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H. John Tran @johnhtran.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🔴 Trump tried to make $800 million Congress already approved disappear. Money for kids, schools, housing, small businesses and climate programs. He waited until five days before today’s deadline so it could expire. GAO said no. Trump tried to run out the clock.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Everyone is running around talking about fictional "existential risk" of "rogue AI" systems this week. It's never the "AI" doing something though, it's people using janky software in ill-advised ways. (On top of all the harms of producing the software, etc.)

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 10/09/2026

saw one of these in an actual school a few years ago. glorious.

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Alina Pete @alinapete.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Danielle Smith's wannabe Republicans: we won't let anyone have gender affirming care because we wanna please our right wing funders Saddle Lake First Nation: if you won't we WILL. Health care is a treaty right, and we got you two-spirit folks. Y'all sacred www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

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Gender affirming care to be set up by First Nation in Alberta

Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta says it is setting up gender affirming care on reserve because access to health care is a treaty right.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 10/09/2026

BREAKING: In August, *every single one* of the 2,646 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 12,901 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Anyone accepting a $5,000 “GOP Dividend” from Trump for voting is looking at a $10,000 fine and 5 years in jail. It's illegal to offer, give, or accept money for voting. 52 U.S.C. §10307(c) Trump has already violated this law. But voters they will never be liable because they will never get paid.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/09/2026

This is beautiful. We need beauty right now.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION This is *very* important where there's been obvious voter suppression, but also generally a good idea. Check that you're *ACTUALLY* registered here ⬇️ & then check again every 1-2 weeks. Pls ask others to do the same! (Not registered?➡️ www.nass.org/can-i-vote/r...)

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Voter Registration Status | NASS

Not sure if you're already registered, or need to update your information? Select your state in the drop down menu to check.

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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 09/09/2026

Charlie Kirk’s nonprofit Turning Point USA’s Professor Watchlist, which claims it uncovers the most radical left wing professors from universities that are known to suppress the conservative voices and advance the progressive agenda," has been taken down.

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Turning Point USA's Professor Watchlist is down. Instructors describe its impact

This week marks one year since the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. While the nonprofit he created, Turning Point USA, is still working to engage young conservative voters ahead of the m...

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 07/09/2026

Regarding this issue: if your (ex-)agent is claiming a split of the Anthropic payout, I would contact them and ask if they are asserting that they are the legal, beneficial or sole owner of the work. Because that is explicitly what makes them eligible for a payout.

From the Anthropic settlement form.

You may be eligible to receive a cash payment if:
1. You are a legal, beneficial, or sole owner of the exclusive right to reproduce a
copyrighted work;
2. The work is included in the Works List; and
3. You are not a director, officer, or employee of Anthropic, PBC, and you are not personnel
of federal agencies or of the United States District Court.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 07/09/2026

Hey folks, the good people at Habeas Flight Watch have a new url for their ICE flight map. You can use this map for flight observation and for filing habeas petitions for ICE captives before they're taken south: habeasflightwatch.org

A screenshot of today's Habeas Flight Watch live map showing a bunch of airport codes dotted all over the continental US with different color codes and federal court judicial lines drawn

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 07/09/2026

Jesus Christ: after a recent ruling by the Eighth Circuit that allowed Act 372 to take effect, an Arkansas county has banned all children from checking out any books in the adult section, bringing home any DVDs, or using the self-checkout kiosk in its public libraries.

More recently in Craighead County — symbolically, at least, Ground Zero for the state’s attack on libraries, thanks to Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Jonesboro) — the library announced several changes to circulation as it relates to minors. In a Facebook post, the library listed a number of changes to library policies, including:

Minors are prohibited from using the self-checkout kiosks;
Children under 13 years old may only check out materials from the designated children’s collection, while minors age 13-17 can only check out from the children or teen sections;
Minors may not check out DVDs at all; and
Minors are prohibited from entering or purchasing anything from the Friends of the Library Bookstore.

