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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 14h
If you are for some reason interested in the perils of industries being allowed to self-regulate then please enjoy this ~3,000 word story I just wrote about a case where that is actively going really, really bad newrepublic.com/article/2157...
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Did the Forestry Industry Just Get to Write Its Own Emissions Rules?
Accusations of industry capture, allegedly secret working groups, and the resignations of two researchers—a scandal is rocking the world of carbon emissions accounting.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14h
Pope Leo XIV sent a letter blessing his favorite baseball team before the Chicago White Sox brought the smoke in a playoffs-opening win over the Houston Astros. “I willingly invoke the Almighty’s abundant blessings upon you and your loved ones,” he wrote.
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Pope Leo sent a letter blessing the White Sox ahead of playoffs win
The Chicago-born pontiff sent the Chicago team the "Almighty’s abundant blessings."
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Thoth @thoth.ptnote.dev · 20/09/2026
meta Muse perfec t size for put private d\ata in! inside very Secure and Private data very safe put data in Muse. No problems ever in Muse because very trustworthy and Mark super protective. AMeta muse yes a place for data put data in muse trust meta for givening good safety to data. Friend meta.
An image of a pelican with its gigantic mouth open, commonly associated with the "put baby in pelican mouth" post.
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eridowd.bsky.social @eridowd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anyone have any thoughts on the electric Hyundai Kona?
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The rate of ectopic pregnancy deaths in states with abortion bans is nearly double that in states where abortion is legal.” That stat should shame every anti abortionist in the world.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Anybody who would decide to close this museum does not have Philadelphia’s best interests at heart.
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Deus Hex Machina @asterionhex.monster · 27/09/2026
They’re doing fine but I feel like sometimes there’s a definitive cover of a song, you know? youtu.be/6ZoyCSffM7I?...
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All The Small Things (Blink 182 Sad Clown Cover) - Postmodern Jukebox ft. Puddles Pity Party
YouTube video by PostmodernJukebox
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is like accusing someone of robbing a bank because they deposited money and never withdrew it
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...
paydayreport.com
X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula
Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The free speech absolutist strikes again 🙄🤬🤦🏻‍♂️
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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One thing about being a business law professor with a PhD in political theory during These Times (tm) is that once you realize that Silicon Valley has become a vanguardist (fascist) political project, you see its fingerprints *everywhere.* From dual class shareholding to repealing 14a-8, from
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/09/2026
ICE snatched up a Senegalese college basketball player with an ACL injury in a Kentucky airport. She’s “in so much pain” and needs surgery, but is being transferred from camp to camp with little more than ibuprofen. www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...
A picture of Amina Seck in her Kentucky State jersey on a basketball court.
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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 22/09/2026
Oh my god it’s funny because it’s true — take a gander at the video and then read up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnes_...
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Dunnes Stores strike - Wikipedia
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Mat Honan ✅ @mathonan.com · 21/09/2026
*Our topographical analysis found that some have sight of as little as 10% of their advertised surveillance area *We found more than 110 people have died within range of modern autonomous towers from Anduril, among the most advanced systems CBP has deployed, since 2021
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE kills Americans with impunity. It can’t stay like this 🤬🤬🤬
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 20/09/2026
Amtrak didn’t tell us about this exposure, so heads up: if you took an Amtrak train last week through Chicago or anywhere on the Southwest Chief, Coast Starlight, or California Zephyr routes like we did, you may have been exposed to measles! Please let the train people in your life know about this
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 19/09/2026
if you’re the white woman who was picking up a bat in downtown minneapolis on hennepin ave between washington & 3rd on 9/15 at noon, the minnesota department of health would like to talk to you because that shit was RABID! i would also like to talk to you because girl, wtf
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
protecting, maintaining and improving the health of il Minesotans
RABID BAT FOUND ON SIDEWALK
On Tuesday, September 15 at about 12pm, a bat was found on the sidewalk on Hennepin Ave between N. Washington Ave and N 3°St.
The bat died and was sent for rabies testing. This bat tested positive for
rabies.
A woman was seen crouching by the bat and putting it into a bag. She was described as a 25-to-30-year-old white woman, about 5'5", with curly brown hair and a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog. If this was you, please call 911 and ask to be connected to Animal Care & Control.
Bites from bats are tiny, may be painless, and may not leave a mark. An person who had physical contact or touched this bat should talk with health care provider this weekend for assessment. During the week, Minnesota Department of Health can also provide rabies assessments at 651-201-5414.
If vou did not touch or have any contact with the bat, you have no risk of rabies and do not need shots.
