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#ACA
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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How? I'm adding new videos, deep dives & behind-the-scenes stories to Talking Climate.

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October 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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America Is Living in the Trumpian Darkness Now rudepundit.blogspot.com/2025/10/amer...
America Is Living in the Trumpian Darkness Now
Politics and sometimes culture from a rude liberal in blog form.
rudepundit.blogspot.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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kslatteryresist.bsky.social
When someone tells you they aren’t into politics or that they aren’t affected by politics…

(h/t NATO Green)

#Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
October 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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heleline.bsky.social
We're all being made to have this use-case of the *technology* in our lives, and at the end of the day all we get to do about it is hate it. Because, the arguments against it are blatantly ignored by so many people. Particularly by the people with the power to mitigate the damage "AI" can do.

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anthonymoser.com Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · Aug 27
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
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October 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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drlindseyfitz.bsky.social
Update: within hours of this post, the Daily Memphian printed Dan Conaway's article. They claimed he quit the newspaper (which he helped to found!) after they asked for "edits." Gimme a break. I spoke to Dan, and he's been cheered by your support. He's considering starting his own newsletter/blog.
drlindseyfitz.bsky.social Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · Oct 4
Memphis writer Dan Conaway, who helped found the @dailymemphian.bsky.social & comes from a century of local journalism, has just been censored by his own publication.

Here’s the column they wouldn't run.

Please consider writing:
barnes@dailymemphian.com
mcashiola@dailymemphian.com

Stand with Dan.
"Family and friends," he said, "then home – where you live, your neighborhood, your town, your city – then your state, then your region, then your country." My father was explaining to me when I was 11 or 12 why he went to war when he didn't have to. He was driving me to Boy Scout camp, and we had some time to talk. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, he was an engineer, and his company had government contracts that could keep him here. At almost 33, he was also getting long in the tooth for war. My mother would also have me tell you he also had two small children, my brothers, one eight months, and the other five. He joined the Navy a week after Pearl Harbor. "Those are the priorities in the order of priority," he continued. "But if your country is threatened, really threatened, everything flips. If your country, this country, falls, everything in that lineup falls, everything in that lineup is at mortal risk." "So, I'll know when it's country first?" "You'll know," he answered. Last week, I shared the mayor's plan for peacefully enduring, if not gaining, from the National Guard presence in our city. That was last week. This week changed everything. This week, the president called an extraordinary meeting. He and the secretary of defense addressed a room of some 800 generals and admirals called from their command posts around the world to hear the president's words in Virginia. He told our country's top brass their attention would soon be turned inward. That they would be commanding military operations in our cities against the "enemy within." Further, he said that they should hold military training exercises in our cities. Never mind what Secretary Hegseth told them. His message was as empty as his suit. He basically told them they had to shave and lose weight. The Commander in Chief told them their enemies are Americans, and that their field of battle would be Democratic cities. The great power and might of America's military would be turned toward its own. Toward here, people. Not here in general terms, here in very specific terms. Memphis is an official battlefield. "Family and friends," he said, "then home – where you live, your neighborhood, your town, your city ..." As the rest of the world rages, the president told his top military leaders that we will disengage from the protection of our interests and those of our allies and attack the political enemies of our president, root out the "radical left," crush "the woke," seal our borders against mighty Venezuela, and reduce blue cities and states to whimpering vassals of the federal government. The president who would be king. Before this week, he commanded the justice department to intimidate and threaten, even indite, his political enemies including a former director of the FBI, and DA's in Georgia and New York. A president can't do that. Not just because it's blatantly personal and political. Not just because it's abuse of power, petty, and childish. Because most if not all of what he's doing is straight-up, in-your-face, unconstitutional. It is, in fact, just the latest additions to the long list of unconstitutional that defines the dangerous actions of this man. You know this is wrong. No what-about this or that. You know this is wrong. No bemoaning the awful state of something or somewhere. You know this is wrong. Nothing excuses this. Nothing. Now, he has openly told the military that anyone in America that challenges him is the enemy, and where they live the new front. The National Guard deployed here will be unarmed and have no power to arrest. They are a camo-covered smokescreen, eye candy for the cameras disguising what will really be going on, click bait for the internet. We now know that Trump and his minions are sending hundreds of ICE agents and FBI agents to Memphis, not to mention a small army of Justice Department prosecutors and investigators. The mission is to arrest, prosecute, incarcerate/deport as many people as possible. Pam Bondi, U.S. Attorney General, was here this week to tell us that, along with Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, and Stephen Miller, Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff. Not to mention, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, looking very much like he was waiting to be told wat to do, bless his heart. Here, ready to rumble. Who wasn't here or invited was Steve Cohen, the duly elected Democratic representative in Congress of all the people who will be in that rumble. Republicans should be every bit as alarmed as Democrats – every American should – because every time Trump stomps on the Constitution, he leaves that boot print on every one of us. Or, as the very first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, famously put it, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Due process and habeas corpus are becoming quaint reminders of a once proud nation of constitutional laws and justice. What happened in that room in Virginia this week, and what happened out at Shelby Farms give us more than a hint of what could follow the National Guard to Memphis. "So, I'll know when it's country first?" "You'll know," he answered. One man has put 340 million people at risk of losing this democracy. Just as surely as he's made the Oval Office look like a bad imitation of royal chambers at Versailles, just as surely as he's made the majority of both house of Congress look like lackeys waiting to empty the king's chamber pot, just as surely as he's turning the Constitution into a Mara-a-Lago doormat, just as surely, he's coming for us. You're right, Dad. I know. I'm a Memphian, soon under siege. (Lt. Frank E. Conaway Sr., 1943)
October 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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charlesgaba.com
I went through his 843-word piece line by line and have debunked no fewer than 20 gross exaggerations, disingenuous nonsense and flat-out lies in an admittedly lengthy rebuttal.

