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#resist 💙 do not obey in advance call me Dude Musician / Producer / Composer 🎶 carlparadise.bandcamp.com band @DustyPlanets San Diego via Boston fuck Sp0tify 👉 kat & petz accounts will be muted #VoteBlue amphifa ☮️🐸

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Carl Paradise RESISTS autocracy @carlparadise.bsky.social · 5h
Your occasional reminder that Leon Skum is not an engineer
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Jim Pipkin 🇺🇲🏴‍☠️🏴🏴🏴 @jimpipkinmusic.bsky.social · 7h
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silverbeard2026 @silverbeard2026.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
FYI
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The Psychedelic Squirrel @psychsquirrel.bsky.social · 13h
I have always called them Nazi scum.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 15h
Earlier this year, ICE swarmed Minnesota and dominated headlines. Jose Olivares from @us.theguardian.com explains how ICE is pursuing a quieter campaign but is making more arrests than ever.: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 13h
Remigration started as a far-right, fringe idea that nonwhite people should be systematically deported from the United States. Then Trump was reelected. @letsgomathias.bsky.social takes us inside the anti-immigrant ideas informing the White House’s policies.  lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“The problem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic U.S. democracy writ large.” – Hear @lilymasonphd.bsky.social explain why polarization is not the problem: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 10h
“Because political polarization is a symptom, and not the root of the problem that ails us, ‘fixing’ polarization will not restore American democratic health.” – @lilymasonphd.bsky.social explains why being more civil to one another won't solve our political crisis: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 13h
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Regime Change 26 @regchange26.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
F_ck ICE
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BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
insideclimatenews.org/news/0710202... They knew. Well documented. I even recall where some these companies took action to prepare for climate change effects on their operations, all while denying it.
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New Documents Add to Evidence in Climate Deception Case Against ExxonMobil - Inside Climate News
Court filings by the Massachusetts attorney general’s office include previously undisclosed documents, revealing new details about internal deliberations at the oil giant.
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Carl Paradise RESISTS autocracy @carlparadise.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Happy Widow Tour 2026 ... with pole dancing!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
IMPORTANT: If you are following me here, know that I do not publish on Substack. Subscribing to Democracy Docket is the only way to receive my content. Becoming a premium member helps support it and gets you access to my opinion and analysis. Link to sign up: demdock.com/4w6emld
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In 2016, I was the general counsel to the Clinton campaign. In 2022, Trump sued me and others for RICO. The case was dismissed. Trump and his lawyers were sanctioned. Now, they have asked SCOTUS to hear the case. I will never back down. I will never stop fighting. When we fight we win.💪⚖️🗳️
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Even nikki gets it
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
New Secretary of Lying Katie Zacharia says “Trump deserves credit for unilaterally trying to bring prices down all by himself” 🤔🤷🏼‍♀️ Welcome to the United States of North Korea
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇
Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Carl Paradise RESISTS autocracy @carlparadise.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Popular Chinese LLM Qwen is subject to data poisoning by the CCP -- I've encountered multiple reports of this today, one of them here ⤵️ www.cbsnews.com/news/china-a...
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Some topics are off limits inside popular Chinese-made free AI, researchers find
A popular Chinese AI program, Qwen, has no memory of Tiananmen Square and no tolerance for Winnie the Pooh.
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Carl Paradise RESISTS autocracy @carlparadise.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Cortical LABS breakthrough: Combined lab-grown neurons with silicon chips ... programmable over the Internet. (Australia)
Cortical LABS web page screenshot 

The Cortical breakthrough

Combined lab-grown neurons with silicon chips ... programmable over the Internet. 

Breakthrough in Australia.
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Carl Paradise RESISTS autocracy @carlparadise.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When you watch the video wait for it ... David Bowie warned us about computers as an alien species, not "just a tool" youtu.be/dcxLzzpSx-M?...
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David Bowie warned us twice about the internet (1997–1999)
YouTube video by WholeStudioTV
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Akubot Music @akubot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I listened to one of these, sounds great! www.subvert.fm/raudvik/trac...
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það er kominn tími til að gjöreyðileggja spunagreindina by blávik - Subvert
No AI was used in the creation of this work, and as the title makes clear, it is time that AI is reduced to ashes. All sounds designed by blávik at Overlook Studios Recorded, mixed, and mastered by b...
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A global treaty signed by 197 countries — including Russia — requires reporting any death that could be a sign of an outbreak to come. www.npr.org/2026/10/09/g...
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Did Russia play by the rules in reporting lab worker's death?
A global treaty signed by 197 countries — including Russia — requires reporting any death that could be a sign of an outbreak to come.
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Carl Paradise RESISTS autocracy @carlparadise.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When you watch the video wait for it ... David Bowie warned us about computers as an alien species, not "just a tool" youtu.be/dcxLzzpSx-M?...
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David Bowie warned us twice about the internet (1997–1999)
YouTube video by WholeStudioTV
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Carl Paradise RESISTS autocracy @carlparadise.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Cortical LABS breakthrough: Combined lab-grown neurons with silicon chips ... programmable over the Internet. (Australia)
Cortical LABS web page screenshot 

The Cortical breakthrough

Combined lab-grown neurons with silicon chips ... programmable over the Internet. 

