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@katynicoud.bsky.social
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justice, abolition, reparations Working for the kids at @hilltopartists.bsky.social Sylvie Fleury, ''Moisturizing Is the Answer'', 1996, neon installation wearttacoma.com

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 03/10/2026
Atleast 355 Native American and Indigenous candidates ran or are running for office in 2026. That’s a new record! Representation matters. 🪶 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
washingtonpost.com
A record number of Native Americans are running in the 2026 midterms
At least 355 Native American and Indigenous candidates ran or are running in local, state and federal primary and general elections this year — a record number.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14h
For the transit nerds out there!
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Meanwhile, in Children-Are-Private-Property country....
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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 15h
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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Katy @katynicoud.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Impressed by the 253 exhibition at #TacomaPublicLibrary. So many incredible art works and artists who are new to me, and happy to see the cool @hilltopartists.bsky.social Pizza sculpture collab with Eriko Kobayashi Happy #TacomaArtsMonth, all!
Four different artworks from the 253 Exhibition on display at the Tacoma Public Library, with a "Hilltop" pizza sculpture in the foreground. This sculpture is a collaboration between the youth arts organization Hilltop Artists and artist Eriko Kobayashi.
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Katy @katynicoud.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The show needed a shit brother, all the other characters were so excellent!
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Katy @katynicoud.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hahahaha, it's too true!
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Sam Winchester Samwinchesterina
Alt: Sam Winchester nods with pursed lips
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Courtney E. Smith @thecourtneyesmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is truly wild.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing
Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Their problem is (1) whoops, people don't like cartels and (2) if they get a statutory antitrust exemption, the current occupant of the white house loses his leverage and they won't want to bribe him any more.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On October 7, come to the secret debrief on the Southern Reach at White Oak Books-- and get a free copy of my new collab with Theo Ellsworth, the Owls comic. For charity. Tickets here: whiteoakbooks.net/event/2026-1...
NYT Bestseller
JEFF VANDERMEER

Special “Behind the Scenes” Event:
--Debuts Owls comics collab w/ Theo Ellsworth (for charity)
--Annihilation movie secrets
--Area X art book preview
--Exclusive reading from Abdication, forthcoming Southern Reach novel

Tickets in-store or online.
https://whiteoakbooks.net/event/2026-10-07/author-event-jeff-vandermeer-offsite

WHERE / WHEN:
WHITE OAK BOOKS
Vancouver, Washington
6:30pm, Wed, October 7
Clark College Foster Auditorium (within Foster Hall)

“The King of the Weird Fiction” (the New Yorker) offers an exclusive visual and spoken word tour of new projects.

Photo copyright by Alicia J. Rose
Area X coffee table book

Alicia J. Rose White Oak Books
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Musk, Zuckerberg, Pichai, Amodei, Brockman and Huang signed Trump’s "AI accord" requiring outside oversight. Three helped write the "self-regulation" rules and are building the body that would set standards for and certify the auditors policing them.
yacnews.com
The Real AI Threat Isn’t the Machines. It’s Money, Power and Impunity.
Six tech oligarchs signed Trump’s voluntary AI safety accord. Their companies hold billions in federal contracts. The conflict of interest is explicit: three helped design the rules meant to police th...
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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
they COULD design their app to make it actually serve the customer, with an easy “reorder” button that would duplicate the order exactly without error it would be: 1. utterly reliable 2. faster 3. cheaper so much “ai” is a sloppy patch for learned helplessness at the corporate level
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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Tim Robinson: Oh My God, He Admit It!
ALT: Tim Robinson: Oh My God, He Admit It!
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ahem
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here’s the full investigation — part 4, the latest in a series that we’ve been publishing since April. This was picked up as a very big story in Canada late last week… but it’s been oddly quiet in other media here in the US www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
motherjones.com
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm afraid the Doomer discourse has persisted for another week (UN "AI" briefing, etc) so in case you missed this when we first put it out earlier in this bananas news cycle, I'm reposting it: buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch... w/ @alexhanna.bsky.social and @deccamuldowney.bsky.social
buttondown.com
What To Read To Stay Grounded Amidst AI Doomerism
Our recommendations for the anxious and perplexed By: Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna and Decca Muldowney There’s a subculture within the “AI” industry that...
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 26/09/2026
"What if the connection between reactionary MAGA politics and the sexual abuse of children is deeper than we want to admit?" (from July 2025) www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
liberalcurrents.com
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory
The connection between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats
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Katy @katynicoud.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ha, same. Can't wait for the book!
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This guy!!!!!!!!!!!
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Everyone is polyamorous, everyone attends the same events, everyone lives in group homes together, everyone venerates the same few ppl, everyone is very worried about AI doom, and a lot of ppl are on psychedelic drugs. They’re all contrarian together. Lots and lots of them work at AI companies”
verysane.ai
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult In Berkeley, California
We might some day have “AI Safety”, as a science or policy area, that is not primarily a sex cult in Berkeley, California, but it does not currently exist.
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Sean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 24/09/2026
Adding to this thread from last month, since this new story was a direct result from this reporting: bsky.app/profile/okan...
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Katy @katynicoud.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There's so much compoundingly enraging information in this investigation but I am really stuck on the truly bullshit terminology from Google, describing the CIP as "assets not yet in service. ” ARE THEY? ARE THEY REALLY ASSETS?
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Katy @katynicoud.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“My objective is not democratic majorities. It’s trans liberation." Hell yes, @leighfinke.bsky.social, same. When you capitulate to anyone who wants to destroy and disappear trans folks, there goes your humanity.
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Katy @katynicoud.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
(no need to bring disco into it! Which I think never died)
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Katy @katynicoud.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It really was!
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Katy @katynicoud.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The best parts are lightning baseball & that extended werewolf discussion while they're all in wolf form, talking like wolf muppets. (I think from the 2nd or 3rd film). Also, I would add way more characters named Renesme.
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Twilight Alice Cullen Rosalie Cullen Baseball
Alt: Twilight scene featuring characters Alice Cullen and Rosalie Cullen playing baseball in the most epic way possible
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 24/09/2026
Happy 100th, John Coltrane 🎷

