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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 16/10/2026
October 16, 1968
Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their fists on the medal stand at he 1968 Olympics in Mexico City; Peter Norman looks on
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When I started writing about Supreme Court expansion, you couldn’t get the question *asked* in a poll. The first time I saw it actually polled, it was 8%. Now, we here.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you're in these 3 states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Alaska Rhode Island South Carolina Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check everything is in order. Do it now. And there's a lot to vote for across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 02/10/2026
This! Which tells me, personally, that if they truly believe that its OK to make a sentient being that they enslave, well, they probably think it's ok to do that to humans.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
AI is an unregulated emergency on every level--academia, art, national security, privacy, the environment, faith in journalism, and on and on and on--and deriding those who are desperately trying to pull the handbrake as we go over the cliff as alarmists will not age well (if we get to age at all).
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I feel like the debate about what parts of AI are good and what parts are bad should wait until we solve the worldwide crisis caused by the fact that almost of all of its evangelists in both tech and govt are morally, intellectually, and ethically unequipped to oversee it, when not downright evil.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yehonatan Ovadia – a Hasidic Jew and Israeli citizen who has lived in the U.S. on a visa since 2022 – is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (a notorious federal prison) and facing deportation … for his criticism of Israel on religious grounds.
nytimes.com
A Hasidic Jew Protested Against an Israeli Flag. He May Be Deported.
Yehonatan Ovadia, who opposed the mounting of the flag in a small New York town, belongs to a Hasidic branch that is anti-Zionist. He is now in ICE custody.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?
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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
theintercept.com
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Rick Porter @rickporter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Bad (tho not shocking) news: "A Man on the Inside" will end with s3. Excellent news: Final season cast includes Nick Offerman, Bernadette Peters, Rachel Dratch, Annette O'Toole, Christopher McDonald, Jessica St. Clair, Diedrich Bader, and Stephen Root as Charles' estranged brother.
hollywoodreporter.com
‘A Man on the Inside’ Ending With Season 3 at Netflix
Nick Offerman, Stephen Root, Annette O'Toole and Rachel Dratch are among eight actors joining the show for the final run.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is a real "opportunity for the funniest thing to happen" moment.
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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Animation Is Film, Annecy's L.A. sister fest, has unveiled its 2026 lineup. Titles include ‘Iron Boy,’ ‘Tangles,’ ‘The Violinist,’ and ‘Knights of Guinevere,’ the first series ever to open the festival. www.cartoonbrew.com/festivals/an...
cartoonbrew.com
‘Knights Of Guinevere’ Leads Animation Is Film 2026 Lineup
Nine competition features, five shorts presentations, studio previews, retrospectives, and filmmaker talks will run October 16–19 in Hollywood.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026
I'm of two minds about this information
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please be nice to patrick @nicetopatrick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It only took him saying he's banning the free press and more importantly a massive decline in his popularity for this to happen lmao
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Briefly detained” = beat half to death
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
they community noted my shit
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Even if you think you know the whole Kennedy Center story, this is enlightening and enraging. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
nytimes.com
How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026
Yeah, I've been a tech nerd for decades but all the "AI" stuff really does feel like "Sooooo we're taking a type of computation that's actually bad at most things and putting it in a whole bunch of stuff to make it work worse because... if we don't the whole economy's going to crash or something?"
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NEWS: I don’t like transphobes and here is a short list of why. 1) They are full of shit.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What’s it going to take for mainstream media to say loudly and clearly that Trump is building a dictatorship? If not now, when?
NYT: Trump says he has banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
inquirer.com
A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown
Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.
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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I made this design in 2019, and it’s been ripped off by countless creepy little Temu shops, as well as by Shein. Seeing it in an AI ad is ruining my day, ngl. If you like it, buy one from me - link in bio. I actually give money to queer mutual aid and medical care groups.
A shitty AI ad on Instagram showing my “you are safe with me” design being sold by a company that is not me.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
uncompetitive primary but bizarre happenings in Delaware
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"The super-rich have apocalypse fantasies of their own, built not on faith or ideology but on a calm and rational evaluation of how best to maintain their position; they would genuinely rather reign in hell than share in heaven. And they have all the money to make sure they get there."
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If only Democrats were as comfortable attacking billionaires as Republicans are trans people.
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
BELOW: Donald Trump honors the victims of 9/11 by flying his eyelids at half-staff.
