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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 5h
reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Michael Iantorno☔️✊ @michaeliantorno.com · 11h
"Currently, if an employee makes anything creative in their free time, with their own resources, Hasbro can claim ownership. What we do in our free time should not be dictated by the company, and what we make in our free time should belong to us.“
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The workers at Wizards of the Coast are teaming up
Workers at Dungeons & Dragons and Magic the Gathering demand ownership of personal work made off the clock.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 6h
What a healthy democracy we have.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6h
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Kevin 🚀 @astro-kevin.com · 06/10/2026
Everyone tries to pretend things are normal but the president is laughing about the second biggest city in the country getting nuked by the adversary in the war he unilaterally started
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I want lying to have consequences again.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 06/10/2026
Our language has been completely warped by Big Tech's algorithms, from a generation that's grown up saying "unalive", to the way everyone's censored themselves talking about the Cornell rapists. It's time to fight back against billionaire control of free speech. www.anildash.com/2026/10/06/k...
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We are going to kill “unalive” - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 06/10/2026
What could a stick of butter cost, Michael? cleanshot.com/share/s62J2pR7 www.mediaite.com/media/tv/whe...
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CleanShot 2026-10-05 at 8.13.06 PM
Screenshot uploaded to CleanShot Cloud
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The not all men response clearly comes from a place of discomfort. I wish more men understood the difference between discomfort and danger. And yes, we are asking men to sit with discomfort so women don’t have to live with as much danger. 1/2
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The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the first relatable thing Donald Trump has ever done.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That tiktokker's name? Albert Einstein
Q john lennon last words
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Holding his wound, John Lennon said his famous last words "et tu, Brute?" after former bandmate George Harrison shot him. Lennon had been shot by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in the minutes prior. A passerby started laughing and loudly exclaimed "got his ass" and proceeded to film a TikTok video.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Seriously WTF how is he allowed to serve?
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maryland just released its own vaccine recommendations based on guidance from established medical and scientific organizations instead of the Trump administration. With unqualified leaders at the helm, states can and—should—step up to protect their communities.
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Maryland issues first-ever statewide vaccine schedule to push back against Trump administration
Under new legislative authority, the Maryland Department of Health has issued a state-level vaccine schedule based on guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and other leading independent e...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: Emergency motion asks First Circuit if its decision overturning DHS's third-country removal policy is effective immediately or not. They cite my reporting, and reveal tomorrow's ICE flight to make TCR stops in Central African Republic, Rwanda and Burundi. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72347...
courtlistener.com
Motion (other) – #00108513219 in D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (1st Cir., 26-1212) – CourtListener.com
EMERGENCY MOTION to Clarify the Effectiveness of this Court's Decision or, In the Alternative, Confirm the Stay is Lifted or Issue the Mandate filed by Appellees D.V.D., E.F.D., M.M. and O.C.G.. Serve...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If executive branch creates a system so that people under government control can be located and then just stops listing some people in that system — despite their still being under government control — that should be a five-alarm fire for the other branches, the states, and the public.
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Josh Collinsworth @collinsworth.dev · 21/09/2026
Hey, friends—I'm excited to share my new project! I call it Tupo. It's a daily logic puzzle with roots in sudoku, where every cell has to have a unique color-number combo. Give it a shot if you like daily logic games, and let me know what you think! playtupo.com
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Tupo · A daily sudoku-style logic puzzle with a twist
A simple logic puzzle of numbers and colors. One new puzzle every day, starting easy and getting harder through the week.
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daniel wraith @danielroe.dev · 19/09/2026
don't be nice.
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Don't be nice
Sometimes, it's more important to be good than it is to be nice.
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
it’s arizover
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 19/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Slow Internet
Alt: I Cast Extremely Slow Internet
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
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Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our music and our memories are being wiped out. AMERICA built this city. Not a president. Join us!
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Erick @erickmerchant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
*Cue Luciano Michelini's Frolic*
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Magnum, T.I.(M.) @hydrationchimp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
it’s time to give Ms Rachel a gundam
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 17/09/2026
New cat just dropped. Landed on its feet, it’s fine.
nationalgeographic.com
Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years
A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.
