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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The problem with AI art is that it's human only in the sense that Soylent Green is people.

Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

UPMC? The real estate developers that also run hospitals? I find it hard to believe they would abandon their principles so easily.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I do not understand the folks furious at trans people for responding in anguish when the party that they've been told would protect them treats their existence as negotiable. I do not understand thinking trans folks have political power and responsibility where candidates have none.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If you object to public-funded housing of homeless people, in the end the objection cannot be the cost, because we pay a premium to be cruel to homeless people. At the bottom of the objection will always sit dehumanizing cruelty and a desire for eradication.

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wood man @wood-man.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

LLMs appear useful in writing/coding for the same reason cars appear as a good choice for transportation. Because they let the users reap the benefits while outsourcing a majority of the costs to the rest of society

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.

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👹 Other Sammy 👹 @swizzard.pizza · 21/08/2026

the thing is about "actually AI is great at cancer screening" is 1) the cancer-screening code is meaningfully different than an LLM 2) the cancer-screening code doesn't require a data center

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

So, coming back to the sign, there are two mini-conversations here, with two diffferent authors, and with two overlapping intended audiences: >>

Photo of a sign with a doorbell attached. The printed sign reads:

CURRENT GUGGENHEIM ACCES BY HUSKY CARD ONLY
[Logos for Amazon, FedEx, UPS]
DELIVERIES/VISITORS
PLEASE RING THIS DOORBELL

Delivery hours M-F 9:00am-(obscured)
University of Washington

Taped next to the doorbell is a hand written note that reads:
yes! it rang! Pelase wait 30 seconds before pressing again.
thanks!

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Sheba @shebainpdx.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

From The Faultline, a San Jose Earthquakes SG (posted on other platforms, I couldn't find them on here) #GWOut

Statement on the Hiring of Gavin Wilkinson
MLS fanbases expect their front office to uphold high standards of integrity, safety, and accountability.
Involving Gavin Wilkinson the Earthquakes organization, even as an advisor or consultant, sends a harmful message to supporters, community partners, staff, and players.
Wilkinson's repeated failure to prioritize the safety of women and gold abusive people accountable makes him unfit to work for the San Jose Earthquakes organization.
We call on the Quales to terminate the contract of Gavin Wilkinson. #GWOut

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

THREAD. Contrary to what you are being told, 40 years of polling have established that shifting money away from police/prisons toward social services is one of the most popular public policies among *all* political demographics. But it's not just that, it goes way deeper.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Relatedly, any organization that claims to be taking a "human-centered" approach, but is only asking "How do we use [whatever tech] responsibly?" and not "Should we use [tech] at all" is in fact centering the tech, and not the people. >>

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somebody @stevemay.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Can you imagine someone saying no white males at an Oklahoma City memorial event

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

the argument against Mamdani attending the 9/11 anniversary, as far as I can tell, is literally just that he’s Muslim, and reposting it is just reporting rank racism

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The reason Bluesky is a "leftist bubble" is because so many centrists prioritize their own comfort over other people's safety.

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

(Alt text for original image: "Greatest one line in a song ever. Not verse, chorus, bridge. Just one line") Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight, gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Honestly the most infuriating part of this is the "vote blue no matter who" crowd in the replies who seem to think Democrats don't do means testing

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

And guess what? Focusing on the welfare of your imaginary friends and away from the harm to actual people (and our environment, thus all living things) done in the process of building them is not improving that track record. >>

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 10/04/2026

Tonight in the ai reading group i was reminded of something that happened in 2006 after I dropped out of college, when I was living in a run-down old house next to jb alberto's in rogers park with a bunch of dudes. it was, as you can imagine, not clean.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 14/07/2026

The number of Democrats who posted bullshit about Lindsey Graham is astonishing given the givings. It cannot be that the GOP is an existential threat but also you really liked how Graham negotiated with humor and wit. It cannot be that Trump is a fascist but also you're confirming his nominees

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The use of the word “eliminate” in this context should really freak out more than just those of us he’s seeking to remove, to be honest. This should be a red flag so big that it’s visible from space.

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The world actually does need more scholarship *about* conservatism, but I assume this is actually looking for a conservative pretending to be a scholar

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

"Broom the soup." A lot of centrists are freaking out right now, and people are both reading too much and too little into the DSA victories, but a metaphor from my career may be helpful here. 1/?

