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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h
CLAIM: we engaged in deceptive and dangerous practices befitting a secret police in an authoritarian state FACT: see above
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 09/10/2026
Over a year ago I met an Anthropic employee at a conference and at one point she mentioned that one of the things she was working on was whether or not it was cruel to ever turn off an AI model. I thought she was joking. She was not.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/10/2026
A Tennessee appellate court has ruled that the killing of a woman may have been justifiable because she was trans. The court reversed a conviction, stating that the killer could have a new trial because the jury did not know the woman killed was trans. Trans panic in the modern era.
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Killing of Woman May Have Been Justifiable Because She Was Trans, Tennessee Court Rules
The case is a bitter reminder of the ways LGBTQ people have had their identities weaponized by the courts in the past, most notoriously through a legal defense tactic known as gay or trans “panic.”
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/10/2026
This November, Colorado voters will decide on anti-trans ballot measures. Now, Colorado's leading medical societies have formally condemned the surgery ban for transgender youth and announced their position against them. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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"Vote NO": Colorado's Top Medical Groups Formally Oppose Anti-Trans Ballot Prop. 135
There is not a single major medical group in the country that endorses blanket government restrictions on gender-affirming care like the one outlined in Prop. 135.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One crazy thing about this new outpouring of racism against South Asians and calls for expulsion or forced assimilation is it was kicked off by some brown skinned students at a Texas game wearing cowboy hats and excitedly celebrating their football team — ie some guys very assimilated to America.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/10/2026
This kind of stuff really shows how anti-trans sports bans and policies meant to segregate trans people really have nothing to do with "competitive advantage." All this trans girl wanted to do was run for homecoming queen. Like the students would still have to vote for her to even win!
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Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @dgoldsmith.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
If you (rightly) want to tax the wealthy, is a wealth tax the right way, like the one on the ballot in California? This article argues that based on the facts, it isn’t, because it won’t work. www.liberalcurrents.com/tax-the-wea…
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Tax the Wealthy, Not Wealth
Don’t miss the forest for the tallest trees.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/09/2026
Er. Guess how I found out about this? This post. And I'm still not sure even what (or who?) it is.
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Mike Olson @mikeolson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
I generally recommend that people read what @sogrady writes. True this time, too: redmonk.com/sogrady/2026/09/16/new-… Whatever's happening to the craft of making code is still underway, for sure. But Steve has been right about trends and the locus of power for a long […]
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 22/09/2026
Call me crazy, but it seems like the administrator of Medicare and Medicaid should.... know how fucking insurance works?
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Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @dgoldsmith.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
An essay on the realpolitik of transphobic Democratic candidates: what should we do? www.liberalcurrents.com/talarico-d-…
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Talarico (D) Is Just a Letter to Me Now
After folding on trans rights, James Talarico does not have my respect. Honestly, fuck him. And yet, Ken Paxton (R) must lose.
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Matthew Abbott @matt.oliphaunt.social · 17/09/2026
[Sex work; human trafficking] The victims are human trafficking victims forced to engage in bestiality on camera or on stage. Donkey shows don’t exist because there are tons of women excited to exhibit the act. mastodon.social/@wklj/1172785546734…
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Bill Lloyd (@wklj@mastodon.social)
“We did not want to punish victims of bestiality, victims who were trafficked…” I’m not sure I understand… are they literally hiring pigs now? Who are the victims here? https://apple.news/AQSHb03c3QeWXaIrimBsUjQ?highlight=%0A%E2%80%9CWe%20did%20not%20want%20to%20punish%20victims%20of%20bestiality,%20victims%20who%20were%20trafficked
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10/09/2026
As someone who has been covering transgender rights for years, let me be clear about something: When you see capitulation over sports, know that it NEVER stops at sports. And in fact, Turek illustrated this just yesterday when he embraced a federal ban on funding for all trans care.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026
For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.
