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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · 19h

Today marks the public launch of the Ubisoft Workers of Montreal (UWM) campaign, with a first action: a petition to preserve hybrid work. Every Ubisoft Montreal employee is invited to sign the petition and every supporter encouraged to reach out to their network to encourage them to sign!

Poster from Ubisoft Workers of Montréal on a pole, with a link to a petition, and text reading "we made our mark from a distance - preserve hybrid work"

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The newspapers now are essentially gaming apps with an op-ed page attached that occasionally calls powerful people to ask what’s going on and reports what they say as news. Journalism as we think of it does not exist, at least at the national level. And the local papers are dying by the day.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield.

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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.

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The Barbarienne @thebarbarienne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

now with alt-text

The incident fits a broader pattern in the discourse around 'free speech' and 'cancel culture': whatever comes from the top down is freedom; whatever comes from the bottom up is bullying and censorship. When Macklemore is dropped at the behest of the billionaire stadium owner Robert Kraft, it's an exercise of the freedom of businesses to 'demonstrate their values' by deciding whom to platform. But when Ed Sheeran's fans decide not to buy tickets to his performances, or even demand refunds, it's bullying, mob behaviour. Since most people are not billionaires and do not own stadiums, they can exercise meaningful power only collectively. The collective exercise of power must therefore be demonised.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Raw milk strikes again. Thirteen people across nine states have become sick with E. coli after consuming Sierra Nevada Graziers’ product, with 8 of them having been hospitalized.

abcnews.com

E. coli outbreak linked to raw milk cheese brand: CDC, FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli infections.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026

It’s really stunning how the USA has so swiftly shifted from being one of the most techno-optimistic and tech-industry-loving countries on earth, to a country where most people seem to assume - not incorrectly, at least in many cases - that tech is out to get them.

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 25/09/2026

i want nathan fielder to do undecided voter focus groups

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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026

Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit theonion.com/xi-jinping-impressed-w…

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Fireproof Games @fireproofgames.com · 24/09/2026

We are delighted to announce The Room Three & The Room 4: Old Sins are available now from the eShop for Nintendo Switch™. Buy now on Nintendo eShop! 🇪🇺 bit.ly/eshop_EU_TheRoomGames 🇺🇸 bit.ly/eshop_US_TheRoomGames 🇯🇵 bit.ly/eshop_JP_TheRoomGames #TheRoom #NintendoSwitch #eShop

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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 23/09/2026

if you’re a games company that wants to survive it has been proven over and over again you need to do whatever it takes to stay away from being publicly traded. you’ll be turned into wood chips the moment it’s convenient.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?" Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 22/09/2026

Fertilizers: End the free pass for the merchants of death "After all, they are collectively benefiting from the death and suffering being inflicted on Ukrainian civilians in this war," writes Alan Riley, Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, in this op-ed.

kyivindependent.com

Fertilizers: End the free pass for the merchants of death

Ever since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian fertilizer industry has had a sanctions-free pass. One can see why such a free pass was granted. When it came to Russian fe...

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 21/09/2026

8. often, when people say LLMs "can do" something they mean LLMs can produce output that looks like the output of doing something 9. producing something that looks like the output of doing something is not the same thing as doing it

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 21/09/2026

3. LLMs are ill-suited or dangerous for many of the purposes for which they are advertised 4. there has been a heavy top-down push for institutional adoption by bosses and administrators, which has reinforced public perception that using them is a safe, responsible choice

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randy r. potts @thephatic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

in terms of invasion potential, Moscow has not had a legitimate enemy to worry about since 1945; meanwhile, since 1945 Moscow has invaded many of its neighbors and wrought Gaza-level destruction

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qwasop.bsky.social @qwasop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's especially infuriating how it often gets paired with dismissal of other EE countries' concerns. "The Soviet Union ended 30 years ago, let it go already" vs "Russians are a bit jumpy because of Napoleon, completely understandable".

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The deepest, most serious mistake of the IR field is the concept of « Russia’s legitimate security concerns ». They don’t exist. Never have. Russia has not been threatened even vaguely in its entire post-1991 existence.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 20/09/2026

Amtrak didn’t tell us about this exposure, so heads up: if you took an Amtrak train last week through Chicago or anywhere on the Southwest Chief, Coast Starlight, or California Zephyr routes like we did, you may have been exposed to measles! Please let the train people in your life know about this

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404 Media @404media.co · 21/09/2026

A Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said generative AI products have created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

404media.co

‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Guy who is obviously on drugs: I built a supercomputer that is God and now I need subsidies

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Xero Reynolds 41/100 on Patreon @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20/09/2026

⚡️Ukraine urges countries to close 'Russian House' centers, citing disinformation, espionage risks. "Our shared European home is not the place for 'Russian houses' promoting war propaganda," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.

kyivindependent.com

Ukraine urges countries to close 'Russian House' centers, citing disinformation, espionage risks

"Our shared European home is not the place for 'Russian houses' promoting war propaganda," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.

opb.org

Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report

A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.

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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One of Canada's advantages is that we know a lot about the US. We follow their news and politics, get their TV channels, travel there. But Americans know nothing about us. They don't understand our politics, history or values. They constantly misjudge us, but we understand them completely. #cdnpoli

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.

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GrumpyBen @grumpyben.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Random thought: fictional universe where monsters are reals but only effective monster hunter tools come from a multi-level marketing company.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Help request—I received this image from a person filing for unemployment in Missouri. The ID verification asks "Are you of Haitian heritage?" I've been unable to confirm additional info w the state or find others who saw it. Any info, reach out: Signal: marisakabas.04 Email: marisa@thehandbasket.co

screen from Missouri ID verification. under Ethnic Origin it asks "Are you of Haitian heritage?" with options "Yes, No, I do not wish to comment"

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404 Media @404media.co · 18/09/2026

It’s easy to see why the AI companies wanted to hide this from the public. The statements are some of the most damning indictments of the ways LLMs were trained, how they work, and the immediate threat they pose to human labor. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

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Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

the much more disturbing "reverse pagliacci" where a clown tells you you should go see a doctor

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merritt @merrittk.com · 17/09/2026

you fucking dipshits have accepted your enemy's framing. just say who cares, these people are freaks obsessed with kids' genitals, we're going to address affordability, healthcare, etc

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Luke Kawa @ljkawa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

JPMorgan’s commodities team: “For the first time since the start of the Iran conflict, we don’t have a baseline view. We simply don’t know how to model the endgame.”

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Rather than responding to individual who-said-what-when stuff, it would be more helpful to address this specific idea: that the fact that the Rationalist movement gives adherents access to sex and money creates incentives for Rationalists to overstate claims and pander to funders.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:

thehandbasket.co

Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem

A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 16/09/2026

abandoned malls and cubical farms are 21st century decrepit mansions and musty crypts, reminders that once upon a time, these things and the people who built them had fortunes, now spent; they signal the fragmenting of order, a new world replacing the old, and the fragility of power structures

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Becca @sciencelizard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hey I know it's Bluesky and we love to hate on AI here, and believe me I have Many Concerns And Complaints, but has anybody tried out Claude Science and is willing to tell me what they think of it (good/bad/ugly)? (Feel free to RT for reach)

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