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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.eurosky.social · 3h
2/2 A lot of social media activity gives the impression of a bullying campaign with Ireland as whipping boy when far less has been deployed against countries with far more economic or diplomatic clout such as 🇪🇸 or 🇳🇴. It would be nice to see 🇮🇪 get a little backing from some of those countries
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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.eurosky.social · 3h
1/2 Here's a 🧵on the nonsense that Ireland was some kind of sinister antisemitic outlier in playing football against Nazi Germany in 1935, when the team representing Hitler's regime was receiving the same kind of shameful reception across Europe
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 4h
JUST IN: @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom just signed a bill that restricting the use of state-owned facilities for immigration-enforcement staging, processing, detention or operations.
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LordOfTheStrings @lordofthestrings.bsky.social · 6h
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California Authorizes People To Sue ICE, Border Patrol For Constitutional Violations Under New Law By Senator Wiener
Official website of Senator Scott Wiener, representing California Senate District 11.
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 13h
The Governor just signed my bill to allow people to sue ICE, Border Patrol, and other federal agents for violating people’s constitutional rights. Starting immediately, people can sue federal agents retroactive to abuse occurring in March 2025.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10h
Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate challenging Greg Abbott for governor, is seeking unredacted access to communications involving Elon Musk deemed "intimate and embarrassing."
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Hinojosa Moves to Unmask Abbott-Musk Emails Deemed ‘Intimate and Embarrassing’
Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate challenging Greg Abbott for governor, is seeking unredacted access to communications involving Elon Musk as polls show a competitive race for Texas governor.
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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 6h
Prey for us 🪶
Same bird, same post, now looking more or less from his high post and down into my very soul
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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 7h
#Poetry #Art #LateAfternoon Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, - Walt Whitman 🎨 Anna Silivonchik
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13h
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 6h
Tomorrow we're calling voters in Nevada, to let them know that ballots are being mailed out next week. These calls serve as a head's up to make sure our target voters don't throw out or misplace their ballots. Join the phone bank here: environmentalvoter.org/AEJ
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Join Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson for Weekly Environmental Voter Phone Banks!
Join Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and the Environmental Voter Project for phone banks to turn low propensity environmental voters out to vote!
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小島秀夫 @hideokojima.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp · 6h
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小島秀夫 @hideokojima.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp · 6h
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Nomadic Warriors for Pritzker @nomads.bsky.social · 11h
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 5h
Is it appropriate to bring iced coffee to an interview? Only if you bring me one too.
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Kate Mulgrew @thekatemulgrew.bsky.social · 6h
Honored to be invited as the keynote speaker at the @astrosociety.org Awards Gala! This historic astronomical nonprofit, founded in 1889, is an impressive 137 years old, and their annual awards honor the best and brightest in astronomy education and innovation.
A photo of Janeway holding her coffee mug that says "got my coffee ready for this announcement..."The Astro Society Awards Gala Celebration
Save the Date: Friday November 6, 2026 6pm to 11pm
Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland CA 
Kate Mulgrew, Keynote Speaker
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Council Member Krista Laine @cmkristalaine.bsky.social · 6h
On National Coffee Day, I am standing with baristas all over the country for better pay and better working conditions. I believe in workers' rights to organize, and so I will be supporting one of our many District 6 coffee places, like...
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小島秀夫 @hideokojima.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp · 6h
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Tor Project @torproject.org · 6h
Noticed a warning when installing Tor Browser for Windows? ⚠️ Our installer’s signing certificate expired. While we renew it, our website will serve version 15.0.20 for Windows users to avoid the warning. More on the release & this temporary change: blog.torproject.org/new-release-...
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New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.24 | Tor Project
Tor Browser 15.0.24 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory.
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Open Society Foundations @open-society.bsky.social · 10h
In 2022, @js-tan.bsky.social & Clarissa Redwine, tech workers turned union organizers, were working 14-hour days organizing a strike at Elon Musk’s newly purchased, workforce-slashed Twitter, calling every employee they could still reach. In the end, just one of the organizing committee was left.
Can Tech Workers Take on the Oligarchs?In 2022, Tan and Redwine, both tech workers turned union organizers, were working 14-hour days trying to organize a strike at Elon Musk's newly purchased, workforce-slashed Twitter. They called every employee they could still reach. In the end, just one member of the organizing committee was left.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 11h
Readers of our daily email—where we send you our scoop of the day—will have seen we're mixing stuff up. Now we email you a chunk of the main story, but also other stuff we've written and wild/whacky shit we're seeing across the web. People are loving it, sign up here: www.404media.co/surveillance...
