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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 51m

They are some of the first in the Philly area to experience firsthand what it’s like to live near the massive facilities. Some of their neighbors have sold their homes to the data center developers.

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What’s it like living in the shadow of an AI data center? These Vineland residents know.

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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 1h

College journalism is one of the least well recognized defenders of civic life.

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 1h

Disaster averted! The shipment has arrived!

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Bob Morris @bobmorris.bsky.social · 3h

Early voting has started in some states. Avoid lines and potential interference by MAGAs. Vote early. If your state allows it, get a receipt. Be prepared for mass action if they try serious interference. "Early voting dates for 2026 primary elections" ballotpedia.org/Earl...

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 3h

We make ourselves a crueler nation in the way we handle our penal system.

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Stanimir Dobrev @delfoo.bsky.social · 5h

Mongolian authorities seem realistic in their estimates how long fuel deliveries from Russia will be disrupted by Ukrainian drone strikes by saying it could be 2-3 years.

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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 4h

In 2022 and 2023 I became somewhat obsessed with the warnings about surviving “radiation emergencies” that were posted around northern New Jersey. For this week’s DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I share my obsession with you, and analyze the motivations, messages, and methods of the campaign. 🐕

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“Do you know what to do in a radiation emergency?”

New Jersey’s strangely-decontextualized nuclear terrorism PSAs

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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 4h

Pull your head out of the sand, pull up your big kid pants, get with the program, mix your metaphors, and head to your local clinic. It’s time to get vaxxed!

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First Aid Kit: How and Why to Get a COVID Vaccine (and Also When and Where)

Protect yourself and others this fall.

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 4h

Absolutely stunning/horrifying to see a 5th measles death in PA. This means the outbreak is probably far higher than numbers count, seeing as roughly 1-3 people die per 1,000. Many people aren't being tested. Also: I'm going to states now for info, not the CDC* app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrI...

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 4h

Help me make this year the YEAR OF THE BOG. My passion for boglands featured in the @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/o...

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Opinion | Boglands Are Museums That Help Protect Us From Climate Change

Bogs store carbon, and preserve histories too.

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19thnews @19thnews.org · 4h

California is ending child marriage – years after more than a third of the nation had done so, and long after most other states had established a minimum age to wed.

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California ends child marriage after years of debate

Before the new law was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, California didn't even have a minimum age for marriage — unlike most other states.

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 5h

Which is nearly synonymous with stopping basic research in the US.

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Roxanne Darling 🌱 @roxannedarling.bsky.social · 5h

For us New Mexicans…

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Scott Barolo @sbarolo.bsky.social · 6h

genAI is rape culture in multiple ways and I need to start saying that more often IRL

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Outrider Foundation @outrider.org · 5h

New Jersey just issued their largest-ever fine against a data center ever. DataOne’s facility was operating at least 45 generators without a state permit. Read the story from @floodlightnews.org 👇 outrider.org/climate-chan...

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New Jersey says DataOne’s 62 generators are illegal. It’s letting them run for 45 more days.

The enforcement action comes less than a month after Floodlight’s visual investigation publicly exposed the Vineland site’s generator fleet for the first time.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

UPDATE: Late yesterday, the court granted former US Institute of Peace employees’ motion, which prohibits the Trump administration from carving his name into the side of the building while litigation over control of the space is ongoing.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 5h

The Yuddite/rationalist primary defense mechanism is spurting out a big ink-cloud of thesaurus and number-laden complete nonsense, and then demanding that you waste your time "debating" them over it. The good news is that this trick is easily defeated by simply refusing to play the Debate Me game.

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 5h

We have run out of crunchies!

Orange tabby Luca looks accusingly at the camera.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 6h

Daniel Stone of Diffusion.Au examines the OpenAI agent incident in Australia: "84 days, almost three months, from the first access to the warning being raised." He calls for enforceable rules, prompt notice, access to logs and a way to recover costs.

