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I will stop what I’m doing in a grocery store if I hear them play Talking Heads.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Over 120,000 people marched across France calling for action to halt global heating. www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
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Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Maryland Matters @marylandmatters.org · 29/09/2026
The Trump administration has again infuriated lawmakers from both parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel $810 million in funding previously approved by Congress for refugee assistance, climate change and minority business development. marylandmatters.org/2026/09/28/r...
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Trump administration revokes $810 million Congress approved for refugee aid, more - Maryland Matters
The Trump administration has again infuriated lawmakers from both parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel $810 million in funding previously approved by Congress for refugee assistance, cl...
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Awkward pause @awkwardpause.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy shit. Robert a Reich just lays it out.
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#tdih 1962, "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson published, exposed impact of pesticides on environment. Carson was vilified: called a Communist, disloyal, unscientific, and hysterical. Sound familiar? Attacks on truth tellers, with media complicity. See⬇️🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/si...
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Sept. 27, 1962: Silent Spring Published
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published.
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Awkward pause @awkwardpause.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m excited about this nice orange cat, but also about the glimpse of bookcase behind it.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Did I remind all of you in NYC to make sure to take yourselves and your children to see "He Built This City" at the Museum of the City of New York yet? The exhibit closes October 12: www.mcny.org/exhibition/h... - I cannot say enough about this exhibit and I think that you will be amazed. GO!
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He Built This City
Explore Joe Macken’s monumental model and discover the extraordinary vision behind one of the most ambitious handmade representations of New York City ever created.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It might be a sign of the apocalypse when you can buy peanut butter in France.
Jars of peanut butter on a store shelf
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Kit Marie Rackley @geogramblings.com · 26/09/2026
🌧️ What would you ask the Environment Agency about flooding? Ahead of Flood Action Week, I’ll be putting listeners’ questions to Deputy Director Mark Garratt on the Coffee & Geography Podcast! Reply with your question by Thursday 1 October using: #GeogQOverABrew #CoffeeGeogPod
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Awkward pause @awkwardpause.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There’s a trans-friendly peanut butter and I’m here for it.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
More crappy, incomplete reporting on AI doomers from the WSJ, normalizing Jaan Tallinn, a leading funder of both AI & TESCREAL doomers. Reporters: Google TALLINN & TESCREAL. Do your work. He’s Completely Terrified of AI—and He’s About to Make Billions Off It www.wsj.com/tech/ai/jaan...
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He’s Completely Terrified of AI—and He’s About to Make Billions Off It
One of Anthropic’s earliest investors, Jaan Tallinn dances hip-hop and warns about “racing to build a technology that could end humanity.”
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bree bird 🇨🇦 @goose.ski · 25/09/2026
[image of saw gerrera]

People who become right wing because they get annoyed by leftists are weak willed, most leftists are annoyed by leftists every single day.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 24/09/2026
Wildfires in West Kalimantan are threatening critical Bornean orangutan habitat, including Gunung Palung National Park. With thousands of hotspots detected, field crews are working around the clock to fight blazes that are rapidly shrinking the forest orangutans rely on. Hans Nicholas Jong reports.
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As fires spread in Indonesia, Bornean orangutans run out of forest to flee
JAKARTA — As fires continue to engulf large swaths of forest in Indonesian Borneo, orangutans have increasingly fewer places to flee, with fires either surrounding them or eliminating the forest on…
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Judge Kelly (Trump appointee) issues order blocking White House press ban. "Plaintiffs—and the public—have an abiding interest in maintaining the status quo ante given the importance of the free press, which 'stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people.'"
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Order on Motion for TRO AND Set/Reset Deadlines – #24 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
Temporary Restraining Order. See Order for details. Signed by Judge Timothy J. Kelly on 9/24/26. (lctjk2) (Entered: 09/24/2026)
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I know we're all* numb to this by now, but it really needs to be said that any one of the batshit insane tyrant tweets from our special little boy would've led to swift efforts to remove any other previous president.
