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Cassandra

@impossiblebird.bsky.social
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Everything is exhausting, but I’m still trying! Librocubicularist GenXer who digs nature and fancies a fine fabric. Still covid conscious in New England. She/her Watch ‘Our Flag Means Death’ 🏴‍☠️💖 if u haven’t

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. Democrats win control of the House and Senate. 2. Investigations and prosecutions begin. 3. Impeachment and removal proceedings. 4. Take back the billions of taxpayer money corruptly taken by the Trump family and their accomplices. 5. Rinse and repeat.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 10h
Know their names: Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Diego Sarabia, Gillio Lopes, Winston Lee, Johnathan Newell and Matthew Ingalls #Cornell7 But also, everyone in the group chat, the administrators, university, and DA. SHAME.
Cornell 7Disgusting chat
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 13h
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
OpenAI took 20 million ChatGPT responses and had one of its experts search for chunks of text—specifically chunks of 25 words in a row- that were identical between ChatGPT’s responses and a news article. They found more than 400,000 of these 25-word overlaps between ChatGPT and our articles.
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AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
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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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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is a bad ruling for all of the reasons Justice Jackson’s dissent make clear. But as both the majority and dissent point out, it’s not likely to have major effects *this* cycle because we’re inside the 90-day NVRA purge window.
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Terndis Shipperound @clearsonnyday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thereallo, a web developer, decompiled the app and published a detailed technical breakdown of what's running under the hood. It injects code into third-party websites, loads JavaScript from someone's GitHub, and tracks your GPS, among other things.
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I Decompiled the White House's New App
The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses. Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/ New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2157...
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Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
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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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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨👀 “After Donald Trump returned to office, the investigation (into a reported “sweeping pay to play” “interactions” between Susan Collins and a “top donor”) died, a casualty of his purge of the FBI. Its closure shut a potential window into how Washington works.” Oh? #MEPolitics #MESenate
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Man, this thread.
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
These are Axon activity reports. They are equivalent to Flock's network audits that let us reveal cops were doing Flock lookups for ICE, and a cop searched Flock nationwide for a woman who self-administered an abortion. You can now get this for Axon www.404media.co/is-your-city...
timestamped records of license plate lookups in axon
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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“The Bureau of Land Management is reviewing data center-related proposals covering at least 17,600 acres of public land across six states — Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming.” www.washingtonsun.com/climate-envir…
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Trump Is Considering More Data Centers on Public Lands Than Previously Known
The data center proposals cover at least 17,600 acres of public lands across six Western states.
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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We need community now more than ever, and I just adore the OFMD crew. Look at this talented bunch of pirates! #SaveOFMD
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 18/09/2026
For years - YEARS, maybe a decade - Republicans spent a bunch of time drumming up a panic that Democrats want to take away beef due to the impact cattle farming has on climate change. This was a real thing they used to whine about constantly.
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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If the extremists who have captured our government weren’t trying to destroy America, what would they be doing differently?
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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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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
1/ This @propublica.org story is just gobsmacking. As table stakes: why does a family of billionaires need help paying for weddings? And why would they accept from Russian oligarch with ties to Putin and FSB? www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1 I work in a wholesale dyes & pigments company. Think about this-everything you can see with your eyes has color in it. Most colorants come from India & China. Here’s what is happening- Most colorants travel by Cargo Ships. American companies vie for space for their⬇️
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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Whatever happened to the party of ‘family values’? Any GOP moms take offense at being called ‘cum trophies’?
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.” #Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
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Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Elon Musk is bankrolling an ad campaign to get you to check your voter registration through an innocent-sounding website. But his real goal is to collect and sell your personal data to advertising companies, Big Tech, and other Republican PACs.
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The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org
The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In the year since Charlie Kirk’s killing, the federal government has, as promised, ramped up its targeting of leftist groups and individuals: Minneapolis anti-ICE activists have been raided and indicted. Orgs like PSL & CodePink subpoenaed. Hasan Piker is an existential threat.
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/09/2026
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/09/2026
the thing is, MAHA is like. one end of the spectrum. the other end of the spectrum is NOT, however, the current medical system. that's the middle of that bell curve, that. the actual other end of the spectrum is 'the medical system without medical misogyny and racism' and it currently doesn't exist.
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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Drain the swamp
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/09/2026
We identified the top 100 sprayers of the controversial weedkiller Roundup in California—a state that produces more than three-quarters of the nation’s fruits and nuts and nearly half of its vegetables. Check out our new searchable database to find out who’s at the top of the list. bit.ly/3SqKXDZ
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I don’t have the headlines handy at the moment, but this is absolutely not the language used to describe 162K job prints when Joe Biden was president:
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It really sounds like we're hurtling toward a crisis here. The USPS seems determined to disenfranchise MILLIONS of Americans, and there is no reason to believe the Supreme Court won't let them do it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/u...
