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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Huh.
yahoo.com
Unpacking allegations FCC Chair Brendan Carr was in 'sex trafficking cult'
The organization was an Alcoholics Anonymous group in Washington, D.C. Former members said Carr was part of the group, but wasn't abusive.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
how i walk out of a job interview after leaving my empty iced coffee on your desk
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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
So the message of this research out of China, where you were seeing a lot of kids using A.I. to help them, was that when they were using the A.I., they were getting things done faster. But it turned out that the skills they were learning were not holding, that their actual personal performance, at least in the way we traditionally measure it, was degrading.

What do you think when you hear that?

The last part — I completely agree. Try to get a kid to do long division right now. The multiplication table is starting to be forgotten. Doing square roots, my goodness. Basic math is being forgotten. Does it matter?

That’s my question for you.

Yeah. I don’t think it does. I don’t think it does.

But there must be some set of skills that matter.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But maybe not those. We’re going to discover new ones. Just maybe not those.

There are a lot of skills that don’t matter. My first confession, I actually don’t know my address.And I ——

I don’t really believe that to be true.

It’s completely true. Janine will tell you and Lori will tell you.

One day I had to pump gas — it was a few years ago. They needed my ZIP code, and I panicked. I didn’t know my ZIP code. I don’t know my telephone number. I forget these things. I can live with it.

But let me take the other side because I don’t want to fall into a thing where, because some skills can be safely offloaded ——

Yeah.

I also can’t get anywhere without a mapping system now. Never could, frankly. But I’m a big reader. And one of the skills I really value, one of the capacities I have that I really value is an attention span formed on physical books.

You’re a big reader. I’ve read about the kind of reading you do. And there is, prior to A.I., a lot of concern and noticing among college professors and others that the way people use the internet has probably shortened attention spans.
Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.

Yeah. Well, I think that we’re going to lose some finer intellectual dexterity, but we’re going to be better systems thinkers.

Today’s engineers are far better systems thinkers than I was when I graduated from school. But I was a much better transistor thinker.

What do you mean by systems thinker?

They think of large systems. Today’s computers have trillions, hundreds of trillions of transistors in them. When I first graduated from school, the first chip I worked on had 200 transistors. I knew every one of them by name. No engineer does that today. Most engineers now work well above the transistor, well above the functionality, and they’re cobbling things together to do things.

So you need to think much more about systems and interactions of systems. So some of the lower-level knowledge is gone.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
the future tech bros are dreaming of
4 panel comic

Panel 1:
Purple Guy panicking in a room full of flames. He screams “Oh God! I’m going to die!”

Panel 2:
Purple Guy is now on the phone (still surrounded by flames). He yells “Fire Service!! My house is burning down”

Panel 3:
Purple Guy (still burning to death) is now hollering “My address? Shit I don’t know! Lemme check my phone”

Panel 4:
Close up on Purple Guy’s phone screen. It reads: Emergency call detected. Pay £45.50 to view address.
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dillo saint dillo @dillo.media · 24/09/2026
caleb heron a real one
midwestern gay football player Caleb heron (who also is a comic) being arrested at a protest. wearing a shirt that says fund people not bombs
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 23/09/2026
paramount specifically thanks him in their settlement announcement, and multiple independent reports indicate he applied pressure to settle the entire way
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Gavin Newsom Bristles at Blowback From Left-Wing Critics That He Forced a Deal With Paramount: ‘I Didn’t Pressure Anybody!’
Newsom remarks come amid fierce blowback from critics within the Democratic Party over Paramount's settlement.
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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The gaming industry deserves better than what Microsoft is doing to it.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The first architect of the White House ballroom resigned after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes, the Washington Post reports. “I am the code,” Trump said www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
By Sarah Blaskey and Jonathan O'Connell
In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Donald Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions and corroborating documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
James McCrery II withdrew from the project last October after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on a preliminary design that did not provide adequate emergency exit routes or fire-containment measures, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions.
Trump brushed off McCrery's concerns, they said, and the president countered that no building codes apply to White House construction.
"I am the code," Trump said.
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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Like, it’s impossible to look at stories like this and think “This is an organization that wants to keep making games.” They are presenting projects like Halo Campaign Evolved and Gears E-Day as steps to the future, then firing the people core to those projects immediately. bsky.app/profile/kota...
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Eric J. @ecjaxson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Microsoft and by extension Sony really are on Demon Time this gen. A truly crap thing is Xbox having layoffs hanging over peoples heads for months. The other crap thing is seeing Xbox “dudes” more intrigued on the studio shifts & what it means for the brand versus peoples lives being upended.
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Man Gives Thumbs Down
ALT: Man Gives Thumbs Down
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This lawyer breaks down why the so-called guardrails Carney includes in this bill just create a cog in a machine built to deny workers their right to strike. Then ministers, in deciding what the “national interest” is in quashing a strike, can consider the “impact on the Canadian economy.”
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In a particularly fitting hiring move, Trump's "grab ‘em by the p***y" hot mic co-star will be joining the president's favorite network.
variety.com
Billy Bush to Join Fox News as Contributor
Billy Bush to Join Fox News as Contributor
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Mark Medina @markmedina.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I know the Xbox news seems bad, but don’t worry, these dudes are all about to explain why today’s layoffs are the greatest thing to ever happen.
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Mark Medina @markmedina.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Like clockwork
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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 22/09/2026
Don’t call layoffs and closures stuff like “reset” or “refresh” or “rejuvenation” or “rejigger” or “reshuffle” unless you’re trying to get clapped.
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Mike Minotti @tolkoto.com · 22/09/2026
Renaming a developer to “Halo Studios” and now being like “btw they aren’t making the next Halo” is just incredible
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Jordan Middler @jordanmiddler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Letting Halo go from the coolest franchise in the world to becoming something you bin off to Activision is all-time mismanagement. Its impossible to explain to someone young just how massive and, crucially, COOL Halo was. No one under 20 cares these days. Why would they?
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Crazy how this keeps happening (this is a decade+ old comic)
EA killing studios since 2012
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Len @len.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Folding Obsidian into Bethesda really demonstrates how interchangeable we all are to the money people. Who cares about studio culture or identity, right? If I put tuna on a meatball sub I can eat two sandwiches at once.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
fox news is a danger to society, especially children STOP FUCKING APPEARING ON FOX NEWS
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 21/09/2026
damn if only there were 300-500 devs who could help with that
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21/09/2026
for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:
deadline.com
Done! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ms. Rachel: “I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza. Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day.”
Ms. Rachel Instagram:

