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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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Walter Koenig, actor best known as Chekov on Star Trek, dies aged 90
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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
I don't know if a lot of people even see these posts-- I know a lot of bots do-- and I don't know how many are in NC. But PLEASE VOTE NO on all of the constitutional amendments. It's another bait-and-switch by our gerrymandered state legislature. northcarolinanow.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/n...
This whole video is interesting / infuriating. And it's REAL important to pay attention after 17:27. We are ALL in a giant AI Ponzi scheme. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5V0...
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No confirmation from Russia or Ukraine as White House says 'localised' ceasefire to take effect in Oleshky.
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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.
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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Mallory McMorrow says a June poll showing her at 9% in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary helped end her campaign. Now the polling firm admits it faked the data to test whether media outlets would report it without checking.
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Replying to @rawstory.com
Elon Musk’s PAC launched a voter website that doesn’t actually register voters. It’s running ads distorting Democrats’ positions and knocking on doors in Michigan. Rep. Rashida Tlaib told Raw Story Musk should be arrested over it. ➡️ bit.ly/4Bl1zyr By @mattlaslo.bsky.social
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It looks like it may be worse than just betrayal; it looks like betrayal plus crooked side deals for Trump and cronies.
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Liberal justice says recent decisions on redistricting and campaign finance have undermined democracy and polarized US even more
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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.
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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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
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Man who heckled Abdul El-Sayed is former Josh Hawley aide, records show
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A few months into President Donald Trump’s second term, political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security made an unusual request of its agency focused on cybersecurity: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it. 😳
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Come ON!!! How many times has Elon Musk said things that turn out to be hooey
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
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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...
Since we're talking about Jan Crawford's bigoted comment about @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, here's a post I did about how she helped Bill Barr impugn the Russian investigation. emptywheel.net/2019/05/31/b...
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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.
a tax revolt fueled by stupid people who don’t understand escrow payments www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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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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Key player in false Talarico rumor has history of online posts invoking Nazi Germany
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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...
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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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