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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12h

Burnham too is deluded on this issue. He might think he's playing nice, but he's opening the door to the nastiest elements, who *will* come to dominate if they can simply buy persuasion, in the way that Bolsonaro's backers have done in Brazil. By refusing to cap, he's signing Labour's death warrant.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12h

The trade unions resisting a political donations cap in the UK are ragged-trousered philanthropists. Thanks to their delusion that a system allowing limitless donations enhances their power, they're in danger of handing the country to the far-right parties that billionaires support. Burnham must act

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 12h

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Caption: The DNA and fossil evidence proved they were close relatives, but Daisy still found family gatherings rather hard going.

Image: A brown and white cow paddles a dinghy on the swelling sea amongst a pod of huge whales.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 12h

What's extremely telling is that there is never once an article like this written from the perspective of the person who cut off their parent.

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Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 13h

Musk Monster just promised every kid one share of SpaceX stock. This perfectly encapsulates everything wrong with American hyper-capitalism now: a child can be food insecure, unable to afford to see a doctor, and attending a failing public school, but at least they own 1 share of rocket stock. :-{{{

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Elon Musk says he is going to give SpaceX stock away to every kid in America

Musk didn't specify beyond his intention to give one share "to every kid in America" starting next year.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 13h

Among those most responsible for the degradation of US journalism I'd put the New York Times first. That's Weiss' former place of employment, and one Jamelle Bouie (who I greatly respect!) can't really point the finger at.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 13h

Weiss is not a journalist. But in order for a non-journalist to be put in a position to destroy the legacy of a preeminent institution in US journalism a lot had to happen to degrade the boundary between journalist and non-journalist. Weiss benefitted from that degradation, she was not the cause.

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Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 13h

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social I guess when you're a billionaire, it's hard to identify with the little people. Americans think it's fine to have trillionaires running everything but find giving us all decent affordable health care terrifying. Here that's "socialism" -- in Europe it's called "life."

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 13h

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct Humorist Larry David, In a wide-ranging attempt at spoofing the DSA, can't resist punching-down at trans people, including a supposed policy that would allow people who identify as animals to "relieve themselves" wherever they want. Beyond disgusting.

nytimes.com

Larry David Mocks the D.S.A. Some Are Not Amused.

The comedian satirized the Democratic Socialists of America, its platform and its opposition to Israel in an essay that some did not LOL at.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 13h

Your Harry Potter dollars funded this.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14h

Folks, the South Carolina Senate race is in play. The Trafalger Group shows Darline Graham only up by 3% on Annie Andrews, with a dataset that is heavily overweighted towards white people compared to the electorate. www.thetrafalgargroup.org/wp-content/u...

thetrafalgargroup.org

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 14h

Thread of spoiler-free thoughts about You Can See Everything that are different from the reviews I've seen so far. For me, Nathan Fielder's role and the twists made it entertaining, but the most interesting questions were what it means to be innocent and what it means to lie.

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Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h

We didn’t want to require you to have a GitHub profile to report issues or suggest ideas, so starting now you can do it on our new community forum. You can also vote for other people’s ideas to keep things manageable. It’s the main place we’ll be looking for feedback! […]

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Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h

#Mastodon is getting a new look in our upcoming 5.0 release. We wrote a bit more about our design process and how we approach community input. If you’re on mastodon.social you will see the new design tomorrow, on Tuesday. We rely on your feedback! […]

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 16h

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 18h

‘Undercover inside Reform UK’. The full ITV documentary. youtube.com/watch?v=mp4hV7MALTg&is=…

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Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @dgoldsmith.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10h

[today’s hello wordl] hellowordl.net/?seed=20261019&lengt… hello wordl 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

hellowordl.net

hello wordl

A word-guessing game

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10h

I've seen bad wording on polls before, but this Harvard Caps Harris Poll asks the sports question in the absolute worst way I've ever seen. "Banning men who have undergone operations and hormones to become women from girls' sports"

