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Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'll never understand how "a lot of mostly/potentially/probably incorrect metadata is better for digital discovery than accurate but sparse metadata" became a popular idea than "we will put things online more slowly, but we will do it with accuracy"
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
this is exactly my opinion. there may be a superstrate of extremely difficult and unique safety problems around AI, but the substrate is simply that no one takes basic precautions seriously becasue they imagine (or pretend to imaigne) that it is futile, and basic precautions slow down launches.
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Noah Caldwell-Gervais @noahgervais.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Aside from a small list of minor edits, I finished my horror novel today. Its later than I hoped and years after when I thought I would be done, but it seems like I'm at the very least going to be done with the ebook version in time for spooky season. I'll be sharing more as I get closer to release.
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dr. hazel 🕸️🕷️ @hazelmonforton.com · 03/10/2026
I'm flattered to be mentioned alongside so many fantastic game writers! Everyone go and play Fallen London to experience these stories and so much more. @failbettergames.com
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Fallen London is where the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Dishonored and Stellaris come to let their hair down
These interactive short stories are too bold and surprising to stay secret.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Data centers on the gubernatorial ballot in Ohio. Acton against, Ramaswamy for (and personally invested in). www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
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Ramaswamy is in bed with data center owners. He'll get richer at your expense | Amy Acton
Amy Acton: Vivek Ramaswamy is bought and paid for by data center owners. He'll never get everyday Ohioans like I do.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tom Homan: “I think September is going to be the highest deportations of any month in the history of ICE. We are removing and arresting more people right now than we ever have in the history of this nation. Wait until you see what we do next year.” ABOLISH ICE. www.thebulwark.com/p/doral-flor...
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Trump Turned His Beloved Golf Hub Into a Ghost Town
In Doral, there are empty tables, shuttered businesses, and families struggling to survive after their loved ones have been thrown in detention.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This seems like market failure. A product that everyone hates and wishes would disappear but that continues to dominate our lives???
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 03/10/2026
One man at a Jefferson County commission meeting this month said money budgeted for a now-ended contract with Flock should instead go to hiring another sheriff’s deputy. “That’s where we should have our money going. Actual humans solving actual crimes.”
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A Rural Florida County Quietly Built a Flock Camera Network. Now It's Dismantling It. - Bolts
The local sheriff ended his county’s Flock partnership, just hours after Governor Ron DeSantis ditched the technology. They’re part of a growing group of GOP leaders turning against Flock.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 03/10/2026
I also really think Dems need to air ads pointing out that Trump never sent anyone a Doge check or a tariff check. Because everyone wants five grand. It’s insulting and illegal but I bet you it works on a lot of people. Remind them that his promises are worthless.
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Michael Tracey published what he said was the ID of the "Jane Doe" in the Cornell case. Then he took it down, claiming he just wanted to make a point and didn't want to see harm to the person he named. What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records.
An archived copy of Michael Tracey's original Substack post includes a screenshot from "eCourt Records" and the commentary: "It's [name redacted]. Don't blame me -- the New York Court System just posted it. Seemingly inadvertently. Oh well."Screenshot of Michael Tracey's post on Substack titled "Note on Jane Doe." It reads: "After identifying Jane Doe earlier tonight, I have now removed the information I published. Why? Because the principle has been served: to underscore that permanently anonymizing litigants who make sensational, spectacular, reputation-destroying claims about others — so long as they can self-declare some form of victimization — cannot be countenanced.

It’s destructive, and an egregious abuse of the legal system by huckster plaintiff’s lawyers. This practice has to end. Lawyers who seek to monetize this sleazy tactic should have to think A LOT HARDER about the claims they’re willing to throw out into the public domain, using impressionable clients who may not even know what they’re getting themselves into.

So why have I now removed her information?

Because I don’t believe she’s the main “villain” here. I primarily blame the bottom-feeding, media-manipulating, sleazebag lawyers who’ve made a whole cash-grab industry out of this racket.

