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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 15h

if you take the other side of any of those arguments you are implicitly accepting that there is a real debate here. there is not. the world's richest man let food grain aid rot on shelves for basically no reason that is even remotely defensible.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 15h

remember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all.

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Samantha Ferreira Is Back On Her Book Bullshit @sam-animeherald.northsky.social · 14h

It'll never not be funny to me that Sony is clearly unable to get into Nozomi Entertainment's YouTube channel, given that they have been unable to update it and take down stuff that the licenses clearly expired on.

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jake balatro @baronduki.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW PENGUIN JUST DROPPED!! 🚨🗣️

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 15h

"What? Filing a lawsuit with the Supreme Court?" It's rare. But when states are bitch slapping each other, that's how it gets sorted. Abortion-ban states are really angry that abortion-friendly states won't extradite doctors providing care to patients in the ban states. Shit just got real.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 15h

I literally said to Portia this morning, there's gonna be a shield law lawsuit soon. I didn't think it would be TODAY. Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama have filed a bill of complaint with the U.S. Supreme Court against New York, Massachusetts, and California. Hold on to your butts.

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Karl Olson 🌻 Ultraklystron @karlrolson.com · 18h

If they want to start doing anime hypebeast stuff, they gotta start pulling with real streetwear brands, famous otaku and big properties in one shot. Don't half ass it & put it behind a paywall. Charge thrice as much for a BAPE x Megan Thee Stallion X My Hero Academia collab. It's all in or nothing.

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 18h

I really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 19h

I and others have been warning about the possibility of some version of every shitty "AI" thing this administration did today for over a decade and I am very very extremely nearly completely and utterly just so fucking tired.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 20h

Any talk of "independent AI auditors" & FTC enforcement actions is meaningless when the ppl who do not want enforcement have actively captured both a) the people who'll choose the "independents" & b) the *FTC Itself*. Folx who aren't ex-Googlers who left on great terms maybe might tell you that.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 20h

Trump going all-in on "AI" self-regulation is no surprise, but please interview ppl from, e.g., @cdt.org, @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social, @dairinstitute.bsky.social, @ainowinstitute.bsky.social, or anyone else with a perspective on regulation not informed by a primarily Rosy relationship w/ big tech

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yorick @helloyorick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Love how transparent they are about how AI gives them information ecosystem control to spread messaging aligned with their political goals, and that's deeply desirable for population control, with the side effect of destroying all of our structures of information integrity and trust as a bonus.

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Samantha Ferreira Is Back On Her Book Bullshit @sam-animeherald.northsky.social · 20h

Speaking as someone who was a member of a LOT of shitty anime forums: this is the telltale sign that the mod is going to melt down in a SPECTACULAR fashion and that, while you shouldn't instigate it, you SHOULD have popcorn handy because they WILL post shit that can never be taken back or forgiven.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That's a $96,318 fine for being raped.

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Cay @caymanwent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Let’s be real they’re using “furry” as a visibly queer subculture as a stand-in for queerness at large. Their goal has been to remove queer people from public life, and they’re testing different vectors to do so. Hence the all caps “MENTALLY ILL,” which is how they want to reclassify all queers

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 23h

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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Steenz! @oheysteenz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I had a conversation w a Lyft driver a few weeks ago that I still think about. I hope this musician, eager to share her art, finds her way to teaching. While the conversation started rocky, Im glad she got an opportunity to talk about her ambitions. Piano teachers are way more valuable than A.I.

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CK DexterHaven 🍂🍁🍂 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 22h

Like it or not, the only way to shift votes in places like Texas is by meeting religious voters where they are, and being able to speak the language. Over the last 40 years, Dems have ceded ground on morality interpreted via religion.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 23h

a map company has the opportunity to perform the greatest bit in cartographic history

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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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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23h

Thats definitely a kookaburra, but i can 100% see the goat face too, that's great shit

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026

Today in "absolutely not"

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Kate Mulgrew @thekatemulgrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I can think of no better way to spread hope & support STEAM education; Janeway would certainly approve. 🪐✨ Speaking of approved activities, today is #NationalCoffeeDay so I hope you enjoy a cup or two (or 3...or 4🫣) of your favorite brew! ☕️ 💫 For more on the 2026 awardees, follow @astrosociety.org

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Kate Mulgrew @thekatemulgrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tickets will be on sale soon and are limited (I'll share the link when available), so save the date & join us on November 6 at the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, CA for an evening celebrating space, science, and the brilliant minds that explore our universe. 🔭

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Kate Mulgrew @thekatemulgrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Honored to be invited as the keynote speaker at the @astrosociety.org Awards Gala! This historic astronomical nonprofit, founded in 1889, is an impressive 137 years old, and their annual awards honor the best and brightest in astronomy education and innovation.

A photo of Janeway holding her coffee mug that says "got my coffee ready for this announcement..."

