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no one (spooky👻) @gregory-c-leavitt.bsky.social · 20h

a whole lot of people have trouble accepting an uncomfortable reality and it’s going to get people hurt

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21h

One of the most disconcerting moments of living in this timeline of the world in the U.S. is that A LOT of people in this country keep acting like there's a special line that needs to be crossed for fascism to *arrive.* The reality is that we are CURRENTLY living under Federal fascism. NOW.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 02/11/2025

Teen Vogue possesses more integrity and professionalism than NYT and WaPo combined.

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Cheer Captain @cheercaptain.wang · 03/11/2025

I can’t emphasize enough right now that the millionaires tax in Massachusetts has allowed public schools to provide free lunch and breakfast for all students. We can take their money and do good things with it!

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himham @himham.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

They did this in Brazil to Lula too.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The federal government is lying to you. And we have the receipts. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

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Jakebe, the Hobbit Hare @jakebe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

YES on 40 NO on 41 NO on 42 for all CA friends out there

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scare-cadus (is this anything) 🎃 @birdapp.rip · 15/02/2026

the Black Panthers were right

IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE ISNT ANY WORK
JUST LOOK AROUND: A HOUSING SHORTAGE, CRIME, POLLUTION; WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS AND PARKS.
WHATEVER OUR NEEDS, THEY ALL REQUIRE WORK.
AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSATISFIED NEEDS, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE.
SO ASK YOURSELE, WHAT KIND OF WORLD HAS WORK BUT NO JOBS. IT'S A WORLD WHERE WORK IS NOT RELATED TO SATISFYING OUR NEEDS, WORLD WHERE WORK IS ONLY RELATED TO SATISFYING THE PROFIT NEEDS OF BUSINESS.
THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT BUILT BY THE HUGE CORPORATIONS OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES.
IT WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO WORK. AND, IT IS WORKING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE WORK TO BE DONE. YET, AS LONG AS EMPLOYMENT IS TIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROFITS, THE WORK WONT GET DONE.

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404 Media @404media.co · 06/10/2026

Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.

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Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage

Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.

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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Eight years ago today, Susan Collins voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. He went on to help overturn Roe v. Wade. She still says she doesn’t regret her vote. Give her something to regret on November 3. Vote her out.

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Getting an education in America shouldn’t mean a lifetime of debt. In the Senate, I’ll fight for tuition-free public college & trade school programs, canceling student debt & higher teacher wages. Volunteer for our people-powered campaign: AngieNixon.com/volunteer #AngieForFlorida

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📍 Bear River, NS How to survive late stage capitalism: A town in Nova Scotia got so fed up with prices set by supermarket monopolies that they started their own grocery store. It's run as a co-op. Fresh, local food, low prices, money circulating in the community, not buying yachts for rich people.

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The best argument I've ever heard for universal basic income (UBI). "The reason we don't call that work is because it doesn't make rich people money." 🎤Craig Fay

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himham @himham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This "vicious cycle" shape is a cornerstone of capitalism and fascism. Create the problem, sell a band-aid, problem metastasizes, band-aid demand continues to increase, despite their utility trending down. If those extracting value from the process are lucky, the supply goes down and the price up.

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The NY Times framing every fascist as tough strong & brilliant, and not a dumb racist liar, is one of many ways the NY Times tells Democrats that they are Not On Our Side, and Dems mostly choose not to listen

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Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News

A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.

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Gilamasan @gilamasan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The bill has been opened to feedback. Rather than dooming about the proposal, you can tell them exactly how you feel about the act here. ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... With how much of an uphill battle Chat Control is having, you should never assume it's worthless to fight these draconian bills.

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European Commission - Have your say

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

There’s enough money flowing through these LLM companies to found and endow ten new Harvards and keep right on going. Think of how much they could have given back to scholarship if they’d cared. We should have no compunction about making them pay for the work they exploited.

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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026

“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap

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Dani Yuan 🔜 LBX @dagger6.art · 03/10/2026

FurAffinity (a furry focused online art gallery) is looking for funding after refusing to comply with advertiser demands. And oh boy are some of those advertiser demands are pretty ridiculous.

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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Apropos this, there's an oooooold French expression about "breaking the thermometer". Typically deployed when they kick workers off unemployment benefits and claim unemployment went down. Numbers and measurements are never neutral. Checking context and methods is exhausting, but vital to argue facts

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jazz mickle @queenjazz.gay · 27/09/2026

conventional wisdom for the entire time i've been programming has always been "less code is better". the idea that we must write more code faster is ridiculous. the problem has never been rate of output

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Plot to Enslave America

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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Penthesilea @hansklocker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"I know it's unconstitutional, but, like, what's the Constitution compared to my feelings as a white man?"