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ICE Flight Monitor @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Overnight, a small ICE Air jet (max 16-18 passengers) landed in Yangon, Myanmar, marking the fourth deportation flight to the country. The flight originated in Mesa, Arizona, with the journey lasting approximately 24 hours.
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Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
He makes the cowardice in leadership so much more glaring. He should have Schumer's job.
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Mark Rothko @markrothko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No.9 (Dark over Light Earth) botfrens.com/collections/25/content…
No.9 (Dark over Light Earth)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Xero Reynolds 41/100 on Patreon @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When AI contributed to the U.S. bombing an Iranian school, killing over 150 civilians—most of them young children—that too was from overrating the tech’s capabilities, not underrating them. With the school, the system overweighted outdated info. With the Chinese boat intel, it was AI hallucination.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The serious risk from AI shown by this incident is people—namely the US military—thinking the tech is more capable than it is and nearly acting based on bad info. It wasn’t insufficient reverence for the tech’s power. Not only are these opposite problems, believing the latter worsens the former.
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If they win or if they lose it will be impossible to say if it was because of ads like this, but at their heart, these tactics are simply immoral and the illusion of triangulating your way to victory is corrupting to the soul.
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W||| J00dy @pigsmoker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"How would you describe your social media reach?" Mine:
hand holding  toy grabby dinosaur head
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John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In a few days it'll be John Coltrane's birthday and the 100th anniversary of his birth. Our local jazz station is already celebrating the 100th year John Coltrane centennial.
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John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1965) (Full Album)
YouTube video by Jazz Time with Jarvis X
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 19/09/2026
Russia's liberal opposition Yabloko party said that one of its election observers lost consciousness while being arrested by police at a St. Petersburg polling station on Saturday, the second day of a tightly controlled parliamentary election. to.pbs.org/3TdCGUc
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Russian election observer loses consciousness during arrest by police, opposition party says
The three-day election, which began Friday and ends Sunday, features virtually no opposition and is all but certain to secure the Kremlin’s political dominance.
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Awkward pause @awkwardpause.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“How would you describe your social media reach?” Mine:
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Soobin's Hand Holds Mic in Empty TXT Venue
Alt: Hand Holds Mic in Empty theater
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES DAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2026 🚨THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RISE UP 🚨 This afternoon & tonight Massive crowds show up at the Kennedy Center in DC This is so AWESOME ..Kerry Kennedy, niece of JFK called out & the people came....even a human chain around the center This is how it's done
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Lazy Susan @tempusflexus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ah. One of the greats Annie Dillard
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Awkward pause @awkwardpause.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
They keep taking the wrong 80-year-olds.
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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026
True story.
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Don Gato 🐱🐈‍⬛🐶🐺🌈🐯 @dongato-1.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Un trabajador de una planta de residuos se percató de un saco cerrado y rápidamente lo abrió y salvó a un Don Gato que algún desalmado tiró.🙀🐈‍⬛❤️ A worker at a waste treatment plant noticed a sealed bag and quickly opened it, saving a Top Cat that some heartless person had thrown away. 🙀🐈‍⬛❤️
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Irish Women's Rugby Supporters Club @irishwomens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Well said. The fact she isn't trans is just proof that it's not about protecting women, it's about controlling and shaming women for not conforming to patriarchal expectations. Trans people are just the wedge to abuse us all. We stand loudly with trans people. Trans rights are human rights.
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Awkward pause @awkwardpause.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
And again, this is not *more* okay if the person targeted is trans. This is not okay, period. But when we tell you that transphobia is misogyny and undermines all women, all people, fucking listen to us.