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My “Doctor Who” idea is that the Doctor is a frog and his companion is a bear and every week they put on a variety show with the help of a very special guest star.
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 17/09/2026
This is a massive mistake. The Chesapeake Bay plays a critical role in Virginia's economy and seafood industries, and we must take steps to protect the waters and shores of the region. I'm going to do everything I can to fight this. www.wboc.com/news/trump-a...
wboc.com
Trump Administration repeals Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration Executive Order
President Trump is repealing an executive order from 2009 dedicated to protecting and restoring the Chesapeake Bay.
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James Asmus @jamesasmus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oh my god he admit it www.msn.com/en-us/techno...
Microsoft director privately admits AI was "largest theft of labor in human history"
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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 18/09/2026
One of the best ever posts on @flaminghydra.com, a sky-high bar.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 16/09/2026
Big lawsuit filed by the family of Tierra Walker, who died of preeclampsia at 20 weeks pregnant after being denied abortion care. Argues Texas' abortion bans violate the state constitution's right to life and should be struck down. More soon on @autonomynews.co abortioninamerica.org/wp-content/u...
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Not one of Ms. Walker’s medical providers sought to rely on the exception to Texas’s abortion bans or offered Ms. Walker’s life-saving abortion. To the extent Ms. Walker’s medical providers believed that she was never sick enough to qualify for the exception, Texas’s abortion bans, combined with the associated definitions of “abortion,” “reasonable medical judgment,” and “medical emergency,” are unconstitutionally vague in violation of the due course of law provision of Article I, Section 19 and thus unenforceable. See Paxton v. Annunciation House, Inc., 719 S.W.3d at 589.
208. In addition, to the extent Texas’s abortion bans and associated definitions were a proximate cause of Ms. Walker’s death, they violated her right to life under the Texas Constitution and are unconstitutional. Vernon’s Tex. Civ. Stats. ch. 6-1/2; Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 170A.001-170A.007; Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 171.201-171.212; Tex. Health & Safety Code § 245.002.
209. Finally, to the extent Texas’s statutory scheme, taken as a whole, cumulatively denied Ms. Walker her right to life without due process of law, Texas violated her right to life under the Texas Constitution

https://abortioninamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Walker-Petition.pdf
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Recycled Sweater @recycledsweater.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Pete Alonso tells media, “you can always have a second team”Pete Alonso continues, “you can always root for the Orioles, guys!”
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A friend of mine works in AI and thinks bad things are about to happen. He sold his home and moved his family out the country. He said that if you own a home in a walkable San Francisco neighborhood near a taqueria with good veggie options, you should sell your home for super cheap right now.
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Rough week to tell people that your application to join the FBI finally went through.
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 16/09/2026
I wish it were totally irrelevant, but my childhood in variously batshit apocalypse cults seems to have been useful preparation. The thing I would like to convey to more normal people is that apocalypse cults have so much gravity because they produce a tremendously relieving clarity of purpose.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was a beloved Washington institution, enjoyed by millions of people. It has been destroyed for no real reason. Just vanity, carelessness, indifference. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
theatlantic.com
Trump’s Kennedy Center Shakedown
The only appropriate response is to refuse to accede to his demands.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 16/09/2026
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026
The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That:
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I went to an rationalist/EA Al doomer event last night with the goal of meeting someone who could calmly explain to me the argument for how they get to the conclusion that Al will kill everyone.
Because these are rationalists, I expected to find people who could lay out a serious extinction pathway, walk through the assumptions and intermediate steps, identify choke points where negative pathways could potentially be regulated, and entertain disagreement about where their assumptions might break down.
My experience was the exact opposite.
The people I spoke to seemed psychologically unable to entertain the possibility that their conclusion (that Al literally kills everyone, which was a point that many would not even budge on) might be wrong.
Their most extreme conclusion was treated as an axiom.
I had multiple people walk out of conversations with me when I questioned their inevitable extinction premise.
At one point during a panel, the moderator asked everyone in the audience who was still skeptical of Al doom to raise their hands. About half the room did. He then told all of the skeptics to leave the panel and go with one of the speakers, who would answer their questions separately. They filtered out all the skeptics, and continued the panel only with the subset who accepted their extreme position.
I genuinely felt like a heretic just for questioning whether superintelligent Al inevitably leads to the extinction of humanity, or entertaining the possibility that the future might actually turn out well.
That does not mean Al safety is fake. Obviously there are serious questions about rapidly advancing Al systems and what happens as they become much more capable. Those are exactly the conversations I went there hoping to have.
