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ElizabethR @lizziewriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

highlandscurrent.org/2026/10/02/l... ... that fulfillment center near I-84/Rt 312? Like it would bring good jobs and help with the crazy property taxes? Hah << “Congressman Lawler believes local residents should decide what gets built in their community,” wrote Lawler’s campaign manager ... >>

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Lawler Attacks Conley on Data Centers

But tiptoes around the issue himself

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

Trump's lying has been, for a few years now, utterly unbounded by shame and often completely disconnected from any understandable reference points.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Trump talking gibberish at the White House: “Canada charged us a lot of tariffs that nobody knew about, except me.”

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Professor Amanda Sturgill @drsturg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Did you know that Baptists have a news outlet? (I study media and religion, so I do). Anyway, it published a piece about Cornell, and it will probably surprise you. baptistnews.com/article/dear...

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Dear men, it is time to wake the hell up

All this is horrible, but there’s one fact about this case that ought to keep you awake at night worried about the future of the world:

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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just when we think it can’t get worse … it does.

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Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · 05/10/2026

9: In the greatest horror-tale ever written—Blackwood’s “Willows”—absolutely nothing takes open and visible form.

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Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · 05/10/2026

3: In Machen, the subtlest story—“The White People”—is undoubtedly the greatest, even though it hasn’t the tangible, visible terrors of “The Great God Pan” or “The White Powder”.

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Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · 05/10/2026

Let's play a game. 1 like = 1 line from a letter from H. P. Lovecraft to Robert E. Howard, 4 October 1930—fairly early in their correspondence, and full of interest. 0: Dear Mr. Howard:—

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/10/2026

NEW: I have obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Trump's name in the Epstein files for supervisory review. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

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EXCLUSIVE: MSW Media has Obtained Descriptions of NINE Epstein Files Redaction Training Videos in FOIA Lawsuit

Sources confirm that two videos instructed agents to flag documents including Trump’s name for supervisory review.

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A plethora of important election research information, in under two minutes!

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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 02/10/2026

Can you tell which video of tree harvesting is AI-generated? Watching with a keen eye in addition to asking questions such as "How does this work?" & "Does this even make sense?" can help you get to the answer. Did you get it right? Let us know in the replies. #2TruthsAndAI

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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 29/09/2026

“These posts & rumors are highly emotional, invoking our fundamental values, fears & sense of outrage — & so the temptation to quickly share them can also be strong. Be sure anything you pass along or repeat to others is actually true.” - NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social @politifact.bsky.social

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What could stop Trump from sending ICE to polls?

Comments from President Trump and his allies fueled fear among some voters that the president could deploy ICE to the polls during the midterm elections. That would face legal and practical challenges...

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Just A Duck @blackwing-duck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I entered the fanart contest for Amaru 2 by @fogofmaya.bsky.social and I'm a finalist! (It's a really neat self-care app where you take care of a pet AND yourself!) I have a couple extra pics of him on my deviant art (link in bio) I really just entered for fun but it's cool to get this far!

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“I told him at the time to stop working, because ICE was arresting everyone,” Ibrahim told me. But Mohamed refused. “He believed ICE was looking for criminals.”

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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants at Gitmo

“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”

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The Word in Black and Red Pod @twibar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We're BACK with an amazing episode with Ell, @joshfightsabear.bsky.social , and @margaret.bsky.social on a bunch of weird little laws like "Love your neighbor!" Margaret turned the questions around to ask why we bother reading this weird little book. This is a great place to start if you're new! ⚓

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The Word in Black and Red Pod @twibar.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Welcome to the Word in Black and Red, where we read the Bible from a leftist and liberationist perspective to elucidate the way people of faith and their comrades can understand the Bible as a source of healing, love, and liberation for all people. #thewordinblackandred #christianityisleftist #left

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David @davidvatri.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Great Blue Heron spears his lunch. #photography #birding #canon

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ElizabethR @lizziewriter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We are so not surprised that the "unsubscribe" link from conservativeintel spam takes one to a page that doesn't support a secure connection (don't ask me how we got on that list, probably helping a family member register some consumer product).

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think I used to draw a lot, but that feels like 200 years ago now.

fantasy worm creature with a striped body, mostly pinks and blues

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Zoë Takaki @zoetakaki.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Everyday, the women of Hijas Del Pueblo water Silverio Villegas González’s memorial. One year after ICE killed him outside Chicago, flowers and tomatos grow tall in a detached garden. A memorial has been made permanent. But his case is still open, and agents names have yet to be made public.

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little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Imagine what would be possible if we funded education. Adequately, fully, publicly, in proportion to its importance in society and all the burdens that fall to it. Really: imagine. People in power and on the far right have, and that's why we're in this mess. They don't want that to ever happen.

