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Gary Chun

@garychun.bsky.social
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Retired journalist. Home in the islands, in the middle of the sea. You fascinate me. Avatar portrait by R. Kikuo Johnson.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 2h
Lot going on here www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
Kyrsten Sinema's ex-boyfriend and former bodyguard said he threw her paintings into her swimming pool in part because he felt disillusioned by her relationship with a major
U.S. Artificial Intelligence software developer as the war in Gaza drags on.
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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 2h
So this is like my part-time job now, right? Writing reviews of every doctor, business, and service I use?
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Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 2h
Airmen criticize Air Force’s use of AI in suicide prevention training as ‘uncomfortable and odd’ trib.al/KAYPs8X
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Airmen criticize Air Force's use of AI in suicide prevention training as 'uncomfortable and odd'
The Air Force says incorporating AI-generated imagery standardizes the training, but some airmen criticize it as being “cold and unnatural.”
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2h
Some important news that you’ll never see in the lamestream media. This is a real fundraising email I received today.
Donald J. Trump
To: Seth Cotlar >
Reply To: Donald J. Trump
In my meeting with Elon Musk, Seth came up!
5:10 PM
We're so back - Elon Musk came to the White House for a very important meeting!
What was the topic of discussion?We talked for hours, figuring out the key to saving the MAGA movement. We went through every possibility, looking far and wide for answers.
Once we figured it out, I began typing this email out to you.
You're not going to believe this...
The key to saving the MAGA
Movement is Seth!
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h
After two decades, the U.S. formally withdrew from Iraq, leaving behind a battered nation trapped between the U.S. and Iran. The U.S. invasion and subsequent occupation cost nearly 4,500 U.S. lives and killed more than 115,000 Iraqis, according to the most modest counts. trib.al/E3sCiNB
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Gary Chun @garychun.bsky.social · 7h
And yet, Schmitt was defiant in the face of his gaffe (of course he was). www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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Hawaii News Now @hawaiinewsnow.com · 9h
Hawaii is joining a 44-state settlement with Labcorp over a massive data breach that exposed the personal and health information of more than 17,000 local patients. ⬇️ www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/09/30/ha… 
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nfariousactivities.bsky.social @nfariousactivities.bsky.social · 18h
————————————— Supreme Court Says Trump Can Keep Deporting People to Random Places newrepublic.com/post/215995/... Places like this: “Witnesses: men were hooded & beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in…Trump’s deportation…” [atrocity].
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A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees (Gift Article)
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 15h
Know their names: Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Diego Sarabia, Gillio Lopes, Winston Lee, Johnathan Newell and Matthew Ingalls #Cornell7 But also, everyone in the group chat, the administrators, university, and DA. SHAME.
Cornell 7Disgusting chat
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 15h
Editor Sophia Dasser and reporter Cereese Qusba of the Cornell Daily Sun are the reason we now know about the gang rape case at Cornell and the university’s shameful under-reaction. Nice work, ladies. (📸 Heather Ainsworth)
Two young women, one in a hijab, huddled over lap tops in a newsroom.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13h
Buried away and completely hidden out of sight in a dense forest, more than 1,600 immigrants are imprisoned here on any given day in what is the largest immigration detention center in the Northeast.
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Trump’s mass detention machine in Pennsylvania
"ICE is just churning bodies into the detention system."
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 13h
I somehow never knew this.
The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 13h
A company that plans to beam sunlight from space to Earth on demand might unintentionally brighten the night sky for many more people than intended, according to a new study.
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This company’s plans to deploy space mirrors could jeopardize the night sky for many
Reflect Orbital’s giant beams will shine as bright as 10,000 full moons and scatter light over tens of kilometers.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 14h
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
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Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 13h
It’s insane that this movie exists 👉🏽 www.imdb.com/title/tt0091...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Ashley Hinson to Trump: "We appreciate your agenda"
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 15h
The moment she stops glazing him, Trump checks out.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h
Bc the last 30 seconds of this are the best, reminder that @amyklobuchar.com's dad was a sports journalist, which may explain her utter contempt for Schmitt mistaking the Hawks and Hawkeyes.
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Spocko @spocko.bsky.social · 17h
My favorite part of the exchange is the look on Katie Britt's face when she finds out the Schmitt got the teama wrong. The big reveal was a bust! Also, I wonder it these 2 guys behind Schmitt the staffers who got it wrong? Oops. But as long as they are loyal to Trump, they won't get fired.
