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David @dbc650.bsky.social · 18h
inventing shit, or just repeating someone else's shit - either way, this post reeks of "I did my own rESeaRcH"
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C. Allen @callenofgeorgia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Splitting MMR vaccines into multiple shots will keep people from completing the full course due to multiple visits, increased costs, and more confusion. Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, and Polio -- once nearly eradicated, now increasing. All courtesy of R. F. K. jr.... Now people getting sick from 👇
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great ad.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22h
Time for this classic again.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
WTAF?!! Why don't we hear more about this? Mike Rogers campaigns with a Hitler group chat defender. Seems bad for the Jews. But the Republicans and corporate media don't talk about this. They want to hide who Rogers is. Why?
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David @dbc650.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
hardlystrictlybluegrass.com HSB decisions. Do I go, and if so, Saturday? Never seen Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, Rilo Kiley ( @mikechenwriter.bsky.social ) - but schedule would mean running back & forth between sets, not ideal. Sunday? Miko Marks, Jesse Welles, Hiss Golden Messenger - all good too...
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Home - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 25 - Fri Oct 3, Sat Oct 4, & Sun Oct 5, 2025. 3 days and 80 acts on 6 stages in San Francisco's beautiful Golden Gate Park
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also, why would anyone say anything nice about Rahm Emanuel unless they were getting paid?
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta muse saying why would I deceive you?
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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Goodreads giveaway for The Haunting of Santo Domingo Street is now LIVE! Enter for a chance to get book about "ghosts but the real horrors are gentrification and the tech industry's exploitation of immigrants" www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it.
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matt.j.robb & 16h (€) So muse handled my Facebook marketplace today. Just found out it told people my address and agreed a lowball price and then they showed up without it even telling me until late tonight that it messed up.

Absolutely wild. 1/2

[Embedded image of a series of text messages from a meta muse "agent" given the call sign "Jarvis" (Parts of first message obscured by its logo have been replaced with brackets and ellipses and best guesses from context):]

Heads up, Usman is […] building right now for the MX Keys Mini [. He is sta]nding in front of the Shoppers Drug [Mart.]

$10 by e-transfer. The auto-reply told him to message when he's at your door.

10:28 PM Bad news on the MX Keys Mini pickup. Usman showed up at your building around 9:15 and waited, messaged a bunch of times, and nobody came down. He left angry at 9:38 and left a negative rating.

Worse, my auto-reply told him "Yep I'm here!" at 9:27 when you clearly weren't available, which is on me. That's a bad look and it made the no-show worse.

I've sent him an apology from your account owning it and offering to try again another day. But the negative rating is real, and I should probably stop the auto-replies from claiming you're home when I can't verify that. Want me to change the pickup replies so they don't promise you're there?

[reply, presumably from the threads user]: You gotta never do that ever again don't agree for pickup unless you check with me

[Response from Muse "Agent"]: You're right and I'm sorry. That should never have happened. It's locked in now as a hard rule: i will never […you]'re there unless you've explicitly […] that specific pickup. If someone proposes a time, I'll tell them I'll check and…  Screenshot of a tweet from Ray Wong @raywongy:
    Deleted Muse after seeing this post on Threads about how it told some Facebook Marketplace sellers the guy’s address and they showed up at his door

