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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1h

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

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Jason Anderson @jasondcsoccer.bsky.social · 2h

For Monday context, her 2025 per-96 G+ (+0.18) is the 6th-best for a striker across the entire NWSL in 2024, 2025, 2026. Only 3 Banda seasons, 2026 Sophia Wilson, & 2024 Ella Stevens ahead of her.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 2h

This is as clearly as I've seen this spelled out. If the PCSA smelled off to you but you didn't know quite why, this interview offers very lucid proof that you were correct. defector.com/an-antitrust...

What you're saying is, the antitrust exemptions in the NBA, MLB, NFL, etc. are allowed as a result of the collective bargaining process, whereas the PCSA seeks a similar exemption by circumventing the collective bargaining process. Is that correct?

Generally, yes. When we talk specifically about labor markets, all of the restraints that we see in labor markets of our professional sports leagues—the salary cap, the draft, the limits on player movement, every single one of them—to the extent that they're exempt from antitrust law, are the products of good-faith collective bargaining between the management group and the players group, and exist in a collective bargaining agreement that was reached through good-faith bargaining.

What is being proposed with the Protect College Sports Act is to establish the exact same types of labor restraints, specifically a salary cap, specifically a number of years of eligibility to compete in college sports, and specifically limits on transfers, but not to do so in collective bargaining where there are representatives in the room, on behalf of employer and employee, but rather through a legislative bill, which seems to be negotiated by a number of different constituent groups, none of which is a representative of the players in any meaningful sense, and absolutely none of which have been chosen and selected by the players as a union representative.

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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

year of the hater, substitute teacher edition

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Btw this is infinitely worse than saying “America deserved 9/11”

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 06/10/2026

The LAPD union is spending millions to defeat a half cent sales tax that would fund firefighters www.latimes.com/california/s...

The Los Angeles Police Department's officer union said Tuesday it will oppose Measure FD, the half-cent sales tax measure on the Nov. 3 ballot pushed by the city firefighters' union - setting up a bitter and expensive clash between two of the city's most powerful unions.
The Police Protective League said it plans to spend several million dollars on broadcast and digital advertising as well as mailers to oppose Measure FD, which if approved by voters would direct hundreds of millions of dollars annually to the Fire Department to build new stations, hire firefighters and upgrade

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Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The inequality line goes straight up and still these people will tell you they don't have enough and cant afford to pay more in wages or taxes.

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berserk @worstplace.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Defector is the only site I'm aware of that closely follows the intersection of sports and sexual violence. Diana's reporting alone is worth the subscription price. Go sub.

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...

unitedwizardsofthecoast.com

Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA

Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"But the handicapped need cars!" No, what they need are options in mobility. The tech exists to enable their freedom of independent mobility, but almost always what is lacking is the enabling infrastructure. Bike lanes and quality sidewalks serve everyone.

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Aaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If Budweiser was trying to identify individual alcoholics and send them personalized "Chuck, you haven't had a drink in a while, here's a free case on us" ads we would rightfully call for them to be drawn and quartered

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

why is anyone allowing these arseholes to do this?

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John @johnbull.wtf · 06/10/2026

There would be no greater motivator in this country to vote and vote early than targeted political ads that stop the second you vote

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026

All prisoners should have the right to vote while in prison

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is what women on the right say about another woman who was gang raped. These are the same people our current Dem leadership thinks should be allowed to participate in normal society after we wrest control from the psychos.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Fubas *comms open* @fubas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

centrist spaces

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Of course it was all lies. All the fuckers do is lie

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FieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

No Taco - Gator Days

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 02/10/2026

The Protect College Sports Act got 77 votes in the Senate. It doesn't do what its backers say it does, but it DOES achieve a lot of other things. One of them is perpetuate the diversion of $$ from black football players to a largely white class of ADs, coaches, and agents slate.com/culture/2026...

slate.com

Ted Cruz Is Getting His Way With a New Law. Democrats Are Letting Him. No One Wants to Admit What It Does.

Donald Trump is eager to sign the bill. Democrats shouldn't let it get there.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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War and Peas 🧿 @warandpeas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Purpose

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War and Peas 🧿 @warandpeas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Brokeback Mountain 2

4-panel comic by War and Peas. Panel 1: Two cowboys face off in a desert town. One says, "This town ain't big enough for the both of us." Panel 2: The other cowboy considers this. "Are you saying we should..." Panel 3: He looks hopeful. "...move?" Panel 4: Both cowboys ride off together on a horse-drawn wagon loaded with moving boxes, smiling.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026

Man, imagine you're minding your own business, getting kind of drunk with your friends at a picturesque brewery in Maine, when suddenly John Roberts walks by and you get to start heckling him. Must have felt incredible. That's the dream. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

The chief justice used to preside over a Supreme Court whose members were afforded more privacy and freedom than many other public officials. Once, years ago, Mr. Lipson and the chief justice found themselves up the peninsula from Port Clyde without a car, Mr. Lipson recalled in an interview. So he stuck out his thumb by the side of the road and a pickup truck pulled over. He and the nation’s top jurist hopped in the back and hitchhiked back to town.

Now, Mr. Lipson said, he is cautious about introducing his friend to strangers. This year, on an outing to nearby Monhegan Island, people recognized the chief justice as he walked by a brewery and started to chant: You should be ashamed.

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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

athletes and celebrities don't *have* to shill for harmful companies just because that's where the money is and it's refreshing to be reminded of that

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So many different people, groups, and organizations have come together to push back against the attack on the freedom to read, including students themselves. Read more about what students in Florida are doing here:

theguardian.com

No more book bans: how Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards

Local communities are fighting back against the influence of conservative groups like Moms for Liberty in education

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gosh, why wouldn't people want to visit the country that's disappearing and trafficking human beings every day

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026

To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have literally seen dudes tailspin because of a super-casual "Pretty rapey/racist/weird/etc., dude." from a friend. Fuck some girl/brown person and their dumb opinions, they don't care about us. But they are 100% not prepared to hear it coming from you.

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Theo Lloyd-Hughes @theolloydhughes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know people have been wondering about how to pronounce NWSL Atlanta’s new team name, I can tell you that the Phoenix is silent.

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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

atlanta's crest is interesting and the colors are good, though i'm not sure why you'd go through the effort of commissioning a design element as striking as the phoenix rising from an 'A' only to have it completely disconnected from the club's names

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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Real "one always tells the truth, the other always lies" vibes, and yet both would say "I have never once been fed". Much to consider.

Two daft black cats stand either side fo an open door

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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

there's the jacquie ovalle that i know

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Memento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

burned into the flesh as a mark of the devil for all who wear them

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Orlando Pride @orlpride.com · 27/09/2026

Smooth finish from Haley 😮‍💨

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Theo Lloyd-Hughes @theolloydhughes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

something we don’t always talk enough about in the NWSL is how good the Spirit, Gotham, and KC were in 2024. The Pride were just SO good they all trailed in narrative. two years ago, all three had a better season than Gotham this year — who are pretty at the top of the table. (2026 L, 2024 R)

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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

listened to this episode earlier today and i'd been wondering why tebow wasn't all over nfl broadcasts and apparently it's because he's making bank touring as the main attraction at makeshift megachurch events where he very christianly leads people into scams from a gemstones-esque pulpit

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

theintercept.com

DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I hope future generations judge us all for empowering Mark Zuckerberg, the man who only ever had one good idea which was born out of his desire to rank the hotness of women who would never look at him. He really is not the symbol of our times that we want, but he is the one we deserve.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

this story has some incredible tidbits. They hoped to sell 100 VIP tickets to cover expenses and sold six lol

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.

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