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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 5h
all of us just watched these university admins wield enormous power against palestinian student orgs, including unaffiliated ones, so these excuses land flatter than ever
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Crazy idea: Democrats should defend immigration and immigrants, run on the idea that immigrants make America great, and stop Homer Simpsoning themselves into the shrubbery every time Republicans try to demagogue it.
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 14/10/2026
Heritage is explicitly saying they aim to “stigmatize” sociology academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/sociology-...
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Sociology Is Being Used as a Wedge to Destroy the Research University
Solidarity across disciplines is a must.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Aaron Swartz, coding prodigy and hacktivist who helped develop RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit, died by suicide after facing $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison for felony charges, just for downloading pdfs of research papers with the intention of making them accessible to the public.
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Pharmalynk has 20% off #Flowflex tests. Code: PRIME20. They had shortages due to overwhelming demand earlier in the wave but indicate they're now restocked. store.pharmalynk.com *Not an affiliate code. I do not accept any revenue from COVlD-related companies and products.
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Mandalei @mandalei.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
So, hear me out for this new movie pitch: what if theres this guy who says he's a tech genius but he was the first to fall to AI's aggrandizing and ego fluffing clutches? Like, he tested it out on himself years ago and all of his psychosis is carefully orchestrated by the AI he turned on years ago?
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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Beautiful story by Michael O. Snyder about re-building Taiwanese communities' tea cultivation in the face of climate change, & their work on #adaptation with @preservinglegacies.bsky.social. #climateheritage
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Photos: Taiwan’s tea revival blends ancient terraces with new climate adaptations
SHENKENG, Taiwan — Ten kilometers east of Taipei’s high-rises and dense traffic, the city gives way to a succession of steep, forested ridgelines sheltering villages in the valleys below. The subtropi...
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Mandalei @mandalei.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Still one of my favoritest fundraisers I ever contributed to. He lost, btw www.cardsagainsthumanitysavesamerica.com
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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 13/10/2026
"Moms for Liberty is deploying artificial intelligence to monitor school board agendas across more than 13,000 school districts nationwide, giving parents advance warning about controversial policies before local officials vote on them, Fox News Digital has learned."
fox10phoenix.com
Moms for Liberty unleashes AI watchdog on 13,000 school districts to flag controversial policies before votes
Moms for Liberty is deploying artificial intelligence to monitor school board agendas across more than 13,000 school districts nationwide, giving parents advance warning about controversial policies b...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
WOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue."
In conducting this hearing, the Court is not called upon to resolve factual disputes between
the parties. The facts set forth in this Memorandum Opinion and Order were proposed by the
Plaintiff, unobjected to by the Government, and then deemed admitted by the Court. Dkts. 74, 75,
77.2 These facts establish that high-ranking government officials, including then Secretary of DHS
Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, engaged in a coordinated public relations campaign to impugn the
personal and professional integrity of Ms. Comans. For reasons unfathomable to this Court,
officials chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an
impeccable record of public service. In short, Ms. Comans was professionally targeted and
personally attacked by government officials for no legitimate reason. The attacks against Ms.
Comans were based entirely on false information, and many government officials knew the
accusations were untrue at the time they were made. With no regard for the truth and with no
consideration for the personal and professional effect on Ms. Comans, government officials
exploited their access to mass media outlets to broadcast false information. These false
statements reached hundreds of millions of people. The purpose of this Order is, to the best of
this Court’s ability, to correct the public record and establish as a matter of law that the
statements made by these officials about Ms. Comans were objectively and demonstrably false.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 12/10/2026
So they’re torturing this guy.
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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My kid has started a Letterboxd list called Killer Sweaters for films where the killer wears a great sweater and they've asked me to throw it out to Bluesky for more because "that's the kind of thing those weirdos like to do"
Chris Pratt: Knives OutBetsy Palmer: Friday the 13thMatthew Lillard: ScreamMasato Hagiwara: Cure
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 11/10/2026
In our course and book _Calling Bullshit_, we posit that If something seems too good, or too bad, to be true, it probably is. Now as a college professor I'm pretty confident that overreliance can AI can harm our thinking ability, but just ten minutes of use? Let's dig into this this study a bit.
news.berkeley.edu
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026
It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
X post from AI industry insider Alvin Sng :

My wife: Can you read our baby a book?
Me: I can just play an audiobook from my phone.
My wife: But then it won't be in your voice.
Me: I can train a voice model.
Parenting hits different when you work in Al.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Mandalei @mandalei.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why you don't want to get measles, besides the death and permanent disability: it tanks 70%+ of your prior immunities. Like, it's as.if your body never had them before. www.jpeds.com/article/S002...
jpeds.com
Measles infection leads to long-term immune suppression, not noted with MMR vaccine
Mina MJ, Kula T, Leng Y, Li M, de Vries RD, Knip M, et al. Measles virus infection diminishes preexisting antibodies that offer protection from other pathogens. Science 2019;366:599-606.
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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
Dear [name],

For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!