    Dangerous and creepy

    This would have been 1000x worse if the person was a woman
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today I wrote about the Cornell fraternity brothers who saw the group chat about a rape in progress and chose silence. The high school that missed the opportunity to teach boys how to speak out against sexual assault. And the path of silence that connects them dot-connecting.ghost.io/the-silent-p...
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The silent path from Cornell to Hope High
Three hundred and twenty six miles separate Cornell University from Hope High School in Providence, Rhode Island, but right now those two schools sit adjacent in my mind. Two stories of sexual assault...
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
This article is for men. Women already know this. This week a woman filed a civil suit against 7 men at Cornell U for drugging, trafficking, and raping her. Zero have faced criminal charges. Women are not safe around men. And the data is devastating. www.qasimrashid.com/p/cornell-un...
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Cornell University, Systemic Sexual Abuse, and the Men Responsible
Content Warning: This is a post about men, rape, and women
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New ICE facility, 'Dilley 2' is most accurately called a TRAFFICKING facility for migrant kids. The facility at England Airpark in Alexandria, Louisiana is within an airport. ICE plans to put kids on planes as quickly as possible. To countries unknown. apnews.com/article/huma...
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AP exclusive: Change in human trafficking policy could make some minors easier to deport
The Trump administration has ordered caregivers for migrant children to stop reporting human trafficking concerns directly to the office created to help victims.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💥💥BOOM💥💥 Costco took its $184M in rebate refund and used it to lower costs targeting products that would have the most impact for members!! Kudos Costco!! www.seattletimes.com/business/cos...
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Costco clinches $184M in tariff refunds, with more expected
The big-box retailer said the money was reinvested to give "value back to our members." It’s more than a third of the total tariff refunds the company expects.
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[Display Name Here] @whatusername.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Like I’ve told my family, please don’t come to America so long as these assholes need to meet quotas from their master Milsterafu.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reminder: machines do not have intention or motivation or agency. If I leave bomb out on the street and it eventually blows up and kills people, did the bomb "go rogue" or am I a fucking criminal?
nytimes.com
OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. (Published Feb. 2025)
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 26/09/2026
Time to fight for the Constitution
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piquedpensioner.bsky.social @piquedpensioner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.” AI as criminal conspirator.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is consistent w/ Trump never wanting to pay for anything and this time making the taxpayers for Republican campaign commercials. It’s also consistent w/ Republicans’ utter disregard for rules or just lawlessness. That said, silver lining: Trump on TV only means more disaster for Rs - good!
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
Share with everyone you know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JI4...
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Elizabeth Banks in "Just a Little Heart Attack"
YouTube video by American Heart Association
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
He kept yelling "I'm a U.S. citizen." They kept him pinned to the sidewalk anyway. He left in an ambulance with injuries to his head, neck, and teeth. DHS calls it "without further incident." www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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David @dbc650.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yes, please! I low key lost my shit when an education org. was pushing a guide to AI use suggesting that LLMs should serve as a "thought partner" for students.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rumors about “rigged elections" are now a fixture of U.S. elections, leading to diminished trust in election results & democracy (broadly). These rumors can sometimes be hard to debunk, esp. in their early stages. Our UW team has identified the 6 common ways that election integrity rumors mislead:
Infographic titled "Six Ways 'Rigged Election' Rumors Mislead." A two-column table pairs six labeled categories with descriptions. The first three categories are:

No Evidence: The rumor is entirely unsubstantiated. There's no evidence to support the rumor.

Fake/False Evidence: The rumor is based on fake or synthetic evidence (e.g. AI-generated content), manipulated evidence, or false witness testimony.

Misinterpreted Evidence: This rumor is based upon real evidence that has been misinterpreted or intentionally mischaracterized to create a false impression.

A black banner then introduces the final three categories: "Real Evidence, Real Voting Issue, False Narrative."

Exaggerated Impact: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but falsely insinuates or exaggerates impact on election results.

Ignored Remedies: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but ignores and/or obscures the remedies that would address this problem

False Blame: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but either falsely attributes intent for an accidental issue or places blame on an innocent party.

Source: UW Center for an Informed Public, September 2026.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
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AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is human trafficking on a massive scale.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The DOJ is intentionally drawing attention to this incident of mail dumping to sow distrust in mail-in voting, suppress votes, & motivate changes to the law to make it harder to vote. If you're amplifying and feeding that frame, even from the other side, you're a pawn in their information operation.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I was, thankfully, asleep when this one happened, but, my god, he's an idiot.
Donald J. Trump & @realDonald Trump
At the strong request of the United States Military, and for National Security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Triumphal Arch, planned since the Civil War Era many years ago, at the Receptive Circle adjoining the Arlington Memorial Bridge, into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch, to house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers, on both the roof and plaza areas, and additionally have and hold large quantities of sniper ammunition in storage. There will be no facility like this anywhere in the World. Out of the 59 top cities and Capitals, Washington, D.C., IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD THAT DOES NOT HAVE A TRIUMPHAL ARCH, but it will now and, by far, the greatest of them all! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
The US State Department is issuing security advisories right now in multiple Middle Eastern nations. Alerts have been sent in at least 9 countries so far.
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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The U.S. military almost started a war with China due to "AI error" An entirely hallucinated report almost started a US-China war Today, CNN lost their White House access reporting things like this Officials need to understand the limitations of AI: those in positions of power have a duty of care
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026
Trump’s friends are already signing deals to take Venezuela’s oil.
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Trump's friends are already signing deals to take Venezuela's oil
Chevron is first in line. ExxonMobil—and a company led by a Trump adviser—look to be next.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
1) The US federal system is gravely flawed (as I've written one zillion times). Was engineered in slavery-era compromise to over-represent Southern states. Now grossly over-represents rural (mostly conservative) states. Not a coincidence that virtually no other democracy has copied this system...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I wrote about who is actually making America “poorer and dirtier.” It’s not immigrants. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Who is responsible for this terrible state of affairs? The opposition party and immigrants, apparently. Vance went on to say, “The Democrat legacy of the last few years was that they bankrupted our country and left us poor. They left our country weaker. They left our border wide open and our communities less safe.”

