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“You've always had the power, my dear. You've had it all along"

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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 21h
👀 An important and predictable study on AI productivity metrics in writing code amounting to (wait for it)…ZILTCH!
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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Basically AI allows software engineers to produce shitty code *faster* and in higher volumes which increases the amount time spent on code reviews and revisions nullifying the productivity gained from producing the code in the first place.
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 21h
“Separate advocacy posts this week claim a grove of about 200 blight-surviving wild American chestnuts faces bulldozing for an Anthropic-related data center” in Mason County, WV heritageheadlines.com/rare-west-vi...
heritageheadlines.com
Rare West Virginia Chestnuts Sit Near a Massive AI Data Center Plan - Hopewell Heritage Headlines
Advocates warn that blight-surviving American chestnuts near Mason County’s former state nursery could be lost to AI data center construction. State…
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
gadgetreview.com
One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 21h
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ok, I wrote this all up, so if you've come this far in the thread, please repost the link below! bsky.app/profile/donm...
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
👀 96% of the spending on political ads that disclosed AI use came from Republican campaigns or groups, according to CNN. www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/p...
cnn.com
AI blurs lines in campaign ads: ‘People are seeing things that didn’t happen’ | CNN Politics
Political campaigns and groups are spending tens of millions of dollars on ads that employ AI, often without disclosing that they’re using it.
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This brave public servant did it exactly right: Ask for illegal orders in writing. That she was retaliated against is a clear violation of the law. I am sad to see she left government and hope she wins in court.
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
…”by making beef his one tariff exception, Trump inevitably threatened the livelihood of beef-producing states like Kansas. Kansas Farm Bureau president Glenn Brunkow called the plan “bad for consumers, destructive for ranchers and anti-American in principle.”
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This nugget in the story gives a little hope that it isn't so out of balance: “…by waiting until September, Trump-connected organizations are sometimes paying more than five times what they would have spent if they acted earlier.”
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jeffreyhf.bsky.social @jeffreyhf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Full-blown Gestapo.
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Investigators focused on the 27 patients with the highest billing volumes. In one case, a single patient's account was billed for more than 1,700 X-rays in 6 mo — an impossible number that would have caused serious harm from radiation exposure — along with hundreds of other radiology services.”
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tomversion2.bsky.social @tomversion2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And yet he will only spend a very short 7.5 years for stealing $36.5 million. Something wrong with this picture?
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why are the Russians keeping strains of the plague - with a 100% fatality rate if not treated within 24 hours - in a “bio-lab”? Biological warfare research, perhaps?
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is a suspected outbreak of the plague in Russia. Yes, you read that right. And we cannot trust RFK Jr. and the Trump administration to be prepared to deal with this. We need a Democratic public health doctor in the US Senate.
axios.com
Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia
Administration is "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," an official told Axios.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
bbc.com
Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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tbluvoter❌👑 @tbluvoter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That's quite a catch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 🎁 Gift link
New possibilities
The combination of auto-enrollment and stock donation opens up possibilities that weren’t previously imaginable. Consider some hypotheticals for how donations—which would be real assets in children’s accounts—could be used or leveraged:

Executives could combat policy proposals by invoking the effects on their child shareholders. If every 9-year old-owned two shares of a bank, a corporate-tax increase or tightened regulation would hurt the kids. 
A CEO whose company wants to build a data center in a county could put stock directly into accounts of the area’s children as an inducement for support or a reward for approval.
An ideologically minded donor could make families own shares in companies they might oppose—giving stock of firearms makers to Manhattan’s 4-year-olds or casino company stock to Utah’s 8-year-olds.
People with legal or ethical prohibitions against family ownership of individual stocks—like employees of regulatory agencies—would own them unless the government allows exceptions.
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gracegeorge23.bsky.social @gracegeorge23.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Once again, should be an impeachable offense. His recklessness, desperation, and lawlessness is out of control and unacceptable.
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This regime is packed with liars 😫
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Translation: Sociopath elitist tech fascists who think they’re creating God and believe democracy is the enemy want us to finance our own demise to let them take over the world. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tillis writes in his book that he regrets voting for Hegseth and Kennedy. And he says there are about 30 of his GOP colleagues that feel the same as he does. So basically, he’s admitting they don’t have any spine. 🔄 apnews.com/article/thom...
apnews.com
Republican Sen. Tillis calls his vote for Hegseth the 'biggest regret of my career' in a new book
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career.”
