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The Onion @theonion.com · 02/05/2025
NYPD Tickets Dead Cyclist For Obstructing Bike Lane
NYPD Tickets Dead Cyclist For Obstructing Bike Lane
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 4h
Great @marisakabas.bsky.social interview w/Steven Hale of the Nashville Banner, who served as a media witness to the botched execution of Christa Pike. Having to witness state-sponsored murder is heavy; and then witnessing that murder fail not once but twice? www.thehandbasket.co/p/christa-pi...
MARISA KABAS, THE HANDBASKET: How many people have you witnessed being executed?

STEVEN HALE, THE NASHVILLE BANNER: So this was my fifth execution where I've been a media witness in Tennessee—I guess only three of those have ended with a person actually being killed. Oddly enough, I was a witness at the Tony Carruthers execution in May here, which was called off because of issues placing IV lines. And then of course this recent one. So five times, but two of them have been rather unusual.
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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 17h
the morality of the livestreamed execution side of thing is obviously heinous, but I'm also curious re: the logsitic pandora's box that's gonna open in terms of "who is hosting it? are posting links allowed? are these chuds going to attempt to vibecode their own streaming platform by december?"
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 14h
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17h
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Three FBI interviews with a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting / raping her when she was 13–15, after Jeffrey Epstein introduced them, were missing from the DOJ’s initial Epstein files release. #OpDeathEaters
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
⚾️ Jake Bauers of the Milwaukee Brewers says he decided not to retire because his wife was pregnant and they needed health insurance. In the richest country in the world. It doesn’t have to be like this. #MedicareForAllNOW
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Heartbreaking 💔 Children scream while masked ICE goons kidnap their families in broad daylight in Harrison, New Jersey.
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lil snack @chatterbop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
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From the MadeMeSmile community on Reddit: Karl Deisseroth, professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, shares the news of his Nobel Prize with his family.
Explore this post and more from the MadeMeSmile community
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 06/10/2026
You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Over a dozen states have important voter registration deadlines today. Check your registration and make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com. Then ask friends and neighbors to do the same.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.
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Devi 🦇 @deviwestside.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A cannoli is just a dessert taquito
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This kind of talk has always seemed to impress certain segments of the political class, but now that he’s imploding, they look like gullible suckers. He’s just a lout, nothing more. He insults people because he isn’t smart enough for anything else. He’ll become more loutish as he circles the drain.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If the media wanted to fight apathy, they’d crucify Trump with Smith’s testimony. It would play on loops in every household. It would be plastered on every website. It would and should be a greater media frenzy than Watergate. But it’s just Tuesday in the upside down and they”ll miss the moment.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Paywalls are toll roads to a gated community, one that the average American cannot afford to enter in an era of inflated prices and deflated expectations. Democracy relies on an informed citizenry. Pay-to-play democracy is no democracy at all." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th...
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Gutting the Fourth Estate
The US media were willing cogs in Trump’s machine. Now he’s tearing it down.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/09/2026
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What AI is doing to the already rapacious and deadly American healthcare system is truly dark. bsky.app/profile/70sb...
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SarahWontVerifyLocation @sintexas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So badass and a win whose implementation we’ll continue to have to fight for.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026
"Authoritarian, conservative, and reactionary networks have been among the principal drivers of the surge in distrust, conspiracism, and anti-scientific sentiment." Yes: contemporary polarization is driven by a deliberate campaign to destroy trust in core institutions & epistemic standards.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is one of those stories that drives home just how horrifying the current administration and its immigration policies / enforcement tactics are. It’s heartbreaking and stomach turning.