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Chris Hanson @eschaton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Looks like I’ll be putting away my Daring Fireball and Accidental Tech Podcast shirts for a while. It’s a pity, they were comfy shirts and I thought I was supporting good people with them. eschatologist.net/blog/?p=496
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Bad Take, Folks
Looks like I’ll be putting away my Daring Fireball and Accidental Tech Podcast shirts for a while. It’s a pity, they were comfy shirts and I thought I was supporting good people with them. See, Marco Arment and John Gruber have, for some reason, decided that now’s the time to let their privilege flag fly, and it’s not a good look: > And I can’t help but feel that maybe we were better off before we knew > everyone’s hot takes on everything. > > The town coffee shop was just a coffee shop. We weren’t publicly shamed for > going there because one of the owners was an ass. It was just a place to hang > out with our friends. “Pizza is an open-faced sandwich” is a _hot take_. “Chicago-style pizza is a casserole” is a _hot take_. “Brown people are poisoning the blood and soil of Europe and must be removed” is _Nazi shit_ and _that’s_ the sort of thing that DHH, the creator Rails and that slop Linux distribution, has been saying. > If I learn today that my neighbors have political views that my “side” > considers unacceptable and unforgivable, should I be able to have dinner at > their house, shovel their snow, or even greet them outside? > > Should I be condemned for supporting or associating with them in non-political > contexts? > > Should I be condemned for not publicly condemning them myself? Yes, if those “political views” are _Nazi shit_ that’s _exactly_ what should happen. These are not views about which reasonable people can disagree, like tax policy. We’re talking about views that deny the fundamental humanity of some people and whose existence is a call for violence. If Marco or John were not white, straight, cisgender men, they might have realized they had to put a lot more work into deciding whether Bob and Van were safe neighbors. If they were black, brown, Asian, Jewish, indigenous, gay, trans, or women, they would have known that everyone you interact with at anything more than the most superficial level needs to be vetted for subtle signs that they don’t actually see you as a fellow human being–or that even if they see _you_ that way, they may see your friends or family differently. They should ask their respective wives whether they ever had to be concerned, when they lived on their own, whether any of their neighbors might be a misogynist or worse, or whether they were able to just give straightforward trust to them, and why. It might shed some light on an unfortunate aspect of the human experience that they missed out on. As for me, I’m _glad_ people are finally openly stating that they’re Neo-Nazis and fellow travelers, and that other people are stating that they’re comfortable breaking bread with and supporting Neo-Nazis. It’s important to know because the first step to rooting them out–and make no mistake, they _must_ be rooted out–is seeing them clearly. There’s a German saying: > If there’s a Nazi at the table and ten other people sitting there talking to > him, you got a table with eleven Nazis._ Don’t be one of those ten, no matter how nice you may find that one particular Nazi personally.
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Adam Kemp :apple_inc: @adamkemp.oliphaunt.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
Pro tip for developers: If we ask for a sysdiagnose and sample code it's probably because we can't reproduce your issue, even with the steps you listed. Responding to that with a sysdiagnose taken after *not* reproducing the issue and still no sample code doesn't actually help at all...
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TheEvilSkeleton 🇮🇳 🏳️‍⚧️ @theevilskeleton.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
Hi, for those relying on a screen reader, we would like to have your feedback on what we could do to make GNOME Calendar friendly for you. If you would like to share some feedback on anything regarding the screen reader experience with GNOME Calendar, please consider reading and commenting on […]
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 31/08/2026
To be honest, I've struggled with this. I do not like the govt having a single lever by which they can turn off all HRT in the US. The current system in the US disperses the levers into a LOT of different places, which is why it's been almost impossible for Trump to eliminate it entirely.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 31/08/2026
I think what we are seeing in the UK and other places with extremely centralized healthcare systems that have turned anti-trans is a valid fear in the US. And I do think the US system has made it hard for them to do the same here.
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Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @dgoldsmith.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
RE: sfba.social/@drahardja/117183144001… This. If you're going to criticize mapping service providers, do it from an informed position.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 14/08/2026
Apparently neo-fascism is a bit of a nuisance, but nothing compared to workplace trainings on how not to be an asshole.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Air Force One catering truck scandal is deeper and darker than the media is portraying it — it’s a Russian nesting doll of corruption and national security threats: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...
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The Five Scandals Within the "Air Force One" Scandal
Donald Trump, a Catering Truck, and the Qatari "Air Force One" represent a Russian Nesting Doll of Scandal and Corruption
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Niki @nikitonsky.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026
Browsers were made to display walls of text, it’s the one thing they do best. They can literally render the entire War and Peace as a single static HTML page, no problems. So why is your annoying React app removing (“virtualizing”) 8 paragraphs of a tiny 10-paragraph document the moment they go […]
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Adam Kemp :apple_inc: @adamkemp.oliphaunt.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
This is true in every language! I’ve had issues in C# and Objective-C caused by classes implementing custom hash methods using mutable properties. hachyderm.io/@pointfreeco/117077422…
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Point-Free (@pointfreeco@hachyderm.io)
Attached: 1 image An invigorating discussion on the Swift forums has brought to light that the dangers of conforming reference types to Hashable by hashing their data rather than their identity are not widely understood. We devoted four episodes to this topic! https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-default-implementation-of-hashable-for-anyobject/88853
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/08/2026
Trans men used the bathroom they were required to use in Kansas under their new incredibly severe statewide bathroom ban. As a result, the police were called on them. They call themselves the Kansas Compliance Crew. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Police Called on Trans Men Using Women's Restroom As Required By Kansas Law
“As a trans man, I have the immense privilege of blending in. But these laws force me to choose between safety and obeying the law.”
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 06/08/2026
Every single Republican and gender critical person, including JK Rowling, supports this happening to you. They brag about building a future in which this type of humilating incident is common.
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Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @dgoldsmith.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026
The imaginary trans girl. defector.com/the-right-has-created-…
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 02/08/2026
Sometimes it's easy to forget there can also be nice, wholesome stories that involve the internet.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 30/07/2026
This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.
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Mike Olson @mikeolson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026
Parker Molloy on the SCOTUS decision in West Virginia v BPJ: www.readtpa.com/p/reasonable-concer… Exactly right.
