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@gwfrink.bsky.social
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Activist, writer of fiction, N.C. mainstream daily newspaper journalist for a couple of decades once, web/programming geek, very happily married to Cynthia

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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The fact that I read this story on Monday night doesn't make this a "Monday night massacre," but there are similarities to the infamous "Saturday night massacre:" www.dailymail.com/news/us-poli...
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Trump 'grand conspiracy' case in crisis amid mass exit
Trump loyalist Kurt Olsen has resigned from the 'grand conspiracy' probe in Miami, along with at least six other prosecutors assigned to the investigation.
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The big AI engines blind you while they're stealing you blind: dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-p...
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AI Is Theft - Dissent Magazine
If capital is rewriting the rules of work with AI, then workers must rewrite the terms of resistance.
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Public Schools First NC @publicschoolsfirstnc.org · 29/09/2026
Who really benefits from constitutional amendment limiting property tax revenue? Wealthy businesses in the state - NOT typical homeowners. A 1 cent reduction would save Duke Energy $3.2 Million and the typical Wake homeowner just $33.30. Vote AGAINST! Learn more here: ow.ly/YnS150ZSnUs
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
More evidence that chatbots stunt your intellectual growth: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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AI chatbots give us a narrow slice of knowledge: Researchers warn of ‘knowledge collapse’
We are exposed to a much narrower range of knowledge through AI chatbots than through a basic web search. This is documented by a new study led by the University of Copenhagen. As more and more of us ...
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Before it kills us? www.lesswrong.com/posts/BFrRJY...
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: One Year Closer — LessWrong
In celebration of still being alive and fighting, we are giving away 1,000 Amazon e-books of “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies”. Feel free to send…
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Snacks @snacks59.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
flip.it/0_q_Qk. Better keep this shit growing al across the nation.
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The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum
As activists rally around federal legislation to dismantle ICE, Amnesty International joins the call for abolition.
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump's budgetary attack on North Carolina: www.lostfunds.org/north-carolina
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Lost Funds in North Carolina
$7 Billion in federal funding has been disrupted in North Carolina. See which programs, agencies, and communities are affected — and how the state is fighting back.
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Guardrails like and including aggressive application of existing regulations and applicable criminal law.
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kidnapping students is a signature ICE technique. Among them star student athletes like Aminata Seck, who was grabbed at an airport while on her way to do what she was recruited to do, shuffled from prison to prison, denied key medical care, ... www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...
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ICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?
Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kennedy Center whistleblowers expose leak fix Trump's chief shelved before shutdown #RawStory
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Kennedy Center whistleblowers expose leak fix Trump's chief shelved before shutdown
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The firestarters have successfully lobbied against regulations requiring them to file timely reports when an AI escaped. Or did real harm. As it is, we were not warned about AI-driven criminality by the AI vendors, but by an independent AI security company: www.theregister.com/security/202...
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Crook used three open source agents to break into a Fortune 500 hospitality company, a major US airline and 25+ other orgs
Operator’s AI bill averaged just $25 per completed scan
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
More Trumpist torture pretending to be "efficiency:"
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings: Vote Early: Election Protection 101” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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No Kings: Vote Early: Election Protection 101 · No Kings
Join the No Kings coalition for this call to learn how you can take action wherever you are to protect our elections this fall. We’ll cover how to get out the vote, the importance of voting early, pol...
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our president is dangerously psychopathic and he has demonstrated that yielding to his demands accelerates them and results in widening destruction: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Trump says Kennedy Center could be ‘ripped down’ without his intervention
The center remained closed Wednesday as management cited “imminent life-safety risks” and a federal judge ordered officials to respond to a challenge to the shutdown.