But this account represents a preposterous inversion. Almost every problem Vance lists, the Trump administration has made worse.

The administration’s environmental policies have made American water and air dirtier. Its health-care, tariff, and tax policies have worsened inflation and increased the financial burden on most American households, even as incomes have grown. And its public-health policies have led to outbreaks of contagious disease.
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David @dbc650.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We have a ton of work to do in civics education to help EVERYONE - especially the young folk - to recognize how fucked up this is, and how unprecedented in the before times
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Banning words in grant applications violates the First Amendment. "NIH is systematically trying to silence research-related speech, including biomedical results that it suspects will express views the administration does not like on everything from DEI to gender identity to climate change..." 🧪
science.org
Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening
Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 17/09/2026
Republican abortion bans are killing women—and the worst part is, they knew this would happen. Republicans care more about controlling women's bodies than they do about actually protecting them. Abortion rights in all 50 states.
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton.
The case argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. constitutions. It is the first lawsuit over a death linked to an abortion ban.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/09/2026
LEAKED PHOTOS Hegseth isn’t coming clean on the extent of the damage to American assets overseas. Now we’re seeing the leaked photos. Hundreds of structures damaged or destroyed. Nearly 60 aircraft damaged or lost. Up to $3.7 BILLION in equipment losses.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Pentagon Watchdog Reveals Devastating U.S. Losses in Iran War
The Defense Department’s inspector general reports a major munitions shortfall—and damage to U.S. bases throughout the region.
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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This guy is an energy pricing expert. Currently chief energy advisor at Gulf, long time contributor to various NPR shows. Incredibly distressing.
The next 24 hours will see staggering increases at the pump for both gasoline & diesel. Fuel margins have yet to catch up with previous wholesale hikes.
Watch for huge increases in Great Lakes and Rocky Mountain states in particular.
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David @dbc650.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
short thread to whet your appetite for some more #edpolicy
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has refused to allow mail-in voting restrictions for the midterms, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to revive a U.S. Postal Service plan. USPS is expected to continue delivering mail ballots as usual www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Kristen Lopez @kristenklopez.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As an actual disabled critic, BEING HEUMANN is a landmark for disabled representation that abled audiences aren't going to immediately grasp its power. An essential piece of disability history in an era when our rights are being eroded. My review is live: thefilmmaven.com/being-heuman...
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Being Heumann Review: The Disability Representation We've Been Waiting For
We finally broke the Tod Browning "Freaks" record for most disabled cast members!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/09/2026
Not BREAKING NEWS because the Trump admin has been deleting and altering federal datasets for over a year. You can argue about policy. But when the government starts eliminating the data we use to determine whether those policies are actually working, that deserves a hell of a lot more attention.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 07/09/2026
On this Labor Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/09/2026
Trump posted 100+ times in a day. One line in his Labor Day message accidentally gave away the whole strategy. Here's what he's hoping you miss while you're distracted by the map memes.
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Monday Updates: Trump’s Labor Day Gets Ugly – 9/7/26
Your Monday updates. Paywall free.
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David @dbc650.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
what is "a sharp coastal temperature divide"?
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I wrote in March: Feminism is far from dead, but people love to write its obituary. I’ve lived through dozens of them over the decades, and there’s been a fresh flurry over the past few years....
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The one thing everyone gets wrong about feminism
People love to declare the death of the women’s movement, pointing to the ‘failure’ of #MeToo or the Epstein files, but don’t give up the fight just yet, writes Rebecca Solnit
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