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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 15h
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theyre flailing
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also this kind of sycophancy has allowed people to think that their most extreme takes are normal and that edge cases are mainstream. and that lies are truth, for that matter, if the right people say they are. We do not need to activate any more narcissism in the populace.
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 5h
Today on THE GLITCH REPORT, from @wgbh.org on The Curiosity Desk, we talked to @drewharwell.com about his recent investigations into Flock and misuse by police, then we turn to his investigation into the women of the far right and the dangers they face. We close with a laugh, I promise!
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Boston Public Radio, The Curiosity Desk, & The Culture Show Live Thursday, October 8, 2026
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Mac It Look Like An Accident @macrogers.bsky.social · 7h
Okay so we have a number now: the Onion is officially 6 months ahead of reality.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h
REPORTER: “Why does Mike Rogers have to answer for Trump and you don’t have to answer for Hasan Piker?” 🤡 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “Is that a serious question? Donald Trump is the president of the United States.”
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 4h
We do not have a serious economy in this country, we have an ongoing series of expensive brazen insults to all the hard-working people who *actually make things* despite the incompetent whims of mediocre upfailing assclowns like this guy. No greater lie than the meritocracy.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 10h
Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 6h
Trump is desperately trying to incite a riot before the election so he can declare an emergency
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The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back. You have been robbed, and abandoned by your State Government. Your Governor is an incompetent thief who doesn't want to get involved. He just wants to get out of town with as much as he can steal, and then, lead a quiet life. The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back! If you need, the Federal Government will come to your rescue.
Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, must immediately ask for Federal help - and leave the rest to us!
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 08/10/2026
The history of software is one of feminising and devaluing women's labour as nerdy, clerical, following specifications and requirements determined by men, and then valorising a presumed male hacker figure who disrupts and manfully disregards the needs of those relying on custodial maintenance work.
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 08/10/2026
One of the frustrations about "engineering" as a discipline is that the heart of the actual discipline is about taking care to make sure things work within specifications and requirements, but tech industry gender politics has characterised engineering as a work of disruption and disregard.
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 22h
When we talk about data centre expansion representing an 'irrational allocation of resources' (@iliasalami.bsky.social), this is what we are talking about. When there are severe deficits in social infrastructure, construction capacity should not be funnelled into speculative AI.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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Grendel's Mother @grendelsmother.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
they need to stop trying to make fetch happen
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💙🦋🇺🇸MichaelWestby🇺🇸🦋💙 @tazinib1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Timothy Pratt @onofftherecord.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Activists have launched a 'defendants union', likely the 1st project of its kind in the modern history of US political protest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... @dnbrgr.bsky.social @willpotter.bsky.social @prisonculture.bsky.social @sdonziger.bsky.social
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Trump 2.0 is targeting US protesters with ‘antifa’ charges. Activists started a union to fight back
NSPM-7 Defendants Union plans to offer legal clinics, media training and more to people facing prosecution for protest
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Grendel's Mother @grendelsmother.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
its not even just kids who come from big donor families. just being able to pay full tuition is a meritless admissions advantage
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Balthazaar Paine @balthazaarpaine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Either there's a factory churning out Nazi failsons or Andrew Giuliani, David Ellison and Eric Trump are all related.
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“We can’t eat road salt” -Troy Jackson. One line showed all the problems Donald Trump has caused Susan Collins. She’s bragging on carveouts she gets thrown by the Trump administration on tariffs, but his larger trade war with Canada continues.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
People too young to remember but the day after Obergefell, the gays invaded our Churches and forced them to close, as they remain today. abcnews.com/Politics/thr...
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Alito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new book
A new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
lol no one talks about the white kids who don't abide by merit. The conversation is ALWAYS about the Black and Brown kids who do.
