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A low-lying fog of noxious fumes floating around Chicago behind a pair of huskies. Is currently causing friction, as is required. thisisnoir.house

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/10/2026
Opened up YouTube to watch a movie and they're promoting Birth of a Nation. My jaw was on the floor. What the actual f....
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The author of this piece needs to shut the fuck up more than anyone else in the history of the world needed to shut the fuck up. Disrupting the Shut The Fuck Up space.
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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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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026
This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Many stories. It's a very hard article to read www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... archived: archive.ph/6snOL
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There were dead birds washed up near the lighthouse I visited today. They looked vulnerable and poignant, no different in their way from a shipwreck victim from a century ago. The bodies fragile and too harshly treated by the light, but also beautiful and somehow remembered by wave and wind and rock
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brown birda bird posed lifeless over driftwoodtwo birds side by sidea bird husked and dead like a nest against the rocks
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We have no choice but to spin a giant wheel of murder methods in the style of Price is Right while everyone chants "spin that wheel!" Literally no other options here.
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lolllllllll
Tweet from Mayce Tomlin saying “bro I used to come home sometimes and my PlayStation would just be gone and I wasn’t in trouble 😭😭😭
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JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mike Tomlin built college high rises based on where his children went I’m gonna cry dawg
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onion person @junlper.beer · 01/10/2026
it’s amazing that there’s no crime anymore. if you do crime you’re actually just the victim for getting caught. the people who catch you are the criminals
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 01/10/2026
This is who owns this plane — Jordache Jeans founder Joe Nakash and his real estate partner Eli Gindi. Rich people lease their private jets to charter companies in exchange for a huge tax break, courtesy of Trump 1.0. gillianbrockell.com/more-maga-bi...
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More MAGA billionaires linked to private jet used for ICE flight to African prison
A Gulfstream jet that appears to be co-owned by Joe Nakash and Eli Gindi flew four migrants to a prison in Eswatini.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 01/10/2026
Mike tolin you city loving FREAK!!!!
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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The Holmwood Foundation @theholmwoodfnd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On this International Podcast Day, and the cusp of Halloween, might we recommend the first season of The Holmwood Foundation? A Found Footage Horror-Fiction Podcast, created by @georgiacooked.bsky.social and @fiotrethewey.bsky.social, it is a modern day sequel to the novel Dracula.
The podcast square for The Holmwood Foundation. A black and white illustration of Dracula's head, suspended on red threads against a purple textured background. Four hands, made out of a purple paper texture, reach out from the edges of the frame towards the head.
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CineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sep 30th - Charlie Bucket found the last golden ticket. The next day he went to Wonka’s factory. 📽️📅 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
3 Screenshots from the movie "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971): First, a young boy with messy blonde hair looks excitedly at a golden ticket he's holding. Second, a close-up of the golden ticket with decorative edges and text that reads "Wonka's Golden Ticket." Third, the young boy stands with an older man in a nightcap and a woman holding the ticket, both looking surprised and happy.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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The Verge @theverge.com · 29/09/2026
Every single one of 21 tested vehicles sent data to a third-party domain over Wi-Fi. Over half contacted domains specializing in advertising, tracking, or analytics. These companies gather details about your vehicle or driving behavior to sell to insurance companies or target you with ads.
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Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.
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Kevin Haggerty @kevinrhaggerty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith is testifying before the Senate this morning, and a GOP Senator just grilled him about being at an Atlanta Hawks game in ATL, and accused him of perjury bc he denied this was the case. Turns out, it was an Iowa HAWKEYES game in Maryland. These are the most unserious people ever.
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I give up. I’m moving into a cave.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 28/09/2026
Every day, this administration continues to target LGBTQIA+ kids. It’s incredibly harmful and does the exact opposite of what our shared goal should be: protecting kids. The LGBTQIA+ community and all our students deserve better.
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Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/09/2026
The free speech™️ people are at it again. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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404 Media @404media.co · 24/09/2026
Cops followed EJ Carrion home and arrested him in his drive way one week after he said 'bullshit' at a county meeting in Texas. Here is that body cam footage. @mjgault.bsky.social reports: www.404media.co/watch-body-c...
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
“It is Macklemore, not Sheeran, who has been barred from performing. Yet somehow the story is about Sheeran’s freedom to be apolitical.”
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Lorna Finlayson | Public Positions
Given much of the coverage of the Ed Sheeran-Macklemore debacle, you could be forgiven for thinking that Sheeran had...