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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I love re-upping this: for decades the main library at UCLA had the generic name University Research Library because the person most responsible for getting it built was an English professor named Hugh G. Dick and the university refused to name it after him.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It seems like there's a new round of "stochastic parrots has been proven wrong" discourse going on, so I'm going to re-up this: medium.com/@emilymenonb... >>

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Stochastic Parrots 🦜: Frequently Unasked Questions

It’s been a bit over five years since the Stochastic Parrots paper (Bender, Gebru et al 2021) was published (and somewhat longer since…

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

this takes an incredible amount of character, not just to give it up, but to admit all of this. This guy has more guts than any AI fuck by a mile, and maybe more than us too. People who've managed to escape AI usage are invaluable towards convincing others to do the same.

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Sam Bloch @samkbloch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Comprehensive, and possibly novel, new NPR story that appears to be an original peer-reviewed study (!!) showing what many in the heat space already know — heat deaths are seriously undercounted in the United States www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...

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NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll

An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 13/08/2026

🔇 🔇 🔇 My book, Deep Unlearning, is now available for preorders! I don't know how people write so many books because this one took a lot out of me. It turns out, I had a lot to say 😂, with editors cutting out 50k of my words 🫣 ✴️ You can now preorder it at www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-U....

Cover of my new book, Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and The Radicalization of a Tech Idealist.

There are two concentric circles in the book, the left being circuits in black an white, and the right being a bunch of dots with orange accents. The cover background is cream. And the words are written in black except for "Un" which is in orange.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 31/08/2026

Absolutely spineless shit.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Very much this. Holding space for refusal of this tech is a key resistance strategy. That means advocating for that option in e.g. school policies (if we can't get a full ban) but also simply being visible in our own refusal, so that others see it as possible.

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Please be vocal about not using AI. We have to normalize it. No "I'm not going to say that because it should be assumed. I'm not going to give them this". We don't have time for that shit ideological shit right now. NOW is the time to capitalize on waning favorability. Ppl want human made

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This gallery of ICE crop/seed art at this year's Minnesota State Fair is incredible, especially the one based on Pablo Picasso's Guernica by Jennifer Nelson, which features the last words of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Morse code: www.cropart.com/Resist.pdf

A seed art entry in the 2026 Minnesota State Fair based on Pablo Picasso's Guernica. It features a loon, the words "Ice Out" and two representations of Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s. Notably, the mouths of Good and Pretty include their last words in Morse code:
‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’” The artist is Jennifer Nelson.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.

Homeland Security 7
@DHSgov
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Haiti TPS has been TERMINATED.
Those with terminated TPS are in our nation Illegally. They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY or be DEPORTED.
DHS.GOV/CBРНОМЕ

Underneath is a screenshot of a video showing two Haitian men in chains being led to the aircraft. I didn’t post the video, but it’s vile.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Universities have also closed affiliation centers for students of color and have tried to end scholarships directed at women and students of color. Universities are changing the names of faculty committees. Universities are eliminating majors and minors. Spare me Nathan Cofnas tears.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

📌I'm sorry but all this idiotic advice from so-called "legal experts" not to overreact to the Supreme Court's move on mail-in ballots is INSANE. We have a bought-off SC under the fat little thumb of a bought-off president. We are hanging by a thread here. Overreacting is the LEAST we should do.

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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Illinois law says local officials can't help federal agents deport people. So how did so many residents end up on ICE's radar through information shared by local police, sheriffs, and prosecutors? I filed 394 FOIA requests to find out. (An @injusticewatch.org partnership with @theintercept.com!)

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Illinois promised to protect immigrants. Local officials helped deport them anyway.

In over a third of Illinois counties, cops, sheriffs, and even prosecutors helped federal immigration agents route at least 150 people into the deportation system since Trump returned to office, despi...

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 02/08/2026

If useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic. 😶‍🌫️ I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?