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opfuchs.gay @opfuchs.gay · 16/09/2026
" It is time for liberals, social democrats, and their allies to shake off the optimistic amnesia which has governed our approach to nuclear weapons for the last thirty years and reengage with clear eyes."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Very much like negligent homicide:
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Jim Crow restoration loses one: newrepublic.com/post/214625/...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Columnist Fired Over Charlie Kirk
The Washington Post must reinstate Karen Attiah, a private arbitrator ordered.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Cruelty for cruelty's sake, evil for evil's sake, in our name. Father of USS Lincoln sailor taken into ICE detention while son deployed in Middle East www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Father of USS Lincoln sailor taken into ICE detention while son deployed in Middle East
Joshua Aviles says he is on a nine-month Middle East deployment and learned his father has been arrested while he was waiting for green card approval
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/08/2026
Hanging? We need to call this what it is: LYNCHING. Ten Black Americans in less than two years. Every one of these deaths deserves answers, transparency, and scrutiny. No one should look at these images and expect Black Americans to shrug this off, especially in light of our history.
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The gun lobby has a long history of amplifying political contributions to suppress voter reaction to the slaughter of children: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Gun Lobby’s Most Cynical Move Yet
New data show how pro-gun groups target their political spending after fatal school shootings.
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Third world countries often have problems like this one.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It feels like brave ministers are a swiftly dwindling species nearing the brink of extinction here; like courageous prophets speaking truth to corrupt power are rapidly disappearing... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/an-open-le...
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An Open Letter To Every Christian Minister In America, From A Former Pastor
To the Ministers in America,
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 14/08/2026
Whether it is health care and medical policy, immigration, birthright citizenship, voting rights, etc., the underlying campaign is one of eugenicist ethnic cleansing of the country.
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
There is a longer term way to make the stress on American Naval resources worse: Delay deployment of a needed battle group by diverting billions of dollars into redesigning the latest aircraft carrier to use an outmoded system for launching aircraft: apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump orders the Navy to return to an older system of launching jets off aircraft carriers
President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carriers and return to using older steam catapults that he h...
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I love this: youtu.be/GU_ID0asQ3M
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Scooby-Doo: The Mystery of the Reflecting Pool | Donald Trump Parody #ScoobyDoo #Satire #DonaldTrump
YouTube video by Midnight Oil Productions (Jason Moore)
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 11/08/2026
Had enough yet? Make your voice heard: forms.gle/VRUeSGFvSE7KSE7o7
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Red Lori Bright Eyes A Fucking Bitch @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
THIS IS A COERCIVE RAPIST SAYING "WELL AT LEAST LET ME PUT IT IN YOUR MOUTH"
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
While struggling with the Reflecting Pool, Trump now takes his talents to aircraft carrier engineering.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/08/2026
DOJ lawyer Andrew Block, who was just added to the Phang Epstein case *yesterday*, erred when he told the court there were no handwritten notes released.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Union of BC Indian Chiefs says a jointly-proposed pipeline neither accounts for potential climate impacts nor respects the duty to consult First Nations. Hear more on APTN News Brief:
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APTN News Brief: UBCIC reiterates criticism of feds "insane support" for fossil fuel industry
Our featured story: in a letter to prime minister Mark Carney and Alberta premier Danielle Smith, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs says a jointly-proposed pipeline neither accounts for potential clima...
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
3/3 @meidastouch.com on this change: 📺 youtu.be/waaNPoz3RN0?...
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🚨Trump LOSES IT and HE DELETES KEY EVIDENCE!!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
2/3 Coverage of this further descent into corrupt madness by the Trump regime: 🧾 www.techtimes.com/articles/324... And here is the Treasury Department's very carefully delivered, cheery "getting rid of red tape" press release: 🌐 home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
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Treasury Kills Corporate Transparency Act, Erases Shell-Company Database
Corporate Transparency Act reporting requirements were permanently erased by FinCEN’s August 2026 final rule -- wiping 33 million U.S. companies from disclosure obligations and committing to destroy a...
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
1/3 ‼️ Fmr Congressman Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7) sounds the alarm that the Trump regime is *deleting* the db of info used to track shell company ownership in the US, & rolling back the rule requiring the reporting of the info. Gee, I wonder why? #criming 🌐 twitter-thread.com/t/2087371259...

