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NPR @npr.org · 09/10/2026
A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide. n.pr/4rVkQ52
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ChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don't work
A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide.
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NPR @npr.org · 09/10/2026
Christa Pike's botched execution in Tennessee was not the first to go wrong on Frank Strada's watch. Before he took charge of Tennessee's prisons, Strada oversaw three botched executions in Arizona. n.pr/4e4P0gD
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Drugs in jars, bags of cash: Tennessee ignored warnings from Arizona's botched executions
Christa Pike's botched execution in Tennessee was not the first to go wrong on Frank Strada's watch. Before he took charge of Tennessee's prisons, Strada oversaw three botched executions in Arizona.
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Lisa Bahr @lisabahr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Mark your calendars for tomorrow!! This is going to be a GOOD conversation. 2 of my favorites: @hcrichardson.bsky.social & @macfarlanenews.bsky.social reporting. 🙏🇺🇸💪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMS4...
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Scott MacFarlane | American Conversations
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/10/2026
American cities are getting left behind just like American automakers are.
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 07/10/2026
With the $11 billion merger of Paramount-Skydance with Warner Bros. Discovery, just five corporations now control 90% of the U.S. media landscape. Ali Velshi explains why mega media mergers pose a threat to democracy.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In. theintercept.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
After a string of damaging attacks on bases throughout the Middle East, U.S. long-range bombers stationed in the United Kingdom fled back to their American home bases on Sunday amid fears of an impending Iranian strike theintercept.com/2026/10/06/i...
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The U.S. Military Struggles to Protect Its Bases Amid Failing Iran War
From Jordan to Kuwait to the United Kingdom, U.S. outposts are increasingly vulnerable to attack.
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
The Trump administration has been hostile to federal spending on bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. But there's bipartisan support for a multiuse trail that would connect Ohio and West Virginia. n.pr/4hM3m6C
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Deep in Appalachia, a rail-to-trail project builds bipartisan support for a bridge
The Trump administration has been hostile to federal spending on bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. But there's bipartisan support for a multiuse trail that would connect Ohio and West Virginia.
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Jordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Mainers will freeze to death in their own homes. Susan Collins is to blame. Vote for Troy.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Corn: Trump wants to rule like Putin, and he wants to do deals with Putin. The war in Ukraine is just a nuisance for him that gets in the way. He doesn’t care about protecting Ukrainian democracy or the Ukrainian population. He wants this war over with so he and Putin can stride the world together
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was designed by the greatest Arkansas-born architect we’ve seen, Edward Durell Stone. He also attended the U of A. I’m calling on my state’s delegation to preserve this key piece of Arkansas heritage and 20th century architecture. www.youtube.com/live/3r8xTF3...
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BREAKING: Trump Threatens Kennedy Center Demolition If His Name Isn’t On It
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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TaraNicRóibín @tararoonies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wow wow fucking wow. A must watch and a devestating critique of sports/music complex working in tandem to thwart important social justice movements. Colin Kaepernick was the canary in the coalmine in 2017 for what we are seeing now with Macklemore. He's such an inspiration.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 16/09/2026
All we are saying is give our war a chance.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: We're suing Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the National Institutes of Health Director for their ideologically-driven termination and censorship of biomedical research grants. Targeting views the government disagrees with for not aligning with a political agenda is unconstitutional.
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NPR @npr.org · 16/09/2026
JUST IN: The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday to combat stubborn inflation. That will make it more expensive to borrow money to buy a car or carry a balance on a credit card.
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The Fed raises interest rates for the first time in over three years
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday to combat stubborn inflation. That will make it more expensive to borrow money to buy a car or carry a balance on a credit card.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16/09/2026
A judge blocked another effort to add Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center. In response, the president lashed out at a congresswoman during a board meeting—then gave the center an ultimatum, @janaykingsberry.bsky.social reports:
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The Kennedy Center Is Trump’s Hostage
The president berated a congresswoman during a board meeting, then posted that he would abandon the Kennedy Center if his name isn’t added to it.
