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MJ 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ambientheat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hate and divisiveness are his campaign strategy.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 05/10/2026

this is my favorite example ever of an interactive clearly, creatively illustrated concept

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...

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Jarvis Googoo @jarvisgoogoo.com · 24/09/2026

Amazing editorial cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social 😃

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/09/2026

what

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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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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026

We really can't let ourselves get accustomed to this. He's telling the people of NC that he's going to let them die if they don't vote how he wants.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026

There's really no complicated explanation for this, or any kind of grand theory. It's just Econ 101 and he flat out does not understand it because he's an idiot.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Humans are reading your ChatGPT chats. Just like humans are behind your food delivery robots and various other applications of automated technology. Usually underpaid humans in other countries.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/09/2026

We are opening 51 safe overnight locations for New Yorkers, especially those living in basement apartments or low-lying areas who need a safe place to stay. Locations are listed at on.nyc.gov/SafeLocations and are also available by calling 311. Service animals and pets are welcome.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is stochastic terrorism. Ted Cruz is an extremist encouraging violence.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Stop stop stop treating this $5k check thing like it’s real. It’s just…not.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/09/2026

FWIW I don’t think that AI is an existential threat, nor on track to become one. I do however think that the leaders of the biggest AI companies, AI’s strongest boosters, and some of the folks who are most adept at using it to exploit others are actively hastening along OTHER existential threats.

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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I was asked by a colleague from my oil & gas days (who has remained in the industry) why UK producing its own gas is less acceptable to the Greens (& others) than importing it from America and West Africa.' The full question & my reply is now online at: climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...

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There Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate Uncensored

I was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the

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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞 Big news: The Washington Sun launches w/: — Huge investment in DC & local reporters — Legend Tom Sietsema — Capital Weather — Newsroom of +100, w/ great reporters (& me) Comes after Bezos's enormous cuts to WaPo To support, sign up for (free!) newsletter: washingtonsun.com/newsletters

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"If people need help in Georgia, their guardsmen should be there in Georgia, Fearer said. "We do not need them here. We do not want them here." Why Georgians should pay attention to MAGA's misuse and abuse of the National Guard's deployment to DC, in @ajc.com.

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One year later: More than 500 Georgia National Guard troops remain in D.C.

Gov. Brian Kemp deployed of Georgia National Guard members to Washington one year ago. Hundreds still remain.

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026

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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Perfect description of what's going on.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I feel like I’m going to throw up

Screen shot of an Instagram post that says the academy of natural sciences is closing its museum after nearly two centuries

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DrMary @drshowup.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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Tasha @toshyou.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

NO media 1000s are marching in DC to defend voting rights; 90 orgs signed on, Reuters sent photographers, but local media Bernie Sanders, AOC and Martin Luther King III attended Wa Post buried it A Black-led march is visible in DC only after somebody else reports it Repost the march they buried

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Colin @colin-fraser.net · 27/08/2026

At long last, we have created the insane robot swarm with delusions of grandeur that is prone to bouts of mass hysteria from classic sci-fi novel don’t create the insane robot swarm with delusions of grandeur that is prone to bouts of mass hysteria

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“The way that people are being detained is far less flashy, but we are still continuing to see arrests,” said Melissa Shepard, director of @immdef.bsky.social. “It’s just on a quieter scale instead of, you know, 10, 12 officers making one arrest, you have a handful of officers pulling someone over.”

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ICE arrested 50,000 people in July – quietly the biggest month in Trump’s second term

Administration moved away from high-profile raids that defined immigration enforcement approach last year but still deported record number of people

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Josh Lappen @jlappen1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This is a century-old strategy, with tons of forgotten lessons to be re-learned! Electric utilities around the US used to do this regularly to increase the pace of electrification - the model is well-defined and successful. PUCs and city councils should be demanding these programs at scale.

A draft advertisement by Southern California Edison for $5 electric hobs sold directly by the utility. Courtesy The Huntington Library.

A photo, c. 1914, of a Southern California Edison electric appliance delivery van, with a bulk collection of new electric heaters and other appliances on the curb alongside. Courtesy The Huntington Library.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 21/08/2026

The verdict is in. The decision is made. We will protect this place.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This is what the growth of surveillance is going to bring. Not safety from crime, but new, non-criminal acts redefined as criminal so as to give the police an excuse to exercise power. local12.com/news/offbeat...

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Police request public's help to find suspect who picked up $30 off ground in Walmart

A police department took to social media and asked the public to help them identify a suspect who found $30 on the ground in Walmart.

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Keya Chatterjee @keyachatterjee.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This is the 2nd year our kids have to pass armed soldiers/agents to get to school. @starsandstripes.bsky.social (before it was gutted) alerted us- Now troops from GA and SC are targeting two mostly Black neighborhoods- Trinidad and Anacostia. Shame on Gov Kemp & McMaster. www.freedcproject.org/guard

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National Guard Out Now — Free DC

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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 14/08/2026

NEW: i dove deep into the plans for several massive power plants being built specifically to power data centers crucially, they're designed much less efficiently than gas-fired power plants that are connected to the electric grid: www.wired.com/story/real-r...

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The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty

A massive new gas plant in Texas will be built with much less efficient technology than regular gas plants. It’s far from the only data center power project to rely on dirty turbines.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14/08/2026

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14/08/2026

now this is a hell of sentence: "A recommender that’s a mediocre predictor of what you’d love in a rich, diverse world becomes an excellent predictor of what you’ll click in the impoverished one it creates." laurenleek.substack.com/p/temperatur...

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Temperature Zero for Culture: Why Everything Is Starting to Look the Same

What 640 London shopping streets, 4,000 Billboard hits, a million films and synthetic AI personas tell us about why everything is flattening into sameness and how to regulate the algorithms behind it.

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mimi smartypants @mimismartypants.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Every time you check out a library book instead of ordering from Amazon, ask a friend instead of an LLM, cook a meal instead of ordering from an app, or go for a walk instead of scrolling social media, you interrupt the cash flows of insane CEOs. Do it! Ruin their day!

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

In this article, I put to bed the idea that progressive approaches to safety are "unpopular." You can share it with anyone who claims the public does not support reducing $$ for police, prisons, and billionaire-backed industries that profit from them. equalityalec.substack.com/p/convention...

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Conventional Wisdom and "Popularity"

And a weird debate I just had.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The costs of this summer's extreme weather are expected to wipe out the EU's economic growth for all of 2026. "The biggest drag is expected to come from people struggling to work in extreme heat." Agricultural output could fall by between 3 and 7 percent. #ClimateChange

And the summer is not over. France and Britain are bracing for their fifth heat wave of the season this week, with temperatures nearing 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in southeastern France and 36 C (97 F) forecast in
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

“Fundamentally, #DoorDash didn’t like something that D.C. government did. And for some reason, the company thought that it was appropriate to go around the back of D.C. government and try to overturn the law altogether, rather than just be a good partner for D.C. communities."

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DoorDash Pushes to End DC’s Self-Governance Over a 20-Cent Tax

If passed, new legislation backed by DoorDash would strip DC of the ability to change its own tax code.

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gigreenish.bsky.social @gigreenish.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Imagining an exclusive coffee club under a mountain. Calling it Burr-Grind’s Ingeitum

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Apple got a $2.2 billion tariff refund check. Amazon got $600 million.: Walmart got $10 Billion. So basically they got to raise all the prices then cash in?

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.

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Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed

Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...

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