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I helped pass this law in 2020. It's purpose is to prevent drug traffickers, Russian & Chinese kleptocrats, and other international criminals from setting up anonymously owned companies to hide their money in the US. Trump's Treasury Dept. is doing this to help criminals. 1/
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Today, @FinCENnews issued a final rule that permanently removes the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to report beneficial ownership information. FinCEN today also announced that it will delete previ...
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Tom Malinowski @Malinowski • 1d Treasury deleting the beneficial ownership info it already gathered is utterly crazy. This database was not public -- it was just for law enforcement to use in investigating crimes. It's like Trump ordering the deletion of the FBI's fingerprint database. 3/
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Wow. Instead of feeling thankful for the inside scoop, the reaction should be frustration as a journalist who can't bring you more of the story. The whole tone of this is "thank you, thank you, I can't thank you enough..." Mind boggling when you consider what Trump has said about the Times.
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gwfrink3 @gwfrink.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Trump's losing, radically mismanaged war is using up men by keeping them too long at sea: www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
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Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say
Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Today's cartoon by Drew Sheneman. "If you need further evidence that we are currently in the throes of late-stage capitalism, look no further than the new, thoroughly dystopian practice of surveillance pricing..."
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
2/2 Natl security's in jeopardy bc he likes big bombs. But: - Trump said shortage reports are lies & wants to find & jail the "treasonous" leakers, yet: - Hegseth blames an underling for not reporting low stockpiles. 🧐 Note: leaks inside the WH & Pentagon continue, lol, including to the NYT. 🤣
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Lion Hunter Music @lionhuntermusic.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The ONLY reason Whiskey Pete Kegsbreath would relieve a white, male, General, is because the General questioned or refused illegal orders from Trump and Kegsbreath...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/08/2026
Former President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body, leaving him in pain, his son Hunter Biden said in an interview with the BBC on Friday.
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Hunter Biden Says His Father’s Cancer Is Worsening
In an interview with the BBC, Mr. Biden said that former President Joseph R. ⁠Biden Jr.’s prostate cancer had spread into his bones and was causing pain.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Republican Senate compromised the entire US Justice Department by confirming the president’s personal lawyer to run it.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Elvis Brooks was finally exonerated after spending 42 years in prison. But the Louisiana Attorney General maintains that he is still guilty and should not receive the $480,000 he's eligible for as compensation from the state.
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He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.
Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore...
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Burnham considering public inquiry into UK activities of Jeffrey Epstein #TheGuardian
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Burnham considering public inquiry into UK activities of Jeffrey Epstein
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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"That is the electric cord in that Declaration that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving men together, that will link those patriotic hearts as long as the love of freedom exists in the minds of men throughout the world."
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Speech at Chicago, Illinois
My Fellow Citizens: —On yesterday evening, upon the occasion of the reception given to Senator Douglas, I was furnished with a seat very convenient for hearing him, and was otherwise […]
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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Abe Lincoln vs. the "heritage American" crowd, 1858: It doesn't matter where your ancestors were in 1776. Americans who read the Declaration and affirm its creed "have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood, and flesh of the flesh of the men who wrote [it] ...and so they are."
We have besides these men—descended by blood from our ancestors—among us perhaps half our people who are not descendants at all of these men, they are men who have come from Europe—German, Irish, French and Scandinavian—men that have come from Europe themselves, or whose ancestors have come hither and settled here, finding themselves our equals in all things. If they look back through this history to trace their connection with those days by blood, they find they have none, they cannot carry themselves back into that glorious epoch and make themselves feel that they are part of us, but when they look through that old Declaration of Independence they find that those old men say that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,” and then they feel that that moral sentiment taught in that day evidences their relation to those men, that it is the father of all moral principle in them, and that they have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood, and flesh of the flesh of the men who wrote that Declaration, (loud and long continued applause) and so they are.
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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A Quiet Rule Review Could Drain the Prairie Pothole Region, America’s “Duck Factory” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule revision would drain thousands of tiny-but-vital wetlands across the northern Great Plains. #PublicLands #Wetlands
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A Quiet Rule Review Could Drain the Prairie Pothole Region, America’s “Duck Factory”
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule revision would drain thousands of tiny-but-vital wetlands across the northern Great Plains
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