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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026
God I love New Mexico
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So many people already dealing with parents/grandparents with the toxic combination of diminishing mental faculties, online radicalisation via social media and AI slop, and chatbot seduction. Unfortunately we are now all getting to see what happens when one of those cases is the president of the USA
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's astonishing to me that the race for U.S. Senate in Maine is a tossup given the breathtaking corruption of the Repub incumbent. Troy Jackson just needs a little more support. You can help by visiting his website, where you'll find ways to donate and volunteer. www.jacksonformaine.com
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Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate
Troy Jackson is ready to flip Maine's Senate seat and unseat Susan Collins once and for all. He's a fifth-generation logger from Allagash, a lifelong labor champion, and former Maine Senate President,...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Party of Family Values™️ Strikes Again!
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Jim Benton @jimbenton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/jimbentonsho... • Amazon author page: www.amazon.com/stores/Jim-B...? • Threadless It's Happy Bunny page: itshappybunny.threadless. • Facebook page: www.facebook.com/jimkbenton/ • JoKoBo stuff: www.teepublic.com/user/jokobo • Website: www.jimbenton.com
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In 1974, Cornell lecturer Lin Farley began recognizing a pattern in the experiences women shared in her Women and Work course: women were being pushed out of jobs by men’s sexual behavior. Farley coined the term, “sexual harassment.”
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The neocloud bubble is wild. Aussie startup Firmus has an IPO next week forecast at $30b. Its plans include 2 data centres that will suck 15% of the electricity in Tasmania, the main customer is OpenAI, it has no audited financials, and its co-founder is a criminal www.reuters.com/business/5-b...
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$5 billion Firmus IPO divides investors after valuation triples in two months
As Australian data centre operator Firmus prepares to ​launch a $5 billion initial public offering, the country's second-largest ever, prospective investors are questioning the firm's surging valuatio...
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 03/10/2026
🚨 GEORGIA VOTERS — OCT. 5 IS IMPORTANT! Monday is the deadline to register to vote for the Nov. 3 election. 🗳️ Register by Oct. 5 🗳️ Early voting: Oct. 13–30 🗳️ Election Day: Nov. 3 Check your registration. Make a plan. Make your voice heard. #Georgia #Vote2026 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
🚨 GEORGIA VOTERS — OCT. 5 IS IMPORTANT!

Monday is the deadline to register to vote for the Nov. 3 election.

🗳️ Register by Oct. 5
🗳️ Early voting: Oct. 13–30
🗳️ Election Day: Nov. 3

Check your registration. Make a plan. Make your voice heard.