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USPS Is Building a Mail-In Ballot Screening System Despite Legal Battles Over Trump Order
Election officials warn that the creation of a new online portal for states to upload voter information is already fueling confusion and could ultimately disenfranchise voters.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Mayor Mamdani: AI is present in nearly every aspect of our lives. I am proud to announce New York City's first ever AI policy for our public schools. Children need teachers and human connection to learn and grow. This school year, we will implement a 1 year moratorium on AI from 2k through 8th grade
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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 01/09/2026
It’s Nice To Be Disliked By One Of Those
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hasan Piker isn't part of the Abdul El-Sayed campaign. Lorenzo Sewell is a member of the Mike Rogers campaign. And he's a proper extremist and bigot who the media isn't covering. I brought receipts in the Guardian today: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Long Covid destroyed my ability to hike as I did before I succumbed, and I’ve been thinking about getting an e-bike to help me spend more active time in nature without crashing. Ableism sucks.
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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
1/ Just in: An anonymous federal worker has filed a whistleblower disclosure warning that the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to create a system to regulate mail voting for the midterms has been "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed." @propublica.org has the details 👇
Screenshot of the top of a whistleblower disclosure titled "USPS Rushed Implementation of New and Untested IT Systems Threatens U.S. Ballot Mail Delivery." Addressed to Senator Blumenthal, the first point details how the whistleblower has "significant concerns about the USPS's secretive, rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed process for the creation and implementation of an entirely new and untested set of IT systems" intended for the 2026 midterms.
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sam @samthielman.com · 01/09/2026
today you should read @radleybalko.bsky.social's hair-raising, vital investigation of a pair of outrageous charlatans who got a guy sent to death row based on evidence they falsified by desecrating a toddler's corpse:
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The framing of Chris Duncan
Part One: “You won’t believe the videotape we have.”
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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Regulations are written in blood. I guess we have to relearn the lesson every century. So glad to see those pesky regulations get out of the way of unscrupulous people who want to make more $ at our expense/s
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
BREAKING: The FDA is planning to end most of its routine food safety inspections, according to CBS News. www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
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FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026
I LITERALLY explained Upton Sinclair and the phrase "every regulation is written in blood" to my students just this week
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Bebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Can it happen @openspacer.bsky.social ?
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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 24/08/2026
"A market ceases to function when competition disappears. And it’s disappearing," contends writer Mike Schur in a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter
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Mike Schur: The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Existential for Writers
Let’s begin with a statement of fact: mega mergers in Hollywood are bad for writers. They’re also bad for actors and directors, for production designers and caterers, for carpenters and Teamsters and electricians and set decorators. They are bad for consumers, who get fewer choices in entertainment controlled by fewer bosses with narrower worldviews. Mergers are bad for local businesses, who lose paying customers from disappearing productions. They are bad for high level TV and film executives, and entry-level assistants, and everyone in between.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 25/08/2026
“I’m absolutely being imprisoned for a political agenda,” activist Autumn Hill tells Democracy Now! in a phone call from Texas’s Johnson County Correctional Facility, where the 30-year-old trans woman is serving a 50-year prison sentence for protesting outside the Prairieland ICE jail last July.
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Meet Prairieland Protester Autumn Hill: How Her “Act of Solidarity” Became a 50-Year Prison Sentence
“I’m absolutely being imprisoned for a political agenda,” activist Autumn Hill tells Democracy Now! in a phone call from Texas’s Johnson County Correctional Facility, where the 30-year-old trans woman...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/08/2026
DHS privately walked back Trump's claims that 16,000 noncitizens were illegally registered to vote in Nevada. Instead, the agency admitted it identified only 185 potential noncitizens — a disclosure that casts doubt on assertions made by the president to push for new voting restrictions.
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‘Bulls**t’: Nevada election chief blasts Trump’s noncitizen voter roll claims after DHS walks them back
“The fact that they are so flippant about a fundamental constitutional right is unsettling,” Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar told Democracy Docket.
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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Sociopath levels of zero empathy in these thugs.
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Cassandra @impossiblebird.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Are we winning yet? Not only does everything cost way more while quality sucks, but now we have to make everything from scratch in our limited time off work.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Anybody who’s still advocating putting these tools anywhere near a school is not doing so despite the cognitive collapse they cause, but because of it. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
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Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative Al affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine monthly closed-book exams, high-school and college entrance exams, and homework scores and completion time across nine subjects. We exploit staggered Al adoption in a difference-in-differences design. Al adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months.
High-stakes entrance-exam scores fall by 18 and 24%, with the full penalty emerging only after about two years. The losses are largest in social science subjects, followed by STEM and languages, and are especially large for junior students, high-achieving students, and boys. The learning losses are concentrated among roughly 80% of Al users whose behavior is consistent with homework outsourcing, as indicated by exceptionally short homework completion time coupled with high homework scores. Al users who maintain similar homework completion time as non-Al users experience small learning losses.
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 21/08/2026
Three more days to comment on NSF's attempt to smuggle in OMB's already-rejected policies of terminating any grant without cause, gutting civil rights obligations and restricting international collaborations. Submit your comment today! Then call your representatives. 🧪
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