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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 3h
'The Heartaches of a French Cat' (1989) Barbara McClintock
anthropomorphic cat standing on a rooftop holding a suitcase against a background of  steeples, chimneys and billowing  smoke
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ateam @dreamcastforever.com · 09/10/2026
I wrote a post explaining exactly why the Dreamcast will prompt you for the date/time even with a healthy battery, which has puzzled many of us for years! It's not your battery: the Dreamcast's hidden 30-day clock check dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewto...
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 06/02/2026
'Brave New World' (1932)
people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026
the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
ms.now
Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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Unabridged Bookstore @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring." -Nelson Algren, Chicago: City on the Make #unabooksboardthoughts #nelsonalgren
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 01/10/2026
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
techcrunch.com
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
The California state bill would have penalized people who secretly recorded people in public with wearables equipped with cameras and microphones.
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Jeremy Kun @jeremykun.com · 29/09/2026
3rd circuit rules AI training on copyrighted material is NOT fair use. Wow! chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com
BREAKING News: Third Circuit affirms summary judgment rejection of fair use defense by ROSS Intelligence in AI training
Opinion under seal for now.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Hourly Garth Marenghi's Darkplace @hourlydarkplace.bagpuss.org · 28/09/2026
when all at once I saw a cloud, a host of gleaming daffodils."
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S01E06 The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth 4 March 2004
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PC-98 Bot @pc98bot.gang-fight.com · 28/09/2026
Puyo Puyo // Compile // PC-98
Puyo Puyo // Compile // PC-98
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Omelas already exists: no need to build it or choose it. We already live here –in the narrow, foul, dark prison we let our ignorance, fear, and hatred build for us and keep us in, here in the splendid, beautiful city of life...
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Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.” ~ Langston Hughes #RadioFreeAmerica #politics
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"The agency waived a Congressionally mandated 25% cap on foreign broadcast ownership to allow a trio of Middle East sovereign wealth funds, from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, to own 49.5% of the merged company."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“So the bottom line is Trump doesn’t do the show anymore.” “Yeah.” That time Dave Letterman said Trump stopped doing the show unless he apologized for calling Trump “racist” — and Dave wouldn’t do it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICYMI — Trump’s Department of Education clearly backed up Republican candidate Bo French’s blatantly racist tweet about the UT-Austin student body not being white enough, which even other Republicans condemned. When they show you who they are, believe them.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We have reached "maga influencers are talking up veggie burgers" level economic crisis
rawstory.com
MAGA pundit stuns with veggie burger pivot amid beef price surge: ‘Actually really good’’
Amid the unprecedented surge in U.S. beef prices, longtime MAGA commentator Bill Mitchell offered his more than 500,000 followers on X a diet suggestion, one that was swiftly met with mockery .“With r...
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026
This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE reason.com/2026/06/25/t...
reason.com
Texas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphlets
The case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This from a man who has asked his son to monitor his on-line porn consumption.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
SIGOURNEY WEAVER’s High School Yearbook - 1967 “Please, God, please, don’t let me be normal.”
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 17/09/2026
'Bladerunner 2049' (2017) dir: Denis Villeneuve 📽️
real cat watching Disney's 'The Aristocats' on teevee, Dutchess is saying "you look lonely"close up of cat in bisexual lighting with a bandage on its nose looking forelorn
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onion person @junlper.beer · 17/09/2026
went to my first (chicago) DSA meeting tonight, it was genuinely so great. join DSA, its worth it
act.dsausa.org
Join DSA. Become a member today.
Democratic socialists have an historic opportunity and responsibility to play a central role in continuing the political revolution for the long term. As a democratic, grassroots organization, DSA is ...
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
this seems bad. but don't worry! the head of the ADL is carefully monitoring the instagram comments of one B-list celebrity for derogratory references to another B-list celebrity
Jonathan Greenblatt tweet about Elizabeth Banks' instagram comments, for some reason
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CoachN @coachn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“One of the teens, Luis Ochoa, told the agent he was a US citizen and the ICE agent’s response was, ‘I don’t give a damn. Your parents can’t help you now.’”
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity. —"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
status.news
Bari’s ‘60’ Bust
Bari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.instagram.com/p/DdUoHPCpgG...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/09/2026
The Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act is a step in the right direction, and a clear sign that crypto special interests can’t simply buy their way to a legislative win. 🧵
nytimes.com
Senate Votes to Block Crypto Bill in Major Blow to the Industry
The landmark legislation, known as the Clarity Act, stalled in the Senate as Democrats raised concerns about President Trump’s personal investments in crypto.
