Andrew Styer

There’s something to be said for new blood coming in and very quickly short circuiting a lot of faulty institutional knowledge in an organization. I’ve seen it happen a few times.

This has long been my favorite safe corner of the internet. Everyone else should also go appreciate how great it is

Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”

This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker

oh. oh WOW.

President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.

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It’s a recipe for a drink called Beef Fizz 2 cans condensed beef broth 1 cup chilled ginger ale 2 tablespoons lemon juice Combine ingredients and pour over ice in glasses. 6 to 8 servings Yum

look I don’t want to be that guy but what’s old is new again etc etc

I’m sure you were just venting but I also share this pet peeve and I’ve ended up deciding that dashboards exist as emotional support components, helping a stakeholder or a team feel more secure through feeling “informed”

an airboot wrecked me but my lips are still working so I vote for lip balm

oh no now I have to try this

NewsGuard’s 2025 Disinformer of the Year: Yevgeny Shevchenko, Creator of the Pravda Network Russian tech bro with a taste for “girls and cars” who managed to infect AI models with pro-Kremlin false claims succeeds American fugitive John Mark Dougan as the world’s top disinformer

"Pravda Network" published 6.3 million pieces of pro-Russian disinfo in the past year... and experiments with AI chatbots demonstrate that disinfo in those stories is being echoed by AIs: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/newsguards...

This is a perfect suggestion, thank you

At a rally in Union Square right now, Council member @chiosse.bsky.social tells the crowd, “We certainly need to abolish ICE, but that’s not enough—we need Nuremberg trials.”

Perhaps the most politically important thing about Zohran Mamdani is that it seems like he really, really likes New York and New Yorkers.

It can be life changing. He abused the hell out of it, but it can still be life changing

I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.

Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?

Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?

NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...

Screenshot of a show with a headline: Cada Tarde host on ICE detaining American citizens: “I voted three times for Trump, and I have all the moral right to make a criticism, because I have given him too much praise”

Screenshot from a show with a headline: Mucho que Decir guest criticizes Trump for not making his “repressive apparatus” more “functional and effective”

Screenshot from a show with a headline: Voz News panelist says that among Hispanics, “there is some annoyance or discomfort with how the administration is pursuing its mass deportation policy”

imo, one of the most undercovered shifts in the media landscape is the emergence of *spanish-language* right-wing media. here's some of what's happening in that space in the last week.

The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Capt Picard looking dubious and glancing off camera while the caption reads “wild party sounds”

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO

this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

Let's. Fucking. Go.

this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)

The thing that I truly adore about this letter is the subtext: “keep in mind, if you want to pursue this shit any further, that we are so much better than you better at this stuff.”

Absolute Immunity Alignment with supremacy is a vile choice. Raising the natural costs for those who make that choice by putting first things first.

Let me give you a thought experiment:

Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should.

www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...

I can’t emphasize enough how shocked my out of state friends and family are when I tell them what has happened in Minneapolis since Renee Good’s murder.

Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.

My First 72 Hours in Minneapolis and How I Got an ICE Agent to Scream “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” The activists on the ground are doing the work, that should give you hope.

"Here are the demands we all need to make: Use the National Guard to protect our citizens. Arrest agents who commit crimes. Charge police, National Guard, and ICE with crimes when they commit or refuse to stop them. . . . Do it now."
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/my-first-7...

This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.

gimme my wineberry juice already

Russia is running out of money Go behind the propaganda, and the intensifying strain is evident

"The Russian economy is under enormous strain, and is running out of resources.... The policy implication is that sanctions are highly effective, despite their imperfect implementation and enforcement."

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