blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 1hwww.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comGeorgia holds emergency meeting on AI exposing voters’ secret ballotsA Princeton researcher found that publicly available election records could be combined with AI to link voters to their ballots 000
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 22hNaomi Klein Is Spot On....... 15380703159
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 19hwww.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comTime to Consider Becoming a BricklayerCollege degrees hold less value, while jobs in the trades are booming. 000
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 20hwww.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comUnlikely revolutionary Mr Rogers will lead the uprising: the Stephen Collins cartoonWhere’s Fred Rogers when you need him? 000
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 22hwww.theguardian.com/culture/2026...theguardian.comThe 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 000
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 01/10/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 001
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEW: 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...nytimes.comHow 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. 20735672294
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 01/10/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comA Near-Disaster on FlydubaiThis unbelievable sequence of events has huge implications. 000
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.propublica.org/article/disa...propublica.orgThis White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans VoteA 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... 000
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comAnthropic ‘warns of existential AI risks to humanity’ in IPO documentReported admission to investors of AI’s ‘self-preserving behaviours’ comes as company prepares for a potential $2tn flotation 000
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialSARS‑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. 13046001354
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...theatlantic.comInside the Biggest Feud in Artificial IntelligenceA new world has arrived. Dario Amodei and Sam Altman cannot stop fighting over it. 010
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAs AI models go rogue, do you still trust OpenAI and Anthropic to stop them? I don’t and neither should you | Chris Stokel-WalkerThe 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 010
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026GOOD 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. 7340121169
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialJohnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The 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. 821855810
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting www.propublica.org/article/trum...propublica.orgThe Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In VotingProPublica’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... 010
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comAn SNL Exchange That Captures the AI DisconnectThe Season 52 premiere’s standout moment took an Anthropic co-founder to task. 010
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comConvenience Is LonelyFar too many innovations keep us from other people. 020
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comHormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report findsAtrazine, banned in 60 countries, polluting rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health 020
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comGone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than everAfter public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere 010
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialMark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The capitalist injustice system has created incredibly powerful men who will never see the inside of jails or prisons. Sad truth. 16052731896
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comWhy 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.” 010
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comLoyalist parade in Northern Ireland given go-ahead as almost 30-year ban overturnedOrange Order march along Garvaghy Road scheduled to take place for first time in 28 years after injunction dismissed on appeal 021
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comHow to Define the Fuzzy Phases of LifeModern life is making these stages harder and harder to pin down. 010
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...theatlantic.comWhat Israel Knew Before October 7A conversation with Vivian Salama about her exclusive reporting that Egypt’s top spy warned of the coming attack. 032
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialGene Bryant @genebryant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Cartoon by Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press 2035297
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialPOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 27/09/2026Hard-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.politico.euNorthern Ireland standoff puts peace and power-sharing at riskA 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. 112919
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just 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. 16892933066
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here'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. 786178154778
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026ICE 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. 537202268147
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialborn2balive.bsky.social @born2balive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The New Yorker posted exactly how I interpreted the whole visit. 250107463443
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialDaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I really, really hate this timeline... Also, why the hell was this NOT reported on when it happened (Mar 2026)??? 501120984545
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialJules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 27/09/2026When 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 411847
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump allies could use midterms ‘counting window’ to disrupt results, experts warnFears grow that loyalists in key states could use critical period when votes are counted to amplify false claims 010
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Let’s tell the truth’: Smithsonian head given standing ovation as he hits back at Trump attacksOutgoing secretary Lonnie Bunch rejects claims the institution is unpatriotic, telling audience ‘You cannot understand all without illuminating the dark corners’ 010
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 26/09/2026neurosciencenews.com/math-modelin...neurosciencenews.comCan Mathematics Solve the Molecular Puzzle of Alzheimer’s Disease? - Neuroscience NewsA mathematical model from Mississippi State shows how copper and zinc drive amyloid plaque formation in Alzheimer’s, opening new therapeutic avenues. 010
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Wild 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/...nytimes.comRead the document (Gift Article)Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter 20261232206
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.social𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 26/09/2026I kid around a lot on BSKY but these are the top 6 Senate candidates where even a $5 donation will have an outsized impact. 13123741164
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.com 010
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yarn-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 152317402
Reposted by @blueskies2day.bsky.socialThe English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Nature is not a place to visit. It is our home 262389455
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP. www.propublica.org/article/draf...propublica.orgI 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... 010
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRevealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in USSyngenta denies keeping relevant data from the EPA as paraquat stays in the US market despite global bans 010
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.propublica.org/article/debu...propublica.orgProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption ProbeProPublica 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... 010
blueskies2day.bsky.social @blueskies2day.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comUS citizen injured after ICE agents reportedly mistook him for fugitiveMan left bloodied and hurt after immigration enforcement agents tried to arrest him in Evanston, a Chicago suburb 011