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Beth

@bethmeacham.bsky.social
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Retired SFF editor and horsewoman. Lives in Arizona. Anti-Fascist since 1951.

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026
"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!
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Beth @bethmeacham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Destroying Quitobaquito Spring? That is a crime against the O'odham nation, against archeology, and against the Earth herself.
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Katherine Addison/Sarah Monette @pennyvixen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NO. Dude, that literally NEVER HAPPENS. No industry in America's 250 year has ever self-regulated. Y'all always SAY you will (& GOP politicians fall for it every time), but you NEVER DO. Greed always wins. & I think you know that. *** www.businessinsider.com/zuckerberg-s...
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Mark Zuckerberg says AI labs can slow down on their own when safety demands it
Mark Zuckerberg said AI labs can slow development independently and that market pressure will reward companies that prioritize alignment.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Once exceptionally rare, illegal deportations — in defiance of court orders or due to ICE screw-ups — are now a routine part of President Trump's mass deportation push. It happened 3 times this past week and more at least 30 times in recent months. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My man looks like a child sitcom actor who grew up to be a motivational speaker
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Repoost yf once upon a tyme you were a denizen of a diale-uppe BBS and wyth your entyre soule you remembir the birde-screeche-dissolvinge-ynto-static noyse
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Emma @emmagrahame.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 06/09/2026
Anthropic settlement shenanigans: a thread 🧵 Authors are reporting receiving emails like this one. 1/5
From: Phoenix TF <info@phoenixtf-mail.co.uk>
Date: Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Subject: Regarding Your Potential Claim in Bartz v. Anthropic
To: <redacted>

Hi <redacted>,

I'm writing about the class action lawsuit titled Bartz et al. v. Anthropic PBC (Case No. 24-cv-05417), in which we believe you may hold a claim.

We'd like to make you an offer to purchase that claim. In practice, that means we pay you cash upon execution of an assignment agreement, and then we assume the risk and wait for any recovery. We are paying up to 1500 USD per book.

If that's of interest, I'm happy to walk you through how it works. You can reach me by replying to this email or on my phone at (216) 496-4501.

DISCLAIMER: We are an independent third party and are not affiliated with anyone involved in this case or the District Court. You do not need to sell your claim or engage with us to receive a distribution in this case.

The Court has created a website where you can learn more about the settlement and your rights:

https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/

All offers are subject to our due diligence.

