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Aaron Ross Powell
@aaronrosspowell.com
Podcast host of ReImagining Liberty and The UnPopulist’s Zooming In. Writer. Political ethicist. Buddhist and radical liberal. www.reimaginingliberty.com/about/
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This feels very on-brand for Bluesky.

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Playing with the tool that lets you see what lists people have put you on here, and I got a chuckle out of somehow being on both of these.

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An important aspect of last night's debate is how clearly it demonstrated that the sort of "strong masculinity" Trump embodies, and is so ideologically central to the far-right, isn't strength at all, but a blustery and belligerent cover for profound weakness.

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Between the Aaron Rogers's performance on Monday, and Trump's performance yesterday, this has been a bad week for conspiracy-addled, brainwormed wealthy New Yorkers.

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The biggest barrier to an actually just criminal justice system in America is cop unions. Reform is difficult, though, because the left doesn't want to pass legislation breaking the power of public employee unions, and the right likes bad and violent cops. www.techdirt.com/202...

Police Union Says Fuck Officers, Law And Order; Tosses Endorsement To Donald Trump
Police Union Says Fuck Officers, Law And Order; Tosses Endorsement To Donald Trump

The Fraternal Order of Police isn’t here to protect cops from anything but accountability. It doesn’t actually care about the rank-and-file, not when it can leverage its power to secure…

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Having played with it, with a number of different topics and styles of documents, the new "Audio Overview" tool in Google's NotebookLM, which generates a natural sounding, two "host" podcast conversation, might be the most impressive use of AI technology I've seen yet. It's mind blowing.

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Trump really has only two policies: mass deportations and tariffs. The first, grounded in hatred of immigrants, is evil and would tank the economy. The second, grounded in hatred of other countries, is stupid and would tank the economy.

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Just want to remind people that there are a *lot* of tabletop RPGs out there besides D&D, and if you haven't tried some, you should. In fact, you'll likely find many of them more fun than D&D, even in the same genre of heroic fantasy. www.tabletopgamingne...

Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Doubles Down on Going Digital And the Use of AI - TGN - Tabletop Gaming News
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Doubles Down on Going Digital And the Use of AI - TGN - Tabletop Gaming News

During an event held by Goldman Sachs yesterday, Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks, alongside CFO Gina Goetter, provided a look at the future direction of Dungeons &

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From the other room, where he's watching it: "Like, I know he's an idiot, but I didn't know he was *that much* of an idiot!"

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My 11 year old is watching the debate and just popped in with his assessment: "He's an idiot. He said, for no reason, that the people in Springfield are eating the people's animals? It's stupid."

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Aaron Ross Powell
@aaronrosspowell.com
Podcast host of ReImagining Liberty and The UnPopulist’s Zooming In. Writer. Political ethicist. Buddhist and radical liberal. www.reimaginingliberty.com/about/
1.4k followers377 following1.7k posts