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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 10h
Trump has ordered creation of a SHARK FORCE to kill sharks and seals to benefit the success rates of recreational fishing. It's part of a raft of insane measures intended to convince hunters and anglers to vote Republican: wessiler.substack.com/p/a-cynical-...
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A Cynical Reading Of Trump’s Big Hunting And Fishing Access Orders
Let’s rank the realistic possibility of any of this, including the new SHARK FORCE, actually happening
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Stephen Troyer @ephman86.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is a major milestone!!! Gas cars fall below 50% of global sales for the first time | Electrek share.google/xOgXG1j2uV1F...
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Gas cars fall below 50% of global new car sales for the first time
Gas cars made up 49% of global new car sales in the first half of 2026, down from 73% in 2021. But hybrids are taking as much share as EVs.
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The Register @theregister.com · 10h
European AI flag bearer Mistral's new open weights model is 'Le Chonk'
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European AI flag bearer Mistral's new open weights model is 'Le Chonk'
Oh lawd it is coming ... to Hugging Face later this month
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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 11h
FISHING EXPEDITION? In JPMorgan Chase "Sex Slave" Case Bank Wants 2 Years' Texts, Citing Lorna Hajdini's Location & Rana's Morgan Stanley Chat- Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/sdny68kaplan... Extra on Substack here: matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/fishing-ex...
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In JPM Chase Sex Slave Case Bank Wants Texts for 2 Years and Rana Allegations Against Morgan Stanley
In the case of Charayu Rana versus JPMorgan Chase and his former supervisor there Lorna Hajdini, now in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, an oral argumen...
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 15h
*Could there even BE a bigger bunch of marks than TrumpPhone users?
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 18h
The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Sedge [ΘΔ] @sedge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Teenager rescued from B.C.’s ‘Widowmaker’ after getting stranded using AI instructions
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Teenager rescued from B.C.’s ‘Widowmaker’ after getting stranded using AI instructions
A 16-year-old boy was rescued from steep mountainous terrain in the B.C. backcountry on Sunday after Claude AI guided him to the wrong location, according to North Shore Rescue.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today in “Imagine if Joe Biden had said this…” we bring to you:
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It is mind-boggling to me that anyone can see the rampant lawless abuses taking place with Schedule A/SAD Scheme litigation & still think we should give copyright owners an expedited way to block entire websites by bending due process www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... & www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs
Congress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed concept that would undermine basic internet infrastructure. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced the American Copyright Protection A...
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Waschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Texas is basically saying it wants to encourage fraud as a matter of public policy and you should keep that in mind whenever you see a large firm incorporated in Texas
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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pew tested AI synthetic surveys against actual survey data. Conclusion: “This experiment taught us that, at this time, AI models are not an adequate replacement for traditional polling on topics of broad public importance.” This is an all time bad idea. No need to hedge with “at this time.”
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Can AI Stand In for Human Survey-Takers? Not Really
Synthetic surveys using digital twins do a poor job estimating the public mood and are especially error-prone for some subgroups, including Republicans and Black adults.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources
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Reuters @reuters.com · 05/10/2026
Honda plans highway test of wireless charging for moving trucks reut.rs/4j5ALf0
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Honda plans highway test of wireless charging for moving trucks
Japanese automaker Honda Motor said on Monday it ​has developed technology that ‌can wirelessly charge electric vehicles, including large trucks, while being driven, ​and plans to test the ​technology on a Japanese highway.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
After recapping yet another busy week of #SCOTUS news, today’s “One First” officially closes the book on the Court’s October 2025 Term with some final (and pretty mind-boggling) data about just how busy—and just how ideologically charged and divided—the emergency docket was:
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255. Closing the Book on OT2025
As the October 2026 Term begins, it's worth taking a moment to highlight the *real* final statistics for the Court’s output during the October 2025 Term.
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Amanda Levendowski Tepski @tepski.tech · 05/10/2026
My Intellectual Property and Information Policy Clinic is hiring a new teaching fellow! If you find joy in iPIP work; share our enthusiasm for collaborating; and demonstrate creativity through your work—maybe it could be you? Apply by the end of the month: apply.interfolio.com/194762 Share broadly!
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MWhite @pjmatt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
....In conclusion, Sex Crimes Committed By Republicans are a land of many contrasts.
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"
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Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 04/10/2026
Ah, so Trump’s DHS removed *one of two bedrooms* on the luxury private jet and kept the bar, marble bathrooms, and manta ray skin table — for deportations. Okay. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 04/10/2026
Shot himself six times in the back before jumping through a closed window, was it
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
China’s gamble on clean energy is going to pay off. In AI. In industry. In healthcare. In agriculture. In environment. In manufacturing. In scientific progress and leadership.
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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What.
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jig.bsky.social @jig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
must read
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/10/2026
For example, if we don't like the quality of public schools, we can fix them by giving schools more resources, not by letting billionaire dilettantes privatize and starve them in the name of "school choice": pluralistic.net/2026/03/09/a...
