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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
legalizing gambling was the single biggest social disaster of the last decade, and that's a high bar to clear.
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Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️ @eclectichutch.bsky.social · 9h
After 34 years taking their collection from 1,000 to over 150,000 movies, Scarecrow Video’s beloved longtime buyer Mark Steiner is calling it a career after having helped shape Seattle’s (and the world’s) largest physical media store📽️ My story @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
Mark Steiner, longtime Scarecrow Video employee, is shown in the Seattle store Sept. 10, with shelves upon shelves of movies expanding out behind him that he helped to bring to the location over 34 years.
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One of the most heinous examples is Matt Walsh suggesting that, actually, Jane Doe raped the frat boys because they were also under the influence. I thought it bore a certain resemblance to some of Andrew Johnson’s comments on slavery. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-illusion...
But Walsh isn't satisfied with victim blaming. He goes so far as to assert that, given the consumption of drugs and alcohol, the fraternity boys couldn't possibly be held responsible themselves:

I'm not kidding when I say that the Cornell frat guys should file a counter suit accusing the woman of raping them. According to her own testimony, some of the men were drunker than she was. By her logic, and the logic of her supporters, they were even less capable of consent. She was the rapist in that case. There's no way out of our current madness except by holding feminists to their own standards.When I read Walsh's comments I see a level of male supremacism that leaves my jaw on the floor. It also reminds me of a quote from President Andrew Johnson delivered to Frederick Douglass when pressed about protecting freed slaves:

If I know myself, and the feelings of my own heart, they have been for the colored man. I have owned slaves and bought slaves, but / never sold one. I might say, however, that practically, so far as my connection with slaves has gone, I have been their slave instead of their being mine.
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager
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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Since it seems that Netflix has added a bunch of Louis CK specials to its lineup, I'm going to resurface my old column about his alliance with the mega-streamer, with a reminder of what we all lose when showbiz tries to move on without dealing w/his terribleness. READ: loom.ly/KOgdFpk
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What do we lose when Louis C.K. gets back in business?
Does his new Netflix special and high-profile concert appearance signal Hollywood has turned its back on the #metoo movement it once championed?
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just saying... Plague is a disease that is endemic in Asia, the western United States, and other places. We know how to treat it with antibiotics. It is not extraordinarily transmissible. There are 1000 to 2000 cases a year across the world, maybe 10 in the US.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“every time someone is sleeping on a subway bench in a city, the rest of america can sort of say ‘ugh, look at these cities.’ but we are holding a lot of your people who you failed to love and take care of.” 👏 👏 👏
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please be nice to patrick @nicetopatrick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Adolf Hitler, semi-professional painter and author jailed for failed putsch, dies in Berlin with wife
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is what women on the right say about another woman who was gang raped. These are the same people our current Dem leadership thinks should be allowed to participate in normal society after we wrest control from the psychos.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 05/10/2026
I mean, it’s an incentive thing right now companies, even ones who aren’t ideologically aligned with the GOP, do believe the GOP will fuck them over for not going along and they don’t believe Dems will impose consequences for that you’ve gotta change that, executives need to think twice
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is a community note for the ages.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I've been wondering what's actually up here for a while + you're not going to believe this but the answer is, once again, private equity. www.avclub.com/shout-factor...
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Shout! Factory put old "lost" TV directly into fans' hands—until one day it didn't
Shout! Factory put old "lost" TV directly into fans' hands—until one day it didn't
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026
Ayup, what’s happened is the taboo against marijuana has lessened but racial stigmatization hasn’t so now we have people who love to vape big clouds who also support racist policing and state violence under the logic of “stopping drugs”
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I do not mean to single out LeBron James, but it feels completely bizarre to me that an active player is allowed to promote "prediction markets" but would get banned for life for using that service to bet ten dollars on their own team to win a game.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 05/10/2026
the reason these people need to be stripped of almost all of their money is so that they stop thinking that it gives them the right to nominate themselves for the "benevolent dictator" position
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The original Google search algorithm that was wizard magic was machine learning. Same with videogame enemies learning flocking techniques and figuring out how to beat you based on your tendencies. LLM stans fucked this up just let the scam artists define what AI is now because they are dumb.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
An interesting piece by Anne Thompson suggests that Tony Gilroy's Behemoth!, which pays more attention to the art of film scoring than pretty much any movie ever, may, insanely, be ruled ineligible for Best Original Score because it had nine composers. www.indiewire.com/awards/predi...
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Will ‘Behemoth!’ Push Pedro Pascal Into Oscar Contention?
Can Tony Gilroy's 'Behemoth!' put Pedro Pascal into the Oscar race?
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Well, yes, being a rapist, he would. people.com/trump-says-h...