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.

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himham @himham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"you’re conceding that it’s OK to punch down & letting them position themselves to ask for even more We saw this playbook with abortion where they incrementally rolled back reproductive rights. And it’s incumbent upon Democrats to prove to us that they will stand by our fundamental freedoms"

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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 09/11/2024

Additional scripts for cis het white men who want to be better allies: “What a weird thing to say” “Do you hear yourself right now?” “You shouldn’t say shit like that to people” “I won’t let you talk to them that way” “That’s a disgusting opinion to have” “Shut the fuck up, dude”

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 28/09/2026

(2) People do not talk enough about the fact that we have a pretty good idea of how to train dogs and there are a lot of prominent dog trainers giving advice who are just wrong. Scientifically wrong. Extremely wrong.

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Universal training data. Universal dividend.

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sasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Astonishing really how ADHD-denialism so closely matches early trans-denialism (say, a decade ago, before it went mask-off eliminationist), to the point that it includes the exact same personalities, again vomiting their know-nothing opinions all over the place.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I was just pointing out a couple of days on here that this is the LOWEST HANGING FRUIT of low hanging fruit for Democrats to promise if they take control of Congress. RAISE THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE from $7.25. It has not risen since 2009. It's criminal.

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Blimple @blimple.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If they let Donald Trump save face they’d choosing him over the constitution and their oaths. And they know it

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Artie Doe @artiedoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Heads up for any Seattle folks my work had a courier that we work with kidnapped by ice around 50th and i-5. Sounds like there's sweeps ongoing

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xenophilia @xenopavilia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

i got this dm yesterday and i figured id post the response i gave to try and articulate some of my feelings on this stuff since id figure itd be helpful for other people to see

a screenshot of a series of direct messages.

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K8🌈⚽️💜 @katelynann.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We are plagued by republicans flooding the zone with shit to change public opinion on a topic. Then Dems “moderate” their formerly status quo position my tacking to the right to try to win points, completely ignoring the big picture. It’s frustrating, but more often than not it’s also deadly

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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@aoc.bsky.social just put out a great statement on AI. Refreshing to see a major politician on the left nail this. "Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity. But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves." 🎯

Charles,

Last weekend, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, one of the largest Al companies in the world, publicly asked his industry to slow down Al development.

Shortly after, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAl, followed suit. Then Elon Musk.

This all came days after an Anthropic researcher quit, citing his belief that this technology could wipe out humanity and that Al companies are "gambling with our lives."

For years, people have warned that generative Al could slip out of our direct control.

Those safety concerns must be taken seriously.

And this is why I have advocated for strict safety standards on how Al is built and deployed, public oversight over this technology, and using existing laws to hold these companies accountable when they cause harm.

But I want to draw your attention to another reality: Right now, the U.S. economy and our financial futures are riding on Silicon Valley's bet that Al will soon be immensely profitable and pay off. And that bet isn't looking good.

The formula for a profitable business isn't complicated: make more money than you spend. But the biggest Al companies aren't doing that. They are spending hundreds of billions per year on data centers, chips, and other costs while their ability to make revenues that exceed their already-immense sunk costs are unclear. Experts estimate that these Al companies will require another $600 billion of debt just to finance

themselves in 2026 alone. That is more than the entire budgets of the U.S. Departments of Justice, Transportation, & Education combined.
Meanwhile, despite almost every single one of these companies not turning a profit & having sunk billions of investor dollars in development of data centers & other infrastructure, Al companies are also on a spending spree of hundreds of millions of dollars in lobbying & dark money in our elections.
It would be one thing if we were discussing a few private companies with a poor business model. But last year, virtually all stock market gains - 80% - rested entirely on just a handful of Al companies.
That tells us two things:
1. Nearly the entire U.S. economy outside the Al industry is relatively stagnating and faring poorly & the gains from these few companies are disguising it; &
2. Millions of people's retirements - including their pensions, 401ks, & investments - are potentially exposed to this risk.
That's why these Al companies' dubious financial positions matter to working people.
These companies argue that debt is necessary. They'll tell you that building transformative technologies requires upfront capital, & that massive borrowing today will pay off in generating unprecedented prosperity tomorrow.
But this is not the typical debt that startups take on while they build out a company. We are talking about billions going on trillions of dollars leveraged with no indication that these companies will be able to recoup these funds profitably. And they are increasingly looking to the government as their source of cash.
In an effort to hide their debt, tech companies have been relying on "circular financing" where tech giants like Google, Amazon, & Microsoft give billions to Al startups like OpenAl & Anthropic, only for those startups to hand that money right back to buy Al processing power.
In other words, these Al companies are luring in new investors by making it look like their financials are healthier than they really are.

