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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 3h

This incredible woman, may she rest in peace and rise in power, is a QUEEN and was recently given her long overdue flowers by UA. May we take her bravery and use it to inspire us in the never-ending fight against hatred and racism here.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 3h

I think Trump actually believes that "vegan" just means someone whose diet includes literally any vegetables other than the shredded iceberg on a Big Mac

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ACLU @aclu.org · 3h

Andry Hernández Romero sought asylum in the U.S. after being persecuted for being LGBTQ in Venezuela. A few months later, he and over 100 other men were illegally sent to El Salvador’s CECOT prison. We’re in court fighting for everyone sent there to get due process.

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Trump Administration Officials Face Possible Criminal Contempt Charges

ACLU argued today that the Trump administration must be held accountable for defying a judge’s orders not to send 100 Venezuelan men to CECOT.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11h

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Scout Tafoya @honorszombie.bsky.social · 3h

NO. WHAT!? How could this be!!!??

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Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: In Nebraska rally, Trump just suggested he would be unbothered to see Iran "take out" LA or San Diego: “They could take out a city,” he said. “Let them take—Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. That’s—this is a very small price to pay."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "You need to be a student at the top of your class at MIT to turn on a lawnmower nowadays, you know? But I got rid of all that stuff. Now you can have a lawnmower."

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h

"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone.

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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 19h

Very much looking forward to Miles Ogborn @milesogborn.bsky.social talking about the Jamaican uprising of 1832 this Wed. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social All welcome, either in person or online, but please register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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British History in the Long 18th Century

Supported by Mark Storey and Carey Karmel, in memory of Arthur Burns

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 6h

I have never seen someone excel at getting money for doing absolutely nothing like David Zaslav.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6h

I'll end with gratitude...Gratitude for the team at Darkness Rising, for Yolo and BEAM who continue to devote resources and support, and to all of the donors who have made the good work possible. I want REBUILD to continue to do its life-saving work. www.mightycause.com/story/Rebuil...

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Support REBUILD 2025: Free Therapy on Mightycause

REBUILD provides FREE therapy for justice-involved and formerly incarcerated people of color.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6h

Yolo answered my email and connected me with Darkness Rising. In 2022, REBUILD kicked off. I would love this program to head into its 6th year & become so much more expansive than I ever envisioned. It needs funding to continue: www.mightycause.com/story/Rebuil...

Informational flyer for Darkness RISING REBUILD, detailing therapy services for justice-involved people of color, program benefits, contact info, and impact stats, with green and yellow accents and a woman giving a thumbs up.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 6h

You think you know what you are about to read...

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 7h

Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 6h

Donald Trump has used taxpayer money to fund a series of ads touting himself and attacking Democrats. trib.al/wDEY3xn

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JD Vance Says Trump’s Weird Midterm Ads Are “Not Partisan”

Donald Trump has used taxpayer money to fund a series of ads touting himself and attacking Democrats.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 6h

The Regime snatched $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation in 2026, which they plan to use “to invest in agency priorities that are aligned with broader administration initiatives.” In other words, to force a political agenda through by repurposing funds for bullshit like chemtrails.

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THE WEEK OF OCT 5, 2026

- NSF leaves $1 bil unspent - AI bills pile up ahead of midterms - Second judge blocks H-1B fee

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 7h

Found the perfect screengrab to use the next time someone tries to tell me I’m missing out on important discourse by not using Elon Musk’s mircoblog site

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 6h

Hope America gets to test that theory real soon.

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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 6h

F*ck you, Donald Trump.

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Mike Cameron @mikercameron.bsky.social · 6h

“Another lying, sleazy Tory fantasist dead” would surely be a more apt headline. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Jeffrey Archer obituary

Politician and best-selling author whose career was mired in scandal and disgrace.

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Nicholas Pegg @nicholaspegg.bsky.social · 6h

In 1990, a decade before Jeffrey Archer’s conviction and imprisonment for perjury and perverting the course of justice during his 1987 libel action against the tabloids, The Beloved’s Jon Marsh spoke for a nation with his choice of hand gesture while name-checking Archer in the video for ‘Hello’.

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The Beloved - Hello (Official Video)

YouTube video by TheBelovedVEVO

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Trevor Parsons @dartmouthcommon.bsky.social · 6h

Finally, the bad guys are starting to die off. First Hastert & now Archer. Who’s next?

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 8h

here is coverage from 2023 that broadly details annie altman's allegations/is where i first learned of them

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Sam Altman Is the Oppenheimer of Our Age

He insists the artificial intelligence he is creating could destroy civilization even as he hastens its advancement. Do we know enough about him?

