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@darkbrandonvibes.bsky.social
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Unapologetic humanist, defend and empower the human.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026
Man, imagine you're minding your own business, getting kind of drunk with your friends at a picturesque brewery in Maine, when suddenly John Roberts walks by and you get to start heckling him. Must have felt incredible. That's the dream. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
The chief justice used to preside over a Supreme Court whose members were afforded more privacy and freedom than many other public officials. Once, years ago, Mr. Lipson and the chief justice found themselves up the peninsula from Port Clyde without a car, Mr. Lipson recalled in an interview. So he stuck out his thumb by the side of the road and a pickup truck pulled over. He and the nation’s top jurist hopped in the back and hitchhiked back to town.

Now, Mr. Lipson said, he is cautious about introducing his friend to strangers. This year, on an outing to nearby Monhegan Island, people recognized the chief justice as he walked by a brewery and started to chant: You should be ashamed.
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 29/09/2026
What would you tell Canada, if you could write to the whole country? Write it down. Mail it. Then tag a friend who needs to do the same. Get the mailing address at postcard.todmaffin.com
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AT Protocol Developers @atproto.com · 28/09/2026
The organization that governs the PLC Directory now formally exists as a registered Swiss Association and has taken the first steps towards being able to independently operate the directory. blog.plcred.org/3mwlphq42d227
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First steps of the PLC organization
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I convinced @ericacioffi.bsky.social to join Bluesky today. Give her a follow if you like the ocean or climate science or Italians.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026
Congratulations to @1199seiu.org and the nearly 70,000 CDPAP care workers who filed for the largest union election in American history. These workers make it possible for New Yorkers to live safely and independently at home. I’m proud to stand with them in the fight for a union.
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brandon @darkbrandonvibes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Some great reporting by unlisted.careers on ghost jobs. 28.3% of open job postings have been up for more than 90 days. The median open posting is 36 days old. unlisted.careers/ghost-jobs/r...
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Unlisted Careers: Jobs Straight from Company Career Sites
More than 610,000 open jobs read straight from company career pages, hours before the job boards. Salary shown when the company states it. No ghost jobs, no reposts.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s still funny to me that the US had a presidential election that was basically like “Should the US kill itself” and “Yes” won (2024)
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 20/09/2026
Electric vehicles used by public bodies across Wales are estimated to be saving up to £1.9 million a year in energy costs and avoiding the purchase of more than two million litres of diesel
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Electric vehicles saving Welsh public sector up to £1.9m a year, analysis finds
Electric vehicles used by public bodies across Wales are estimated to be saving up to £1.9 million a year in energy costs and avoiding the purchase of more than two million litres of diesel. The Welsh...
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Axios @axios.com · 18/09/2026
More than 1 in 3 Americans can't name all 3 branches of government. "Ignorance is costly."
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More than 1 in 3 Americans can't name all 3 branches of government
"Ignorance is costly."
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Russian terrorists attacked Lithuania with a drone, fired a flare gun at a Danish helicopter and sabotaged railway tracks in the Netherlands. European governments must stop calling these attacks “hybrid” and recognize the state of war they’re in with the russian terrorist state.
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brandon @darkbrandonvibes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hey @free.law ! I bought the docs for www.courtlistener.com/docket/72071... from www.courtlistener.com/prayers/top/ but RECAP won't upload because it's split :( Anyone I can reach out to about this?
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Greg Technology ❪⎷❫ @greg.technology · 14/09/2026
get yourself a friend who loves you and love them back and then grow vegetables together and build a village and go off grid and build chrome extensions for each other. from my friend antoine: github.com/antoinelecla...
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brandon @darkbrandonvibes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s probably time US light rail not yet electrified starts putting plans together to do so.
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 12/09/2026
Jocelyn and I added five more Canadian companies to our UNPLUG AMERICA directory today. If you want to switch YOUR technology to Canadian alternatives, check out unplug.todmaffin.com It's free, no ads, no trackers, and contains no affiliate links. #BuyCanadian
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I didn't think we'd decarbonize through a very incompetent president making oil the price of diamonds but whatever it takes I guess
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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Northwest researchers develop vaccines to prevent opioid overdose and support addiction recovery. "University of Washington researchers plan to take a vaccine for fentanyl into human trials." . www.opb.org/article/2026...
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Northwest researchers develop vaccines to prevent opioid overdose and support addiction recovery
University of Washington researchers are looking to take a vaccine for fentanyl into human trials.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This piece I wrote on CO₂ removal (CDR) is probably the most widely read work on the topic, but it's definitely the most impactful thing I will ever write. Please read it to see how I think about CDR (and how I think you should think about it too). rdcu.be/dbFbB
A screenshot displaying article metrics including "Access & Citations" with 103k Article Accesses and 60 Citations, followed by an "Online attention" section featuring a circular multicolored badge with the number "1991" in the center. To the right of the badge, a legend details metrics across various platforms: 2527 tweeters (blue), 54 news outlets (dark red), 79 Mendeley (darker red), 7 blogs (yellow), 33 Redditors (light blue), 4 Facebook pages (dark blue), and 9 Wikipedia page (grey). Below the chart, text notes that the article is in the 99th percentile (ranked 139th) of 449,536 tracked articles of a similar age in all journals, and the 98th percentile (ranked 15th) of 1,088 tracked articles of a similar age in *Nature*.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We need to normalize union organizing in every sector of American life.
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brandon @darkbrandonvibes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ricky Mondello has published a great piece on the logistics of switching password managers. Highly recommend if you are considering switching!
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Switching Password Managers in 2026
Important Note: Although I work at Apple in the password management and app/website authentication spaces, in this post I am speaking only for myself, personally. There is no “news” in this post or an...
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 08/09/2026
Busy with this instead of taking the bait.
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brandon @darkbrandonvibes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
@comaps.app please consider in app subscriptions on iOS as a recurring donation mechanism
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brandon @darkbrandonvibes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What is the most cost effective way to destructively scan a small stack of old newspapers intended to be digitally archived?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/09/2026
Black text on white page that reads:

