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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 4h

In light of that Atlantic article going around featuring the traumatized truck driver who hit Pierre Damas Bel, I'll re-up what I wrote a month ago. craigcalcaterra.com/blog/there-i...

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Blood on J.D. Vance’s hands

A young Haitian man walked in front of a truck. His blood is on J.D. Vance’s hands

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.

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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'

J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 1h

The easiest, least risky path to friendship is “oh you liked that, so did I!” Make that impossible, and few will be able to form enough non-familial connections to rise up against so much as our own ennui, let alone The Regime.

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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"

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Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge

Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.

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evelyn maguire @evelyn.fyi · 4h

I failed out of university because of domestic violence and rape. It took me 12 years and 70k in loans to finish a 4 year degree from three universities. Being suspended for A SEMESTER? Fuck off forever. What about the potential of women like me? I was top of my high school class and a star athlete.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 23h

What is failure in impeachment? You know what Russ Vought can’t do when he is sitting an impeachment trial: f**k with the budget. He will busy being under the white hot lines of impeachment.

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 14h

Listening to the racist podcast about the “Indian Question” and wow mediocre 2026 white guys jealous of an Indian with a tech job is very much the new mediocre Central Valley white guys in 1941 jealous of Japanese with a thriving farm.

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 14h

The arguments are incoherent and bogus but the racist right turning its lens on South Asians for being too successful and visible is a real phenomenon and should be forcefully countered

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 6h

If you're in these 3 states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Alaska Rhode Island South Carolina Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check everything is in order. Do it now. And there's a lot to vote for across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 6h

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 23h

What everyone has to prepare for is the constitutional crisis to accelerate if the Democrats take the House and the Senate. Vought has been allowed by the Republicans to act with impunity, so have he will continue to ignore Congress. This is why you have to impeach him immediately.

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Matt's a ghoul @mcloaferpants.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

That Mike Elias was in discussions with *3* separate division rivals, including the Yankees, for the unnecessary trade of the face of the franchise he's supposed to be trying to win with, is beyond inexcusable. He should be fired, and at this point, arrested for fraud

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When my father was faculty at Cornell he was stopped by the police chief in the street & asked who he was & where he was going. When he balked at the fact that no one but him, an Arab man, was being asked, the chief said “I’m just protecting students” Same guy failed to investigate 7 rapists.

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LFV SciRhet @lfv-rhetrx.bsky.social · 23h

Given how Unilever has done over other local-ownership brands, I’m not optimistic for the tenure of McCormick’s in the Baltimore region

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 02/10/2026

Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.

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US appeals court blocks Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law for now in XAI lawsuit

Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US ‌federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as ⁠the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026

Bizarrely, this is one of the six graphs illustrating "just how much we need A.I.".

Graph of wages and salaries
Graph of after-tax corporate profits

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/10/2026

Tremendous turnout and energy at the Democratize Yale protest on Friday! Huge high five to hundreds of students, faculty, workers, and alums who are fighting for academic freedom and freedom of speech while telling President McInnis and the trustees NOT TO CUT A DEAL WITH TRUMP!

Yale students smile and clap at a Democratize Yale demonstration - one holds a sign reading "TRUSTEES: LISTEN. RESIST. DEMOCRATIZE."

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"HoW mAnY lOcAl MoDeLs Do YoU rUn" Jesus CHRIST these dipshits sound like the gun-fuckers who declare you're not allowed to to oppose children being shot to death in their schoolrooms while cops play on their phones in the hallway if you can't run a military-grade gun care routine on a M-16.

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Stephen Stirling @sstirling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Proud to be at a news organization where reporters help set the rules for how AI is used. 🤖 No AI generated imagery/videos 🤖 No AI mimicking employees 🤖 Right to remove byline from any AI-content 🤖 A guild-staffed advisory committee www.inquirer.com/business/phi...

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Philadelphia Inquirer employees secure new union contract with raises and AI protections

Under the new three-year contract, members will see healthcare costs increase for the first time in 20 years, the union said.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 03/10/2026

Don’t accept interviews with USA Today (or Gannet), apparently. Creepy.

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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We at Skype a Scientist are deeply troubled by the closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences. We urge you to contact Drexel University Leadership and Academy interim leader Trish Wellenbach to urge them to reopen the museum. President Merlo president@Drexel.edu Trish Wellenbach tw958@drexel.edu

a block of text with a statement that reads We at Skype a Scientist are deeply alarmed by the decision of Drexel University leadership and the Academy of Natural Sciences Board to close the Academy’s public museum.

Skype a Scientist is based in Philadelphia with deep roots in our city. Making science accessible, in particular for Philly’s children, is a top priority for our organization. We operate in community centers, at street festivals, and at the intersection of science and art. For the last 10 years, we have worked to engage a broader coalition of Philly residents to care for our local biodiversity.

Our program does not exist in a vacuum. The work that we do, alongside environmental education centers, our museums, classroom teachers, and more, create an ecosystem of connections with science. The loss of any part of this fragile ecosystem is detrimental. The Academy of Natural Sciences grounds biodiversity education in Philadelphia. With grand fossil halls, historical connections, and engaging exhibits, it is a place where many Philadelphians develop a love of science. Loss of access to this space cannot be tolerated.

