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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 3h
Another reason your vote in November could have far reaching implications for the next 30 years in the US. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | What Would John Maynard Keynes Say About A.I.? The Keynes Bot Told Us. (Gift Article)
Nearly a century ago, Keynes predicted that technology would liberate us from work. To imagine what he would think of artificial intelligence today, a Princeton economist used A.I.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 6h
Emergency power outages have been introduced in Kyiv after a strike hit a power transmission line, according to DTEK. Zhytomyr is also experiencing emergency electricity cuts, while water supply disruptions have been reported in some districts of Kyiv. #Ukraine
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 6h
A.I. companies will need to find at least $4.2 trillion a year in new revenue by 2031 to pay for their data center buildout, per Bain.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h
Here's where you can get a sticker. www.fvap.gov/IVotedSticke...
fvap.gov
Americans can vote. Wherever they are.
As a U.S. citizen living overseas, I voted absentee. Where are you voting from?
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h
The fundamental pact that the tech bros struck with Trump when they lined up to elect him in 2024 was this: we won't be regulated anymore, and we won't pay any taxes. This is how that works for Zuckerberg and Meta. The wealthiest 0.001% of Americans are effectively looting the federal treasury.
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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brendanamartin.bsky.social @brendanamartin.bsky.social · 8h
“…They do not want the USA to somehow collapse or fail completely, they want it to weaken itself but keep spending. As this person said—they want the US to be happy, fat, and weak—but still consuming.”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h
Trump announces "Corruption R Us" by joining Putin and Lukashenko in exit from the Anti-Corruption Panel.
apnews.com
US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 22h
I predict a certain ai is about to go through some brainwashing. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump’s AI website confirms he lost 2020 election
President Trump’s AI-powered website America.gov confirms that he lost the 2020 presidential election to former President Biden, contrary to the 47th president’s false claim that he won…
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 22h
Per the EO, yes it really is the case the President seems to be directing federal employees to say "I can't hear you unless you say SI" to public customers, research partners, vendors, journalists, etc.
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
US SEPT. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE 81.9; EST. 89.0 worst since 2014
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yarmouk is a refugee camp full of Palestinians that we besieged, starved, and butchered in 2013. There was little international interest. For some reason. We need lessons from no one.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🤬 The moment of KAB hit the school in Sumy, the children at that time were just running for cover
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Essentially “Republicans like me don’t stand a chance without the support of billionaires and foreign governments.” Well, yeah dude, Republicans would stand a very good chance if they had policies that benefited the American people instead of billionaires and foreign governments.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The sources added that Patel consistently kept Bailey at arm's length and cut him out of meetings the deputy FBI director should attend because Bailey was constantly flagging things that were unconstitutional.” www.cbsnews.com/news/top-fbi...
cbsnews.com
Top FBI official Andrew Bailey, who was once widely seen as Patel successor, resigns
Bailey was originally brought in to help ease tensions between former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 29/09/2026
Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr who was appointed ambassador to Greece last year, told an embassy dinner in Athens ‘we can do that to any country’, in reference to the Romanian government’s fall ft.trib.al/sonwkTL
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International Energy Agency @iea.org · 29/09/2026
Strong demand for electric cars in Europe & emerging markets offset weaker sales in China & the US in the first half of 2026. As a result, electric car sales were only slightly lower than a year earlier, while their share of total car sales edged up 👉 buff.ly/txa3zE5
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Summary
Companies
• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Many people are asking.
prospect.org
Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man? - The American Prospect
OpenAI’s models aren’t “going rogue” from their creators as much as they are mimicking them.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WSJ: The U.S. Navy and Gulf oil producers have grown more effective at blocking or evading Iranian attacks, letting more tankers move through the Strait of Hormuz.
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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sounds like IP theft. Violating 18 U.S.C. § 1832 can carry up to 10 years in prison. But this is an ai dog, so the dog owner apparently gets off Scot free.
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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can you imagine the outrage of the GOP if a Democratic candidate said this? But “he’s one of our guys”, so he gets a pass.
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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Psst, wanna see some sunk cost fallacy in action on a societal level? “…many accept the Kremlin’s line that the fighting must continue until victory is secured.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
nytimes.com
Their Sons Are Dying on Battlefields in Ukraine. They Still Back Russia’s War.
The Russian region of North Ossetia has suffered a heavy toll, yet many accept the Kremlin’s line that the fighting must continue until victory is secured.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: California Gov. Newsom waives CARB dates, allowing all of California to step over to winter gasoline early (some areas of CA were about to transition, but SoCal doesn't normally change until Oct. 31)
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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
America might be f’d up right now, but it’s good to know some things that made it a great place to live in are still alive and well.
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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
People climbed out of windows after Russia struck Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences. A jet-powered Russian drone hit the civilian scientific institution in Kyiv and set part of the building on fire. Schools. Kindergartens. Homes. Now science.
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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Guess “destroyed“ sounds more professional than “It’s a keeper!”.
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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GOP Consultants : what do you mean she just fucking tweeted it out
Marjorie Taylor Greene
We have not seen a caravan headed to the U.S.
southern border in several years, why now?
Oh yeah, there is an election coming and the
GOP needs to scare you into voting because
nothing else is working.