WARNING: It's long, and some of it gets pretty wonky.

acasignups.net/25/09/28/how...
How full of shit is this Hill Op Ed? Let me count the ways.
Someone alerted me to a new column over at The HIll written by Dean Clancy, a "Senior Health Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity." It's been awhile since I've done one of these, but let's go thr...
acasignups.net
September 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
Ben Shapiro's new book "is a perfect encapsulation of Brandolini’s law that the energy required to refute bullshit is orders of magnitude greater than what it takes to produce it."

Absolutely savage takedown of Shapiro from
@mattpolprof.bsky.social:
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ben-sha...
Ben Shapiro’s Latest Book Adopts a Horrifying “Creators vs. Parasites” Worldview
Supposedly, the world is divided into good, noble “lions” and evil, grasping “scavengers.” Guess which one Ben thinks he is?
www.currentaffairs.org
September 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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mcsweeneys.net
"I like so many things about free speech. I like that my friends on TV can say they want to kill homeless people and then keep showing up for work like nothing happened."
I Like Free Speech So Much That I’ve Decided It’s Just Mine Now
“President Trump said networks giving him negative coverage may deserve to have their licenses revoked, ramping up threats administration officials...
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September 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Trump sucks
September 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
i just sent this email to @ezraklein.bsky.social
Ezra- Your piece on the death of Charlie Kirk was reckless, insulting, condescending, and worst of all, a piece of hagiography. For someone who claims to honor history and context in your work, it reads as if it was written by someone who respects neither of those things.  What does it mean to practice politics in the "right way"? For whom does a "taste for disagreement" benefit? Certainly not the vulnerable populations—trans people, Black women, and more—who Kirk routinely targeted with hate speech and calls for violence.  When I was a college intern at NBC News Washington in 2008, I would watch your MSNBC appearances on the monitor in our office. At that point I could only dream of having a platform like yours, which has grown exponentially since then. Now that I have a platform (albeit it much, much smaller than yours) and I couldn't fathom using it to gaslight the country into believing a hateful man stood for a public good. Maybe it's time to consider how you're using yours.  Marisa
September 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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rudepundit.bsky.social
I support your right to hate me and say terrible shit about me while I’m alive and after I’m dead. I support your right to cheer my death, if you are so inclined. I also support your right to not give a damn about me.
September 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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mehr.nz
There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case.

Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
alexdecampi.bsky.social Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · Aug 27
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.

As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how

Part 1: is your work in Libgen?

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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propublica.org
People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.

(Published Dec. 2024)
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
www.propublica.org
August 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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paulecohen.bsky.social
the crisis in which the University of Chicago is now engulfed -- one entirely of its own making, and which has led to the (hopefully temporary) suspension of admissions into numerous PhD programs in the humanities -- represents I think a seismic event in the history of American higher education

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August 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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rudepundit.bsky.social
Hey, Democrats: It's Okay to Be Outraged That a Rapist Might Have Committed More Rapes
rudepundit.blogspot.com/2025/07/hey-...
Hey, Democrats: It's Okay to Be Outraged That a Rapist Might Have Committed More Rapes
Politics and sometimes culture from a rude liberal in blog form.
rudepundit.blogspot.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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pzmyers.bsky.social
Weather radars are not weather control devices, no matter what the conspiracy theorists say.

freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...
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July 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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rudepundit.bsky.social
The MAGA Meltdown Over Jeffrey Epstein Is the Stupid Climax They Deserve: Bongino Agonistes
rudepundit.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
The MAGA Meltdown Over Jeffrey Epstein Is the Stupid Climax They Deserve: Bongino Agonistes
Politics and sometimes culture from a rude liberal in blog form.
rudepundit.blogspot.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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neorsd.org
since “Sewer Star” popped back up in our mentions today, let’s revisit our classic “Like a Sturgeon”
July 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
I'm a professor at the flagship university for the fourth whitest state in the US. Over 80% of our students are white.

The biggest barrier to access here is that due to lack of state funding, we have top 10 highest tuition per capita of public unis in the country.

We also have a food pantry.
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jul 12
oh, we have some straightforward gutter racism. “the blacks and the browns are the reason white people can’t get ahead” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
July 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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congressmanraja.bsky.social
I just voted against the rule to bring President Trump’s Large Lousy Law to the floor. In a few hours, I’ll vote against the bill itself—and its cruel cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and the programs millions of Americans rely on.
July 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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rudepundit.bsky.social
Any House Republicans looking for cover to vote against the bullshit bill were given a gift in the terrible jobs numbers. Less than six months in, the Trump economy is failing. Are you gonna cause it to sink even more just to appease a deranged lump of moldy cheddar?
July 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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atrupar.com
Katherine Clark names and shames more House Republicans in swing districts who are about to take a vote that will hurt tens of thousand of their constituents
July 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM