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ConvergenceZone

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All things weather ⛈️💨❄️🌤️, Humanist. Naturalist. Lover of Peace (and Justice, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Science, Math, Diplomacy) and Creativity. BLM #Cascadia. #GoBlue! #WLU. FBaRmy 🌈

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Joel Padgett @joelpadgett.us · 10h
Example 1A of how AI will destroy most of humanity. At the testosterone tinged fingers of our own Buck' Turgidson.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h
Ex-WV police chief violently attacked a woman over an expired registration. Though innocent, she spent five days in jail before the charge was dismissed. He resigned and was decertified.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 10h
Far too many blame the victim for defending itself
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 10h
The Golden Age of higher prices all around. Thanks, Donald!
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10h
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 10h
Melting Permafrost Is Poisoning Rivers With Metal Levels 70 Times Higher Than Normal www.sciencealert.com/as-permafros...?
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Melting Permafrost Is Poisoning Rivers With Metal Levels 70 Times Higher Than Normal
Over the past decade, a network of usually pristine blue rivers and lakes that winds through Alaska's breathtaking Brooks Range mountains has been starting to look a little...
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Sassy0210 @sassy0210.bsky.social · 10h
🎯 'A man raped her' instead of 'she was raped.' Have you ever read a headline that reads "A bank was robbed by a suspect?" Nope. It's "A suspect robbed a bank."
Christina Ricci in front of a patterned wall with the text: Maybe we should start talking about how many men out of 3 will sexually assault someone... instead of how many women out of 3 will be assaulted. Lets shift the ownership..
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14h
We’re going to flip a Senate seat in Florida! Join us tomorrow to meet @angieforfl.bsky.social and learn about her people-powered campaign. RSVP: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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California Public Banking Alliance @capublicbanking.bsky.social · 10h
SF voters will decide this Nov if the city should lay the groundwork for the nation's 1st municipal public bank! Prop B would let SF keep tax dollars local to fund affordable housing & small businesses directly, all without raising taxes. www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea...
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SF: Ballot Measure To Allow For Creation Of Public Bank Heads To Voters
San Francisco voters will be asked in November if the city should be allowed to set up a public bank and become the first in the nation to do so.
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K🤦‍♀️𝘝 @kv417.bsky.social · 10h
Caltech students organized a 'Mathathon' sponsored by Anthropic and OpenAI. Then came the backlash edsource.org?page_id=767141
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Caltech students organized a ‘Mathathon’ sponsored by Anthropic and OpenAI. Then came the backlash
Caltech undergrads organized a math competition sponsored by AI companies, prompting global backlash from mathematicians. Instead, students redesigned the event to help answer the question of what rol...
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ianneilschmidt1.bsky.social @ianneilschmidt1.bsky.social · 10h
The USPS is making it really difficult for citizens to trust them at all!
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 11h
A heavily Democratic electorate, in other words... bluevirginia.us/2026/09/wedn...
"In VA, where more than 200k votes have already been cast, turnout among Black and AAPI voters has more than doubled, compared to this same point in 2022, while Hispanic turnout is more than 5x that benchmark." - Tom Bonier
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American Friction @americanfric.bsky.social · 14h
Tech billionaires are manipulating the White House – and A.I. 'regulation' is a key part of that. @jeffjarvis.bsky.social explains more to @jacobjarvis.bsky.social listen to the full episode here ➡️ linktr.ee/americanfriction
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13h
😳 On 9/29/26, Argentina’s Supreme cleared the way for President Javier Milei’s administration to scrap historical restrictions on foreign land ownership, opening the door to the likes of Peter Thiel & Sam Altman who have shown great interest in the region … 1/ share.google/t7nTsPAkbpC8...
