#Iran is attacking ships in the straight of #Hormuz at the highest rates of the whole #War nationalsecurityjournal.org/donald-trump...
Matthew
Matthew
@matthewchat.bsky.social
Retired curmudgeon, still curmudgeoning
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great context on the serbia news here -- gift link, no paywall: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/o...
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True fuckstickery in Brazil. Not caring about election integrity is an advantage for right wingers in elections.
Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted
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They're doing this to churches. "The Homeland Security Department “surveils, covertly infiltrates and interrogates the staff of nonprofits and churches conducting voter engagement”... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...
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Likely the most important thing I've ever written — if you're an academic and the AI mania unsettles you, here's my best shot at presenting some intellectual tools that might help you articulate why. arxiv.org/abs/2610.27251
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New post: Musk Helped EVs. Now He’s Helping Attack Democracy https://www.transportevolved.com/2026/10/20/musk-helped-evs-now-hes-helping-attack-democracy/
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"The design appears to eliminate Ohio Drive, which loops around Hains Point, a century-old grove of cherry trees and a historic mini golf course. The space is used not only by golfers, but thousands of cyclists, runners, walkers, anglers, birdwatchers..." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...
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"A world in which the White House is allied to the Kremlin was, until now, the stuff of paranoid fiction. Manchurian candidates and red presidents were fantasies, dark tales Americans told themselves like ghost stories... "But this alliance now exists." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Replying to @handle.invalid
Talerico needs an anger translator. Next time he is asked the "trans question," he should say, "Trans rights are human rights, now I will let my associate Janine, mother of a trans child, clarify." Janine: "Why the fuck are you so obsessed with my child's genitals! Fuck off our private business!"
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