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Manoj Swearingen

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I have read some books. I have run lots of marathons. (50+)

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Dutch News @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social · 6h
Museums, festivals and clubs in Groningen ban smart glasses www.dutchnews.nl?p=273661
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Museums, festivals and clubs in Groningen ban smart glasses - DutchNews.nl
In a joint statement on Friday some 30 cultural organisations in Groningen announced they were banning the use of smart glasses from their buildings and events. The devices, the most popular version…
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Vox @vox.com · 5h
Something is breaking in the world’s wildest ecosystem. www.vox.com/climate/5057...
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Antarctica’s penguins are sending us a distress signal
Something is breaking in the world’s wildest ecosystem.
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 21h
This is as clearly as I've seen this spelled out. If the PCSA smelled off to you but you didn't know quite why, this interview offers very lucid proof that you were correct. defector.com/an-antitrust...
What you're saying is, the antitrust exemptions in the NBA, MLB, NFL, etc. are allowed as a result of the collective bargaining process, whereas the PCSA seeks a similar exemption by circumventing the collective bargaining process. Is that correct?

Generally, yes. When we talk specifically about labor markets, all of the restraints that we see in labor markets of our professional sports leagues—the salary cap, the draft, the limits on player movement, every single one of them—to the extent that they're exempt from antitrust law, are the products of good-faith collective bargaining between the management group and the players group, and exist in a collective bargaining agreement that was reached through good-faith bargaining.

What is being proposed with the Protect College Sports Act is to establish the exact same types of labor restraints, specifically a salary cap, specifically a number of years of eligibility to compete in college sports, and specifically limits on transfers, but not to do so in collective bargaining where there are representatives in the room, on behalf of employer and employee, but rather through a legislative bill, which seems to be negotiated by a number of different constituent groups, none of which is a representative of the players in any meaningful sense, and absolutely none of which have been chosen and selected by the players as a union representative.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
> @apnews.com #measles apnews.com/article/meas...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/10/2026
The Milwaukee Brewers advanced to the National League Championship Series for the second straight season with a 3-1 victory over the San Diego Padres to win their best-of-five Division Series 3-1.
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Brewers eliminate Padres with 3-1 win in Game 4, advance to NLCS rematch with Dodgers
The Milwaukee Brewers advanced to the National League Championship Series for the second straight season with a 3-1 victory over the San Diego Padres to win their best-of-five Division Series 3-1.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Father’s Old Blue Cardigan by Anne Carson
Now it hangs on the back of the kitchen chair

where I always sit, as it did

on the back of the kitchen chair where he always sat.

I put it on whenever I come in,

as he did, stamping

the snow from his boots.

I put it on and sit in the dark.

He would not have done this.

Coldness comes paring down from the moonbone in the sky.

His laws were a secret.

But I remember the moment at which I knew

he was going mad inside his laws.

He was standing at the turn of the driveway when I arrived.

He had on the blue cardigan with the buttons done up all the way to the top.