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

this is a story about a person who fled to seattle because their life was threatened because of who they are, the other a person who fled seattle because he was a selfish and entitled person who felt out of place these are not the same www.npr.org/2026/06/08/n...

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The red state, blue state divide is real. But it's driven by more than just politics

Recent research suggests there's more going on with "ideological sorting" than simply moving to places that match one's politics. It's often one of many deciding factors, such as taxes or safety.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

(*me trying to force someone to put on the One Ring*) Oh my God, it's just a TOOL. It only goes bad for people who don't know what they're doing! Oh, you think Sauron destroying the land is bad? Digging up hobbit holes is way worse for the environment. It's actually classist you won't put it on.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/05/2026

Trevor Project released its annual LGBTQ youth mental health report. The results are shocking. 40% of trans youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year. Trans youth who wanted hormones but couldn’t access them were nearly twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who could.

Key findings from The 2025 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People include:

36% of LGBTQ+ young people seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, including 40% of transgender and nonbinary young people.
1 in 10 LGBTQ+ young people attempted suicide in the past year.
44% of LGBTQ+ young people who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it.
90% of LGBTQ+ young people said recent anti-LGBTQ+ laws, policies and debates caused them stress or anxiety.
LGBTQ+ young people of color attempted suicide at higher rates than their White peers, and nearly a third (32%) also experienced racial or ethnic discrimination, in addition to anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.
Transgender and nonbinary young people who wanted hormones but couldn’t access them were nearly twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who could.
Over half (59%) of LGBTQ+ young people ages 13-17 experienced bullying in the past year, and those who did reported significantly higher rates of attempting suicide in the past year than their peers.
LGBTQ+ young people who reported living in very accepting communities attempted suicide at less than a third of the rate of those who reported living in very unaccepting communities.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

i want democrats to unapologetically use the power that is bestowed on them legally, including the new authorities granted to those in power by the supreme court, to stamp out fascism and put the country back together before dismantling the current powers granted structure

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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

my best guess is that a Trumpian Pentagon official, high on his own supply as they all are, thought "get your boss to play ball or we will do an Avignon on him" would genuinely intimidate AN 80-YEAR-OLD CARDINAL FROM FRANCE, which is perhaps the funniest thing anyone has ever done at the Pentagon

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Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.com · 31/03/2026

You can be a nerd about language in a way that's about curiosity and enthusiasm and drawing connections rather than judging people

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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 29/03/2026

The bluesky address is @attie.ai and it really needs to be in the top five accounts blocked on this platform. This is honestly some of the most tonedeaf shit I’ve seen from BS and thats saying something

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tante @tante.cc · 12/03/2026

The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever. It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.

Screenshot of a Tweet by @TheChiefNerd inclusing an interview with Sam Altman.

The text in the Tweet says:
SAM ALTMAN: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

im just really fucking sick of spending my entire adult life lurching from one worldwide economic disaster to another all because people pretend republicans arent dumb as dog shit morons completely detached from reality

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I'm no artist, but hopefully this gets the point across. A comic in three panels.

Poorly drawn sketch of a large computing machine connected to electrical wires and three stick figures kneeling in front of it. Text above the stick figures says: "O Deep Thought what is the ultimate answer to the problem of the climate crisis?"

Same sketch, now with text above the machine saying: "You should have stopped burning fossil fuels"

Same sketch, zoomed out to see three smoke stacks and text above the stick figures saying: "How could we have known?"

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Fuck this and everyone who helped get things to this point. Trans rights are human rights—full stop.

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Brian Gainor @bgainor.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The obvious answer here is grapefruit. They taste gross, and if I eat them, the medicine I need to stay alive stops working.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

If Democrats won't do what is needed, we must replace them. Not because we want Democrats to fail, but because we want Democrats who might succeed--and not just at attaining the office. We need Democrats to win, but not for its own sake; rather, *because* we need what needs doing to get done.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I am introducing the Cut It Out And This Time I Really Mean It bill. It provides an additional $57 billion to the murder goons but they will agree to wear business casual Monday through Thursday and if they do any murders they have to put a dollar in this jar.

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