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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 1h
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Georgia holds emergency meeting on AI exposing voters’ secret ballots
A Princeton researcher found that publicly available election records could be combined with AI to link voters to their ballots
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 20h
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 22h
Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 19h
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Time to Consider Becoming a Bricklayer
College degrees hold less value, while jobs in the trades are booming.
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 20h
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Unlikely revolutionary Mr Rogers will lead the uprising: the Stephen Collins cartoon
Where’s Fred Rogers when you need him?
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 22h
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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The ICE documentary as chilling as a horror movie: ‘We’re trying to put the audience in a position of terror’
Film-makers Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller’s new short is an unvarnished portrait of ICE-occupied Minneapolis
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Meta found a way to turn massive data centers into “pilot models” and cash in on a 1980s tax credit. The result? Meta avoided nearly $4 billion in taxes last year alone. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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A Near-Disaster on Flydubai
This unbelievable sequence of events has huge implications.
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.propublica.org/article/disa...
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Anthropic ‘warns of existential AI risks to humanity’ in IPO document
Reported admission to investors of AI’s ‘self-preserving behaviours’ comes as company prepares for a potential $2tn flotation
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have engineered a virus that invades and destroys glioblastoma one of the deadliest brain cancers while turning the immune system into a relentless tumor-killing force. This could be a historic shift in cancer treatment.
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Inside the Biggest Feud in Artificial Intelligence
A new world has arrived. Dario Amodei and Sam Altman cannot stop fighting over it.
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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As AI models go rogue, do you still trust OpenAI and Anthropic to stop them? I don’t and neither should you | Chris Stokel-Walker
The need for independent regulation grows more obvious by the day. We must keep this tech in check before it’s too late, says technology writer Chris Stokel-Walker
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic, known as manikomycin, that may be a bulwark in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. By attacking the ribosome in a never-before-seen way, manikomycin can evade the existing mechanisms pathogens have developed to resist antibiotics.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The year before Election 2024, I was helping run UCLA’s DEI Office in LA—and siccing my AuDHD savant 🧠 on analyzing not just Project 2025’s substance, but its impact on my nation. I predicted (not really a prediction) all these horrors. Most accused me of trying to scare ppl into voting for Harris.
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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An SNL Exchange That Captures the AI Disconnect
The Season 52 premiere’s standout moment took an Anthropic co-founder to task.
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Convenience Is Lonely
Far too many innovations keep us from other people.
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds
Atrazine, banned in 60 countries, polluting rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The capitalist injustice system has created incredibly powerful men who will never see the inside of jails or prisons. Sad truth.
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Why Empathy Is Now ‘Toxic,’ ‘Suicidal,’ and a ‘Sin’
According to Gad Saad and his powerful acolytes, compassion is a recipe for “the collective suicide of the West.”
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Loyalist parade in Northern Ireland given go-ahead as almost 30-year ban overturned
Orange Order march along Garvaghy Road scheduled to take place for first time in 28 years after injunction dismissed on appeal
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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How to Define the Fuzzy Phases of Life
Modern life is making these stages harder and harder to pin down.
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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What Israel Knew Before October 7
A conversation with Vivian Salama about her exclusive reporting that Egypt’s top spy warned of the coming attack.
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Gene Bryant @genebryant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cartoon by Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 27/09/2026
Hard-liners in Northern Ireland are reviving an age-old dispute rife with bitter symbolism that pits the rights of British Protestants against those of Irish Catholics — and risks the destruction of their supposed unity government.
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Northern Ireland standoff puts peace and power-sharing at risk
A sudden revival of the 1990s confrontations between Orange Order marchers and Catholic demonstrators puts the police back in the middle — and leaders of Northern Ireland’s supposed unity government on opposite sides.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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born2balive.bsky.social @born2balive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The New Yorker posted exactly how I interpreted the whole visit.
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DaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I really, really hate this timeline... Also, why the hell was this NOT reported on when it happened (Mar 2026)???
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
When the rules suddenly apply differently depending on who you are, who you know or whose side you’re on, that isn’t law and order. That’s power deciding who gets the law and who gets the order. 🗣️ #JulesUnfiltered
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Trump allies could use midterms ‘counting window’ to disrupt results, experts warn
Fears grow that loyalists in key states could use critical period when votes are counted to amplify false claims
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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‘Let’s tell the truth’: Smithsonian head given standing ovation as he hits back at Trump attacks
Outgoing secretary Lonnie Bunch rejects claims the institution is unpatriotic, telling audience ‘You cannot understand all without illuminating the dark corners’
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Can Mathematics Solve the Molecular Puzzle of Alzheimer’s Disease? - Neuroscience News
A mathematical model from Mississippi State shows how copper and zinc drive amyloid plaque formation in Alzheimer’s, opening new therapeutic avenues.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read the document (Gift Article)
Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Shameful !!
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 26/09/2026
I kid around a lot on BSKY but these are the top 6 Senate candidates where even a $5 donation will have an outsized impact.
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yarn-bombing, thought to have originated in Texas USA, instigated by clothes-shop owner Magda Sayeg and her group Knitta Please, who began the "knit graffiti" movement to brighten up public spaces in a form of street art popular with women particularly #WomensArt
Photo of a pavement with circular barriers covered in coloured yarn
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nature is not a place to visit. It is our home
Winnie the Pooh & Christopher Robin inspect a hollow oak
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP. www.propublica.org/article/draf...
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US
Syngenta denies keeping relevant data from the EPA as paraquat stays in the US market despite global bans
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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US citizen injured after ICE agents reportedly mistook him for fugitive
Man left bloodied and hurt after immigration enforcement agents tried to arrest him in Evanston, a Chicago suburb
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