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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/10/2026

There are many ways in which every billionaire is a policy failure, but the most corrosive and destructive way in which billionaires are policy failures is this: billionaires, despite being unelected and unaccountable, possess the power to control - and ruin - millions of peoples' lives.

The Warner Brother tower posed against a vintage map of Burbank, keeling over, tearing up a huge clot of sod and concrete. Standing atop of the tower, forcing it down, is a sad, spavined donkey in Democratic Party livery. Being crushed under the tower is the California flag bear, with blood pouring out of its eye and mouth.

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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.

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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/10/2026

Forward-Thinking CEO Hoping Company Can Capture New Audience By Making Product Worse In Every Conceivable Way theonion.com/forward-thinking-ceo-h…

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.

APA Women’s Leadership Institute event flyer with “keynote speaker” crossed out with a red X

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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it.

All this time, while Defendants have refused to identify Does 4 and 5 or respond to Leo’s discovery requests, the six-month statute of limitations on his FTCA claims has nearly expired. So, on October 6, Leo sought Defendants’ consent to file an amended complaint that (1) adds his FTCA claims against the United States and (2) adds the names of Does 1, 2, and 3. These minimal changes are shown in a redline attached to this filing.
Defendants, however, refused to consent to Leo’s amendments because there is not a protective order in place. One of Defendants’ positions with respect to the protective order is that the “full legal names” of all government employees “should be confidential.” (ECF 109, at 2). That position, apparently, means that Defendants even oppose Leo identifying specific officers in his lawsuit against those very officers based on their misconduct in carrying out their public duties. Because Defendants will not consent to Leo’s amendments, Leo has filed this motion for leave.

Justice also requires granting Leo leave to name the Doe officers as defendants. Despite DHS’s remarkable position that all government employees’ names are confidential, parties routinely sue government employees by name. In fact, Rule 10(a) “requires a complaint to ‘include the names of all the parties.’” Doe v. Frank, 951 F.2d 320, 322 (11th Cir. 1992) (per curiam) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a)). “Lawsuits are public events.” Id. Rule 10(a) “protects the public’s legitimate interest in knowing all of the facts involved, including the identity of the parties.” Id. Only in an “exceptional case” can a party’s name be withheld from the public. Id. And that bar is even higher for public employees since their employment “diminishes their privacy interests” given “the corresponding public interest in knowing how public employees are performing their jobs.” Stern v. FBI, 737 F.2d 84, 92 (D.C. Cir. 1984);

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Trump administration is weaponizing the DOJ and DHS to generate propaganda to push its “rigged election" narrative. The timing and promotion of arrests of non-citizens for alleged voter fraud suggests a strategic effort to push their false narrative. Thread:

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026

The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

will you people shut the fuck up

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

The press will do stories on Republican sex creeps, but it will never, ever point out -- much less make an ongoing narrative out of -- the fact that the GOP has been *ridden* with sex creeps for decades. You have to be blind not to see the pattern.

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Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)

The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Somebody wake up green day

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tortie kitten jimmi pickles relaxes on the couch next to chihuaua pup Tomatillo, who won’t be making any sudden moves

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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Since 2008, we've transitioned neatly from "too big to fail" to "too big to be influenced by the law" ... and I think that's bad, even if you love capitalism

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28/09/2026

"Words do not blast stim at the rate we enjoy today. Words are old, older than TikTok. Back then, a human would read, 'Fireworks exploded above two (or more) trad-attractive nudes copulating on a sandy beach,' and the reader would have to imagine that in their mind." buff.ly/oZe8zx4

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How to Read Good or Maybe Great

“First, accept how fun reading isn’t. Words do not blast stim at the rate we enjoy today. Words are old, older than TikTok. Back then, a human would read, ‘F...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28/09/2026

It's Avril Lavigne's birthday today, so we can't let it pass without pointing you to this all-timer in our archives... buff.ly/bCNczvr

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The Girl from Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi” Responds 18 Years Later

September 27 2021 September 27 2022 (her b-day) 9/27/23 9/27/24 9/27/25 CAL 2027-2028

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...

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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For a decade now we've watched centrists and "resisters" absolutely foam at the mouth for every "ex MAGA" and "ex GOP" personality, gifting them huge audiences and fortunes because the catharsis of believing their "redemption" is one of the most soothing fantasies imaginable.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

E.W. Scripps — which owns 60 TV stations, including network affiliates — will eliminate 500+ jobs this year in favor of "‘AI-powered broadcast journalism." Dystopian moves like this —and the FCC killing the ownership cap — will end genuine, local voices in TV news. www.thewrap.com/industry-new...

