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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18h

South West Water pleaded guilty to sewage dumping, fined £8m, a decade after the events. Yet govt introduced more deregulation. England's water industry controlled by organisations with criminal convictions. None has licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Customers fleeced.

bbc.co.uk

South West Water fined almost £8m for sewage spills

South West Water previously entered guilty pleas to pollution offences spanning six years.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026

Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...

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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My IG feed is all rage against the Cornell rapists, and I love to see it But don't forget to take care of yourselves. Many of us have our own college SA stories that we've done our best to forget. It's hard seeing nothing has changed in 25 years & the memories are even harder Check on your friends

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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Also AI can't do history and anyone who says so can fuck off into the sun.

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Stanford used "AI" to remove a Latino student from a photo and replace him with an "AI-generated" Black woman. The two other students in the photo were made thinner. There are so many aspects of what happened that are egregious. sfstandard.com/2026/09/22/s...

sfstandard.com

Stanford University replaced a Latino man with an AI-generated Black woman in a photo

University slammed for AI-generated race swap in photo in back-to-school banner.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. The United States should stop all military assistance to Israel. Saying this is not antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)

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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today is Pub Day for "Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census"!!! ::bounce:: Please support me by buying a copy of the book or asking your library for a copy! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🧵 I've noticed lately that the Chicago Tribune has a lot of vitriol for Chicago's mayor - they really seem to hate him So who is on the editorial board? Unsurprisingly, it's 3 older white guys and a white woman, and two more white women as the support staff Chicago is 36% white and 28% Black

Screenshot of Chicago Tribune Editorial:

"Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson kicks off a reelection campaign with a speech full of bile"

Image: pic of Mayor Johnson standing at a podium outside

Image text: "Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks with supporters after announcing he will run for reelection at the DuSable Black History Museum on Sept. 13, 2026 (Armando L Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)"

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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My dog is just a snoot on 2 toothpicks * Pics sent from her daycare

Up close of a dog snout, one eye visible, supported by two tiny toothpick legs. The dog does not appear to have a body. Dog is standing on a picnic table. A more normal shaped dog is laying under the table

Dog head perched on two toothpick legs. Dog has no body

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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hi folks. If you saw this, you know the administration plans to only accept white South Africans next year. Tomorrow is Congress's formal say before the determination is signed. Please check this brief thread on why I'd like you to speak out for the Afghan people still in limbo...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.

apnews.com

AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...

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Lisa Schiff @crkrjx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Between 1949 and 1982, more than 200,000 barrels of low-level radioactive waste (150,000 tons) were dumped into the ocean. Now, scientists have descended to the wreckage to investigate – and found many of the barrels corroded and degraded, their contents spilling across the seafloor.

yahoo.com

150,000 Tons of Radioactive Waste Were Dumped in The Atlantic. Decades Later, It's Visibly Oozing.

Well, well, well. If it isn't consequences.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Island nations have special vulnerabilities in war. When my mother grew up in WWII, U boats, German aircraft, and mines sunk neutral Irish ships. Food was rationed and scarce. Govt planned for famine. British press attaché wrote "No coal. No petrol. No gas. No electric. No paraffin. Guinness good."

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 18/09/2026

"By working remotely, I break down boundaries. I’m a traveler and a worker, a learner, and a teacher. I’m a digital nomad and a real-life colonist." buff.ly/CsWhmEy

buff.ly

My Remote Job Gives Me the Freedom to Displace People All Over the World

“By working remotely, I break down boundaries. I’m a traveler and a worker, a learner, and a teacher. I’m a digital nomad and a real-life colonist.” 9/14/23 ...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/09/2026

Short thread: 18 months ago, as part of their assault on higher ed, Trump/DOGE/Vought terminated my friend Kelton Minor's NIH Director's award that would have allowed him to take a faculty position there. Without the funds, Columbia ultimately rescinded the position. Kelton moved to Denmark.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026

So while you're thinking about a super human, super "intelligent" alien being killing you, here's what's really happening. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

abc.net.au

Doctor forced to apologise after AI makes 'scary' error about illegal drugs

Artificial Intelligence is listening to many people's medical appointments, but it is not always hearing things correctly.

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Zach Stafford @zachstafford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The incredible @timnitgebru.blacksky.app joins Vibe Check tomorrow for an episode you cannot miss. When I say @theferocity.bsky.social was SHAKING!!!

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 16/09/2026

propaganda on my doorknob. don’t threaten me with a good time!

Republican door hanger: The socialist left is destroying America, only your vote can stop them. It’s got pictures of Bernie, AOC, Zohran, and Paige Cognetti

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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You know who doesn't need to make statements declaring that they're not complicit? People who aren't complicit

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 14/09/2026

Trump has only declared victory in the Iran war once this month. Concerning.

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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What's actually "radical" here? The richest 0.1% hold as much wealth as the bottom 90% of families combined. Billionaires sitting on $7.6 TRILLION while working people can't afford rent, groceries, or healthcare. A wealth tax? That's not radical. That's just fair.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I started activism during the Reagan years. As the great Leslie Cagan has said, you couldn't win anything, you could only carry the flag of resistance. ~15 years after I started activism a campaign that I worked on won. I was astonished. Thereafter, I studied strategy. Many wins followed. Study up!

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026

i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...

austinchronicle.com

Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin Chronicle

Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026

AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...

prospect.org

Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect

Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.

