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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19h
I said this in a thread last night and in a thousand threads before it, but you really are doing the work of those who would destroy democracy and the rule of law when you are a doomer. You can be aware of — and vigorously oppose — the lawlessness of this administration without insisting on doom.
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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶
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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 08/10/2026
If AI is conscious then its use is slavery.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 05/10/2026
The TESCREAL's dictionary
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CubeThoughts @cubethoughts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think I was more impacted by en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mea... as a kid than I knew. A few years later, I wrote a high school paper on AI with a chapter on what the ethics would be of exploiting sentient computers.
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The Measure of a Man (Star Trek: The Next Generation) - Wikipedia
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CubeThoughts @cubethoughts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Personally, I just use flights as the last justification for not being reachable 24/7!
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CubeThoughts @cubethoughts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It is. Best case, the horrors at least led to the European Convention on Human Rights and the supra-national ECtHR. Both at nation state, supernational and international level, Europe made a lot of progress in the last century. There's a reason UK fascists (Brexiters) want to leave the ECtHR.
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 28/09/2026
Any time we hear "AI did this and this", it's not proof programs are becoming sentient, but that the humans deploying said AI did this (which is generally failing to deploy proper sandboxing measures to prevent an AI from going against security) It's not the AI that's rogue, it's the company
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John Q. Barrett @johnqbarrett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
President Trump is a massive liar. It’s why he’s unfit for office, and for every other decent person role. Thank you for this essay and for all of your work, Daniel Dale. @ddale8.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When you want to write, "The AI wants to hurt people," remember that you mean to write, "The AI company profits off of hurting people."
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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CNN @cnn.com · 24/09/2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday called for steps to de-escalate the war with Russia before winter. Read more: cnn.it/4ycb9BB
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Mia V. Moss @magicrobotcarnival.com · 24/09/2026
fun fact for the NY Times editors: if a computer program does what you programmed it to do, "going rogue" is not an accurate way to describe that event. Words should probably still mean something at the paper of record.
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 24/09/2026
Try "company failed to implement robust containment measures before starting its tests"
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Everyone is counting on pardons. It’d be funny if he died before that happened.
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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
slate.com/technology/2...
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Read a New Short Story About Smart Homes From Award-Winning Writer Nnedi Okorafor
Read a new short story from Nnedi Okorafor, author of Marvel’s Black Panther: Long Live the King.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944
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CubeThoughts @cubethoughts.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bäst med prel resultatet: SD minskar mest, sämst: L slipper sin nödvändiga timeout, hoppas: mandatfördelningen håller sig 176-173. 🤞
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Ola Spännar @olaspannar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
SD är valets stora förlorare. SD backar mest och är inte längre näst störst. Faktum är att detta är SD:s tredje nationella valförlust i rad (EU, kyrkan, riksdagen). Extremhögerns framgång är ingen naturlag. Och nu lär väl Åkesson snart lämna.
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The wealthy countries seem to have a core of 15-30% of their voting populations who *just fucking hate foreigners*. This section of the electorate are for various reasons disproportionately well represented among the ultra-wealthy and thus are able to secure some favourable media coverage.
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Ola Spännar @olaspannar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
KD, detta vidriga lilla högerparti. Medan klimatkrisen skördar tiotusentals dödsoffer i Europa, skrotar KD klimatpolitiken och skjuter budbärarna. De hetsar mot invandrare och transpersoner och hyllar folkmordet i Gaza. KD måste väck
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CubeThoughts @cubethoughts.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
That's what they'd want, no? It's the OG trad woman conformity expectation. Comply or burn.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Ola Spännar @olaspannar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tidösverige. Ingen föds som rasist.
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20 barn startade rasistiskt drev mot vikarie

Ett 20-tal lågstadiebarn på Kareby skola startade ett rasistiskt drev mot en vikare i förra veckan. De kallade bland annat vikarien för ”neger”, ”gay” och ”jävla arab” och sprang efter när vikarien sökte sig till lärarrummet
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Here's my report at Law Dork, which includes the latest news: The Missouri Supreme Court issued an order tonight to MO SOS Hoskins to show cause why he shouldn't be held in contempt. His brief is due Wednesday. Arguments are Thursday. He ordered is to attend in person. Read it all at Law Dork:
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Dueling rulings cause chaos over Missouri maps
By Tuesday night, Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins faced an order from the Missouri Supreme Court to show cause why he should not be held in contempt.
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CubeThoughts @cubethoughts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The MO Supreme Court should issue fines for every individual that uses the illegal HB1 map, from the SoS down and doubling every day. They would all be violating their order if they work in concert with the SoS to further the use of the wrong map.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
These snivelling cowards. Canadians will not forget that America treated Putin's Russia like its best friend and us like an enemy. Ever.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
When old SVU episodes don’t hold up in modern times.
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Ola Spännar @olaspannar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Den svenska regeringen är extrem i sin strävan att förvärra vårt fossilberoende. De har alltså lånat till att sänka skatten på fossilt så mycket att importerad fossil energi nu beskattas lägre än svenskproducerad fossilfri el www.etc.se/kommentar/tr...
