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ProPublica (@propublica.org)
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. T...
OMG. This guy. The one who threatened @npub1r5vv...u535? RE:
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Olivia Messer (@oliviamesser.bsky.social)
EXCLUSIVE: Jason Lee Van Dyke β€” one-time leader of the Proud Boys, sender of racist tweets, and attorney for white supremacists β€” is making tax...
I promise I sound twice as smart if you double the speed at which you listen to me. RE:
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Ben Whitelaw (@benwhitelaw.bsky.social)
I listened back to the new episode of Ctrl Alt Speech at x2 speed because @mmasnick.bsky.social told me I’d sound smarter and I can confirm that ...
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Lol. So, of course, one of the first big stories on the new faux "left of center" news sources that sucked up a ridiculous amount of funding is this fucking nonsense: https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreidjpdge7ad2cdbppbb5k2ry3bqpuf3jrocw7yolwkjosqv7rrhjie
Bit weird to see a [@cato.org](
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Cato Institute (@cato.org)
A public policy research organization dedicated to individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. https://www.cato.org/
 ) piece effectively arguing against free speech (I get that different folks there have different opinions, but yikes?). Also, the article is riddled with really embarrassing errors in claiming that @npub1acge...rpa7's book has errors. [www.cato.org/blog/book-re...](https://www.cato.org/blog/book-review-many-mistakes-murder-truth ) [Book Review: The Many Mistakes...](https://www.cato.org/blog/book-review-many-mistakes-murder-truth )
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Patrick LaForge (@palafo.bsky.social)
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Y'know, when I think "Cracker Barrel" I sure do think "woke." The obsession with finding new culture wars where there are none is getting pretty ridiculous.
Gosh. The NYTimes not getting the joke? What a surprise. RE:
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Peter Sterne (@petersterne.com)
So this actually happened while I was interviewing Mamdani during his walk down the length of Manhattan on the weekend before the mayoral primary, ...
Whoo hoo! Games are arriving... RE:
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Josh Sternberg (@joshsternberg.com)
Got my @mmasnick.bsky.social β€œOne Billion Users” card game and looking forward to game night this weekend!
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This is fascinating... RE:
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Lauren Goode (@laurengoode.bsky.social)
A couple months ago I made an unusual request to my editors at @wired.com: I asked if I could go work at a tech company for a few days to learn how...