Thomas Giuffra in particular has a lot to answer for. He’s the central reason for the current debacle.

Given the intense nationwide and global interest in this case, I don’t want to bring any further negative attention to this woman. I don’t believe she ought to be punished or subjected to any retribution or humiliation. I believe a RATIONAL solution is necessary here. Not more character assassination — of her, the seven young men, or anyone else. Truly, that is my genuine view."
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 02/10/2026
Will is 100% right. Has happened to multiple clients of mine. One judge (not my case) has said that this isn't really release and ordered the person *actually* released. But it's forcing us habeas attorneys to win our cases twice (or more)
On September 9, 2026, Respondents permitted Pablo F. to exit the building where 
he was detained, but he was immediately swarmed by four ICE officers and handcuffed as 
soon as he stepped outside. (Doc. No. 25-3 at 4:48:45–4:49:26.)3
 The officers drove him
to the back of the Whipple building and returned him to a holding cell. (Doc. No. 21 ¶¶ 8–
9; Doc. No. 25 ¶ 5.) During this encounter, officers dislocated Pablo F.’s shoulder. (Doc. 
No. 21 ¶ 7.)4
 Pablo F. now bringsthis Motion seeking to enforce the Court’s Order granting 
the Petition.Again, Respondents make no attempt whatsoever to support their assertion that 
Pablo F. was released. Absent any such argument, the Court cannot agree that a reasonable 
person would have felt free to leave when exiting the detention facility and immediately 
being stopped by ICE officers. Likewise, absent some argument, the Court necessarily 
concludes that Pablo F. was subject to restraints not shared by the public generally when 
he took one step outside of the detention facility and was immediately stopped by ICE 
officers who forcibly returned him to a detention cell. Because Respondents do not make 
any legal argument that Pablo F. was ever meaningfully released from custody, the Court 
grants the motion and orders Pablo F.’s release.6
6 To be clear, Pablo F. is not arguing, and the Court is not concluding, that an order of 
release in a habeas matter renders unlawful any future arrests. Rather, the Court reaches 
the narrow conclusion that because Respondents advance no legal argument in this case to 
support their assertion that Pablo F. was released from custody, and because the 
uncontested facts show that ICE officers immediately swarmed Pablo F. as soon as he 
stepped out of the building, Pablo F. was not released from custody.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🔎 From the archive: Was Peter Thiel’s controversial data firm – which holds contracts with the UK’s NHS and Ministry of Defence – targeting democratic dissent as well as illegal immigration? WIRED confirms ICE stored information about protestors in a Palantir-built database #PalantirSpyTech
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‘Domestic Terrorism’: ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent
Peter Thiel’s controversial data firm – which holds contracts with the UK’s NHS and Ministry of Defence – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to conduct mass deportation. Are its tools now targeting democratic dissent as well as illegal immigration?
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 03/10/2026
An Alaska lawmaker argued at a hearing in July that allowing unlimited campaign spending “not only grants undue influence to the ultrawealthy, but it also exposes our elected officials to the risk and perception of quid pro quo corruption.”
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After Years of Runaway Spending, Alaskans Vote to Reinstate Cap on Campaign Donations - Bolts
The success of Measure 1 brings back campaign contribution limits after a court ruling ended them. But the reform can
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 03/10/2026
The Florida Tribune reports on the wrongful arrests police in Florida have made after using an AI facial recognition tool:
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How AI-powered bungling by Florida cops cost a father his freedom and $45,000
The Florida Trib’s investigation shows how a justice system meant to promote public safety instead failed an innocent person at nearly every step of the process.
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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Occam’s razor: he is a Nazi.
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It takes a lot to make Jacob Rees-Mogg the voice of (relative) sanity (and not by a small margin in this case). But by gawd Tucker Carlson is up to the task. Dude's gonna be crazier than Ye ever was soon, and without the excuse of literal manic psychosis.
