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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12h
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 12h
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.
From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water.  I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there?  God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 11h
Delightful also to hear real eagle noises. In movies eagles are always dubbed with hawks, since hawks found fierce and eagles sound like adorable squeakers.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 11h
christ this infuriates me. ACA bridged the gap between my divorce (with loss of spousal benefits) and medicare eligibility. without it, I would not have had access to health care for eight years.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11h
These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity.
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Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 10h
It's not but if you've been to Copenhagen and seen Tivoli Gardens basically across the street from the main train station you weep at what a wasted opportunity Hudson Yards is
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 21h
When you have no concept of how people engage with music
nicksaraev ~
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I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.
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WildPartyInviteDecliner @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 10h
On the one hand, this person was incredibly naive, to put it lightly. On the other hand, you can see why all the narratives in 2024 about why hispanic voters would really love Trump's mass deportations were not gonna survive contact with reality.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 10h
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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Nick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social · 10h
hey is the strait open yet
Six hundred of our finest warriors joined SECWAR
 for morning PT at the Pentagon ahead of his HISTORIC State of the Force address.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 10h
It is actually completely clear from context clues.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 9h
Breaking character: I hate to use this account for political strategizing but the ball needs to get rolling on this....when Dems take the House they've got to focus on impeaching Hegseth. He can be be blamed for the Iran war plus he's a drunk and a criminal.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Trump is standing like no human has ever stood before
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 22h
I’m seeing a new allergist-immunologist and today he brought up this study about how much Astepro nasal spray, which I use daily, appears to decrease the likelihood of COVID, flu, RSV, etc. I have barely gotten a cold since I started using it but had no idea why. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Azelastine Nasal Spray for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infections
This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of azelastine as a preexposure prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 22h
I actually don't think the Republican Senator mixed up "Hawks" and "Hawkeyes." Going by his own statements, it appears his staff saw he went to a basketball game on that date and googled basketball games and found the only men's game that night in the whole country was in Atlanta.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 22h
No one on his staff even once thought to check if there were any women's games being played that night. These are the people calling themselves defenders of women's sports.
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 21h
I think we need to talk more about how Axios has multiple reporters that openly collude with the Trump admin Wait sorry my handlers tell me if we point this out Barak Ravid will report us to the ADL
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 21h
Reading about Socrates, apparently he was horrific to look at and was still having kids in his 60s. Unbelievable game. Imagine you're at the bar and a man who looks like a beluga whale hits you with "The only thing I know is I know nothing" and you're just powerless to resist
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Susan Behrens @susanbehrens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Vote for James Talarico. He has one house. Love this! Bonus points for including the dig that Paxton’s McKinney house is conveniently located near the courthouse where he was indicted for fraud. 😆 🤣
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Today on House Hunters, Ken Paxton is shopping for a new house. Will he buy the three-story luxury lodge in Oklahoma? The condos at a wellness resort in Utah? The ocean-view property in Hawaii? (Spoiler alert: He won’t take one — he’ll take 15.)
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 21h
I have one house.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21h
Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.
Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20h
Time for this classic again.
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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 22h
shutting down frat houses won't end rape culture, but it will disorganize a lot of rapists, and i think that's probably worth doing if only to destabilize what is apparently an ecology of organizations that functionally exist to rape women per the whole "purpose of a system is what it does" insight.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 20h
seriously: every western regime should deny any and all relief and sabotage this administration as hard as possible
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 19h
Michigan Polling: Senate: 🔵El-Sayed: 51% 🔴Rogers: 44% Governor: 🔵Benson: 53% 🔴James: 41% Marist / Sept 27, 2026 (Current MI-SEN Model Result Is: DEM 52% - GOP 47%) (Current MI-GOV Model Result Is: DEM 56% - GOP 43%) unitedstatespolling.com/p/republican...
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Republicans Are in Full Midterm Panic
Democrats continue their march toward a historic House majority as Trump’s approval sinks further
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 19h
i thought about this old tweet tonight and how nothing has ever aged better
@Merman_Melville • Jan 24, 2019
Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 19h
i know it is a small thing but do these tech oligarchs not read before signing something from the unites states president
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Eric Schmitt is what happens when a state becomes so red that you don’t need to be a talented politician to become a US Senator. And to be fair, there are examples of this in blue states too. Iron sharpens iron.
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 19h
One of the things to come from GamerGate was the gamification of torturing real, live women...hounding them out of their homes, making them look over their shoulders for years. It was treated as a joke, nbd, the work of a few bad apples--as all terrorism against women is--& that failure leads here.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 18h
look, if you're worried about being remembered, don't try to pursue immortality or whatever, the smart move is to start selling substandard copper and then make sure anyone who complains deposits a physical copy of that complaint in a site that will later be archaeologically significant
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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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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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, claiming he had evidence Smith secretly went to an Atlanta Hawks game. Then it all backfired in real-time.
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GOP Senator’s Jack Smith ‘Gotcha’ Blows Up in His Face
Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over supposed evidence placing him at an Atlanta Hawks game. There was just one problem: It was the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt says There's no mention that Schmitt had all his facts wrong
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Called him a perjurer to his face. There needs to be a penalty for that.
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lesliead717.bsky.social @lesliead717.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He blatantly lied about Smith. He should be held accountable
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
wow they really got him
Senate Republicans account: UNEARTHED AUDIO: Abdul El-Sayed fought to protect illegals over Michiganders during COVID:

"Undocumented people are among the most vulnerable in our society, particularly during this pandemic... this pandemic has hit undocumented Americans hard."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.”
Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa stands indoors wearing a burgundy blazer and dark top, with campaign signage bearing her name and the outline of Texas visible behind her.Official letter dated September 29, 2026, from Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office requesting inspection of unredacted communications between Abbott’s office and Elon Musk and his companies. Hinojosa seeks records previously released with redactions for information deemed “embarrassing” or “intimate,” citing her legislative authority under the Texas Public Information Act.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was wrong. It’s happening
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
these look more and more like late Brezhnev, late Chernenko photos
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Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 29/09/2026
Anthropic is just directly fearmongering about the open weight models that are eating their lunch on price now huh
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GLM-5.3 and the Spread of Advanced Cyber Capabilities
GLM-5.3 can autonomously build end-to-end cyber exploits, but unlike other frontier models, it was released without meaningful safeguards to limit misuse.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fox News just did a long segment on this Jack Smith hearing and, you're never going to be believe this, but they didn't play any of Schmitt embarrassing himself.
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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 29/09/2026
don’t get headline sniped, these are standard plans from a liberal/progressive policy standpoint.
The platform, dubbed the Building A Healthier America Policy Agenda, takes aim at pesticides in food, backing legislation that would give people the right to sue pesticide manufacturers over harm caused by the products. It seeks accountability for polluters, with a pledge to get industry lobbyists out of regulatory agencies. And it aims to get substances such as lead and microplastics out of water, in part by strengthening federal drinking water rules. It also proposes investments in school meal programs and grocery stores on wheels.
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