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People pushing exclusionary ethnic definitions are very unlikely to be doing so out of pure academic interest. They want to start excluding people.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.

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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s just really annoying that now when people employ the trope of “you wouldn’t hit a man with glasses?” you have to respond with “what kind of glasses?” life was so much simpler in my day.

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Andy Harbison @andrewharbison1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Funny… but I’ve been some places…

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You've seen fireworks that look like jellyfish, but what about a jellyfish that looks like fireworks? The E/V Nautilus filmed this rare Halitrephes maasi jellyfish glowing like a firework at a depth of 4,019 feet (1,225 meters) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. (📷: Ocean Exploration Trust)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026

I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 01/10/2026

Entire generation of tech nerds never realized that talking to the computer on star trek was a narrative device and it is very rare that anyone wants to so this except necessary hands free situations

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Tiddy @tiddydave.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Below points out that if Man C have been cooking the books between 08’ and 17’, they have absolutely been continuing to do it since… The current ownership regime must not be allowed to stay in football #lufc

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Ｒ. Ｊ. ＭＡＣＲＥＡＤＹ @rjmacready.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In the spirit of fairness, fair play to this City chap. Speaks well, and with honesty. No idea whay he was like during the run up to the verdict, but right now, he seems pretty furious at the right people. youtu.be/hax-8QLlthU

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View from Man City fan on being found guilty all charges of serious breaches of PL financial rules

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Some food for thought: The Companies Act 2006 makes it an offence for an officer to knowingly or recklessly give an auditor misleading, false or deceptive information (s.501), punishable by up to two years in prison. Fraud Act 2006 charges are also possible.

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Andy Harbison @andrewharbison1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

People finally realising that a fundamental problem with transformer-based AI is that it requires exponential increases in compute to generate linear increases in performance. Anyone who’s seriously worked with AI and ML models could have told you that about 5 years ago…*

Curve showing performance scores for GPT-6 Astra do not significantly improve with cost per task. Results for GPT-6.1 Sol are even worse, showing disimprovement with greater cost.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026

Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...

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• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anthropic is losing $42 billion dollars a year and the target valuation is over $2 trillion. If that whets your appetite, feel free to jump in on meme coins from Hunter Biden and Hawk Tuah and maybe you’d be into tulip futures while you’re at it.

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Andy Harbison @andrewharbison1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The problem here is that, in the cases of canals, railroads, power lines, highways etc., when the crash came the actual infrastructure remained valuable and useful. You’re probably still using some of that infrastructure even today. After the crash, most of the AI infrastructure will be worthless.

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Karthik Sankaran @rajakorman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Have I mentioned that...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What's a good way to visualize how the AI boom/bubble is propping up the economy? Ah, thanks.

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Please stop posting AI garbage.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Good morning. Watch this clip of Stephen Rea reading Seamus Heaney's The Rainstick. Tell me what you think, feel, see. www.youtube.com/watch?v=COub...

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The Rainstick - Read by Stephen Rea | Postcards from Heaney Country

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Gary Gannon TD @garygannontd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The FAI repeatedly told us players would be protected. Yet when a 24 year old acted on his conscience, they left him to stand alone & used a vote among his teammates to validate their own cowardice. This isn’t protecting a young player, it’s protecting themselves at his expense. #StopTheGame

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Denmark is trolling Trump.

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

chat is this good?

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CNN @cnn.com · 26/09/2026

There has been outrage after a small town in eastern Germany banned the installation of new Holocaust memorial plaques that mark the last known residence or workplace of Jews and other victims of Nazi persecution. cnn.it/4rvLl0O

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Andy Harbison @andrewharbison1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lord, those face-eating leopards must be total obese at this stage.

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

WE TOLD YOU SO.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

So eloquently put. Israel accusing Ireland of “crossing every red line” is perverse.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026

Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all

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Andy Harbison @andrewharbison1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The new bird table has been endlessly entertaining for our moggie. The poor old girl is too old and slow to do anything about them - she’s long past being able to catch birds - but a pussycat can still dream.

Slightly overweight black cat looking out a patio door at a bird table.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026

Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

‘This is playing into his hands’/‘this will allow him to play the martyr card’/‘this will help with his fundraising’ are all really bad takes. Criminals should be arrested and charged with crimes.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just as well those committing wrongs against the RNLI are not holding placards supporting a proscribed organisation, else they would really be in trouble.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Did not think I would -- or my children would -- ever hear an American leader go to the United Nations and muse aloud on whether or not to annihiliate another country. But then, I didn't think I would hear and see so many things over the last decade. We will never remove the stain.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Video of the fascist Danny Tommo slashing a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) boat rescuing migrants at sea www.instagram.com/reel/DdmJaD4...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Canada annual potash exports total: 22-23 million tons Canada annual potash exports to the US: 12 million tons Belarus annual potash exports total: 10-12 million tons Belarus potash exports already contracted, with China the biggest recipient: All This is stupid, moving on

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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/09/2026

JD Vance Booed By Own Reflection In Mirror theonion.com/jd-vance-booed-by-own-…

JD Vance Booed By Own Reflection In Mirror
Image Calls VP ‘Loser’ Right To His Face

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Polling USA Senate Ratings Changes: 🔴Mississippi: Likely GOP -> Lean GOP 🔴Kansas: Likely GOP -> Lean GOP 🔴Idaho: Safe GOP -> Lean GOP 🔴Montana: Safe GOP -> Likely GOP 🔴Kentucky: Safe GOP -> Likely GOP 🔵New Hampshire: Likely DEM -> Safe DEM usapolling.substack.com/p/the-democr...

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The Democratic Wave Is Growing

Post-Labor Day polling continues to point toward a difficult midterm environment for Republicans

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

"I belong to a cult. Someone did some research that undermines the core tenets of my cult and came up with a catchy phrase that makes it harder to recruit more people to my cult. This makes me sad."

Screencap of tweet on X from @jackclarkSF (Jack Clark):

"stochastic parrot" was a mimetically-fit cognitive virus that spread from 2021-2025; it temporarily blinded many gifted people to the nature of AI progress, burning up crucial years in which they could have helped think through the response to the situation.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It’s official, the 2026 El Niño has broken a record for the highest ocean anomaly in 170+ years… Incredibly reaching that threshold a full 2 months ahead of 2015’s record of +3.02C set on Nov 18th. See that red line? That’s 2026. Every other bold line are the strongest El Niño’s on record. 1/

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Andy Harbison @andrewharbison1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Americans have got to learn that it’s not OK to believe utter nonsense. It infects every part of their culture. They seem to believe that you don’t have to deal with reality if you don’t want to. You see it in everything from Trumps bubble of insanity on down. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/o...

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Opinion | Go Ahead and Laugh at Mediums. They May Be On to Something.

Research shows there could be benefits to sensing those we’ve lost.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 20/09/2026

Here also the reminder that Mecklenburg Vorpommern has 1.5 mio inhabitants. Germany has 82 Million. bsky.app/profile/rike...

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