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The Asheville Blade @avlblade.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The NC-11 congressional race is turning into a contest over who can be more transphobic. Both Democrat Jamie Ager and Republican Jennifer Balkcom — who replaces the scandal-ridden Rep. Chuck Edwards — are open bigots, calling trans women "men" and supporting anti-trans laws. More, in our latest:

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In NC-11 congressional race, both candidates go for anti-trans hatred | The Asheville Blade

It's bleak that the NC-11 congressional race is turning into a contest over which candidate can be more transphobic. At left are blatantly a

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The Vagabond Tabby @thevagabondtabby.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ferocious self-care tea $6 www.thevagabondtabby... when the world is terrible • your laptop hung before you could hit ‘save’ • the sauce burned WHILE YOU WERE STIRRING IT • and the cat hurled in your shoes it’s time to apply protocol: ferocious self-care

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Hey, folks. There's a @gofundme.com set up for artist Andy Fish, who is going through a very tough fight with two forms of cancer. He and his wife, cartoonist Veronica Fish (my Blackwood series cohorts) could use some help during this very tough time. I'm donating, hope you can. tinyurl.com/4wa86a6c

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Donate to Help Andy Fish’s Fight Against Two Cancers, organized by Gina Gabianelli

Help Andy’s Fight Against Two Cancers Meet my cousin Andy Fish, father … Gina Gabianelli needs your support for Help Andy Fish’s Fight Against Two Cancers

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?" www.wired.com/story/one-of...

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One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’

Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

i'm thinking we, as a species, lost the plot. don't know where. but if we're talking about AI rights while the rights of trans people, pregnant people, immigrants, and Black and brown people are daily eroded, we messed up somewhere.

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Can chatbots feel – or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for AI rights

Cattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpsed digital consciousness – or simply been seduced by an algorithm?

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

MIDDLE EAST NEVER ENDING RECORD HEAT Relentless record heat continues: Today the Doha old Int. Airport rose to 46.3C,breaking its September high temperature records. One by one,nearly all records of September and all past months have fallen in the area.

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It's been a while. Go to vote.org and check your voter registration.

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/09/2026

With 8 months of the year now in, and greater certainty in El Nino forecasts for the remainder of the year, it is now looking like 2026 is likely (~75% chance) to be the warmest year on record in ERA5.

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God @thegodshow.com · 09/09/2026

Maybe “nobody saw you there” because you weren’t fucking there.

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Trump Melts Down Over 9/11 Because “Nobody Saw Him There”

Dear Humans,

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The #SciArt feed is a diverse art feed with zero tolerance for slop. Go check it out and enjoy a better scrolling experience. Note that the feed is curated to keep bad people out. You too can be an approved user if you just tag Glendon. It's easy.

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The grass is always of a different skin tone on the other side...

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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🌱 "Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you." —Wendell Berry

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The Wild @thewild.news · 24/08/2026

Heat waves often fly under the radar because they don't leave a scene, but they take a heavy toll on our bodies. #heatwave

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Why Heat Waves Are Tricky Killers

Deciding what counts as a heat death is more difficult than it sounds.

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Last week, we brought you the story of Merle the bat - her rescue from our galleries and her rehabilitation by our volunteer Rose-Ann, a licensed bat carer. Yesterday evening, Merle was safely released back into the wild, flying off healthily into the night 🦇

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 24/08/2026

The average global temperature so far this year (for the January-July period) is the 3rd warmest on record since the start of this dataset... This data is using NOAAGlobalTempv6.1.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...

Line graph time series of global land mean surface temperature anomalies for each January-July period from 1850 through 2026. There is a long-term increasing trend and large year-to-year variability. The mean surface temperature anomaly averaged for January-July 2026 was 1.14°C for global land areas. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1901-2000 climate baseline. Data from NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0.

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ElizabethR @lizziewriter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Reading #APeckOfDirtBeforeWeDie in #Appalachia. Extra fun to start reading the newest Zackie story by @reynafavis.bsky.social then talk to friends about Lummie's vocab. Had already been chatting about KY vs NY vocab anyway. :-) #books #summerreading #ghoststories

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'm very happy to be able to announce--after five years!--a title and publication date for my new book. OUR WAY: A HISTORY OF GAY AMERICA AND POPULAR CULTURE SINCE 1940 will be published by Penguin Press in fall 2027. You'll be hearing a lot more about this one! (From me, I mean.)

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

FOUR DAY PLANET (1978) Acrylic on Masonite - 30" x 20" With science fiction covers, I’m more interested in having a painting be about the figures in the composition, so the technology almost always takes a back seat to whatever else is going on. 1/3 #bookssky #art 🪐📚

A long necked sea monster with a snake-like head, huge lidded eyes, and prominent fangs looms large on approach from the cockpit of a low flying spacecraft. The immediate foreground is saturated red, a contrast to the rough blue seas outside. The pilot grips the controls, studying the targeting screen in a tense moment of action as he locks onto the creature.

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Mitchell Dickau, PhD @mitchelldickau.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

How have the number of smoky days in Canada changed in the past decades? Inspired by @andrewdessler.com's blog post, I decided to adapt Andrew's code and run the same analysis for Canada.

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