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Pequeno Vira Lixo @leozinirreparavel.bsky.social · 6h

Its much worse. Lula winning in the second turn straight up doesnt matter anymore. The right basically doubled or tripled their presence in all seats of government. Its complete right wing control. Bolsonaro's party has 20 more seats then the next biggest party in the chamber of deputies lol

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Micah @rincewind.run · 6h

the brazil thing is so depressing because they did the right thing, man they did what we couldn’t, they actually prosecuted their coup and threw bolsonaro’s ass in jail and generally showed the united states what a functional state looks like and now they are gonna elect his dipshit son? really?

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h

Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h

seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making.

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 15h

This is my friend Kimberly, if anyone can help them and their husband out I would really appreciate it!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 17h

one thing I remember thinking about during the NYT's wall to wall coverage of Claudine Gay's fake plagiarism scandal is how regularly the NYT denies credit to the work of local, independent, and/or student journalists

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 17h

Notable that this could be especially problematic for children with disabilities. Assets can disqualify you for critical social welfare benefits-including SSI and Medicaid.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h

The timing might be a coincidence, but Trump is trying to get as many checks out the door as he can before the midterms. $90 to seniors. $1000 for health insurance supports. Could be this is part of that push. Look for some sort of Trump announcement where he boasts of giving kids $1000.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h

Just on normative grounds, it is bad, bad, bad not to give people opt-out options of any government automation process. The point is to change the default, not to compel participation.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 17h

they really cut an ad saying "you think this dude is toxic and sucks at everything and we agree with you but vote for him because we're a cult"

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 19h

The New York Times needs us more than we need them. I am happy to be a source for the Times (and I have in the past, ironically about how Trump 2.0 will threaten independent journalists) but I will never write or work with them as long as The New York Times exists in its current form

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 19h

I have no illusions that NYT would ever offer me a job, nor do I want one. But they may want to consider that their unwritten policy of not crediting previous reporting (the way everyone else in journalism does!) may be costing them the hiring of great journalists they actually do want.

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Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'll never understand how "a lot of mostly/potentially/probably incorrect metadata is better for digital discovery than accurate but sparse metadata" became a popular idea than "we will put things online more slowly, but we will do it with accuracy"

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

An interesting report of a project at the Hertziana includes this note. I would argue that access to historical archives is actually hindered when you throw chat at something to transcribe handwritten metadata, which produces errors. But let's say you're willing to make this compromise. +

The second axiom of Nygren / Drimmer 2023 has been considered carefully, and although the folder transcriptions are sometimes erroneous, they still support the access to images better than the previously available, unreadable OCR data. The known issues in those transcription are then taken care of continuously.

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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Periodic reminder that guillotines are the moderate solution

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Delightful also to hear real eagle noises. In movies eagles are always dubbed with hawks, since hawks found fierce and eagles sound like adorable squeakers.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you’re not familiar with the way industry insiders, political hacks, oddball volunteers and some of the world’s largest media outlets regularly combine on idiotic stunts intentionally constructed to fool the public into believing drivel and bullshit, then “Climategate” is a handy place to begin.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Incarcerated women report rampant sexual abuse by guards and the guards retaliate by spraying them with chemical agents and sending them to the hospital as a warning. Rape culture and brazen misogyny from the highest institution to the lowest.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 02/10/2026

texans: you still have three days to register to vote

TPR
Trump tomato tariffs could spell the end of free chips, salsa at restaurants
By Andrew Schneider | Houston Public Media

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Y’all go listen to our interview with Laymone, a Laotian refugee raised in Louisiana that got deported back to Laos linktr.ee/jortscenter @jortscenter.bsky.social

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Alito: "We are not part of any political movement" Susan Collins ↘️

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What I always say - we can argue if I’m right but it’s My experience so what the heck - is that law will make your weaknesses worse. It stresses the joints of the many kludges you’ve built to keep things together in ways that, for some, just break.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you think that you should not say bad things about power people, you are not a journalist. You are a corporate public relations agent.

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(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve @braak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The guys say this all the time but the basic thing is that "diversity" and "high-trust" or "unity" aren't actual opposites. A homogenous society isn't high-trust, it's low-trust -- it uses homogeneity *in place* of trust.