The Astro Society Awards Gala Celebration
Save the Date: Friday November 6, 2026 6pm to 11pm
Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland CA
Kate Mulgrew, Keynote Speaker

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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance @sandiegozoo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

✨All beaver appearances are subject to beaver discretion✨

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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance @sandiegozoo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hot dam! It's Beaver Week at the San Diego Zoo 🦫 The beaver ambassadors usually live behind the scenes, but Beaver Week means more chances to see and learn about them during special presentations all week long.

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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance @sandiegozoo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

✨Meet Willow✨ Willow and Rogue go together like peas and carrots. She's something of an architect and loves to collect materials to build her den, tear it down, and rebuild it again. Her favorite hobbies are sleeping, ignoring her care team, sniffing her snacks, and using Rogue as a pillow.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I do think they probably ran his texts through an LLM and it hallucinated crimes. That’s scary and bad and it’s funny they got caught, but imagine how many other times this happens on a day to day basis against people with no rights, let alone the ability to publicly humiliate the AI prosecutor.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

As cost of living increases, as wages stagnate, as housing becomes more precarious, it becomes harder and harder to be able to spend all your time doing weird shit. Whole ecosystems reliant on people doing weird shit, dry up as their habitat is burned for a billionaire's profit.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026

that said, while I think having a large following means you are responsible for where you point the Eye of Sauron, it does not mean that people with a small following should be allowed to say whatever out of pocket shit they want to you and then play "I'm just a little birthday boy" if you respond

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Can't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years.

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Lynzee Loveridge @annlynzee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

SungWon is right, and you can just @ him instead of doing this. Language is adaptive to the community you want to communicate with. Use the title that is accurate for who you are talking to.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29/09/2026

I think it's pretty neat that one of the legit breakout indie success stories this year is a game about painstakingly designing and sewing opulent ballgowns store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/...

store.steampowered.com

Dressmaker on Steam

Become a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

This part of the muse privacy and security debacle manages to be worse than it agreeing to lowball offers in your name on marketplace, giving the buyer your address, and then telling them you're home when you're not; because this part? The "it reading messages you explicitly told it not to" part?…

appleinsider.com

Meta Muse AI reportedly read Mac Messages without consent

In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to.

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Matthew R Francis (backup account) @matthewrfrancis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

this is the part that fucks me up. I don't use any Meta products, but many people I know do. So if we message, Meta has access to my messages. Which I did not consent to. ZUCK IS RAPE CULTURE.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Excellent thread! There *are* rewards for being A Good Guy Who Speaks Up even if they are not immediately obvious or publicly bestowed. First, integrity is its own reward. Maybe you didn’t save the world or change hearts & minds. But if you held the line on not making it worse, that’s something.

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Eren Angiolini @erenangiolini.com · 29/09/2026

It's my birthdaaaaay!🎊 As an artist, it's often difficult to acknowledge how much I work and how much I improve, so today I want to be nicer to myself and share some of my favourite pieces I made since my last bday.💙 If you'd like to share, it would be a lovely gift!🙏✨

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One week out, and this is where “I’ll do it later” starts costing people. If somebody in your family keeps saying they’ll get around to it, call them. If your coworker just moved and has been meaning to update everything, remind them.

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MyCupOfTeaLCSW @mycupoftealcsw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What those 7 men did was abhorrent, but it wasn't just the 7. It was the 50 other men in the chat that saw it and did nothing. This is why we say #allmen and this is why "men are protectors" is, and has always been, bullshit #Cornell7

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Former Cornell University student sues school, 7 fraternity members over rape allegations

Cornell University and seven Chi Phi fraternity members are facing a lawsuit over rape allegations.

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Havoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Having this conversation with my sons tonight. There were 57 men in the Cornell fraternity group chat. 7 showed up to r*pe, but the other 50 did nothing to stop it.

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Elfie @elfgrove.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I would bet there's a bunch of those "I'd fight/take a bullet/protect/etc for you" guys on that that message thread that SAID NOTHING. Didn't even reply "what the fuck". Certainly didn't say no, don't, stop, didn't call for help, much less come running to the rescue.

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🏳️‍🌈🎃Brendan Agnew🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @blcagnew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Dude, that's fucked up" and "Hey man, what the hell?" are a good start - works equally well with friends / acquaintances or complete strangers. Don't let your mates get away with bullshit, and don't leave it lying if some rando starts it hear you. Chuds thrive on social permission - deny them it.

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Fade In @fadeinpro.com · 28/09/2026

These things "work" by hoovering up your data. Your messages? Your emails and documents? Every click and mouse move you make? (Ever clicked yes to the "Enable telemetry" option?) You are two things to them: a source of data for their data soup, and a customer to sell it all back to.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There's no real point in arguing with his mouth noises, particularly not when preaching to the Bluesky choir, but this is *noteworthy* nonsense. If the revenue were real (it's not), then it would be revenue *of the United States government,* equally available to a Democratic Congress to spend.

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Special devices designed to look like ice cubes so that people trying to drug you aren't deterred from trying but then once they slip the drug into the drink it turns blue and bitter and begins to turn to jello. Among other things, this preserves evidence.

euroweeklynews.com

Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence

A Madrid startup has built an ice cube that turns blue, bitter and solid the instant a drink is spiked, trapping the drug as evidence for police.

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