Anthony Aguero Live
Over 400 aliens predominantly from
Honduras entered Mexico on Thursday,
ready to make their way to the US southern
border ... Here's footage of the caravan.
Someone is incentivizing this movement, t ...

@mt ... . 1d

@Anth ... . 1d
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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 28/09/2026
Zelensky says Russia has effectively begun additional mobilization by increasing recruitment and plans to expand recruitment of foreigners. He says HUR reported 8,000 North Koreans are currently in Russia, with another 10,000 being prepared for deployment. #Ukraine
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Chances are you could just get that info from a number of foreign intelligence agencies.
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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey Dems, this is how you do it.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the guy Ezra Klein platforms on his podcast & the NYT refers to in passing in the most euphemistic terms possible when writing puff pieces about the Manhattan Institute & how it is going to stop “the Mamdani agenda”: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: A Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report released today "exposes how [Howard Lutnick-linked] Tether & its...token have become central to Iran’s shadow banking system" allowing Iran to fund proxies, commit human rights abuses, and...defy US sanctions, says Senator Blumenthal.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
😡 The building housing the Dobrobut hospital was hit in Kyiv
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OTD in 1939 USSR & its Nazi German allies signed "German-Soviet Boundary & Friendship Treaty" in Moscow just few days after our joint Victory Parade. Both nazis and USSR accused France and GB of trying to "prolong the war".
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🐝 JUST $600 TO $10,000! Russian Shaheds attack Ukraine every day. We need to get these 3 Hornet Vision CTRL remote-control stations to the SOF as soon as possible. They will allow the unit to remotely operate STING interceptors and expand its ability to protect the skies over Ukraine.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Looks like closing for physical work was to cover the fact that they drove finances into the ground with reckless re-naming adventure. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
washingtonpost.com
Trump now says the Kennedy Center could be deadly. Months ago, it was ‘great.’
The president’s assessment of the Kennedy Center’s physical condition grew increasingly dire after his name went up on the building and revenue began to plunge.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our system of governance derives its legitimacy from the consent of the governed. When public servants use propaganda to manipulate the people they are supposed to serve in order to MANUFACTURE that consent, our SERVANTS soon become our MASTERS. Your tax dollars paid for this ad.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
💔🇺🇦 As a result of the strike by KABs, two people died in Sumy, including a 16-year-old girl, and another person received shrapnel wounds.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Imagery has been released of a remote-controlled bomb disposal robot inspecting several white vans in the area surrounding RAF Fairford, where explosives are suspected to have been planted.
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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Evil is good, because evil is competent. This is the guy pulling the puppet strings on J.D. Vance.
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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Pigs Might Fly: Animated Balloons
ALT: Pigs Might Fly: Animated Balloons
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One of multiple occasions where Collins is mad about the perfectly predictable consequences of her votes (see also, Kavanaugh, Brett).
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026
Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.
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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My Glock system went rogue and issued 9mm agents which accessed the internal organs of several victims. Please give me billions of dollars to help me regulate the behavior of the gun whose trigger I keep pulling.
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