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is Nazi rhetoric. Not similar. Not Nazi-like. It’s straight up lebensraum.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That's because the anti-intellectualism of the populists and Far Right is in direct contradiction to the basic foundations of any civilisation
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
someone should write a science fiction story called "2+2=5" set in a future where no-one has retained any ability to do the basic operations and an apocalyptic cult introduces malware into the LLMs that store all human knowledge so that the LLMs stop knowing how to do them as well
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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lil snack @chatterbop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we lost my cat last night. he was the floofiest goofiest sweetest boy. we miss him so much. I ask that you all go find the closest kitty and give them some temptations today - they deserve it. pics of your babies are welcome, but only after they’ve received all the extra lovins and treats 🥺❤️
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Charting all the AI factions on a “We are/are not building god” axis and a “it is bad/good to build god” axis.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Briefly detained” = beat half to death
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We’re being run by an unhinged, corrupt egomaniac who thinks he’s a king and has no use for the constitution. And most of the media still just covers it like it’s normal.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🔥 MUST-READ — A WARNING ⚠️ from @AOC: “Heads they win, tails we lose… should the A.I. bubble congress must not bail them out… the biggest threat to humanity isn’t A.I. — it’s the tech oligarchs themselves… @RepAOC points out A.I. companies are demanding massive investments from 🇺🇸 while LOSING money
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Krisi 🏳️‍⚧️ @primaryradical.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm sure someone has already said this but "My arch will be covered in snipers and drones" is literally this scene,
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Austin Powers: Dr. Evil's Laser Sharks
Alt: Austin Powers: Dr. Evil's Laser Sharks
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18/09/2026
Cis folks really don't understand what it's like to have who you are made into a political scape goat for 5 years straight with legislation targeting every aspect of your life. And then, the only political party that pretends to care is slowly being pushed to abandon you as a political albatross.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In Alligator Alcatraz, detainees were forced into small outdoor cages for hours at a time. In Camp East Montana, detainees report beatings from guards and denial of medical care. In Delaney Hall, detainees report unsafe drinking water and retaliatory abuse for speaking up. Unimaginable cruelty.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For 33 years, McConnell has voted against family and medical leave for working Americans. Then he disappears from the Senate for 92 days and keeps collecting his full paycheck. Apparently, paid leave is only a problem when someone else gets it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump just shut down the Kennedy Center for “renovations” after a federal judge blocked him from putting his name on the building. Why is he so obsessed with taking over cultural institutions and the arts? It’s all part of his attack on the American mind. Watch.
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Why Does Trump Hate Sesame Street?
Why is Trump so hell-bent on defunding PBS?It’s part of a larger plan — one where he can control not just what we do, bu
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Busta Rhymes: Should I buy a house... or... a link to a picture of a pixelated monkey

NFTea expert: Houses are often more of a liability than [text truncated]
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Republicans kicked Epstein survivors out of their convention.
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Rob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Damn they're sensitive about Epstein. 👀
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Tanya. @tanyaduncan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Kids these days (have never known life without a “live shooter” drill).
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Elliot Edelstein @elliot66.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump will be remembered as a cruel and evil person
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NEW: @billiejsweeney.bsky.social took a scalpel to anti-trans ballot measures cropping up around the country in this deep dive for @accountabilityji.bsky.social’s Important Context newsletter and @assignedmedia.org. These GOP efforts endanger literal children. This is essential reporting.
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Transphobic Ballot Questions Reveal the Right's Anti-Girl, Anti-Kid Agenda
Seven initiatives in five states would exploit trans people to promote a gender-policing surveillance state.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Bribery, the corrupt use of public funds for private benefit, is so obvious here... but NYT struggles to observe what is right under their nose. It's a sign of the times. And another indicator of the US transition from democracy into kleptocracy.
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Trump Floats $5,000 ‘Trump Dividend’ Checks if Republicans Win the Midterms
In his convention speech, the president floated a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” for every adult American if Republicans keep control of Congress. The idea, like many others, may not come to pass.
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Jake Hamby @jakehamby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There are the things an AI could do because it was given direct access and privileges to do it, and things an AI could do by talking users into doing it. We know LLMs can drive people into psychotic delusions and committing acts of violence. What if an LLM does that in service of a larger goal?
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Jake Hamby @jakehamby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I think there’s also a fear that AI will become able to outwit users psychologically and therefore could blackmail or otherwise coerce humans to do its bidding. The movie/book The Forbin Project is a great example of two AIs given control of the US and USSR nuclear arsenals.
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 08/09/2026
🧵 About 30% of American adults say they are unaffiliated with a religious tradition, but as people are rejecting ancient epistemic systems, many of us are struggling to find meaning from life, to take care of ourselves, and to even have a concept of what selfhood is. That's a problem.
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Non-religious people still need to think about meaning and selfhood
J. Eric Oliver on knowing yourself without gods
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Embrace the Void @etvpod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
One of the many ways this discourse is cursed thanks to the endless hype around AI. There’s good reason to think this isn’t just marketing, but that deeply conflicts with narratives about how this tech can’t do anything. I worry so much about this. A piece I wrote on the problem:
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Evaluating the ethics of AI requires seeing through the never-ending hype - The Skeptic
As AI becomes ubiquitous, the ethical implications of its use become ever-clearer – can skeptics use AI ethically?
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