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GlenThePlumber @glentheplumber.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
good morning from casa del plumber
bright red/orange sky and clouds as sun comes up with gray clouds in the blue sky above. santa cruz mtnscloud with sun behind. light rays shooting off. santa cruz mtns
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Magnus Lehnsherr @i-magnus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rim protector Kaitlyn Chen blocked more shots than A'ja Wilson in Game 1. #WNBA #GSV #Valkyries
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 04/10/2026
Slow motion pelican coasting above the coast bliss. 🪶
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 04/10/2026
Just a girl and her* airplane 🥰 * actually it is emphatically the Canadian Aviation Museum’s airplane but they do let me fly it a lot
Me standing on the wing of a yellow De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, on a sunny afternoon. I’m wearing a flight suit and aviators and trying to look cool, which may or may not be effective, but the lighting is really good at least
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GlenThePlumber @glentheplumber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
good morning from casa del plumber
wide angle shot with redwood trees and yellow sky below red clouds fading up into blue skies. santa cruz mtnszoom in on the red and orange clouds. santa cruz mtns
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 03/10/2026
First time catching a sunset in a squirrel eye. Might make this a thing.
The vertical eye of a squirrel with the reflection of the sun setting over trees in the distance and the reflection of the tree in the foreground
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/10/2026
Former US congressman sentenced to 10 years for secretly lobbying for Venezuela reut.rs/4rMWzOT
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Former US congressman sentenced to 10 years for secretly lobbying for Venezuela
Former US Congressman David Rivera was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday ​for illegally lobbying US officials to ease ‌pressure on ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Would like to note here they are more interested in human rights for their product than for women.
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AI Community Linked to Disturbing Culture of Sexual Assault
An investigation has uncovered numerous cases of sexual harassment and rape allegations at prominent AI "hacker houses."
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's hard to tell which is weirder: the fact that these guys seriously suggest that models like Claude have consciousness/sentience or that they actually invest time and money (weird!) trying to convince the Pope as well as theologians and legal scholars of this belief.
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GlenThePlumber @glentheplumber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
may you live in stupid times
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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The good news about the Piute Fire is that it’s surrounded by a LOT of granitic rocks of several intrusive suites, but the marshy meadows areas in drainages are forested and fairly dry now. Here’s Piute Lake In 2012. Next to a busy trail leading to Crabtree TH. share.watchduty.org/i/122922?ts=...
Screenshot of the Piute fire on Watch Duty app showing its general location just above Buck Meadow Creek in a few miles south of three chimneys and Highway 108A small several acre lake is pretty shallow with meadows and trees and encroaching on the right side and a dome of granite in the background that is sparsely populated with pine trees this is Piute Lake
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I got to tell Sam Alito to eat shit when I saw him at a Wawa at the Jersey Shore
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Rob Mayeda NBC Bay Area @robmayeda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Heat advisory: Heads up if you’ve got tickets to 49ers vs Broncos Sunday @LevisStadium … updated outlook has 90s in Santa Clara around 1:25pm kickoff.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 01/10/2026
Just over the last few months: - DOJ begins review of whether Nixon was a victim - WH pardon attorney says Watergate was a CIA “hoax” - WH chief of protocol says Nixon was the “target of a Deep State hoax” - Vance celebrates Nixon “renaissance,” dismisses Watergate www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Decades later, Trump’s DOJ to review whether Nixon was mistreated during Watergate scandal
The DOJ is taking a fresh look at whether Nixon was some kind of victim — developments that would’ve seemed unthinkable a half-century ago.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 01/10/2026
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
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California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
The California state bill would have penalized people who secretly recorded people in public with wearables equipped with cameras and microphones.
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Adam Levine @notthatadamlevine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I love how friendly they look
A praying mantis on a leaf looking directly at the lens.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026
seen on my porch this morning
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GlenThePlumber @glentheplumber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
we are the monsters
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Emergency court filing from Pike's lawyers seeking to "halt and stay" the botched execution tonight in Tennessee: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
EMERGENCY MOTION TO HALT AND STAY EXECUTION
The Tennessee Department of Correction began the execution of Petitioner
Christa Gail Pike at approximately 8:00 p.m. CDT. According to counsel witnessing the execution:
1. Both syringes of pentobarbital have been administered.
2. Ms. Pike has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat and is
audibly snoring.
