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Mike Masnick

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    Wait. They all shake hands at the end? What are we even doing here?

    He's the US President suing you for $20 billion for reporting on the birthday card he sent his friend the pedophile in which he drew a naked girl & mused about secrets.

    And they all shake hands?

    Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social
    Remarkable camera angle of President Trump as he listens to Wall Street Journal reporters receiving an award for their investigation into Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — which they pursued despite Trump’s threats and lawsuit.
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    Reminded that Trump was the one who originally wanted to ban TikTok after kids on TikTok reserved a bunch of fake seats for a rally, leaving an empty stadium. And then the Democrats handed him the ban (because they were upset that kids were saying mean things about Israel) for Trump to "save."

    Trump posting on truth social about how he's "Number 1 on Tiktok" saying: "From Shou Chew, CEO of TikTok: “Attached are the latest numbers of the President on TikTok. All time views of #Trump TikToks are now at 425 billion. Also, 1 billion new views across UFC 250, Trump's Iran Peace Deal and “Happy Birthday, Mr. President" TikToks in just 48 hours! Wishing the President a belated happy birthday!”" And then showing an infographic saying that Trump has 425 billion views on TikTok.
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    Jul 6, 2026
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    I kinda think it should be a career destroying scandal that the head of DHS (a department that shouldn't exist) is completely hallucinating hordes of drones that didn't exist that DHS didn't shoot down.

    Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com
    Markwayne Mullin on the World Cup: "We averaged over 30 drones that we brought down per game"
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    Jul 21, 2026
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    X (it's not Twitter any more and hasn't been in years) is the red state diner of the internet: the place lazy journalists go to get a sense of what they think "real" americans believe based on a ridiculously reductive and wrong definition of what it is to be a real american.

    Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
    Twitter was wrong about Platner, wrong about the Odyssey, wrong about pretty much everything, but you know, it really reflects the mood of the people, you know?
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    Jul 18, 2026
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    I dunno man. If I were a law student of Prof. Wurman's at UMinn Law... I'd be asking for my money back.

    What happened wasn't "sue and settle." It was "sue an agency you control & have them provide you a massive economic win as a 'settlement.'"

    If I can figure that out, so can Wurman

    Law professor Ilan Wurman tweeting about a federal court calling out Donald Trump's bullshit "settlement" with his own DOJ/IRS as not just invalid, but where the lawyers should be reviewed for professional discipline by saying: "Wait, sue and settle is now bar-discipline worthy? If so, all the Obama and Biden lawyers are in big trouble. Just kidding. These rules apply only to Trump and his lawyers."
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    Jul 14, 2026
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    As a resident of California I can say... what the fuck is he talking about?

    Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com
    Trump claims California has "brownouts and blackouts every weekend"
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    Jul 23, 2026
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    ICE will keep murdering random people until Democrats stop criticizing them is... well... quite a take.

    Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com
    Tom Homan: "It all go backs to the Dems ... there's still gonna be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth and let ICE enforce the laws that they enacted."
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    Jul 16, 2026
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    Same people promoting this are screaming about Mamdani's grocery stores as "communism."

    USA TODAY @usatoday.com
    The White House launched 25 Freedom Fuel gas stations, all selling fuel at $3.47 a gallon.
    White House launches 25 Freedom Fuel gas stations in this region
    The White House launched gas stations, it announced on July 7, but the prices aren't much lower than the national average. See where they're located.
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    Jul 8, 2026
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    Since folks are bringing up their "Klip is an asshole" story, here's mine. Four years ago he co-authored an Intercept story that was just... wrong. On almost every level. And helped kick off the MAGA obsession that the Biden admin colluded with social media to "censor conservatives." I called it out

    Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social
    breaking my attempt at concentration to share a tidbit about Klippenstein, which is that he was a key vector of harassment 6 years ago when the internet decided to come after me for a bad Washington Post article. I haven't forgotten, or forgiven anyone
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    Jul 7, 2026
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    It's so weird living in this time where you can just say absolute bullshit on the teevee news and feel zero shame about it.

    Acyn @acyn.bsky.social
    Kevin McCarthy on Platner Allegations: That one thing I know about Republicans is when we had a very bad candidate, we didn't vote for that person. We walked away.
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    Jul 7, 2026
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    Reply to @masnick.com

    Anyway, Wurman's post is this meme exactly.

    Post from @InternetHipoo saying: "New right wing thing is describing crimes as generically as possible to pretend like they're not crimes. Someone gets convicted of conspiracy and they start yelling "Wow so it's illegal to make plans with friends now""
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    Jul 14, 2026
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    Stupidest times. We live in the stupidest of times.

    Jason Scott @textfiles.com
    I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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    Jul 3, 2026
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    New foster pup has arrived. Pretty chill so far. Just likes being around people...

    happy little light colored terrier with messy fur
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    Jul 25, 2026
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    Oh come on.

    Dude financed a series of lawsuits designed to literally bankrupt and shut down critical media sites.

    Entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel is this year's recipient of the Axel Springer Award. The award is also intended to be a symbol of freedom of expression and open debate. Thiel is also attacked and discredited because of his theories. For example, a discussion event with him at this year's Vienna Festival was cancelled following protests . Axel Springer stands for freedom of expression and an open culture of debate.
    Gil Durán @gilduran.com
    Axel Springer, the company that owns Politico, awards its top prize to...Antichrist lecturer Peter Thiel. No mention of the $50 million Thiel gave the son of Axel Springer's CEO to start a venture capital fund. But the CEO lauds Thiel's "courage and non-conformity." www.welt.de/wirtschaft/a...
    In eigener Sache: Peter Thiel erhält den Axel Springer Award 2026 - WELT
    Unternehmer und Investor Peter Thiel ist der diesjährige Preisträger des Axel Springer Awards. Die Auszeichnung soll auch ein Zeichen für Meinungsfreiheit und offene Debatten sein.
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    Jul 17, 2026
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    My brain 100% insists this is bad PhotoShop. So, yeah, the sun is resting on my brain. Wow.

    c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
    Twice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains."
    From a Reddit forum, a photo of a can of coconut milk with a blue label, papyrus text and a flip-top, on a sidewalk. It seems to hover because there's no visible shadow. The pavement is sort of unevenly colored, with bright spots, and the grass along it is green and lush.
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    Jul 20, 2026
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    The smugness with which he insists no one was harmed and then tries to blame Bill Gates and MacKenzie Scott is ridiculous. If those two "could have" replaced the funding so too could Elon, whose net worth is more than both combined. But also, it shows a stunning lack of understanding of everything.

    Jonathan Harris @jonathan-a-thon.bsky.social
    He's quite possibly one of the worst people to have ever lived.
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    Jul 24, 2026
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    At least this one believes in a future for physical discs.

    Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me
    wait a minute
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    Jul 21, 2026
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    Last week I wrote a blog post calling out JK Rowling's bullshit for threatening to sue Amnesty International for expressing an opinion that Rowling doesn't like. Now I have someone in my comments "threatening" to send the post to her. And my response is: go for it. www.techdirt.com/2026/07/17/j...

    Comment from "wayne" Nice to see the blog that likes to portray itself as a lover of free speech then delete comments is doesn’t agree with . Ironic that eh ….. By deleting the comment you proved my point that you lot know nothing of the law in the uk but still sit on the other side of the world and criticise it . For the avoidance of doubt here is the “horrifying” comment that deserved to be purged from this page immediately … lol Quote Dear oh dear …. An American blog commenting on a UK story without having any understanding of uk law . Why not try reading FWS v Scottish ministers from the uk supreme court, then you might realise that her beliefs are legal and protected . And i’ll be forwarding this blog to jk as im sure she’ll be delighted to see you labelling her as a transphobe for expressing her legally protected beliefs .
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    "Improve its performance" is a very odd way of saying "not murdering people."

    Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com
    This is Susan Collins giving the most feckless response to ICE killings possible. She mastered the art of saying almost nothing while people are dying. The only proper response to the killing of Joan Sebastian Guerrero is outrage. VOTE HER OUT
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    Rather than repeating debunked election conspiracy theories, in a better world, a President would be addressing... this:

    Air Quality index: 747 Chicaco 678 Aurora, Colo. 534 Toledo, Ohio Heat Index Dangerous: Jacksonville, Fla Dangerous: Phoenix Extreme caution: New York
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    Jul 17, 2026
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    Just flew over the empty reflecting pool.

    Photo out an airplane window showing the empty reflecting pool, the Washington monument and the Capitol off in the distance.
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    Jul 15, 2026
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    Reply to @masnick.com

    And their bullshit, misleading, and just wrong reporting was definitely a key part in driving the false narrative about the Biden admin and social media which helped contribute to a whole shit ton of nonsense.

    So, yeah, not a fan of Ken.

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    Jul 7, 2026
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    Preventing explosive diarrhea was apparently too DEI for the DOGE crew

    Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social
    When journalists asked me "where we will see the effects of DOGE on outcomes?" one of my responses was "during crises...as long as media connect the dots." Well, dots connected: www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...
    The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year
    “Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.
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    Stop believing VC bros who claimed they had to back Trump for the good of tech innovation. It was always bullshit. They just wanted access to power, as proven by them still supporting Trump after he has been way worse on tech policy than Biden.

    Techdirt @techdirt.com
    VC Bros Claimed They Backed Trump To Protect AI. Trump Is Shutting Down AI. It Was Always About Access & Power Back in July of 2024, when two of the… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/29/vc-bros-claimed-they-backed-trump-to-protect-ai-trump-is-shutting-down-ai-it-was-always-about-access-power/
    VC Bros Claimed They Backed Trump To Protect AI. Trump Is Shutting Down AI. It Was Always About Access & Power
    Back in July of 2024, when two of the biggest big shots in venture capital, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, explained why they had decided to go all in to back Donald Trump's campaign for re-election, they talked up a good game about how they would support any candidate who supported their "little tech" agenda. This always rang hollow — Andreessen has been on the board of Meta for years, which is the most anti-little tech company around.
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    Jun 29, 2026
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    Reply to @masnick.com

    I know lots of people remain skeptical of agentic coding, but I swear, for personalized software that doesn't leave you reliant on someone else not enshittifying... it's pretty nice.

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