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Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 1h

I was ready to blame the schools, but

Google Search's AI Overviews and AI Mode chatbot are free and cannot be turned off in administrative controls that Google gives partner school districts. Students also have access to tools that offer Gemini-powered answers to screenshots or camera images.

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Cait @caitesq.bsky.social · 1h

One of the many horrific aspects of the death penalty is that states are not good at carrying out executions. Every time I post about this, someone responds by saying that it should be simple. But it’s not, and proponents of the death penalty need to own that.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 14h

Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."

Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 11h

uh…what the fuck

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 10h

This is exactly the shit I was talking about Apparently, as @chrisgeidner.bsky.social just put it, "harm is a feeling that Republican officials are not allowed to suffer," yet "an execution carried out while a case challenging that execution is still pending" is not www.lawdork.com/p/the-big-pr...

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The big problems with Wednesday’s SCOTUS order allowing a Tennessee execution

SCOTUS cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike over the dissent of the Democratic appointees. The order from the court’s Republican appointees is alarming on several fronts.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 3h

This is heroism. This is resistance.

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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 20h

next Tuesday’s nightime low will be 35 degrees F. i live in a car. my body can’t effectively thermoregulate due to autoimmune illness & meds. i will die out here. gas is expensive. i’ve been job-hunting for over 15 months. i need housing or i will die. please help. please. V SNDesiree C $SNDesiree

Weather dot com website forecast is 35 degree low on Tuesday 6 October 2026. I will die homeless.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8h

Is there a defense fund? A defense committee? Anything else we can do to support this brave and beautiful human being?

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 8h

It is not permitted to request jury nullification during a trial but it is permissible to discuss it abstractly. Jury nullification is the synthesis of two rules. First, the prosecution cannot appeal a jury verdict of not guilty. Second, a jury issuing a verdict of not guilty need not explain itself

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 10h

a thing anyone can do is look up jury nullification

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 7h

The platonic ideal form of the Trumpist state is that of an incompetent executioner, blessed by the court to be horrific and violent to no successful end.

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 9h

End the death penalty. End it now. There is no reason for it, never.

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Megan @meplusdog.bsky.social · 9h

New lows all the time

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10h

He sure as hell did all he could to keep innocent people in prison, even when the DA offices that won the convictions said they should be released. www.injusticewatch.org/archive/2020...

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Missouri Attorney General’s Office pushes to keep innocent people in prison

Its decades-long commitment to upholding convictions—even those marred by police or prosecutorial misconduct—has left Missourians languishing in prison for years.

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 10h

This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 21h

This is very interesting. Two thoughts: 1. This will be challenged. I wouldn't be surprised if challenges succeed. 2. You should be able to make officials who violate your constitutional rights pay for it, and if nothing else, this bill highlights how difficult it is-particularly w/r/t the feds.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 17h

Okay this is incredibly weird and if you know something about it, please let me know! Per this article, the Lancaster PA (whom I wrote about in @newrepublic.com ) is "on track to criminally charge more than 100 undocumented immigrants this year." My question is charge with what?

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 11h

Speaking of Missouri, there's still plenty of time to preorder the University of Chicago Press reissue of Sally Benson's novel Meet Me in St. Louis, featuring a foreword by, in fact, me. But why wait?

benjamindreyer.substack.com

Right here in St. Louis!

[a cover]

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 23h

the sad part is that survivors fought like hell to even get expulsion for rapists on the table. when I was an activist > 10 years ago, administrators were *shocked* that we wanted expulsion as a disciplinary option.

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Dr. Drew Donna Folk @drdrewfolk1.bsky.social · 16h

As a Transgender woman I want everyone to know that this is hate speech and is entirely heinous and reprehensible. After these guys are gone the U. S. Military will have a lot to do to repair its damaged reputation with Trans Americans. 🤬🤬 #TransLivesMatter 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 14h

Today, a generous soul gave us $100,000. I am beyond words and I am so grateful to everyone who has donated and supported The Thurman Perry Foundation. It’s literally us 5 women trying to do the most good for women. thurmanperryfoundation.org

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 19h

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.

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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“while i was deep in grief, i was researching brain waves & one thing i learned is that during severe depression/ grief, we experience theta waves (which usually occur only before deep sleep) while we are awake. we literally sleepwalk through life due to sadness. just wild.”

sarah rose etter tweeted on 6 May 2023:

“while i was deep in grief, i was researching brain waves & one thing i learned is that during severe depression/ grief, we experience theta waves (which usually occur only before deep sleep) while we are awake. we literally sleepwalk through life due to sadness. just wild.”

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 14h

Chicagoland friends, I have a favor to ask. I have a pro bono client, a Black woman, who is currently facing charges for allegedly pointing a gun at her abusive ex - who admitted to raping her. I would love if there could be a show of support for her at her next few court dates.