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Awkward pause @awkwardpause.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
And these are not people who could have done any of this work themselves. They are not smart people, they are not qualified people, and they don’t actually understand the data they are commandeering.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 12/09/2026
Tens of thousands of protesters took part in demonstrations across Germany on Saturday against the far-right AfD after the party scored a victory in a state election last week u.afp.com/Sjdr
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Classic
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Zohran Mamdani "was the only senior elected official who stayed at the 9/11 memorial ceremony at the WTC until the end…Vance was the first to leave the VIP area, and other elected officials began 'schmoozing.'" Per Steve Kastenbaum:
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Mayor Mamdani was the only senior elected official who stayed at the 9/11 memorial ceremony at the WTC until the end. It started at 8:40 AM, and concluded close to 12:30 PM. Most of the other current electeds left at various times. Former Mayors Bloomberg & Giuliani stayed.
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Mamdani stayed until the end of the memorial ceremony at which point he was seen talking with 9/11 victims' family members. All of the other senior elected officials left the 9/11 Memorial before the reading of the names concluded.
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The source tells me that V.P. Vance was the first to leave the VIP area, and other elected officials began "schmoozing." At some point, Mayor Giuliani's people started "bringing people over to talk with him." CORRECTION:I used photos in a previous similar post that were from 2025
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A.J. Wilden🏳️‍⚧️ @wcwit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message"
Screencap from the interview linked in the quoted post

Marlow Stern (the interviewer):  You have one of the most renowned replies in Twitter history. Elon Musk tweeted out, “Take the red pill,” then Ivanka Trump enthusiastically wrote, “Taken!” to him, and then you replied, “Fuck both of you.” I’m curious how you feel about the co-opting of “The Matrix” by those on the right who don’t really seem to understand its messaging.

Lilly Wachowski: I mean, I can’t sit in a room and explain the movie to every single person who watches it. Even if I did sit in a room with Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump — yikes — it doesn’t matter. They’re not misunderstanding the film; they’re co-opting a message. And that’s what fascists do: They co-opt the messages of progressives and use it to their benefit to confuse and obfuscate what is going on and the intention of their ideology. They do it with everything. They do it with Martin Luther King Jr. Look at how they’ve changed the idea of what antisemitism is.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 11/09/2026
The world’s most powerful country responded to the worst terrorist attack in its history by inflicting terror of its own – around the world, and at home
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Mistakes, mistrust and misdirection: 25 years after 9/11, its dark legacy continues to unfold
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Séamus Bellamy @seamusb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Fuck yeah.
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Awkward pause @awkwardpause.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
God bless him.
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Jessica Chapel @jnchapel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's been gratifying to see the response to this project since we officially put it out into the world last week: www.bpl.org/news/boston-... #AI4LAM
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Boston Public Library and Harvard IDI Release Open Dataset from 135 Years of Historic Newspapers
Newspapers represent one of the richest available primary sources for historical research — capturing not just major events, but births…
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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 10/09/2026
I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done. This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands. He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.
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I’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.
Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is a powerful story from a trans Texan (who's also quite a talented independent journalist). I've been arguing that trans people have the right to be upset with Talarico, and I think we do. This is the case for vote for him anyway, eloquently made, and by someone with the standing to make it.
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Jooli-AHH! Boolia 👻🍂🎃 @jooliaghoulia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
No fairy tales about a sky bully required
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Wow -- RNC video: "On June 14th, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, 'I need a caretaker,' so God gave us Trump." It only gets more unhinged and culty from there.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The progression of certain thinkers from denying the validity of trans people to denying the validity of disabilities is a nice illustration of the way in which transphobic habits of mind can quickly evolve into a kind of acquired sociopathy.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Mitch McConnell should resign Immediately…..
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Sung Kim @sungkim.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Humans are back! Shin Jin-seo, the world's top-ranked Go player, on Tuesday completed a dramatic comeback against the world’s premier artificial intelligence Go engine, KataGo, claiming a historic human victory over AI. www.kedglobal.com/artificial-i...
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Go grandmaster Shin defeats AI KataGo in historic human victory - KED Global
Shin Jin-seo, the world's top-ranked Go player, on Tuesday completed a dramatic comeback against the world’s premier artificial intelligence Go engine, K
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