Not only because it was a hot July afternoon

but the look on his face --

as a small child who has been dressed by some aunt early in the morning

for a long trip

on cold trains and windy platforms

will sit very straight at the edge of his seat

while the shadows like long fingers

over the haystacks that sweep past

keep shocking him

because he is riding backwards.
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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As they celebrate #NLDS win over #Padres, #Brewers look ahead to looming #NLCS showdown with #Dodgers shorturl.at/MJEBc
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Brewers celebrate clinching win over Padres with an eye on looming NLCS showdown with Dodgers
The Milwaukee Brewers celebrated their National League Division Series clincher inside Petco Park amid beer showers, wafting cigar smoke and countless bottles of sparkling wine individually labeled wi...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
... is Kash trying to hire him?
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😳 Andrew Tate allegedly had Bestiality porn with horse and eel, videos of minors.
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SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On 10-11 Oct, we'll be at the Workers’ AI Counter Summit, which will focus on putting workers at the centre of the debate about power, AI, technology and the future of work. Misa Norigami will join a panel to discuss recentering fundamental rights and people’s voices in AI governance. More info ⬇️
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AI Counter Summit | DATA Ireland
Workers’ AI Counter Summit Become A Member Download the Agenda Here AI Counter Summit Registration10th – 11th October 2026Click Here Who gets to shape the future? On 16th October, the Irish Government...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026
With the help of Republican officials, ICE has quietly arrested hundreds of people in Florida per day. Watch the latest dispatch from journalist Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) out of southwest Florida:
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We’re calling on Congress to investigate these incidents: www.citizen.org/article/coal...
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Coalition Calls on DOJ and Congress to Investigate Growing Wave of AI Cybersecurity Incidents - Public Citizen
September 30, 2026 Dear Attorney General Blanche, Chairman Jordan, Chairman Grassley, Chairman Cruz, Chairman Guthrie, Ranking Member Raskin, Ranking Member…
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Noem demanded personal control over all DHS contracts over $100K and should be held responsible for the waste and (likely) graft that followed, which conservatively ran into the hundreds of millions. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/governing-...
From what we know of Kristi Noem, the head of DHS at the time, she was focused on micromanaging some aspects of government operations. Not workforce planning, but — you guessed it — the flow of grants and contracts. Any contract worth more than $100,000 had to be personally signed by her. And some of that spending was pretty questionable, such as a $200 million ad campaign prominently featuring Noem. There was no competitive bidding process and Noem directed money to Republican firms with long-term personal and professional ties to her. (The fact that Noem had previously led a “Meth: We’re On It” campaign did not seem to stop anyone from questioning her public relations skills).

