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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Authoritarian regime grabs electronic communication devices of prominent opposition member. Since it’s highly unlikely there is anything on her phone about immigration paperwork from 30 years ago we can assume this just became a fishing expedition.
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404 Media @404media.co · 09/10/2026
"It's making me dumber." At 404 Media's three-year anniversary, we got into how we report our stories. @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social talks about how he was able to talk to developers at Google about how forced AI use was making them feel stupid. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Vj...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I wrote about the campus sexual assault crisis that never went away despite the public moving on after the Obama era; the material ways SA punishes victims the rest of their lives while assailants are systematically rewarded; and just tried to put to words what I think is going unsaid right now:
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The Campus Sexual Assault Crisis Never Went Away
At Cornell, a district attorney dismissed an alleged rape case without ever speaking to Jane Doe—and her story is all too common.
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City of Somerville @cityofsomerville.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Community members are invited to complete the PorchFest survey to give input on what’s working and identify areas for improvement as the event continues to evolve. Photo credit: Carlos Ly, Porchfest 2026.
Somerville Porchfest concert: a band performs on the front porch of a blue house while a crowd in jackets and raincoats watches from the lawn.
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Album of the Year @aoty.org · 29/09/2026
Father John Misty shares new song “The X-panded Universe”
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New Track: Father John Misty – “The X-panded Universe”
Father John Misty: Music news, mp3s, videos and more.
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Mike Underwood @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today, @infinite-citadel.com and I are hosting an AMA at r/daggerheart! Join us to ask questions about our @gamefound.bsky.social RPG Party project Hope Dies Last - a triptych of Daggerheart-compatible campaign frames (and much more) www.reddit.com/r/daggerhear...
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From the daggerheart community on Reddit: We're the team behind Hope Dies Last, a triptych of Daggerheart-compatible frames. AMA!
Explore this post and more from the daggerheart community
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
it’s forbidden content but i have watched this video of the AI songs a man made for his mistress after murdering his wife being played in court maybe 20 times today. It is one of the most compelling things i have ever seen
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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days
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IAHFY ✦ @iahfy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Samus & Kirby
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.
Ruby Bridges, age 6Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her schoolNorman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine. Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I think MAHA is very straightforwardly the triumph of the snake oil salesmen and the way we beat it is the same way you always beat snake oil salesmen: regulate their claims
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
One of those things you were pretty sure was true but now you have causal quantiative evidence in the American Economic Review: business schools trained CEOs to pay workers less in pursuit of maximizing shareholder value www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/09/2026
Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck theonion.com/google-maps-introduces…
Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 02/09/2026
US Senator Ed Markey is projected to win the often-bitter Democratic Senate primary against US Representative Seth Moulton, according to the Associated Press. trib.al/4P7umEE
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Steven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hey, I shared a playlist of my favorite songs of August 2026. Good month, good tunes! tinyurl.com/266j6erz
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My Favorite Songs of August 2026
A handy playlist to keep up with the music currently moving Evil Speakers
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Replacing human opinion writers with AI will result in predictable pieces that say the same thing over and over. by David Brooks
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/08/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com In the 18th century the East India Company was the most powerful and dangerous corporation the world had ever seen — that is, until the A.I. giants turned up, William Dalrymple writes.
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Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New: ICE plans to spend millions of dollars on Boston Dynamics dog robots. ICE says this is to improve "officer safety." The robots can open doors, pick up objects, have 360 cameras, infrared vision, etc. Boston Dynamics didn't respond to question on its stance on ICE www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
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ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots
ICE wants the robot dogs to improve “officer safety.”
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is straight up theft, and the only reason it’s not being prosecuted is that the corruption was so pervasive they couldn’t settle on any particular individuals to assign responsibility to.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/08/2026
nothing has made more of a radical anti-car extremists than being a guy whose primary form of transportation is a bike
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Iain McAllister @giantbrain.co.uk · 21/08/2026
If I've wetted your appetite for the original Blades in the Dark from @johnharper.bsky.social, then here is my guide on running and playing it. It might be quite different to other games you have come across so it is good to be aware of its strengths, and weaknesses, when you get it to your table.
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How to Play, and Run, Blades in the Dark - The Giant Brain
Blades in the Dark is my favourite RPG. In this guide I'll provide my tips on how to play, and run, this most criminal of games.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 16/07/2026
OK.