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E.W. Scripps to Become an 'AI-Powered Broadcast Journalism Company' After Sweeping Layoffs

E.W. Scripps has cut 12% of its workforce as CEO Adam Symson touts AI and automation as part of an overhaul of its local news business

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 24/09/2026

Heidi Overton just started her opening statement at her confirmation hearing by thanking her lord and savior Jesus Christ

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 24/09/2026

merch.mapquest.com

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

STOP QUOTE TWEETING THE POLL ACCOUNTS THAT NEVER LINK BACK TO THE POLLS THEY'RE MENTIONING thank you

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 22/09/2026

🔔 Updates 🦄

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20/09/2026

"Studies also show that we can change our pain by changing how we think about it. Calling it 'pain' makes it feel worse. By simply changing the word to 'intensity,' you can decrease the pain—excuse me, the intensity—caused by that massive shark bite." buff.ly/OBrbfWB

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You Don’t Qualify for an ER Visit Until After You Attend This Online Group Class About How to Care for Your Giant Gaping Wound at Home

“The ER can be a busy place, so out of respect for your time and our HMO cost-saving measures, you have been referred to take this class first. After two wee...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026

When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic.

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... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.
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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Any of us who had a kid in the NICU (and there are surely a bunch of us) has a sense of what those parents those babies are going through. Fervently wishing that everyone comes through ok. I hate them. I hate them.

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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This social wasp species, Protopolybia collombiana, had only been described for a year when I photographed it in Costa Rica in 2016, and I did not succeed in identifying it until yesterday.

Macro photograph of a grey and yellow vespid wasp standing on its paper nest in side view, holding a small larva in its mouth above an open cell.

Macro photograph of a strangely geometric and flattened paper wasp nest in the shape of an irregular hexagon, on the bottom of a large tropical leaf.

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The regime has proposed to open roadless areas on National Forests to new road building and to new logging. Comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS... Thread...

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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The person with the music written on their arse from Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights has pulled out of Ed Sheeran's tour

A bare bum with music written on it. Someone is pointing at it all 'look! Arse music!'

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Florida Man misses Michigan Senate debate

Abdul El Sayed debates an empty podium as Mike Rogers i guess skipped this debate?

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Freya Peak @freyapeak.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

About 37.2 million birds have already migrated out of Michigan during the first week of September, with another 13.4 million expected overhead tonight. Conservation groups are urging residents to turn off unnecessary lights to reduce deadly collisions with buildings

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Fall bird migration ramping up across Michigan: Here's the latest data

Michigan's fall bird migration is ramping up, here's the latest data.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/09/2026

“Wow—every repair in this house done by the previous owner was completed correctly.” buff.ly/areooM1

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My Ideal Building Contractor

[Knocks on wall] “Wow—every repair in this house done by the previous owner was completed correctly.”

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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 08/09/2026

I am slowly turning into someone who believes the only real change takes place in a combination anarchist bookstore/vegan bakery/cat shelter

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 08/09/2026

I love seeing your kids’ first day of school pics! All of them are beautiful! But saying this with my cybersecurity professional hat on: you probably shouldn’t be posting pictures of your kids. I’m sorry :(

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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 04/09/2026

HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction. www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-ca…

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HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED

Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

10 House Dems voted the other day with Republicans for a bill that would effectively kill off the North American right whale: Costa Cuellar Davis (NC) Golden Gonzalez Goodlander Gray Pappas Perez Pingree

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The real news here is Maria Bartiromo’s pronouns.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

just ran across this cartoon from the year of our lord two thousand and nine, and, welp.

a very wordy cartoon discussing server farms taking over entire states and also journalism being reduced to podcasters scrounging for spare change.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 01/09/2026

Q: Who can join the Women's Invisibility Network? A: Are you a woman? Are you invisible? If so, you’ve met the criteria. This includes trans women, because biology does not define you. Plus, there are no dues, considering you already pay dues every day by being constantly ignored. buff.ly/Ylov1zW

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FAQs for the Women’s Invisibility Network

“The Women’s Invisibility Network (or WIN) is a neighborhood support group for women in their sunset years. We assist aging women tossed aside by society, wh...

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