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"Licorice, dry." -Computer "Great. The least nutritious food that tastes the most like poison." -Mariner Also at: mastodon.world/@birdpoof

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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 1h
TAKE IT ALL BACK
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 3h
it’s been true for a while but here’s the latest proof that the republican party is nothing but a cult
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 5h
The thought of having to go through American airports in a few weeks has me filled with absolute DREAD. 😅
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 9h
That's a better promise than other Republicans at large, but he's still a Republican. Do not trust.
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Dr. Raven the Science Maven @ravenscimaven.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey, BlueSky! If you'd like to nominate someone to be a guest on my podcast, please let me know! thesciencemaven.com/podcast
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The Science of Life with Dr. Raven Baxter® · Podcast
What if everyday life is filled with fascinating secrets? I'm Dr. Raven Baxter, a molecular biologist, and on The Science of Life, we explore the intersection of life science and the science of living...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 22h
Ebola death toll in DRC passes 4,000, as health workers are fighting to get paid
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Ebola death toll in DRC passes 4,000, as health workers are fighting to get paid
8,300 cases have been recorded since the outbreak was declared in eastern Congo on May 15.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 02/10/2026
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Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 18h
... meanwhile, we've raised over $2,500 to help equip volunteer ICE Air observers in other states with the sort of equipment we're lucky to have here in MN. We're off to a great start, but we could absolutely use more help: ottergoose.net/ice
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 18h
Of recent interest here in Minnesota is that ICE is releasing detainees to satisfy Habeas requests, and then immediately detaining again. This really ought to be national news.
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 21h
This is just evil. There needs to be punishment on both ICE and Palantir.
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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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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is really not the kind of milestone we want....
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This was literally on full display on Twitter a week or two back in the discussion of this news story: www.wired.com/story/burner...
wired.com
A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work
Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Microsoft Teams is just AWFUL with its shitty integration with Outlook. Even if you decline a meeting and delete the invitation, the stupid meeting chat starts up and remains active in Teams. Muting and hiding does nothing to prevent the chat from reappearing.
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Make Nazi Hunts great again
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 02/10/2026
You can thank Donald Trump for that.
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Gas, mortgage rates and inflation send Americans’ view of the economy to near record lows
“This is the danger for the Federal Reserve and the nation. This is what can truly shift spending habits and lifestyles,” said economist Heather Long.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/10/2026
JD Vance thinks that Americans are too worried about the “little things” ahead of midterms—like gas prices, debt, Immigration and Customs Enforcement killings, and war. trib.al/S4r2ZeY
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Vance Says People Are Too Focused on “Little Things” Ahead of Midterms
You know, like being able to afford gas and groceries.
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I had no idea. Kind of like how Sears was really groundbreaking too in this respect.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026
The rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 02/10/2026
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has stopped classifying deputies as “undercover” to shield their body camera footage from the public, following a campaign by public defenders for more than a year and rebukes from at least three judges. minnesotareformer.com/2026/10/02/h...
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Hennepin County sheriff drops undercover classification for some task force deputies • Minnesota Reformer
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has stopped classifying deputies as “undercover” to shield their body camera footage from the public, following a campaign by public defenders for more than a year...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/10/2026
Basically all of these comparisons you see trying to make the same point are profoundly ahistorical and wildly misleading
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A huge percent of that is from forced engagement by employers whose shareholders want a piece of the pie. This is not natural adoption by a long shot.
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"not really" translates to absolutely never in reality
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And this is a WALL STREET JOURNAL poll
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The 2020 election has been relentlessly studied by our most experienced experts and by our most craven partisan hacks for 6y now, and every examination has wound up demonstrating the integrity of Biden’s victory in that election and the malignity of Trump’s obsession with undermining it.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Palantir shifting from hiring only "Ivy or Ivy-equivalent" degrees to hiring only out of high school is an admission that "training" and "talent" were never factors at all. They were looking for packaging & prestige, and now they're looking for ignorance & impressionability.