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Rob Watts (RobWords) @robwords.com · 09/09/2026
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/09/2026
🚨 NEW: Colin Kaepernick says the NFL offered him a major deal while “actively blackballing” him. He rejected it. Kaepernick says Jay-Z then “stepped into that role” as the “Black face” NFL owners sought to “subvert the protest.”
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Kaepernick: Jay-Z Became the “Black Face” the NFL Was Seeking
The NFL wanted someone "to help us subvert the protests" and "work counter to the people's interests."
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
this bitch is at it again
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There is stuff we can do--small stuff, in our own interactions w/ tech & our friends & associates. But what most of us can do is hold this knowledge in the hope that it will be valuable. Not retreat into paralysis, "because I can't do anything, I'll turn away." Holding the knowledge is something.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/09/2026
prepping tomorrow's newsletter and it dawned on me that this hit was Maria Bartiromo's very last appearance on Fox News. What a fitting way to go out!
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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I genuinely wonder if he knows he's lying half the time anymore. They're definitely showing him tons of AI slop videos of big strong patriotic first responders doing heroic stuff, he might have seen something like this and believes it happened to him
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/09/2026
The court specifically pointed to Hoskins’ email instructing counties to use the new HB 1 map despite the injunction. Hoskins must file his response by noon tomorrow. Oral arguments are set for Thursday morning, and the court is requiring him to personally appear. 2/2
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: The Missouri Supreme Court has ordered Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to appear in person Thursday and explain why he should not be held in contempt for allegedly violating the court’s injunction blocking Trump-backed congressional maps. 1/
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
David is right. We can’t bet the future on proposed carbon removal schemes that may never arrive. We need to double-down on cutting emissions as soon as possible.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
That's how it's done 🔥
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New Mexico Senator Rips Trump With Fiery Insult After Trump Threatens To Rename State 'New America'
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 07/09/2026
Political violence has no place in our democracy. I’m glad Dr. Amy Acton is safe and grateful for the swift response from law enforcement. We settle our differences at the ballot box, not through violence. These acts must never be tolerated or normalized.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 04/09/2026
Trump claims he won his wars on LA, Chicago and Minneapolis. He didn't.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Steinem’s final essay published today in the New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/culture/life...
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Gloria Steinem’s Final Essay
Gloria Steinem writes about what she meant when she called herself a feminist.
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Chris Hayes and Rebecca Traister discuss the enduring hope of feminist trailblazer Gloria Steinem. “We're constantly in the fight, and the only end is, in fact, when you say, "Oh, we've lost.” And that was her point. There's no loss. There's no end. There's hope,” says Traister.
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‘Young women are mad as hell’: Why Gloria Steinem ‘knew the fight would continue’
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
WATCH: A New York Times video analysis identified parts of a U.S. bomb at the site of a strike on an Iranian wedding party that killed at least five people, including a 6-year-old boy, and wounded at least 67 others.
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NYT analysis links U.S. bomb to Iran wedding strike
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
once you see his work performed it is something else altogether. A recent brief performance of the Strangers Case by Ian McKellen recently went viral for precisely this reason--in the hands of a deft actor, it becomes something glorious. www.youtube.com/shorts/uec_u...
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Sir Ian Mckellen deliver a 400 years olds Shakespeare monologue.
YouTube video by Tristian&Co
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
She did more every day to foster Trump 'Big Lies' than anyone else at Fox. Enter her name alongside those of Bessent, Lindsey Graham, Mike Johnson, Kevin Hassett, and other economic enablers.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Once we stop climate change -- let's say at 1.8˚C or so -- there are only 3 ways to reverse some of the warming and return to a <1.5˚C world. 1. Massive carbon dioxide removal (CDR) 2. Solar radiation management (SRM) 3. Massive cuts to methane and other short-lived warming pollutants.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So it looks like we will blow past 1.5˚C of warming. Some "overshoot" beyond this goal is now looking inevitable. But can we realistically return the planet to less than 1.5˚C of warming? Maybe, but I have my doubts about some of the proposed pathways to do so.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I know just enough to know this is vital and interesting, but not enough to know if this is The Way. But if you, like me, are trying to know more about the whole saving the world business, consider these possibilities.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s taken me some time to get into this but this appears to be a real cause for alarm. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...