“I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.
Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day.
We have a moral obligation to use our privilege and platforms to protect children and human rights.”
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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Macklemore just announced he’s donating the $1 million he made from Sheeran’s tour to 6 organizations to support Palestinians and he’s asking Robert Kraft to match it. This is just the first part announcing it.
With everything that has happened over the last 48 hours, I want to bring the conversation back to where it belongs: to the Palestinian people who are still being killed, still living under military occupation, and still fighting for their freedom.
I will be donating the entire $1 million of my net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour to six organizations working directly to support the Palestinian people. And I invite Robert Kraft to match my donation. Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting. A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth.
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WIRED @wired.com · 16/09/2026
The burrito chain has enlisted Palantir for a platform that monitors pest incidents, employee illnesses, and other factors. The partnership comes after a nightmare summer for food safety across the US.
buff.ly
Chipotle Is Working With Palantir to Track Food Safety Risks
The burrito chain has enlisted Palantir for a platform that monitors pest incidents, employee illnesses, and other factors. The partnership comes after a nightmare summer for food safety across the US.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The cool thing about complicity is that it goes away if you just tell people you don’t have it

Ed Sheeran breaks silence on Macklemore's tour exit: I am not complicit'
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Unethical 1970’s psychiatrist: I have created evil Netflix: hey this sounds pretty fun
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Kraft was in the Epstein files btw.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 14/09/2026
The midterms are shaping up to be a referendum on whether trans people should exist, with Republicans saying we shouldn't and Democrats saying maybe Republicans have a point on some of these issues. Good luck, everybody!
assignedmedia.org
Democratic Candidates Abandon Trans Folks, Are Attacked For Their Support Anyway - Assigned Media
Leading Off: Republicans set the stage for further attacks on trans rights while some democrats continue to walk back support. Our top headlines as we start off the week.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 14/09/2026
This might seem impressive but it’s just what every brown person does in their community. I’m still answering support tickets for people I met as a child growing up in Pakistan.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Jared Kushner is not "on the other side of the aisle." He's not an elected official. He's not an administration official. He's the president's son-in-law and a private citizen. You do not, in fact, have to take meetings with relatives of the president. Some might even say you should *not* do that
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scwiba @scwiba.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This man won his primary by 30 points.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10/09/2026
As someone who has been covering transgender rights for years, let me be clear about something: When you see capitulation over sports, know that it NEVER stops at sports. And in fact, Turek illustrated this just yesterday when he embraced a federal ban on funding for all trans care.
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 10/09/2026
As a parent of a trans kiddo - medical care for trans care is clear, has medical recommendations, and does not need you sticking your nose into the business. The only debate is an existential one. Either you support trans people, or you think they don't deserve to exist. Everything else is noise.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
this shit sucks and it’s stupid. people respect candidates who stand on business.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
So it would appear that the White House has banned the importation of Crown Royal, Canadian Club, and all other Canadian whiskeys/scotches. Stock up if they're one of your favorite brands, because the U.S. might not get any new supply for the next couple years...
A picture of Canadian Whiskeys from the Wikipedia page "Canadian Whiskey." It shows, left to right, bottles of R&R (Rich & Rare), Pendleton, Seagram's VO Gold, Crown Royal, Wiser's Very Old, Canadian Club, and Black Velvet.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 09/09/2026
'Gen-AI controversy aside' is a wild thing to write in a video game preview: aftermath.site/crazy-taxi-ai-...
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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 04/09/2026
Buddy the Unicorn from ‘BUDDY’ was kicked out of Universal Studios Hollywood after trying to crash the opening of Horror Nights.
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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 04/09/2026
It's very funny when you realize all of Nintendo's decisions about holding back release dates and details about games like ocarina and even Duskbloods was so it can drop all of that in the first direct immediately after the price increase.
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🖤 envy 🖤 @envy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I did my part 🫡
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Dan Ryckert @danryckert.com · 01/09/2026
I’m thrilled to announce that I'm on the upcoming season of The Floor on FOX! I’ll be competing for $250,000, and it’ll air on Wednesday nights starting on 9/23 (next day on Hulu). Not kidding when I say that I studied way more for this than I did during the entirety of my 5 1/2 years in college.
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Chris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“You don’t really hate data centers. You’re just stupid” please God let Republicans run with this into the midterms
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 31/08/2026
I will never vote for a Democrat that abandons transgender people. It's a cancer and I'll take the pain of a Republican over losing Democrats as a party and therefore losing our rights for an entire generation with nobody left to fight for us. We cannot reward this at all.
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Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing @hellsingorg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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