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Clare

@idclare.bsky.social
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she/her. super progressive. PNW. older than you think. This account will likely be a lot of fandom conversations, with reposts of politics and the occasional science or tech.

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Kevin Fox @michigrim.bsky.social · 17h
A 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.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 16h
What 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.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 23h
if 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
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Kamuka @kamuka.bsky.social · 17h
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...
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Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026
a livestreamed execution is just a lynching
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This 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
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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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David 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.
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Frontiers | 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...
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I wish Anthropic had been nowhere near it but now I know exactly why the Encyclical was not corrupted by their efforts.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things 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
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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One 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.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
One 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
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Clare @idclare.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When someone tells you something you don’t like, you can get a program to side with you over reality
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Jonathan 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...
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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Ben 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...
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Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO prospectus
Long-awaited S1 filing reports Claude maker lost $8bn last year on $4.6bn in revenue
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Gerard @groverxv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bluesky Rule/Law/Lore. Always always read a @sarahkendzior.bsky.social post. I urge you.
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 27/09/2026
the news here is also that several countries that elected conservatives are hardening against women's rights
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Ciara 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... 👋🎥
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Must 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...
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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The anti-socialist class is largely a criminal class afraid that their crime spree will come to an end
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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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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fake. 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...
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Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels
Pork, 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.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five 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.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026
I'm of two minds about this information
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is not great
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
huh, this piece nailed the AI bros like a decade ago
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Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump 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.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage
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being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

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what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past 'dresses are for women and pants are for men. i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we've made
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clyde bruckman's skeleton's final repost @ultralaser.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
this 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!!!
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Rebecca 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)
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
the tech bros telling you LLMs are conscious don’t think women are people.
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Robert 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
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
every single republican president of my lifetime has started a war in the middle east and destroyed the economy
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
No shit, 100% agree here.
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Marcus D. Moore @marcusdmoore.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026
Everything 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?”
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Micah @rincewind.run · 15/09/2026
my dream is to one day see Sam Alito’s seat filled with the wokest rainbow-haired trans lesbian puppygirl imaginable
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Micah @rincewind.run · 15/09/2026
the 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
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026
If 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.
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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I 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
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Colin @colin-fraser.net · 12/09/2026
Alright 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.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 13/09/2026
you 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
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s the end of consensus reality, you’re soaking in it.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
GOOD 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.
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Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.
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Max @jaegerpilotmax.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Discord did a dragon x fruit challenge. Banana dragon
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Katie 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...
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One 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.
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Avanti @peteravanti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump's war of aggression in Iran will mark the definitive end of American Empire, much like Suez for Britain.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For 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.
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Clare @idclare.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@lunarriviera.bsky.social NPC?????!!!!!
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign
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