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Week 83

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I am really, really tired this week, so I think I’ll just post some interesting stuff from Bluesky. There was an unusual amount of good material this morning! Feel free to share what you think are highlights or lowlights in the comments. I’ll be back with more commentary next week, I hope.

Jamelle Bouie may yet convince me to join YouTube, although many kind folk share his videos.

saw the odyssey, had some thoughtsyoutu.be/BLkZk9BN2Q4— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) 2026-08-22T16:07:00.620Z

Watching Prime Minister Carney discussing the breakdown of the Canada-US trade deal at a press conference and just really appreciating living in a country where the leader can speak coherently and knowledgeably about what is actually happening.— Katie Mack (@astrokatie.com) 2026-08-22T15:40:19.485Z

There are going to be Democrats who say we shouldn’t rip it all out — it’s already built, we have other priorities — but removing the visible signs of Trumpism is absolutely necessary.— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2026-08-22T00:52:37.350Z

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/defending-…— Paul Krugman (@pkrugman.bsky.social) 2026-08-21T23:30:46.670Z

Paul Poast’s Saturday threads are always worth reading, but he’s stayed away from Bluesky. Today he, um, poasted.

A Paul Poast Saturday thread! (Saying some things I've thought.)— Cheryl Rofer (@cherylrofer.bsky.social) 2026-08-22T13:52:08.111Z

Sea life is moving into offshore wind farms. A Dutch technician filmed a seal hunting inside a turbine tower; scientists now find oysters, lobsters, sharks and porpoises colonising the rock piles that anchor them, the “coral reefs of the north”. Atmos buff.ly/ZYPnNfn#ShareGoodNewsToo— Ada Palmer (@adapalmer.bsky.social) 2026-08-22T13:50:00.795Z

When a Bitcoin mining center suddenly went offline in Inner Mongolia, China, the technical team started an analysis, only to find that stray cats, drawn to the warmth of the GPUs, had curled up on the machines, blocking the cooling systems and shutting everything down.Original post— Massimo (mirror) (@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social) 2026-08-22T09:00:56.075Z

This photo represents a major step forward. Luca loves to rub up against Zooey. He would do that at the food tree. It was almost food guarding, although I think good natured. We have been working on it, and now the two of them eat peacefully together!— Cheryl Rofer (@cherylrofer.bsky.social) 2026-08-22T13:34:25.037Z

Follow the court-watchers for the details of the lawsuits.  Chris Geidner (LawDork, Bluesky), Roger Parloff and Anna Bower (Lawfare, Bluesky), and the Just Security tracker.

Let’s stay away from hypotheticals, as usual. Post your pets.  

125 more weeks to go. What are you doing?

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