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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m genuinely worried that he weakened her civil case with this statement out of petty fury that he’s rightfully getting heat for not pressing charges against rapists. He clearly isn’t interested in seeing her succeed and he basically called her a liar—a huge gift to the civil defense

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I missed Hegseth’s announcement and press conference on this.

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Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

This is super cool bc: 1) Many of the highest-risk conditions, like ME/CFS & Long Covid, aren't on the list 2) The best way to protect the vulnerable is to protect the population so others don't infect them 3) None of this accounts for Novavax which is not mRNA www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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CDC panel votes to limit who is eligible for this fall's Covid vaccine

Only people 65 and over or with underlying health conditions should get the shots, the advisory group recommended. There may be insurance roadblocks for others.

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Ian @woolie.meowmeow.city · 29/09/2026

A fun quirk of American urban planning is production of 990 page documents where the observable universe is a narrow strip a hundred feet wide. The yellow areas are unmeasurable and unknowable, we can only infer their existence through the forces they exert elsewhere. berkeleyca.gov/sites/defaul...

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/09/2026

"Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers. Meta & other tech giants are pushing through structural changes at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism that outside researchers allege will weaken oversight of an already embattled consortium."

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Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers

Meta and other tech giants are pushing through structural changes at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism that outside researchers allege will weaken oversight of an already embattled consor...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Love it!! 🤣😂🤣

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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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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026

NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...

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You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell

Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

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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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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 28/09/2026

TRANS and INTERSEX students. When it impacts TRANS and INTERSEX students consequentially more than it does LGB or A students, just say the words.

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Most civil servants work in Justice, Home Office, DWP, HMRC & Defence. Cut 224,000 jobs and you cut: prisons, borders, benefits, pensions, tax collection, the armed forces. Then the specialists who keep rivers clean, stop cyber attacks and contain animal disease ..." via Reform Are Not Your Friends

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The Stockroom @stockroom.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Pioneering sex educator Jay Wiseman died yesterday, shortly after returning from his honeymoon. We send condolences to his wife, children, and all who knew and loved him.

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Remembering an Educator: Jay Wiseman, 1949 - 2026

Some last thoughts on the life and work of Jay Wiseman, who helped move BDSM education into the mainstream.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Bangkok on red alert - All 50 districts of Thailand's capital Bangkok were declared a flood disaster area on Saturday after more than 300 millimetres of rain in less than 48 hours caused widespread flooding. TT: @countrycrazy75 www.thenews.pk/print/143969...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“President Duterte said kill the addicts, and the addicts died. He said kill the mayors, and the mayors died. He said kill the lawyers, and the lawyers died." ― Patricia Evangelista, Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Latvian authorities say there’s been deliberate damage to surveillance cables and equipment along the Latvia-Belarus border. Border Guard chief Guntis Pujāts called it a targeted action to disrupt border surveillance.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The imperial presidency, created by both parties since WWII, was a grave mistake. It was designed for an era that no longer exists, in which we had two normal pro-democracy political parties. It is now being weaponized by far right authoritarians & we can never do that again.

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Office of Management and Budget - Wikipedia

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Surprise (not): US Intelligence assessed that Saudi Arabia hasn’t ruled out developing nuclear weapons. wapo.st/3VzeoVk That’s literally what the nonproliferation community has been side-eyeing them for the last 20+ years about. 🙄

wapo.st

Saudis have not ruled out developing nuclear weapons, U.S. intelligence assesses

The sobering outlook has compounded concerns from some U.S. lawmakers about President Donald Trump’s agreement to assist the kingdom with establishing a civilian nuclear program.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

MacFarlane: The White House, on Monday, announcing the justification for this ban, put on paper that the media is too beholden to the radical left. Therefore, we need to enact a ban. They wrote it, and this is part of what the attorneys are playing with on the media side—they can show their work.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

BREAKING: Judge Timothy Kelly grants CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s TRO against the Trump administration, ordering that the reporters affected “immediately” have their White House hard passes reinstated. The TRO is in effect for 14 days. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

For all these reasons, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, ECF No. 2, is GRANTED.
2. It is further ORDERED that Defendants (except for President Trump) and their agents, representatives, and all persons or entities acting in concert with them shall immedi-
ately return, reinstate, and restore the White House "hard pass" press credentials held by employees of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO that were revoked on or about September 18, 2026, until further Order of the Court or the expiration of this Temporary
Restraining Order.
3. It is further ORDERED that this Temporary Restraining Order shall remain in effect for 14 days.
4. It is further ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall post a $1.00 bond in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) by October 1, 2026.
SO ORDERED.
Is/ Timothy J. Kelly
TIMOTHY J. KELLY
United States District Judge
Date: September 24, 2026

