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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 5h

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Mary Ann Dimand @maryanndimand.bsky.social · 5h

@margaret.bsky.social Again, such a beautiful episode of Cool People. Thank you!

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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 12h

Wisconsin congressman Derrick Van Orden has been releasing fake, AI-generated videos of his Democratic opponent in the state's tightest race www.jezebel.com/wisconsin-ho...

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Hello Bone Colleagues”

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"The defendants union may be the first effort of its kind in the modern history of political protest in the US..." Follow, boost, and support the folks at @nspm7union.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Trump 2.0 is targeting US protesters with ‘antifa’ charges. Activists started a union to fight back

NSPM-7 Defendants Union plans to offer legal clinics, media training and more to people facing prosecution for protest

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This morning goons entered a private property through the gate and forcibly removed a man from his home. The incident reportedly occurred in front of his wife and children.The goons allegedly entered aggressively and did not present a signed warrant to enter the property.

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VERTICAL📼BLANKING📺INTERVAL @vertiblank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A Hark! A Vagrant classic

Watson: Oooh, what’s that you’ve got?
Franklin: My final report
Watson: Little Rosie Franklin’s research! I bet it’s something!
Franklin: ROSALIND.
Crick: Oh, that’s a big name
W: You’re getting fancy on us! Tell me—
F: Ah. I love this game.
W: Is it a scientific breakthrough in feelings?
F: Well, I suppose I have to go into hysterics or have a baby somewhere, good day gentlemen
W: GO, GO
[W and C slip a look at F’s notes]
C: Nice
W: Quit hogging

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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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Mary Ann Dimand @maryanndimand.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A U. N. of cattle at the Yorkshire Great Show

British Blond, Beef Shorthorns, and more. Catch the chaps in the bowlers presenting awards. I bet those bowlers were their fathers‘ earlier, maybe even their grandfathers.

The cattle are still arriving thick and fast on the big grounds, and will nearly fill it with an immense number of breeds.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

back in the pre-marriage equality era I once heard a close friend from church earnestly say to someone “I just can’t understand why gay people want to DESTROY my marriage by redefining the meaning of it” I’ll remember the way she said the word “destroy” until the day I die, because she meant it

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Cornell case reveals a serious problem with social norms & institutions: 1) When people refuse to intervene when harassment or an assault is happening, that is a failure of norms 2) When universities fail to take action, this is a problem with our institutions www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Cornell case spotlights 'confusing' web of systems for reporting campus assaults

Victims often have to navigate both university and local law enforcement processes to find justice.

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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"I choose to remain hopeful that one day we will remember that nobody elected these nine petty kings and queens. Power in a democracy flows from the people, and if the people ever remember that, this Supreme Court can be stopped." - @elienyc.bsky.social

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

These people cannot be trusted to vote in their best interests. Ever. They have failed at the most simple task and have driven this country to ruin. They are too stupid to be allowed to have a say in the future of the country. Convince a non-voter to vote. There are LOTS of those.

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 06/10/2026

If you are outraged about this (and you should be, and I bet you are if you're reading this) and you want to do something about it: crank up that VPN and search for "ICE watch" or related activities + wherever you live. Get your Signal login going. Sign up for everything.

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Mary Ann Dimand @maryanndimand.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I would say that this is not just consistent with, but because of the severe anti-labor stance that motivates development and advertising of that electronic numpty.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 05/10/2026

Spooky bird stories. My Halloween comic from 2024.

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??" In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!". In panel 3, A screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!". In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".

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Mary Ann Dimand @maryanndimand.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

@margaret.bsky.social I extra-love this morning’s podcast. Thank you!

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Mary Ann Dimand @maryanndimand.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yorkshire Great Show Throughout the show, members of the military and cadets from the local military college quietly fulfill public service roles. They are especially prominent in the cattle show. Pete Hegseth would be displeased.

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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026

“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 04/10/2026

I checked again today. I have been purged in Alabama before. Everyone check!

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 04/10/2026

"OpenAI could have been held liable for unleashing malware around the world, hacking Hugging Face, hacking all sorts of government agencies, but instead … they managed to redirect the conversation to some type of unprecedented rogue machines that don’t exist."

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The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru

We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind...

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When my father was faculty at Cornell he was stopped by the police chief in the street & asked who he was & where he was going. When he balked at the fact that no one but him, an Arab man, was being asked, the chief said “I’m just protecting students” Same guy failed to investigate 7 rapists.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Any questions?" "YES, SO MANY"... is basically my standing response to the Trump Era.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 03/10/2026

Surprised more people aren’t alarmed about the financial condition of Oracle. Revenue flat for 15 years adjusted for inflation, only real growth engine is unprofitable AI data centers, future entirely tied to OpenAI and the most ambitious infra projects in history. It’s dying!

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/10/2026

Can't even think about getting to the next step when we're already yelling at victims that it's their job to need less and let the man get on with his life.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/10/2026

Restorative justice doesn't mean "nothing bad ever happens to you." It means, "in determining what happens from here on out, we center the needs of your victim to repair what happened to them over your own needs."

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Mary Ann Dimand @maryanndimand.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"The `do everything businessmen tell us to do' model for running a society couldn’t have turned out worse."

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Corruption all the way down

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Mary Ann Dimand @maryanndimand.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

@thecroftonshow.bsky.social if you remember, would you remind me who was the human embodiment of the Hapsburg jaw?

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