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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Never mind AI ending humanity in a decade, the real story here is white collar crime of the century: the biggest heist of intellectual copyright of millions of people, organisations ever seen - all to feed the Frankenstein AI monster created by tech broligarchs. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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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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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
At astonishing speed, our rights are being cancelled, worldwide. In the UK, the prosecution of Rajiv Menon KC is the latest example of blatant authoritarianism. Why? Because this is what billionaires and corporations demand. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again | George Monbiot
The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I will be making a historically accurate version of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."
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Detroit Breakdown @detroitbreakdown.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Nothing says “dying civilization” like gladiator fights at the capitol for the emperor’s amusement.
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 07/06/2026
Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.
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Janus @januschr.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Two shiny, tall, liquid-looking sculptures on Praça do Comércio in Lisbon.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I suspect the Pope sounds "woke" to many Christian conservatives because the US is steeped in prosperity theology, where the point of worship is to deliver health and wealth to believers. Thus, "feed the hungry" and "show mercy for the poor" sounds needlessly political and "woke."
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/04/2026
Trump has insulted and tariffed his European allies, persuaded Denmark to prepare for a US invasion and, by pressuring Ukraine and not Russia, encouraged Putin to keep fighting. All of which he has forgotten. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done
Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.
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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Incredible footage from a United Airlines flight of the Artemis II launch.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The second you leave this country for even a few days, you realize the place you call home is decaying at an almost exponential pace. The realization that you don't have to live like this is stark, and that nobody in power is taking tangible actions to fix it in your lifetime is even starker.
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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same: By: @martinsandbu.ft.com
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It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints
China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Obama, the adult, vs. Trump, the petulant child.
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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Every American needs to watch this:
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Nonsense. It's not possible to steal AI technology. I know this because Google's own LLMs are built using a complete copy of my legal blog, and that's somehow not stealing because, as Google says, a complete copy of my legal blog is both trivial and utterly essential for their tech to work.
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Ex-Google Engineer Convicted of Stealing A.I. Secrets for Start-Up in China
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
We’re just not a free country. Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, on January 24. DHS claims he died after an armed struggle, but videos of the incident appears to contradict that claim. Read our analysis here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
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Alex Pretti: Analysing Footage of Minneapolis CBP Shooting - bellingcat
Bellingcat has analysed video of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The footage appears to contradict statements made by the Department of Homeland Security.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Orbán is a pro-Russian traitor and pathological liar. He has been ruining Hungary for too long. Let’s hope that he loses the upcoming election
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Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
. @davidakaye.bsky.social has a good piece @techpolicypress.bsky.social: the Trump Admin's lies about the EU's DSA aim to shield big tech from any regulation & "distract from the unprecedented censorship & repression [that it] has been implementing in the US". www.techpolicy.press/the-trump-li...
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The Trump Lie About Europe and Why it Matters
The Trump administration is promoting disinformation about European law and policy for reasons that go well beyond social media regulation, writes David Kaye.
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson
I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The tech industry has no better friend in its drive for deregulation and tax avoidance around the world than Donald Trump. His bullying has led countries to give up their sovereign power to safeguard the public interest. And now Big Tech is asking for more. From me: prospect.org/2026/01/13/t...