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David Froomkin @dfroomkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm still not sure I would advise voters to cast mail ballots if they have an alternative. The Court may have done the right thing today, but we don't know whether the executive branch will follow the law.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 11/09/2026
VC Isn’t VC Anymore — Understanding the Rise of Cancer Capital. “We must understand that it is no longer a financial machine that is used to fund startups, but a political and social machine focused on dismantling democracy and civil society.” [anildash.com]
anildash.com
VC isn’t VC anymore — understanding the rise of Cancer Capital
We really, really need to talk about venture capital. Because it’s not “venture capital” anymore.
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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's finally happened: the improved quality of machine transcription and the greater ability to extract value from unlabelled data means "your tech is eavesdropping on you for marketing purposes" has crossed from "false conspiracy theory" to "true and concerning" www.theverge.com/tech/991190/...
theverge.com
LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby
Gamers Nexus comes for LG again.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Overwhelming early vote turnout is an election protection strategy. Let's go y'all www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
mobilize.us
No Kings: Vote Early Kickoff Call · No Kings
Join our September 10 No Kings: Vote Early Kickoff Call to learn more about the vision, urgency, and strategy behind the No Kings coalition’s early vote activation and election protection campaign and...
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 08/09/2026
I don’t want to dunk in any one person, as I see this argument a lot, so I’ll post a screenshot rather than quoting it, because this sentiment is common. Peter Thiel has a philosophy degree. Lots of these guys have liberal arts degrees. Credentialism & reverence for institutions won’t save us.
PEOPLE WITH LIBERAL ARTS DEGREES: so while i see there is utility to the system, i'm more or less morally opposed to their current constructs and have big concerns over the business structure and environmental impact
WEB CODER: so i met God today, 2/3
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Everything is just impossibly dumb
Trump posts: Map of New Mexico with Mexico crossed out to read America
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026
Trade xkcd.com/3290/
Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Adam Rutherford is a great follow for 'race realism' debunking, but I'd like to contribute a single useful fact to the conversation: There are no unshared, population-level genetic variations in humans. No genetic variant is found in population A, but not population B.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 03/09/2026
Georgia farmer Patrick Shivers says he cannot find workers to pick the peas on his farm despite offering free housing with all utilities included plus $1400 a week "Looks like some of ya'll about to go hungry"
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David Bushell 🪿 @dbushell.com · 03/09/2026
noted: are there any web dev podcasts left? 🤔 dbushell.com/notes/2026-0...
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Notes – 06:55 Thu 3 Sept 2026
Notes – 06:55 Thu 3 Sept 2026
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Scott Riley @scott.is · 02/09/2026
very useful tool in big 2026
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David Bushell 🪿 @dbushell.com · 02/09/2026
why does a handful of vibe-coded bash scripts to install Slack need a foundation 🤔 brennan.day/normalized-f...
brennan.day
Normalized Fascism in Open Source: $12 Million Given to DHH
Open source has become a safe harbor for far-right politics, from David Heinemeier Hansson's white-nationalist rhetoric and the Omarchy Foundation's $12 million in patron funding to so-called apolitic...
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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Just to be 100% clear here I just read the source materials and the whistle blower is describing the process for handling ballots that the state is mailing TO voters.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
under trump, the post office was perverted to rig the election under biden, nothing was done - even the guy who was installed by trump wasn't removed under trump, the post office is again being perverted to rig the election the dems aren't a serious party
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
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batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
An island mysteriously appeared — then disappeared — on British Columbia’s largest reservoir By Aug. 5, the island was no longer showing up in satellite data
cbc.ca
An island mysteriously appeared — then disappeared — on B.C.'s largest reservoir | CBC News
B.C. Hydro says it's monitoring for the reappearance of a mysterious island first spotted by boaters 100 kilometres from the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in northeastern B.C.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is why Google’s capitulation is so embarrassing. They think they work for his government
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Sundar Pichai continues to play himself
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We're gonna find out all this horrific soul crushing Nazi shit and we're gonna need to do something to the people who did it and the people who allowed it to happen. Elect candidates who have the stomach to punish these people in ways that we'll never have to deal with it again
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