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Dean Löw
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Illustrator/painter and bus driver into medieval history and fencing
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deanlow.bsky.social
I just finished reading the Tad Williams Osten Ard books, I think it was 8 massive books (green angel tower is two books I wont argue on this)
It's a great series I happily recommend even as someone who doesn't read much fantasy. Loved it.
January 17, 2026 at 5:29 AM
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ryanlcooper.com
this is deeply satisfying to read. just masterfully done www.politico.com/news/magazin...
They Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture. Then Dissenters Were Ousted.
Inside the civil war at the anti-woke university backed by Bari Weiss.
www.politico.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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404media.co
SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.

Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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raaleh.bsky.social
Games Workshop defying all British Logic by steadfastly remaining a real, actual thing as opposed to charging with the rest of the country in the realm of the purely theoretical.
duncanweldon.bsky.social Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 4d
The Games Workshop results are interesting (and very honest) on AI and tariffs.
AI: not that exciting. Tariffs: much more manageable than expected.

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January 15, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
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Taken together, our study identifies mundane but universal career concerns as the prime motivation to engage in arduous secret police work. This has important implications. Career pressures serve as the lubricant of repressive machines in autocracies. Leaders can exploit these incentives to maximize bureaucratic compliance. Institutionalized, meritocratic bureaucracies therefore do not contradict autocratic longevity. Likewise, governments can accomplish swift autocratic turns without major bureaucratic resistance. Officials facing career pressures are likely to serve as willing executioners, while their well-placed peers remain silent bystanders. Finally, our study also points to potential problems with international sanctions and transitional justice. Looming risks of discharge or incarceration are unlikely to deter the least competent agents with the lowest career prospects. To the contrary, external threats of legal punishment might even strengthen the dominance of underachievers with doubtful consequences for the production of violence.
January 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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federalreserve.gov
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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josie.zone
January 11, 2026 at 7:23 PM
deanlow.bsky.social
I love poetry
brianwoolfinder.bsky.social Brian Woolfinder @brianwoolfinder.bsky.social · 7d
Shite performance , shite penalties , the stadium of shite.
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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aramshabanian.bsky.social
via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook
January 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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scumbelievable.bsky.social
The sheer craven indignity of the We're All Looking for the Guy Who Did This hot dog costume man trying to sound somber as he reads a young trans woman's eulogy is going to give me a rage stroke.
gbbranstetter.bsky.social Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 12d
A devastating story about the life and death of Lia Smith, a transgender woman and college student targeted by conservatives online because she briefly participated on the school's diving team. Lia was found dead by suicide last fall at the age of 21.

(Unlocked article below)
At Middlebury, She Hoped to Start Fresh. In Trump’s America, It Seemed Impossible.
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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pixelatedboat.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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katzish.bsky.social
What to do with AI instead of undressing/harassing people
Root infiltrated the sites using Al chatbots that bypassed verification processes and were verified as "white," according to the talks' abstract.
January 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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helldude.bsky.social
oh my god
January 4, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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jamellebouie.net
recorded a video earlier today that i'm still working on making the point that all of this feels like a farce of a farce (the second iraq war) and, well...
ositanwanevu.com Osita Nwanevu @ositanwanevu.com · 14d
How it's going.
January 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
deanlow.bsky.social
I have spent almost a year reading one massive fantasy series (osten ard by tad Williams) my sister gifted me last Christmas. Only had small breaks for fort bragg cartel and the new pynchon. Great fun but so ready for a change. Maybe some clive barker to cleanse the pallette
January 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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samthielman.com
ME: got a fantastic idea for a movie about a priest who loves capitalism
EXECUTIVE: sounds intriguing. this guy got a name
ME: uh. bishop. robber… baron. bishop robert barron
kevjg.bsky.social Kevin @kevjg.bsky.social · 15d
better than any parody
Bishop Robert Barron @ @Bishop...•1h There was a line from Zohran Mamdani's inaugural address yesterday that took my breath away. He said he intended to replace "the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism." Collectivism in its various forms is responsible for the deaths of at least one hundred million people in the last century. Socialist and Communist forms of government around the world today— Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea, etc.—are disastrous. Catholic social teaching has consistently condemned socialism and has embraced the market economy, which people like Mayor Mamdani caricature as "rugged individualism." In fact, it is the economic system that is based upon the rights, freedom, and dignity of the human person. For God's sake, spare me the "warmth of collectivism."
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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samthielman.com
If the world was just and we didn't live in the Toilet Universe, Steve Rude would have his own castle. Roger has linked to his site, there's tons of great original art there for offensively low prices, if you're into that sort of thing.
January 2, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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helldude.bsky.social
national security threats
gilduran.com Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 15d
Corrupt tech billionaires are buying power to tilt the world in their favor.

Even the co-founder of Y Combinator is saying it. ⬇️

The radical death cult rising from Silicon Valley venture capital is metastasizing rapidly.

It's an existential threat to democracy and humanity.
Paul Graham, Y Combinator co-founder, posts: The rational fear of those who dislike economic inequality is that the rich will convert their economic power into political power: that they'll tilt elections, or pay bribes for pardons, or buy up the news media to promote their views. I used to be able to claim that tech billionaires didn't actually do this — that they just wanted to refine their gadgets. But unfortunately in the current administration we've seen all three.
January 3, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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ryanlcooper.com
this is worth reading. a longtime NYT insider confirms that the paper's abrupt turn into seething anti-trans bigotry came directly from the top: AG Sulzberg and his 2 deputies, Joe Kahn and Carolyn Ryan transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Holy shit, a trend story that includes evidence of an actual trend
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
December 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
deanlow.bsky.social
Chat bots have coached several people into suicide, including why they should not reach out for help, and how to do it.
eva.computer eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 19d
what’s the difference between a book and a chat bot beyond the rate of information that can be consumed?

1 book per month = perfectly fine, only fascists and lunatic fundamentalists want to censor books

1 chat response per second = evil, ban it, no dirty thoughts allowed, what about the children
December 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.

Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Post from Julie K Brown that says Does somebody at the DOJ want to tell me why my American Airlines booking information and flights in July 2019 are part of the Epstein files (attached to a grand jury subpoena)? As the flight itinerary includes my maiden name (and I did book this flight) why was the DOJ monitoring me? Record Locato American Arlines CONPIDENTIAL for official
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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dell.bsky.social
“bitch what the fuck” reflected in a pair of sunglasses
December 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM