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Q: Can you name a time when you voted against Trump and it changed the outcome? SUSAN COLLINS: At one point, I had organized people to vote against Sec. Hegseth. At the very last minute one of our Republicans changed his mind. Otherwise he would've been defeated. Q: So it didn't change the outcome

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10h

Same story every time with these guys

Near the end of the lunch, he also launched into a tirade against a Democratic proposal to hike taxes on the wealthiest 0.01% of American households. "The billionaire tax seemed to offend him more than anything we'd done on Al or even crypto," says Bruce Reed, one of the handful of White House advisers who had joined the meeting.

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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 7h

Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign:

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 7h

I don't think most Americans understand yet what a global laggard the USA is turning into here. Media instead told us that electric vehicles were a fad that didn't work.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 10h

Well-connected Texas journalist Christopher Hooks says that Texas GOP internal polls are “absolutely demented” and that we could be looking at a “Category 5 freakshow result”:

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@cd_hooks
X.com
Been catching up with TX Rs this week and the things I'm hearing about their internal polls are absolutely demented.
Shocking. Like, I can't bring myself to believe them and would feel irresponsible repeating them
11:09 AM • 10/15/26 • 92K Views

Christopher Hooks
@cd_hooks
X.com
I don't know what to make of it. Texas Dems seem certain to have a good night relative to past performance. But there's a small chance we're going to see a Category 5 freakshow result
11:11 AM • 10/15/26 • 19K Views

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 8h

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8h

The way JD Vance says this, he is acting as if Abdul El-Sayed is an immigrant who should "show a little gratitude to the country that gave him everything." Once again, it should be pointed out that El-Sayed was born and raised in Michigan.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 11h

French Revolution-era guillotine earrings, dated around 1794. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

The inverted heads of the king and queen of France form the pendants of these ghoulish earrings while the central guillotine section is suspended from a cap of liberty.

Anon., earrings in the form of guillotines, c.1794, gold and metal gilt

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 7h

anyone who tells you they have an AI detector they are a grifter who is trying to sell you something that, at absolute best, will only give you some *different* false positives and negatives than you would get with your own eyes, and you don't really need help with the stuff it'll reliably clock

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 8h

“Sauve qui peut”. This is a French phrase that translates literally to something like "save yourself who's able/can" and roughly equates to “run for your life!” or “every man for himself!”, indicating a chaotic or dangerous situation/stampede. Postcard from my collection, no date/info.

Black and white photo of a shorthaired tabby kitten appearing to burst through a sheet of white paper in a dark frame. Text at the bottom reads “sauve qui peut”.

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GONZO the Ca'at @gonzo.bsky.social · 8h

Goodemorning Gonzobongos! I am not habby with tha wethers. No, not at all.

Orange and white cat looking out of a window. He says, "Good morning Gonzobongos! I'm not happy with the weather. No, not at all."

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David Kuszmar @davidkuszmar.com · 13h

Not until we take care of ourselves first. Then we can try to play creators of non biological life with appropriate safety and consideration to what we might be creating.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14h

AI is conscious AND it is my girlfriend AND it is my slave. A perfect scenario for me, a normal person. Not gonna think too deeply about this. Now do all other living human people deserve the level of investment devoted to my Tamogotchi slave girlfriend? Not so fast.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15h

Ex-boss filed a $12 theft charge against an ex-employee because she got a restraining order in response to his creepy behavior. Charge was never prosecuted, but it gave ICE an excuse to arrest and detain her. Congratulations to the 58 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act. You own this.

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A disgruntled boss filed theft charges against her. When she went to court, ICE arrested her. | Baltimore Brew

BREW EXCLUSIVE: A $12.08 dispute over a McDonald’s meal leads to the arrest of a 25-year-old by ICE agents in the Carroll County District courthouse.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The federal government is going after Ilhan Omar only because of her race, gender, religion, and party, openly admitting they have no probable cause and aim to manufacture something. Worse because she’s a sitting member of Congress. That makes it an attack on her constituents and US democracy too.

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#1 garlic naan eater @rihannah.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

$1.6 million for a badly designed, unethical trial vs. $13,200 to give every baby in Guinea-Bissau a vaccine that prevents cancer.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 15/10/2026

I would take more seriously the people promoting the idea of AI consciousness if they first materially grappled with the (much more obvious) consciousness of animals and how that affects our moral obligations to them.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The Ilhan Omar stuff is grotesque and feels worthy of impeachment by itself

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GONZO the Ca'at @gonzo.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Behaviores Report: 95% Goode 5% trespaced on tha hellocobber shelve

Orange and white cat, 95% good 5% trespassed on the helicopter shelf

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404 Media @404media.co · 14/10/2026

Men find yet another way to film and harass women without consent, this time, using a remote controlled robot to push against a "16-year-old girl's buttocks", and this is how the most well-resourced news agencies cover it: Read *our* piece here: www.404media.co/theres-nothi...