With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.

Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.

I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.

May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!

Sincerely,

[signed] 

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cornell’s new era of transparency should begin with this guy admitting he hit Gaza protestors with his car on purpose and then lied about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/n...
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Cornell President Calls Rape Inquiry ‘Defining Moment’ for Campus
Michael I. Kotlikoff said in a video the university would be more transparent, hold Greek groups accountable and improve sexual assault prevention.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 03/10/2026
Russian authorities still haven't confirmed reports that a 28-yr-old woman in Shelekhov died of pneumonic plague. But the local hospital is quarantined, a nearby city briefly warned residents not to travel there, & local pharmacies are running short of key antibiotics. t.me/Baikal_Peopl...
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Люди Байкала
Не ездить в Шелехов из-за чумы попросили власти Байкальска — и через два часа удалили пост. РЕН ТВ стер пять публикаций об инфекции 18+ НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН, РАСПРОСТРАНЕН И (ИЛ...
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, holding a red ball labeled "A SILLY MEME".
The second panel shows Sarah taking the ball and going through a door labeled "GROUP CHAT".
The third panel shows a group of women sitting together and consoling one woman in the center. The woman in the center is saying "...And that's how it happened. It's been the worst day of my life."
The fourth panel shows Sarah standing in the doorway behind them awkwardly holding the red ball.
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Richard Wayne Bowling @rchrdwynbwlngk100.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why did Eric Schmitt fuck up his gotcha moment so badly? No one involved considered the possibility that Jack Smith attended a women’s basketball game. A MAGAt undone by misogyny. Not at all surprising.
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New, Open Access book on late antique & medieval Polychromy: "This volume examines the role of colour in Late Antiquity & the early Middle Ages, exploring its use in art and architecture through archaeological, art historica l& scientific research." www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
Figure 6. Detail of the captives’ trousers in daylight (a) and under IR light with Egyptian blue glowing white(b), Nicomedia frieze © Nicomedia-Çukurbağ Archaeology ProjectFigure 6. Detail of the captives’ trousers in daylight (a) and under IR light with Egyptian blue glowing white(b), Nicomedia frieze © Nicomedia-Çukurbağ Archaeology ProjectFigure 6. Detail of the captives’ trousers in daylight (a) and under IR light with Egyptian blue glowing white(b), Nicomedia frieze © Nicomedia-Çukurbağ Archaeology Project
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.
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Mandalei @mandalei.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hi @mattdinniman.bsky.social I'm making a mini quilt for a DCC swap and was wondering what colors Donut had on her front limbs and paws. Is she black and orange/gold, or black/white/orange/gold? Would her paws be dark or lighter? If you really want to get specific, it would be her swatting paw. :)
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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If reports are true that Irish players are being threatened that they'll never play for US owned clubs in the UK if they pull out of the Israel game, then that's a great argument for getting US money out of European football.
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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Man this is why everyone needs to study their history cause the first rule of underground railroads in use is don’t talk about underground railroads in use. There’s a reason why Frederick Douglass didn’t discuss exactly how he escaped North in his memoirs until AFTER Emancipation.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron
Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities @jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 19/09/2026
if you’re the white woman who was picking up a bat in downtown minneapolis on hennepin ave between washington & 3rd on 9/15 at noon, the minnesota department of health would like to talk to you because that shit was RABID! i would also like to talk to you because girl, wtf
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
protecting, maintaining and improving the health of il Minesotans
RABID BAT FOUND ON SIDEWALK
On Tuesday, September 15 at about 12pm, a bat was found on the sidewalk on Hennepin Ave between N. Washington Ave and N 3°St.
The bat died and was sent for rabies testing. This bat tested positive for
rabies.
A woman was seen crouching by the bat and putting it into a bag. She was described as a 25-to-30-year-old white woman, about 5'5", with curly brown hair and a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog. If this was you, please call 911 and ask to be connected to Animal Care & Control.
Bites from bats are tiny, may be painless, and may not leave a mark. An person who had physical contact or touched this bat should talk with health care provider this weekend for assessment. During the week, Minnesota Department of Health can also provide rabies assessments at 651-201-5414.
If vou did not touch or have any contact with the bat, you have no risk of rabies and do not need shots.
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Amelia Sandrine Reisinger 🏳️‍⚧️ @ameliasandrine.com · 17/09/2026
Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Heritage Foundation is infamous for organizing Project 2025. As I was investigating Heritage, I found that it promotes a network of Christian nationalist schools to parents. That network was founded by Doug Wilson, who is well-known for his extreme views. Read my investigative report here:
civildefenseinstitute.org
How the Heritage Foundation Promotes Christian Nationalist Schooling — Civil Defense
Tracing Heritage and Kevin Roberts’s ties to a growing network of classical Christian schools—and the policies steering public money their way.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is eugenics
Emily Hilliard, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed on Wednesday that the department had not yet made a decision about whether to provide the shots through that program.
Vaccines for Children provides free shots to children who are uninsured, underinsured or eligible for Medicaid, as well as to American Indian and Alaska Native children.
Pediatric doses are available for children who have insurance, or whose parents can afford to pay for vaccines out of pocket.
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Mandalei @mandalei.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For the love of the heavens, please keep this nincompoop out of office. He's running for Stefanik's old seat in NY-21 (my district) and I can't believe it but id rather have her than this utter jackass. And that's being unkind to jackasses.
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Karl Rove: Why I’m Voting for a Texas Democrat 🎁Gift article: www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...
wsj.com
Opinion | Why I’m Voting for a Texas Democrat
Bo French’s bigoted tweet after a football game is part of a long and ugly pattern.
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Mandalei @mandalei.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I live in NY-21, Stefanik's former district. The new guy running for office, who is also the CEO for Sticker Mule is... Let's just say he's the poster boy for the worst of MAGA Also, please don't support Sticker Mule. This guy is an asshat.
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ha ha ha Ed you cowardly hypocritical loser.
Sheeran explained that he doesn’t use his platform for politics in order to be “a place of safety and sanctuary, to maintain diplomacy and keep conversations open”. Though this isn’t accurate: he performed at the Concert for Ukraine in 2022, signed an open letter to Theresa May about Brexit, endorsed Jeremy Corbyn and supported the equality act in the US.
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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026
NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.
404media.co
Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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Mandalei @mandalei.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If you're a fan of Dungeon Crawler Carl, today's headline was a true gift #donttgaslightmejesus
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Not sure if people know Wakefield was trying to sell a competing measles vaccine when he made up his fraudulent study about the MMR. It was only after that failed (because he is a complete fraud) that he started grifting off opposing all vaccines. It’s all just a grift. Antivaxxers are their marks.
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David Lingenfelter, PhD @dlingenfelter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
AI doesn’t need to become superintelligent to become dangerous. A bad actor supplies the motive. AI supplies the leverage: cheaper expertise, faster execution, scale. The real threshold is when AI changes who can do harm, how cheaply, and how fast. davidlingenfelter.substack.com/p/the-threat...
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The Threat Does Not Need to Be Superintelligent
How Bad Actors Can Turn Ordinary AI Capability into Scaled Harm
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
inquirer.com
A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown
Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 16/09/2026
Detroit the first city to be represented solely by DSA members in US house democraticleft.dsausa.org/2026/09/06/c...
democraticleft.dsausa.org
Curtain Closing on 2026 Primaries - Democratic Left
Plus a plan for universal healthcare in Pennsylvania, a stand with nurses in Boston, and two high-profile mayoral endorsements in this month’s edition of “Chapter and Verse.”
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eminemerald fennell @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA
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Mandalei @mandalei.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The smile was a nice touch
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Dr. Ellen Bauerle @bauerle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Those crazy Dutch: the rest of us use twist-ties or sticky notes or paperclips to mark our place in a book. They go all coals-to-Newcastle and use papyri fragments.
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Mandalei @mandalei.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Name a non LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
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Daria Fire
ALT: Daria Fire
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A friend of mine just published this deeply moving and funny essay about his father, 9/11 and PTSD.
vulture.com
A Funny Thing About 9/11
My father will always struggle with his harrowing memories as a first responder. His only positive one got us talking again.
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