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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 1h
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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Jon Stewart on Trump offering to sell weapons to China: ‘How does America even stay on the map sometimes?’
Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s private ballroom tour for China’s Xi Jinping and his ‘great interest’ in granite
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 1h
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge
These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 2h
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Launches Government Chatbot That Contradicts Some of His Claims (Gift Article)
Democrats amplified statements from America.gov that frequently contradict the president on tariffs, election fraud and other topics.
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 2h
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
nytimes.com
OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models (Gift Article)
Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 2h
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
nytimes.com
Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 2h
Another moron Senator. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
nytimes.com
Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart (Gift Article)
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 2h
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 2h
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Americans Want Populist Policies That Defy Traditional Political Labels
A new Wall Street Journal survey finds broad support for caps on prescription drug prices and strong border security.
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 2h
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More than 100 Israelis go on rampage in Palestinian town
Jewish settlers blocked roads, set tyres ablaze and prevented the return of a Palestinian family in latest surge of violence in occupied West Bank
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 2h
www.ft.com/content/264c...
ft.com
Trump administration can deport non-citizens to third countries for now
Supreme Court issues temporary decision allowing US to send immigrants to nations where they have no ties
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h
"The Party insisted that you defy the evidence of your own eyes..." www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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DoorDash driver shot by ICE in Texas is charged with assaulting officers
Wilber Garcés Pérez is accused of striking an agent with his rear-view mirror before he was arrested with a bullet near his spine
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 5h
And as icing on the cake, granting certiorari on "[s]uch other questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the proper disposition of the case" is a giant flashing neon sign that the fix is in www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 5h
The Supreme Court majority once again demonstrates it has no understanding of (or perhaps just no interest in following) the law of stays. "Sure, kill and torture a bunch of innocent people while we decide whether doing so is legal" is NOT how stays are supposed to work. 1/2
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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 5h
"Palantir, the data surveillance company at the heart of the British state, has warned its most outspoken parliamentary critic, the Labour MP Clive Lewis, that it has been surveilling his anti-Palantir activities." via @thenerve.news www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 5h
Finally Trump caves and realizes he lost to E Jean Carroll as he should have. A rapist never understands NO #Democracy #Blues
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 18h
❗️Volunteers from Taiwan, South Korea, China and Japan in the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To be clear, I’m not saying that none of this should be done, just that these ideas are neither new nor innovative and that we need something more but it’s very hard to find options that are comprehensive enough while not risking a shooting war
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a perfect example of the multitude of articles demanding ”better strategy” and ”more action” against Russia’s escalating hybrid war, yet fails to suggest anything new (or even any of the already explored slightly more creative options)
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
”European countries should be quicker to point the finger where evidence is compelling” 1. Russia is to an extent beyond caring about attribution 2. Sometimes attribution can help make Putin look 10 feet tall (hence no 1) 3. Faster attribution isn’t going to make Russia stop
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Tilman @tilmane.bsky.social · 18h
Take Tom Schelling serious and prepare to escalate: 1. For every action stop a Russian shadow fleet tanker and detain for 2w 2. For every action, release a part of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine 3 For every action stop Ru Drones & Missiles over Ukraine and move 20km eastward from the border
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 14h
We have a new high poll for Dems AFAIK of D+16 on the generic ballot among likely voters. I think pollsters are playing kind of fast and loose with these filters to only use decided voters but still. Holy hell
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 13h
Excellent, as usual, @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social piece today on where things stand electorally and, more importantly, why. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/whats-gone...
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com
What’s Gone Wrong For the GOP
And some speculation about why.
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 12h
Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy as you age theconversation.com/learning-ano... #Alzheimers #dementia #education #gerontology #publichealth
theconversation.com
Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy as you age
Learning another language is not a miracle cure for aging, and it cannot guarantee protection against Alzheimer’s disease. But it does have various other benefits.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 12h
Starting to think it’s part of CNN’s social media strategy to keep doing this extraordinarily dumb take (“90% of people who tell us they like to eat apples also enjoy apple cider”) as a way to get the president’s attention and thus more clicks. Harry knows better
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 19h
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...
nytimes.com
This Screw Is Needed for Missiles and Planes. Buying One Can Take Years. (Gift Article)
As the Trump administration scrambles to increase the production of munitions, these special screws are expensive and hard to source.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 23h
October is speech and conference month here in New Zealand. Kicking off the first of six public panels and lectures on October 7 with a talk on Competition or Cooperation in AI? www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/competitio...
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Competition or Cooperation in AI?
Professor Mark Lemley discusses competition in AI and what we might expect from the laws that aim to regulate it.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 23h
Remember, on November 3, a vote for Republicans is a vote for Elon Musk
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 21h
Russia escalated its attacks on Ukraine’s civilian centres. Hospitals, offices, data centres, railways, warehouses and publishers hit. 90% of retail food-logistics capacity has been destroyed; millions of books and hundreds of locomotives lost or damaged.
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Russia declares total war on Ukraine's economy, from data centres to school textbooks
Warehouses, locomotives, internet providers, publishers and now the national science academy have become targets. Ukraine's economy ministry puts the cost at up to $10 billion this year, and growth fo...