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AMHotFlash @amhotflash.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Texas officials just admitted DPS failed to send an unknown number of voter registration applications to county officials. Up to 6 million Texans have used that same DPS portal to register since 2020. If yours got lost, you might not be on the rolls, even though you did everything right…
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“My nightmare is that we have bots on Emory Healthcare’s side, bots on Cigna’s side that keep talking to each other,” said Dr. Joon S. Lee, the chief executive of Emory Healthcare. “A whole data center could be occupied just doing that.”
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Battle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher
The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: The plane appearing to have been scheduled to fly third-country nationals to 3 African countries today—before an appeals court prohibited it last night—has taken off, landed at Gitmo (Somalis in ICE camp there) and is now in San Juan, a common refueling stop for ICE flights to Africa.
An FR24 map showing N352BH landing at Gitmo. An FR24 map showing N352BH going from Gitmo to San Juan.
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DMC @danielmconnolly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You can see everything and tell me about it later because I’m not going to.
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DMC @danielmconnolly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hell, yeah. Roll that beautiful bear footage.
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Fat Bear Week 2026 - Explore.org
Explore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Our mission is to champion the selfless acts of others, create a portal into the soul of humanity...
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DMC @danielmconnolly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At my recent medical appointment, I did not consent to the doctor using AI. They said it was “mostly” for notes and they didn’t think that particular doctor even used it. It made me feel like I was being a prick. Got Covid for the first time though, so I guess that’s awesome. 🤪
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The ICE locator system is how journalists (me included) have found people while pursuing stories, how families have learned what happened to loved ones, how lawyers have connected with their clients as they're moved through the purposefully cruel the deportation machine. Now that's all endangered.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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404 Media @404media.co · 20/09/2026
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. www.404media.co/a-secretive-...
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A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 18/09/2026
The President says he is going to ban CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House. He’s trampling on our Constitution and the freedom of the press. His corruption is staggering–and his attempts to cover it up won’t work.
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DMC @danielmconnolly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Lingokids ads on podcasts are driving me bonkers.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026
NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.
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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
i'm not sure if robert kraft quite grasps what he started
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Chahta anumpa is living. The Choctaw Nation just launched a new language app through a partnership with Rosetta Stone’s Endangered Language program. The app is free for anyone who wants to learn, built with 90 Choctaw speakers and approximately 24,000 recordings of real conversations.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New from 404 Media: humans are reading ChatGPT conversations. OpenAI has hired an army of contractors who read real ChatGPT users' chats. I've seen internal docs, the review system, and real user prompts. Sometimes they contain very personal and sensitive information www.404media.co/inside-proje...
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Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats
Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 M...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
a CEO can say literally anything in this country and it’s treated as news. it doesn’t matter if it’s remotely true.
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Boo-sty Shackleford @ginerso.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Well uh, this is weirdly accurate
Top half of the image is Chuck E. Cheese. The bottom is Elizabeth Holmes. They somehow have the same vacantly earnest and untrustworthy facial expression
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026
Today in "fuck this administration"
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Do you love space? Do you love poetry? Here are a few of us reading from the book Outer Space: 100 Poems, edited by Midge Goldberg (from 2023). 🧪 🔭 #PoetrySky
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Special Reading: Outer Space: 100 Poems
YouTube video by Carmine Street Metrics Archives
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DMC @danielmconnolly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Portland Stare’s uniforms look great, but provide no edge in tackling.
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
ICE got permission to cut open a Cuban hunger striker’s stomach and insert a gastric tube to make him easier to forcefeed Nuremberg trials are too merciful for these monsters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube
Exclusive: court orders seen by Guardian show agency given approval to fit Texas detainee with tube without his consent
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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Well, fuck.
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Horror icon Bruce Campbell reveals he only has 5 years to live 'give or take'
'I want to live with it, not die from it'.
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DMC @danielmconnolly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Ms Pac Man and Dark Rye Guy are a perfect match.
Small f as me room at a suburban Chicago Hackney’s restaurant. Foosball table. Ms Oac Man and another video game cabinet. A third is not seen in the photo. A large mural of “Dark Rye Guy “ flying in a cape and holding a sandwich
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Mikell Taylor @mikell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Fun fact, you do not actually have to use 9/11 to frame discussion about every single Muslim American in 2026. You can simply choose to treat them as different unrelated topics, because they are. Hope this helps, media!
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