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Hip Hop Artist | Sociologist | Organizer | Journalist • @tendemands.bsky.social Co-Founder | @crushcolonialism.bsky.social Board | @joindayenu.bsky.social Comms | @unicornriot.bsky.social Writer • aka @philmandelbaum.bsky.social • thisisawkword.com

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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 36m
Extreme heat is the top weather-related killer in the country — and the impacts are felt most by environmental justice urban communities. In NYC, Black people are 3x more likely to die from heat stress; Latinx people 2x more likely. @weact4ej.bsky.social storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f7f1...
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nagra, the Urdu term for silver footwear, is one of “Lucknow’s” most distinctive yet rapidly vanishing artisanal traditions. Once synonymous with Nawabi opulence and royal patronage, the craft now survives through only six or seven master artisans. 🤲 Support us: crushingcolonialism.org/donate
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The Last Keepers of a Silver Legacy - Crushing Colonialism
Nagra, or chandi ke paposh, the Urdu term for silver footwear, is one of the most distinctive yet rapidly vanishing artisanal traditions in "Lucknow"
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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: Amid nationwide protests, Amazon is building 8 new gas power plants to run its next wave of AI data centers. Amazon already operates 825 data centers across 149 properties in the US alone — more than any other hyperscaler. More on the Cleanview report: newsletter.cleanview.co/p/eight-new-...
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump has moved to significantly reduce automobile fuel efficiency standards, according to a Saturday rant he posted on Truth Social. In addition to the environmental impact, the government’s own analysis shows the decision will drastically increase gas prices. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Gas pump | text: TRUMP JUST REVERSED CRITICAL BIDEN-ERA AUTOMOBILE FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The history of *Jewish* anti-Zionism speakingoutofplace.com/2026/09/22/a...
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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
El Niño is expected to kill 450,000 people in the next 6 months. This catastrophic toll doesn't even include the additional deaths from the droughts, wildfires and flooding that the Super El Niño will cause across the globe. More: salatainstitute.harvard.edu/a-super-el-n...
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 The Catcher Race Riot of 1923 began and ended the same as they all did—a Black man accused of a crime and all hell breaks loose. Many of you—including myself, never heard of this one. Pull up a 🪑my friends. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Liberal Warrior 🏳️‍🌈👬🌊💙🌊👭🏳️‍🌈 @liberalwarrior.eu · 14/09/2026
⚠️ Voters: be extremely cautious with the “Vote Safe” website. It may compromise your privacy — protect your data and your right to vote. #Blues youtu.be/HLJ2FCo4uJY?...
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WTH?!? Elon Musk PAC’s Fake Voter Site Mimics Vote.org, Tracks Voters, Builds Behavioral Profiles
YouTube video by Roland S. Martin
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NACDL @nacdl.org · 15/09/2026
🚨 The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's bid to impose new mail-in voting restrictions for the 2026 midterms. Ballots will keep moving through USPS as usual.🧵 NPR ↓ www.npr.org/2026/09/14/n...
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The Supreme Court rejects Trump's mail voting restrictions for this year's midterms
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to allow mail-in voting restrictions under a U.S. Postal Service plan for the midterm general election.
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A stunning new @propublica.org investigation reveals that Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch close to Putin, secretly bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s recent lavish Bahamas wedding, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy access to the Trump family 👇
Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In 2018, my college classmate, Marielle Franco, a socialist Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman, was assassinated. For the past 4 years, I've worked on this documentary about how her assassination inspired a movement. Watch our trailer and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkxK...
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Trailer: "Marielle Vive! How an Assassination Changed Brasil & Inspired a Movement"
YouTube video by Payday Report
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I Resist Fascist Trump @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Watch and read the latest updates on Trump's govt. : 🔹️Republicans are quickly distancing from him 🔹️Trump made a shaky, tired speech at the UN 🔹️The FBI was massively hacked 🔹️The EPA tests drinking water to trace abortion pills and track women who had one aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-repub...