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Nature Food @natfood.nature.com · 20h
Article: By analysing products sold by 44 major food and beverage manufacturers in the UK, this study identifies how, and to what extent, changes to product portfolios could improve the healthiness of food products while reducing their environmental impact. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
nature.com
Large nutritional and environmental improvements can be achieved across the product portfolios of major UK food and beverage manufacturers - Nature Food
Food and beverage manufacturers have the potential to contribute to the transition towards a more nutritious and sustainable food system. By analysing products sold by 44 major food and beverage manuf...
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
John Fetterman accidentally calls himself ‘a lifelong Republican’
Social and news media commenters seize on senator’s gaffe, with some characterizing it as a Freudian slip
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Texas Republican called for public execution of Democratic leaders – report
Bo French, who is running to lead a state agency, has in the past posted controversial and racist statements online
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
theguardian.com
Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.wsj.com/us-news/penn...
wsj.com
Penn State’s Campuswide Cocaine Ring Was Fueled by Fraternity Hazing
In the Delta Upsilon house, pledges packaged bricks of cocaine for older members who sold the drugs across the entire school. Then someone snitched.
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
wsj.com
Justice Alito Won’t Participate in Supreme Court Case on Climate Change
The decision to step aside is a reversal after the justice previously indicated he wouldn’t recuse himself.
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
wsj.com
Oil Prices and Bond Yields Keep Rising, Putting a Damper on Stocks
Stuck in a ‘one factor world,’ Treasury yields inched closer to a new milestone.
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Netanyahu under pressure over reports he was warned about October 7
Opposition attacks Israeli premier ahead of election over leaks suggesting Egyptian and Emirati officials alerted him to Hamas threat
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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover @firinglineshow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Architecture is not incidental or accidental. It reflects who we are." @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu argues President Trump's White House renovations are damaging the ideas behind America. "It's changing what it means to be an American president." Follow on Apple: shorturl.at/nQU2k
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 28/09/2026
The UK is talking about launching their own. "UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears" www.theguardian.com/business/202... The EU is also saying bye bye to MC/Visa. europeanbusinessmagazine.com/europes-24-t...
theguardian.com
UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears
Exclusive: First meeting to be held over domestic payments system aimed at reducing reliance on US networks
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Tilman @tilmane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brazil, Meta, democracy influenceindustry.org/en/explorer/...
influenceindustry.org
A Cautionary Tale: Brazilian democracy, anti-democratic riots, and Meta’s platforms
Researcher Pedro Maia relates, using the Influence Industry Explorer as a foundation, the role of Meta platforms during the 2018 and 2022 presidential elections in Brazil.
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Tilman @tilmane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is #Meta negatively influencing elections by allowing for misinformation? Important insights, thxs @amnesty.org & @chadbourn.bsky.social www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
amnesty.org
Amnesty Report: Meta failed to block election related-related disinformation ads on Facebook
An Amnesty International experiment has exposed Meta's failure to detect election-related disinformation ads on Facebook in Brazil.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
People in Kyiv's National Academy of Science, just struck by a Russian attack drone, try to escape the burning interior of the building by crawling onto third-floor window ledges.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 28/09/2026
"The evidence continues to grow. Social media, as it is currently constructed, redounds to the net benefit of illiberal regimes and their allies in democracies. The question is what to do about it." www.liberalcurrents.com/social-media...
Social Media Has Not Brought Liberation

Social media has been a boon to autocratic regimes and their allied movements in democracies.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 28/09/2026
absolutely amazing chart
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Tilman @tilmane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Does Putin have Kompromat on Trump? Seems more likely day by day open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
open.substack.com
WHAT PUTIN HAS ON TRUMP
On August 12th, 2025, Alnur Mussayev, the former head of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin possesses a comprehensive kompromat file on Donald J.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 28/09/2026
Top executives from Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Microsoft are urging policymakers to scrutinize the extent that AI systems are improving themselves and take steps to safeguard the technology.
bloom.bg
Anthropic, OpenAI Executives Urge Oversight of Self-Improving AI
Top executives from Anthropic PBC, OpenAI, Meta Platforms Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are urging policymakers to scrutinize the extent that artificial intelligence systems are improving themselves and take steps to safeguard the technology, adding to calls within the industry for greater oversight of AI.
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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Following #Trump rejection of negotiations with #Iran, global oil prices resume their rise, reaching their level before last week's UN General Assembly Brent up 3% to $107.40 this morning #IranWar
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Tilman @tilmane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#EU should pick up the #Taiwan deal, and offer to sell comparable systems to T, if #China continues to deliver Geran turbo jets to #Russia @kajakallas.bsky.social @nicolange.bsky.social @nicolediekmann.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @rikefranke.eu @gresselgustav.bsky.social
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Apparently, Blanche is illiterate. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Blanche defends Trump’s White House media ban: ‘It is a privilege, not a right’
US attorney general argues that president was ‘sick and tired’ of inaccurate reporting by CNN, MS Now and Politico
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says (Gift Article)
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
nytimes.com
Trump’s War With Iran Drags Down Republicans in Midterm Elections (Gift Article)
As their midterm picture darkens, and gas and diesel prices soar, some Republicans who backed the war for months are now changing their tune.
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