What's even worse is that retirement & pension funds are key to supporting this illusion.
When the Al companies issue bonds to raise more money, your pension funds & retirement accounts are some of the biggest buyers. When Musk's Al business went public, it became part of index funds where millions of Americans invest our savings. Many Americans don't even know that their retirement investments are tied up in these companies at all.
From Big Tech's perspective, that's a feature, not a bug. By tying our futures to their reckless gambling, Al billionaires are trying to make themselves too big to fail. They think they can take such dangerous risks because we will bail them out if things go wrong.
Sound familiar? This scene is dangerously reminiscent of the rampant speculation, corruption, & broken incentives leading up to the 2008 financial crisis that plunged millions of working class Americans into financial chaos that we never fully recovered from.
It is no accident that these warnings from Altman & Amodei come months-if not weeks-before these companies were meant to go public.
When companies go public, they have to be more transparent about how they are doing financially. And after a waiting period, they typically have to let private investors-like their own employees-sell their shares.
The New York Times recently confirmed that OpenAl has postponed going public for this very reason. They are in no rush for the truth about their finances to come out.
But the moment these oligarchs began to seek our public tax dollars & public contracts while exposing their companies to public pension funds & investments, they opened themselves to public accountability & scrutiny.
Silicon Valley billionaires have rigged the game & are attempting to shift their financial risk to working people: If they're right about Al's potential, they reap the profits. If they're wrong & the bubble bursts, they are setting up the American people to pick up the tab.
Heads, they win; tails, we lose.

We can stop this, and we shouldn't play their game. Together we can address both the economic and safety threats of unrestricted Al development and prevent financial chaos and stabilize market risk.

We must make it clear now that should the Al bubble pop, Congress should not bail out Big Tech.

And across our federal agencies, we have the authorities and tools to hold Al companies and their leaders accountable for releasing dangerous, unvetted, and defective products. We must not wait.

Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity.

But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves.

It's time we hold them accountable.

Thank you for reading.

In solidarity,

Alexandria

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Unsanctioned Buffoonery (Dan) @offtheupright.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

They’re slick enough to know (for the most part) how to walk up to the line without crossing it, all while leaving their viewers with the impression that the line needs to be crossed.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 17/09/2026

Candidates need to be much more straightforward than this: “You know republicans keep getting convicted of child sexual abuse. Now my opponent is making up an excuse to look in your kid’s pants. I won’t let them.”

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

it really does feel as if Democrats en masse are telling trans ppl that they don't want us as part of their coalition. if you disagree with them – if you *want* trans ppl to be a part of the coalition – then please call these trans-exclusionary Dems DIVISIVE because they are DIVIDING OUR COALITION!

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

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himham @himham.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"Shut the fuck up you weirdos" proves once again to be an OP strategy.

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himham @himham.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

They might lose specifically because you *didn't* pressure them. Moreover, you shouldn't accept a framing of politics that puts the onus on you to hold back and temper your expectations. It's their responsibility to serve. They're in the midst of a job interview.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026

Democrats are voting with Republicans on bills that could harm trans kids. We have to make that unacceptable. We can't give the trans panic instigators an inch particularly because it's all manufactured outrage. They needed a wedge issue after they killed Roe and this is what they've decided on.

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Eight Dems voted with GOP on bill that could out trans students

Eight Democrats voted with Republicans to help pass a bill that could force teachers to out transgender students to their parents.

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himham @himham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

That's how you weasel concessions out of your opposition. You make the concession seem wholly insignificant in scale, yet it's carefully chosen to be reproducible and far-reaching.

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himham @himham.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I think one of the big questions of this decade that we need to reckon with is how much agency, and thus blame, to assign to people who get scammed harder than anyone has ever been scammed. A system designed to break your brain will eventually succeed. You're not simply too cool to suffer damage.

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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Texas isn't a red state, it's a non-voting state. Let's change that, Texans! Make a plan to vote early: October 19-30. And tell your friends and family. Please check your voter registration by going to: www.texas.gov/living-in-te...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026

Amazon's search results reflect who paid the biggest bribe, not who has the best product. To pay for those bribes, platform sellers have to raise prices. 23/

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