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IowaRural.bsky.social

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Small business owner. Plant addict. Community organizer in rural Iowa.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 20h
What a blech stupid take on the movie. No, you are just a terrible analyst and thinker. theconversation.com/an-overlooke...
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An overlooked sci-fi movie shows how disruption by AI could be positive for society
The message in the film Annihilation is that disruption by AI needn’t be disastrous for humanity.
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IowaRural.bsky.social @iowarural.bsky.social · 21h
Pultizer Prize winner, Larry McMurtry. Oscar winner (for best adapted screenplay Brokeback Mountain), Larry McMurtry. Destined for obscurity, sadly.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 22h
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Minnesota! We are resilient, we care for each other, and we are still here.
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Blu's meme folder @yetanothermemeacc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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🫶🏻Layla🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Please 💙🩵💙🩵
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IowaRural.bsky.social @iowarural.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
1000% If you want a future Gov Rob Sand to have real power to stop terrible legislation, we need to break the veto proof majority in the house amd expand the senate.
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Scott County Iowa Democratic Party @scottcountydems.org · 11/10/2026
Early Voting starts Wednesday! Many folks vote only for the big name candidates in big media races. But there are huge stakes in the races right here in Scott County. Find your polling place here: elections.scottcountyiowa.gov/search/ And please vote Democrat everywhere on the ballot!
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The targeting of one data center is proving a really useful natural experiment showing which sites and ideologies are an echo chamber of Russian propaganda
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 11/10/2026
this but for real
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Garth Marenghi Garth Marenghi'S Darkplace
ALT: Garth Marenghi Garth Marenghi'S Darkplace
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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Pour one out for Tulsi Gabbard, who just lost 90% of her followers 😔
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10/10/2026
My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.
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Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes
Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.
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404 Media @404media.co · 10/10/2026
"Do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what's going on in the world?” one of the judges asked the lawyer, who submitted false testimony and witnesses after using ChatGPT. www.404media.co/chatgpt-fake...
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Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal
"Do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what's going on in the world?” one of the judges asked the lawyer, who submitted false testimony and witnesses after…
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@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄‍🟫 @amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is SO GOOD!!!!!!! Every. Word. Of. This.
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And now the best part: Bot traffic from the #Yandex network has plunged to near zero following the strike on its Vladimir data center. Bot traffic includes automated requests from search crawlers, scrapers and other online services. Twitter must be a ghost town by now.
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Ash vs the Evil Dead @ashflanagan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Denying Catholic priests the ability to administer sacraments to Catholic prisoners is objectively insanely offensive to Catholicism in a way that almost nothing else could be
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IowaRural.bsky.social @iowarural.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Look at big spendy fancy pants, buying name brand candy to give away when the rest of us poors are handing out Baby Roots and Mulky Ways.
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IowaRural.bsky.social @iowarural.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Real question: why are we letting tech weirdos from South Africa anywhere near our democracy?
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Love that my opponent is trying to paint me as someone who wants political violence and meanwhile her party is going to execute someone on live tv (after already murdering multiple citizens in the streets and fishermen in boats)
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IowaRural.bsky.social @iowarural.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I wish Democrats would learn that you will never win a fight like this by conceding to hate. Republicans set the terms of the debate and will change the rules at any point. You can only win by having principles and standing on them.
Shows how democratic candidate Annie Andrews threw trans folks under the bus and gained nothing from it.
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Little Village @littlevillage.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Chris Jones’ campaign for Secretary of Agriculture has raised the prospect of real change in Iowa," writes Jordan Sellergren in LV's first candidate endorsement in 25 years.
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Letter from the publisher: Iowa's environmental crises demand a split from the status quo - Little Village
By Jordan Sellergren, Little Village publisher This magazine has not published a campaign endorsement in 25 years, but given our history of reporting on Iowa’s water quality crisis, it should come as ...
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How will Mesabi Metallics finance their proposed $15 billion Iowa steel plant? State Senator Janet Petersen @janet4iowa.bsky.social asked the CEO last Friday. "We're still developing the capital structure," he told her. Don't bet the farm on this plant being built. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iTm...
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Mesabi Metallics CEO can't provide financing details for Iowa steel project
YouTube video by Bleeding Heartland
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Happy Iowa wildflower Wednesday! Katie Byerly chronicles her adventure at Buffalo Slough—with photos of more than a dozen wildflowers found in this rare, peat-filled wetland habitat. #Iowa #nativeplants #nature #wetlands #wildflowers www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/10/07/i...