GOP Senator Katie Britt shocked face after learning Schmitt got the teams wrong when accusing Jack Smith of meeting with Willis. 2 men in suits behind Sen Schmitt looking sad.
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 15h
the people have spoken
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 23h
This is as hilariously incompetent as it is relentlessly vile.
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 23h
Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Apple pressured to explain Trump role in ICE-tracking app removals
Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
Trump: "You're gonna see that data centers are gonna be very popular"
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Start your day strong like the alphas you are, InfoWarriors. And make sure your sons do too. Look to host Jay Weingarten for guidance. #motivationmonday bit.ly/4xKNg31
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 23h
Shawn Braley threads.com/@shawnbraleyillustration
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans continue to prove they don’t care that Trump committed crimes and tried to end our democracy 🇺🇸
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Uzza @uzzamodea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt discovering in real time what it means to have a staff full of Groypers
White man looking lost and ruddy
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what Congress is doing instead of regulating AI or giving us healthcare.
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Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 29/09/2026
NEW: Donald Trump supports a new plan to offer Russia sanctions relief in exchange for the release of political prisoners—a move likely to outrage Ukraine, Europe, and even some of his allies in Congress, @shustry.bsky.social reports.
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A Most Trumpian Plan to Make Nice With Russia
Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.
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Justin Glawe @justinglawe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what happens when you put super computers in the pockets of a bunch of rednecks with poor reading comprehension and then elect them to Congress.
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Gary Chun @garychun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Been informed today that DIGGER seems to be about Tom Cruise paying tribute to himself again and realizing that's all that guy has been doing in his movies since his last interesting role in COLLATERAL. Sorry, but I find actors who are desperate to be loved completely boring.
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Honolulu Civil Beat @civilbeat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The son of Defend Hawaiʻi owner Michael Buntenbah was killed in the Target parking lot.
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Kailua Shooting: Son Of Miske Associate ID’d As Victim
The son of Defend Hawaiʻi owner Michael Buntenbah was killed in the Target parking lot.
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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 29/09/2026
In 2027 Seattle's minimum wage will be $22.14 per hour. That's more than THREE TIMES the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour—a rate that hasn't been raised since 2009. And yet somehow we're not the jobless wasteland orthodox economics would predict. Weird.
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Seattle announces 2027 minimum wage
The minimum wage in Seattle will increase 3.9% next year.
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 29/09/2026
The US has spent billions on surveillance towers, but hundreds of people have died near them. Here’s how to strengthen federal oversight.
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4 ways to address the failures we found along the US border’s “virtual wall”
The US has spent billions on surveillance towers, but hundreds of people have died near them. Here’s how to strengthen federal oversight.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026
Malaysia begins sending home Myanmar refugees despite safety concerns reut.rs/4hnbuu0
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Malaysia begins sending home Myanmar refugees despite safety concerns
Malaysia began the process ‌of deporting around 1,500 Myanmar nationals on Tuesday as part of a refugee repatriation programme, defying objections from the United Nations and dozens of human rights groups.
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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white @trashmnk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is very much a local celebrity I can get behind.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The most amazing thing is that this is like a page 29 story across the US
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Elric Kane @elrickane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This film is the real deal.
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 29/09/2026
MS NOW, CNN, and Politico filed a new motion for a preliminary injunction, asking the judge for a longer-term block on Trump's ban of the three news outlets from The White House.
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nfariousactivities.bsky.social @nfariousactivities.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Schools teach Russian curricula. Official documents…tie residents to the Russian state. Russian systems govern access to housing and public services.…Moscow’s task is to unify these Ukrainian territories into a legal, economic, educational, cultural, and information space under Russia by 2030.“
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The Hidden State Russia Is Building Inside Ukraine
Russian occupation authorities are doing everything possible to make Ukrainian lands unrecoverable.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 29/09/2026
The State Dept. contradicts a U.S. ambassador's claim that Trump offered to sell China weapons, and the FBI deputy director resigns amid several bureau controversies. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi says "our adversaries are cheering" watching this dysfunction from the Trump administration.
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Lorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
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Sharon Carbine @sharoncarbine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
Whoa! This part makes the story worse. Trump didn’t just appear in taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies. He personally helped orchestrate them, including helping choose the imagery and video. OUR TAX DOLLARS. HIS PROPAGANDA.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Trump personally helped orchestrate taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies, source says | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has personally driven the controversial, tax-payer funded video ads promoting himself and his administration’s policies, including helping select the imagery and videos used, a ...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's difficult to engage in diplomacy when you're too simple-minded to think about anyone except yourself . . .
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