Philo of Alexan

Philo of Alexan

@philoof.bsky.social

Woke Democrat in a red state. I banish trolls back to Twitter. Occasional animal videos. Be kind, life is hard. ❤️🎈 NAFO auxiliary 🇺🇸🇺🇦🗽 Slava Ukraine

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Philo of Alexan
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Sludge@sludge.bsky.social

NEW: The group behind Cornel West's 2024 ballot push was wholly funded through Elon Musk's dark money network, according to Sludge's review of tax documents. readsludge.com/2026/10/26/m...

readsludge.comMusk-Linked Dark Money Network Funded the Group Behind Cornel West’s Ballot PushPeople Over Party raised $7.7 million in 2024, all of it from the nonprofit behind the Fair Election Fund, which in turn got every dollar from a Musk-funded dark money group.
Philo of Alexan
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Arabs who have won the Nobel Peace Prize: Anwar Sadat Yasser Arafat Tawakkol Karman Arabs who have won the FIFA Peace Prize: Zero

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@mayor.nyc.gov

Last week, we celebrated Eastern European heritage at Gracie Mansion, because the story of New York City cannot be told without the story of our Eastern European neighbors.

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Jeri Ryan (official account)
@jerilryan.bsky.social

Aw, damn. What a truly kind man… RIP, Walter. ❤️🖖🏼

George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Philo of Alexan
@philoof.bsky.social

If only there were a solution

Unusual Whales@unusualwhales.bsky.social

BREAKING: Anthropic is warning investors that AI could pose catastrophic and even existential risks to humanity. The warning comes from its IPO filing, which Reuters reported devotes about 80 of its 261 pages to risk factors.

Philo of Alexan
@philoof.bsky.social

Country that sells interceptors to shoot down Russian missiles says you can’t shoot down Russian missiles with the interceptors you bought

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

From Zelenskyy. Patriot interceptors that could save innocent lives are sitting in European countries for weeks, which they paid for, unable to be transferred to Ukraine because Hegseth refuses to sign off.

Philo of Alexan
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If you are like me and want to learn more about Israeli politics before the election you should read this thread

Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis)@avishaybsg.bsky.social

In about 24 hours, poles will open here in Israel. In what is a strong contender for Israel’s most critical elections. The election pits Netanyahu’s extremely unpopular coalition against a non-coherent, but moderately more liberal, opposition. Here are some thoughts as we head into it.

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Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline.com

Israel is just 2 days away from a critical election, and thousands of protesters are filling the streets of Tel Aviv demanding Netanyahu’s removal! They’re demanding accountability for October 7 security failures and an independent commission of inquiry.

Philo of Alexan
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Philo of Alexan
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Bill Maher sucks That’s the post

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

Even @Variety is trashing @billmaher — his entire show has become an image rehab program for fascists and liars. @hbomax Where would this malignant narcissist be without an audience forced to laugh and his terrible jokes? 🦗 🦗 variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Philo of Alexan
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Let us listen to the wisdom of children

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

A Ukrainian boy comforts mom,Svitlana,during a Russian drone attack:"Mom,listen to the sounds of nature instead of all this horror.Just listen to what the trees are telling u” "My heart is breaking.I'm supposed to be the one comforting him,but he's stronger than I’m”Svitlana wrote 📹chykanova_coach

Philo of Alexan
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Things are inherently much simpler when we are children, of course, but some of the complexity of adult life is unnecessary, unhelpful, and unhealthy. Simplify

Philo of Alexan
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This is really good

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social

It is, fundamentally, an exercise of choosing the lesser evil, over and over and over again, so that the total amount of evil in the system decreases over time. And you must keep doing it, because - since evil is easy - good is easily reversed.