3. Curtains have gone down twice.
4. It took counsel approximately 7 minutes to be connected via phone.
Accordingly, the Petitioner requests and order immediately staying her execution
and ordering immediate medical care.
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Ivy @poisonivy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
i love when these creeps are stupid enough to fuck up their own PR all the 'well there's no proof the CNC orgy is an AI networking event' people in shambles
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i regret to inform you that people have absolutely lost it www.404media.co/someone-tort...
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Someone ‘Torturing’ LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI Yet
The "AI Torture Chamber" has opened an upsetting and absurd window into the effective altruist obsession with "model welfare."
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GlenThePlumber @glentheplumber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
marked safe: from being in atlanta at a hawks v warriors game on feb 3rd 2024
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GlenThePlumber @glentheplumber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
when sen. wile e schmidt and sen. foghorn leghorn lay their trap...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/09/2026
"Everyone knows Frodo’s the hero of Lord Of The Rings, but he’s not in this case, which—I mean, evil is a form of innovation, right?” — Peter Thiel
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Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’
BUENOS AIRES—After exhausting a significant amount of his intellectual energy in a series of company launches, a creatively tapped-out Peter Thiel announced Tuesday a new startup called “Frodo, But Ev...
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On Wed, Sep 30 at 6:30pm PT, I'll be joining a Marin County Council of Mayors & Councilmembers meeting co-hosted by Marin Wildfire, Marin Conservation League, & more to discuss the historic 2026 El Niño & implications for North Bay. Zoom open to public:
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Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting
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GlenThePlumber @glentheplumber.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
can't gaslight ro...
ro khanna tweet: I sent a letter to the FDA today signed by 24 of my
colleagues regarding the new guidelines on
homeopathic products. More clarity is needed on how
the FDA plans to ensure that genuine homeopathic
products remain accessible while protecting
consumers from unsafe products.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One, this hilariously outs who all got the talking points in advance and how blatantly they parrot those. Two, Schmitt really thought today he'd launch himself to the VP nomination and with that a decent shot at the presidency down the line. Instead this is the only thing he'll be remembered for.
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GlenThePlumber @glentheplumber.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
new map just dropped...
map of lake superior renamed lake super intelligence
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AI is definitely not a scam guys it's not a scam at all I swear. This time, this is the time something involving Elon Musk will turn out not to be a scam, it will be the first time ever, but, surely this whole thing with the people believing a computer has feelings is not a scam.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm genuinely curious what sort of play this gets in the broader media. Could be: *nothing *Senator can't tell the difference between sports teams! c *big gotcha effort backfiring emblematic of right-wing conspiracy addiction I think the latter story would be most insightful, but less likely
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He really thought he had something
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
11th Cir. rejects Trump administration's attempt to block an order holding that Trump's IRS lawsuit and purported settlement were in bad faith, resulting in sanctions for Trump's lawyers and an ethics referral for AG Blanche. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Before JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, and NEWSOM, Circuit Judges. BY THE COURT: The appellants, some of whom were the plaintiffs below, move for an order staying aspects of the district court’s post-judgment sanctions order pending appeal.  After review of the record and the parties’ briefing, we deny the motion.1
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026
Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend.
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@itsannpierce
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I am disheartened by this as well. I already lost a bunch of followers for agreeing with @tautologer, but it's saddening to see local nerdy women being caricatured as Karen-like outsiders and getting pushed out of the scene. This is exactly why you hear so few concrete, names-attached stories of sexual harrassment and assault. I'm told there is a history of discrediting these because the "slut normalization" thing is top priority and these stories get inconveniently in the way of spreading this ideology.
I got roped into attending last year's Saturday Slutcon party because so many local and out-of-town friends were there (to echo sentiments @tautologer expressed about "slut events becoming central to the larger scenes). Mostly I hung out with people I knew and that was great. But in the course of my 3-ish hours there, there were 2 times my "no" was not accepted by a man I didn't know, and I was physically pushing a huge guy off of me who was rubbing his penis on me, who continued to do it despite my physical force against him, and after I finally wriggled away from him, told him I wanted to dance alone etc., he came back and did it again.