In 1882, 10,000 workers marched up Broadway in the first-ever Labor Day parade. Led by democratic socialists and organized by New York’s unions, they rallied the movement that went on to win us weekends, safety standards, overtime pay, a minimum wage, and social security.

None of those victories were guaranteed. And none are permanent.

We created the first-in-the-nation Office of Worker Power to put the full weight of City Hall behind the people who keep New York running. On Labor Day, we honor the workers who came before us by fighting for the workers who come next.

Happy Labor Day, New York. The future of worker power is ours to build. Learn more at nyc.gov/workerpower.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/09/2026
Chat to strangers and let your kids be bored: how to embrace a ‘slow September’ – and enjoy life more
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Chat to strangers and let your kids be bored: how to embrace a ‘slow September’ – and enjoy life more
The pressure to self-optimise at the start of the new school year can lead to disappointment and burnout. Instead, here are seven ways to slow things down and reap the benefits
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brandon @darkbrandonvibes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"The auto lobby spent hundreds of millions on media manipulation so that you wouldn't drive an electric car."
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The auto lobby spent hundreds of millions on media manipulation so that you wouldn't drive an electric car.
We are heading towards an electric future at high speed. Fossil fuels and internal combustion engines are to become a thing of the past – very
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brandon @darkbrandonvibes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
polykit.rocks/peerseek-fed... A search engine that makes videos across the whole PeerTube network actually findable
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Peerseek – A Federated PeerTube Video Search Engine
Peerseek is a search engine for federated PeerTube videos. It crawls public instances, indexes videos in PostgreSQL, and serves a fast, privacy-friendly search at peerseek.video.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
1. Rick Steves has spent $2 million of his own money to rescue a single-screen theater in Edmonds, WA. This is part of a multi-million-dollar effort he has made to invest in community properties in order to preserve local institutions and keep them serving the communities they were built for.
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Electrek @electrek.co · 03/09/2026
Cratering oil use in China shows the death spiral that could end oil
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Cratering oil use in China shows the death spiral that could end oil
Chinese oil use dropped drastically in Q2 of this year, leading to an overall drop in emissions for the country. That alone is a big deal – but the potential effects of the world’s second-largest oil consumer rapidly passing peak oil could have massive effects on the world’s oil markets. more…
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Recurse Center @recurse.com · 02/09/2026
Check out @bnb.im's Essential Resources for Getting Started with ATProtocol: bnb.im/posts/atprot...
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Essential Resources for Getting Started with AT Protocol
A set of critical links for anyone interested in getting started with AT Protocol and exploring the landscape
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brandon @darkbrandonvibes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@doctorow.pluralistic.net A16z says enshittification isn't real! www.a16z.news/p/enshittifi... (story by @404media.co www.404media.co/a16z-says-yo...)
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“Enshittification” Isn’t Real
There is no such thing as enshittification. It is merely platform narcissism.
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404 Media @404media.co · 01/09/2026
A city in Oklahoma tried to charge a farmer more than $17,000 to fulfill a public records request for information related to a proposed data center and the farmer’s arrest at a city council meeting. Now, the State’s AG has stepped in and told the city to drop the fees.
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Oklahoma Tells City It Can't Charge $17,125.44 for a Records Request Related to Data Center Arrest
