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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And yeah, there are parts of my job I really don't enjoy (grading homework assignments, for one; reviewing piles of applications for another). But what if, instead of saying we should be free of such things, we asked: What do we gain by being present in this moment? >>

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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 12/09/2026

I guess that's enough yelling online for a Saturday, here's a meme. I'm going go gambol in the fields and frolic in the buttercups or some shit.

a scene of someone pitching a tent near a vista, caption reads:
Treat your body like a data center
consume as much water and literature as possible
upset local city councils with your existence

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 01/09/2026

A fundamental problem with "oh it's useful for coding" is that "generating more software faster" has, if anything, negative marginal utility in itself. The world is not suffering from a software shortage. The world is suffering from a software quality crisis, which LLMs seem more likely to worsen.

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ɡwɛnəvɾ (cat) (mads) @wheneverends.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

quote this if mutuals can dm you to become friends

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Sanjida @adijnas.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is my YMCA and it could probably use some renovation and densification, tbh. The signs are ridiculous.

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 30/06/2026

Yeah. The Birthright Citizenship win *is* a win, but the fact that it wasn't 9-0 should worry you and the fact that it was a split decision should TERRIFY AND MOTIVATE YOU.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

one unironically good thing about american national character and legal system is that an internal hukou system would be doa here, despite lots of people very clearly wanting that, even if they won't say it explicitly. easier to imagine the union ending than that happening.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 21/06/2026

the “practice having no fear” mural of alex pretti on nicollet ave in minneapolis is finished, just a few blocks north of where he was killed by border patrol during operation metro surge. the inclusion of a medicine wheel makes me wonder if a native artist did this, couldn’t find a signature

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I think the bear case for AI leading to scientific advancement is that a lot of shit has to happen in the actual world, and that takes place on world of atoms timelines. Like you gotta actually put the shit in the Petri dishes and beakers and whatnot, the choke point is not running regressions.

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Sanjida @adijnas.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This is hilarious! Which one is it, Jamie?

Mailers for Montgomery County MD County Exec Dem primary candidates Andrew Friedson and Evan Glass each feature photos with popular Dem US House Rep Jamie Raskin with glowing quotes about each candidate.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/05/2026

The comparison I heard was data centers using the same amount of water as golf courses, and for that I was all, my brother in Christ, let me tell you what I think we should do with golf courses

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/05/2026

As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

. @aoc.bsky.social responds to this trend: "BOOOOO" "This race to try to see who can be exempt from participating in society is not a conversation that I'm interested in," she tells me, calling it an uninspiring message. "I'm a Great Society Democrat, and I believe in building that together."

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Did I open up PowerPoint intending to chat with it??? I did not?????

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

every few months, americans are asked to resume their banquet and pretend a shooting didn't just happen

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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

For #MoCo neighbors, @montgomery4all.bsky.social hosted a candidate questionnaire for council member and county executive aspirants. The answers are quite illuminating! Check them and get educated before you vote #housing #transit www.montgomery4all.org/2026-candida...

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2026 Candidate Questionnaire — Montgomery for All

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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

When you invite regular folks at community festivals to tell you about what land use and transit futures they want, this is what they say. @montgomery4all.bsky.social #MoCo

Community survey results showing broad support for YIMBY policies.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Counterpoint: That people are willing to take time and gather in places that are actively hostile to gathering shows how motivated people are to fight back against fascism. This is good.

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Greater Greater Washington @ggwash.org · 25/03/2026

According to our latest poll, Montgomery County voters say the age and quality of homes in the county is a problem. They're also more likely to support pro-homes candidates, especially voters under 45 and renters.

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Age, quality, and supply of housing are a problem, say Montgomery County voters

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Sanjida @adijnas.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Lol at The Post sending me a print copy of Sunday's paper with this garbage, which convinced me to cancel even my online-only sub once and for all.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Lots of people seem to forget: It is Ramadan, which would affect the pattern of life of everyone in Iran.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 21/02/2026

look if a Democrat wants me to be really fired up about voting for them, they will promulgate the Crimes Against Humanity Reparations Act which gives US citizenship to everyone targeted by the Trump administration.

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Greater Greater Washington @ggwash.org · 19/02/2026

Greater Greater Washington endorses Andrew Friedson for Montgomery County executive

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GGWash endorses Andrew Friedson for Montgomery County executive

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Sanjida @adijnas.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

There are bobcats removing the remaining ice piles at the mostly snow free transit center. Meanwhile I'm still "vehicular walking" in the partially clear right lane of a 6 lane road around my bus stop.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.” hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

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Catherine 🇨🇦 🌎 @capeacadia.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Alberta’s First Nations will have plenty to say about that ridiculous concept. Danielle Smith is #MapleMAGA

Map of Alberta showing First Nations land making up most of Alberta. Caption: Not Yours

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Look I know that “diversity is our strength” is cringe but: diversity is our strength. People who come from distinct cultural practices actively serving in community with one another. What a blessing to live in a world where that happens.

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Sanjida @adijnas.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I can't believe I don't see this band.

Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness, The Smashing Pumpkins

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.

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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

<2,000: how many people wrote letters of opposition about to the council about the University Blvd Corridor Plan. 229,289: how many times people boarded the M12-University Blvd bus in September 2025.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.

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Sanjida @adijnas.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Fantastic article that cuts through the confusion and dysfunction around public hearings. Thank you to Casey for writing this!

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

This is an excellent piece about the limitations inherent to public engagement, not a call to stop doing it, but a call to recognize it for what it is and, more crucially, what it is not. It also comes from MoCo’s former planning board chair, who knows what he’s talking about. Please read it

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially. Period. This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.

Vaccine Safety
MENU V
For Everyone
NOV. 19, 2025
KEY POINTS
• The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
• Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.
• HHS has launched a comprehensive assessment of the causes of autism,
including investigations on plausible biologic mechanisms and potential causal links.

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 08/11/2025

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

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Sanjida @adijnas.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

open.substack.com/pub/theargum... This could have been me. Two years ago I found myself unexpectedly pregnant in my mid 40s. The author didn't feel safe to pursue a high risk pregnancy in a state with restrictive abortion laws. I live in Maryland, and cautiously, I went ahead.

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An abortion ban pushed me toward abortion

Is this what the pro-life movement intended?

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Sanjida @adijnas.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

This is a big and good step!

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Sanjida @adijnas.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

These are bad people and they should feel bad.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 23/09/2025

Anyway, really does explain the colloquialism, "scratch a deeply held American belief that makes no sense and you'll find racism"

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Sanjida @adijnas.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Lots of touching and hopeful testimony from @cmkisicki.bsky.social, @darashef.bsky.social , and @coloradoskatebug.bsky.social and others at the Univ Blvd Plan public hearing tonight. Final tally 15 for, 32 against, 4 mixed. We stand against fear, saying yes, we can have nice things.

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