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Troy Young (Andarius68)

@cianaodh.bsky.social
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I'm just a guy trying to get by. Sharing jokes, memes, unsolicited opinions, sarcastic remarks and brainpan leakages. I post mostly humor, news, science, sci-fi and random stuff I find interesting or amusing. I'm not trying to sell anything to anybody.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14h
I am darkly enjoying how the popularization of founder-driven go-direct communications has led to a situation where the public is getting real-time direct exposure to the reality that the major AI actors are led by sociopathic lunatics
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www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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1,800-year-old temple to Mars and statue of Victory unearthed at Roman military fort in Germany
Archaeologists in Germany have found a temple to Mars, the god of war, next to a Roman Empire military encampment.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 19h
You might find out that you don’t like the same people she didn’t: Elon Musk Donald Trump Trump supporters Vladimir Putin Xi Jinping Benjamin Netanyahu
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NPR @npr.org · 19h
Reporting that holds power to account. Investigations that amplify unheard voices. Stories that inform the public – and spark real-world change. Especially after the loss of federal funding, you decide whether this independent press survives and thrives. Donate now >> n.pr/3VxNBIZ
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 18h
Today is the day! The deadline to register to vote is October 5 in AZ, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, MS, MT, OH, TN, & TX. Check out all these resources & get prepared. #VotingIsPunk #VoteEarly
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
IF we take it back. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Remember Kamala!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#smh
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He's doing his best to do his worst for America's national security.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/10/2026
Despite its name, the DEFEND IP Act would instead incentivize censorship, overblocking, and bad faith attempts to block access to a website. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Site-Blocking Will Not Defend IP, No Matter the Bill’s Name
There has been a raft of site-blocking bills in the latest Congress, and the latest is called the “Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property” aka the
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger was officially approved this past week. Corporate concentration means more power for CEOs — and less freedom for everyone else. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
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The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
From your grocery bill to your paycheck, monopolies are making you less financially secure and ultimately less free. For
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is why more survivors of sexual assault don’t come forward; because they know that in doing so, they will find themselves facing violence and indignities from strangers that compound their wounds and amplify the shame of their initial trauma... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/conservati...
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Conservative American R*pe Culture and The Second Assault of Jane Does
Warning: this piece contains language regarding sexual assault that may be triggering or uncomfortable to some.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No Kings: Vote Early is on October 17
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Early voting has started in many places. Vote as soon as you can & also participate actively in democracy by using your voice at your local board meetings, protests, & community building events. Hold elected officials accountable. Find a No Kings event on 10/7 near you at nokings.org. Resist.
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 04/10/2026
Murder and rape are wrong because they cause immense harm and violate the rights and autonomy of other human beings. If you need a god to tell you that murder and rape are wrong, that says a lot more about you than it does about atheists.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Good.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pope Leo couldn't express it more clear. What does it mean to be "pro-life"? Think, there are roughly 53 million Catholic adults in the United States, representing about 20% of U.S. adults. And in the 2024 presidential election, about 55–59% of Catholic voters supported Donald Trump, ...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/10/2026
Concerned about mass surveillance, from Flock ALPRs to face recognition to creepy ads that seem to know everything we’re thinking and planning? Meet those who’ve been warning about and fighting this dystopia for decades on the “Privacy’s Defenders” podcast.
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Privacy’s Defenders Podcast: Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries
People are increasingly concerned about the ways in which mass surveillance is tracking our every move: from Flock license plate readers to face recognition to creepy ads that – based on what we see a...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We live in the weirdest timeline...
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Fox News Host Gripes About How 'Overweight' NYC Sex Workers Have Become Thanks To Mamdani In Truly Bonkers Clip
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 02/10/2026
Early voting is already starting in some parts of the country. We can change the direction of this country—it just takes enough of our voices and our votes. Make sure your voice gets heard and your vote gets counted. Vote early! BetterInAUnion.org/vote
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Vote on or Before Nov. 3
Enter your address for personalized election information
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/10/2026
Opting out of all the ways that the major tech companies can infiltrate our lives is difficult, but not impossible. Let us know where you’re starting from today, and take the month to seek more privacy from the tools you use. www.eff.org/pages/welco...