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Catbus @catbus.phd · 24/09/2026

fb memories kicked up this @rsbenedict.bsky.social tweet from 2016

tweet from RS Benedict

i drew a venn diagram explaining the Trans Bathroom Panic situation

(a solid purple circle)
caption in red:
men who say people will pretend to be trans to creep on girls in the bathroom

caption in blue:
men who constantly fantasize about creeping on girls in the bathroom

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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IS UPHELD!! A federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to restore White House access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico. Enjoy. 😎✨

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/09/2026

stand up for trans people: it is the right thing to do and it just will not hurt you, not now, not in this environment and maybe folks can start to relearn that trans people are pretty fucking cool, actually

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A. T. Greenblatt @atgreenblatt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Three-Lobed Burning Eye Magazine is currently running a Kickstarter and one of the rewards is a short story critique from me, among other cool rewards. Please back if you can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2027

Publishing original horror, fantasy, and science fiction since 1999. Let’s create another year of strange and wondrous tales!

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Eight--EIGHT--sailors on the USS Lincoln tried to commit suicide by jumping overboard among other methods: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...

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8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says

The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's great to see tailoring accommodate such extreme movement today. This level of tailoring was a bit more common in the past, as you can see in old films featuring Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly, but many modern suits will lift off the wearer's neck even when they're just walking.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.

nytimes.com

F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins

The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🔥 HOT OFF THE PRESS For the first time ever, @iea.org has published a dedicated Electrification Report. An absolute treasure trove of data. Here are the key takeaways that stood out to me when I peer-reviewed it. 🧵

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

These allegations are a bombshell: the FBI informant claims Collins was in a pay-to-play scheme where donors to her Super-PAC were rewarded with government contracts. Trump stopped the investigation when he came into his office second term. As Collins would say, "concerning"

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I don't have the energy to rebut everything in this piece, but it reaffirms the impression that these people did not know or care how government works and never bothered to find out. The reporter's framing is pretty credulous "many people disagree" with stuff that is easy to fact check.

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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So we’ve had a newly described cat, mouse, and now penguin all in the same week

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"The disappeared*" was a term for those the military dictatorship in Argentina imprisoned/tortured/murdered during the dirty war. *"detenidos-desaparecidos" (detained-disappeared)

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.latinsky.app · 22/09/2026

Yeah its funny and cringe and corny But also this is exact mentality that has led to colonization, the trans Atlantic slave trade, manifest destiny, etc.

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Selmin Kara @selminimal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Not in my department, but this is a position that sound scholars might be interested in. Feel free to share. recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02127

recruit.ucsc.edu

Assistant Teaching Professor of Sound and Media Art

University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Venn you see the truth...

Venn diagram. Top circle, Canada Geese. Bottom left circle, Toddler. Bottom right circle, Anti-Vaxxer

Intersection Canada Geese/Toddler: always pooping
Intersection Canada Geese/Anti-Vaxxer: wants everydead
Intersection Toddler/Anti-Vaxxer: incoherent ramblings
Intersection of all 3: can't reason with them

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Chris Johnson @captainslim.lol · 21/09/2026

I don’t know if this is what’s going on here, but trying to get authors to pony up money to get published is a common scam.

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Phony Publisher Promises Bestsellers

Podcast Episode · The Perfect Scam · August 21 · 32m

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Oh, neat. Talked to my neurobiology educated wife about this and she’s not surprised that it turned out to be separate cell lines. Great to have it verified and know how to generate brainstem / hindbrain from stem cells now. Great job, Stanford team!

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Runa Sandvik @runasand.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden is coming for insecure aircraft communications, saying the links between controllers and planes are "incredibly insecure." Reminds me of Andrew Logan's 2025 DEF CON talk on voice cloning air traffic control. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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US aircraft communications with FAA 'incredibly insecure,' senator says

A government watchdog report on Monday shows communications between US air traffic controllers and commercial airplanes are "incredibly insecure" and the Federal Aviation ‌Administration must take st...

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Telling Ukraine to stop bombing Russian oil infrastructure while trying to strike deals with Belarus really gives the game away

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.

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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...

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Cat Alyst 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 (they/them) @catalystmeow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“This spring, officials pulled at least $67 million from the fees visitors pay at [national] park entrances and put it toward projects Trump favors in Washington. Hundreds of repairs in national parks could stall this year without funding. [...] a $24 billion maintenance backlog sits untouched.”

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'Catastrophic' cost of Trump's gluttonous gilding exposed in bombshell NYT report

President Donald Trump's gluttonous hunger to gild Washington, D.C has left America's national parks in dire turmoil, according to experts sounding the alarm.Trump has cut national park staff across t...

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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The man ICE shot in Austin today has been disappeared. This is his attorney. ICE must be destroyed. This behavior is unacceptable. 🧊🧊🧊🧊🐸🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊 #FuckICE

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