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 8h

it is interesting that I can't find any mainstream media coverage of Altman's sister Annie going viral on social media over the weekend for uploading footage of the first hour of her deposition in her lawsuit against him (one of two) in which she is alleging years of CSA

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Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman

Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 9h

this is concerning enough that I'm going to ask about this or similar policies/practices before agreeing to speak to ANY journalist on or off the record. if you can't promise me in writing that this isn't happening, that's the end of the conversation.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 7h

There is 'no money' because everything has been privatised and all the money now goes to billionaires and trillion dollar corporations that don't pay any tax. There ends today's lesson on the obvious.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 7h

Touchscreens are cheap but look futuristic, car makers were hoping you didn't notice but you did and that's awesome. Fixing a problem that didn't exist because you're a cheap ass mf is gonna be real expensive for a lot of folks.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 7h

The shift appears to indicate that the Republicans’ leader has become the party’s biggest liability. trib.al/k59U0bk

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the moon report 🌗 @seachanger.bsky.social · 7h

everyone is sick, everyone has a cold. the wastewater shows a covid wave but we absolutely refuse to talk about it

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 7h

Begging people to understand this.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 03/10/2026

"Should we tell girls and women to avoid frat parties, dark streets, and public places? Should we stop shaming victims? These are all important ideas to explore in a country where a guy like Max Miller feels entitled to run for office and is endorsed by Trump." buff.ly/K3eqEvg

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How Could Such a Thing Still Happen in a Country with a Frat Boy Supreme Court Justice?

“I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thou...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 7h

evil

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here's yet another way that men sabotage women's careers: enable networking events that are threatening, abusive, potentially catastrophically violent for women, and so women leave early. How convenient for men. Remember this when you compare career trajectories.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 8h

• What can I do to safeguard my vote? • What are my rights if I face election interference? • What if bad actors try to disrupt the election? Our experts answered your most pressing questions about the midterms.

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Your 2026 Midterm Voting Questions Answered

Is voting by mail still safe? Can the president cancel an election? ACLU experts answer your questions about voting in the 2026 midterms.

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 10h

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11h

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 16h

The occult is a deep river. It flows below our obvious culture, sometimes surfacing to delight people who like a little understanding or think they can sell it to others. The truth is it flows regardless of those looking at it from the surface. It's an unstoppable current. – #DICallaghan

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Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

1929 - Bessie Smith - St Louis Blues A standalone performance on set with a story and a cast built around the song, is this the first music video? Cant think of anything with a better claim to the title. Even if you don't think so, what a performance!

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 04/10/2026

The Cornell report on the Future of the American University is a disaster, mainstreaming and endorsing profoundly reactionary right-wing diagnoses of higher education that have no business in a serious report on what higher ed is or should become.

Compare, for example, the Progressive Policy Institute’s report on The Distortion of American Studies
with a similar study of American political science from the Goldwater Institute: Richard D. Kahlenberg
and Lief Lin, “The Distortion of American Studies: How the Field’s Leading Journal Has Embraced a
Worldview as Slanted as Donald Trump’s,” Progressive Policy Institute, January 22, 2026,
https://www.progressivepolicy.org/the-distortion-of-american-studies; Timothy K. Minella, “Peer Review
Gone Wild: Flagship Political Science Journal Shows How Academic Gatekeepers Promote Ideology Over
Scholarship,” Goldwater Institute, December 2, 2025, https://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/policy-
report/peer-review-gone-wild/.

12 Jenna Silber Storey and Benjamin Storey, “Five Reasons Viewpoint Diversity Makes Academic Sense,”
American Enterprise Institute, January 26, 2026, https://cfau.aei.org/five-reasons-viewpoint-diversity-
makes-academic-sense.
13 Richard D. Kahlenberg and Lief Lin, “The Distortion of American Studies: How the Field’s Leading
Journal Has Embraced a Worldview as Slanted as Donald Trump’s,” Progressive Policy Institute, January
22, 2026, https://www.progressivepolicy.org/the-distortion-of-american-studies

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 10h

most downloaded episodes of the podcast so far in 2026 5. @nicholasemitchell.bsky.social on why centrist attempts to meet the modern right halfway always fall flat www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/bigotry

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You cannot compromise with bigotry - Nicholas Mitchell

What is bigotry, how should we think about it, and why a strategy of appeasement will never work.

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 10h

The UCLA Faculty Senate Legislative reps forced an emergency meeting, through procedural means, of that body after the unprecedented chancellorial decree ending early childcare on our campus without consultation with any campus parents or others. This is in the wake of a child SA scandal.

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Save Childcare at UCLA—Why UCLA Childcare is Essential for Me, My Family, Our Community, and Our University Mission

Made with Padlet

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 10h

Great Gotham City villain arc.

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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 10h

This is the sort of development that might actually justify the two trains per hour, all say, every day that Knockholt has (and which no one uses except in the morning and evening peaks...), it'd be eminently walkable to and from said station. And yet...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org

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Shamsa @shamsa.bsky.social · 10h

I'm old enough to remember when this shit used to be called spyware and we paid money for an antivirus to keep out of our devices

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