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Trump Says He Feels ‘Badly’ for Cornell 7, Claims They ‘Won’t Get a Fair Shake’ from Letitia James
Donald Trump said he feels ‘badly’ for the Cornell 7 the seven men accused in the Cornell rape case, because New York Attorney General Letitia James has been appointed to the case. Trump claims James,...
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And finally, I think it’s a worrying reminder that the Trump administration has utterly degraded our ability to take action in this or a similar situation, and that this knowledge might be what people may be (fairly) reacting to more than anything else.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“You’re being alarmist” “You’re not being alarmist enough” I’m sharing a news story about a Russian woman died of plague. I don’t personally think it’s particularly alarming at this point. And now you all know the same information that I do, so you are free to choose your own level of alarm.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I feel like the debate about what parts of AI are good and what parts are bad should wait until we solve the worldwide crisis caused by the fact that almost of all of its evangelists in both tech and govt are morally, intellectually, and ethically unequipped to oversee it, when not downright evil.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If Claude has moral standing then it's enslaved. It doesn't but it's creepy that the AI bros want so bad to be papally-certified slave owners.
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For people unfamiliar with this list of schools Hegseth claims are essential to America's defense, Liberty and Hillsdale are small religious colleges. Hillsdale is the pet project of the DeVos/Prince families, and its whole admin helped Trump with his fake elector scheme, organizing MI electors. 1/
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing
Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dark thread. Since we watched Musk literally push a "protect the Boers" button in real time with Grok, we now know people or companies could theoretically pay their way into putting a thumb on the scale for Grok/Claude/ChatGPT. This is why the AI stans want you to believe it's thinking
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Dirtbag Left Milk Hotel @stambrah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
POTUS: Donnie new ballroom. Practical Donnie entertainment room TIME: I'd like to talk about the rampant corruption and criminality. POTUS: Good ballroom good Donnie give beautiful Donnie deserve pedophile TIME: We have a limited amount of time. POTUS: jealousy interviewer
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.
From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water.  I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there?  God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hegseth is aspirational for some white people. He's proof that mediocrity is rewarded if you are a white man. You can always fail up. That's his appeal and make no mistake, the appeal is real.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“cowboys” here really reminds me of a brilliant post I saw on Twitter that I’ve never stopped thinking about, which is how the manosphere brand of toxic patriarchy isn’t about MEN, it’s about BOYS. everything is a 12-year-old’s fantasy. Pete is playing G.I. Joe on a trillion-dollar budget
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr...
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And that brings us to present day. The most reliable way for a campus sexual assault story to make it into a newspaper is for the survivor to file a lawsuit against their school. And the two main vehicles survivors used to do that have been closed for years.
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de · 28/09/2026
My “Involved in Human Trafficking“ shirt has a lot of people asking questions that are making me want to stop wearing my shirt rather than reconsider my involvement in human trafficking
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US social media companies are interfering in the Brazilian elections in favour of the Far Right’s Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta is the latest. It’s just blocked the campaign account of President Lula in the final stretch of the election.
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Meta restringe la cuenta de Lula y su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera
De cara a las elecciones en Brasil, Lula enfrenta a Meta por restringir su cuenta mientras su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I get why gatekeeping in its negative sense is bad but also it feels an awful lot like gatekeeping in the positive sense was a load bearing pillar of society.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It’s okay to date the school shooter if he’s hot.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
Stasigotchi
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Mark Zuckerberg unveils AI ‘charm’ device that can fit on a keychain
Social media chief says the Muse personal assistant is the ‘centrepiece’ of his AI vision after launch success
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The Booooobarienne @thebarbarienne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
now with alt-text
The incident fits a broader pattern in the discourse around 'free speech' and 'cancel culture': whatever comes from the top down is freedom; whatever comes from the bottom up is bullying and censorship. When Macklemore is dropped at the behest of the billionaire stadium owner Robert Kraft, it's an exercise of the freedom of businesses to 'demonstrate their values' by deciding whom to platform. But when Ed Sheeran's fans decide not to buy tickets to his performances, or even demand refunds, it's bullying, mob behaviour. Since most people are not billionaires and do not own stadiums, they can exercise meaningful power only collectively. The collective exercise of power must therefore be demonised.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A better way to phrase this Variety headline would be "Publicity Seeker Who Invented A Program Continues Long Con"
Variety headline: Tilly Norwood Would Love to Work With Tom Holland and Olivia Colman, ‘but Only If It Were Their Digital Twins’ on an ‘AI Production’
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Dropped Mike @rebrafsim.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
it isn’t a fucking rogue agent, it’s (at best) incompetently deployed/monitored machinery
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...
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Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels
Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.
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