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#academicsky What is an edited book chapter that you're particularly proud of, or one you think deserves more readers? Reposting with hashtag #celebratebookchapter Mine: Researching Influence Operations: ‘Dark Arts’ Mercenaries and The Digital Influence Industry academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

"Five years after Floridia registered Europe's highest-ever temperature, residents ​say extreme heat is no longer measured by records but by its impact on daily life, keeping people indoors, reducing social interaction and threatening ‌livelihoods." www.reuters.com/business/env...

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I stumbled upon this wonderful little marching band in Stockholm yesterday. A beautiful moment, though I hope it remains rare in Europe. Here’s to music filling our streets, not the drums of war.

power is always arbitrary, it just generally has inertia behind it. periodically throughout history that inertia dissolved, and things get very Cool for a while

Yeah, she's Bormanning that shit.

"The following dispatch was written by forest defenders camping in and near Grandmother, the last ancient cottonwood along the border in the San Rafael Valley near Lochiel, Arizona." livingandfighting.net/Dispatch-fro...

"Neutrogena responds after Hayden Panettiere fans renew call for boycott. Panettiere alleged Neutrogena contract was severed in 2015 after she spoke about postpartum depression." Johnson & Johnson should worry. The online wrath is real. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

"As workplace surveillance grows, experts say it’s good to know the ways your employer is watching" apnews.com/article/empl...

Politico is reporting out parts of the U.S-Canada draft deal. Still some missing and unconfirmed pieces, but this sounds like a pretty anemic deal. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

"Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting. Now It Can't Prove It. The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 "potential" noncitizens on the state's voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month."

Heading to Minneapolis tomorrow to cover the rally planned by Jake Lang and the efforts to counter-organize against hate on a local level. If you know someone I should connect with, send them my way. Interesting (feels like the wrong word) weekend ahead.

They look very, very happy.

This feels like repeatedly sticking one’s arm through the bars of the lion’s cage and wondering whether it might eventually bite you. But still insisting that it’s important work that deserves to continue.

👀 "Anxiety over war, wildfires and cyber-attacks leads to growth in cash stocks in EU. Value of banknotes in circulation rises from €1bn in 2016 to €1.6bn in 2026 as people advised to keep stash of cash." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

"EU’s push for watermarking won’t worsen AI writing, experts say. Anthropic's AI transparency efforts under EU rules are sparking debate." www.euractiv.com/news/eus-pus...

New ambient-ish instrumental album by me, made with guitars and basses with lots of strings. #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Urr...

I hope they’re selling this poster and the one nation, one race T-shirt on Sunday

I ask you, does this look like a couple whose marriage is in trouble?

Here on Bluesky we also know a little something about thrashing Mastodon

One thing this Harp letter thing is demonstrating to me is that some of you did not spend a whole lot of time around theater majors in college

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Yeah she clearly needs therapy but she also clearly knows what she is doing and how to do it. She is above all the most adept courtier in this ridiculous fucking palace

Horrific story, amazing photos. WWI shelter, buried with soldiers inside, discovered almost a century later. bicnews.com/archaeologis...

today I was told I was part of the “old guard” of antifascist writers. Hmmmm … have to think about that one - but there is definitely an older generation than me of people still fully active!

Nero fiddled, Trump harped.

People keep vandalizing 'Trump' styled pro-Data Center signs in #Iowa. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

Wildly inflated voter fraud claims are the only kind of voter fraud claims there are. Been true for 25+ years, at least.

People keep vandalism 'Trump' styled pro-Data Center signs in #Iowa. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

Left an item on a flight. Put in a request for it and, lo and behold, it was found. Only option was $60 FedEx. I paid it and left the country. I returned to find the package never arrived. I’ve been calling for days being told they are looking for it.

I've been thinking a lot about how, you know. I fully clocked that Trump was a deeply intellectually lazy narcissist during his first term. But I did not even a little bit understand how WEIRD these people are.

ICE is a tool of the bosses and is a deadly weapon aimed at workers. truthout.org/articles/uni...

