Congrats to our President for winning a lifetime achievement award in the "fell for it again" category. [www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/16/putin-trump-russia-summit-ukraine-war/ ) [Russia sees victory in summit ...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/16/putin-trump-russia-summit-ukraine-war/ )
Once again, clean on opsec... RE:
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NPR (@npr.org)
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer. ...
Hannity claiming that Putin saying this *proves* the war never would have happened if Trump was President is just so stupid and pathetic. RE:
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Trump: "I was very happy to hear him say if I was president that war would've never happened." (Putin knows how to play Trump like a fiddle.)
Weird experience to be listening to [@onthemedia.bsky.social](
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On the Media (@onthemedia.bsky.social)
A weekly radio show and podcast on all things media produced and distributed by WNYC Studios β€” onthemedia.org Hosted by @brookegladstone.bsky.s...
 ) and suddenly realize that I'm hearing *myself* speaking about Bluesky... (from an interview I did months agoβ€”they're rerunning the segment this week). [www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...](
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Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley’s reactionary roots; the Bluesky CEO explains her mission.
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Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley’s reactionary roots; the Bluesky CEO explains her mission.
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Yesterday Vladimir Kara-Murza spoke at #libcon2025 about Putin's tactics, and he told a story of how Putin brags about his "recruitment" skills and gave three examples (involving 3 US Presidents) about how good he is at telling them exactly what they want to hear... and how they always fall for it RE:
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Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com)
Surely no reason Putin (the election respecter) would say this just to get his way [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Some good news. Judge calls out that senior FTC staffers (who double as shitposters) had tweeted about how much they hated Media Matters, which undermined the claims that this was just an ordinary investigation, and not punishment for speech. RE:
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Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social)
Federal district court blocks FTC investigation into Media Matters, finding the "expansive" investigation is "a retaliatory act" for Media Matters'...
Good point from [@alexandersikorski.bsky.social](
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Alexander Sikorski (@alexandersikorski.bsky.social)
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social)
Mayor of New York City
 )'s style of campaigning as well). #libcon2025
Some news for folks asking about Bluesky's roadmap... RE:
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alex benzer (@alexbenzer.com)
hi Bluesky! πŸ¦‹ i’ve been chosen as the new head of product here at Bluesky HQ! and i couldn’t be more excited to hack with this incredibly t...
Deleted my post about Hillary Clinton's comments on Trump and the Nobel Prize because people are saying that the actual video implies something different than the writeup, and I'm sitting in the middle of a conference unable to watch the video. Sorry if I promoted a misleading impression.
Still feels slightly bizarre to see [@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social](
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Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social)
Editor at large, The Bulwark. Director, Defending Democracy Together. Host, Conversations with Bill Kristol. Never Trump.
 ) playing the role of the most "left" leaning person on a panel, defending immigration at #libcon2025