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Minute Cryptic - 1 October, 2026 "Spirits kept low by these back to back losses in swimming races" (7) ⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 1 hints – 3 under the community par (205,998 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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Electric Mints @electricmints.com · 59m

Parseword #246 ⚡️ 13s 💎 Perfect

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 10h

For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing

Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.

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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In our Nature paper, we introduce the first superhuman Stratego AI, which we built using general techniques that we developed for RL & test-time compute under imperfect information. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Scalable decision-making for games of imperfect information - Nature

Ataraxos, an AI for the board wargame Stratego, establishes a design pattern for reinforcement learning and search that is effective under large amounts of hidden information, a longstanding desiderat...

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 9h

Yep Ppl don't have to be persuaded to accept fascism. If it makes them feel good, if they aren't the outgroup suffering under it? They'll handwave literally anything associated with it, if not fully enjoy it. The only reason the Taliban is floundering now is EVERYONE is suffering, not just women.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 11h

The president won’t be satisfied until every minute of Fox programming is indistinguishable from North Korean state TV — and every minute of coverage at every other outlet is as well. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/don...

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Donald Trump’s insatiable demand for Fox propaganda

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

seen on my porch this morning

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist

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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 9h

AI might be a bubble, but is it a tulip bubble or a railroad bubble

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

Trump is sending 10,000 more troops to the Middle East and has told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran by late November.

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U.S. Sending Third Aircraft Carrier, Up to 10,000 More Troops, to Middle East

The deployments come as President Trump weighs resuming bombing Iran after the midterms.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

people who I am 99% sure voted for trump at least twice between 16/20/24 are now openly making 'no beardos' jokes at pete's expense in DoD offices that are full of people who voted for trump "Pete is a joke" is percolating far and wide across the force, it's not a GOFO/deep state/w/e thing

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Electric Mints @electricmints.com · 01/10/2026

Minute Cryptic - 30 September, 2026 "Pyramid blocks passage of tourist on e-scooter" (6) ⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🤝 1 hints – matched the community par (230,050 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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Electric Mints @electricmints.com · 01/10/2026

Parseword #245 ⚡️ 34s 💎 Perfect

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Electric Mints @electricmints.com · 01/10/2026

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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/09/2026

IT Guy Had Affinity For Cords At Young Age theonion.com/it-guy-had-affinity-fo…

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Trump era has really fucked everyone up in profound ways. Turns out electing the physical embodiment of the most demonic things about American society to the Presidency was a mistake

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The funny thing about this that we've had a good idea for decades now about what makes for the best conveyance mechanism for propaganda & its not actually uncut mass media. You're way more likely to believe stuff coming from friends, family, parasocial figures etc rather than the TV or a chatbot

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's a fascinating mistake bc it is rooted in the 100% GOP confidence that there was a coordinated legal attack on Trump from Biden/Garland etc. It follows that Smith must have been colluding with Willis to help her out. The idea that he has integrity and wouldn't do that is off the board.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I give up. I’m moving into a cave.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 30/09/2026

Gas prices are basically the only economic measure that people track on a near-daily basis. And right now they are significantly worse than when Biden was facing the 2022 midterms — and particularly in several states with close Senate elections. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...

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Electric Mints @electricmints.com · 30/09/2026

Minute Cryptic - 29 September, 2026 "Annual migrants head to Germany, then south into, say, Tripoli?" (5) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (223,138 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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Electric Mints @electricmints.com · 30/09/2026

Parseword #244 ⚡️ 52s 💎 Perfect 🚴‍♀️ Secret Found

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Electric Mints @electricmints.com · 30/09/2026

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

today in political books

Book called “going further: the incomparable Clarence Thomas” by Ted Cruz

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026

If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's also possible that the polls just look drunk because the country got kicked in the head and is justifiably very upset.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/09/2026

oh man, I just tried it and america.gov really does get REAL weird when you tell it to “play Minecraft”

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America.gov

Find answers from official government sources and clear next steps for the services you need with America.gov.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Schmitt thing is onion layers of dumb. Even if Smith had gone to a game in Atlanta it's still an insane leap from that to he was secretly meeting Willis. And chose to use a basketball game as an elaborate cover? Talking to Willis wouldn't necessarily be improper anyway!

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Kevin Haggerty @kevinrhaggerty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith is testifying before the Senate this morning, and a GOP Senator just grilled him about being at an Atlanta Hawks game in ATL, and accused him of perjury bc he denied this was the case. Turns out, it was an Iowa HAWKEYES game in Maryland. These are the most unserious people ever.

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Electric Mints @electricmints.com · 29/09/2026

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Daily Puzzle: 09/29/2026 - X-Ray Dreams

Improve your chess skills with daily puzzles which get more difficult throughout the week. Sharpen your skills with puzzles made to improve pattern recognition.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The bond yield story just keeps getting starker.

Line chart titled "10-Year Treasury Note" showing the yield on the 10-year Treasury note from late 2025 through September 2026. Treasury yields surged dramatically to 5.29 percent on September 29, 2026, the highest level in the period shown. This represents a sharp 130 basis point increase from the October 2025 low of 3.96 percent and a particularly rapid 45 basis point climb over just the final month. After trading mostly between 4.00 and 4.75 percent for nearly a year, yields broke decisively above 5.00 percent in September 2026, signaling a fundamental shift in borrowing costs and market conditions.

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Electric Mints @electricmints.com · 29/09/2026

Minute Cryptic - 28 September, 2026 "Performances by ‘Inside Out’ cast" (4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (244,313 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

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Electric Mints @electricmints.com · 29/09/2026

Parseword #243 ⚡️ 30s ⭐️ No Assists

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

each of these snails was part of an elite tasked to bring down the empire with their own skillset. Hardshell: religious disruption Feelers: inflationary pressure Slimeboy: barbarian relations Curlicue: lead poisoning Darttip: explosives

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I get why gatekeeping in its negative sense is bad but also it feels an awful lot like gatekeeping in the positive sense was a load bearing pillar of society.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Haven't thought this out all the way through, but now would be a good time for an aggressive humanitarian movement to combat the death cults, the rise of AI, and otherwise anti-life impulses coursing through our politics and society.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Recession indicator

A box of Hamburger helper. At the top it says to try using hot dogs instead of ground beef

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 28/09/2026

let him cook let him cook!!

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trump last week touted "one of the Biggest and Most Beautiful Events to take place in many years, the arrival at the White House of the Highly Respected President of China, Xi Jinping, and his beautiful wife, Madam Peng." The U.S. switched sides.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Frog worked hard. He raked the leaves into a pile. Soon Toad’s lawn was clean. Frog picked up his rake and started home. Toad pushed and pulled on the rake. He raked the leaves into a pile. Soon there was not a single leaf in Frog’s front yard. Toad took his rake and started home.

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Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The government doesn't "take in profits" it generates revenue which it uses to provide services, and the fact that he's stuck on that phrasing betrays, yet again for the umpteenth billion time, that Trump fundamentally doesn't understand what a government is, what it does, or why it's important.

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