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Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Mishap at Buffalo Slough
Katie Byerly chronicles her adventure at Buffalo slough, which contains a peat-filled wetland filled with rare plants and insects.
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IowaRural.bsky.social @iowarural.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Shinemax Graph
Alt: Shinemax Graph glenn powell
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IowaRural.bsky.social @iowarural.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why are people cutting off contact with their parents upon adulthood? 🤔
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IowaRural.bsky.social @iowarural.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today is a perfect day to pre-order Hyperscale by Paris Marx because Bookshop.org is offering free shipping today in honor of Amazon can go f*** itself day!
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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
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John Carpenter’s Halloran @profhalloran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As a Catholic, like Alito, I think it's so important for you to know how little—how absolutely not at all—your marriage (or your LGBTQ identity) impacts my religious liberty. In fact, refusing to acknowledge your marriage (or your LGBTQ identity) is a grave affront to your innate human dignity.
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Alito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new book
A new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
surprise surprise he’s a climate change denier and doesn’t seem to understand basic reality futurism.com/artificial-i...
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You Know That Anthropic Employee Who Quit Citing Risks to Humankind? These Strongly Appear to Be His Bizarre Old Tweets
Old tweets that appear to belong to former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon have resurfaced, and they contain questionable assertions.
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#iowa
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Dave Stevens @noviceanarchist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I am less than 10 minutes into this interview and the analysis from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app is absolutely razor sharp. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI Says Timnit Gebru
Podcast Episode · Uncanny Valley | WIRED · September 29 · 32m
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
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IowaRural.bsky.social @iowarural.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Roseanne. I pretend the last few seasons don't exist.
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Swenson @swenson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No apple.news/AmcIPwpviQ-G...
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At $777,000 per job, will Iowa's offer for a steel plant pay off? — The Des Moines Register
Economic development experts say Iowa's incentive package for Mesabi Metallics' steel plant is among the costliest offers in the country.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.
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Alex Awoos @alex-awoos-backup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I feel like more people should be talking about this part
Screenshot from the article that reads, The Stud, San Francisco's oldest gay bar, was only able to have its Meta pages restored because of the bars popularity among gay tech executives with connections to Meta
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IowaRural.bsky.social @iowarural.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Is "banking laws" a euphemism for teenage wrestlers?
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Iowa Ag Secretary Candidates Chris Jones and Mike Naig On Iowa Press blogforiowa.com/2026/10/05/i...
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Iowa Ag Secretary Candidates Chris Jones and Mike Naig On Iowa Press
Video first, followed by the transcript.  Link to the episode at Iowa Press here If you don’t have time to watch this episode of Iowa Press or read the transcript right now, if you take a sec…
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@nakedpastor.bsky.social
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 03/10/2026
Atleast 355 Native American and Indigenous candidates ran or are running for office in 2026. That’s a new record! Representation matters. 🪶 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
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A record number of Native Americans are running in the 2026 midterms
At least 355 Native American and Indigenous candidates ran or are running in local, state and federal primary and general elections this year — a record number.
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A few highlights from GOP State Senator Dan Dawson's jaw-dropping speech during #ialegis debate on Friday. Dawson chairs the Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee and was one of six GOP senators to vote no on the bill to allow a huge tax giveaway for a proposed steel mill in southeast Iowa.
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
GOP State Senator Dan Dawson (chair of Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee) delivered the #ialegis speech of the day. Said Governor Kim Reynolds "negotiated against the Iowa taxpayer." He slammed "the largest corporate giveaway" in state history. Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF9f...
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Iowa Senate Republican's epic speech against tax incentive bill
YouTube video by Bleeding Heartland
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We need to help the Iowa press cover the steal mill story accurately. They are in a wishful thinking fog about the whole thing. They are used to pandering to the republicans. The idea of a bunch of jobs for Iowans is too juicy to put a damper on. No one wants to do it. #iowa
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 02/10/2026
wouldn’t have predicted catholicism as one of the big allies in the fight against ai, but i’m here for it
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 01/10/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Three million highly sensitive records, out in the open for nine months.
Pete Hegseth drunk and drenchedKash Patel drunk
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IowaRural.bsky.social @iowarural.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A very engaging and fun episode!
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Scott County Iowa Democratic Party @scottcountydems.org · 01/10/2026
Too many of us stayed home last time. And found out the hard way that it costs too much not to vote. Find your polling place here: elections.scottcountyiowa.gov/search/
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