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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h
Yes!
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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"A man riding a bicycle was struck by a Waymo on 4th & Market in San Francisco today. First responders arrived and treated him at the scene before he was taken to the hospital with injuries." OP: tiktok.tl2active Waymo has reported 39 crashes w cyclists to NHTSA, inc at least 12 w injuries.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/10/2026
Opting out of all the ways that the major tech companies can infiltrate our lives is difficult, but not impossible. Let us know where you’re starting from today, and take the month to seek more privacy from the tools you use. www.eff.org/pages/welco...
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Welcome to Opt Out October. Let’s Take Control of Our Data and Our
Big tech companies are hell-bent on taking away our agency and forcing us to use their surveillance-based services, apps, and devices. It’s hard to fight against, and it often feels much easier to
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 01/10/2026
Using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to protect your online privacy is not a “loophole” that needs to be closed, and a federal judge has blocked a controversial Utah law that treated it as one. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Court Agrees with EFF: Utah’s VPN Law Demands a Technical
In a win for digital rights, a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Utah’s SB 73, the state’s draconian anti-VPN age verification law. The decision comes as EFF submitted our
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
White Chested Puffbird found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela 📷: Cayce Jehaimi Photography #birds
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You really can’t make this shit up.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 01/10/2026
Today we’re launching Opt Out October, our guide for opting out of certain features and finding alternatives to products made by big tech companies. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Happy Opt Out October! Let’s Find Real Alternatives to the Tech Giants
Over the years, the major tech companies have found all sorts of ways to embed themselves into our lives. We often use their software, their AI tools, their social media, and their operating systems
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extratrestrial.bsky.social @extratrestrial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This guy is off his rocker! Our troops should be a reflection of our community. Can’t wait till he’s gone!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
The American Bar Association laid out the receipts. Big donors get appointments. Big money flows in, investigations disappear, pardons follow, regulations loosen and foreign governments get favorable treatment. The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.” #PayToPlayPresident
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
Big Tech wants us to subsidize the AI takeover too. This is exactly why we need guardrails. #GuardrailsForAI
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
I don’t like where this is headed. Hegseth thinks war is a fucking game.
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sword-billed hummingbird Andes Mountains of South America, across Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Its extra-long bill and tongue allow it to drink nectar from deep, tubular flowers—such as certain passionflowers and It must use its feet to scratch and preen its feathers.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Meta found a way to turn massive data centers into “pilot models” and cash in on a 1980s tax credit. The result? Meta avoided nearly $4 billion in taxes last year alone. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 30/09/2026
Hear former EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn and EFF co-founder John Gilmore discuss the Secret Service’s “Operation Sundevil,” jet-setting tech titans, tie-dyed cypherpunks, and a fateful house party in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district amid the earliest battles for online privacy.
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Privacy’s Defenders Podcast: Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries
People are increasingly concerned about the ways in which mass surveillance is tracking our every move: from Flock license plate readers to face recognition to creepy ads that – based on what we see a...
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meet the Siberian long tailed tit, a tiny adorable fluffball with double eyelids. Original post
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/09/2026
“In some ways, Axon is actually worse than Flock,” EFF's @maassive.bsky.social told @indyweek.bsky.social. “Flock never had mobile license plate cameras, and Axon does. They install them on patrol cars, and that means patrol cars become like roving data vacuums.”
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Apex Town Council Committee to Make Recommendation on Flock
Under pressure from residents, the town council is reconsidering the Apex Police Department’s contract with Flock.
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On Friday night nearly 1000 people on bikes rode west to the site of Ford's first incoming bike lane removals, Bloor just east of Islington. Strength in numbers. #criticalmass
1000 bikes take up an entire road lane in defence of bike lanes in toronto
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026
Democrats vs. Republicans in a nutshell. This absolutely nails it.
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Laura Maguire @lumagoo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Things That Make Me Feel Old #357 (Guess I missed the 50th anniversary of The Heart of Saturday Night...)
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
🚨 TEXAS PEEPS, CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION. A DPS screwup left voter registration applications sitting unprocessed for months. The deadline to register is October 5. Don’t find out at the ballot box that you’re not registered. CHECK IT NOW. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Coming up: Knowledge, dreams, justice, poetry, reality, prophethood, peace, the state—just some of the topics discussed in Islamic philosophy. Tune in for a vintage episode with Mashhad Al-Allaf from the University of Sharjah — Sunday 11a on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 25/09/2026
Autumn Hill was sentenced to 50 years in prison for protesting outside the Prairieland Detention Center, forced into a men's prison despite being a trans woman. This week, she talked to Grace Byron from behind bars:
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A Message From Prairieland Prisoner Autumn Hill: "Don't Be Afraid"
I talked to the political prisoner about the politics of love, her case, surviving as a trans woman in a men's prison, and how she makes it through the day.
