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  🎶 Duel of the Fates begins playing 🎵 RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sqtd523tloa7uhnq26atlq32/post/3mzizrfzr2k24

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  Trump himself has admitted he considers the costs of frivolous suits money well spent because the cost & stress of litigation makes the target’s life hell even if the suit is hopeless. Now he doesn’t even have to pay out of his own pocket; we do. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:efpytyxmwow5ffwi3dphhrlq/post/3mzjlum73f224

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  This is the same problem they have at the staffing level. The problem with winning power by pandering to the electorate’s crassest, dumbest impulses is that you tend to repulse the sort of smart, competent people you need to actually run stuff. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ecjlc5ouev63oweq5en4lsj3/post/3mzjfnaqlss2m

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  This is apparently a real thing you can bet on and I’m a little puzzled on the psychology of a Yes bet. What do you think you’re going to do with the winnings? RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:34jlhsnqzy4lrviksgwobhaf/post/3mzj4knxdu22m

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  Not about to make an account on one of these sites, but it occurs to me there’s some easy money to be made on delusion arbitrage. Just pick a bunch of stuff that’s objectively 90% likely, but 30% of people will bet against because they’re stuck in an ideological bubble. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:aiwdikara4nttlpz3k43gsuq/post/3mzj2jtnwpc2b

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  This may be overly optimistic, but if Republicans start recognizing Trump more as a liability than someone they need to cower in fear of, that could be in itself almost as significant as the Dem victory.

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  Absolutely the most satisfying result was seeing some of the sleazebags who leaned hardest into racism and misogyny decisively repudiated by voters. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ldb6hx3aef2vhrctg2xdepjw/post/3mziv6vnrkc27

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  The more I think about this the more irritating it is. It’s not just feckless, it’s actively & entirely voluntarily adopting the inevitable Republican talking point that accountability for rampant criminality is just “getting even.” RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ofbkqcjzvm6gtwuufsubnkaf/post/3mzifwjlwos23

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  This isn’t even his final form. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tsveacqzpqosfuahoqgsfu4a/post/3mzhjsocmr22t

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  Voters overwhelming told pollsters that “government corruption” was a crucial issue. The thing they want you to get done on their behalf is to clean house. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ofbkqcjzvm6gtwuufsubnkaf/post/3mzifwjlwos23

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  ¿Por qué no los dos? RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:36n7wd7gg4tapamnog4zyyc6/post/3mzifeocbyk25

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  Delighted by the sheer number of douchebags who will be forced to learn to pronounce Hinojosa.

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  On general moral principle and not really giving shit about her policy program because I don’t live in Ohio: Awesome. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq/post/3mzhhcv54mr24

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  Holy Toledo RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3/post/3mzh37eiqks22

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  But watch what happens when one of the younger wolves in the pack detects weakness in the aging leader…

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  This is a fundamental asymmetry that aids Trump & co: People & institutions believe that if they anger or defy Trump, there’s a good chance every instrument of federal power will be deployed to make their lives miserable. They don’t think Dems will do that. And they’re correct both times. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7umvpuxe2vbrc3zrzuquzniu/post/3mzgguebs5227

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  Ben Lerner’s Transcription is one of those novellas you get to the end of and then immediately feel compelled to restart.

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  The shocking thing is how many other institutions seemed to but into this narrative even though a cursory glance at the numbers would have shown it was baseless. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f6hdxggxx4qfijx4sd3dnbkg/post/3mzftmz5s7s2r

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  I wouldn’t have thought this level of media illiteracy possible, but I guess maybe if you are yourself sufficiently whiny and entitled, you might take Anakin’s constant pissing and moaning about how UNFAIR everything is at face value rather than as a symptom of a character defect. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3evtdtcxymba7dg2wfbvffbw/post/3mzfwcpe5ws25

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  Ok, if they went with Vader, that would be weird but Vader is at least kind of cool. I thought the universal consensus was that Anakin is both a child murderer and a whiny little bitch. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cfy5rgqvohpdqxgu2geb5u2b/post/3mzeivcexj22u

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  I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Nov 3rd 2026 (Medium), in 04:43 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

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  I think a nontrivial part of this is that the Internet (and now AI even more so) has given us all the superficial impression of being able to learn anything by “doing our own research.” But, of course, that’s an illusion. Usually it’s a classic “a little learning is a dangerous thing.” RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rb5eyqmndrw2bkepna5uaswk/post/3mzeodysjb227

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  On top of all the other ways this is stupid, that is just an incredibly obtuse read on all those characters. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hx6d55znvrhk4j6mqmed6bbf/post/3mzek35a2qc2d

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  It is genuinely a little surprising, given that they obviously have no qualms about attempting to interfere with domestic elections, that they seem to be doing it in such a haphazard and ill-thought-out way. I’d have expected them to be planning this from day one. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:maiw2rfujepnphhrejytvuu5/post/3mzdn5qta42jd

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  Hearing traffic lights are out all over downtown DC but not seeing any news coverage yet. Anyone know what’s up?

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  I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Nov 2nd 2026 (Easy), in 03:34 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

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  In Ulysses: The Cop Show, detectives Stephanie Dedalus and Leo Bloom investigate a murder potentially linked to a meth ring in a sleepy town in Arkansas. They frequent an Irish-themed bar. Also their car has sirens. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kwxpje5qog6wwndagwbssatp/post/3mz4e3zmr572t

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  I assumed this had to be a joke, because… why? RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kwxpje5qog6wwndagwbssatp/post/3mz4e3zmr572t

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  Genuinely think part of the tech reactionary fantasy for AI is that we can soon dispense with all that inconvenient "higher education" for all but a tiny sliver of the population, once virtually all white-collar jobs have become "Claude's Intern" RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:e4musdh2uni44id3q5fhks2l/post/3mz3uv3i3ks22

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  TIL: Not-yet-super-famous Lin-Manuel Miranda had a recurring role on (the real version of) this show, which was so epically bad it was cancelled after two episodes. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:m7m6vhdcopyizbgoon2zobc2/post/3myxc7bgadk2j