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Supreme Ct clears way for Milei to scrap limits on foreign land purchases
Opposition parties condemn the ruling, question its scope and warn that it leaves the door open to unrestricted foreign ownership of rural land.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 17h
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-year-old Arya Satheesh from Ireland has developed a plant-based plastic that can biodegrade and release an enzyme that helps break down other plastic waste. A plastic that could actually help clean up plastic waste.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 14h
Got my ballot yesterday and VOTED! ONLY 33 more days until the MIDTERMS. Goto Vote.org & check your status, make a plan, and have everyone you know do the same. We need EVERY voice voting. This election will decide the future of our Democracy. 💙🗳️
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h
“Unites States” 🤦🏼 Can’t wait to read Jake Tapper’s book about this
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zauberberg.bsky.social @zauberberg.bsky.social · 14h
My new favourite news agency! 😎 😎 😎
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 13h
At this point I would honestly prefer that the UK authorities said nothing on this than they kept dribbling out cryptic clues like it's a murder mystery evening. "What if I told you one of them rang 999 himself?" "We've bailed them, but it's still Iran, what might that mean?" Not. Helpful.
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Bobby Ray Stacy @bobby-ray-stacy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
. For the first time in 20 years of stickin' it to the man under various guises and through various iterations across the internet while being blacklisted and shadow banned the whole time, I am coming home to Bluesky under my own real name. Now I am working at transferring my articles to Substack. .
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ashley (ravens 2-1) 🌹 @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 13h
Nithya impressed the fuck outta me
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 29/09/2026
If you’re tired of South Carolina being the butt of a joke, vote for change this November.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.”
Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa stands indoors wearing a burgundy blazer and dark top, with campaign signage bearing her name and the outline of Texas visible behind her.Official letter dated September 29, 2026, from Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office requesting inspection of unredacted communications between Abbott’s office and Elon Musk and his companies. Hinojosa seeks records previously released with redactions for information deemed “embarrassing” or “intimate,” citing her legislative authority under the Texas Public Information Act.
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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 17h
Once you've got more money than you could ever spend, what's the point of earning another dollar? From my conversation with @RobinsonErhardt.bsky.social
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 14h
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Carolyn Salter MD @salterfortexas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is truly awful.
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seedleaf.bsky.social @seedleaf.bsky.social · 13h
"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Your life will never be the same again." - Og Mandino #Quote via zenquotes.io
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 13h
“Epic Systems, the nation’s largest medical records vendor that is relied on by thousands of hospitals and doctors’ offices, is using artificial intelligence tools to patch security risks that could give hackers undetectable access to patient health data, company officials said.”
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Medical Records Firm Uses AI Tool to Expose Flaws that Threaten Patient Privacy
Epic’s engineers deployed an Anthropic tool that exposed security risks that could allow undetected access to millions of patient records.
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 15h
In San Francisco, Lurie's RV ban—on which Dan Strauss' similar proposed ban in Seattle appears to be modeled—hasn't gotten people into shelter, but it has pushed them outside city limits, often after losing their RVs and becoming unsheltered. Is this what "success" will look like here?
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S.F. cracked down on RV dwellers. A year later, many have left the city altogether.
Data shows that a year after San Francisco's RV ban, 1/3 of RV dwellers using city aid have moved outside city limits.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 18h
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Twenty-four hours. Three states. Three people dead. Countless lives changed in seconds. “The choices that Trump regime has made since 1/2025 have increased the number of people who die in the field and in custody,” immigration atty and investigative journalist. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge
These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign
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Ruben Garcia @gorubenruben.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans partied to Disco Song 🎶Gloria🎶 And hunted Mike Pence on January 6th. This is the most insulting and disgusting video of January 6th! #Midterms #Jan6 #Gloria #USDemocracy #Republicans #Vote #Vota #VotoLatino #Talarico #BlueWave #votematters
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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 16h
RFK Jr. pushed out most Dept. of Health & Human Services staff, but legal action from Public Citizen forced NIOSH to rehire its team. A massive win for workplace safety. NIOSH is essential for protecting U.S. workers from illness, injury & death at work.