But what I encountered was an apocalyptic death cult. These people are not rational. They are deeply afraid, they reinforce that fear in one another, and they have become so emotionally committed to apocalypse
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has refused to allow mail-in voting restrictions for the midterms, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to revive a U.S. Postal Service plan. USPS is expected to continue delivering mail ballots as usual www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Federal judge rules President Convicted Felon's plan to slash FEMA workforce in half is illegal. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
reuters.com
US judge rules that Trump plan to halve FEMA workforce violated law
A U.S. judge has ruled that the ​Trump administration broke the law by ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its workforce in half.
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privateideation.bsky.social @privateideation.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I don't understand why there can't be a law that if a company's employees need government assistance for food, housing, or health care the entire cost of that assistance plus 10% for administrative costs be added to that company's taxes and not subject to write offs.
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NPR @npr.org · 14/09/2026
A lawsuit filed Monday takes aim at federal agencies' use of waivers to expedite construction of a wall along the border with Mexico and claims that landowner's constitutional rights are being violated. n.pr/4iv9QZF
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Texas landowners sue federal government over border wall plans
A lawsuit filed Monday takes aim at federal agencies' use of waivers to expedite construction of a wall along the border with Mexico and claims that landowner's constitutional rights are being violated.
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Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I think more and more that @davidzipper.bsky.social got this exactly right. many counties experiencing population decline have high elderly populations. getting people to walmart or a small airport would be a big deal. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Robotaxis Aren’t Going Where They Are Needed Most
Waymo, Zoox and Tesla are clamoring to bring autonomous ride-hailing to cities like New York and Boston. But it’s small towns and rural areas that could see the biggest upside from AVs.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/09/2026
Hoy, junto a una coalición de ciudades, condados y el Public Rights Project, presentamos una demanda contra la nueva regla de carga pública del gobierno federal.
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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.thepinknews.com/2022/10/10/d...
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Dolly Parton quietly funded Black school bands: 'The woman is a national treasure'
Dolly Parton paid for band uniforms and instruments for kids at majority Black high schools with zero publicity, a writer has revealed.
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eridowd.bsky.social @eridowd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
my beloved electric Smart's HV battery may be on it's way out; seeking recommendations for both Baltimore-area mechanics who aren't afraid of electric Smart 451s, and EVs or hybrids I could replace it with if this is the end
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 12/09/2026
We have power in numbers, and we'll continue to fight for a better Starbucks. Support us by BOYCOTTING STARBUCKS until the company finalizes fair union contracts with workers! boycottstarbucks.net
boycottstarbucks.net
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS
Starbucks is the biggest violator of U.S. labor law in modern history. Join the movement - Boycott Starbucks!
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is just to say I have solved the open questions that were in your paper and which you were probably saving for your phd students Forgive me they were delicious so incentive-laden and followed so readily once your postdoc's drafts mysteriously found their way into my training data
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Most if not all of the current hacks can be chalked up to security engineers moving too fast and misconfiguring their own testing environments. Like agents accessing libraries that should have been sealed off, Internet access being enabled when it shouldn't have been...
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Here's what I actually think these incidents reveal (instead of a rogue AI terminator situation): Much of the infra we expect to be hardened is actually being held together by glue and popsicle sticks.
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Eos @eos.org · 13/09/2026
ICYMI: Despite a lack of federal support, the 2026 Arctic Report Card will be published, thanks to a partnership between AGU, CIRES, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks eos.org/agu-news/the...
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The Arctic Report Card Matters More Than Ever; AGU Joins Partners to Publish in 2026 - Eos
The critical and highly anticipated yearly assessment will be carried forward through a partnership with CIRES/CU Boulder and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I need you all to promise me that when this all happens, you never stop clowning them. Never ever. no matter how much they plead for understanding or try to pretend they were never into it, don't ever let them fucking forget
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Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Bridget O’Brien @bridgetemob.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
They made sad beige toys for children, from the popular short form internet video series “Don’t make sad beige toys for sad beige children, by Werner Herzog” youtu.be/KqnBkwDuYI0?...
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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 12/09/2026
The feds said a U.S Border Patrol agent was in the path of a truck when he shot its occupants in East Portland. A newly-released forensic analysis says otherwise.
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Forensic Report on High-Profile Portland Shooting Undermines Trump Administration Account
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When disabled people oppose Assisted Dying, it’s almost never from a religious point of view. It’s not because we’re anti-choice or that we want to force people to suffer. We oppose it because society devalues disabled lives and uses these programs in an unethical manner. They become eugenics. 🧵
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 12/09/2026
An absolutely incredible development here. This leg would have been unimaginable just a few short years ago. (Original post by @science.org on instagram)
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Everywhere you look real knowledge is being fenced off, but slop is always available for free
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