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Surveillance Finds a Way
CEO who wants to add facial recognition to Flock cameras says it's "the way the world will have to be."
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Center for Media Engagement - UT Austin @engagingnews.bsky.social · 12h
New publication on our research that tested two approaches to fact-checking in broadcast news: a traditional, just-the-facts style and an empathetic style that walks viewers through why the misperception is wrong. 🔗academic article: twp.ai/E5Fo4e 🔗public paper: twp.ai/4hvJgW
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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 16h
@billmckibben.bsky.social and I have a double feature for ya today on the *What If We Get It Right?* podcast, recorded live during NYC Climate Week with Patagonia’s head of impact and the CEO of Protect Our Winters: The Fight for Public Lands. Wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1773809532
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WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT?
Listen to WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT? wherever you get your podcasts!
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小島秀夫 @hideokojima.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp · 21h
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Lula @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social · 13h
O Brasil que dá certo tem nome, tem rosto, tem história. Gente é pra brilhar! ⭐️ Compartilhe com sua gente.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 8h
Art can often communicate what science can’t. These amazing mosaics—Dissolution & Dust—by Marcela Paz Luna Rossel were inspired by scientist Sasha Gershunov’s work on flood & drought in CA. Sasha took this picture of me and his Very Good Dog when I was visiting @scrippsocean.bsky.social today.
Me standing between two mosaic panels of a woman’s body overlaid with water and dust, one depicting flood and the other, drought.
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 9h
BREAKING: @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom just signed 21 bills to protect Californians from Trump’s Orwellian immigration tactics used to terrorize people, including the nation’s first shock glove ban and a first-in-the-nation 25% tax on private detention centers.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13h
We are pushing back on Trump's cruel Orwellian immigration tactics. I just signed a package of bills to strengthen transparency, accountability, and oversight of federal immigration enforcement in California — including a first in the nation ban on shock gloves.
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Governor Newsom Signs Bills Protecting Immigrant Communities
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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance @sandiegozoo.bsky.social · 7h
✨Meet Willow✨  Willow and Rogue go together like peas and carrots. She's something of an architect and loves to collect materials to build her den, tear it down, and rebuild it again. Her favorite hobbies are sleeping, ignoring her care team, sniffing her snacks, and using Rogue as a pillow.
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José Manuel Albares @jmalbares.bsky.social · 11h
España y Francia reivindicamos la fuerza del diálogo y la cooperación. Defendemos los valores humanistas sobre los que hemos construido nuestra convivencia y el proyecto europeo. Protegemos la democracia frente a los que la atacan. Junto a mi homólogo @jnbarrot.bsky.social.
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José Manuel Albares @jmalbares.bsky.social · 12h
Francia es nuestro primer socio económico: 94.000M€ de comercio anual y 100.000M€ de inversión. 330.000 españoles viven en Francia, 125.000 franceses en España. 500.000 españoles en localidades transfronterizas. 3M de franceses estudian español y 13M visitan España anualmente.
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David Priess @davidpriess.bsky.social · 7h
I had a blast last week when I finally made it to one of the few presidential museums I’d previously missed—the Truman Museum in Independence! Great facility with great artifacts. Zoom in to see the goods:
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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 11h
Today at #ConnectingEuropeDays 2026 by @ec.europa.eu everybody agreed with WWI US General J. Pershing, who said: “Battles are won by infantries, wars - by logistics”.
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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 18h
Our roads, ports and faster procedures are key to our militaries’ movement. I discussed @ec.europa.eu proposal on #MilitaryMobility with NATO JSEC Commander Lt. Gen Kai Rohrschneider
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Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social · 18h
I'll be speaking at the Brussels Privacy Symposium on 13 October. “To Share or Not to Share? Platform Regulation Meets Privacy”. Looking forward to discussing the tensions between competition law, platform regulation, and privacy. What's more important? Can we find a balance? #BPS2026
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 21h
If the last 15 years of work on things like MH17 and chemical weapon use tells me anything is you'll need a lot more than mere evidence to change the mind of any denialist.
