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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 20h

Times editor grudgingly offered a comment that amounted to "run along, peon. We're the Times."

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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

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Matt Wheeland @mattwheeland.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This will be a wonderful event – come see @sesmith.lol and pick up their new book, too!

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 14/07/2026

My book on grief and loss under capitalism (and so much more!) comes out in two weeks, which is a wild thing to say. If you haven’t preordered yet, grab a copy from one of the two independent bookstores I’m partnering with, threaded below, so you can get a signed bookplate and other fun things!

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Ioannis Ziogas @ziogas.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Today's NYT jobs report coverage (left) compared to exactly 2 years ago under Biden (right). Notice the numbers.

NYT headline (July 2, 2026): U.S. Hiring Continues at a Steady Pace

NYT headline (July 2, 2024): US Job Growth Extends Streak, but Signs of Concern Emerge.

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Civil Eats @civileats.com · 30/06/2026

In our newest series, Farming 250, we’ll be profiling the work and ideas of farmers across the country. Our aim is to paint a picture of farming today and to point the way toward a better food future.

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Introducing Farming 250, a New Series from Civil Eats

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, we aim to paint a true picture of American food production.

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Sorry not sorry for the next several months of relentless book promotion, I didn't create this system! But for real, though, if you've ever thought anything I do is any good at all, I hope you'll read this book I poured everything into: geni.us/broughttoyouby

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Amy Westervelt, investigative reporter and host of Drilled, shows how the tentacles of corporate propaganda infiltrated our media ecosystem, undermined democracy, and now threaten the very nature of t...

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

... the Prairieland sentences are a national emergency

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Cannot fucking believe an external 4TB SSD drive that cost me $200 last year is now $1100. Had to check receipts to make sure. They’re really out there trying to keep you from having a PC, phone, or a gaming console so they can have hallucinating, polluting chatbots that drop bombs on kids’ schools.

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Maria W. Norris @mariawnorris.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

10 years ago, days before the Brexit referendum. There was a deadly terrorist attack in Britain. Afterwards, nothing happened and very few people today will refer to what happened by its name. 1/

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 11/06/2026

World Cup starts today, and as referees and players suffer deportation & scrutiny while crossing borders into the fascist US of A, @katelynburns.com reminds us that FIFA is regularly in tune with suffering and authoritarianism. www.theflytrapmedia.com/this-world-c...

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This World Cup is Bad

How I fell out of love with football and became a World Cup hater.

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Ectoplasma Ring @plasmaring.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

so like lemme weigh in on this as someone who is more financially comfortable than many in my generational cohort: everything I have gained seems precarious and temporary because I know the people with real money will take it all from me the second they get an opportunity and no one will protect me.

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Civil Eats @civileats.com · 20/05/2026

Grocery retailers are replacing paper price tags on shelves with small digital screens called electronic shelf labels. Some worry the technology will enable companies to engage in “surveillance pricing” and will put grocery workers’ jobs at risk.

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Union Seeks Ban on ‘Surveillance Pricing’ at Grocery Stores

The United Food and Commercial Workers Union argues that digital shelf labels and AI are harmful to workers and consumers alike.

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 20/05/2026

Happy Flytrap Tuesday! Today, @freeblackgirl.bsky.social writes about how 2016 was a turning point for black women, and 10 years later, how that moment simply was not enough:

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The Vulnerability of Visibility

Ten years ago, Black women were more visible than ever. It didn't get us—any of us—very far.

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Civil Eats @civileats.com · 13/05/2026

The Marion Barry Avenue Market and Cafe offers a full-service grocery store in Washington, D.C.’s Ward 8. Christopher Bradshaw, the executive director of the nonprofit Dreaming Out Loud, says the goal is to provide food access, work opportunities, and a place to gather. ➡️ buff.ly/NKrb4q0

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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 12/05/2026

Today, we're thrilled to share an excerpt from @sesmith.lol's upcoming book, "All My Dead Cats and Other Losses," on what it means to experience grief that others see as inappropriate, "wrong," or too upsetting. Plus some great pics of their dear cat, Ember. www.coyotemedia.org/grief-is-pol...

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Grief Is Political — Even When It’s About Your Pets

The author of the forthcoming book "All My Dead Cats" talks about disenfranchised grief, the politics of mourning, and why a dead cat is the perfect gateway into one of our most avoided conversations.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Reading my advance copy of The Emergency Playbook, and seriously, preorder this, fam. You can't get it soon enough, and everyone should own a PHYSICAL copy.

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The Emergency Playbook: A Bunker-Free Guide to Disaster Preparation

A Bunker-Free Guide to Disaster Preparation

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 06/05/2026

Here it is, my first post for @weareravenous.com. It's about chef Telly Justice of HAGS, and her mission to bring pay-what-you-can dining to restaurants across the country, and the world. I'm so excited its out in the world. www.weareravenous.com/pay-what-you...

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Paying What You Can

Even amid tightening margins, some restaurants are putting mutual aid over profit. And it’s working.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

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Civil Eats @civileats.com · 29/04/2026

The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to move about two-thirds of its food safety workers out of Washington, D.C., raising alarms about further expertise losses in the agency.

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USDA Reorganization Expanded to Include Food Safety Inspection Service

Food safety experts worry that relocating inspectors could ‘fracture’ a critical arm of the agency.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Sorry to be overly sincere for a second, but here's why we decided to persevere through all of the bullshit and take over InfoWars. There's just gotta be a line somewhere. Thank you @pablo.show for letting me talk so openly about this.

