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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is how historian Robert Paxton defined a certain word that begins with F in his 2004 book.

Fascism may be defined as a form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation, or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy, and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I don't know how but we have to teach people to be better at detecting bullshit. Instead we have this ersatz skepticism where people are suspicious about the wrong things and find their way to conclusions that are worse than if they just blindly accepted conventional wisdom

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

No AI for kids. Full stop.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026

This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW

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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa

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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 07/10/2026

Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/apps

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Crafting Apps: open-source creative tools

Image editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Why isn't this on every TV screen and not the fairy tale of killer robots

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autisticgirlsnet.bsky.social @autisticgirlsnet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New research: 22 autistic and ADHD teenagers describe masking all day at school and burnout that holidays don't fix. Their distress came from environments that didn't fit them. A small preprint, but worth your time: autisticgirlsnetwork.org/masking-bu…

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

a little louder for the cheap seats in the back

One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I know! I know! The rabbit is finally loose! And you can finally go get your very own copy of Winterset Hollow! Ack! Ebook, audio book, print, call me and I’ll read it to you! Whatever! Go forth unto your bookseller of choice! Your feast awaits! Gonna go spiral now! Love you guys!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”

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lifelonglearner.bsky.social @lifelonglearner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

An AI guy just suggested we create “gyms for the brain”. So we’ve got: Reinventing cable Reinventing school El*n reinvented subways… Not really the “disruption” they claimed to be selling.

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Shadows of Control @shadowsofcontrol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Domestic abusers may be: 🔸The friend who always picks up the bill 🔸The coworker who volunteers for every charity event 🔸The charming person who lights up a room The most dangerous abusers are the ones who manage to deceive everyone. #DomesticAbuseAwareness

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lifelonglearner.bsky.social @lifelonglearner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Tech bros labelling themselves as tragic Greek heroes is my new favorite genre. No please, tell me how that story ends…

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lifelonglearner.bsky.social @lifelonglearner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Tech bros labelling themselves as tragic Greek heroes is my new favorite genre. No please, tell me how that story ends…

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lifelonglearner.bsky.social @lifelonglearner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So cool it’s hard to believe it’s real! Enjoy! 🍀

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geoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

very tired of being told it is the responsibility of urban democratic voters never to risk possibly maybe by chance seeming less than respectful of rural red state life and then watching thousands in nebraska cheer on the president joking about a nuclear strike on me and millions of my neighbors

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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...

Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.

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lifelonglearner.bsky.social @lifelonglearner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thank you for talking about the specific parts of the brain. It helps me to visualize. 🙌

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lifelonglearner.bsky.social @lifelonglearner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Schools. 🏫 You just reinvented schools. After you’ve tried to destroy them. We could just… not? And instead fully fund our gyms for the brain. 📚📝 And teachers, too. 👩‍🏫🧑‍🏫

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lifelonglearner.bsky.social @lifelonglearner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 06/10/2026

New series alert! #MicroPD where I simplify wtf teachers need to do to teach the things. #EduSky

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️

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Micah @rincewind.run · 05/10/2026

the reason these people need to be stripped of almost all of their money is so that they stop thinking that it gives them the right to nominate themselves for the "benevolent dictator" position

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026

If Democrats think winning back congress this year and the presidency in 2028 is enough, they are sorely mistaken. We'll be right back where we're at in 2032 with an even more fascist and white supremacist Republican party. It's not enough to win power.

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 05/10/2026

linkrot is so maddening. basically nothing that's linked to from my blog in the aughts exists anymore. my still-looks-like-2003 blog is all there, absent some images that got lost at some point.

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Shadows of Control @shadowsofcontrol.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Ellie Gould, age 17, was murdered by her ex-boyfriend the day after she ended their relationship. In just 3 short months, her relationship had been marked by love bombing, #coercivecontrol, and emotional abuse. shadowsofcontrol.com/in-the...

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Ellie Gould: How Missed Red Flags Led to Deadly Consequences

Delve into the chilling story of Ellie Gould, a victim of abuse in a teen relationship, and raise awareness about this serious issue.

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lifelonglearner.bsky.social @lifelonglearner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I think Samuel Alito only has an “abstract” interest in an “idea” of remaining a Supreme Court justice. And I think this Supreme Court only has an abstract interest in an idea of how much longer we’re gonna let them run our lives.

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Dr. Tina Paone @drtinapaone.com · 05/10/2026

🟣 October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Too often, people think of domestic violence only in terms of bruises and broken bones. But narcissistic abuse is domestic violence—it’s coercive control, manipulation, and silencing.

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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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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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 · 04/10/2026

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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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 04/10/2026

Thinking about the moms who never imagined their tiny little boys could grow up to be monsters. Praying they love their sons enough to demand accountability. This is about Cornell, but it’s also about America.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Best part of this muddled article by one of Bloomberg's money guys is that two of the charts make a compelling case that knee-jerk opposition to AI is wholly justified because technological progress doesn't increase productivity, it just enables greater income extraction by capital. Oops!

Productivity Growth Has Been Stuck Below Its Postwar Pace for 50 Years

Workers’ Slice Shrinks, Profits’ Slice Grows

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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 04/10/2026

I'm tired.

Screenshot of my Instagram story because it won't fit in the text. In short, we've built social media apps that promote content about male violence only to the victims - - women - - and the men get to read about anything else. And then people wonder why we're angry and triggered while they haven't seen a word about Cornell.

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Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"Siam is the only country where a Chinese can become king. It is also the only country where he loses his Chinese identity." -Sulak Sivaraksa, referring to King Taksin Near Bangkok's more-famousnWat Arun, which served as Taksin's royal temple, a major shrine to him still exists at a Chinese temple