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Pluralistic: Billionaires are a danger to themselves and (especially) us (09 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/10/2026
From oil to dollars, telecoms infrastructure to the internet itself, Donald Trump is doing everything in his power to end the American empire: pluralistic.net/2026/05/16/t...
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Pluralistic: Making sense of Trump’s unscheduled sudden midair disassembly of the American empire (16 May 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/10/2026
We are *clearly* steaming into one of these situations. The wealthy squandered two generations preventing the world from tacking the climate emergency, and now the inevitable has arrived. California is on track to see a *12"* sea-level rise in the next *month*: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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California rushes to prepare for massive ‘Kelvin’ wave and predicted sea level rise
Wave nearing southern California expected to reach San Francisco Bay Area by October as it crawls toward Alaska
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Antoine @ant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A wonderful archives and information focused playhouse/arthouse @sageandjester.bsky.social in London is hiring creative and talented people. sageandjester.com/work-with-us/
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Work with us - Sage & Jester
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 03/10/2026
AI has (incorrectly) identified me as the author of a smut book called “My Grumpy Billionaire Secret” and offered to replace my AI audiobooks with new AI audio the future is now
Hi Molly,  My Grumpy Billionaire Secret is on Audible with a virtual voice edition, and that flat read is the first thing a listener hears.  We'd remake it and get it onto 20+ audiobook platforms. Still a synthetic voice, but directed, with pacing and music, so it actually holds attention.  Want the first chapter done free so you can hear it?  Alek
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
*Elon's been known to drop hints
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"large firms are now recruiting students from top-tier law schools almost as soon as they walk onto campus. Law students don’t like it. School administrators don’t like it. The firms doing the interviews don’t seem to like it, either" <== this system is meshugenah www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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COMMENTARY: Law firms' recruiting race is making law students miserable
In law firms’ never-ending quest to best their competitors, large firms are now recruiting students from top-tier law schools almost as soon as they walk onto campus.
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MWhite @pjmatt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"YOU get a beret! and YOU get a beret! And YOU ge-"
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/10/2026
No one knows. No one *can* know, because this is all up for grabs. The future isn't something that happens to us. The future is something that *we* make.
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Jim Manley @jamespmanley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
apnews.com/article/trum... gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/10/2026
The administration has found yet another way to fuck with solar power.
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The USDA just made it way harder for farmers to get grants for solar
Even farmers who were already promised funds from the REAP program may never get them under the Trump admin’s new restrictions. Some are suing.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Under Trump, the IRS is refusing to release its usual annual estimate of how many taxes go unpaid. Gee I wonder why www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...
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Billions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. Won’t Say How Much.
The absence of the annual estimate on the tax gap could make it more difficult to assess whether more taxes are going unpaid since President Trump took office.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
NSF withheld $1.4 billion that Congress had intended for research over the course of the past year www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s literally selecting for oil and tech hitlers. My Texas clients still incorporate in Delaware before taking investment lol.
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is. Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
*If you ever wondered what actual punk drop-out HQs looked like in Italy, this book's pretty good *Of course there was rather a lot of regional variety, he hastened to add www.moussemagazine.it/shop/skank-b...
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Skank Bloc Bologna: Alternative Art Spaces since 1977 — Mousse Magazine and Publishing
Skank Bloc Bologna: Alternative Art Spaces since 1977 is a book edited by Roberto Pinto and Francesco Spampinato that reconstructs the history of nonprofit
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MWhite @pjmatt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Kirk Herbstreit has been a low-frequency poison in american culture for 30 years. the least of his sins is, year by year, molding the default-voice of sports as unearned flattery and joyless know-it-all. beyond that, he's allergic to the ever-and-always political tensions of all American sports.
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Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 02/10/2026
Florida deputy acquitted in trial over shooting of Air Force special ops airman trib.al/ExsqB4i
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Florida deputy acquitted in trial over shooting of Air Force special ops airman
A jury found Eddie Duran not guilty of manslaughter in the May 2024 shooting of Senior Airman Roger Fortson.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"I'm supposed to be a tough guy," Curtis confided. "I can hold your hand," the mayor offered "What happens if I faint?" Sliwa asked. "I've got you," Mamdani assured him, grabbing his hand as Sliwa received his flu shot. abc7ny.com/post/nyc-may...
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Mayor Mamdani holds hands with one-time rival Curtis Sliwa to get flu shot
An apparent bromance has continued to blossom for the one-time political rivals.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A goose saying "what adversity?"
the same goose chasing a man yelling "what adversity was Deshaun Watson dealing with?"
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING WSJ: The Trump Justice Department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor's office that investigated Watergate committed misconduct. A revisionist historian went to DOJ HQ to present his case that Richard Nixon and his associates weren't treated fairly.
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Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
why are they so happy about it
screenshot of an instagram ad for an item on AliExpress.

Pet Incinerator 
Smokeless & Odorless 
Easy to Operate 
Customizable 

There is a oicture of a giant orange machine that i presume is the aforementioned pet incinerator. a cartoon dog and cat are looking at it and smiling.
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