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Welcome to Opt Out October. Let’s Take Control of Our Data and Our
Big tech companies are hell-bent on taking away our agency and forcing us to use their surveillance-based services, apps, and devices. It’s hard to fight against, and it often feels much easier to
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The Onion @theonion.com · 02/10/2026
Woman Just Needs To Break Irresponsible Financial Habit Of Going Bankrupt, Living On Street theonion.com/woman-just-needs-to-br…
Woman Just Needs To Break Irresponsible Financial Habit Of Going Bankrupt, Living On Street
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
McDonald's is now reportedly pressuring franchisees to use AI to price food. Its CEO raked in $20.6M last year, over 1,000x the median McDonald's worker pay of $19,020. And they remain one of the largest employers of Medicaid and SNAP recipients. I'm not lovin' it.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The grocery bag feels lighter. The total at checkout keeps climbing. Rent rises, child care eats paychecks, insurance costs more and covers less. Politics lives in that moment, not the TV shouting. Register today. Be ready to vote Nov 3. #LetsGetVoteReady
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New Books at Project Gutenberg @new.gutenberg.org · 02/10/2026
New #ebook at Project Gutenberg: Arithmetical books by Augustus De Morgan www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79706
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Latino share of Texas’s eligible electorate has climbed from 22.3% in 2000 to 31.7% today. Now Talarico leads Paxton 56% to 37% among Hispanic voters, while Gina Hinojosa leads Greg Abbott 54% to 42%.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 02/10/2026
We agree. Now remember that yourself, Secretary Mullin, and apply that same standard to your fellow Christian nationalists who routinely invoke scripture to justify government policy.
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 02/10/2026
Four children in one Idaho family died after their parents chose prayer over medical care. The state’s religious exemption helped shield that neglect from intervention. Religious freedom should never mean children get fewer protections under the law. www.propublica.org/article/idah...
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026
The FAA's ambitious overhaul of the air traffic control system comes amid rising public anxiety about AI. The CEO of the company that's building the software explains how it works. trib.al/SXwfXfh
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Do AI and air traffic control mix? CEO addresses anxiety about new FAA tool
The FAA's ambitious overhaul of the air traffic control system comes amid rising public anxiety about AI. The CEO of the company that's building the software explains how it works.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
James Talarico spoke out about GOP-led redistricting efforts leading up to the midterms: “If Republican policies are so popular, why do they need to redraw these maps; why not run on their policies?”
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 30/09/2026
The US Air Force is following through on a Pentagon policy announced earlier this year — all active-duty personnel have until Oct 16 to update their religious affiliation according to a new, much shorter list. Notably, "atheist" is missing. Read more ➡️ ffrf.us/4yjZUao
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is great! Is Jesse Welles a modern day Woody Guthrie, or more like young Bob Dylan?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I assume the DNC is paying for this?
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Poland accuses Russia of carrying out a coordinated and multi-faceted campaign of sabotage in a bid to deter Ukraine’s backers
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump launched America.gov as an AIpowered gateway to official government information. Then users asked it who lost the 2020 election. Its answer: Donald J. Trump. The chatbot cited the official results: Biden 306 electoral votes, Trump 232. It later began refusing to answer some political questions
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Troy Young (Andarius68) @cianaodh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.sciencealert.com/ibms-quantum...
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IBM's Quantum Computer Completes in 19 Seconds What Could Take a Supercomputer a Century
Some computations are so hardcore that it takes a facility of extraordinary power to even think about running them.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How can we fix our pricing crisis? Economic sociologist Lindsay Owens urges tough new rules – and a consumer uprising... MORE in comments ⤵️
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#FDT This dude is a legend!
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There DOES seem to be a pattern.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rich would prefer you to believe that the "free market" is subject to the immutable law of supply and demand. But for years, the wealthy and powerful have manipulated the market for their own gain. There is nothing “free” about it. Watch.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026
EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social joins Spectacles to discuss the AI integrated surveillance towers that line the US-Mexico border – and that could be coming soon to a city near you.
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Something Worse than Flock is Coming.
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Troy Young (Andarius68) @cianaodh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books.
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Troy Young (Andarius68) @cianaodh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.livescience.com/space/space-...
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'Everything we know about space travel is going to change within a decade': The fusion breakthrough that could unlock a path to the stars
Several companies have made significant headway toward nuclear fusion propulsion drives. Is humanity on the brink of a revolution in spaceflight?
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#smh
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Troy Young (Andarius68) @cianaodh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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America 30 Years Ago—It Still Feels True 😳
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Republicans do not get to call it courage when they distance themselves from Trump only after the polls turn bad. Courage would have been refusing to enable him when it cost something. This is not a moral awakening. It is a campaign calculation. November is coming!
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