This was scary and bad, but it didn't even cross my mind to report this because one of the other people who didn't accept my "no" earlier in the night was the bartender (an officially sanctioned authority at the event), and I knew the event was organized exclusively by women into CNC (who are vocal about how rapey behavior turns them on), so I figured this sort of thing would just get me laughed at. And anyway, I heard there were a lot of other incidents like it. Later though, someone encouraged me to report this story to the organizers, and despite my embarrassment I did, so *they know* that this and other incidents happened. This is why they cut the Saturday night party this year and created a larger training program for the flirt girls - *because* of things like this last year. Yet the narrative bein…People who haven't been to Slutcon are saying "it's just group therapy," "it's just innocent flirting." But the environment is much like a sex party in that many people are nude, there is making out and sex acts happening out in the open. I think it's pretty unreasonable to expect that every nerdy girl who likes rationalist bloggers or is into EA/AI safety should automatically be comfortable with this! That if she's not, there's something wrong with her, we don't want her in our scenes, etc.
Not to mention, it's explictly an event *for men*, where men are the clients and the "flirt girls" are the product. Last year I overheard an exchange where a man felt "led on" by a flirt girl and was trying to get her punished/kicked out. (A dynamic that seems inevitable in this context!)
Anyway- it does sound like they've upped their consent education a lot this year, are more organized, and that's good! As I've told my friends who are attending: I hope they have fun!
I heard several accounts last year of women who had no problems and really enjoyed the event. That's great!
Just... can we live in reality about this? There are real reasons why male-female sexual dynamics are tricky.
Encouraging autistic men who can't yet read body language to go around asking to see womens' boobs is maybe a bit ill-advised. Maybe not everyone should be/identify as a slut; maybe it's not for everyone.
And yeah, filtering the Bay Area Al safety scene down to only women who are super comfy with this eliminates *most* women - including many of the really smart, nerdy, weird women who've been in the larger scenes for years. What a loss for humanity.
I absolutely understand why people with a minority sexuality would want to create belonging, would want to create spaces for people like themselves. But why do it like this/at this cost?
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GlenThePlumber @glentheplumber.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
on first viewing I was impressed by the woman doing the splits...then realized it was just a drunk person holding her shoe seriously...eat the rich
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 26/09/2026
Peter Thiel praises evil. Peter Thiel hates democracy. Peter Thiel founded Palantir. Peter Thiel owns JD Vance. Peter Thiel is the most powerful billionaire in the United States. Peter Thiel can’t stop talking about the “Antichrist.” Find out why. Read “The Nerd Reich”
Perfect with photos of teal and Judy Vance. Quote from Peter Teal if you’re evil, you’re actually kind of good because at least you’re getting something done.
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Rob Mayeda NBC Bay Area @robmayeda.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
9/26/2026: the mornings are certainly feeling more like Fall and we’ll see a fairly cloudy and mild wrap up to the weekend. Temps get back to Summer-mode midweek with dry breezes along the hills. #BayArea #SanFrancisco #NorCal #California
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026
This is another great, approachable explainer on “the rationalist wackos who have managed to take over much of the AI industry, and who now have tons of money and political power.” www.iankduncan.com/personal/202...
iankduncan.com
Sex, AI, and the Apocalypse - Ian Duncan
How a community devoted to thinking clearly incubated salvation stories, abusive experiments, race science, and an affection for autocracy, and why that history matters now that its alumni are asking ...
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
At what point do these corporations get charged with felonious activity? Humans certainly aren't allowed to mess with government websites or else the FBI would be knocking on their door. We all saw Wargames.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 26/09/2026
My top 4 Crow Full Moon shots tonight. P L E N T Y of video to edit someday! 🪶 🐦‍⬛
a crow flies in front of the moon, greyish sky, the crow is flapping their wings downtwo crows fly in front and near the moon, in the middle and the bottom left, a snowy egret is out of focus below the moon, greyish skya crow flies in front of the moon, dark sky, the crow is flapping their wings up but not fully extendeda crow flies in front of the moon, dark purple sky, the crow is in full cruise mode
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026
An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.
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The media has the AI threat all wrong
Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most riveting thing I've seen all week
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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Best I can do. Moon tonight and “my” crows waiting for me to show myself.
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
memories of shitty media men list… yet this feels even worse somehow? 9/24 story icymi — nypost.com/2026/09/24/t...
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Silicon Valley ‘sex assault list’ with ‘over 100’ names circulated, warning female tech workers of predators to avoid
“Some of them were very prominent names, you know? People who were famous investors. Businessmen who were in the scene”
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Karen Morley gets a light from Osgood Perkins as Paul Muni looks on in a still from Scarface (1931). Note the impressive tuxedoed security detail. Welcome to the weekend.
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