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NEWS: Republicans Rapidly Distance From Trump, Trump Considers ‘Annihilating’ Iran, Massive FBI Hack, EPA Tests Drinking Water For Abortion Medicine
Good evening, everyone.
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When I see a new garbage political attack ad, I now try to focus on what entity paid for it. I saw one making things up about Sherrod Brown yesterday that came from “Buckeyes PAC,” which I hadn’t seen before. As it turns out, that’s by design. (Thread)
FEC page for “Buckeyes PAC,” showing registration September 8, 2026. It’s a bullshit pop-up PAC timed to delay disclosure of donors.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
They shot Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in the back! Don't become desensitized to the violence & #ICELawlessness our own government is inflicting. Get angry. Get angry enough to take action. Turn the fear & frustration into a fire & use it to fight for our freedom! Don't scroll past this. Share!🧵
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Vietnam veterans are suing to stop a 250ft eyesore near Arlington. Trump's answer? Reclassify it as a "top grade Military Complex" with roof snipers and drones. Desecrating sacred ground for a dystopian sniper nest—who is he preparing to fight? We, the people?
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Dede Bell ☮️🌎👩‍💻 @dedebell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🍎🏫Today is the 1st day of the new school year in Gaza. Al Jazeera interviewed Ahmad Riziq, founder of Gaza Great Minds & asked, ”What does the 1st day back at school for a new term mean in a part of the world the UN says has suffered a genocide?” #hope gazagreatminds.substack.com/p/the-childr...
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The Children Still Come -- A Clarion Call for the Children of Palestine
How Gaza Great Minds' Makeshift Classrooms Continue to Act as a Beacon of Life Amidst the Darkness of War, Displacement, and Genocide
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE brutally detain woman's gardener-right in front of her house. 4 goons drag and violently pull man out of truck head-first. Kneel on his back after pinned down to pavement. "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" he cries out. Incident occurred in Everett, Washington.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/09/2026
Tommy Tuberville spent nearly 20 minutes on the Senate floor demonizing trans people and ranting about flight attendants being “furries.” Because talking about that is a hell of a lot easier than explaining $6+ diesel while farmers are getting crushed by record fuel costs.
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
ICYMI: Bernie sanders has introduced a bill to reduce the US work week from 40 to 32 hours — with no loss in pay. sanders.senate.gov
Bernie Sanders at a podium at a rally; text: BERNIE
SANDERS HAS INTRODUCED A BILL TO REDUCE THE US WORK WEEK FROM 40 TO 32 HOURS
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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk · 09/09/2026
In THE IMPERIAL LOGIC OF “LAKE AMERICA” my new article in CPD Blog I explain this tactic as a feature of in Trump's particular authoritarian style of foreign relations uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/imperia...
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The Imperial Logic of “Lake America”
Emma Briant probes the public diplomacy implications of President Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” in the middle of his trade confrontation with Canada.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Mike Rogers (El-Sayed's opponent) has an operative who quotes contemporaries of Nick Fuentes and was in the Young Republicans chat which praised Hitler, made racist comments and joked about gas chambers-AND backs the awful Trump policies that are crushing Americans But let's not discuss any of that
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Ms. Lonnie🦋🩵🫂 @lonsj.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Vaccines save lives Polio was eradicated with the exception of unvaccinated people, so was measles Comment on the value of vaccines before the deadline. www.regulations.gov/commenton/HH...
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days. | WIRED
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Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days.
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Jillian Hurley @jillianmhurley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As the gas prices rise, remember all of the steps the #GOP took to keep us petroleum dependent and vulnerable to foreign powers. Just a short list. 1. Wind energy 2. Solar energy 3. Electric vehicles (EVs) 4. Wind energySolar energy 5. Electric vehicles (EVs) and battery technology
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Windmill Aurora Art
Alt: Windmill Aurora Art
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
while working as a reporter at the arizona republic years ago, i worked alongside a student intern who was a wonderful writer and a talented journalist. recently, she founded a nonprofit to combat disinformation called News Literacy for Arizona.