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skELLY @ellyzoe.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

FWIW, “girly” jobs means anything women do more than men. Teaching? Used to be a male profession. So did veterinary medicine. So did psychology, pharmacy, and even nursing. Guess what happens as the percentage of women approaches parity? Men literally FLEE from those jobs. 💀

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 07/04/2026

Anyway, we have ample research on how living under a state of sustained terror and stress causes life-long health problems as well as intergenerational epigenetic effects. This feels like it's making you sick because it actually is making you sick.

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

The planet Jupiter with its cloud bands seen in shades of pink, rusty red, blue, and purple. The Great Red Spot is a deep navy blue, surrounded by bands and swirls of pink, and light blue.

Hubble's ultraviolet view of Jupiter shows the planet in hues of pink and blue.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 31/03/2024

In the original script for The Matrix, the character of Switch was male in the real world but female in the Matrix. Warner Bros ordered the Wachowskis to cut this from the film. Trans Visibility Day is necessary because our cultural gatekeepers have deliberately erased trans voices.

A still from 1999's the Matrix, directed by Lilly and Lana Wachowski. We're in the front seat of a car, raindrops splattering against the window. Switch, an androgynous blonde person is pointing a gun at someone in the backseat. Switch is staring them down, taking no shit. The scene has a greenish tint to everything, indicating that this takes place in the Matrix.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 23/03/2026

Target emailed me to send me some update on how they use my data which reminded me I could just delete my account. They kind of bury how to do that so here's the form www.target.com/guest-privac...

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Your Privacy Choices : Target

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Katie Rodriguez @katierodriguez.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

In the nearly year-and-a-half since the Moss Landing battery plant went ablaze, reports detailing the possible fallout of airborne heavy metals, and what that means for residents and the environment, have painted a patchy picture at best. www.montereycountynow.com/news/local_n...

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A patchy picture of contamination from the Vistra battery plant fire emerges.

Conflicting reports on contamination from the Vistra battery fire emerge, showing patchy data on heavy metal fallout near Elkhorn Slough and residential areas.

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Civil Eats @civileats.com · 19/03/2026

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus vows to take on the massive task of renaming celebrations and landmarks that commemorate renowned farmworker leader César Chavez.

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Congress Responds to César Chavez Sexual Abuse Allegations

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has vowed to take on the massive task of renaming celebrations and landmarks that commemorate the renowned farmworker leader.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

This is the greatest website ever made. youraislopbores.me

Screenshot of "your ai slop bores me," a site where you can larp as an llm to answer other people's prompts. I asked "please draw me a horse that's also a cowboy" and someone did a shitty ms paint drawing of a horse in a cowboy hat. 10/10

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 26/02/2026

If you want to stand up against fascism, then you have to defend trans rights. It’s nonnegotiable. We all lose otherwise.

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Gumiho’s Spooky Base🦊🤖🫩 @gumihosb.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

If you can please consider donating to the ACLU of Kansas as they’re currently trying to fight this. action.aclu.org/give/support...

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Support the ACLU of Kansas Foundation

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I have spent the past several months studying the cutting-edge research on modern democracies that have defeated authoritarian leaders. I've learned that the conventional wisdom on the topic is wrong — in ways that have clear implications for the US going forward THREAD www.vox.com/politics/479...

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How to stop a dictator

I spent months studying how authoritarians like Trump lose. The answer is shockingly simple.

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 12/02/2026

"The purveyors of modern fascism are so scared of other people, and so full of hatred for humanity, that they’re even outsourcing the thing they like best—literally doing fascism—to computers." - read @andreagrimes.com 's latest below!

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Dehumanizing Humans, Personifying Computers: Why Modern Fascism Wants You to be Lonely

Welcome to fully-automated luxury fascism. Can I take your personhood?

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nitasha tiku @nitasha.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I wanna keep doing this work, in any form (podcast! newsletter! movie? AI literacy class!). Pls msg me on Signal at nitasha.10 if you need someone who’s well-sourced in AI & SV, worked hard to understand the technology + ideas + players, cares about getting it right and informing the public

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Update: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA. Facts that bear repeating.

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 02/02/2026

HAPPY MONDAY!! Time to take advantage of the #Grammys algorithm! First up, @nicolefroio.bsky.social's review of THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, Bad Bunny's DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS: www.theflytrapmedia.com/deb-tirar-m-...

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“DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” is Bad Bunny’s Latest Decolonial Text

Bad Bunny’s new album places loss at the center of tropical paradise, elucidating vacation spots as colonial constructs.

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 16/05/2023

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

hey, y'all. my name is madi and i'm a reporter for the minnesota reformer. i cover the trump administration's impact on minnesotans, which means i've been out on the streets covering ICE in the twin cities. let me walk you through how we got here:

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Tom Cox consistently elevates alt-text to art

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 16/01/2026

We do not accept payment for whistles, and will ship anywhere between 100 and 1000. If you know someone with an org that needs even more than that, they can reach out and we can work with them! Do not be afraid to ask for 100 whistles if you just want to radicalize your PTA group. WE WANT THAT! 💓

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 06/01/2026

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

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2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!

This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 13/01/2026

When I wrote about microplastics in November 2024, the scientists I spoke to were clear that research is at a frustratingly early stage - but also that microplastics are likely to be bad, so we should reduce our exposure www.ft.com/content/2433...

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Shannon Osaka @shannonosaka.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Interesting to see the Guardian's @dpcarrington.bsky.social weighing in on this. My take, as someone covering microplastics heavily for the past year (and currently sitting at a 200+ person conference with many of the scientists in question): www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

That heaviness you feel after events like yesterday is real. We've all accumulated a lot of mental and emotional weight in the first year of Trump's disastrous presidency. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...

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The physical weight of Trumpism

That heaviness you feel, that drag on your mental health, that drain on your emotional energy and lethargy in the face of world events, like yesterday, is real.

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