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Where Big Tech and Trump Are Demanding Tax Cuts and Deregulation - The American Prospect
A new analysis shows that Big Tech is seeking changes to national law in 64 countries. The Trump regime is helping them.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 09/01/2026
After documenting Israel’s conduct in Gaza, UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese has been sanctioned, isolated and barred from travel. The response tells its own story, writes Chris Hedges. #Gaza #UN #InternationalLaw #PearlsAndIrritations #auspol
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Francesca Albanese and the lonely road of defiance
The UN special rapporteur investigating Gaza is sanctioned, blacklisted and treated as a criminal. The response reveals how power reacts when accountability is applied to the powerful.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Two things can be true at once: 1) Trump and Miller were hoping a civilian got killed by ICE, so they could have a big public fight about it. 2) This killing may not work out how they hoped.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The Surveillance Empire That Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
"What has the ECHR ever done for us?" 🤔 [SOUND ON 🔊]
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU. Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
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Sean Howe @seanhowe.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/09/2025
24 Years Ago Today: The September 11th Issue
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Issue 37•34: The September 11th Issue
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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 09/09/2025
"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Yeah, we're cooked. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8S8pVQq/
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Hi All, Latest Europe Dispatch by @alanderminna.bsky.social just appeared. Russia is waging a form of (hybrid) warfare against Europe--why are people so reluctant to face it? open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Schrödinger’s GPS Jamming and Not So Hybrid Warfare
Russia may or may not have GPS-jammed the EU Commission president's plane. In any case there was no response, Minna Ålander recounts in the Europe Dispatch.
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The moral panic about “kids online safety” is leading to a slew of bad laws (which many on the left moronically support) while both parties unite to censor speech so that there can be no criticism of power, US foreign policy, etc. We are seeing the effects of these laws in real time in the UK
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The UK's Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit | Taylor Lorenz
From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
This is an INSANE decision by the E.U. “By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.” This will kill people.
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ETSC: Mutual recognition deal with U.S. will cost lives on Europe’s roads
By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice…
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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Ben Barnes, star of #TheInstitute on MGM+, goes deep on the loneliness of heroes on our latest episode of The Kingcast. Listen here 🎙️: tinyurl.com/BenBarnesKin... And this gets … say, 50 retweets, I’ll post the photo that got me nicknamed “Prince Caspian” at work once upon a time.
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Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Not true. I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
Corey Wiley on Twitter writes: "You don’t get it. 
Foundational immigration law is morally just and has been established over millennia. Disrespecting these rules and ideals is very offensive to folks who highly value civilized society"
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Henrik Mohr @hmohr.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Palantir er det system regeringen har tænkt sig PET må bruge til at overvåge og analysere alle danskere. Nå ja, og gemme data i 20 år. Tjek her i denne korte video, hvad deres stifter, ejer og CEO mener om demokrati.
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Can you hug a city
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
It's not disruption that's being prosecuted in this country. It's dissent. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that's the price of protest in Britain today | George Monbiot
It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissent, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Seriously -- he's broadcasting plans to violate state and federal election laws, in support of his quest to sway a state Supreme Court election. Arrest him. Yes, even though he's really rich. Arrest him.
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Seriously: arrest him. The governor should have state police arrest him and charge him with election fraud. Then immediately hold a press conference explaining you arrested someone for committing election fraud and will continue to do so. Just fucking arrest him already. You can actually do this
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
How about an interim government for Russia, with supervision from the UN?
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Elon Musk is forcing Americans to destroy Tesla
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Elon Musk is forcing Americans to destroy Tesla
But don't let the awesomeness of the #TeslaTakedown fool you. Musk's persistence comes from the same evil machine that props up Trump. Last week offered another in a series of heartbreaking reminder...
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WIRED @wired.com · 13/03/2025
Elon Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI. THE INSIDE STORY:
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Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’
Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
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Mikel Jollett @mikeljollett.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT? Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
You're plugged in and have heard comparisons of DOGE and Gamergate in passing. I took a deeper dive — but still a short, breezy read — explaining how it goes much deeper than a comparison. Gamergate was whiner boot camp. DOGE is the Loser Invasion. www.salon.com/2025/02/24/w...
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What Musk's war on federal workers owers to Gamergate, the long-ago troll tantrum
Culture war for the stupid era kicked off with video gamers mad at ladies who have sex
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Elon Musk, encouraged by his mother and an army of his cultish fans, is threatening tonight to sue a Washington Post journalist for pointing out on live TV that neo-Nazis welcomed his salute on Inauguration Day. Can we finally put the ‘he’s a free speech absolutist!’ BS to bed?
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