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If you have a dog or cat in your profile picture, or the picture of an ancient ghost or other spirit, I might follow you. How do you explain the blue sky in your dreams?

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 07/10/2026
The authors of California’s proposed tax on billionaires have estimated that it would fall on as few as 200 people and would generate $100 billion in revenue for the state. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Battle to Pass a Billionaire Tax
Most Democratic voters say that they favor a wealth tax, but a California ballot initiative has plenty of liberal opponents.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 09/10/2026
“All Americans should probably watch this film like their life depends on it.” Sheelah Kolhatkar reviews the new Elon Musk documentary. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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In “Musk,” Alex Gibney Punctures Elon’s Self-Mythology
“To make this film, I set out to solve a mystery,” Gibney says in the documentary. “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?”
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons buff.ly/YJ1mAiP
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ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons
OpenAI's chatbot isn't just imitating the magazine's style. It's also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists.
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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I used to love computers. They were the main thing I loved. But they used to represent something other than funneling $$$ to $$$ people who already have tons of $$$.
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Mark Somers @marksomers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/09/2026
The new wild cat species is about the size of a domestic kitten and lives in Bolivia.
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New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is smaller than a house cat, slender and spotted. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Oh sure .. Give us your power grids Once again America No Regulations Vote accordingly America This gets uglier by the day BTW Nobody wants a DATA CENTER
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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
PSA: Election officials in California, Oregon, Washington and elsewhere are telling voters if you can, return your ballot through an official ballot drop box rather than trusting it to the mail.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day! “The upper class keeps all the money and pays no taxes. The middle class pays all the taxes and does all the work. The poor are just there to scare the shit out of the middle class.” - George Carlin
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It’s a popular revolt against the tech oligarchs, not about data centers per se. Yes, streaming sites also use data centers. Yes, data centers don’t actually use up a lot of drinking water. Accuracy is good for its own sake. But still, right or wrong about data centers themselves isn’t the point.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 28/03/2026
We need to know how much energy data centers use – and if YOU are subsidizing the costs of Big Tech companies. Making this data public is the bare minimum.
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Dr Oddman - #AntiFa @droddman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
So, we can build Data Centers, but not Battery Storage centers? And solar, wind to power them..
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Forbes @forbes.com · 19/05/2026
New Evidence Data Centers May Cause Hotter Weather
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Data Centers May Cause Hotter Weather, New Study Suggests
Is waste heat from data centers affecting the weather? A new study says they are making their local environment hotter.
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Rep. Ro Khanna @khanna.house.gov · 06/08/2026
Today, I'm introducing the first-ever Data Center Bill of Rights. Communities deserve the right to reject data centers, protect their water, keep electricity bills down, and prevent states from shoving data centers down their throats.
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Lewis @lewishardy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Data centers are harming every environment they are placed in.
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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Data Centers are being built in secret. 🤐
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Old Hippie On Line Activist 🦋 @teresalynnkocsis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I gotta agree. Those daamn data centers are not worth a single tree, a drop of fresh clean water, an animals home or the land they occupy. FUCK THE DATA CENTERS..
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I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
SUPPORT THESE DATA CENTERS
SCHOOLS LIBRARIES BOOKSTORES
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BlueElayne 🦢🫘🦢 @elayneoforegon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Data centers are harming every environment they are placed in.
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voteinthemidterms.bsky.social @voteinthemidterms.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
DATA CENTERS = BAD
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Mamabird @jaybirdnest.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Humans need water for survival NOT data centers!
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Susan @suziqleathers.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Fck Data Centers!!
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 10/01/2026
Shocker www.zdnet.com/article/ai-p...
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AI PCs aren't selling, and Microsoft's PC partners are scrambling
Microsoft has gone all-in with its plans to turn the Windows PC into an AI-powered 'agentic OS.' But at least one PC maker says consumers aren't buying the Copilot hype.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 04/11/2025
The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Michael Burry Returns With Two Big Shorts: Palantir and Nvidia
Signs of an AI bubble abound: Stock valuations have become uncomfortably rich, AI-related debt is ballooning, and a sustainable financial model for the technology has largely yet to emerge. Now Michae...
