Professor Tor Coolguy

Professor Tor Coolguy

@blawson.bsky.social

Libertarian socialist / old Left Social Democrat in these times. Delusional PhD wannabe. Lover of indie horror, old cartoons, dark music, 5E cognitive science, and political economy. I probably disagree with you but defend your right to say it.

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Aquarius: Your plan to outline a loose idea for a first step towards getting the ball rolling on to-be impending development of burgeoning intentions to begin ramping up a sense of urgency around the push to explore the concept of self-motivation has been canceled due to lack of interest.

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump DOJ’s has repeatedly insisted it will not tell immigration judges how to rule, as required by law. But after a demand from unidentified “higher-ups,” a veteran judge was ordered to reverse four rulings—then yanked from court mid-hearing. wapo.st/4BuABEM

wapo.stTrump’s DOJ told a judge how to rule. Then it pulled her from court.Karen Donoso Stevens offers a rare firsthand look at the administration’s campaign to rewrite the rules of the immigration court system.

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A guy who made portraying charismatic authority look easy. RIP Tom Skerrit.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Skerritt, a durable character actor with roles in 'Picket Fences,' 'Alien' and 'Top Gun,' dies.

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He’s doing whatever he can to try to sabotage this election. He is America’s enemy.👇

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING: The Trump Justice Department has moved to preemptively block certification of the results of Alaska's Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses.

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Bank of America, Draftkings, Kroger and Johnson & Johnson are among the companies funding Vivek Ramaswamy's despicable ad attempting to exploit the family tragedy of his opponent, who was raped as a child.

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social

Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.

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Replying to @walkerbragman.bsky.social

Related: The @accountabilityji.bsky.social is building a free-to-use, searchable public database to reveal the individuals behind dark money groups and their connections to broader political influence networks. There’s nothing like it today. This will be an essential public resource.

Accountability Journalism Institute@accountabilityji.bsky.social

Today, we are announcing a huge new project in development: The Dark Money Illuminator. You can search any nonprofit to see: - Funders - Directors and officers - Groups it’s connected to You can also explore/search nonprofits by assets. And it’s going to be FREE! Donate to support this project

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"'You Can See Everything' is a hilarious, thrilling, fascinating, beautiful piece of art. What it certainly is not is a documentary, and it’s dangerous to pretend that it is," Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz writes.

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Former campaign worker says she fended off advance by future NC insurance chief. She says she stopped helping Mike Causey after he leaned over & kissed her. It's the 2nd account of unwanted advances by GOP Insurance Commissioner. (Via @dpkane.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncpol

newsobserver.comFormer campaign worker says she fended off advance by future NC insurance chiefThe woman told FBI agents she quit Mike Causey’s campaign after he kissed her without provocation.

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Come ON!!! How many times has Elon Musk said things that turn out to be hooey

CNN@cnn.com

Elon Musk has said he will give every child in America a stake in SpaceX, his $2 trillion aerospace and artificial intelligence company, as tech firms face intensifying scrutiny over their impact on society. https://cnn.it/4yWTjTJ

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"An NBC News review found government contracts priced just below approval thresholds and dozens of deals awarded without competitive bids." "to avoid public oversight." Fixed it. www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit... #Flock #DeFlock #Axon #Surveillance #AxonAxoff #fyp #trending #ALPR #AI

nbcnews.comHow Flock’s cameras spread through government deals that bypassed public scrutinyAn NBC News review found government contracts priced just below approval thresholds and dozens of deals awarded without competitive bids.

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Replying to @originalist.bsky.social

Federalist Society Jan Crawford has frequently spoken at, moderated, and participated in events hosted by them: fedsoc.org/bio/jan-craw... bsky.app/profile/empt...

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The generation that got to buy cheap houses thanks to a postwar construction boom, then blocked new housing construction to juice their asset values is now whining that they have to pay taxes on their unearned wealth. Just breathtaking selfishness.

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Elon Musk has spent at least $366 million since July to boost Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms. That’s just 0.0385% of his total net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.

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President Trump wants to soften one of the strongest legal protections American workers have: the right to hold an employer accountable when retirement savings are mishandled. Watch @amoghvaz.bsky.social break it down 👇

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Meta took down the No Kings instagram; TikTok banned the Musk documentary account for supposedly violating its political posting policies. A reminder that platforms are owned by the wealthiest of people, control the means of media distribution, & put their thumbs on the democracy scale as they wish

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Replying to @joshsternberg.com

And just yesterday: Meta restricted Brazilian president's Insta accounts during the election while "recommending the profile of challenger Senator Flavio Bolsonaro." What's it going to take people to get off Meta products? www.reuters.com/world/americ...

reuters.comMeta employees said Lula's accounts were hindered during Brazil election, Folha reportsMeta employees acknowledged in internal communications that the Instagram accounts of Brazilian ​President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were hindered by ‌restrictions during the country's election, newsp...

The fact that I didn't hear of today's No Kings rallies until today but have seen weeks of opinions & snark posts, sadly, only reifies an opinion I've had since college. Nearly all political activists & influencers are doing it out of ego & brand. The cause is less important than their presence.

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Replying to @rbreich.bsky.social

I'll never forget the polls predicting a win for Hillary Clinton in 2016. This close to the election? For me, polls don't exist. Vote, everyone. No matter what any person, or your own brain, tries to tell you about how it won't count. Millions believed this in 2024. Look what happened.

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Replying to @theatlantic.com

Again, don’t want to hear nothing about a Christian nation or revering military members. This is a family.

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It’s corrupt Ken Paxton and his sugar daddy oligarch Elon Musk v. Talarico and tens of thousands of people giving $10-100. Choose your brand of democracy.