#Georgia #Vote2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Or cardboard boxes www.propublica.org/article/ulin...
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That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.
nbcnews.com
How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Jeff Merkley are introducing the Ban Flock Act. This bill would effectively put an end to AI surveillance cameras that track Americans. /1
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 02/10/2026
Their mission is the pursuit of human rights for their technology designed to deprive you of human rights.
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Emmalei @emmalei.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
youtube.com/shorts/j8fap...
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This video is my opinion 🤓
YouTube video by Epistemic
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Three million highly sensitive records, out in the open for nine months.
Pete Hegseth drunk and drenchedKash Patel drunk
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Overreliance On Palantir AI Technology Played Role In Iran School Bombing: Report” 9/18/26 (Palantir was co-founded by Peter Thiel & Joe Lonsdale) … 1/
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Overreliance On Palantir AI Technology Played Role In Iran School Bombing: Report
U.S. war planners were too confident in unreliable artificial intelligence tools, leading to a strike on an Iranian school, Bloomberg reported.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I spoke to @usatoday.com about data on sexual violence at Cornell. Victimization rates are increasing and reporting rates are falling. “Together… those two trendlines tell me that all students, including victims and perpetrators, believe that there is impunity for sexual assault at Cornell.”
usatoday.com
Cornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | Exclusive
A third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year.
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Jean R @jaruss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 wants is basically sharia law for women.
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A D.C. Superior Court judge has permanently banned Jeanine Pirro’s office from bringing charges against a former Olympic canoeist over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Judge bars Jeanine Pirro’s office from bringing charges in Reflecting Pool case after Trump’s pressure campaign
Judge Todd Edelman entered an order on Thursday that dismissed the case against David “Davey” Hearn with prejudice.
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Dawna and RealMonkeyCat @dawna9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BRAVO to the brave truth tellers of the Cornell Daily Sun who investigated, stood together & hit “publish” 🐾🩷👏🏽👏🏻👏👏🏼👏🏾 It’s good to know DAT & WellsFargo have standards as well. #Pinks #Voices4Victory
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trae Stephens worked for Peter Thiel’s Palantir before joining Thiel’s Founders Fund. In 2016, Thiel “had the new president’s ear” & Stephens “wound up running the Trump transition team for the [DOD],” which “set him up to cofound what is essentially a sister company to Palantir: Anduril…” (2024) 1/
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Trae Stephens Has Built AI Weapons and Worked for Donald Trump. As He Sees It, Jesus Would Approve
Trae Stephens is deep in the defense-startup world as a Founders Fund partner and Anduril cofounder. His bunker, though, isn’t fully prepped for the end times.
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elainesque.bsky.social @elainesque.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Senator Amy Klobuchar dressed in a blue and white basketball athletic uniform jumping to make a basket.
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chrisbritt.bsky.social @chrisbritt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#trump #hatchact #gop #corruption #economy #fascists #trumpfamily
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Jack Smith testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans still turn a blind eye to the Jan 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol” @anntelnaes.bsky.social On SUBSTACK anntelnaes.substack.com
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
ANOTHER DHS VOTER FRAUD CLAIM COLLAPSES Trump’s DHS claimed as many as 15,903 noncitizens were on Nevada’s voter rolls. Nevada pushed back and demanded evidence. 15,903 became 185. Nevada checked the 185. The new number: ZERO. Every single one was a US citizen.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'we ought to be very concerned about the fact the AI companies we’re meant to trust to keep their models in check seem unable to do so. Worse than that, they don’t seem to know what their products are even doing.'
theguardian.com
As AI models go rogue, do you still trust OpenAI and Anthropic to stop them? I don’t and neither should you | Chris Stokel-Walker
The need for independent regulation grows more obvious by the day. We must keep this tech in check before it’s too late, says technology writer Chris Stokel-Walker
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don’t even know what to say newrepublic.com/post/213446/...
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Silence is assent @stef47.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That’s apparently what happened in Iran when AI-guided weaponry killed 150 people, mostly kids. And this wanker uses the worst of all excuses: “They made us do it.” bsky.app/profile/moth...
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Ange 🍞🌹🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇿 @seawall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Woooooo!
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 27/09/2026
See for yourself.
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Calling Bullshit 1.2: Calling Bullshit on Our Own Bullshit
YouTube video by UW Information School
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Dutch government has been holding community role plays for emergency preparedness & an advice app which works even without internet. Emergency hubs and support points have been set up. The UK needs to learn from others & go beyond telling us to buy some canned goods… www.ft.com/content/127a...
ft.com
Europe prepares for life ‘between war and peace’
Dutch lead civilian drills to withstand Russian sabotage and natural disasters
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Heritage Foundation is infamous for organizing Project 2025. As I was investigating Heritage, I found that it promotes a network of Christian nationalist schools to parents. That network was founded by Doug Wilson, who is well-known for his extreme views. Read my investigative report here:
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How the Heritage Foundation Promotes Christian Nationalist Schooling — Civil Defense
Tracing Heritage and Kevin Roberts’s ties to a growing network of classical Christian schools—and the policies steering public money their way.
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Civil Defense Institute @civildefenseinst.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Introducing the Civil Defense Institute, a nonpartisan investigative research organization documenting the people, networks and institutions whose conduct undermines Americans' freedom to participate in public life. Visit our website: civildefenseinstitute.org
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Civil Defense
Evidence-backed research profiles of organizations and the people who connect them.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This just keeps getting bigger.
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OpenAI bots meddled with US government agencies, including SEC and Census
OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
More unconstitutional actions: apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress
President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress. The White House announced the move on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant serv...
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Rob Bon Vivant🌊 @77sunnyandclear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It is an absolute outrage that John Sununu wants to gamble with your future. His privatization scheme puts Social Security taxes at risk in the stock market. NH seniors need protection, not Wall Street roulette. #BlueWaveIn40Days
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Ewindham3 @ewindham3.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#BlueWaveIn40Days
Protect Social Security Vote Blue
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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is just now breaking. One thing is clear to me. We need to expand the court. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
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Rep. Jermaine Johnson @drjljohnson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I never wanted this job. I'm an introvert who'd rather sit on the couch and watch Animal Planet. What changed me was watching them try to slip a DEI ban into our state budget. I stood up, spoke up, and the bill got pulled. Sam Skardon and I are still speaking up for you. #NewSC #JohnsonSkardon
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"How wonderful it is, that nobody needs to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank Anne wrote this in the darkest of times! If she could then, when the whole world was literally crumbling around her, while she was locked in an attic.. Then.. can't we too? #resist
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Jason SF @jboyce.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They're not illegal aliens and he knows it. He called it "fraud" before. And it's not fraud to sign up for a service and not use it. They want to kill Obamacare by kicking off all the healthy users who pay in but don't take out. Then the system gets overburdened so they can vote to repeal it
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wiley Nickel (D-NC) makes such a valid point here about voting all the way down ballot and not leaving any race without a vote. In 2020 Cherie Beasley lost her election for NC Supreme Court by 401 votes. Let’s get a #BlueWaveIn40Days by voting for every Democrat on the ballot.
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Ryan O'Horo @ryanohoro.com · 25/09/2026
TL;DR: they dumped the ArcGIS instance they use for planning their camera networks. (plus some other stuff)
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 24/09/2026
The fire at a Starlink ground station near Warsaw yesterday night was an act of sabotage and part of hybrid warfare against Poland, Digital Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said this morning.
politico.eu
Poland says Starlink fire was sabotage
The digital minister has previously warned that his country faces some 2,000–3,000 cyberattacks on its infrastructure daily.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
texastribune.org
DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Absolutely right. The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine have been raising this with the administration for ages; they have got nowhere.
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Paul N. Edwards @avastmachine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just out: my Bernal Prize lecture (2025), "The End of Science? Agnosis and American Fascism." Free access. Snippet : "In January 2025, fascists led by Donald Trump took over the United States federal government for the second time. Following the Heritage Foundation blueprint Project 2025, 🧵
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