The the city tried to charge a farmer more than $17,000 for bodycam footage and records related to his arrest at a city council meeting.
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brandon @darkbrandonvibes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Want to call the @burningman.org Playa? For the rest of the week of Burning Man, a phone booth is standing on the dusty street corner of 3:30 and Chomolungma, in front of the Temple of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in Black Rock City, Nevada for anyone to use.
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Playa Phone
A working phone booth on a dusty street corner at Burning Man.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Bay Area friends: A friend found these small kittens behind a gas station and we've been trying to find them a home for almost two months. For now, they live in a small bathroom. Would you consider adopting? They are vaxxed, neutered, and incredibly affectionate. Please help!
Photo of three kittens. Two are orange; one is black. Photo of two orange kittens in a cage.Photos of two orange cats in a shower. Photo of two orange cats, one black, and one dark gray.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 27/08/2026
Now you can opt out of having your posts shown to non-followers in the Discover feed. We know not everyone wants to go viral. Sometimes you're just posting for your followers. This is one of a few updates we're working on to give you more control over your experience and help you find your people.
Instructional image titled "Hide your posts from non-followers in Discover" accompanied by a screenshot of the "privacy and security" options from the Bluesky settings menu. "Ask apps to hide my posts from algorithmic recommendations" is toggled to the "on" state.
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brandon @darkbrandonvibes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Is there a Foursquare equivalent on @bsky.app that @openstreetmap.bsky.social clients could use to store and share user points of interest("POI")/favorites in PDS'? cc @atproto.com
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.
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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 25/08/2026
X shuts down apps that show its posts. Bluesky exists to ernable it. One of these networks is about promoting freedom, the other is not.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 24/08/2026
We've arrived on Bluesky! We hope you will follow along as we share inspiring, motivational and exciting content about the achievements and individuals that have been awarded a Nobel Prize. Stay tuned.
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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 24/08/2026
Telling everybody we just got the Nobel Prize
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 23/08/2026
Do it, Canada. Do the funni. Export tax of 500%. I want to see gas at $12/gal
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 21/08/2026
Texans are uniting to tell flock to flock off. These mass surveillance cameras are creating profiles on regular folks for both government and corporations. Surveillance is not safety, and safety is not surveillance.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026
Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m…
MYTH: The government will take away your money and give it to the poor.

FACT: You are the poor.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
amazing article
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/08/2026
New lifecycle study in the journal Science concludes: there are substantial climate benefits to swapping an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle for an electric vehicle (EV), *even if the ICE vehicle is brand new.* Even if it's a brand new hybrid!
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The climate benefits of retiring a fully operational internal combustion engine vehicle
Internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles represent the single largest source of carbon dioxide emissions for most US households. Although battery electric vehicles (BEVs) considerably reduce use-phas...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Hmmmm, agree to disagree
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It is the dawn of a new era. Hear our battle anthem. Welcome to the new InfoWars.
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