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Thank you, journalists, scientists & others who enrich my life. Photo: The Parting of Lancelot and Guinevere by Julia M. Cameron

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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After years under the control of Arizona GOP, Arizona finally has a Governor (and an AG as well!) who works for the people of Arizona and not rich donors. They have already accomplished so much for the people of AZ but few are aware of just how much. Wonder if we can hire @mayor.nyc.gov PR team 🤔
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yeah this doesn't capture it. It was definitely unusual
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Turns out people really don't like it when you not only drive up their cost of living but destroy their access to health care. 🤷‍♀️
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 22/09/2026
OPINION | Jake Hoffman discredited himself by trying to use his government post to target Katie Hobbs, whom he’s getting paid handsomely to defeat in November via @elviadiaz.bsky.social
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Republican Sen. Jake Hoffman’s probe into Katie Hobbs is a pay-to-play mess of its own
Jake Hoffman discredited himself by trying to use his government post to target the governor whom he’s getting paid handsomely to defeat
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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 22/09/2026
Amazing. Also--you never know what will make an impact, no matter how small it seems.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wow, this isn't an attack ad or even a distortion. Absolute truth. Kinda surprised the GOP didn't run it. Face it- anyone willing to vote fora Republican at this point is a Trumper.
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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Apparently the commander of the International Space Station brought her dancing pants to space with her
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Um, he condemns himself as "a power-hungry megalomaniacal con man with a god complex" every time he opens his mouth. I salute anyone who can sit through this but unless I can have all of his money in return, I think I'll pass. (Clearly being a media critic is not all joy.)
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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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...
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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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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
She is absolutely correct and every candidate, public official and anyone else with a public platform should be sending the same message. (ahem @captmarkkelly.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov )
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Great piece from a year ago. Because most media were fearful of speaking out at the time (rightly so- re: Dowd), the extreme right was able to make a martyr out of a truly dreadful person.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Oh please. Fetterman left the Democrat party long ago- he never really was anything but a self-interested toad. His vote for a completely unqualified fascist to run DHS said all anyone needed to know about the guy.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 02/09/2026
Ten years ago today, CPSC shared its first safety meme. What started as a single baby floating in a force field in outer space has become a universe with dozens of safety characters spanning hundreds of safety graphics sharing thousands of safety messages.
All of CPSC's social media characters gathered around a giant number 10 floating in outer space. The text reads: Happy 10 years of safety memes to all our followers and friends! Tomorrow, we care for one another all over again!
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hey, sushi lovers. Here's a great guide to ocean friendly sushi from one of her guardians and one of my favorite accounts. (I personally don't eat the stuff ... or any other dead animals 🤢)
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
They're up to something. We will take the battle to them in the skies; I have prepared a fleet of drones with harnesses to carry cats. Godspeed, fluffy warriors.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 28/08/2026
Huge thanks to @governor.ca.gov for signing into law a bill by State Sen. John Laird to re-establish California Sea Otter Voluntary Contribution Fund. The Fund will again appear on the 2026 state income tax return; to remain active, it must attract at least $250,000 in contributions each year.
A group of brown sea otters floats amid golden-brown kelp amid blue ocean water off the back deck of Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A lovely tribute. Dolly tried to save us.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thankful for all the tributes 💔 Phoenix's most recognizable landmark also turned pink. 🎶We will always love you.🎶
Facebook post from Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights showing the castle lit with pink lights creating a pink glow in the surrounding desert and sky. The signature "Dolly" and 1946-2024 superimposed on the upper corner of the photo.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I don't read the NYT, but this post is an amazingly succinct, accurate description of what is destroying our country.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Love it when any company stands up to the thugs. All too rare, but it's not too late for others to step up. (Well, CBS and Ellison are a lost cause, but some others could grow a spine.) Link to the column in the replies.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy @jerodmacevoy.com · 17/08/2026
Why are y'all using AI authors to rewrite my work?
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 17/08/2026
There’s fresh evidence that the White House hatched a scheme to punish an American state because it didn’t free a convicted felon the president likes. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” a federal judge said. “I’ve never even imagined something like it.” Why isn't this a bigger scandal?
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New evidence suggests White House took steps to punish Colorado over Tina Peters case
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” a federal district court judge said about a newly disclosed email. “I’ve never even imagined something like it.”
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/08/2026
"AI" has existed in its current form for barely four years and the fact that it's jammed up the cognitive development of an entire generation that fast (and that there's a specific overclass of techofascists who are deeply thrilled about this) is a big damn red flag. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...
