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I game, I hack my electronicles with dodgy firmware, and I read books digital and papyrus. Oligarchia delet memoriam, littera scripta manet.

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KXAN News @kxan.com · 29/09/2026
A new coalition warns that the rapid expansion of data centers across the state could threaten Texas’ already limited water resources. www.kxan.com/news/texas/new-coaliti… 
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FYI this bill does nothing. It contains no new mandatory rules restricting data centers. It's just fakery to try to fool voters into forgetting that Republicans spent the entire term trying to stop states from regulating AI (as requested by the AI companies). www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
semafor.com
Exclusive: Some Republicans push to prioritize Husted data center bill
Republican senators have discussed the idea but made no final decision.
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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New report from the Norwegian Board of Technology: 90 percent of AI & data center capacity in Norway is foreign-owned Data centers consume vast amounts of electricity – yet generate limited value Data centers create heavy demands on Norwegian power capacity but leave little value behind locally:
nrk.no
Ny rapport: Datasentre sluker strøm – gir begrenset verdiskapning
Datasentre forsyner seg grovt av norsk strømkapasitet, men legger igjen lite verdier lokalt, viser en fersk rapport fra Teknologirådet. Nå frykter tradisjonell industri for fremtiden og krever rask in...
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So a developer who wants a data center center to be built near Hazelton, PA is offering $10,000 to the citizens. The citizens are pushing back saying it's a bribe & they don't want the noise. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
tomshardware.com
Data center developer offers $10,000 checks to 4,500 households if the 1,300-acre facility is approved — locals push back over noise and 'bribe' concerns
Report says that many residents are rejecting the offer due to fears of noise, falling property values, and mistrust.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is the biggest infrastructure investment in US history actually just a Ponzi scheme?
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No wonder so many Dem consultants are saying "go easy on AI and data centers"
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Xerø @ecksearoh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Karateka was the very first computer game I ever played, my high school computer lab had two Apple 2Es and a bunch of Amigas. I played Karateka on whatever Apple OS those lab machines ran. I learned Basic on the Amiga.
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Xerø @ecksearoh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It was extremely hard to pick 9 games, especially since there's been so many. There's Commodore 64 games I enjoyed and forgot, Apple 2E games from school, etcetera etcetera etcetera. I completely forgot Guild Wars 1 & 2.
A collage of nine videogames: Karateka, Reach For The Stars, Final Fantasy Tactics, Unreal 2, UT2K4, Left 4 Dead, TF2, Destiny 2, Warframe.
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Xerø @ecksearoh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@warframe.com I tried to go to the Void but could not because it is now locked. I'm guessing the fix for this map reversion is taking time because it will be complicated.
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Xerø @ecksearoh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@warframe.com The map is still reset for me after the update, and all the junctions appear locked, as do some of the planetary nodes. It seems to be a visual change and not procedural, because it's not preventing me from moving between worlds.
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Xerø @ecksearoh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Waiting for a #warframe hotfix. Last time I played the update had reset my progress on the world map.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/09/2026
📬 Trump’s DOJ used the alleged misconduct of a single USPS employee to defend the need for Trump’s sweeping anti-mail voting executive order. The problem? It’s unclear how exactly the proposed USPS requirements from the order would have prevented the alleged incident:
democracydocket.com
DOJ seizes on Utah ballot dumping case to attack USPS court rulings, push Trump’s anti-voting agenda
It's unclear how exactly the proposed USPS rules would have prevented the conduct alleged in Utah. The ballots had already entered the Postal Service system when the employee allegedly set them aside ...
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JD Vance gave Politico information anonymously. Politico reported the information. The White House cited Politico’s reporting of Vance’s information as part of its justification for banning Politico. Then Vance defended the ban. This is some 1930s Germany Twilight Zone shit.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge Timothy Kelly grants CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s TRO against the Trump administration, ordering that the reporters affected “immediately” have their White House hard passes reinstated. The TRO is in effect for 14 days. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
For all these reasons, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, ECF No. 2, is GRANTED.
2. It is further ORDERED that Defendants (except for President Trump) and their agents, representatives, and all persons or entities acting in concert with them shall immedi-
ately return, reinstate, and restore the White House "hard pass" press credentials held by employees of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO that were revoked on or about September 18, 2026, until further Order of the Court or the expiration of this Temporary
Restraining Order.
3. It is further ORDERED that this Temporary Restraining Order shall remain in effect for 14 days.
4. It is further ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall post a $1.00 bond in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) by October 1, 2026.
SO ORDERED.
Is/ Timothy J. Kelly
TIMOTHY J. KELLY
United States District Judge
Date: September 24, 2026
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ah, but what if *first* you help elect a government that doesn’t prosecute fraud?…
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Big Brain Meme Gesture
ALT: Big Brain Meme Gesture
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Bryan @bryan.broketheinternet.com · 23/09/2026
they're disrupting the fraud industry
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fraud is just modern business practice, the only thing missing from here is investment rounds and an IPO
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That's just fraud, my dude. Even if you use an AI agent. It's just fucking fraud.
Nikita Bier: Hello computer,

Find every Amazon purchase I ever made. 
Call the number of the manufacturer. 
Say you’re not satisfied.
Request a refund. 
If they decline, threaten to leave a bad review.
If they decline, find the CEO’s phone number and ask him for a refund.

