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Joshua G. Schraiber @jgschraiber.bsky.social · 15h
This is straight up, plain and simple authoritarianism. This is the canonical impeachable offense
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12/10/2026
twitter is a nicer and friendlier place than bluesky: false bluesky has some of the most aggressively hectoring, pedantic weirdos on the entire internet: true
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10/10/2026
My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.
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Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes
Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Not hearing much from the Sound of Freedom crowd about this child trafficking operation, are we
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sam Altman said people are just gonna have to die in order to implement AI. In the very same week, Anthropic claimed it’s a human rights violation to be mean to the computer. These people need to be held accountable. They think lines of code are a person with rights but living people are debris.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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johnstark09.bsky.social @johnstark09.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bill clearly doesn’t watch the Pistons
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johnstark09.bsky.social @johnstark09.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There should be an investigation into the Rams today. Whatever this is is illegal
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A hot dog hollers @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dumbest country in the world baby it’s not even close
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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johnstark09.bsky.social @johnstark09.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Lol. I respect these guy’s commitment to the bit. They are willing to die for their right to be fucking idiots
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Shady Inference 🌫️ @blot.city · 02/10/2026
Yeah man meet this fucking guy. Meet this fucking guy who got exposed in 2016 as having given $10k to an explicitly neonazi PAC. I have gone to hell while I am still alive because I am cursed with recall of things that happened more than five minutes ago.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Straight up: As a woman in football, this sucks to listen to. This week in particular.
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johnstark09.bsky.social @johnstark09.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Steelers Defense sending a message tonight (to the Steelers front office)
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 01/10/2026
Solid chance Openai goes belly up and takes softbank and oracle with it. Couldn't happen to more deserving companies.
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johnstark09.bsky.social @johnstark09.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
All this information at out fingertips and somehow the dumbest time to be alive
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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 30/09/2026
We will not leave it to Trump and corporate CEOs to keep us safe - they won't and they never have. We, the people, can decide rules and limits, civil rights and protections, and proper oversight and guardrails for AI.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Huge bummer when you’re just innocently trying to join and promote a movement that hates Black people, immigrants, and Jews — but then you discover that they have a dark side. apple.news/A9g-feRPSTme...
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johnstark09.bsky.social @johnstark09.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Everything just happened
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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
these are pogroms israeli settlers are carrying out pogroms against palestinians in the west bank
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rahm Emanuel, who has about a good a chance of being president as I do, has been profiled like 9 times in the last couple months in major newspapers. It really shows you how profoundly out of touch the people are that drive much of our national political discourse.
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johnstark09.bsky.social @johnstark09.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No one should be on any Meta platforms. It’s really that easy. I saw how they do business up close many years ago and deleted my accounts immediately. I promise you won’t miss them
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ICE agents chasing him in a car ran this guy over a week ago, horribly injuring him. Needs some media attention beyond this: www.walb.com/2026/09/23/i...
walb.com
ICE releases statement after man run over in Dougherty County operation
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now releasing more information about an incident that happened in Dougherty County on Sept. 17 when a man was run over by an ICE vehicle.
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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Who'd have fucking guessed theintercept.com/2026/09/18/r...
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Robert Kraft Claims His Donations Help Palestinians. Turns Out He’s Funding Friends of the IDF.
An analysis of tax forms by The Intercept show Kraft’s charity and LLC have donated to Friends of the IDF and AIPAC’s super PAC.
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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
hey just curious where did the “protect women athletes” crowd get off to
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404 Media @404media.co · 22/09/2026
SCOOP: Meta execs announced that its much-hyped AI agent, Muse, had a new feature: It could call businesses for you to do things like make a restaurant reservation or a haircut appointment. In reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media learned.
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Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch."
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Kids Are Alright ✊
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
DoorDash seems to not care that ICE agents are shooting their workers while they on the job. Community members are the ones who have gotten Wilber medical attention in detention and legal support — without a single shred of help from this multibillion dollar corporation profiting off his labor.
An NBC News article reads: “Garcés Perez, who Lincoln-Goldfinch said lives in Austin, is a DoorDash driver. In an email, a company spokesperson confirmed Garcés Perez was making a delivery at the time, adding that DoorDash is investigating and would not release more information “at this time.””
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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Exclusive: In late 2024, FBI agents were looking at Sen. Susan Collins’ role in a massive illegal bribery scheme alleged by a former federal contractor. Then Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, leaving no one to carry on the investigation – it’s dead. 🧵
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Today at 12:30, Wilber called his wife to tell her that he had been shot,” Lincoln-Goldfinch said in an earlier interview late Sunday. “And he was yelling in agony, and the call cut off. That was all she knew.”
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Distressing update from Wilber’s lawyer via IG a short while ago:
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 20/09/2026
ICE have reportedly shot another person, this time in north Austin, TX. Details are still scant.
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People Over Papers - Report ICE Activity
Report and track ICE activity in your community. A community-driven platform to document immigration enforcement.
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johnstark09.bsky.social @johnstark09.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Everyone is 12 theory looking more and more accurate
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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Khoa Vu
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AI is finally taking over economist's job. It's all over.
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AI chatbots give wrong answers to financial queries ‘most of the time’ 