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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? (Gift Article)
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So nice that Arizona now has a governor who works for the people of Arizona and finds ways to improve the lives of everyone in the state. After many years of the GOP pillaging the state for the wealthy, it is a constant ray of hope.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
So @captmarkkelly.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov , the DHS is paying a private contractor to surveille our state with high tech spy equipment but is hiding the purpose and details. Your Republican coworkers have given us a completely out of control criminal organization.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
One Democrat says something mildly critical of Thanksgiving and the entire GOP insists all Democrats are laser-focused on ending the holiday. And then the GOP president commits a crime every hour and they insist it has absolutely nothing to do with them. How dare you even associate them with him?!
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
It is bad to illegally cross the border to the north and just start “sucking up all their resources?”
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Officially cutest thing of the day- if not of all time.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/08/2026
I understand that funding bodies want to go all in on AI as the shiny new innovation thing. But if all the grants start going to AI at the expense of everything else then the research sector is going to end up looking like a farm with dozens of threshers hacking away in a field with no wheat.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I am addicted to these things. Fortunately they are no longer sold at our neighborhood grocery and I have to have them shipped. There is some hope I won't need to buy a new wardrobe.
Photo of a box of Dewey's Bakery Meyer Lemon thin cookies.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/08/2026
Super useful. I figure a lot of us here in the Sky know this stuff already, but it might be handy to hand to parents, grandparents and pals who are less technically minded. www.librarian.net/NoToAI/
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How to disable or avoid intrusive AI – librarian.net
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Barry Geraghty @bgeraght.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Here’s the thing that frightens me. Everyone executed their roles almost perfectly in the response to these fires and it was still this bad. Everyone. Responders, city, county and fed officials. Detection and warning systems. Everyone did their jobs very well. This was a best case outcome.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I'd say better late than never but he will do as much damage as possible before he actually leaves. With a career laden with corruption, incompetence and scandal, it is a stain on Arizona that he was elected at all in this century.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Anyone still using Insta? I deleted most Meta apps but couldn't give up cute animal videos completely so still see it on one device. Holy sh...! Inundated with regime posts like this. Report and block one and then a new one shows up. So are they paying Zuck or is it him trying to influence midterms?
Ridiculous Insta post from Karoline Leavitt that  says "Imagine being so dumb that you think IRAN should have nukes but your own people shouldn't have guns. It's the Democrats..." But shows picture of Obama, Harris and Pelosi who shut down Iran's nuke program.
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Bill Goodykoontz @goodyk.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I wrote about the lies Trump and his cronies repeatedly told about the Reflecting Pool damage. After Jeanine Pirro's admission that poor workmanship caused the damage, no one can whine about 'fake news.' There's a link in comments to my column. 📸Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I don't take corporate PAC money, and I never will. Because there shouldn’t be any doubt about who our elected officials work for.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The current administration is a criminal organization guilty of murder, obstruction of justice and domestic terrorism. Their list of innocent victims includes Nurul Amin Shah, a nearly blind LEGAL refugee with no English who was kidnapped then left to die, shoeless, in the middle of a winter night.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When we first moved to AZ most areas were 100% electric. Coming from the Midwest, I complained mightily about the electric stove. But it didn't take long to adapt and now I love no gas lines on our property. Try it - you'll like it.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I would love to see a talented artist recreate the four horsemen painting with the faces of Putin, Musk, orange guy and Netanyahu.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The fucking Gestapo is still running amok in Arizona.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 19/07/2026
when we said “bring back shame” this is exactly what we meant none of these assholes should be allowed to buy coffee in peace
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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Best reviewer around. But serious question- what do the crazies think "woke" means? I only see it used to refer to kindness, tolerance, justice, etc. You know- stuff in the Constitution and traditional Christian values. Is it really a compliment?
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Jenny Gray @jenny-gray.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The strength of conservation is measured not when it is easy, but when it is tested. Last week's changes to the U.S. Endangered Species Act regulations weaken protections that have helped recover some of America's most iconic wildlife. #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeConservation
Mother sea otter with whitish face holds a fluffy, brown newborn pup on her chest as she floats on her back against a background of blue ocean water. Her eyes and nose are black as she looks to the right.
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is great news. Since the crime syndicate masquerading as our DOJ is helping the dear leader's crony destroy our access to not just media but the free press, the states are stepping up to fight back. 👏
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JZS @jzsamm.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Mailing my AZ ballot today. Tough to choose who to replace the awful Schweikert with so much ugly campaigning. Attacking your primary opponents only helps the Nazis in the general. Galán-Woods has been the worst and this was the last straw. One self-serving Sinema was enough. wapo.st/4yiptZJ
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After wins by democratic socialists, centrist Democrats unite to push back
Thirteen Democratic House members and candidates announced their support for an initiative that commits them to centrist principles.
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