Best,
Austin

 Phoenix Trade Finance
https://phoenixtf.co.uk/
+1 (216) 496-4501
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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kristofarian @kristofarian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
3. Your Phone The settings don't always sync between devices, so check the Gmail app separately. Gmail app → Menu (☰) → Settings → Select your account → Turn off "Smart features and personalization" → Confirm.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
1. The Main Switch This is the main setting Google shows you, but it's not the only one. Gmail (Desktop): ⚙️ Settings → See all settings → Smart features and personalization → Uncheck "Turn on smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet" → Save Changes.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
2. The Hidden Switch Turning off the first setting isn't enough. Most people stop there. On the same settings page: Google Workspace smart features → Manage Workspace smart feature settings → Turn off both checkboxes → Save. Both settings need to be turned off.
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IMPEACH & REMOVE @thetd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Republican Party is, at it’s core, an opposition party- not a governing party. They don’t know how to govern, and even when given all the power, they just want to criticize from the backseat. The Biden administration has been out if office for almost two years.
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WIRED @wired.com · 31/08/2026
Archeologists are confronting an “unfathomable” loss as the US border wall is set to cut across ranches that are home to unique historical sites in Texas, many of which haven’t been fully studied. wrd.cm/46s8TtK
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Border Wall Construction Threatens 6,000 Years of History on Private Lands
Archeologists are confronting an “unfathomable” loss as border wall construction is set to cut across ranches that are home to unique historical sites, many of which haven’t been fully studied.
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Y'all. I know you're tired of my running on about this, and I *want* to give you a break over the weekend, but I CAN'T fail these cats. They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person.
Torbie cat standing on bed, looking up.Gray cat with white flash on throat, sitting on bed, looking up.
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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 28/08/2026
1,920. That is the current verified number of nuclear warheads on ballistic missile submarines in the U.S. Navy. You know...the people you're refusing to feed and pay.
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Beth @bethmeacham.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I knew it! From the landmark Bonwit Teller building to the East Wing, Trump has left a trail of destruction whenever someone says No to him. The Kennedy Center will fare no differently.
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Beth @bethmeacham.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
And now we can't eat veggies or salads, or eggs, or meat, and we have to worry about screwfly and whatever new horror we're about to discover. Are we great again?
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
UPDATE: Yes, their owner passed away Thursday. We're taking them in today, but as I said, that CAN'T be permanent; they NEED a HOME NOW. We're willing to drive pretty much anywhere in the Northeast for the right adopter. We're begging.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 21/08/2026
And who is going to inspect this 300,000 tons of foreign imported beef? What’s that you say? Nobody? Get ready for the Great American Screwfly Epidemic.
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Beth @bethmeacham.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
That would be here and now. With lots of hail.
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Beth @bethmeacham.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
OMG, I so want to see Trump getting on a horse.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 16/08/2026
The Democratic party leadership fighting harder against the DSA than they do against Trump really says something. These people gotta go, man
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Beth @bethmeacham.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
William Gibson's novel Neuromancer does not have an intercap in the title. Easy typo-error to make. /s sf editor
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Across the southwest, Indigenous resistance never stopped, of course.
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The Arizona Tribe That’s Been Dragged Back Into Trump’s Border Wars
For years the Tohono O’odham Nation worked collaboratively with the federal government on border security. Now they’re facing an administration that wants to rip through their ancestral home.
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Beth @bethmeacham.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This breaks my heart. He and his books mean so much to me.
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nancymittens.bsky.social @nancymittens.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
MAKING LIGHT IS KINDA BACK UP!! Poetry (of course): www.nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/... And a request: www.nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/...
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Fiat lux – Making Light
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Adam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Senator Whitehouse said it better than anyone: "Climate risk makes things un-insurable. No insurance makes things un-mortgageable. No mortgages crashes the property markets. Crashed property markets trash the economy.” #wildfire #Spokane #insurance
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"A society that treats naming racism as the greater offence has confused the mirror with the wound." e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
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We must name racism when it happens | E-Tangata
"It is not impolite to name racism, to document it, or to organise against it. What is impolite is telling a New Zealander of 30 years to go home. What is indecent is a cabinet that shelters him." — M...
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 20/07/2026
Judge approves Anthropic's $1.5B settlement with authors, the first major US case of its kind to settle; some authors opted out and have other ongoing lawsuits (Blake Brittain/Reuters) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
$100 to any reporter who asks him, "so you're saying Capitol Police should've shot dead everyone who breached the Capitol on January 6?"
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Meredith 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @smoemeth.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This is just one more reason why I won’t read it if it’s on Substack. The time to get off Substack was a long, long time ago.
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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Enough with this fucking ignorance. 'Experts' do not believe this. Shills do. There's a difference.
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Bronwyn Isaacs @find-bronwyn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
"buried with a powerful arsenal of weapons . . . which archaeologists have continued to dismiss as "purely symbolic" But. . . "evidence the princesses knew how to use them, based on the state of the muscle attachments on their bones, and the signs of injuries" www.sciencealert.com/ancient-egyp...
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Bones of Ancient Egyptian Princesses Reveal They Were Kind of Badass
Ancient Egyptian princesses actually knew how to use the weapons they were buried with, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology.
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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The asshole administration is planning to remove the mining buffer around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. This is being done without tribal or expert input and the public comment time is incredibly, and cowardly short. Please comment to help try and save Chaco. www.koat.com/article/chac...
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Chaco Canyon public comment period opens, as BLM proposes reopening 336,000 acres to mineral leasing
A new federal assessment could reshape the future of development near Chaco Canyon. Here’s what’s in the plan and how long the public has to weigh in.
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Marcy Gall @marcygall.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
And so it shall be forever henceforth.
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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Happy 80th birthday to a legend, a Mexican-American icon, and one of the greatest vocalists of all time, Miss Linda Ronstadt ✨
Album art- Linda Ronstadt’s Heart Like a Wheel Linda Ronstadt with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris Linda Ronstadt with mariachi More recent photo of Linda Ronstadt
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We are on the verge of revolutions in solar energy and in mRNA medical research, but the USA won't participate in them because our leaders are retrograde morons who would rather see people burn and die than change.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Before the whitewash comes in, a reminder that because of Mitch Mconnell American women are dying and bleeding out because they were denied abortion care. Because of McConnell the Russians were free to interfere in our elections. Because of Mitch billionaires are coddled while kids get screwed over.
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This Day in Labor History: July 5, 1935. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act. This created real labor law and allowed unions to survive. Let's talk about the most important labor law in American history!
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/07/2026
If you’re feeling conflicted about the weekend’s festivities, we understand. But this isn’t the Trump 250th. This is America’s 250th — and that means a celebration of and recommitment to a founding ethos that we’ll never bow down to a king or accept tyranny against our neighbors.
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America's 250th
By Leah Greenberg, Indivisible Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director
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Paul Callahan (he/him) @paulcallahanmv.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It's besides the point, but Chief Justice John Roberts is, in fact, the most senior Catholic in the US government. He has far more power than the VP, has been in government much longer, has had far more influence, and FWIW was a Catholic long before JD Vance was born SCOTUS is 1/3 of the government
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Harry Rasmussen 🇨🇦 @harryrasmussen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Roger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Hey, dumbass: Everett, Washington is the exclusive home of the Boeing 747. Every single 747 ever made, including the 747-8 model gifted by Qatar, was assembled here. So yes, the US can, and DID, build a plane like this - including this one. Nice to see the "president" shit on American Manufacturing
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