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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈

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Pulitzer prize winning editor and data journalist. Now: Data Editor at @statnews.bsky.social ✉️ emory.parker@statnews.com 📸 jemoryparker 🐘 @jaspar@mastodon.online | Signal: jaspar.01

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 12h
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 2h
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 55m
Hong Kong’s national security police have reportedly arrested an independent journalist behind an online news outlet on suspicion of publishing fake news. In full: hongkongfp.com/2026/09/30/n... Photo: Screenshot via Facebook.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 44m
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Meechy Dorko @diedfrombeing.labeledrude.online · 5h
HBO Max to Max
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 6h
Pretty devastating write-up and summary of the GOP’s humiliation at the Jack Smith hearing today, at the hands of Eric Schmitt. Probably the biggest public hearing f***-ups in recent Congressional history. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got a gaffe instead.
The former special counsel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was marked by personal insults rather than new revelations.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 5h
Another brutal one. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the word ‘airball’ in a political headline before. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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GOP senator airballs perjury claim against Jack Smith over apparent Hawks/Hawkeyes mix-up
The Missouri senator’s shot at a gotcha moment against the former special counsel wound up being a very public miss.
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STAT @statnews.com · 8h
November’s midterms are likely to shake up key health policy debates, especially if Democrats seize control of a chamber of Congress. Here's what could actually shift away from the policy set in the first two years of President Trump's term. bit.ly/4xUPnS7
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Drug pricing, Medicaid, and research funding: The key policy issues at stake in the midterms
Big shifts in health care policy could emerge depending on who wins the midterms, affecting hospitals and pharma companies.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 12h
The bond yield story just keeps getting starker.
Line chart titled "10-Year Treasury Note" showing the yield on the 10-year Treasury note from late 2025 through September 2026. Treasury yields surged dramatically to 5.29 percent on September 29, 2026, the highest level in the period shown. This represents a sharp 130 basis point increase from the October 2025 low of 3.96 percent and a particularly rapid 45 basis point climb over just the final month. After trading mostly between 4.00 and 4.75 percent for nearly a year, yields broke decisively above 5.00 percent in September 2026, signaling a fundamental shift in borrowing costs and market conditions.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 11h
Klobuchar: “For a US senator to have false information and imply, based on a confusion about the name of a team … and imply that you were in another city, that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia, and then call you a dirtbag, is something that deserves an apology.”
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12h
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 11h
The Citizen app also does exactly this, why is it not banned? edition.cnn.com/2026/09/29/t...
Ultimately, Apple determined ICE tracking apps violated its guidelines because they provided “precise location information about ICE officers (and, as a result, other individuals who may be in proximity to ICE agents, such as protestors or detainees), thus providing a potential roadmap for targeted violence and creating a significant risk of harm,” the company said in its letter.
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta muse saying why would I deceive you?
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Shot
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Asking Google to do Google’s job
Al Mode on google
Prompt;
search the web for the difference between normal and Poisson distributions and return only a list of search results ranked in quality and relevance
Here is a curated list of top web results explaining the differences between Normal and Poisson distributions, ranked by data depth, pedagogical clarity, and source authority.
Il Comprehensive Web Articles
• The Analysis Factor: Differences Between the Normal and Poisson Distributions
• Why it's top-ranked: Provides a deep statistical breakdown of continuous vs. discrete modeling, parameter dependencies (such as Poisson's mean equaling its variance), and details on how to handle skewed/heteroskedastic data using proper
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Ask anything
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 29/09/2026
For years we've heard that Biden created a "Ministry of Truth," which didn't actually happen. But, I still hear people talking about it. But then Trump directed his FCC boss to be a literal Minister of Truth and the story disappeared within a day or two. What are we even doing here?
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
wtf is Googlebook OS
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
lol at beating the NBM. lmao even
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/09/2026
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage is back above 7% for the first time in twenty months. It’s rough news for the housing market and homebuyers already struggling with rising prices elsewhere. to.pbs.org/4du5ZsH
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High mortgage rates compound housing affordability challenges
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage is back above 7% for the first time in twenty months. It’s rough news for the housing market and homebuyers already struggling with rising prices elsewhere. It c...
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Somebody out there is gonna take this rhetoric seriously and act on it
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 29/09/2026
you want to know what's terrifying? ffmpeg is actually a critical part of the transporter software stack in star trek.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 29/09/2026
Thinking about the horrific things contractors working behind the scenes on terms of service and moderation encounter on the regular...
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...
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Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This poll from Cook is bonkers. A *huge* plurality of voters (43% overall, 61% of Ds) want Dems to focus on changing the political system overall vs. just opposing (21%, 36% of Ds) or working with Trump (35%, 3% of Ds).
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So is he just going to keep running ads until election day and then courts rule they are illegal sometime in December?
Frame from another illegal Trump ad featuring his constipated face in black and white and captioned Paid for by the US Government.