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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Every accusation continues to be a confession. They'll claim it's a joke, and much of the media will go along with it - but wishful thinking doesn't make it true -- From Trump's speech at the Republican midterm convention

Ecxerpt of a speech Trump gave at the Republican midterm convention, as reported in The New Republic

https://newrepublic.com/post/215314/trump-makes-crowd-swear-pledge-cheat-like-hell

"Please raise your right hand. I pledge, to the greatest president in the history of the United States, that loves us so much he can’t even breathe, that I will go out with my family, my friends, I’ll do it any way, I don’t care if I’m registered or not, I’m gonna try and cheat like hell like they do, there’s never been bigger cheaters, they don’t care. I am gonna go out and I’m going to get my friends and family and we are going to vote on November 3rd, or we are going to vote before that!” Trump had the whole crowd repeat after him."

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What makes you think that they won't be highly rewarded for doing things like this? There is billions of AI safety money out there for the taking... Like Ilya Sustekever got $2b for a company called Safe Superintelligence that doesn't even have a product

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

One of my big academic rules: only write papers you really care about on topics you really care about. I try to follow this rule 99% of the time. This paper is one of the best examples of that, and I’m stoked it’s one step closer to being in the world. We’ve corrected proofs & you’ll have it soon!

First page of article proofs for “The Politics of Black Classification: Sociopolitical Cues and Racial Perception”

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

NEWS: SCOTUS will not stop Florida from proceeding with its 15th execution of 2026. The state plans to kill Daniel Conahan today. Florida, at 14 executions, has already carried out more executions this year than all of the other states combined, with 10 executions from five states.

(ORDER LIST: 609 U.S.)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2026
26-5476
(26A306)
CERTIORARI DENIED
CONAHAN, DANIEL O. V. FLORIDA
The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.

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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's been a rough summer for trees in Wicker Park. I love this tree and have been dreading this day From the other side, it looks like a truck hit the underside of the branch, likely weakening the whole thing - semis sometimes cut through the neighborhood City's there, hope they save the tree

Neighborhood street with a large tree leaning over the street. A major branch is cracked and hanging down, touching the ground

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Some people would rather watch things burn than inconvenience capitalism. [The wildfires are like] a monstrous personification of an impersonal system that chews up nature and belches out a yield.. capitalism has trained ecosystems to behave just like it." free: archive.ph/wS2Kw #ClimateChange

newstatesman.com

Welcome to the Pyrocene

This summer has proved that some people would rather watch things burn than inconvenience capitalism

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/09/2026

The Pentagon is purging all trans people in the military. They're going after those who didn't even transition by searching through medical records to find any evidence someone had gender dysphoria. They're purging those who detransitioned to save their jobs. federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main...

federalnewsnetwork.com

Pentagon searching medical records to identify transgender troops | Federal News Network

Military officials are using medical and personnel data to uncover troops with current or past gender dysphoria as the Pentagon moves ahead with separations.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 07/09/2026

2026 really was a fundamentally different summer to 1976 in terms of temperature across the UK and Europe Data: ERA5

Comparing 1976 and 2026 summers in NW Europe

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 06/09/2026

Adidas selects an IDF soldier who was part of an operation that killed 232 Palestinian civilians to be its spokesperson for its new campaign on amputees — meanwhile Gaza has the highest rate of amputees of any place in modern history due to IDF soldiers and genocide. Barbaric. Stop buying Adidas.

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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner.

ICE vehicle - black Nissan Maxima with plate cover - posted up in a spot that also serves as an elementary school bus stop.

Another ICE vehicle, black Dodge Durango, lurking around the community.

Two more ICE vehicles - black Dodge Durango and a white SUV, unclear on make, model - on a quiet residential street, being quietly creepy. Note that the white SUV has its plate covered.

Yet another ICE vehicle. Black Nissan Pathfinder. They were all over the neighborhood.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is apparently what it means to be 'proud and British'. You hide your identity and act like thugs.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that it reached an “agreement” with Mount Sinai Health System in which it will “cease providing” gender-affirming medical care to minors and dedicate $2 million to providing care to those “suffering harmful consequences” of such care.

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JUSTIC
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Justice Department Secures Agreement with Mount Sinai to End Pediatric "Gender-Affirming Care"
Another result of the Department's nationwide investigation into hospitals performing sex-rejecting procedures on minors

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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A tornado hit Detroit, the first in almost 30 years. 250,000 people without power Living in Chicago (which is now in tornado alley?) it's so weird seeing tornadoes hitting major Great Lakes cities Of all the catastrophes caused by climate change, I wasn't prepared for urban tornadoes here

freep.com

Metro Detroit hit with severe thunderstorms

Downed trees, wind damage and power outages were spread throughout metro Detroit after severe thunderstorms hit the area on Thursday, Sept. 3.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/09/2026

Let me say as loudly as I can to all the Europeans on here who have been rightly appalled watching the Trump regime’s third-country removals: Your government has been watching, too, and they like what they see.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When I was volunteering at the COVID19 vaccine POD in 2021, people would say over and over again that they were getting vaccinated for the people they love. Last year, only 17.5% of American adults got the COVID19 vaccine. Please get one for the people you love. 💕

Photo of a brunette with a braid in her hair, standing in front of a sign that says Vaccinated with a count of 30,000.

She is wearing glasses, a Sun Studio t-shirt, and an orange high vis vest.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When, in January 2025, I wrote that the Trump administration was segregationist folks said I was exaggerating. I would have *loved* to be wrong about this but the unfortunate evidence remains on my side. This is just racism, pure and simple.

nytimes.com

Trump Moves to Strip Tax Exemption From Schools That Aid Minority Students (Gift Article)

The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026

“Since April, over 21,000 properties across Dallas, Texas, have been photographed by these cameras and assigned a ‘blight score’—essentially an official tidiness grade—…”

gizmodo.com

Big Brother on Wheels: Trash Trucks With AI Cameras Are Coming to a City Near You

The only blight here is the unregulated surveillance state.

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