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/10/2026
Listen: I don’t want to minimize the danger of high e-bike speeds. But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?
cbc.ca
Hidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC News
A new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young...
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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey guys! I'm Burke, he's Hare, and before we get into today's unboxing video, we just wanna talk a little about today's sponsor, Surfshark
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Its obvs fine for her to decide she is not English *herself* She seems v contradictory & confused on her argument about Sunak, Patel, Rashford, Ed Miliband, Ian Wright, etc Mostly, they can't be English. [But occasionally, it is up to them if they think they are]
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Braverman says it can't be a racist argument to say black people can't be Englieh as she can't be racist against herself She also says "people can call themselves what they want" [her argument was they can't really without er disrespecting the English] bsky.app/profile/impl...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How many generations must pass before one can claim to be English? Five? Six? It is a question without an easy answer” to "I am not the one saying it has to be five generations or four generations" seems to be her softening towards "an ancestry which dates back a few generations to this country"
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A fellow I know uses an AI program to quickly create portraits for the NPCs in his table-top RPG from short descriptions - that's functional art, an image as a *tool* rather than an expression (the descriptions and what the NPCs say and do, however, is expressive and he won't let the AI do that).
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
i've never played minecraft but my hunch is that the frustrations of terraforming and city planning with a playstation controller are not unlike trying to go 10-7 with kenny pickett
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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the self promotion in the wake of awful news is out of control rn
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Meta found a way to turn massive data centers into “pilot models” and cash in on a 1980s tax credit. The result? Meta avoided nearly $4 billion in taxes last year alone. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think the PM getting public to consider the pros + cons of all potential options from late 2026 for the next 12-18 months is a much better approach than "the only option he should consider is EU membership" (including for those who would aim for that destination of membership within 5-10 years)
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14/09/2026
Free newsletter: The idea that we're nearing the creation of AI systems that we can't control and that pose an existential threat to humanity is a lie and a distraction from the tangible harms and problems caused by LLMs and AI labs' near-unlimited resources. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-alread...
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https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-already-in-dangerous-hands/
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Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018...
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Trump fought against fitting of sprinklers in apartment where man died
Property mogul spoke against retrofitting of sprinklers in Trump Tower as unnecessary and expensive
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Flora 🏺 Ancient History Art @flaroh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It is a nighttime scene in the House of the Faun room at the National Archaeology Museum in Naples. The eponymous faun/satyr is in the foreground, observed by a ghostly Roman lady who looks mournfully at her former possessions. This photo I took of the faun statue was the inspo behind this piece!
Art by flaroh illustration My photo of the faun statue
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just when you think you couldn’t love David Byrne more he goes to the Hollywood Bowl playing "Life During Wartime" projecting ICE raids 🔥
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Our work with @calmatters.org and @evidentmedia.org for Topical Reporting: Immigration - Agents of Chaos: Border Patrol’s year of unchecked force awards.journalists.org/entries/agen...
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Agents of Chaos: Border Patrol’s year of unchecked force - Online Journalism Awards
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
On the topic of climate change communication, I wrote a piece for our newsletter on how most of it sucks because scientists and advocates confuse freaking people out with productive activity. www.muledesign.com/blog/stop-ra...
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Stop Raising Awareness — Mule Design
Raising awareness might be the worst thing you can do
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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
His charges, btw, were for things like “hacking and emptying ordinary people’s bank accounts,” not “tee hee uwu stealing an ad.” Blows my mind how folks online are willing to run PR for cybercriminals.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/08/2026
So sure, USAID was a tool of US soft power and political influence, and also, I sometimes get the sense that people saying this don’t quite comprehend the torrent of death, horror, and pain that is currently unfolding from the genuinely evil decision to suddenly destroy it.
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
of course it would be better to get up very early to work, rather than stay up very late to work, because it is better to be knackered by the end of the day and go to bed early, than to be exhausted when you first wake up because you didn't sleep. ah! well. nevertheless.