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A ton of American discourse about US foreign policy ends up in the Bojack Trap
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Thousands of Americans are getting sick from a foodborne parasite, and federal regulators have still not publicly identified the source. So what's been happening in the federal government over the past year that might be a factor in this outbreak? 🧵⬇️
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 13/07/2026
This is a video of ICE agents pulling a man out of a car and handcuffing him after shooting him in broad daylight in Maine — just days after killing Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas. (1/2)
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
CDC stopped monitoring parasite now causing explosive diarrhea across the country
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CDC Stopped Monitoring Parasite Now Causing Explosive Diarrhea Across The Country
MAHA.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The victim's brother said that ICE agent approached from the passenger side of the car, stuck his hand in through the window, and opened fire. He says that ICE officers kept shooting even as the car had come to a stop and was put into park.
An officer then jumped out of one of the vehicles, ran toward them from the side and yelled, “Stop!” He started firing from the passenger side of the van, hitting Salgado Araujo in the abdomen. Victor Salgado, the driver’s brother, said he felt the force of the firearm as the agent pointed his gun toward his brother.

“When he shot my brother, the gun was in front of my face,” read Balderas-Ibarra from his interview notes of his conversation with Salgado. The brother was sitting in the passenger seat when the agent pulled the trigger.

Salgado Araujo was able to stop the van and place it in park, the men said, but the officer or officers continued to unload additional rounds from the sides of the vehicle.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Truth nuke
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Transplant discourse is more complicated than just this, but a lot of it is yuppies recognizing that there is a lot of negative sentiment against yuppies among working class people and finding a way to declare themselves "one of the good ones" by claiming a birthright exemption.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Graham Platner has dropped out: www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/08/p...
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Graham Platner ends Senate campaign, allowing Democrats to pick his replacement
Platner's withdrawal caps a 53-hour unraveling that began Monday with Politico’s report that a woman he dated forced her to have sex with him despite her repeated objections. He has repeatedly denied ...
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CNN @cnn.com · 05/07/2026
Palestinian pediatrician Hussam Abu Safiya is facing imminent risk of death in Israeli custody after his condition deteriorated, according to his lawyer, who met with him on Thursday. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh reports.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This confirms what the CDC leader said before she was fired. Kennedy wanted the science to be cooked until it aligned with his politics.
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The most shadow banned post in the history of posts lol
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Those agendas and biases can be anything! Case in point: you think the fruit in the garden of eden was an apple because a guy translating the story into Latin wanted to make a pun.
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
There's been a good amount of coverage of this, but I don't think the average person knows how big of a deal this is. If you have a retirement account or 401k, you will likely end up supporting SpaceX's stock whether you like it or not. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/t...
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SpaceX Is About to Be in Your 401(k) Whether You Like It or Not
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Lars Mølgaard Saxhaug @load-dependent.eurosky.social · 02/06/2026
Like this french study, especially this illustration is a chefs kiss. Double dipping the data to produce great AUCs. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Anchorage Man @sethpartnow.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
So, @edzitron.com ate his Wheatties this morning
LLMs impress the writers who do not want to write, the coders who don't want to code, the researchers who don't want to research, and the lawyers that don't want to actually understand case law. Those that desperately tell you how powerful Al is and that you simply must use it are looking for you to validate their own laziness or distaste for effort, and those who are impressed with LLMs' outputs tend to be people with low standards.
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
In Jan, Musk received a pay package w/ 1.3 billion restricted shares. To earn them, Musk had to create a Mars colony w/ 1 million people + other goals. BUT (!) Musk can already vote those shares. They contribute to his 85% voting dominance at SpaceX ahead of its IPO www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/t...
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SpaceX’s Unconventional Corporate Arrangements Favor Elon Musk
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
👀👀👀
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Sorry but if you want to have political influence you need to get out of your left-wing bubble on Bluesky and start converting eight year olds to Marxism on Roblox
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such.
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(Un)Dead Carl 🎃 @deadcarl.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
>unarmed pleasure vessel inexplicably capable of running a blockade What did he know?
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Lior Pachter @lpachter.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
If you use dim. reduction, you may be interested in two recent preprints we've posted on contrastive PCA: The Rayleigh Quotient and Contrastive Principal Component Analysis I & II w/ Maria Carilli & Kayla Jackson. They cover a lot of ground from theory to practice. 1/🧵
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dakota-hawkins.bsky.social @dakota-hawkins.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
just listened to sam altman talk for the first time on the New Yorker podcast -- do all these ceos specifically TRY to sound like psychopaths??
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
O the ONION®
Politics
Chuck Schumer: 'The
American People Deserve A President Who Can More Credibly Justify War With Iran'
Published: June 20, 2019
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