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Local non-profit provides free news literacy seminars
News Literacy for Arizona's free seminars detail news literacy's importance, the dangers of disinformation and more.
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I Resist Fascist Trump @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We will have the FULL chance to vote, cast mail-in ballots and #FlipTheMidtetmsBlue on November 3d. The SCOTUS —excluding Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito— stopped Trump from deciding that those on "his list" — after collecting our data and banning those who think— could only vote by mail. #VOTE
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As the midterms approach, JD Vance made a pitch: the GOP needs another chance. Because after two years of having complete control of Congress and the White House, they just haven’t had time to get things done. Let’s look at the math here. (Thread) www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-wan...
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JD Vance wants "another chance" as Democrats odds of sweeping Midterms hit record high
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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
American troops ANONYMOUSLY sent photographs to CBS News to show the damage Iranian missiles and drones have done to the bases they are living on. The Pentagon is LYING about the war per Hegseth’s orders. He and the rest of Trump’s incompetent administration need to be impeached immediately.
Photos of damage done to American bases in the Middle East by Iranian missiles and drones.
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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I just learned that reporter Luis Galeano has been detained in Miami by ICE. This is part of wider trend by the US govt to target immigrant reporters, violating core US press freedom principles. Galeano is from Nicaragua & is believed to have a pending asylum case in the US. I will report more ASAP.
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NACDL @nacdl.org · 10/09/2026
1/ 🚨 New from @wired.com: Clearview AI is quietly testing "InquiryIQ" — an experimental AI tool that takes one face-match hit and fans out across the web to auto-build a dossier on you: employers, aliases, associates, addresses, arrest history. 🧵
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/09/2026
Young people in California aren’t just struggling to buy a home. Many have stopped believing homeownership is even a realistic goal. I asked Xavier Becerra what the governor of California can actually do about it.
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Deep in Arctic waters near the remote Svalbard archipelago this spring, a joint NATO operation involving UK, Norway and the US, caught Russian subs training to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without leaving any fingerprints.
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NATO allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot - ArcticToday
The clandestine operation was carried out this spring by Moscow's GUGI undersea warfare directorate.
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Liberal Warrior 🏳️‍🌈👬🌊💙🌊👭🏳️‍🌈 @liberalwarrior.eu · 09/09/2026
Naming What Is Broken: A Human Demand for Justice Confronting Apartheid, Racism, and the Machinery of Hate, and Fear. #Blues liberalwarrior.eu/naming-what-...
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Naming What Is Broken: A Human Demand for Justice - The Liberal Warrior Report
Confronting Apartheid, Racism, and the Machinery of Hate, and Fear. Why the Word “Apartheid” Matters Today I recently became curious about the term “apartheid state.” I first heard it when Jewish voic...
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ Attica Uprising—REVISITED 🧵 Fifty-five years ago today, the Attica Prison Uprising begins. For many, it is a story of resistance. We're going to do a deep dive and meet the men who led it. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. (cont) www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/12/a...
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Why ‘Attica Day’ Still Matters
For decades, New York prisoners have refused meals on Sept. 13 to mark the end of the 1971 Attica prison uprising. Inside a ritual in decline.
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#TheMagazine - Long before modern sports filled stadiums, Indigenous peoples across the “Americas” developed games that carried history, ceremony, and community traditions Ullamaliztli has survived through generations. 🤲 Support Indigenous storytelling: crushingcolonialism.org/donate
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Ullamaliztli: The Hip Ball Game Indigenous Sports as Refuge - Crushing Colonialism
Long before modern sports filled stadiums, Indigenous Peoples across the Americas developed games that carried history, ceremony, and community traditions from one generation to the next.