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Gordon Pennycook @gordpennycook.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is an interesting demonstration of how one piece of information repeated by numerous sources can (incorrectly) feel like several pieces of evidence from independent sources
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Nothing to see here, just Milo last year saying he contacted "some friends in senior positions at ICE" to go after the Menswear Guy in an effort to get him deported for mocking JD Vance. "Enjoy Vietnam little buddy."
 let some friends in senior positions at ICE know about this too. Living quietly in fear is one thing. Brazenly waving your status in people’s faces as if you’re beyond the law is quite another. Enjoy Vietnam little buddy.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We're launching a funding drive on Bellingcat today. It's a tough funding environment at the moment with global funder cuts & the fear of Trump scaring off donors, so support us here www.bellingcat.com/donate/?utm_... A short video about what your donations will fund www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vzb...
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What Happens When You Fund Bellingcat ...
YouTube video by Bellingcat
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"The largest planned AI datacenter in New Jersey is being accused of violating federal law after a visual investigation found the site running dozens of unpermitted gas-powered generators."
theguardian.com
One of east coast’s largest datacenters accused of ‘violating federal law’
Thermal drone footage shows a Microsoft-backed AI datacenter powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators
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Floodlight @floodlightnews.org · 27/08/2026
NEW: Thermal drone footage shows the Microsoft-backed DataOne AI data center in Vineland, NJ is running dozens of gas generators. None of them have permits. A Floodlight visual investigation with @us.theguardian.com:
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One of East Coast’s largest data centers accused of ‘violating federal law’
Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Working on a piece for the newsletter, this is a data point - smart people keep shrugging and saying “communities don’t like data centers because of ‘vibes’” etc when it’s really that people are in fact smart enough to know they are bad faith neighbors. It is *entirely rational* not to trust them.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The thing that strikes me with AI and the data centers is that I think the public response would be a lot more positive if it didn't feel to many people like the technology was being forced on them - injected without asking into their apps and via new data centers, into their communities.
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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
inspired by @davelevitan.bsky.social and @astrokatie.com, I looked back at how the mid-aughts headlines promising Mars colonization by 2020-something have aged over the years, and what lessons we might take from this defector.com/lets-remembe...
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Let's Remember Some Publications That Said We Would Get To Mars By 2026 | Defector
Good science journalism is by its nature suspicious of grand or outlandish claims. Good science journalism does not take press releases at face value, but rather investigates the evidence behind those...
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
EU bodies
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/08/2026
“We had this whole exciting game all planned out for you, and you assholes had to go and fuck it up.” — Aaron Garbut, lead game designer
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Fed-Up Rockstar Cancels ‘GTA VI’
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND—Shelving the game indefinitely after major spoilers about the plot leaked online, fed-up developers at Rockstar Games announced Thursday that the company was canceling Grand Theft ...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/08/2026
Lawyers Say Andrew Tate Rented Brother To Appear Loved Online
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Lawyers Say Andrew Tate Rented Brother To Appear Loved Online
MIAMI—Saying the manosphere influencer vastly exaggerated aspects of his life in order to fabricate a social media persona, lawyers for Andrew Tate disclosed Thursday that he rented a brother to appea...
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Erin @fujoshi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
There are a bunch of worrying unstated intellectual assumptions you encounter in that milieu and “general intelligence matters more than domain knowledge for humans” is one of the worse ones
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour.
A network graph visualization on a dark background showing connections between various accounts. The central, highly connected node is labeled "J.K. Rowling," with lines radiating out to many other nodes color-coded by region (UK, US, etc.). A detail panel on the right displays stats for her account, including her role as "Author & commentator," an in-degree of 153, an out-degree of 84, and 14 million followers.A scatter plot graph on a dark background comparing accounts based on "followers (log)" on the x-axis and "in-degree" on the y-axis. The data points are color-coded by region. J.K. Rowling is highlighted as a major outlier in the top right corner, possessing the highest number of followers and the highest in-degree. Other labeled points lower on the graph include various politicians, individuals, and campaign organizations.
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