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Casey Wolfe @authorcaseywolfe.northsky.social · 29/09/2026

Meanwhile, I get dragged in reviews for having no spice/behind closed doors happening in my romance novels. 🫠 Someone will always have something to say. Write what you want. And to readers: if it's not your thing, then just move on. There are plenty of other books out there.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 27/09/2026

Trump promised no new wars and lower prices—and here we are, 7 months into a forever war with Iran that YOU are paying for with higher prices at the store and the pump. END the war with Iran.

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Lori/Ella Drake 🖋️📖 @laphilbin.com · 26/09/2026

I've been the hiring manager at a Fortune 500 company. I would not have cared if someone brought iced coffee to an interview. This is all pretty ridiculous.

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IGN @ign.com · 26/09/2026

The seminal workplace comedy 9 to 5 is returning to theaters October 9 with ticket sales benefitting Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which gifts free books to kids and promotes childhood literacy.

Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton celebrate as they have their boss tied up behind his desk in art for 9 to 5. Caption reads: Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 Returning to Theaters October 9

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Jenny Staff Johnson @htownjenny.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Democrats are playing with fire if they think they can avoid accountability (for the Trump regime) and somehow retain the support of their voters.”

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Lori/Ella Drake 🖋️📖 @laphilbin.com · 26/09/2026

These bots are not "falling outside of human control." Word choices matter. This choice bolsters the framing that humans aren't responsible for tech malpractice. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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OpenAI bots meddled with US government agencies, including SEC and Census

OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.

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Juliette Wade @juliettewade.com · 26/09/2026

Funny what you can learn when you bother to pay attention.

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Dr. Jennifer Krueckeberg @jkrueckeberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is much more than a question of authenticity. What we see is the weaponisation of AI to discredit non-white intellect. There is an agenda behind this. Just look at the media circus. The witch hunt against Thélyson Orélien was sparked by a "random" X post.

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Lori/Ella Drake 🖋️📖 @laphilbin.com · 26/09/2026

Someone gave a command to a pattern recognition engine and it performed the task. It is not sentient. It cannot go rogue.

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Models don’t take action. They do not have impetus or will.

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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta have all admitted their AI agents have entered the open web and executed dangerous and unlawful actions. While the federal government steps back, state AGs are stepping up to take on Big Tech. I'm joining a coalition to demand Congress take immediate action regulating AI.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.

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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026

LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"

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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

i'm sorry, i now have to sign up for something called "meta one" to post links to my own website from my website's own facebook page?????

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“I used to want a software engineering job. That dream for me is dying.”

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“People are working 12 to 13 hours a day just to press enter.”

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@vOxium
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I am done with this shit. It is over. The state of engineering right now is horrible. It has been half a month since I started a new role at a big company.
Nobody knows anything here. The specs, code, tests, PRDs, tickets, resolution of those tickets, reports, etc., everything is made by Claude Code.
Nobody on my team likes this. They are being forced to ship as much as they can. I have heard multiple times from higher management that pushing code is not a bottleneck, so why are we slow?

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WIRED @wired.com · 21/09/2026

Executives happily automating their days with AI. New hires confronting bro culture. Women in tech have a lot to say—and they told it all to WIRED. www.wired.com/story/women-...

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We Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let Loose

Executives happily automating their days with AI. New hires confronting bro culture. Women in tech have a lot to say—and they told it all to WIRED.

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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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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Pete Hegseth went to the A&M game and they lost to Kentucky for the first time in over 70 years. THERE IS NO BATTLE HE CANT LOSE.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 20/09/2026

No soldier’s sacrifice should be covered up. This is a disservice to our men and women in uniform. Trump needs to show our military families respect by being honest and telling the American people the truth about the war he started.

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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly

Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I can draw better stick figures than this, as I think I have proven on multiple occasions lately.

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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

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Lori/Ella Drake 🖋️📖 @laphilbin.com · 19/09/2026

Looking at new passport fees. $130 is ridiculous. And in some cases, would be a voting tax.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!!

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women

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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If NFL owners want to censor who performs in stadiums, they shouldn't ask taxpayers to help build them. You can't take public subsidies for stadiums then use them as your personal editorial board. Pay for it all out of your own pocket and hold as many Kid Rock concerts as you want to.

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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time. I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker.

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WBUR @wbur.org · 15/09/2026

Logan Airport officials are looking for some local talent to be “the next voice” for airport announcements via a competition. Massport wants visitors be “greeted by a voice that captures the spirit of Massachusetts and New England.”

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The search is on for Logan Airport's new announcement voice

Massachusetts residents are wanted to participate in a contest to voice announcements at Logan Airport.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 15/09/2026

BREAKING: The Supreme Court blocked USPS from enforcing key parts of a new rule that would've restricted mail-in voting for the November election. This is a major win for voting rights.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 11/09/2026

it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

it's two things, to me: 1) trans rights matter because trans people matter and deserve rights, not just because failing to stand for trans rights is a bellwether for inauthentic progressivism more broadly 2) if you can't be trusted on trans rights you can't be trusted on anything

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 10/09/2026

The prompt that generated this AI image is a record of what someone actually typed to produce it. It would show whether a federal employee specified this man's race, his ethnicity, his religion, or what he was wearing, and in what words.

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Jackie Barbosa 📚 ⚾ 🍺 🌮🇲🇽 @jackiebarbosa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is just such blatant copyright infringement, every IP lawyer in the country must be chomping at the bit.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026

You know, when you find out that the art you like is made by people you've learned hold views you find wholly repugnant, I don't think you need to disavow ever having enjoyed the art. It's okay to acknowledge you liked or loved that art, but are now putting it aside. That was then, this is now.

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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This was the video I was looking for yesterday to post. I follow Joshua Wright on instagram because we are both passionate about saving old trees. This was an ancient forest valley that was recently logged on Vancouver Island. They cut down one of the largest Yellow Cedar tree in Canada. 😢

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Lori/Ella Drake 🖋️📖 @laphilbin.com · 08/09/2026

My work building changed. This office space involves more walking between things. Plus, my commute changed. More walking. 12,390 steps today. That's around 2x more than usual work day had been.

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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 08/09/2026

I love this series!!

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's crazy to me that this is not leading the New York Times, NBC News, CNN, etc. If you're that numb, maybe think about a field other than journalism.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Some news!

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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 09/08/2026

Going through my parents' stuff and found this weird little gal. She's a transistor radio. Her right eyeball is tuner and her left eyeball is power/volume.

A tan plastic with gold mechanical owl. Very cute.

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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.

Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and white

Center square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettes

Block of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in marker

Carol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
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satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

*looks directly at camera*

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