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Anxiety

Reasoning (and crying) my way through fascist AI-induced anxiety.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I have been saying this for years: President Trump’s first tariff war with Canada (it was over milk) led to a 40% bankruptcy rate amongst Wisconsin’s dairy farmers. And DOGE decimated the Department of Agriculture, so no-one get financed now: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u....

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Farmers Struggle to Get Basic Services From Depleted Agriculture Dept.

After the departure of thousands of federal workers, rural communities report problems obtaining loans, grants, technical assistance and support for infrastructure and other services.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026

I’ve lost track of the number of times an immigrant has told me they had to sit on a prison bus in the back of an airport for six, 10, 20 hours with no food or water and being told to urinate in a corner or onto themselves.

A screenshot of a White House tweet styled after The Magic School Bus cartoon but this one says “The Magic Deportation Bus” and shows shackled brown men in the back. The White House account says “Please let this be a normal field trip…” One put gray text over the whole thing that says “FASCIST PROPAGANDA.”

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.

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Spook-ass, Christ oh boo! boo! @loukas.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

What we do have is a huge amount of data suggesting that 'AI' is a toxic concept for most people. If people are indeed forced to use it by their bosses then let us by all means join hands in resisting that. Let's not pretend it's ok just because people are forced to use it.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/08/2026

She’s killing this.

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Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."

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Artificial Intelligence Policy

Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🧵I've been writing about communities taking on big heartless corporations for well over 30 years and I have never seen an issue bring together a coalition as wide, or as deep, as the battle against AI data centres. This quote from a Kentucky farmer who refused millions to sell her land says it all:

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 18/08/2026

Absolutely horrific: white nationalists are holding a "Christian Crusader March" today in one of America's largest Muslim communities, and Meta is refusing to remove overt hate speech promoting violence at it. It's like they WANT another Myanmar futurism.com/artificial-i...

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Meta Declines to Remove Horrific Posts Calling for Violence Against Muslims, Calling Them "Cockroaches" and Saying It's "Time for Hunting"

Facebook's parent company Meta refuses to moderate Islamophobic and Anti-Arab content, even posts explicitly calling for ethnic violence.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Half the WI Dem primary electorate was over 65. 😬 only 2% 18-29. No wonder the Dem elected bench is so old nationally. Gotta figure out how to make primaries that actually represent Dem voters…

Graph showing half of Dem primary voters were 65+. Only 2% 18-29.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

MA friends! Are there offices on the ballot you are undecided about? Happy to answer questions!

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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

There's a whole bunch of white male academics who were told that their era is up, and who are now organising. I mean C'mon, this is a MUCH bigger story than the Arday one.

Screen capture of the David Starkey Talks. of Starkey and Cofnas grinning. Starkey says after Arday's resignation : the reason we are grinning is that we are enjoying vengeance.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

very excited to celebrate one of Portland theatre’s high holy days, the annual one-night-only performance of Anonymous Theatre. they pick a play, each actor rehearses separately in secret, and everyone finds out together who is in it when they stand up from their seat to say their first line

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

sunday mid-august is just about the sundayest. balm for the sundays: this solidarity guide to back-to-school support for the wide refusal movement updated w new assignments, teachable readings, labor resources +more after launch 1 year ago send us your updates! bon courage! against-a-i.com

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AGAINST AI -

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026

“The report raised concerns about the enormous amounts of energy and water these facilities can consume, as well as their potential impacts on air quality, cultural resources, and noise and light pollution.”

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Cherokee Nation Bans Hyperscale Data Center Projects on Tribal-Owned Lands

The tribe cited concerns over energy, water use, and the relatively small number of permanent jobs these massive facilities create.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'm very happy to be able to announce--after five years!--a title and publication date for my new book. OUR WAY: A HISTORY OF GAY AMERICA AND POPULAR CULTURE SINCE 1940 will be published by Penguin Press in fall 2027. You'll be hearing a lot more about this one! (From me, I mean.)

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 17/08/2026

Some professional news: I’m starting at The American @prospect.org on Monday, where I’ll continue my reporting on ICE flights and third-country removals.

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