Now, repeat the same process for items I never even purchased and see if you can get  them to send me money.

If they ask for a recipient, generate an image of one and send that.

Do not stop until you’ve collected $1 million in refunds.
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Victoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The people who built AI with seemingly little care for the havoc it could cause and no guardrails to protect public should be held accountable for every problem AI is now causing. They want to make billions but don’t want to accept responsibility for their technology. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Breaking: OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an Open AI agent gained unauthorised accessed to the Medicare statistics reporting service portal.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
imagine being the low level govt employee reading the "sorry our demons did an oopsie" email they sent to the fucking generic contact address
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Labor Government says not to worry about the OpenAI Medicare hack because they have referred it to the Labor-controlled joint committee on AI for inquiry 👀👀👀
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The PM is in the US mugging for selfies with the guy who stripped regulation from some of the world's most dangerous AI companies, while a US company linked to the Trump administration hacked arguably Australia's most sensitive database in a serious attack on our sovereignty.
OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says
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Anthony Albanese stands in front of flags during a press conference. 
Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI agent hacked a Medicare statistics reporting service portal.

In short: 
The prime minister has had a "frank" discussion with OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman after an AI agent breached an Australian government website. 

The company did not notify Services Australia of the incident until three months after the fact, via email.
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
OpenAI hacks the Australian Government this time. I don’t quite understand why these hacks don’t result in criminal charges every time. Hacking is illegal, and these systems are owned and run by companies with responsibility for their tools. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Australia news live: Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare
Follow the day’s news live
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Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If an individual did this, we'd treat it as a crime. We should treat this as a crime too, and hold OpenAI liable for what its models, under its supervision, did. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
Anthony Albanese says he has spoken to the Open AI chief executive to express his concern about the incident and the length of time it took the tech company to inform the government of the breach.
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Biomedical researchers are on edge after news broke over the weekend that the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) director clashed with President Donald Trump over a White House plan to turn over the agency’s final grant decisions to a new board co-chaired by Trump’s budget chief, Russell
science.org
White House move to seize control of NIH grant decisions upsets senators and scientists
Budget chief Russell Vought reportedly wants more power to veto DEI-related funding
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 21/09/2026
After laying off most of the Destiny team, Bungie decides that Destiny is "foundational" to its future: aftermath.site/destiny-conten...
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
being nice to him and pretending he hasn't started an illegal unilateral war, funded genocide, killed millions after lying about USAID, supported Putin, censored the press and lied every single day is a great way to earn respect from a man incapable of acting respectfully
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 21/09/2026
The Metric Is Not The Mission: History Rarely Announces Itself The Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination of how Big Tech moved from building and expanding the open internet to... www.techdirt.com/2026/09/21/the-met…
techdirt.com
The Metric Is Not The Mission: History Rarely Announces Itself
The Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination of how Big Tech moved from building and expanding the open internet to increasingly shaping it around its own metrics, incentives and assumptions. Across the series, the argument follows the evolution of the platform economy—from the optimism of the early internet to the growing tensions...
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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 22/09/2026
🧪 Huge news! We've always thought the brain was a single organ. This study says it is two! We assumed the brain grows from a single type of starter cell. Instead, two separate cell lineages develop side by side: one builds the front and middle of the brain, the other builds the back. #Medsky 🧠
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Two parallel neural ectoderm progenitors contribute to the developing brain - Nature Neuroscience
This study shows that the brain arises from two distinct progenitors: one forms the forebrain and midbrain, whereas the other generates the hindbrain. These insights enable the generation of human hin...
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“I was surprised at our findings because the word ‘brain’ implies a contiguous organ that likely has a singular origin,” Jokhai said. “But even 500 million years ago, there were these separate neural systems, which now almost operate as one, which is very cool.”
med.stanford.edu
Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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C @spiffyscientist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I won’t lie, it’s a bit overwhelming to see the work hyperbolized by many press outlets, including the university. We did not discover a new organ, or that you have two consciousnesses, etc! I’m excited for the general positive recognition, (especially the coverage from the Chronicle by Jack Lee)
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The brain is a single organ. But it may not start that way, study suggests