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The “round robin deals” at the heart of these neo-cloud facilities could tank the stock market and harm the global economy, the article says. But it's founder is on the “rich list” - 😫
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Matthew Shirts @matthewshirts.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They needed NINE different TRAINING videos to produce a workforce capable of erasing Trump from federal criminal investigation records
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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 04/10/2026
shhh the whole economy is riding on hyperscaling malware companies
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The grift continues as ex-DOGE employees looking for a cut of the $1 trillion defense budget 👀 www.vanityfair.com/story/doge-d...
vanityfair.com
Meet Your New Defense Contractors: The DOGE Boys
The engineers who wreaked havoc on Washington are ready for their second act.
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So one idea is to get the AI model into the confessional... AKA make the LLM model confess their sins/mistakes as a path to growth and morality 🧐 www.axios.com/2026/10/03/o...
axios.com
OpenAI's Altman: Ascribing religion to models a "safety issue"
In recent days spirituality has become a key part of the AI safety debate.
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deepkillaryblues.bsky.social @deepkillaryblues.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“I’m a billionaire who has doubled my net worth by misusing my office, but here’s 90 bucks.” Impressive approach.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here...” www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
cnn.com
Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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clnzjay 🌱 🐶 🇨🇦 @clnz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨This: ⬇️⬇️⬇️ bsky.app/profile/madd...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/10/2026
An analysis of voting equipment in Puerto Rico grew into a US federal effort spanning multiple agencies to find proof voting machines were manipulated to flip votes in the 2020 election, Reuters found. The probe ultimately found found no evidence votes were manipulated reut.rs/4hHBkcA
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The season of voter suppression is upon us
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good grief! This regime is corrupt to the core and now they want to rehabilitate Tricky Dick?!
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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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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Joe Biden was way more coherent than this even in the debate. time.com/article/2026...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you didn't already hate Meta, Mark Zuckerburg, and data centers, Meta is using the latter to cheat on their taxes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
nytimes.com
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I miss the intentional curation of USA.gov - still alive but probably way under-resourced these days.
usa.gov
Making government services easier to find | USAGov
Find government benefits, services, agencies, and information at USA.gov. Contact elected officials. Learn about passports, Social Security, taxes, and more.
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
At least put the guy on an escalator going up for Christ’s sake!! Sadly, with the choice of demographic in this stock photography orange one’s raciat tendency is coming through loud and clear, friends.
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Carter Neal @carter-neal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well, then...
shows a prompt asking "should children walk onto a frozen pond" with the response being no. Children should not walk onto a frozen pond...
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI
Image of a child lying facedown on a froze lake.  above is the portal where you ask AI questions about government services.  the question matching this image is:  "How can I invest in my child's future?"
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Lettuce is up 32.1%, home healthcare is up 10.7%, landscaping is up 10.8%,” said New Jersey Rep. Analilia Mejia. “Ask yourself, why is this? What do these industries, these products, have in common? Well, immigrant labor.” substack.com/@americasvoi...
substack.com
The ICE Tax Imposes Yet Another Heavy Price All Minnesotans Must Pay
The Twin Cities know first hand the pain and violence of ICE raids. Another casualty is their economy.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 29/09/2026
Remember when the GOP frowned on selling arms to enemies who are supplying arms to OTHER enemies?
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“If Trump gets away with retaliating against the press in this context, he’ll continue to do it, perhaps to others and in still more situations. And we cannot afford that.”
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Spending $12.6B to make $4.6B isn’t a bona fide business - It is a train wreck waiting to happen.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pope can’t resist his pizza.
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’re all counting on them following through after the midterms.
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“If the administration was serious about assisting state and local election officials, they shouldn’t have dismantled all of the federal government’s election cybersecurity capacity and fired all their experts in early 2025.” apnews.com/article/nsa-...
apnews.com
Hegseth says national security, military cyber forces will guard US election systems during midterms
The U.S. National Security Agency and military intelligence forces are set to guard election systems during the November midterms.
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@dcEmerald 🍀 @dcemerald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Treason in plain sight.
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