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
what a spineless shitbag
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robert j bennett, ceo, results omega @robertjbennett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
His words:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/09/2026
look at how bored the people behind Vance are as he pushes rank homophobia and tells terrible jokes
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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani reveals that ‘Digimon’ is his favorite anime.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
underrated part of El-Sayed’s messaging strategy seems to be shaming journalists who ask dumb questions that play into right-wing frames. you can’t answer these in a way that satisfies them, but you can make it embarrassing enough that you impose a toll on asking.
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee sitting in DC, issues a preliminary injunction blocking the entire U.S. Postal Service mail ballot rule. Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (Key portions of the rule were blocked by Judge Talwani in federal court in Massachusetts.)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DSCC, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 26-cv-01114 (CJN)
LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN
CITIZENS, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 26-cv-01132 (CJN)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 26-cv-01151 (CJN)ORDER
For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that DSCC Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Preliminary Injunction,
ECF 163, is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART'; and it is further
ORDERED that LULAC Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, ECF
ECF 171, is GRANTED; and it is further
ORDERED that NAACP Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, ECF
172, is GRANTED; and it is further
ORDERED that the United States Postal Service is preliminarily enjoined from
implementing and enforcing the Final Rule it published on August 21, see Ballot Mail for Federal
Elections, 91 Fed. Reg. 54,966 (Aug. 26, 2026).
DATE: September 13, 2026
'ARL. NICHOL
United States District Judge
' The Court denies only the portion of the Motion that seeks to preliminarily enjoin Section 3 of the Executive Order.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A very good and rather sad account of feuding between giants of their time
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Remember, when Ds propose things like student loan forgiveness or anti-price gouging enforcement for groceries, news media shouts in unison "how are you going to do that??" When Trump makes a nakedly bullshit promise—after promising the same thing before & not doing it—they shrug & say "hey, maybe!"
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Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez @mvgutierrezmd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
COVID PSA: We now have PEP. Ensitrelvir (Xocova) can be taken after a known COVID exposure to reduce the risk of developing COVID. Preventing the infection in the first place also means preventing its potential downstream consequences, including Long COVID. #LongCOVID #COVID19
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thing is if you see this four-hour documentary, you’ll have spent more time with Elon Musk than most of his kids
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Hourly Garth Marenghi's Darkplace @hourlydarkplace.bagpuss.org · 11/09/2026
 trapped in his office by a desk  he could no longer trust.
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S01E02 Hell Hath Fury 5 February 2004
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Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It sure was nice of us to build this entire house as a frame for the daily sunbath of Ms. Molly
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh hey look, another Trump LIE everyone knew was a LIE is confirmed to be a LIE. (But not before he tried to destroy a man’s life over it 🤷🏼)
nytimes.com
Reflecting Pool Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Damage
The contractor said the pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
This man objected to my warning that apocalyptic "AI extinction" talk is corporate ploy for regulatory capture, marketing, and side stepping accountability. He said he left DeepMind, like the Anthropic "whistleblower." So lets have a brief history lesson about DeepMind's origins in doomer cults🧵
Alex Turner
@Turn_Trout
False

1. I literally quit my Google DeepMind job & lost >>$300k to call out harms regarding autonomous weapons... and extinction risk is still more important, which is why I'm speaking out + working to solve it

2. GDM does NOT want to stoke fears about extinction risks lol
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Videogame Beaches🏳️‍⚧️ @videogamebeach.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The Beach (Survival Kids-Stranded Kids, GBC, Konami, 1999)
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BURG: Slider Gaiden BEYOND @digijeg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
lol damn
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 11/09/2026
It’s 25 years later, and 9/11 survivors and victims’ families still seek accountability, with millions of records remaining classified. Our own government’s secrecy continues to obstruct justice and hide the full truth. Watch @laurenleharper.bsky.social explain:
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 10/09/2026
We’re expecting millions of participants at No Kings: Vote Early on October 17. This means hundreds of moving parts, anchor events, recruitment, supplies, and thousands of local events that can only come together with a lot of grassroots support.
NO KINGS
NO THRONES. NO CROWNS.
VOTE EARLY
OCTOBER 17
NOKINGS.ORG
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION This is *very* important where there's been obvious voter suppression, but also generally a good idea. Check that you're *ACTUALLY* registered here ⬇️ & then check again every 1-2 weeks. Pls ask others to do the same! (Not registered?➡️ www.nass.org/can-i-vote/r...)
nass.org
Voter Registration Status | NASS
Not sure if you're already registered, or need to update your information? Select your state in the drop down menu to check.
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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
@lizdye.bsky.social is very good at making simple things simple, where others try to make them complex. She is also very good at being funny & mean to people who deserve it. 10/10. No notes.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Remember when John Kerry got swiftboated for his ACTUAL Silver Star, Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts?
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