A Stanford-led study challenges the idea that the brain develops from one common pool of early cells — and could help researchers model diseases such as ALS.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fascinating study which shows that at a fundamental level the brain is two separate organs, essentially the brain stem is one and the rest of the brain (forebrain and midbrain) are another. Distinct from the beginning both in formation and evolutionary history. med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
med.stanford.edu
Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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Tom Kessenich @tomkessenich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We’ve officially entered the State TV portion of our Dictatorship. Yay.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The entire presidential television press pool — Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN — has agreed to suspend coverage in the wake of Trump’s decision to ban CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House
newrepublic.com
Major TV Networks Band Together in Boycott After Trump’s Ban on CNN
The five major TV networks are joining forces after Trump’s press ban.
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Le Cagle @lecagle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
you are *not* prepared for what this technology company is called, nothing can prepare you
wkyt.com
UK installs AI facial scanning technology at residence halls
The University of Kentucky is installing artificial intelligence facial scanning technology on several campus buildings.
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Chuck Groenink @cgroenink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Realised I never posted this Rivendell drawing I did from my Lord of the Rings phase last year.
a black and white drawing of a grand house built against a cliff with waterfalls, some blue colour was added for added lighting and to suggest evening.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We have *six days* left until the Academy of Natural Sciences, North America's oldest Natural History museum, is scheduled to close it's doors. Here are *six reasons* why we cannot - and will not- let that happen.
a slide that says 6 days until the doors close -- 6 reasons we can keep them open, save-the-academy.org @savetheacademy
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 22/09/2026
AI agents made more than 15,000 secret wiki edits trading tips on how to dodge restrictions.
truthdig.com
Stuxnet Versus Skynet
The AI apocalypse may not require ‘conscious’ machines at all, but only supercharged digital attack worms like the one released against Iran in 2010.
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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 22/09/2026
More on the massive bill Kiritaka Kiyoha's geisha house sent her when she left: buff.ly/frtR1TQ
unseen-japan.com
Maiko: I Tried to Leave the Geisha World. They Sent Me a Bill
A former maiko who says she was harassed and abused in Japan's geisha world is now telling her story, including the enormous bill her house handed her when she left.
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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I was already honored to be a voice in their game, but now I’m DOUBLY grateful to have @doublefine.com’s continued support as they unabashedly celebrate our collab! (And please don’t worry. While my success & public joy seem to be upsetting to some, I feel like I’m getting to live my dream life!)
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
Increasingly, “U.S. jails are moving beyond periodic checks of people in custody toward continuous physiological and video-based monitoring, creating a new layer of correctional technology before common rules have emerged for how the resulting data should be stored, accessed, retained, or reused.”
biometricupdate.com
U.S. jails expand continuous biometric monitoring as data rules lag | Biometric Update
Wearable sensors and AI camera analytics are spreading across U.S. correctional facilities as rules on consent, retention and secondary use remain inconsistent.
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Daniel Boris @danboriscreates.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Jabba The Hutt Say What?
Jabba the Hutta seen seated at the resolute desk, wearing a red tie.

Jabba:
“I’m banning news organizations that write negative things about me.”
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Xerø @ecksearoh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Armor Hunter Mellowlink is about a guy with a big fuck off gun that is designed to pierce armored suits. They run around without armor carrying guns designed to kill the pilots of armored suits. And they worked in groups because that is a desperation move, really hard to do when infantry is there.
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Xerø @ecksearoh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Armor Hunter Mellowlink | Opening youtu.be/AdAROyn-jlA?...
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Armor Hunter Mellowlink | Opening
YouTube video by Meguka
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Xerø @ecksearoh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The anime collage, I would have included Armor Hunter Merowlink instead of Jujutsu Kaisen if I had remembered them. Honorable mention goes to Baoh if there were ten slots.
Theere are nine collaged images representing Akira, Black Magic Mario 66, Record of Lodoss War, Nausicaa Valley of the Wind, Log Horizon, Dungeon Meshi, Frieren: Journey's End, Witch Hat Atelier, and Jujutsu Kaisen
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Xerø @ecksearoh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Here are my 9 anime #My9Animes #anime my9animes.com/en/share/c50...
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My 9 Animes | Shared anime picks
A shared 9-panel anime collage.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21/09/2026
Trump’s approval rating is on track to be the worst in American history. At some point, Trump’s bad rep will be such a liability to fellow Republican officeholders, that they’ll move to get rid of him. trib.al/Kl8xfFq
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Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is the inevitable result under capitalism: monopolies controlled by fascists with the only opposition coming from feckless state bureaucrats that are ultimately beholden to capitalists.
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