The "like a daughter" stuff about Harp is somewhat fascinating because, he has a daughter and this used to be her

Spurred on by white supremacist conspiracy theories, ICE is ramping up attacks on Haitian people in #Ohio. "ICE arrested well-known Christian pastor, Joubert Adrien. He was driving home when officers boxed in his vehicle.... The arrest has sent chills through Adrien’s congregation...."

These letters are legitimately scary. If someone ever sent me something like this I would be terrified for my life.

Here is a fun clip of Sean Duffy and his wife explaining to their daughter that Harvard, a top tier American university, is too woke and scary for her. This was brought to us by our own tax dollars, as part of a reality show purporting to be about a road trip across America.

Say hi to the cybertruck when you get to hell for us. "Simply put, the potential that any given data center could be cancelled due to local opposition is rising, a sign that organized efforts against data centers are becoming more than the sum of their parts." futurism.com/future-socie...

Police in Madison, Wisconsin murdered Corey Ruiz on July 22, 2026. In response, protesters established a weeks-long occupation. Here, participants recount their experiences and discuss what it would take to establish a movement capable of putting an end to police violence. crimethinc.com/CoreyRuiz

"Someone walked up to a roadside camera in Irmo, South Carolina with a can of expanding foam sealant and coated the lens. No hoodie, no laptop — just a hardware store solution to a Flock problem." tech.yahoo.com/cybersecurit...

Day after a neo-Nazi led anti-Muslim rally - which was backed by a Trump connected MAGA pastor - the KKK distributed recruitment flyers. While Democrats drone on about a Twitch streamer, the GOP is marching lock and step with white supremacists. www.fox2detroit.com/news/kkk-rec...

They are all SO WEIRD

Tonight's movie viewing brought to you by Woodford Reserve.

The Harp letters are less scandalous than they are profoundly sad.

First that fake poll, now this:

no one who anyone listens to is saying that though. What we are saying is that the industry is a fucking shell game propped up by funny money and people should go to prison for the crimes being committed to keep the hype train going.

Georgia soccer breaks the world attendance record for college soccer… women AND men! 25,433 people at Sanford Stadium

I would watch a sitcom about ghost hunters

Monday in San Francisco! @wajali.bsky.social and I discuss “The Nerd Reich” and I’ll sign books… In the same room where Peter Thiel lectured on the Antichrist. (Facility’s been saged) Tix available! Mention this BlueSky post for the secret drinks spot. www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-...

Americans simply hate big tech and they know the men who run big tech hate them.

Nice

AMA happening now! Get in on this if you would like to: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

AMA happening now! Get in on this if you would like to:

This is nothing, Costco put up the first giant skeleton in June

Maybe if they punish more students for having opinions, the money will come back. (It won't.)

Journalists/photojournalists that got jobs as pr or comms people for non-profits… anyone mind sharing how they adapted their resume to get that first interview?

This is how we know y’all are just being dumb racists when you blame Dearborn residents.

Yup. Plus, she does his social media posts and also probably changes his adult diapers.

How many more ways can this administration say they despise Black folks?

Trump's efforts at immortality are so puny. He should commission a burial pyramid bigger than the pyramid of Cheops, clad in gold leaf. Then people would worship him like the god-man he clearly is.

Soccer in Sanford ⚽️

"Higher education is hitting a demographic cliff. After years of growth, the pipeline of 18-year-olds is dwindling—a result of lower birthrates." www.wsj.com/us-news/educ... Add cuts to research and limits on the number of international students, higher ed in America is heading towards a cliff.

we're gonna have to do something about Elon

This is a fantastic approach to these kinds of events. If you’re ever near Boulder, go!

😂"‘The Emperor Is a Fan of Flock’: Darth Vader Speaks at City Council Meeting "This council was elected to serve the police, not the public," said Vader." gizmodo.com/darth-vader-...

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When we were making our inventory list after the Eaton Fire, numerous people told me I could "just use AI." I dutifully tried, and it was a spectacular waste of time I didn't have. Also, half the homes under construction have AI slop renderings on their construction fences, and they look deranged.

Here's a fun game, let's see how long a mid-size American city can go without electricity before the New York Times notices. Two weeks, so far. (Clarifying: not actually fun.)