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bokmakierie 22-24cm natively in Southern Africa, primarily across South Africa and Namibia, Botswana Diet insects fruits berries monogamous pairs mate for life are committed inseparable parents share all duties equally: nest building, incubation 18 days, feeding 21 days, 3 weeks after fledging
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/09/2026
“They don’t have to go to a judge, they don’t need to justify why they’re making a search of all this historic (Flock ALPR) data, they can just sit (with) a computer and run a search. And so it is tailor-made for this abuse,” EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social told Atlanta’s WSB ABC2.
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Flock cameras are everywhere. Avoiding them can be next to impossible
Critics see a surveillance network. Police see a crime-fighting tool.
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Laura Maguire @lumagoo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
SFPD has installed 483 Flock cameras around the city and has spent almost $4 million of taxpayer money for this system, with a yearly renewal cost of $1.2 million. SFPD also illegally shared data with 40 different law enforcement agencies, both federal and out-of-state. deflocksf.org
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DeFlock SF
Tracking Flock surveillance ALPRs in San Francisco, California...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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wileyquixote25.bsky.social @wileyquixote25.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reminiscent of the Bush administration planting an article in the NYT and then referencing that article as a justification to go to war in Iraq. Old tricks, new dog.
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Laura Maguire @lumagoo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In addition to being a racist, Hanania is a vile apologist for all kinds of abuses of women and girls. Make sure you've got the stomach to read this.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/09/2026
NEW TROY JACKSON AD 🔥 Susan Collins spent years perfecting that “reasonable moderate” act. Then ProPublica dropped the receipts: A defense contractor funneled $150,000 through a shell company to a pro-Collins super PAC while Collins pushed for $32 MILLION in naval contracts.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
Weinstein gets 15 years for something he did 20 years ago. apnews.com/article/harv...
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Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 15 years in prison for 2006 sex crime in New York
Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in New York in 2006.
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extratrestrial.bsky.social @extratrestrial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This clip! 😂
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Saguaros in bloom are one of the wonders of the Sonoran Desert-bees, birds and bats all help in pollinating these improbable waxy flowers-each one lasts from an evening through the night and by midday of the next day, closes forever. IG: @allophile_ www.instagram.com/allophile_?s...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
28 years ago.
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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 21/09/2026
Driving a car for errands is so stressful. Biking (on protected infrastructure) is not. More Americans should have the ability to decide how to complete each trip w/o car dependency forced on them. 🚲 ❤️
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 21/09/2026
This year's El Niño event is moving into record territory, with the daily Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) tying the record previously set during the 2015/2016 super-El Niño. My latest over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 20/09/2026
Not a fan of just how much information on your phone the new Siri has access to? Here's how to limit it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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How to Limit What Apple’s New Siri AI Can Access in iOS 27
Apple’s new operating system is here, and along with it comes a new version of Siri, dubbed with two very familiar letters: AI. As the name suggests, this Siri power-up resembles an AI chatbot more
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
White-throated sparrows Summer Breeding Across Canada from British Columbia to Newfoundland, extending into parts northeastern US Fall Migration Sept - Mid Nov This journey takes twice as long as the spring passage. mid-April to mid-May birds arriving back on their breeding grounds by early June
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/09/2026
Companies have turned just about everything into subscription services that users have to pay for. “They get the subscription and our data,” EFF's @ktrendacosta.bsky.social said. “It's a win-win for them and a lose-lose for us.”
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People Are Pissed Off and Ready to Own Their Shit
A grassroots live tour by YouTuber Louis Rossmann highlights growing resistance to companies that keep people from controlling their devices.
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BRICS News 📄 @bricsinfo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran says Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu are removed from power.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/09/2026
The new wild cat species is about the size of a domestic kitten and lives in Bolivia.
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New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is smaller than a house cat, slender and spotted. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
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Laura Maguire @lumagoo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Lurie is tone deaf and seriously out of touch. This is what happens when we elect a self-funded, centrist heir to a corporate fortune as mayor. 'The city charter, in fact, stipulates that five of the mayor’s appointees must be “from underrepresented communities.”'
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026
He's not got any idea what he's even voting on. He has to be told how to vote. He's incapacitated. He's incapable of representing the people of Kentucky who are currently being taxed without representation.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 16/09/2026
Californians fought hard for affordability, net neutrality, and public safety protections on internet access. The federal government wants to strip that away via a provision in a funding deal. Tell the Governor to reject this provision. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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California: Tell the Governor to Stand Up for Net Neutrality,
The federal government has inserted a provision into a funding deal with the state of California that would make the state abandon its gold standard net neutrality law, broadband affordability laws,
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Corporations are not people. Their money is not speech. They should not be able to buy politicians. End Citizens United.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Plover chick: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
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