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Study finds 43 percent of Harvard's white students are legacy, athletes, related to donors or staff
The number drops dramatically for black, Latino and Asian American students with less than 16 percent each coming from those categories, the study said.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 06/10/2026
one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I don’t think the roman helmet guys on musk’s csam emporium know this one (from josephine quinn’s how the world made the West)
By now the Roman imperial economy depended heavily on African agriculture, manufacturing, and trade, much of which was in the hands of Africans themselves. At the same time, local landowners attained great power and status in Rome: by the 180s CE nearly a third of Roman senators were of African origin.[33] These were men like Septimius Severus,
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
Doctors shouldn’t be punished for providing their patients with legal abortion care—and extremists in Louisiana have no business dictating what doctors in Seattle can and can't do. This was never about states' rights—it was ALWAYS about banning abortion nationwide.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.” — Dolly Parton
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’ve known many other defense secretaries, starting with Cap Weinberger, who served as defense secretary under Reagan. I can say without fear of contradiction that Pete Hegseth is the stupidest and least qualified of them all. He is a danger to the entire world. He must be impeached.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/10/2026
Efforts to reshape the military include modernizing the technology soldiers will use on the battlefield and the further integration of AI. Some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley are working with the Pentagon and cashing in. to.pbs.org/3TkXjhn
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'Valley of Death' reveals how tech companies are replacing traditional defense contractors
Efforts to reshape the military include modernizing the technology soldiers will use on the battlefield and the further integration of artificial intelligence. Some of the biggest names in Silicon Val...
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If ashli babbitt's family can get $5 million after she literally broke into the Capitol to overturn an election, Renee Good's family should get at least triple that for ICE agents murdering her in the damn street.
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A side-effect of hyperfinancialization or whatever the fuck this is, is that the dominant discourse is rooted in the speculative future rather than grounded in present and historical observable material conditions.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Who's funding Question 8, the ballot question to roll back the legalization of marijuana? An out-of-state dark money group founded by George W. Bush speechwriters, alleged to be bankrolled by the liquor industry and the pharmaceutical industry. Vote NO on 8.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
1/ On @lastweektonight.com, John Oliver cited our reporting w/ @texastribune.org about how Ken Paxton appeared to have violated Texas law. Paxton used an address where his estranged wife said he no longer lived while voting in 6 elections in the past 2 years: www.propublica.org/article/ken-...
John Oliver (on right) gestures with his hands as he speaks. On left, a Texas Tribune headline from July 7, 2026 reads: “Ken Paxton vowed to crack down on 'illegal voting.' He may have violated Texas election law.” An article excerpt below says: "... appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections ...”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
White House correspondents, D.C. bureau chiefs, and media execs: The German government expelled Dorothy Thompson from the country in August 1934. She's remembered and respected today for her important coverage and analysis over the next decade of the German regime. Be like Dorothy Thompson.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 20/09/2026
Veterinary care is becoming increasingly expensive for American pet owners. As prices rise, attention is turning to a major shift in the industry: private equity firms and large corporations buying up veterinary practices across the country. to.pbs.org/3RedOuo
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As veterinary costs climb, private equity ownership of clinics draws scrutiny
Veterinary care is becoming increasingly expensive for American pet owners. As prices rise, attention is turning to a major shift in the industry: private equity firms and large corporations buying up...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
BOSTON…😕 ✈️
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Grendel's Mother @grendelsmother.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“You stole fizzy lifting drinks. You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and sterilize, so you get NOTHING!”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute
In Bruges scene where Colin Farrell is pointing a gun at his head and Brendon Gleeson is also pointing a gun at Colin Farrell's head
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Grendel's Mother @grendelsmother.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
same, france. same.
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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Something like this will have to happen in this country once Trumpism is defeated. In the absence of accountability, the world will rightly assume that it will happen again.
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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
So much of this could have been prevented if the men in the Epstein files had been prosecuted instead of protected.
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Black Guy Does Sociology @blackmanbeyond.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
BTW the people who spent the last few years advocating for Palestine were clearly 100% right that normalizing war crimes and genocide there would just increase the likelihood of inhumane actions elsewhere. Just saying.
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 07/04/2026
The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.
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