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 26/05/2026
Maybe I’m just a reactionary Luddite refusing to embrace the glorious clanker future but I think Walmart should be prosecuted for fraud.
an ad on walmart.com for a hosta plant with an AI generated photo of an entirely imaginary plant with multicolored neon leavesan ad on walmart.com for a hosta plant with an AI generated photo of an entirely imaginary plant with peacock feather leavesan ad on walmart.com for a hosta plant with an AI generated photo of an entirely imaginary plant with American flag leavesan ad on walmart.com for a hosta plant with an AI generated photo of an entirely imaginary plant with neon colored leaves
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Sometimes I feel close-minded or uncharitable for being so anti-AI, and then something like this happens and I'm like, "Nope, it's the absolutely right thing to do"
Series of Bluesky posts that point to the duplicity of an account "run" by so-called agentic AI
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CNN @cnn.com · 02/09/2026
New York City is banning the use of generative artificial intelligence for public school students from 2K through 8th grade, part of a larger move to restrict classroom technology in the nation’s largest school district. cnn.it/4iGlH79
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Kris Gates @krismgates.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Each day in late summer 2026 I see food safety recalls. Mangoes, tofu, beef, eggs, berries. It’s not just the threat of illness, it’s the threat of huge financial hits. How many Americans are facing hospital bills as a result of our government failing in one of its most basic functions: food safety?
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Trump wants to give part of Yosemite to a developer Yosemite, the crown jewel of the nation’s park system, should be off limits to development.
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Trump Live Updates: Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Illegal, Judge Rules
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is set up for laughs, but it’s actually one of the best demonstrations I’ve seen of how being capable of producing convincing sounding language and understanding meaning are two completely different things. A chatbot does not understand you, it just has automated responses based on your words.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ted didn’t notice the name of the account who posted this Dolly clip he retweeted until it was much too late. He finally deleted it after he was made aware.
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Dave, admirer of squirrels @quercusmax.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Reminds me of what Michael Caine said about Jaws: The Revenge: "I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific."
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Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New: Covid-19 Cases Surge—Here’s What’s Different This Summer That Will Help via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/judyst... #Ensitrelvir #Metformin #Paxlovid #azelastine #bluewashing #SwissCheeseModel
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Covid-19 Cases Surge—Here’s What’s Different This Summer That Will Help
As Covid again increases, these will help you weather or prevent infection: vaccines, masks, Paxlovid, metformin, azelastine, some antihistamines, and Ensitrelvir.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 25/08/2026
Highlighting little stuff like this just makes everyone feel better.
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David Cochrane @davidwcochrane.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
21 days before the 25th anniversary of September 11th, the United States imposes 50% tariffs on the country that gave its citizens refuge during the worst terrorist attack in US history.
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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
trying to add "no bilingual packaging" to a trade deal with Canada at the 11th hour is hilarious, it's like trying to add "and ban handguns" to the US side of the agreement
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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
ALSO because nobody is gonna write this story, I’m gonna at least mention it: The cows are not in Imperial but in the San Joaquin Valley drawing on groundwater under basin plans already forcing pumping reductions on about the same timeline.
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 19/08/2026
@susanseager.bsky.social posted asking us to ban the term "hallucinate" for AI. She said in part, “The term 'hallucinate' is an inaccurate, industry-friendly term that should be banned when reporting news about AI fabrications.”
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 18/08/2026
I'm listening, I'm learning. Safety first, NYC.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18/08/2026
Fun monologue about her move to Ireland:
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Glenn A. Bruce @glennardenbruce.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
More lying per the usual. In this case, grifting credit for things done by others.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 06/08/2026
Mark Ruffalo said he drives a Kia EV. He likes it more than Tesla's products. "I mean… they are not well made cars," the actor (who was, at some point, a Tesla Model S owner) wrote on X. bit.ly/4q0aIal
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Mark Ruffalo says his Kia is 'hands down a better car' than a Tesla: 'Feels luxury'
The actor and longtime environmental activist criticized Tesla's build quality while praising Kia's EV.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
At astonishing speed, our rights are being cancelled, worldwide. In the UK, the prosecution of Rajiv Menon KC is the latest example of blatant authoritarianism. Why? Because this is what billionaires and corporations demand. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again | George Monbiot
The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I think it also revealed just how quickly a bunch of otherwise very hard problems can be to solve with global collective action. The fuckin Ganga was running clear water for the only time in my lifetime because for 2 weeks nobody threw garbage in it. The canals in Venice had fish.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
they used to make art
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Braden Serkas 🎃 @portmanteauface.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Petition to rename trump’s new Qatari jet the “lying fortress”
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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