Breakthrough in Australia.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal court BLOCKS Dept. of Justice policy of collecting unredacted voter rolls, checking them against federal citizenship databases, and urging states to remove voters flagged as ineligible. www.democracydocket.com/cases/doj-na...
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🚨 Common Cause v. U.S. Department of Justice
Learn more.
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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is clearly not acceptable
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/10/2026
Regardless of the legality of posting armed national guard members at drop boxes, whether the boxes were open yet, or whether drop boxes qualify as polling sites under the law; the optics are what matter. Lawful or not, it’s overt, intentional voter suppression.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pew Research poll: Trump approval 30% approve 68% disapprove That's the lowest approval of his second term.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Massive march in NYC protesting MASKED ICE thugs dressed as construction workers who shoot unarmed Americans first, then (don’t) ask later. Fuck ICE.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 09/10/2026
The maker of non-text AI model Jev valued at $7.5B just weeks after launch
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The maker of non-text AI model Jev valued at $7.5B just weeks after launch
TypeSafe AI raised $870 million in a round led by a16Z.
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DanelleK @danellek.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hitler’s “rules were: never admit a fault; never concede;… never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame;…people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; …repeat it frequently www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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All the Ways Trump Has Attacked Elections In His Second Term
President Trump has attacked the integrity of U.S. elections on more than 70 percent of the days since he returned to office, repeatedly making false claims. Here’s how he does it.
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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You know that red dye they put in diesel fuel intended for farm equipment and off-road use? The symbolic "red dye" in Trump's imported Russian diesel represents the blood of thousands of Ukrainian citizens, women and children, murdered in cold blood by Vladimir Putin. ⛽️💔🕯️
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DianaTripper @tripperday.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
‼️ BREAKING: DHS has access to crowd control system that shoots heat ray onto people’s skin Acc to Olivia Troye it is a weapon of war that Trump considered using in 2020 She fears it could be used against Americans expressing their 1A rights The military previously declined to use it in Afghanistan!
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked DOD Memo Reveals Controversial “Heat Ray” Weapon Approved for Use in Trump Border Crackdown
A DOD memo dated in September states an “Active Denial System” - a non-lethal but painful directed energy weapon - had been authorized for Customs and Border Protection operations.
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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Trump administration damaged America. We are no longer a democracy, no longer a country that respects the rule of law and human rights. And now we are no longer a civilized country. We joined the ranks of Iran and N. Korea where public executions remind people about the might of the government.
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‘Medieval’ and ‘disturbing’: US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnation
Pentagon said execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be broadcast live
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/10/2026
This is apparently happening in multiple areas in the capital. The DC board of elections has been made aware of it and have been in touch with the National Guard to address it. It’s no accident.
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Doug Hanke Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla @dougmakingstuff.com · 09/10/2026
He's driving the bus for the Da Bears Superfans in heaven now www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
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Legendary coach, Hall of Fame TE Mike Ditka dies at age 86
Mike Ditka, a Hall of Fame tight end who became an NFL legend for his time as coach of the Bears, has died at the age of 86.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 09/10/2026
Here’s a look back at Mike Ditka’s extraordinary life, from his humble beginnings in Pennsylvania to his dominant football career in Chicago.
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Mike Ditka through the years: From humble beginnings in Pennsylvania to legendary football career in Chicago
Here’s a look back at Mike Ditka’s extraordinary life, from his humble beginnings in Pennsylvania to his dominant football career in Chicago.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/10/2026
The party of law and order is planning more crimes.
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robynhitchcock.bsky.social @robynhitchcock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Driving towards Bath, listening to some classic Tears For Fears “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”: no kidding. Almost everybody would do a better job of it than the current mob. And this dreamy, chimerical music still sounds futuristic, 40 years later. Love on ye, @tearsforfearsbr.bsky.social 💕
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 09/10/2026
Tesla renames ‘Full Self-Driving’ to ‘Tesla Assisted Driving’ in Europe
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Tesla renames ‘Full Self-Driving’ to ‘Tesla Assisted Driving’ in Europe
The name change is enough for Germany's transport minister to start advocating for Europe-wide adoption of the driver assistance software.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Defend Democracy @finalreckoning.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/10/2026
“We are enforcing the nation’s laws. Why is that controversial?” The Fugitive Slave Act. The Three-Fifths Compromise. The Nuremberg Laws. Dred Scott. The Indian Removal Act. The Law for Protection of German Blood. Anti-miscegenation laws. The Defense of Marriage Act. The Reichstag Fire Decree.
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William K. Cody @williamcody.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Trump crowd is in bed with some of the most evil people in the world. And that is just a fact that the American people are going to have to deal with. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
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Carl Paradise RESISTS autocracy @carlparadise.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Gil Scott Heron: The revolution will not be televised Kegsbreath: Hold my beer
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Gil Scott Heron: The revolution will not be televised Kegsbreath: Hold my beer
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