’ but I just don’t see how that’s protecting the United States,” Wanda said. “My husband, what has he done wrong?”
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Cornell students call for change at fiery meeting.
Cornell Students Call for Change at Fiery Public Meeting (Gift Article)
Through tears, some students shared stories of assaults they had experienced, while others spoke out to criticize administrators and demand improved training on consent.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Cornell students call for change at fiery meeting.
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Who does Trump fire this time after the latest terrible jobs report? The person who did the math?
October 2, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Who does Trump fire this time after the latest terrible jobs report? The person who did the math?
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Vought is promising Trump will make big cuts to programs like Social Security and Medicare. There ain't much else to cut, you don't save much money by eliminating imaginary fraud.
Russ Vought: "We fund what we need to fund. I'm not at all shy about we want to spend billions of dollars on a new shipyard. We're up there defending the $1.5t that the Department of War needs. But it's also coming at a ton of reduction on the non-defense side"
October 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Vought is promising Trump will make big cuts to programs like Social Security and Medicare. There ain't much else to cut, you don't save much money by eliminating imaginary fraud.