Tech companies launching their own programs to train grads because they ‘can’t rely’ on Ivy Leagues
By Lydia Moynihan
Published Oct. 1, 2026, 6:00 a.m. ETAs the university system increasingly becomes a wildly expensive bastion of anti-Western sentiment, key figures in Silicon Valley are betting on alternatives to higher education. They argue that even the Ivy League is no longer producing the best candidates — nor are they even accepting some of the most qualified students.

“It used to be the case that you could rely on somebody who went to an Ivy or Ivy-equivalent to be top notch,” said Jordan Hirsch, who runs Palantir’s semester-long intensive Meritocracy Fellowship, which accepts high school graduates.“But that’s not the case anymore… we suspected that there was a lot of talent being missed.”
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i have 2.5M followers across all social media. statistically, there's a good chance one of you works at in AI. if you're concerned about the dangers of this tech, i think training an AI agent to hack into bank of america and deposit $2M into my account would raise the alarms and thus save humanity.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 02/10/2026
The most recent episode of Today Explained really helped me understand what happened at Cornell, and the embarrassing game of broken telephone that is now being blamed on the victim. Highly recommended, but it also made me so angry and sad.
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What a piece of shit
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bah
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good. Keep going.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit to compel Georgia to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-26. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
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🚨 United States of America v. Raffensperger
Learn more.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 01/10/2026
Two Minnesota journalists are looking to combat racist misinformation and fill coverage gaps with true stories about Somali American life, with a new digital platform called The Somali Brief. They joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about the new venture.
mprnews.org
'A sense of obligation': Minnesota journalists launch new outlet focused on Somali Americans
The Somali Brief is a new, social media-first platform that aims to combat racist misinformation and fill gaps in coverage with true stories about Somali American life.
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Aw, shit, every other night
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don't understand people who do this
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Patagonia @patagonia.com · 30/09/2026
A few reasons why we’re rewarding you to engage your friends and family this election season:
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 30/09/2026
In ​September, judges in Minnesota told the ⁠Times that the Trump administration had a "disregard ​for court orders" and its actions threatened ​the rule of law. Two did so on the record.
mprnews.org
Justice Department files complaint against MN judges who gave interviews about ICE surge
In ​September, judges in Minnesota told the ⁠New York Times that the Trump administration had a "disregard ​for court orders."
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A reminder that 99% of all cases of willful fraudulent voting have been done by Republicans.
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BS
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
☹️
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is bad 😬
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 30/09/2026
The day of remembrance, held annually on Sept. 30, recognizes the history of Native American boarding schools, which were established to assimilate Native children into Western culture.
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'Understand the fight': Events honor survivors, families of Native boarding schools
Communities across Minnesota are gathering to honor those impacted by Native American boarding schools.
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Birdpoof @birdpoof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The parents should be prosecuted
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026
Israel engaged in the demolition of a city with families still inside the buildings. Real life horror.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Know their names: Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Diego Sarabia, Gillio Lopes, Winston Lee, Johnathan Newell and Matthew Ingalls #Cornell7 But also, everyone in the group chat, the administrators, university, and DA. SHAME.
Cornell 7Disgusting chat
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The Verge @theverge.com · 29/09/2026
Every single one of 21 tested vehicles sent data to a third-party domain over Wi-Fi. Over half contacted domains specializing in advertising, tracking, or analytics. These companies gather details about your vehicle or driving behavior to sell to insurance companies or target you with ads.
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Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
My podcast is only a year old. I'm so geeked to be nominated for this particular episode because it's an episode ERRRRYBODY needs to listen to.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 29/09/2026
The claim says Williams didn’t threaten or resist agents on Jan. 7 but was held down, slammed into the ground and choked. During the drive to Whipple Federal Building, Williams says agents laughed about Renee Good’s killing earlier that morning and said, “hopefully we don’t have to kill you, too.”
mprnews.org
Roosevelt High teacher files federal claim over violent detention by agents
Roosevelt High School teacher Quentin Williams has filed a claim against the federal government alleging agents violently detained him, falsely accused him of assault and violated his civil rights.
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