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A new report shows public pride events took place in 101 countries in 2025. “State crackdowns, funding cuts, and political hostility intensified everywhere. Communities held Pride anyway, knowing the costs.” (We're recognized for our work on pages 83-84!) crushingcolonialism.org/crushing-col...
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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Trump EPA has eliminated all pollution controls on power plants. Rabbi Jennie Rosenn responds to the decision, calling it an "unconscionable move that will result in countless deaths and will threaten the very livability of our planet." dayenu.org/media/statem... @rabbijrosenn.bsky.social
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s not good out there and it’s costing a lot of queer and trans people their jobs.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
But “woke 1 “ went too far
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BREAKING: 90% of LGBTQ and intersex rights groups globally have lost funding since January 2025. outrightinternational.org/breaking-point
Two women with LGBTQ flag colors; text: LGBTQIA+
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A RECENT REPORT FROM OUTRIGHTINTERNATIONAL
REVEALS THAT 90% OF LGBTQ AND INTERSEX RIGHTS GROUPS GLOBALLY HAVE LOST FUNDING
SINCE JANUARY 2025.
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Petrooka 🇨🇦 @petrooka.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Canada isn’t just next door to the United States: Energy superpower. Critical minerals. Most educated workforce. Rule of law. They’re coming here because Canada has what the world actually wants. The Investment Summit starts tomorrow. #Canada 🇨🇦 #CanadaInvestmentSummit #cdnpoli
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I Resist Fascist Trump @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump: "If the Republicans win, you win with us, and you get $5,000." Offering someone $$ to vote a certain way is a FEDERAL CRIME. Trump did it from a convention stage out loud and was applauded. $5,000 per person, taken from our Treasury, only if Republicans keep the House and the Senate...
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Your location data, search history, and personal devices shouldn't be a warrantless fishing expedition. Essential insights here from @nacdl.org on protecting constitutional rights against unchecked digital surveillance. Must-read @wired.com piece by @dmehro.bsky.social ⚖️
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Intense unrest in Dover & Portsmouth UK as far-right, masked vigilante networks block ports to stop asylum seekers, sparking aggression toward police & intimidation of drivers. If you’re tracking global extremism, @channel4news.bsky.social digs into groups like Patriot Platform fueling the chaos 👇
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UK government condemns anti-migrant protests
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Liberal Warrior 🏳️‍🌈👬🌊💙🌊👭🏳️‍🌈 @liberalwarrior.eu · 08/09/2026
The UK sanctioning Israel over West Bank policies — and the U.S. ambassador condemning it — shows how deeply out of step U.S. policy is. It angers me that our tax dollars keep fueling this violence. I stand against the mistreatment of civilians everywhere. #Blues youtu.be/jX0rBui4Yro?...
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UK expected to announce sanctions on Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank | BBC News
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NACDL @nacdl.org · 09/09/2026
1/ A Virginia mother let her 5-year-old walk a half-mile to a pond in their own gated community. For that, she was criminally convicted, handed a 6-month suspended sentence, and placed on a child-abuse registry for 7 years. 🧵
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Anthropic Is building a surveillance system to monitor activists using a “pre-crime” approach that tries to predict incidents before they happen. The extensive monitoring system that the AI company is building is aimed primarily at keeping tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI
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Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect
New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
substack.com/@davidpalumb.... Check this out.
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Predictions, Premonitions, and Good Instincts
I begin this essay by following the lead of Carissa Véliz’s recent book, Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI. I first take up that text and the marvel...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/09/2026
California doesn’t just have a housing problem, we have an affordability crisis. Xavier Becerra was in Long Beach highlighting affordable housing & Prop 1 investments to help get more housing built. I caught up w/Becerra to talk about the bigger question: Can he help make housing affordable again?
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Last week, you read the story of Col. Fred Cherry. I would be remiss if I did not share the story of Cmdr. Porter Halyburton—the man who saved Cherry's life. Pull up a seat🪑,my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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