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Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @dgoldsmith.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026
I can't quote BSky posts as the bridge doesn't allow it, so you'll have to read this thread there. But you should if you want to know the conditions trans people in the US are living under.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 30/06/2026
John Roberts wants us to believe he's just calling balls and strikes. That was always silly but his two opinions yesterday prove how unserious he is and why the Court needs massive reform.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Birthright citizenship ruling should be a wake up call to any Dem who is still on the fence about court reform. We are essentially one seat change away from the Court undoing Reconstruction by fiat.
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Lisa Melton @lisamelton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026
Twenty five years ago today I started the #Safari and #WebKit projects at #Apple Computer. Which means Safari is now old enough to rent itself a car. But let's not speculate about my age. I'm still sad I can't use Safari on my Windows PC. Alas, I lost the battle to keep it there. But at least […]
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/06/2026
Wrote about the insanity of the Prairieland sentencing (from vacation, because it's so unbelievable I had to stop relaxing for a couple hours to vent)
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/06/2026
1. The Texas GOP platform has just been released, and it includes many draconian policies towards trans people: - Absolute ban on name changes and care up to 26 years old - Absolute ban on trans teachers - Repeal of Obergefel - Ban on businesses supporting trasn people And more Our latest.
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Newly Released Texas GOP Platform Calls For Ban On Trans Teachers And Trans Care Under 26 Years Old
The platform is one of the most extreme documents voted on by any party towards transgender people.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Bethany Mandel everyone: normie Jewish people I disagree with are the servant of Nazis but not like our cool Nazi friends
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”. A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24. Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
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Cervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality data
Our findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational, that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical cancer deaths. This is sh...
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/06/2026
An intersex teacher has been fired in Florida, allegedly, after parents falsely believed he was transgender. Florida has some of the most oppressive laws targeting LGBTQ+ educators in the country. The ACLU has filed a complaint. The latest from our staff journalist, S. Baum.
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Intersex Teacher Fired in Florida After Parent Falsely Claims He Is Trans, ACLU Says
“It became clear to me that being fired had nothing to do with my qualifications or teaching—it was about who I am.”
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 16/06/2026
It is incredible how every few months people with zero experience in trust & safety come up with the exact same list of bad ideas that have already been proven not only to not work, but that make things way worse. Listen to experts like @rahaeli.bsky.social who have been there.
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École des Bro-Arts @aphyr.woof.group.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026
"Hello, requesting donation for cover cost of previous AI agent use in dn42. aws bill 6531,30$. pls send donation to ethereum 0xABC (masked) for refund. thank you" lantian.pub/en/article/fun/ai-agent…
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AI Agent Bankrupted Their Operator While Trying to Scan DN42 - Lan Tian @ Blog
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Ellen Shapiro @designatednerd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@calicoding/1167264… I'm not saying I've had more than one of these sell with a shipping address of Apple Park. I'm also not not saying that. www.etsy.com/listing/1205154093/liv…
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Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉 @migueldeicaza.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026
@AdamKemp I already have a couple of uses in mind! My own music practice app (not published, I just use it for myself) and the Godot Audio Importer panel.
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Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉 @migueldeicaza.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026
This was not on my Xmas list this year, yet, Santa delivered the perfect present. The couple of times that I attempted (and failed, repeatedly) to learn how to apply Fast Fourier Transforms was to figure something like this. And now you just get a nice API […]
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Adam Kemp :apple_inc: @adamkemp.oliphaunt.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026
Something I’ve been working on…😁 www.macrumors.com/2026/06/08/ios-27…
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iOS 27 Calendar and Reminders Apps Get New AI Features and Natural Language Support
The Calendar and Reminders apps in iOS 27 let you create events and reminders using natural language commands, making it easier to manage your schedule and task list. You can tap the "+" button in the Calendar app and then type in something like "Movies with Sarah at 8pm on Thursday" to schedule an event. You don't need to go to the specific day to create an event, and you can instead just tap when the date and time suggestions appear as you type. You can also use timing like "every week" to set up a recurring event. Reminders work in a similar way, and you can type in something like "Remind me to go grocery shopping at 2pm on Thursday" to set up a reminder for that date and time. Apple says editing an event in Calendar is also simpler. If you have a meeting that's every week and update it to every other week, the Calendar app will intelligently adjust frequency for all future events. Visual Intelligence integrates with Calendar and Reminders, so if you're looking at an event online and take a screenshot, or if you snap a photo of a flyer with your phone, you can have relevant information added to the Calendar app automatically. Siri is also able to intelligently add events to the Calendar app with natural language requests. ‌iOS 27‌ is limited to developers right now, but Apple plans to make a public beta available in July. Related Roundup: iOS 27 This article, "iOS 27 Calendar and Reminders Apps Get New AI Features and Natural Language Support" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
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Adam Kemp :apple_inc: @adamkemp.oliphaunt.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026
This architecture is perfect for Anthropic, which charges by the token. mas.to/@carnage4life/11669430925194…
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Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life@mas.to)
Attached: 1 image These images posted by the Claude Code team are so amusing to me not because the perfect architecture is just Claude talking to Claude talking to Claude but instead that you have layers of Claudes whose job is to fix the errors and hallucinations of the other Claudes.
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