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

the funniest thing about the "we don't trust the media" people is that they will trust literally anyone else. like, if you have an image and text, they'll buy it. shaking keys at babies type logic.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And that is why Rufo hates higher education

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Jenny Benny @jennybenni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Missive from Kyiv: "In past years, such daylight strikes were rare, but in 2026, Russia is determined to cut Ukraine's cities off from electricity, heating, and water supplies, driving the country into a humanitarian crisis. Putin has ordered the Russian military to abandon all rules of war."

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Missive From Kyiv

As I write this, an air raid siren is blaring outside my hotel window. I am in Kyiv, and my first response isn't to run to a shelter, it's to check my phone: two jet-powered Shahed drones,...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026

also, this shit is just run-of-the-mill segregationist ideology. the substance of keeperman and rufo's discussion is identical to the infamous line from the trial judge in loving v. virginia

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 02/10/2026

For my Friday Sick Burns paid newsletter post, I wrote about the Democratic party consultant problem and how it's killing a key Senate race. www.burnsnotice.com/fire-the-con...

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Fire the Consultants

The Democratic Party will win this fall in spite of the consultants, not because of them

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026

And this is why just staying ten toes deep on what you believe in also works politically, these people are wishy washy.

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026

We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.

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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights

After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

How to visit an art museum with someone who isn't used to visiting art museums:

Two social media posts by @pan_juho (Translated from Japanese):

"I love going to art museums, but when I go with someone who's not used to them, if I say, 'If you were a great thief, tell me later which one you'd steal,' they end up looking the exhibits pretty seriously, and that makes me happy.

"Whether you steal something you like or something that seems valuable -> it opens up endless conversation based on what vou liked about it or where you saw value in it, so it's also great as an easy icebreaker for chats after visiting the museum."

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I wrote a thread earlier today (before even reading this story, actually) about how commonly the “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story are actually procedural distortions made by people in positions of power who are invested in disbelieving her:

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

All of this. I also want to add that, in my research, I found that a lot of “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story actually came from gender bias affecting investigators’ record keeping and interview methods.

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Joe Gordon @joegordon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Praying now, as always, for the release of those in bondage. For the return of the exiled, for the reuniting of families, and that those who yearn for safety find peace and security. And may those who oppose those things, and cause their opposite, be brought to ruin and despair.

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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

once again, they're telling us what they want to do

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Something they just discovered, 30 days out. Remarkable! What have they been doing for their pay the rest of their terms?

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Chakra Khan @thechakrakhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I was called a 'hard r' for the first time in 2nd grade by a little white boy named Andy who I thought was my friend. Then in 3rd grade, my "boyfriend" had given me a bracelet, like a $.25 candy machine thing. Next day he made me return it bc his dad said he couldn't date a 'hard r'.

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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

... grew incensed. Had no idea wtf I was talking about. Said he didn't even know what a simian was. He wanted to fight me for even inferring he would do such a thing (lol) But there I was, holding on to that shit for over a decade, and he hadn't thought about it past the time he said those words.

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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When I was in college there was this frat who made being “southern gentlemen” their whole identity. Them white boys used to be at intramural b-ball games, calling the black teams the N-word, “boys”, and all type of shit . Whenever I think of it, I damn near fly into a rage like I’m still there

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Stew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Even when an execution goes "correctly" it's no less a barbaric act. Do not let anyone try and tell you that lethal injection is the "humane" way to do it. There is no humane way to execute someone. /2

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Jenny Benny @jennybenni.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is a gross text that I just got (several people in Scott's mentions said it's not just white folks getting them)

Twitter user Scottbraddock posted, "White voters across Texas now receiving these text messages." Below that, he posted a acreenshot of a text saying:
"Are you white, [name redacted]?

James Talarico calls white men America's top terror threat. See his exact words >> https://rep2026.com/talarico/5V1R7WNK

STOP2end"

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Women have to go out into the world and be around other people. There is no clear way for women to do all the right things and avoid harassment or assault. It doesn't matter if they wore different clothes or avoided alcohol. It happens with intimate partners, family members, teachers, and friends.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I see people victim-blame and try to logic-out the Cornell 7 rape case. "Why would she go into the frat house? Why would she drink?" etc. It's easier than thinking about how many men have done similar things to women, and whether men *they personally know* have harassed or assaulted women.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026

"they really believe it"/"they will try to do it"/"the promises are real" are things that most americans refuse to believe about politicians but if you take them seriously will help you predict political behavior more often than not

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."

Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.

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