Column % DEM GOP IND/OTH Lowering prescription drug prices for Medicare recipients and low-income patients. 81% 87% 81% Deporting immigrants who are here illegally and have committed crimes. 69% 86% 74% Requiring proof of citizenship and photo ID to register and vote in federal elections. 58% 86% 65% Banning men who have undergone operations and hormones to become women from girls' sports. 49% 80% 64% Eliminating all preferences by race in the hiring and awarding of government contracts. 54% 76% 64% Pressuring the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates 60% 76% 56% Declaring that there are only two genders male and female in all government forms and programs. 45% 83% 61% Making GLP1s more affordable and accessible by making the treatments available at a discount through TrumpRx.gov website, dropping monthly costs from over $1000 to under $350, and making them available to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries 56% 68% 55% Placing reciprocal tariffs on countries that have tariffs on U.S. goods 41% 77% 58% Trump Accounts which are tax-advantaged investment accounts for children under 18 that give babies born from 2025 to 2028 a $1,000 government seed deposit invested in low-cost S&P 500 index funds 41% 72% 52% Allowing federal immigration authorities to access information on low-income families, including sharing personal data from Medicaid and SNAP recipients, and tax statements filed by immigrants, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and ICE 34% 73% 43% Giving immigration officers the power to deny green cards to those using public benefits 29% 72% 49% Eliminating mail-in voting except for military members and people with illness, disability, or travel. 34% 70% 44% Placing a 15% tariff on imports from all countries 24% 59% 35% AT THE SAME TIME, MANY TRUMP POLICIES REMAIN OVERWHELMINGLY POPULAR. CHIEF AMONG THEM ARE LOWERING DRUG PRICES, DEPORTING CRIMINAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, AND REQUIRING PHOTO ID TO VOTE DJT08: Do you support or oppose each of these policies…

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 19/10/2026

If you're wondering how Dems got to +9 on trans issues.... bsky.app/profile/kate...

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dem: We need to vote to protect our children from fascism! Trans: I will vote to protect trans children from fascism! Dem: Not them. Other children! Vote to protect the other children! Trans: I will vote for anyone who'll protect trans children from fascism. Dem: Wny do you love fascism????

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

Didn't take long for the NHS transphobic guidance to claim a life

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 19/10/2026

Not at all picking on this poster, so don't let me catch you being mouthy, but the bast majority of Democrats are pro-trans and have records of being pro trans There are over 10,000 elected Democrats in fed and state gov, so don't get distracted by a small handful getting headlines being anti-trans

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J Lam 👩🏻‍🎨 @kangaroo5383.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Seems like everything is going to be getting worse, as expected? www.politico.com/news/2026/10/10/ic…

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 18/10/2026

When you really piss them off, they ban you (take it from me!) So, folks, are we all trying hard enough?

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 18/10/2026

Lmfao Dems +9 on transgender issues after hundreds of millions of dollars in attack ads. Get absolutely rolled x.com/PollTracker2...

ABC/Ipsos/WaPo poll | 10/9-10/13 LV

Which political party do you trust to do a better job handling each of the following? (Net)

🟦 Healthcare: D+23
🟦 Education and schools: D+14
🟦 Cost of living: D+14
🟦 Inflation: D+14
🟦 Iran: D+11
🟦 Transgender issues: D+9
🟦 Economy: D+9
🟦 Reducing government corruption: D+9
🟦 Taxes: D+7
🟦 Israel and Gaza: D+7
🟦 Immigration: D+2
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🟥 Crime: R+5

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 18/10/2026

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct NHS England own report on its policy for trans people and same-sex wards could lead to delays in their care, discrimination against them, animosity between groups, and other adverse health impacts. No kidding... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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NHS England policy for trans people could have ‘a number of adverse impacts’, report finds

Exclusive: rules on same-sex wards could lead to delays in care, discrimination and animosity between groups, finds internal assessment

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/10/2026

Right-wing billionaires now own the Washington Post, the LA Times, CNN, CBS News, virtually every local TV station, virtually every news radio station, most local newspapers, X, Facebook, Threads, and TikTok. (Did I miss any?) They own almost the entire information environment.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/10/2026

Many times in my life I've seen my cohort say something along the lines of, "let's not eat this half-ass shit sandwich, let's hold out for the good & righteous world we want," which sounds good in a speech, but in practice has just led to worse & worse choices, bigger & bigger shit sandwiches.