DHS also bought 11 empty warehouses that it said would serve as detention centers, overpaid for them, and has since sold seven of them. Apparently Noem told officials to buy the warehouses within 30 days, leading to a rushed acquisition process. After the DHS spent nearly $500 million via no-bid contracts on 10 jets, officially for deportations, the planes are mostly unused, or reserved to ferry Trump officials around. So more likely to be incompetence than corruption in this case.
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RTL Nieuws @rtl.nl · 05/10/2026
Noors kabinet wil gluurbril zo snel mogelijk verbieden op drukke plekken
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Noors kabinet wil gluurbril zo snel mogelijk verbieden op drukke plekken
De Noorse regering wil zo snel mogelijk het dragen van camerabrillen verbieden op plekken waar veel mensen samenkomen. Het gaat in eerste instantie om een tijdelijk verbod, zodat er tijd is om grondig onderzoek te doen naar de brillen.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 04/10/2026
William Contreras hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the Milwaukee Brewers hung on to beat San Diego 3-2 in their NL Division Series opener.
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Brewers edge Padres 3-2 in NLDS opener that features bizarre play in 9th inning
William Contreras hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the Milwaukee Brewers hung on to beat San Diego 3-2 in their NL Division Series opener after a potential go-ahead homer by the Padres’ Ty France hit the American Family Field roof and landed in outfielder Jackson Chourio’s glove for
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Republican Party was founded in Wisconsin, but there really is not a Wisconsin Republican Party any longer. When three people are paying for 90% of a gubernatorial campaign and 80% of legislative campaigns, you have a club, not a political party, owned and funded by billionaires.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
Soon you could buy a gun online and have it shipped to your door without ever setting foot in a gun store—if a Trump administration proposal is finalized. Donald Trump Jr. is a shareholder and board member of a company that says it’s “uniquely positioned” to capitalize on the opportunity.
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Michael Steele @michaelsteele.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What our government and its judges continue to do to children in our name. A Moment of Clarity youtu.be/7_GzC3sk_1A
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The Shocking Reality Inside Child Immigration Courts
YouTube video by Michael Steele Network
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One of the core elements of my writing on state voucher schemes was the prevalence of sub-prime pop-up schools that jump in to get taxpayer cash. Now @propublica.org has gone and shown just how easy it to do. www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Victor Wembanyama disapproves of NBA players promoting gambling. awfulannouncing.com/nba/victor-w...
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Victor Wembanyama calls out NBA players promoting gambling: 'Very sad'
Many NBA players will promote anything for a price, but when it comes to promoting gambling, Victor Wembanyama won’t do that.
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Curt Hogg @cyrthogg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Carlos Gomez will throw out the first pitch before Game 1 of the NLDS along with Teddy Higuera. Nyjer Morgan and Eric Thames on duty for Game 2 duties.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: It's that time of year: time to launch my annual guide to November's elections! I guide you through over *650* interesting elections, & why they matter. Judges, AGs, govs, mayors, lawmakers, AGs, county & school boards—plus many (many) ballot measures. Oh, & Congress. Explore & bookmark!
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts
Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
> @techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/p...
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Lior Steinberg @steinberg.nu · 30/09/2026
Urban trees: the city's natural air conditioning. 🌳 Video: Ecosia
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026
85% of those detained in MVPC have no criminal record. Eighty-five percent.
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Trump’s mass detention machine in Pennsylvania
"ICE is just churning bodies into the detention system."
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Dutch News @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most major Dutch data centres keep energy usage secret: report www.dutchnews.nl?p=273323
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Most major Dutch data centres keep energy usage secret: report - DutchNews.nl
Most data centres in the Netherlands do not make their environmental impact public, which conceals water and electricity usage, according to an investigation by Trouw and Lighthouse Reports. The…
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Midnight and sunshine.. 😊
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Senior editor Cereese Qusba spent months reporting on the case before breaking the news of the lawsuit on September 18.”
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How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case
“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think I'm getting the hang of this.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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Dutch News @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amsterdam university bans laptops and mobiles from lecture hall www.dutchnews.nl?p=273273
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Amsterdam university bans laptops and mobiles from lecture hall - DutchNews.nl
Students who have enrolled for a sociology course at the University of Amsterdam this year have been told to leave electronic devices at the door and go back to taking notes by hand. The UvA has…
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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I don't understand the claim that AI is safe so long as "sandboxing, monitoring, evaluation and alignment are improved." But... they often won't be, right? Open source distillates built upon by bad actors are inevitable. If a technology is dangerous "in the wrong hands," then it is DANGEROUS.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/09/2026
We all know a lack of exercise is bad for our bodies. So what is relying on AI doing to our brains? | Devi Sridhar
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We all know a lack of exercise is bad for our bodies. So what is relying on AI doing to our brains? | Devi Sridhar
Most of my students use AI, and I worry about its corrosive effects. We must not entrust tech companies with our long-term health, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 26/09/2026
Low Rhine levels are making companies confront the possibility that reliable access to the river can no longer be taken for granted