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Tror politikerna att vi är korkade?
Partierna försöker få svenskarna att skaffa fler barn – men driver en politik som kommer att göra livet svårare för kommande generationer.
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Before losing her life in 1986 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Christa McAuliffe was set to be the first teacher in space with plans to teach a lesson to kids around the world from orbit. Today is her birthday, and even now, her courage and dedication to education continues to inspire.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
im really and truly not the kind of person to shame people for the media they consume but if you watch the new harry potter you can get fucked
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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jacob 🍋 @nilsjacob.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I går kunde Flamman visa att Daniel Berntsson, delägare i Mullvad VPN och stordonator till Örebropartiet, investerat tiotals miljoner i en libertariansk ”koloni” på den västgötska landsbygden. Nu kommenterar mångmiljonären granskningen – men flera av de mest brännande frågorna förblir obesvarade.
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Berntsson om Flammans granskning: ”Ber inte om ursäkt”
Om högerextrema kopplingen: ”Tycker om att omge mig med intressanta människor”
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The bicycle is a simple solution to some of the world’s most complicated problems.
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Historical patterns and sustainability implications of worldwide bicycle ownership and use - Communications Earth & Environment
High bicycle ownership does not necessarily correlate with high bicycle use, with substantial health and environmental gains possible by worldwide pro-bicycle policy implementation, suggests a global ...
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Sofia Mirjamsdotter @mymlan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ja alltså om ni röstar så att SD får plats i regeringen då röstar ni som Tyskland gjorde 1932.
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CubeThoughts @cubethoughts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
* The judge claims there's no direct evidence in the record that Texas is intentionally delaying, but it's not clear what the judge would accept as direct evidence or even if such evidence would change the outcome of the order.
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CubeThoughts @cubethoughts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I'm not giving credit, just summarizing. The answer to your question to the judge was in there, as the constitution and the implementing laws don't give a deadline, the judge says there's never a time for the court until the gov decides. * I think he effectively denied and the model law is wrong.
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CubeThoughts @cubethoughts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
But since Texas has not yet released the fugitive, I guess that question is also not ripe.. 4/4
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CubeThoughts @cubethoughts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My question is why that (model) law is compliant with the federal law requiring a governor to secure a fugutive. Texas should be prohibited from releasing the accused individual under state law due to the supremacy of federal law requiring the fugitive to be secured and delivered. 3/4
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[..]committed” a felony. Id. The governor of the asylum state “shall cause [the accused individual] to be arrested and secured, and [shall] notify the [governor] making such demand, or the agent of[..]
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CubeThoughts @cubethoughts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Separately, state law (implementing a model law used by many states) adds a demand that a fugitive to be released after 90 days if not yet extradited. While the judge notes that this would cause harm to Minnesota, it can't be considered until the request is ripe. So Texas has a loophole. 2/4
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[..]impose a hardship on Minnesota’s prosecutorial efforts. But that possible outcome does not alter the analysis. At most, the impending release and potential flight by Castro supports Minnesota’s showing of irreparable injury, for purposes of the second prong of the Rule 65 analysis. But the threat of irreparable injury does not obviate the need for Minnesota to demonstrate that it has a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of at least one of its causes of action. And the threat of injury by itself does not create an issue ripe for adjudication.

Effectively, Minnesota requests that the Court impose the 90-day detention limit within
Articles 51.05 and 51.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure as the outer limit for Texas’s
consideration of Minnesota’s extradition request. If Texas fails to act within those 90 days,[..]
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CubeThoughts @cubethoughts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The judge says, essentially neither the Extradition clause nor federal law places a deadline for how long a governor has to confirm the request, so a federal judge can't invent a deadline, therefore this request to the court will never be ripe unless a governor refuses to extradite. 1/4
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 26/08/2026
Kind note - pls do not subscribe to ONEST on substack. I’m no longer use it and never will. The old account is still there, so nobody can claim to be me, but there’s nothing being published. Pls subscribe on onestnetwork.com only 🙏
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 26/08/2026
Friends, I think Ghent University should hear from us as the eugenicists are out in full force. This letter is from academics there to counter the ridiculous letter supporting the white supremacist now being called a "whistleblower" by his ilk You can add your name👇🏽 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University
***Version française en dessous*** We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decisio...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
After fifteen years of studying the anti-vax movement, I came to the conclusion that upholding legal requirements for vaccines for school entry is the single most important thing we can do. You cannot use facts to convince someone who did not employ facts to make their decision. So use the law.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
No shit, when I was “recovering” from my knockout case of Omicron and beginning treatment for PASC, a researcher looked at my records, saw Moderna there, tapped it with a finger and said, there’s every chance you owe Dolly Parton your life. I loved her before and I love her still.
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 25/08/2026
We've been getting a lot of questions about how the Internet Archive digitizes books. The short answer: page by page, by hand. You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it. Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/m...
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