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How OpenAI Limited the Probe of Its Bots’ Hack of Hugging Face
A nonprofit’s study of how OpenAI’s A.I. agents were able to break into Hugging Face’s infrastructure wasn’t allowed to look at the incident’s full scope.
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Paulette Feeney ❌️👑 @pauletteparis1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is horrendous! 🤬
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/09/2026
The Netherlands have been overrun with American crayfish, Hannah Docter-Loeb reports. What will it take for the Dutch to eat them?
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American Crayfish Are Running Amok in Europe
What will it take for the Dutch to eat them?
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My gosh. Fetterman pretended to be sick to avoid meeting three paralyzed veterans from rural PA…and then went to do a Fox interview on Israel. He agreed to meet a lawmaker who drove from PA to talk about homeless and working people…and then bailed & met pro-Israel Bruce Pearl.
One morning in June, three paralyzed military veterans in wheelchairs from rural Pennsylvania arrived at the office of Sen. John Fetterman for a long-awaited meeting to discuss legislation that would improve their care.
Fetterman's staff greeted them with bad news: The Pennsylvania Democrat had to cancel. He'd told his staff he may have eaten something bad and wasn't feeling well, according to people familiar with the matter.
Less than an hour after his staffers met with the veterans in his place, Fetterman walked into his office, showing no signs of illness. He had an appointment he didn't want to miss, he told staff: an interview on Fox News to discuss Israel and the war in Iran."He was available. He just chose not to meet with us," Williams said.
Even when Fetterman does agree to meetings, he often cancels, according to former staffers.
Also last April, Fetterman agreed to take a meeting with another state lawmaker, Liz Hanbidge, who drove down from Pennsylvania to introduce herself, and to discuss programs that help the homeless and working poor in her county. But when Hanbidge arrived, according to staffers who were present, Fetterman claimed he hadn't agreed to the meeting. The aides spent more than an hour pleading with him to talk to her; staffers eventually met with Hanbidge in his place.
Fetterman did take another meeting that day-with Bruce Pearl, the former college basketball coach and Israel advocate. The pair discussed legislation that would affect college sports, and Pearl thanked Fetterman for his stance on Israel, Pearl said in an interview.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Aaaaand he’s been fired (presumably for putting all of this in an email to the victim’s lawyers). www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-min...
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Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say
A federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was investigating an ICE officer for possible civil rights crimes has been fired, four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
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raventerp1.bsky.social @raventerp1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/09/2026
JD Vance praises Trump for winning wars, says moments later of Iran that "I wouldn't call it a war" 🥴
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Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So to Vance, Iran is not a war, despite US soldiers dying, US military bases destroyed, and missiles running out. Sounds just like Putin, who called the Russian full-scale war against Ukraine a "special military operation." The GOP continues to parrot its Russian patrons.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s really not that hard.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/09/2026
turns out the guy who looked, talked and dressed like he didn’t give a shit about the job…doesn’t give a shit about the job
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Inside Trump’s Nightmare for Haitians in Springfield: ‘We’re Following Our Orders’
The most urgent moral test in all of Trump’s America today is happening in a small Ohio city – and we as a country are failing it miserably.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
More Palestinians have been killed (1,300) since the so-called ceasefire began in Gaza on 10th October 2025 than Israelis were killed on 7th October 2023 - including ten times as many children (300!) as were killed on 10/7. This is what a 'ceasefire' looks like for Palestinians.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/09/2026
You could house *thousands* of families on that land. You could build a whole eco-village, with sustainable housing & green space & retail. You could make that an urban heaven on earth. And instead it's a goddamn golf course. I can't even.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/09/2026
Our mayor has been kicking ass.
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