Greg Abbott protects violent criminals 👇🏽

“Prosecutors allege 52-year-old Christian Castro shot Venezuelan immigrant Julio Sosa-Celis in the leg through the door of a home, then lied by claiming the assault was in self-defense. Castro was arrested in Texas in May, but Governor Abbott has since refused to sign off on his extradition.”

Being American means paying more than anyone else for the same thing. "U.S. Workers Are Paying More for Healthcare, and Next Year Will Be Worse" www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Remember that at this very moment Greg Abbott is trying to protect the mass deportation agents currently terrorizing Texans and community members all over this country.

I don't mean this in a nice way or an unkind way either exactly, but Sky Marchini really is as Bluesky as it gets

Ok I put vegetables in the macaroni and cheese I intend to feed to the toddler. Pray for me

Ok I’m just going to say it for all of us who aren’t part of some evangelical MAGA cult….WTF is a “Christian devotional relationship”? Jesus did say “If you lust after the other in your mind, you’ve already commited adultery”. But that would be in that book you’ve never read - just sold.

Ok I’m just going to say it for all of us who aren’t part of some evangelical MAGA cult….WTF is a “Christian devotional relationship”? Jesus did say “If you must after the other in your mind, you’ve already commited adultery”. But that would be in that book you’ve never read - just sold.

Another parent (former preschool teacher) rolled out a new script for when kids get mad about something happening that they didn't expect and don't like. It goes "I'm going to ask you to be flexible" and as far as I can tell it doesn't do shit but it sure makes ME feel like a pro

Keep an eye on this. If it goes south and Bessent screws it up, inflation could become a runaway train, and we’ll all be poorer for it. When America catches a cold, the rest of the world gets pneumonia. apnews.com/article/rate...

I hope she gets voted in. I also hope there will be a book someday titled "Two Nixons, Two Americas"

I just need it to tell me I'm loved

Starving funding is a powerful means to silence and suppress unwanted ideas, unwanted leaders. From my own research, I've found this among religiously conservative organizations as changed directions of funding had clear impacts on the groups given authority and participation in decision-making.

Keep an eye on this. If this goes south and Bessemt messes this up, we'll all be a lot poorer. "Why Treasury Secretary Bessent’s moves to calm the bond market haven’t worked so far" apnews.com/article/rate...

This is a feature, not a bug

But everyone, we can’t expect elected Democratic leadership to think strategically about how to stop this — we can’t ask them to start now to head off the Republican debt two-step. That’s someone else’s responsibility. Schumer and Gillibrand and Jeffries are there to legislate only.

“Everybody knows the American president by now, he’s erratic, he’s irresponsible, and he’s not to be trusted. And this is the person that we were supposed to make a deal with, and we’re going to make additional concessions for it. That’s why I say you can’t make a good deal with a bad person ...”

god damn this election cycle for making me optimistic about Texas for the first time since i went to Austin to cheer on Wendy Davis

🎯The consultants in the Harris campaign clamping down on Walz was the #1 thing they needlessly fucked up that cost them the White House. You can argue endlessly about other stuff. But this was crystal clear. He talked like a Democrat without permission & they told him to shut it down.

If people who are professionally concerned with organizing data are particularly taken with a new technology, I have no choice but to be curious about how they are using it

this is what i will be directing my students (who are mostly Berkeley undergrads, not Law students) to as an explainer

I do kind of like the fact that certain types of vigilante ham sandwiches seem to walk more and more these days

These skeets are bespoke and hand crafted.

#bothsides are baffled, to be sure!!!

Neither of my guys have been feeling too well today. James has a cold and Chester has had an upset tummy. 🥹 #DailyChester

You're losing your marbles, but not in the usual way. They're being stolen!

listen to Nick and I pay close attention to shitty things!

Islamophobia’s Rise in Texas: ‘I Won’t Rest Until Every Muslim Is Gone’

"God damn the pusher man!" -- Steppenwolf www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xqy...

Cool, a defense for tolerating racist pseudoscience. Wait, who is that on the byline?

One of my less popular beliefs is that you aren't serious about dealing with the problem of our big tech oligarchy if you completely disregard capital punishment for C-suites and founders. Thiel, Zuckerberg and Musk are all guilty of treason by any reasonable definition.

I sure hope this is not true. "Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump" This would be a disgrace and a stain on the US Navy. edition.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...