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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 28/09/2026
So awful, and so bizarre
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STAT @statnews.com · 28/09/2026
Blockbuster GLP-1 drugs have transformed the lives of millions of people. Lately, they’re undergoing a makeover of their own. www.statnews.com/2026/09/28/glp1-ma…
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Once described as obesity medicines for 'patients,' GLP-1s are increasingly lifestyle drugs for 'customers'
Blockbuster GLP-1 drugs have transformed the lives of millions of people. Lately, they’re undergoing a makeover of their own.
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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The already troubled US economy is about to see an abrupt reduction in annual personal consumption (-$90 billion, -0.03% GDP) because the Trump regime is forcing monthly student loan repayment amounts to skyrocket (3-6x). And that’s before the full effects of the “OBBB” kick in after the midterms.
cnn.com
SAVE borrowers contend with skyrocketing student loan repayments | CNN Politics
Jessica Marquez and her husband had hoped to have another child. But now her monthly student loan payment expected to nearly triple.
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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kind of wish Americans generally would understand the difference between good faith reporting critiques and treating “The Media” as an insidious other. The latter is often a quick gateway into grifting.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They are so proud of themselves for breaking the law with impunity.
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James O’Loughlin @jamesoloughlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Y’all wish yall had Perfect Bird Time like me
Screenshot from the latest fire emblem game that says perfect bird time with the character Cai in the background 
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 27/09/2026
Multiple ads I believe
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 27/09/2026
it's not GenAI though, it is traditional CGI... Gibney chose an unsettling AI-like look for aesthetic reasons. Looking for an interview where he explains this.
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 27/09/2026
I think choosing Texas should be left up to the states
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m still thinking about this. A world where everyone uses AI to make phone calls for them is a world where businesses have to deal with WAY MORE phone calls. More than they probably have human resources to handle.
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The sombrero thing is a reference to the time the White House put out bizarre AI videos of Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer wearing sombreros
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Nick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping at one point if he would to like to buy some American armaments, US Ambassador to China David Perdue says.
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m signing an executive order to rename diesel to “supreme gas”
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
“Cofnas is often presented as someone doing research on race and IQ. This is incorrect. Cofnas has two academic papers related to the topic (here and here), but these are articles in the field of philosophy of science….In other words: Cofnas is not a scholar doing research on race and IQ.” 🧪
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Why it is reasonable to label Nathan Cofnas’ race realism as pseudoscientific - The Skeptic
"Race realist" Nathan Cofnas claims his "hereditarianist" viewpoint is scientifically accurate - by citing pseudoscientific research and misleading rhetoric.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
To support @womenjournos.bsky.social, please bid on these two vases for our online auction, which happen to be created by mother! Starting bid is at $25 (which is lower than she sells them at craft fairs). Vase 1: givebutter.com/c/jaws-camp-... Vase 2: givebutter.com/c/jaws-camp-...
A white vase with a floral design on it.A blue and light blue design on a vase
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For example, I have a friend who has been known to make a half a dozen restaurant reservations for a single night so he can then pick later which to use. This is obviously psychotic behaviour but AI agents will start doing it for loads of people automatically
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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am now keeping this on speed-dial
Edited old IBM printout in black caps on off-white paper.
'A computer can never be held accountable
Therefore a computer must always do the hacking haha what are they gonna do, put a computer in jail? Haha "oops it's alive" lmao'
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Rich Burroughs @somewhattolerable.com · 27/09/2026
Surely Mr. Free Speech Absolutist will fix this moderation error
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What’s amazing about this take is I feel like it’s been at least a decade since there was a true music mainstream. The last time I knew any radio stations was in the Obama era. If I wanted to know what’s charting, I’d have to look up the charts.
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You’ve got to be kidding me. Apple’s own AI marking as “priority” one of the most obvious Apple account phishing attempts I’ve ever seen
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Billing E, Account has billing issues; active subscriptions cannot auto-renew; update payment method and review subscriptionThe actual email is from asistente@activamepanama.com
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 26/09/2026
Microsoft's data center subcontractor in New Jersey illegally runs a bunch of gas "backup" generators on site, figuring they won't get caught or will just eat the wrist-slap fines if they do. Regulatory enforcement is so bad that a third party had to take drone images to get the state to act.
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New Jersey datacenter fined $1.1m after visual investigation showed dozens of unpermitted generators
State regulator’s record fine for DataOne facility in Vineland follows Floodlight investigation with the Guardian
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 26/09/2026
That Reddit rumor about Citrix notifying customers to take Netscaler servers offline because of actively exploited zero-days is apparently real: www.reddit.com/r/Citrix/com... Confirmation 1: mastodon.social/@GossiTheDog... Confirmation 2: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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From the Citrix community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the Citrix community
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 26/09/2026
piss penalty, as called on ESPN Deportes:
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m starting to get suspicious about how obsessed with furries he is
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