Did you know his masterpiece “A Love Supreme” was recorded in a single session at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ? Trane's thank-you to God, made right here in Jersey.
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Tom Resing @tomresing.com · 24/09/2026
If you have concerns about AI, read this The AI Con. @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social know what's going on behind the sparkles and magic wands. #BookSky app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1520...
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Review by resing - The AI Con
If you have concerns about AI, read this book. Emily Bender and Alex Hana know what's going on...
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Katy @katynicoud.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
(instead of sparkles, I definitely think buttholes.)
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Why do AI company logos look like buttholes?
A humorous exploration of the uncanny resemblance between AI company logos and human anatomy. Discover why circular, gradient-based designs dominate the AI industry, and what this design convergence t...
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the drymifolia collective @drymifolia.org · 23/09/2026
There were enough that I decided to create a new list just for them and apparently if you create a list with "transphobia" in the title it's automatically hidden because it "is intended to shame or abuse users" Guess we're not allowed to even implicitly shame users for hate speech now huh?
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Katy @katynicoud.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Boooooo
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We will never forget your names. Austin, Texas ✊🏾
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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 23/09/2026
Elon is now above $16,000,000 spent on the mid-terms. Top races so far: -$5,174,007.32 in TX against @jamestalarico.bsky.social -$3,193,553.94 in OH against @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social -$3,092,319.94 in MI against @abdulelsayed.bsky.social
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Texas is a voter suppression state, not a red state
votebeat.org
Tens of thousands of Texas voter registration applications likely ensnared in state error
Democrats are calling for investigations into why voter registration applications submitted via a DPS portal weren’t forwarded to counties.
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Katy @katynicoud.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Do something for trans kids with as much conviction as you came for Ed Sheeran for doing nothing." #CommunityCentricFundraising #Chrissplains
communitycentricfundraising.org
Chrissplains Nonbinary Advocacy to Cisgender People, Topic: Do something for trans kids with as much conviction as you came for Ed Sheeran for doing nothing.
Are you aligning yourself with Focus on the Family, Scott Yenor, and Project 2025? Or are you going to recognize that trans liberation is inextricably tied to all other fights for liberation you support?
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 23/09/2026
Why is so much untraceable dark money flooding elections? Because the Supreme Court demolished campaign finance laws. bit.ly/4d1GYVr
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$1 billion in Secret Cash Is Reshaping the Midterms
We may never know where most of the money came from.
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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Really something that the U.S. not only permitted LeRoy Walker to go free after ordering the attack on Fort Sumter that started the Civil War, but allowed him to rewrite the Alabama State Constitution in 1875 to limit the influence of Black & working-class white voters. That something is racism.
Black and white photo of Leroy Pope Walker in a suit and vest with a gold watch chain, slicked back hair, and a chin beard. Looks like something out of a literal horror movie.
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Katy @katynicoud.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thank you for helping bring out all the accounts I'm excited to mute! #NoHateInWaState
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 23/09/2026
Local Transphobe Not Sure How Much Longer He Can Pretend to Care About Women’s Sports: tinyurl.com/mry79s75
Man looking panicked, stressed, and burned out with a hand on his forehead at a girls high school basketball game
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 20/09/2026
Exactly. I’ve been saying this since I started the tracker last year, and it’s why I don’t call them deportations. gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all...
I am using the term "third-country removals" instead of "third-country deportations" here, because the latter is a legal process in which a migrant is resettled in a safe third country. What is actually happening, in nearly all cases, more closely resembles chain refoulement, rendition, or kidnapping - and may violate U.S. and
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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This shallow glass drinking cup is Roman and made in the millefiori style, still used today most notably in Venice and Murano. It is absolutely stunning. With its vibrant colours, it’s like a meadow in spring. 🕰️1st century AD 🏛️Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich 📷Vassil
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
the last ten years or so have taught us that one of our major problems as a society is that we’re being run by perverts (derogatory) rather than perverts (complimentary)
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Magnum, T.I.(M.) @hydrationchimp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
it’s time to give Ms Rachel a gundam
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026
🚨 MAJOR NEWS: Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna say they have now secured commitments for all 218 signatures needed to force a House vote on Epstein Files Transparency Act II.
meidasnews.com
Massie, Khanna Say They Have Secured 218 Signatures for New Epstein Files Vote
The announcement comes hours after MeidasTouch reported the discharge petition was just two signatures short of the threshold needed to force a House vote.
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 18/09/2026
i had never heard a lick of hayley williams until ego death—which landed surprisingly high on my best of list for last year; the power snatch eps this year have been great; i am in my midforties and seriously considering just fully regressing and getting into paramore.
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Katy @katynicoud.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thank you, Leah. I'm worried for Will.
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