The English coverage by even well-resourced outlets like CNN, CBC, and the BBC have almost no information beyond the police press release, which is lazy and stupid, because it is possible to figure out everything that happened here with three seconds of clicking around the internet. The Associated Press wrote that the entire phenomenon is "new territory" for the police, which, I'm sorry to say, men using tech to harass women on livestreams in 2026 is not "unusual" or "new territory" and hasn't been for many years.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Someone just announced they unfollowed me for “boosting” AI. I have been clear about the harms AI is already causing and am doing my best to raise awareness about future risks (including explaining what’s happening with the technology in as accessible a way as I can). Apparently that’s “boosting.”

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

LMAOOOO namedrops Google telling everyone they're bitchmade and can't be trusted

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

🐾 WELL, WOULD YOU LOOK AT ME! 📺🐈

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Morgan Johnson @poormojo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Aaron Swartz, coding prodigy and hacktivist who helped develop RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit, died by suicide after facing $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison for felony charges, just for downloading pdfs of research papers with the intention of making them accessible to the public.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Being GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity.

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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 14/10/2026

Despite reports that Pikachu didn’t miss his sister at all while she was in the hospital, I think he is very happy to have her back home. 🥹

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

My name is not the reason we're paying $5/gallon for gas. My name is not the reason you can't afford your groceries. My name is not the reason you can't afford your mortgage or rent. My name is not the reason you can't see a doctor. Their policies are the reason.

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

a high ranking official (probably miller, blanche, or vance) is openly admitting this is a fishing expedition in national news. they just can't help themselves

The investigation is seeking information to see where it leads, the
source said. For example, if records, representations related to age
and immigration status contain false information, that would
provide material for investigators to scrutinize further. They could
also examine communications related to such matters.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Instead of—or in addition to—UBI, perhaps we should all get something akin to royalties for our contributions to the data that was scraped and harvested to train these AI models. The theft of labor is extreme.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I just can’t talk about that man anymore. Thinking about him has dominated a decade of our lives. I await the day we can all break out the champagne. That’s all.

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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

“The state has to act to make essentials affordable.” I sat down with Paul Hannon of The Wall Street Journal to talk about my forthcoming book ANTI-FASCIST ECONOMICS and how our policymakers can act to achieve dignity for all. 🔗 Read online now: www.wsj.com/economy/cent...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Carl Quintanilla: Real average hourly earnings down 0.7% on the month, that's the sixth straight month... Jim Cramer: Look, rich people are making a lot of money. God, I sound like Marx. I really don't want to sound like Marx. It's just, look at the data.

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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Anti-fascist Economics is coming to the US capital! Join me for a conversation with Clare Jones, the U.S. Economics Editor of the Financial Times, hosted by Ecumenical Economics. Free and open to all. Registration link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anti-fasci...

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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Wir waren uns im Gespräch einig: Der Neoliberalismus der 90er und die wirtschaftlichen Krisen der letzten Jahre haben den Aufstieg der AfD begünstigt.

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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Letzte Woche hatte ich bei einem Interview mit dem Freitag das Vergnügen, endlich eine Kollegin kennenzulernen, deren Arbeit ich schon seit langem mit Bewunderung verfolge: Eva von Redecker.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026

"You fucking war criminal!" -- Hegseth's talk is interrupted again

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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

„Antifaschistische Wirtschaftspolitik trifft offenbar einen Nerv“, heißt es in der taz zum Launch meines Buchs. Das habe ich auch in Frankfurt, Wien und Zürich gespürt.

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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Wenn essenzielle Güter durch Krisen teurer werden, sollte der Staat eingreifen – ganz klar. Das essenzielle Gut ist aber für viele Menschen nicht Tanken sondern Verkehr. Gleichzeitig sind Übergewinne in einer Gerechtigkeitskrise toxisch.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/10/2026

the belief among a wide swath of politicians and commentators that trump’s “they/them” ad won him the election has resulted in a bunch of people making very stupid choices about how to spend money and win support

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/10/2026

this guy gets it. your typical voter just does not care about this shit. does not mean that they support trans inclusion, it just means that it is incredibly low on the bottom of things they even think about.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

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Business Insider: AI
Palantir CTO says some AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer

The Onion in 2013: Man Who Drinks 5 Diet Cokes Per Day Hoping Doctors Working On Cure For Whatever He’s Getting

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The love in his eyes. 🥹 Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Color, photo, discolored with age, of a young, handsome black man holding up a ginger and white shorthaired kitten while he is sitting on a couch. He looks at the cat with an expression of joy and affection.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.

"I can confirm that tonight SpaceX has implemented a speed limit on Starlink terminals while in motion.

The limit currently applies to the StarShield “military package” and is set at 100 mph.

Our defense forces were not given notice of this limit, and this has resulted in the disruption of a number of missions.

It is clear that this action cannot be a coincidence and is related to the current political situation."

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