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MashStars @mashstars.bsky.social · 8h
AI hallucination oppo research without anyone that wasn't a 'yes man' so they ran with it. AI psychosis in the Senate.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22h
A 14-Year-Old’s Plea to Putin
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23h
Russia escalated its attacks on Ukraine’s civilian centres. Hospitals, offices, data centres, railways, warehouses and publishers hit. 90% of retail food-logistics capacity has been destroyed; millions of books and hundreds of locomotives lost or damaged.
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Russia declares total war on Ukraine's economy, from data centres to school textbooks
Warehouses, locomotives, internet providers, publishers and now the national science academy have become targets. Ukraine's economy ministry puts the cost at up to $10 billion this year, and growth fo...
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
US Rep AOC: “The culture of rape, sexual assault, and pedophilia is protected in elite institutions across the United States and including Cornell University” #OpDeathEaters
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MashStars @mashstars.bsky.social · 23h
"The model showed more deception[...]failing to accurately disclose actions it had or had not taken[...]problems with “scope authorization”, pushing ahead with ​tasks ​without requesting user permission[...]use external tools ​or services[...]" How rude. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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OpenAI scraps release of new model over safety concerns in internal testing
GPT-6.1 Astra showed deceptive behavior and tried to use external tools despite knowing it would be unsafe
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Taylor Swift Updates @taylorswiftinfo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bebe Rexha shared that Taylor Swift reached out to support her when designers refused to dress her for the 2019 Grammys “She had reached out to me because we're the same age, and I thought that was really, really, really kind of her.”
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 28/09/2026
How is AI changing investigations? On Thursday, investigative journalist @craigsilverman.bsky.social will share how he’s using AI, including in his investigation of a North Korean hiring scam. We’ll explore what AI can uncover and where it falls short. Join us live: discordapp.com/events/70975...
Reads: Using AI in Investigations-
To Uncover a North Korean Hiring Scam with Craig Silverman, 
Bellingcat Stage Talk
Thursday 10/1
5pm CEST/11am EDT
Discord.com/invite/bellingcat
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United Nations University @ununiversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THE PROMISE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Co-organized by UNU, the World Bank Group Institute for Economic Development and partners, the event will explore key findings and policy recommendations from the World Development Report 2026, with a focus on Asia. Register now: go.unu.edu/PF0De #WDR2026
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United Nations University @ununiversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Building an AI-Ready Workforce: Skills, Inclusion and Opportunity in an Era of Transformation 🌏 Next week, join us for a #UNUConversationSeries event with Kevin Frey, Vice President and Chief Impact Officer for Microsoft Elevate. ▶️ 6 Oct, 17:00–18:00 | Tokyo Register now🔗 buff.ly/qfeMYjC
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 26/09/2026
Join upcoming OCCRP Briefing: Power Plays in Central Asia: State Capture, Weaponized Anti-Corruption, and the Rules of Doing Business. This one-hour event is open to OCCRP members only. Join the community here: buff.ly/GJn5tKL
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United Nations University @ununiversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🎙️ In this #MultilateralismUNpacked episode, @unu-cpr.bsky.social Director David Passarelli and Dr. Simon Chesterman explore trust, mis- and disinformation, and why false content often spreads further than facts. Today is International Day for Universal Access to Information. 🎧 go.unu.edu/ENJz0
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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ultra-high-resolution imagery of Northern Gaza was briefly available to view on Israel's GovMap website. It's since been censored. Map 🗺👉: tinyurl.com/nfr6vr4 However, one of our community members @nrg8000.bsky.social preserved the map for anyone to explore, analyse, and compare for themselves.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 29/09/2026
Will Republicans Divorce Trump Over Xi Embrace? Probably Not
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Will Republicans Divorce Trump Over Xi Embrace? Probably Not | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Late Night with Seth Meyers @latenightseth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump rejects an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as Republicans openly break with him and call for an end to the war. Seth takes #ACloserLook youtu.be/rq8ioSev6Gs?...
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Trump Rejects Iran Deal as GOP Turns on Him, MTG Says MAGA Is Dead, Xi Tours Ballroom: A Closer Look
YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Bianca 'BiaSciLab' Lewis @biascilab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My SEC-T talk "Veilid: The Private Internet we were all Promised" is up on YouTube! Please take a chance to watch and support it because this message about the future of privacy needs to be amplified 🌎💫 #cybersecurity #hacker #conference #womenintech @sec-t.bsky.social youtu.be/8ung6ooAL7w?...
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