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Low Rhine Levels Force Companies to Adapt to New Climate Normal
The halls of the Development Center for Ship Technology and Transport Systems in Duisburg, Germany are lined with model ships, small-scale prototypes of vessels that may end up working on Europe’s busiest waterway, the Rhine.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/09/2026
ChatGPT Gave Me Chilling Advice—as I Simulated Planning a Mass Shooting
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ChatGPT gave me chilling advice—as I simulated planning a mass shooting
I asked about imitating the Uvalde attacker, defending against police gunfire, and more—everything short of directly stating intent to kill.
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Enfell @enfell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
LaFleur Refuses to Discuss Packers Offensive Line Coaching Change After 35-14 Loss The Green Bay Packers reached uncommon depths in Thursday’s 35-14 home loss versus the Atlanta Falcons, drawing boos in Lambeau Field and looking like a last-place football team. People expect more from this…
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LaFleur Refuses to Discuss Packers Offensive Line Coaching Change After 35-14 Loss
The Green Bay Packers reached uncommon depths in Thursday’s 35-14 home loss versus the Atlanta Falcons, drawing boos in Lambeau Field and looking like a last-place football team. People expect more from this franchise, even in the face of injury-related…
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Page One in Milwaukee: @mcbridetd.bsky.social
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Vox @vox.com · 25/09/2026
The anonymous online network harassing Maddie Kowalski, explained. www.vox.com/podcasts/504...
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The online “burnerverse” trying to ruin young women’s lives
The anonymous online network harassing Maddie Kowalski, explained.
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 24/09/2026
Rep. Casar and Senator Sanders are right. We need to hit the brakes on advanced AI development and ban the development of superintelligent AI.
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Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Pablo Torre investigates Tim Tebow’s ties to allegedly predatory Christian organization ‘Life Surge’
Pablo Torre is out with a new report, and this time ESPN and SEC Network college football analyst Tim Tebow is the subject of an unflattering investigation. In a new episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out released Thursday, Torre details Tebow’s involvement with a Christian organization called Life Surge, which contracted the former star quarterback to…
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 24/09/2026
"In general, if doom prophecies are worth money, people will produce more." www.verysane.ai/p/ai-safety-...
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AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult In Berkeley, California
We might some day have “AI Safety”, as a science or policy area, that is not primarily a sex cult in Berkeley, California, but it does not currently exist.
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Dutch News @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No trains to Amsterdam central station next weekend www.dutchnews.nl?p=273124
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No trains to Amsterdam central station next weekend - DutchNews.nl
ProRail has announced there will be no trains to or from Amsterdam central station on Saturday, October 3 due to maintenance works. The time table on Sunday, October 5 and Monday, October 6 will also…
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amateurebutter.bsky.social @amateurebutter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
here's some nitty gritty from a technical perspective rather than financial Doctorow patient and Walker apparently 'captured' www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTqC...
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Cory Doctorow on the Big AI Lie | Downstream with Michael Walker
YouTube video by Novara Media
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That's not possible. In 2025, the smartest person in history took complete control of federal government IT and his "DOGE" modernized and secured everything. Right? Surely that wasn't just a data heist by a billionaire white nationalist and a bunch of 20-year-old freaks from neo-Nazi chatrooms?
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Hackers Say They Stole Thousands of Sensitive F.B.I. Personnel Records
The compromise, if confirmed, would be the latest in a string of cybersecurity failures at the F.B.I., which said it was investigating the matter.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/09/2026
UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers The UK has warned countries around the world that the climate and nature crises and the coming El Niño threaten their national security and defence, presenting foreign ministries with the findings of an explosive report suppressed under Keir Starmer. Ed Miliband, the foreign secretary, made a presentation to the foreign ministers of the EU as well as Kenya and other countries on Wednesday night at a private meeting during the UN general assembly in New York, based on the report by the UK’s spy chiefs that found the collapse of natural systems around the world would lead to conflict, migration and food shortages. Continue reading...
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WTF?!? Sports media is ignoring this story and it is an abdication of human decency.#FreeAminataSeck www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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ICE has detained women’s college basketball player with ACL injury for over a month
Aminata Seck, a women's basketball player at Kentucky State University, has been detained by ICE for over a month while dealing with an ACL injury.
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Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 23/09/2026
Do data centers actually use that much water? Spoiler alert: they do! Check out the new Factually! episode with @parismarx.com wherever you get podcasts. » Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f... » Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0fK8WJw... » YouTube: youtu.be/N__8ubegY1c
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
John Roberts has spent his entire career trying to kill the Voting Rights Act. Now his Republican-appointed majority is dusting off arguments once used to destroy Reconstruction to roll back the gains made during the civil rights era. Our latest cover story: tinyurl.com/3m6nawpj
Mother Jones magazine cover linking the Roberts Supreme Court to a revival of Jim Crow: a black judicial robe hangs next to a white KKK hooded robe with a hand reaching toward it; headline "The Southern Strategy" and subhead "Jim Crow was dead and buried. Then came the Roberts court."
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