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 14h

IC joins many in grieving the loss of beloved costruggler Curtis Renee, who practiced abolitionist presents and futures with Detroit Safety Team, resisted criminalization and cultivated communities of care with BLM Detroit, supported Black migrants, and embodied Black trans and queer liberation. 🧵

text: In loving memory of Photo: a smiling black person text: IC joins in grieving the immeasurable loss of our beloved costruggler, collaborator, and community member Curtis Renee

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13h

REBUILD would definitely accept $50,000!

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 16h

Babe 😭 (Genuinely, read this right now. It's excellent.)

To be fair, I’m not doing so great with men. I told my most recent date that I was working on a novella. “Because you’re Mexican?” he asked. I asked what he meant. “Isn’t a novella a Mexican novel?” Before him was the guy who confessed over drinks that he didn’t “believe in Helen Keller,” because there was “no way she actually flew that plane.” I asked if he meant Amelia Earhart. “Who?” I slept with both of them.

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Dr. Ashok Karra @akarra.bsky.social · 13h

I wrote this not-so-great poem, "The Earth to Me," and then to test out whether the lines had any resonance, I wrote an essay on part of it. I thought about how the very concept of Earth could imply wanting to see more of it. That if we want to speak of the Earth, we have to put aside fear:

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The Earth to Me

Not wanting to leave the house comes into my life like the most subtle haunting.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 19h

Recent recruitment strategies have included the use of neo-Nazi memes to appeal to potential hires, and seeking out extremists at events like gun shows, Ultimate Fight Club venues, and other places where far right individuals are typically present.

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Trump Administration Plans to Add 5,000 New ICE Employees by End of Year

Recent recruitment strategies have included using neo-Nazi memes to appeal to potential hires.

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Amy Littlefield @amylittlefield.bsky.social · 22h

Today is the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, the deadly ban on federal funding of abortion that has shaped the lives of over a million low-income women. For @motherjones.com, this excerpt of my book explains why the death of Roe started w/ Hyde: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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The infuriating history of the law that doomed abortion rights

The men behind the Hyde Amendment saw it as their ticket to paradise.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20h

Earning $250,000 a year puts you in the top 4.1% of individual workers or the top 11% of households in the United States. WAKE THE FUCK UP!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20h

This is a country of delusional people who believe they may one day be rich. The California Wealth Tax has less than 50% support right now. We have to tell the truth about the propagandized voting public. It's incredible.

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 20h

remember to block @m-tracey.bsky.social and move on. there is nothing you can say to him that will be crueler than his lonely little life

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m @mjjii.com · 23h

from the zine

Fierce Pigeon Interview

I caught up with the pigeon who's taking Spunkton by storm for being "fierce" (stylish and confident).

What does a typical day look like for you?
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Is there anything you're really interested in lately?
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[digital art of a pigeon walking]

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s also really clear to me this week that the people telling us that AI will transform work…haven’t seen a lot of jobs where people work.

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 23h

This is indeed remarkable. It also raises the question, if James Talarico can utterly reject the GOP's scaremongering fascist anti-immigrant framing & successfully promote "immigration is good for America", why can't he reject anti-trans scaremongering too?

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026

SCOTUS’s shadow docket strikes again. Third-country removals are back on, using a policy that two federal courts have now ruled is unlawful.

CORDER LIST: 609 U.S.)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
26-426
(26A406)
CERTIORARI GRANTED
DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL.
The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and
by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026 order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed.
The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents' claims.
(2) Whether the
district court had
authority to enter classwide
declaratory
relief
and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252 (f) (1).
(3) Whether the Government's Guidance on third-country removals
is unlawful under 8 U. S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or
FARRA/CAT and its
implementing regulations. (4) Such other
questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the
proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to
establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be
argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall
terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would
deny the application for stay.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A heartbreaking story by @lilianasegura.bsky.social on Christa Pike, a victim of abuse from the people around her, including the criminal system. She is scheduled to be executed tomorrow. theintercept.com/2026/09/27/c...

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The “Satanic Panic” Made Her a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More Haunting.

After 30 years on death row, Christa Pike faces execution for a grisly murder she committed at 18.

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Chris Edelson @chrisedelson.bsky.social · 23h

This is absolute prerogative, the power claimed by Charles I in 17th C. Britain. Civil war ensued, Charles's side lost, and British monarchs were forced to agree that they could not set aside the law. The American Revolution flowed from this principle, rejecting the idea of tyrannical monarchy1/2

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“we must not alienate our capacities for harm reduction, and thereby our capacities for world building, to others” ~ @profcraft.bsky.social summarizing what she sees as overlaps between Barfield and @prisonculture.bsky.social

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