Reposted by ClareKevin Fox @michigrim.bsky.social · 17hA Korean king ordered a bunch of linguists to come up with a written language to increase literacy due to the difficulty of chinese and they came up with one of the easiest to read languages in existence. 10561175
Reposted by ClareSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 16hWhat Derek Chauvin did to George Floyd was a public extrajudicial execution. Keep that in mind when you say we haven't had a public execution since 1936. We have, actually. Many times. They're called police murders. 141658535
Reposted by Clareashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 23hif you don’t keep up with the youth i want you to know they’ve renamed “tramp stamps” to “cake toppers” which feels like the first advancement for feminism in a long time 514251867
Reposted by ClareKamuka @kamuka.bsky.social · 17hUsing AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...news.berkeley.eduUsing AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley NewsA UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life. 111759
Reposted by Clarejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026a livestreamed execution is just a lynching 282102701995
Reposted by ClareAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is petty and least important aspect of this but: I reported on this years ago and the trump campaign falsely denied the reporting, and now via Hegseth they’re just doing it. Monstrous 271574435
Reposted by ClareEric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating. 17966371935
Reposted by ClareDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2026"When one side rejects pluralism, electoral legitimacy, or epistemic accountability, then 'reconciliation' & even 'civility' function less as neutral civic virtues than as asymmetric constraints, & they risk unilaterally disarming pro-democracy forces." Gonna link to this piece every week, forever.frontiersin.orgFrontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i... 9305108
Reposted by ClareShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I wish Anthropic had been nowhere near it but now I know exactly why the Encyclical was not corrupted by their efforts. 210726
Reposted by ClareDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 260185154894
Reposted by ClareGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297113234109
Reposted by Clarehonor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One of the main reasons fraternities still exist is that membership signals to potential employers that you’re capable of keeping institutional secrets, even when it means covering up illegal behavior. 7624187
Reposted by ClarePookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 16/02/2026One reason Republicans are so laser targeted on trans kids existing, is that trans kids existing requires accepting the bodily autonomy and consent of children. Which is something republicans absolutely can't do, since they are pedophiles. Their transphobia and pedophilia is them being consistent 92239813
Clare @idclare.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When someone tells you something you don’t like, you can get a program to side with you over reality 001
Reposted by ClareJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“The administration is able to essentially hide a multiplied ICE force not only in unmarked cars, and not only behind masks, but also within local law enforcement through the 287(g) program. I call it the invisibilizing of immigration enforcement.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comGone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than everAfter public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere 713066
Reposted by ClareBen Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“We’re losing billions and we’re making a product that’s an existential threat to humanity” is a hell of sales pitch www.ft.com/content/c768...ft.comAnthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO prospectusLong-awaited S1 filing reports Claude maker lost $8bn last year on $4.6bn in revenue 20321107
Reposted by ClareGerard @groverxv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bluesky Rule/Law/Lore. Always always read a @sarahkendzior.bsky.social post. I urge you. 15215
Reposted by ClareAliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 27/09/2026 the news here is also that several countries that elected conservatives are hardening against women's rights 06130
Reposted by ClareCiara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥firstshowing.netMust See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo... 22953619
Reposted by ClareNathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The anti-socialist class is largely a criminal class afraid that their crime spree will come to an end 03716
Reposted by ClareKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I 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 5876512130
Reposted by ClareLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedlemonde.frAmnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedIn a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States. 391198436370
Reposted by ClareMaryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...scrippsnews.comInteractive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labelsPork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for. 11527461296
Reposted by ClareRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere. 719160466063
Reposted by ClareJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026I'm of two minds about this information 1062987328
Reposted by ClareMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is not great 62072701985
Reposted by Clarejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026huh, this piece nailed the AI bros like a decade ago 511774284
Reposted by ClareLauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trump has now refunded $128 billion dollars from his tariffs to corporations. Tariffs he created, made Americans pay for, and then returned right back to his donors. We paid, and his friends cashed in. 8927101122
Reposted by ClareClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage 455801684
Reposted by Clareclyde bruckman's skeleton's final repost @ultralaser.bsky.social · 22/09/2026this is literally the slippery slope everyone is talking about with talarico btw! newsom a year ago was just talking (to BEN FUCKING SHAPIRO DON'T FORGET THAT SHIT) about 'legitimate concerns' around trans youth in sports etc, but now he just VETOED a ban on extraditing trans healthcare providers!!! 229646
Reposted by ClareRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"The disappeared*" was a term for those the military dictatorship in Argentina imprisoned/tortured/murdered during the dirty war. *"detenidos-desaparecidos" (detained-disappeared) 20854480
Reposted by ClareCalvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026the tech bros telling you LLMs are conscious don’t think women are people. 41350451
Reposted by ClareRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 430115934865
Reposted by ClareAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 16/09/2026every single republican president of my lifetime has started a war in the middle east and destroyed the economy 543792895
Reposted by ClareThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026No shit, 100% agree here. 238208025611
Reposted by ClareMarcus D. Moore @marcusdmoore.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026Everything has always been political. A person that has the privilege of never being a direct recipient of policies that enact violence/discourage a true quality of life, especially for its most vulnerable citizens, will always be the first person to ask “why are you making everything political?” 07027
Reposted by ClareMicah @rincewind.run · 15/09/2026my dream is to one day see Sam Alito’s seat filled with the wokest rainbow-haired trans lesbian puppygirl imaginable 533369363
Reposted by ClareMicah @rincewind.run · 15/09/2026the reason my likely presidential candidate tier list has two people at the top - Ossoff and AOC - is that they are by far the most effective messengers of I Am Fucking Furious And There Must Be Consequences, which is the most deeply held conviction of the Dem base 273127514
Reposted by ClareCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026If the only thing you have to note about the rising tide of fascism is that we have to let it rise far enough to be over someone else's head in order to stop it, I don't think your strategy is particularly good. 31927326
Reposted by ClareMike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I love when centrists make it clear that they have at least as much contempt for democracy as the fascists they claim that they are the only bulwark against 835597
Reposted by ClareColin @colin-fraser.net · 12/09/2026Alright here’s what I think about this. For me, this argument is a little bit slippery about what it means for a system to have “a final goal”, and takes for granted that any intelligent system must behave as though it has such a thing. I don’t think this is necessary, and I don’t think LLMs do. 1022834
Reposted by ClareMicah @rincewind.run · 13/09/2026you don’t have to have the conversation on their terms and in fact you shouldn’t have the conversation on their terms more democrats should follow this playbook instead of existing in a constant defensive crouch 314802994
Reposted by ClareJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It’s the end of consensus reality, you’re soaking in it. 518042
Reposted by ClareChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 11/09/2026GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine has SUCCEEDED in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. Phase III trial results in MORE THAN 1,100 patients shows the vaccine SIGNIFICANTLY extended the time patients lived without their melanoma returning AND reduced the risk of metastasis.statnews.comModerna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trialA personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology. 4753141871
Reposted by ClareMax @jaegerpilotmax.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Discord did a dragon x fruit challenge. Banana dragon 9685147
Reposted by ClareKatie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?" www.wired.com/story/one-of...wired.comOne of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. 302667907
Reposted by ClareAvanti @peteravanti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Trump's war of aggression in Iran will mark the definitive end of American Empire, much like Suez for Britain. 29329
Reposted by ClareMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026For those who are new, Joe DiGenova has spent the last 30 years baselessly accusing Democrats of committing crimes. If he is saying publicly the Trump administration pushed him out because he wouldn’t bring cases because there was no evidence, things are really bad. 8043211250
Reposted by ClareElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign 24550451568