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 20/09/2026
No offense but bloggers shouldn’t be influential
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Who will show more commitment to, and solidarity in support of, First Amendment values: members of the White House Correspondents Association, or opening acts for Ed Sheeran?
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JacketDan’s Stunt Spooktacular @jacketdan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Anybody want to join me at his werkshep?
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️ @arif.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
the only source of this information in the article comes from Kraft's official statement and not any further reporting. I would argue the statement does not commit Kraft to a pledge or suggest he plans to pledge $2M so in that respect I'd argue this headline is inaccurate
Headline at the Athletic that reads "Patriots owner Robert Kraft pledges $2 million donation after Macklemore outcry" and a picture of Robert Kraft with a caption that reads "Robert Kraft has supported numerous Israel-related causes, though he did not say who will receive his promised donation. Jane Gershovich / Getty Images"A statement tweeted out by Gillette Stadium titled STATEMENT FROM ROBERT KRAFT that reads:

I have dedicated much of my life to building bridges between all people. I believe deeply that all lives are worth protecting. Earlier today, before Macklemore challenged me to match his donation, Ed called me and asked me to commit $2 million to match his donation to aid in the region to fight this humanitarian crisis, Ed now plans to reach out to other venue owners and our goal is to continue to work together to build bridges.

In addition, I'd like the people who are speaking in support of the Palestinian people to know that for decades, I have supported efforts that create opportunity for Palestinians and have brought young Palestinians and Israelis together to build businesses, create jobs, and forge relationships.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
That can’t be real openforlegends.guitarcenter.com/campaign/ope...
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Guitar Center Open for Legends is a brand-new competition series elevating undiscovered musicians to a global platform, beginning with the chance to open for Ed Sheeran at his LOOP Tour show in Mexico...
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Will Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
And now to let all of my Irish opening acts know that I have done the right thing, side with a violent and repressive colonialist project.
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leaux @evangaylion.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Heads up DC friends!!! He’s playing Sunday!!!!! dc9.club/event/aaron-...
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Aaron Rowe
CELEBRATING 21 YEARS OF MUSIC 🎶 Bar, Music Venue and Dance Space est. 2004 💃🏻🎸
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johnstark09.bsky.social @johnstark09.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This guy burned more good will… lets all agree his legacy will be this (and his love for rub and tugs)
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Richard J @preachypreach.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
quite something this paragraph.
After meeting with delegates from the two sides in South Florida, Kushner and Witkoff emerged with a peace plan that would have required Ukraine to accept nearly all of Russia’s demands: ceding territory, promising never to join NATO, and drastically shrinking its army. Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s press secretary, hailed the proposal as “a good plan for both Russia and Ukraine.” But, when the plan became public, it collapsed under a wave of outrage. Even Rubio reportedly derided it as “Russia’s wish list.”
Some observers suspect that Russia has effectively offered the Americans business deals in exchange for a favorable peace agreement. “This is the generally held view,” the former U.S. official in the region told me. A classified report produced by a European intelligence agency states that Trump and people around him have discussed several potential contracts in Russia. The report is not dated, but the European official who gave it to me said that the details were first discussed sometime after Trump invited Putin to Anchorage, in August, 2025. Twice that year, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, was allowed to enter the U.S., where he talked about investment opportunities. “The privatization of American foreign policy is quite far along,” the official who gave me the report said. (A spokesman for Kushner denied that U.S. officials would profit from the deals under discussion.)
The document lists ten potential ventures, which it says appear to “have been originally designed by the Kremlin’s political and business elites.” They include reopening the Nord Stream 2 pipeline under American control, resuming ExxonMobil’s operations in Sakhalin, and drilling for oil in the Sea of Okhotsk. According to the report, there was discussion of unfreezing Russian assets that are held under American sanctions. The document mentions people who might participate, including Trump, Witkoff, and Kushner. It also names Richard Grenell, the former Presidential en…
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 14/09/2026
this has, i think, major implications for law firms who use chatGPT, claude, etc. if contractors are reading live chats, they’re also potentially accessing legal docs they definitely don’t have the privilege to be viewing
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