We are living through an erosion of public education, particularly in the life sciences. Philadelphia cannot afford to lose our flagship biodiversity museum.

We call on the leaders of Drexel University and the Academy board to reverse their decision to close the Academy’s public museum. The children of Philadelphia and future generations of Philly-made scientists are counting on you.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Totally. I wrote back that I won’t go on record with USA Today in the future. Which is a heartbreaking decision, honestly. Kenny Jacoby’s Title IX reporting is groundbreaking.

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Ashley Reed @thematterhorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This seems like a really efficient way to burn sources/experts. Presumably you agreed to speak to the interviewers specifically because you trusted them. You didn’t agree to speak to “Every employee of USA Today Inc”

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It is so much damn work to keep up with which organizations are now owned by private equity. Half the time, I only find out because I experienced something bad—or someone else did.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

While digging around their website, I found their ethics policy—including a section on AI-generated content. I suspect that’s a part of what happened here. And I’m upset about that too! I did NOT speak to a journalist with the assumption that my interview would be funneled into producing AI slop.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As an update for anyone who isn’t digging through the comments: I found more articles by USA Today journalists I’ve never met. There are THREE that used quotes from my interview recording—including many quotes that were never publicly published anywhere else.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And still, all of it could have been avoided if USA Today respected the experts they interview. They could have been one of the only publications to get it right *from the beginning* by platforming the concerns that sexual violence researchers had as soon as we saw the DA's statement.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

After I posted this thread, I got an email from an editor indicating the story had been updated. They removed my quote and added new text about the developments in the case. I don't know if they ever would have done that without pressure, but it's something.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The primary objective of journalism is supposed to be telling the truth. It is a DECISION on the part of USA Today to know that new details have emerged about this case and to refuse to update an old story that is still circulating and still shaming Jane Doe.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm not linking the piece because I'd like for as few people to read it as possible. I'm writing about it here because: - I want to be clear about what happened to anyone who saw that article and felt betrayed to see me associated with it. - These are bad decisions that deserve public shame.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Once I found out about it, I contacted the reporter and asked him to retract the piece--or at minimum add an editor's note acknowledging the NYT reporting about how Jane Doe did NOT tell police that she consented to her rape. Thus far, the publication has refused to do so.

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026

Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.

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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights

After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.

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Wraith Darren Rosario knows everything @darrenzone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

BTW @wmar2news.bsky.social, Fox17, KXXV ABC25 Waco & KRIS6 NBC Corpus Christi & doing the same thing. Clearly this might happen soon if any Scripps station is not No. 1 or No. 2. @tdogmedia.bsky.social is just below outside Wisconsin while I got SD, Bakersfield & SLO. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOpl...

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WTXL ABC 27 News at 5 PM Open - 9/29/2026 (Scripps Keeper Launch)

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The competitiveness of the white conservative lasted exactly as long as artificial barriers to entry for everyone else did, what they lost to was the free market they pretended to care about because their entire success was based on not actually facing competition.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

letting pedophiles run the country is proving to be a historically dogshit idea, maybe this should not be allowed to continue

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Roses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes

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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...

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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos

Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I guess we’re pretending this absolutely ridiculous notion was an actual MLB plan and not just some random last-brain-cell bullshit that Trump said

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Jayne Miller @jemillerbalt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Feds want no one to know the people carrying out the mandate to meet deportation quotas. In a brutal fashion in many cases.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 01/10/2026

AI is already being used to deny disabled people medically necessary care, and anywhere it costs money to include us is likely next. I've spent most of 2026 on public opinion research with TechTonic Justice about how to fight back, and we're unveiling it tomorrow, Friday, at 1PM ET

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Webinar Invite: Winning Against AI & Economic Injustice | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland

For almost all of 2026 I have been facing a medical crisis. As many of you know all too well, attempting to navigate the American health car

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Jayne Miller @jemillerbalt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Trump blames bad pr for the perception of the economy. He needs to go to the grocery store. Full up the tank on the way. Pay an electric bill. It's way more than bad public relations.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If the argument for women should know better than to go into a rape den like a frat house, explain to me why a rape house like a fraternity is allowed to exist at all.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

TIL "She sells seashells by the seashore" is (likely) about Mary Anning. Despite transforming the science of paleontology, she had no official capacity as a scientist and sold seashells to make ends meet as men profited off her discoveries monetarily and professionally. youtube.com/shorts/2B8Iw...

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The Real Origins Behind This Famous Tongue Twister

YouTube video by Today I Learned Science

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 01/10/2026

In a nutshell

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AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 01/10/2026

Welp, the new fiscal year is going to go well… OPM just dropped some fucking brutal ass numbers. Across the @hhsofficial.bsky.social there will be 0% of a pay increase and insurance will cost ~10.9% more! So basically a cut in pay.

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Comedian Says 'Take It And Go'

Alt: Comedian Says 'Take It And Go'

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LFV SciRhet @lfv-rhetrx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Lot of randos suddenly choosing to follow my posts… some block worthy on sight, others seem ok .

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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