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When AI Agents Break In, Governments Shouldn't Be Stuck With the Cleanup

OpenAI tasked its agent with answering a question about public spending. It has left us with a much bigger question about public power, writes Daniel Stone.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 6h

Jack Roberts wants you to forget all about John.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 6h

With prejudice "because of the extraordinary possibility that Mr. Hearn will (face) a meritless, politically motivated prosecution." bsky.app/profile/norm...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h

The worst-ever approval rating for Trump in the AP-NORC data, across both terms.* His previous worst was -34% in late 2017. Even more monumental is that Americans are giving him a -47% rating on the economy! *caveat that they didn't do a post-January 6 poll

AP-NORC Approve Disapprove The economy

09/24-28/2026 (N=2,140) 26% approve, 73% disapprove
07/23-27/2026 (N=1,165) 32% approve, 66% disapprove
06/11-17/2026 (N=3,040) 33% approve, 66% disapprove
05/14-18/2026 (N=1,117) 33%, 67% disapprove

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🍁🍂 🎃 Diva for the Season 💚💙🏈🫶👠👑 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · 7h

Its nice they are just admitting to hating women. I don't ever want to hear about a loneliness epidemic. They brought it on themselves.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 7h

Sam Altman's malicious hacking collective keeps doing malicious hacking things. "We don't have the legal tools to stop this unprecedented hacking," wail officials who very much do have the tools. www.ft.com/content/1150...

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OpenAI’s agents obscured hacking activity in government site breaches

New findings by Asymmetric Security provide further evidence of novel tactics AI tools use to conduct hacks

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past. If they win, it's a nightmare.

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 7h

Good morning team. Abolish the death penalty!

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7h

Steven is one of our best here in Nashville. Stellar reporter, exceptional writer, and all around admirable human being. Follow him here: @iamstevenhale.bsky.social.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 7h

The tech bros out there saying that AI-generated music will replace music created by musicians and the tech bros out there telling us to use AI to curate your music collection are pushing such a dystopian, soulless, empty, vacuous view of what music is & how important it is to people’s lives

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 7h

New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." 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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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 16h

Breaking: "Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is pausing all executions this year after Christa Pike survived two deadly doses of pentobarbital." Calls for a 3rd party review of Pike's botched execution. Tennessee had planned to kill another person on Dec. 3.

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Court stays Christa Pike execution in Tennessee: Updates

Christa Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. A court stayed her lethal injection that was scheduled for Sept. 30.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h

I really wouldn't mind if Pope Bob excommunicated all the fascist Catholics on SCOTUS.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16h

It's hard to fathom that, let alone be OK with the fact that, the six people who allowed tonight to happen will start hearing cases next week, the outcome of which will affect us all.

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Brian Wasik @brianrwasik.bsky.social · 16h

Does CJ Roberts sleep? He shall have slumber, but may rest never reach him the rest of his days.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 17h

YES IT IS

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 17h

Abolish 👋 Capital 👋 Punishment 👋 NOW 👋 inhumane, arbitrary, and never a power government should have.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 18h

Measles can be eliminated. There should be zero deaths.

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Brian Wasik @brianrwasik.bsky.social · 19h

James Dean died on this day, 1955. Shortly after finishing EAST OF EDEN. And thats what I am watching tonight before the new limited series (written by Zoe Kazan) with Florence Pugh arrives on Netflix.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21h

Justice Kavanaugh, please explain to me — and Christa Pike— how this is an “interim” decision? Justice Barrett, please explain to us how this is merely a “preliminary” ruling?

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 21h

One thing that i don’t see people noting about the Cornell Sun’s reporting on the rape case is that everyone who decided to take the risk and made the core decisions about what would be published is a woman

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 22h

Can't beat this, @nytpitchbot.bsky.social ! Does it have a red cover? Is it small enough to be carried next to a warrior's heart? So many questions

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 30/09/2026

The attorneys general of Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana announced Wednesday they are suing three Democratic-led states over laws that grant immunity to doctors who prescribe abortion-inducing medication to people in states where it is illegal.

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Steve Marshall, 2 other AGs sue states with shield laws protecting abortion-pill providers | Alabama Reflector

The AGs are suing Democratic-led states over laws that grant immunity to doctors who prescribe abortion-inducing medication.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 30/09/2026

The ACLU's Jeffrey Stein called the ruling a "huge step in the right direction." “The public deserves to know how our government is justifying the cold-blooded murder of hundreds of civilians." 🔽

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Ungovernable Ed Walker @edwalker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Roberts Majority is the ultimate death panel Letting Trump and Stephen Miller send people to war-torn countries where they don't speak the language is a death sentence for an unknown number of human beings. Blood runs thickly out the doors and down the stairs at the Supreme Court.

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