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Paul [Atreides] Wood @retroid.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

I'll never understand the logic of parties & candidates trying to shift rightwards 'to appeal to more people'. The right will still hate you and not trust you for myriad other reasons. People on the left will now hate you because you've thrown people under the bus who they support.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

By my count he actually disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood twice in the video. He does so casually and moves on bc there's no reason he should be connected with them - and his interlocutor refuses to provide one.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 18/10/2026

When you have wealth, you want power. When you have power, you want wealth. When you have both, you want to live forever and be God. That’s when you’re f—ked. My interview with @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

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San Francisco is central to the 'major story of our time.' It's a tragedy.

"I don’t want to let the city off the hook."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/10/2026

On my long list of things to feel heartsick about: there is a genital-check initiative on the ballot in WA this cycle, intended (as they all are) to make a marginalized minority's life even more difficult, and polling shows that it is likely to pass.

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Washington Initiative 638, Sex Verification Requirements for Female School Sports Initiative (2026)

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/10/2026

"In their view, high prices are not market failures but moral ones, the result of greed and corruption, which can be vanquished with the right intention. The ideal state is a kind of Lake Wobegon, where every price is below average."

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The ‘Consumer Socialism’ Trap

The wrong way to solve the affordability crisis

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Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @dgoldsmith.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

I preordered this, even though I probably won’t watch it (I’m pretty familiar with all his dirty laundry already, and it’s 4 hours long). If you can afford it, please consider preordering it even if you don’t intend to watch it. Preorders send a signal.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

My latest books cartoon for the @theguardian.com

Title: The extreme reader's hyper-optimised day.

3.15 am
The reader sits in an Ice bath
Other elements are labelled:
Intravenous breakfast
Non-fiction
Fiction
Books podcast
Poetry playlist

11.05 am
The reader runs on a Treadmill
Other elements are labelled:
Snack (single prune)
Dictating goodreads reviews
Auto-scrolling e-book
Audiobook at 6x speed

4.25 pm
The reader is in a Hyperbaric chamber
Other elements are labelled:
AI-summarised classic
Multiple online book clubs
Evening meal-pouch
Achievement spreadsheet

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

I don't have time to be a furry! It's like having to put on formalwear!

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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

New York Times editors continue not to prioritize democracy under siege, and those citizens rallying to its defense. See our analysis of past front pages from the New York Times and other outlets. Blog: mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/new-york-t... 2/n

Front pages of New York Times after each of the last three no kings showing grades

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

At the same time if you're someone who's been doing artistic work for decades, this sort of music feels like the kind of soundtrack that plays as you look out over a precipice. It's hard to describe the feeling.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

I'm sure this has been said before, but this sort of thing sells me more on UBI. You start to imagine a world where artists can treat creations the same way mathematicians do: as things found which one is happy to see others build on. I would happily give up IP if my family were taken care of.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

This is perhaps the first AI song I've heard that didn't sound like slop. I think if you had played this for me, blind, I would've given it a 90%+ chance of being human. I'm not a musical expert, but you can just hear so many little choices. I find this sort of thing upsetting.

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Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @dgoldsmith.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@JasonAnthonyGuy @jagsworkshop I can’t imagine anyone writing a musical about Elon Musk, unless it was maybe “Springtime for Elon.”

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 18/10/2026

This is unusual. I think this should rise to the level of being spoken about by the top ranking elected Democrat in the country, even if historically there is a taboo against Senators wading into House business. This goes beyond.

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Bert Hubert NL 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @bert-hubert.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

En de Nederlandse overheid heeft net, op schrift, laten weten dat Facebook onacceptabel omgaat met onze data, maar dat ze desondanks doorgaan op Facebook. berthub.eu/tkconv/document.html?num…

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 18/10/2026

Bruh

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
@AbdulElSayed
He says the name just fine when he’s begging the Qataris for a personal jet or the Saudis for funding for his son-in-law’s private equity firm.

Wonder what’s changed?
Quote

Aaron Rupar
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Oct 16
Trump on El-Sayed: "His name is actually Abduladadalalalala. It's Adulbabababababa Mohammed Al-Sayed. So his middle name is Mohammed. So I was right. He's a jihadist."

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18/10/2026

This would be bad enough, but we are beyond even this now. We have entire blue states enacting anti-trans policy, and entire State Democratic Parties censoring their LGBTQ+ caucus from criticizing candidates on trans issues.

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