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Laura La @laurala.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Kauaʻi got sideswiped by Hurricane Lowell. Here's how you can help the people get back on their feet: www.civilbeat.org/2026/09/dona...
civilbeat.org
LIST: Help Hurricane Lowell Survivors. See Where To Donate
Most of Kauaʻi remains without power after Lowell destroyed homes, roads and infrastructure. Here's how you can help folks on the ground.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/09/2026
Good news: he lost.
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
in honor of #StarTrek at 60, here's something I wrote in 2016. On an hour that is not just a great Deep Space Nine episode, not just great Trek episode, but an example of what TV at its best can do. I give you an ode to DS9's "Duet" www.moryan.com/star-trek-at...
moryan.com
Star Trek at 60: An ode to an all-time classic Deep Space Nine episode
I nominated "Duet," a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, for the TV canon as one of the all-time greats
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Lonnie Bunch will step down from his position as head of the Smithsonian Institution by the end of the year, he announced
nbcnews.com
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch is leaving amid fights with Trump
Bunch, the first Black person and first historian to lead the institution, said he has ‘mixed emotions’ about departing.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Your annual reminder of what REALLY happened: Donald Trump went on WWOR Radio on 9/11/01--yes, that very day--to say that with the collapse of the Twin Towers, he now had the tallest building in New York. Which was a good preview of things to come, in that it was both disgusting and a lie.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Second hand embarrassed for all lawyers that in the end, they could not financially ruin the entire AI industry
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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fun fact: The Muppet Show (2026) won as many Emmys this weekend as the original Muppet Show won in its entire five-season run. Really emphasizes how massively stupid Disney is being by not renewing it yet.
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Amy-Leigh Shaw @diveamydive.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Actually you know what, let me just
A still of the character Chihiro in the film “Spirited Away”. A character called No Face is offering her a pile of false gold that has been edited and overlayed with the logos of Claude, OpenAI and Grok. She is saying, “I don’t want any. I don’t need any.”
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Maddie Chthonia @maddiequestions.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
if the men find out we can shapeshift they are going to tell the church youtu.be/VtYEgKE1tZs?...
youtu.be
Contouring 101
YouTube video by Sailor J
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Tom Comerford @tomcomerford.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"do whatever it takes to make sure you vote and your vote gets counted"
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Blue Milker @bluemilker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I get it. You hate cocaine. You think it destroys human capacities and the environment […] those objections are not sufficient. You need to engage with cocaine, understand both its appeal and its limitations, and integrate that awareness into your teaching. (Channeling my inner @gregpak.net)
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Matt Mitovich @mattmitovich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hard to believe this guy bankrupted a casino with a built-in guaranteed profit margin.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A career lawyer at DOJ said “she received a message from DOJ leadership asserting that all of the Dept’s lawyers - including its civil rights attys - needed to be fully on board with the President’s agenda.”
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
theverge.com
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
two months until election day
Luthen Rael (to Cassian): These days will end, Cassian Andor. The way they laugh. The way they push through a crowd. The sound of that voice telling you to stop, to go, to move. Telling you to die. Rings in the ear, doesn't it? But they'll think about us soon enough. Soon enough, they'll have something else to listen to.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/09/2026
Among the first agencies President Donald Trump gutted after taking office for his second term was a Department of Homeland Security team that had repeatedly disproved his stolen election claims.
propublica.org
8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key ta...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If you voted Trump because you thought the problem with America was that there weren't enough FBI agents committing bestiality, congratulations: "Acts of bestiality are also 'no longer automatic deal breakers for applicants to the nation’s top law enforcement agency'...” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
ms.now
Sexual encounters with prostitutes is no longer a deal-breaker for FBI applicants
The Trump presidency has been a grand experiment in what happens when an administration embraces amateurism and deprofessionalization.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 31/08/2026
While Yiannopoulos’ deportation contains an extremely rich vein of schadenfreude, it’s also indicative of how power, punishment, and influence currently work in the MAGA movement, and broader crackup within that feud-heavy word, where fragile alliances are constantly being made, broken and remade.
motherjones.com
What the deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos tells us about the state of MAGA
The saga goes to the heart of the disturbing nature of power, influence, and punishment in Trump’s America.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A damaged water line at an Oklahoma data center caused over 3 million gallons of water to be wasted. The city of El Reno had to issue an emergency abatement and multiple safety violations. The business involved, Athlon BT, specializes in mobile data centers for AI storage and Bitcoin mining.
koco.com
El Reno data center water line leak wastes over 3 million gallons, city issues violations
A damaged water line at an El Reno data center caused over 3 million gallons of water to be wasted, leading the city to issue abatement notices and cite multiple safety violations.
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