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@lizzieohreally.bsky.social
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 7h
On today's show, I sat down with @sturkle.bsky.social to talk about her fascinating new book: slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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ChatGPT Doesn’t Love You
M3g3n tried to warn us about this. Actually…all the sci-fi did.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 7h
I just left a screening of Musk and I might need to sit in the woods for several days. A portrait of malignancy.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026
Breaking news: The family of Renée Good has sued the U.S. and officials for her death. “Renee’s death was not an accident,” lawyers for Good’s family said, adding its aim was to “silence anyone who dared to raise their voice in protest.”
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Renée Good’s family sues Trump officials, saying death was ‘not an accident’
The death of the mother of three sparked protests and scrutiny over how federal officers are using force against both immigrants and protesters.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
CLICK
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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 30/09/2026
This is completely insane
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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 30/09/2026
stevie wonder is the greatest popular music songwriter of all time and it's not even close. his compositions, his hooks, his lyrics. incredible output
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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Come into the hopium den with me, @maryharris.bsky.social and @lizzieohreally.bsky.social. Great fun to be back on What Next!
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A Hit of Democratic Hopium
Podcast Episode · What Next | Daily News and Analysis · September 29 · 33m
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh no I’m going to have to write (!) a letter to the college president. I learned to write well at Williams College. Not with this guy.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh no there is a goop kitchen near my office and obviously I have to try it
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
somehow I missed the NYT writeup on my fun lil genetic variant www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/s...
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This Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked
The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever found.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the train to the Yankee game. Will it get called while we are still on the 4 yes/no?
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the single best encapsulation of where the business is these days. And it's thoughtful and charming as hell. slate.com/podcasts/dec...
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We Make a Podcast. But We Don’t Know What “Podcast” Means Anymore.
Podcasts have never been more popular…or more confusing.
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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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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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Peter Thiel slams pope’s AI encyclical as gift to Chinese Communist Party" I say to myself as I Edna Pontellier into the sea.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This lovely @lukewinkie.bsky.social piece makes me so wistful for Old Internet. slate.com/life/2026/09...
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Slate’s Commenters Have Been Trolling My Writing for Years. I Finally Asked Why. I’ll Never Look at Them the Same.
A story of love, death, and unlikely friendship.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
my side gig getting to chat with @jenee.bsky.social about crazy shit is just the best
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Insurance: you must use this pharmacy or it will be eight million dollars Pharmacy: oh yeah we don’t have any of that stuff
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There oughta be a word for when a newsletter-er/influencer reaches such ludicrous heights of sponcon and free shit that the whole initial premise unravels.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
no pervert?? www.theverge.com/tech/999281/...
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Meta ditches the camera on its newest smart glasses
YOU get glasses (without cameras) and YOU get glasses (with cameras).
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Biggest day for western mass since north adams got a fancy hotel
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said that he had prepared over the past year for the ‘extreme tail risk’ that President Trump might order military action against Canada ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/w...
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Mark Carney Interview: Canada’s Leader Lays Out Vision for Breaking Reliance on U.S.
In a wide-ranging interview, the Canadian leader laid out a detailed vision for breaking his country’s dependency on the United States.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yooouuuu are powerless over dog Give foooooood Give
A senior brown and white pit bull trying to trick her owners into a second dinner
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Both WaPo and @oliverdarcy.bsky.social are reporting that one of the stories the WH claims they banned Politico for was based off a background briefing (that is, they're complaining Politico reported what WH told them to). Darcy makes it clear JD was the background briefer in this case.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
NEW: ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Scoop: The anonymous source behind a POLITICO story that the White House is now using to justify a ban on the outlet was none other than JD Vance himself. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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The Source Behind The Ban
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
something has gone dreadfully wrong with my gym's email list and I have received nine (9) copies of the same email in the last five minutes.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tween girls back doing their makeup at the coffee shop. All is right in the neighborhood.
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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW @pewresearch.org survey (n=10,548) shows increasingly negative views about data centers in the US. Just since January, there have been big attitudinal shifts across the demographic and political spectrum. Full analysis: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Bar chart showing that a growing share of Americans think data centers are mostly bad for the environment, home energy costs, local quality of life, local jobs and local tax revenue. The chart is based on two Pew Research Center surveys of U.S. adults, one conducted in January 2026 and the other in August 2026.Chart showing that views of data centers' impact on the environment have become more negative among Americans in a range of demographic and political subgroups. The chart is based on two Pew Research Center surveys of U.S. adults, one conducted in January 2026 and the other in August 2026.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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Eileen Guo (is on leave for rest of 2026) @eileenguo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New investigation from @jamesmodonnell.bsky.social & me into the border #SurveillanceTech by #Anduril, General Dynamics, and Israeli co. Elbit Systems that failed to catch 1 in 4 deaths within range. In other words: 1,050+ people dying on camera. www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1... 1/x
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The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Spotted new posters around DC today
OMG.
AMERICANS ARE LOSING ACCESS
TO
LIFE-SAVING
CLINICAL TRIALS.
OMB.
UNITED SCIENCE
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Children are one of life’s greatest joys Also I have a virus I’d never heard of until a few days ago.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
AI made up indigenous journalists www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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‘Very harmful’: website uses AI to generate northern Indigenous news ‘correspondents’ | CBC News
The website WE NEWS has three northern Indigenous 'AI correspondents.' Their profiles say they are 'a member of Yukon First Nation,' 'of Dene heritage,' and 'an Inuk raised in the North.' Experts in t...
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sorry to scorcese but the baby iguana snake escape is the most suspenseful scene ever filmed
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
was not prepared for karl rove's trump impersonation
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Calendar: we gotta go to the park, finish prepping to be on TV, have a cousin over. ADHD: but should we regrout the bathroom? What about painting it? Yellow is nice.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Statement from the Radio Television Digital News Association:
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
hell yeah
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Talked to one of the more prominent AI doomers about exactly HOW this is supposed to go down. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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But HOW Might A.I. Kill Us All?
If we thought this podcast had a 10 percent chance of killing everyone, we’d probably put out something else.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Really an argument for running. Distance runners crap their pants not infrequently! And it’s nbd.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NYC DOT unveils the final vision for transformation of the avenue (from E.46th to E.57th). “.. A reduction of two lanes of traffic, wider sidewalks, benches, space for cultural programming, a bike lane ..” (via Mark Levine)
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
kinda wild to read a news story, then go check your molecular pathology results and be like "ah, yes, there is that exact mutation."
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We! Love! @jenee.bsky.social! www.oprahdaily.com/life/wholene...
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I Thought I Read Advice Columns for the Drama—Then I Realized What I Was Really Looking For
Other people’s problems can be oddly clarifying, especially when a wise stranger helps make sense of them.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Mayor tells press corps they have dirty butts. Which, probably fair! I am on the record as pro bidet! hellgatenyc.com/mamdani-bide...
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Mayor Tells Reporters It's 'Up to You' If You Have a Filthy Ass
Bidet Socialism is alive and well—plus more news for your Thursday.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week. Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
this is very cool and thoughtful!
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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 15/09/2026
CBS News Exclusive: New photos reveal widespread damage at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East caused by Iranian attacks.
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New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NEW: When @dmehro.bsky.social at @wired.com and @josephcox.bsky.social at @404media.co both got handed the full contents of a Flock camera, we worked together to figure out what it revealed. (WIRED’s below, 404’s version here: www.404media.co/hackers-stol...)
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Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days.
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