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Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremists
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Good Samaritan @goodsamaritanhq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Being an adult is mostly saying “after this week things should calm down” until you die. I’ve been saying it since 2007. At this point I’m beginning to suspect there may not actually be a calm week. Just different themed disasters with occasional snacks.
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bythepeople1863.bsky.social @bythepeople1863.bsky.social · 18h
The gist of the Jack Smith hearing was that Republicans will fabricate evidence to entrap opponents and they were upset that Jack Smith had the audacity to investigate Republicans in Congress for possibly abetting Trump's 1/6 insurrection, in other words for doing his job.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 19h
If Jack Smith ran the DOJ, half the Trump administration would already be in prison.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 18h
Viral slow zoom on Katie Britt says it all as she realizes Jack Smith gotcha moment is going up in flames More here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Solidarity @unheardnomore.bsky.social · 18h
Jack Smith would be a great U.S. Attorney General. We could make it happen. Get loud, educate, volunteer, protest, boycott and VOTE!
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 17h
If you’re not from Missouri, you may not know that Eric Schmitt got his start in MAGA politics by suing public schools for mask mandates while their teachers died during a pandemic. The really strange thing? He never sued his own kids’ school for their mask mandate. He’s a piece of Schitt.
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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 19h
Why are our congressional “leaders” so embarrassingly wrong all the time?!?
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 18h
Eric Schmitt is just one laughable microcosm of a world in which the current GOP is constantly making car-shaped compilations from mismatched Legos. They then throw their construction against the wall and present themselves as raging righteously against the machine.
Dumbass follow-up post from Eric Schmitt:

Eric Schmitt v @Eric_Schmitt
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Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?
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Sen. Eric Schmitt tweeted this after a Senate Judiciary hearing where he accused Jack Smith of perjury based on texts about a "Hawks" game; Smith attended an lowa Hawkeyes college game featuring Caitlin Clark in Maryland on Feb. 3, 2024, not an Atlanta Hawks NBA game.
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Stoneball @stoneballs.bsky.social · 17h
#NYT and #WaPo went out of their way to downplay it, while nearly every other news outlet gave it big play. Why? For WaPo, bc they couldn't align it with Bezos' "both sides" obsession? For NYT, bc Schmitt opposes any military restraint on Israel? I'm hardly the only one asking these Qs, btw.
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Peabody Unshakened McSquints @failingup.bsky.social · 19h
"Senator Schmitt Shows Whole Ass with Total Lack of Ball Knowledge"
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Jon Pennington @jonpennington.bsky.social · 17h
Since my pundit superpower as a Gen Xer is "remembering shit that happened," I'll point out that, when presidential candidate John Kerry referred to the Green Bay Packers' stadium as "Lambert Field" instead of "Lambeau Field," the same people excusing Schmitt viewed that as disqualifying.
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wakandangriot.bsky.social @wakandangriot.bsky.social · 19h
Translating and sane washing the circumstances of what should be a career ending imbroglio. Terrible.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 19h
Amazing photo but the headline here is, imo, needlessly indirect, and it surprises me that Senator Schmitt, the person responsible for the embarrassing ”Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up,” isn’t mentioned by name in the headline.
Why Caitlin Clark was at the center of a Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up during Senate argument.
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@sawsharee.Baku.social @sawsharee.bsky.social · 19h
Thank You Erin Burnett For Bringing The Receipts! Mixing Up The HAWKS With The HAWKEYES And Then Calling Jack Smith “A TOTAL DIRTBAG!” Senator Eric Schmitt Is A Disgrace And An Embarrassment To The U.S. Senate And The State Of Missouri! Do You Agree?
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Reese Ackerman (human) @reeseackerman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
True story: asked AI to add a collection of numbers. Not calculus. Not geometry. Not Algebra. Add. Some. Numbers. Here. They. Are. WRONG ANSWER. But please let's have AI have access to the codes.
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