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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I keep trying to think of any historical example where a given technology's PROMOTERS AND TRUE BELIEVERS were like 'we are absolutely going to ruin your fucking life so be prepared like it's the end of the world'

Andrew Curran: Axios is reporting that the top labs are wargaming scenarios for the aftermath of a catastrophic event in the next 6 - 12 months, that some executives now see as being inevitable.

Axios: Top executives at Anthropic, OpenAl and other Al companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event.
Why it matters: These officials anticipate a large-scale event, most likely a cyberattack, that shuts down access to financial services, internet connectivity, or even power and water.

Edouard Harris: This is our view as well. Relatedly, average people will want to increase their level of personal resilience and preparedness as their resources allow. We will be publishing about this soon.

Nick Farina: Best ways to be prepared? Generators, water, books and DVDs?

Edouard Harris: Power, water, food, sanitation for most part. Parts of this depend on your geo latitude - solar vs propane for eg.

But also: set aside a computer that is not (and ideally has never been) connected to the internet. Buy faraday pouches and tape. Print out essential docs on paper.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I love taking the train between San Diego and Los Angeles since it's such a gorgeous view but there's just no way it'll still exist on the same track a generation from now. www.instagram.com/reels/DeSCAh...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Incels and rapists stick together, if you ever see a man defending rapists or victim blaming or shifting blame to women who have been raped or assaulted; that's somebody you need to keep an eye on for your public safety and away from yourself / children / and any women.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Be the iceberg you want to see in the world.

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Margaret Monteith @memonteith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We can get men to walk on the moon, but somehow we still cannot get some of them to stop sexually assaulting people or some of their bros to stop them either.

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Margaret Monteith @memonteith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This thread is spot on and worth the read.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Teaching is the very thing that’s been degraded and underfunded and is the very thing that we know across k-16 is the most important aspect of student learning and outcomes – well beyond the classroom. Yes, this is now my checklist for any essay/ pod abt "higher ed." 10/

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I have listened to and read lots and lots of What AI will Mean for College and the one big thing that gets skips all the time is TEACHING. Information provided is not teaching. 8/

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 05/09/2026

Tim Curry is gone, Brenda Fricker is gone, Catherine O’Hara is gone, and yet somehow the worst actor in Home Alone 2 is still here.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I still can’t believe that a nut job exclaimed, “They’re eating the cats, they’re eating the dogs” and millions of Americans said, “That’s the guy I want as president.”

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

School meals should be free for everybody. Charging children to eat somewhere they are legally required to be for the entire day is crazy.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 07/08/2026

Invest in kids, not war. Trump wants to shred Head Start health & safety standards. He says fewer standards mean we MIGHT be able to enroll more kids. Actually, we can maintain standards AND open more slots by simply funding Head Start instead of a war with Iran.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"The electrical installation course requires knowledge of algebra and trigonometry, plus mastery of a wiring regs handbook that is twice as long as Pride and Prejudice" Important read on vocational ed from 14. You need a really solid foundation in English, maths & science for many jobs in trades.

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The problem with "parity of esteem"

Vocational education at age 14 is not the answer

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💉Josh Rubin, MD @drsandman11.medsky.social · 04/08/2026

Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media

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Margaret Monteith @memonteith.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Call your reps and ask them to protect Head Start. “Once the proposal is made public, federal law requires the administration to give at least a month for the public to weigh in on it. If any new rules are finalized, there may be a delay before they take effect…” We must fight this.

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Targeting vulnerable kids is one of the few things this squalid regime does effectively: Trump administration weighs proposal to gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set the rules www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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Trump administration weighs proposal to gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set the rules

Two people familiar with the deliberations tell The Associated Press the Republican administration's proposed changes could significantly reduce the preschool program's quality standards.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I hope these people never find out about libraries

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

If these end up actually being *affordable* for low income people, then this will be a MAJOR legacy for good.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

If the democrats had any guts they would hammer this so hard that by November the public would assume that Elon Musk and Susan Collins are relatives

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 30/07/2026

This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It’s that time of year again: here are some of the books I’ve enjoyed this summer. If you’ve read any good ones, let me know!

Barack Obama's 2026 Summer Reading List:

Kin by Tayari Jones
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
A World Appears by Michael Pollan
Whistler by Ann Patchett
This Land is Your Land by Beverly Gage
Vigil by George Saunders
One Sun Only by Camille Bordas
Seek Immediate Shelter by Vincent Yu
Data Empire by Roopika Risam
Transcription by Ben Lerner
Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Me: Anything? Genie: Anything. Me: I wish that people on the internet would know that they could just not post about something. Genie: [tugs collar]

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The most powerful people in our society are spending hundreds of billions of dollars in the attempt to make artificial human minds, while millions of real human minds are being left to die of disease, starvation and conflict. Of all the sick things about the “AI” quest, that is the sickest.

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Margaret Monteith @memonteith.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Say his name. Say all of their names. This is madness.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 14/07/2026

And yet, SCOTUS has already ruled it legal for ICE to profile people based on skin color. This is fascism. Saying it again—it was never about law and order. It was always about murdering anyone not white. Abolish and prosecute ICE. 2/2

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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 12/07/2026

Okay so I’ve got a podcast to pitch to everyone

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 11/07/2026

Korea added ANOTHER 7 years to President Yoon's sentence this week. He's already in for life but there's constantly new trials to set precedent for every single thing he did wrong to be worthy of punishment. Elsewhere, political standards are so lax no one can even check if a dude's dead or not.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Guy who held his girlfriend hostage in her own home is now holding Maine voters hostage in their own state. Rapist mentality doesn't stop at the bedroom door: it's a whole worldview. See also: Trump and how he governs.

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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 09/07/2026

I don't think the government of a democracy should have masked secret police that roam the country murdering people, with their actions treated as totally outside the law.

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Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Bologna opens a new library containing more than 32,000 books from Umberto Eco's private study - arranged exactly as he left them - a decade after his death.

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Umberto Eco library opens in Bologna, 10 years after his death

The University of Bologna has opened a new public library housing the personal book collection of writer Umberto Eco, a decade after his death.

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HistorySmith @historysmith.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

“…the record is clear on this much: those who have bet against Black Americans claiming their rightful place in this country have always lost.”

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Storytime for Chicago library kids with LeVar Burton at the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Library 🤯✨📚 @obamafoundation.bsky.social

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Boaz • My Turn /A Space @myturnaspace.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

31 CE made my day

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The Opening of the Library couldn't have come at a more perfect time for Americans, who needed a boost & an alternative way to celebrate our 250th anniversary & our country's complicated history. This, and the Knicks & World Cup are what America can be, and are a more desirable direction than the

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Rhonda 🌊 @silverarticfox.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Can somebody explain to me why the rule is "if you can't make rent, cut out the streaming apps, lattes, and avocado toasts" but it's never "if you can't afford your workers a living wage, cut out the mega-yachts, rockets, and spaceships."

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The greatest heist ever committed

ESTIMATED CUMULATIVE GAAP EARNINGS/(LOSSES)
SINCE INCEPTION
(Also referred to as cumulative profit (net income))
TESLA
$39.2B
(ESTIMATED)
Estimated Cumulative
GAAP Earnings Since
Inception
P
PayPal
SPACEA
+
$33.6B
(ESTIMATED)
+
-$41.3B
(ESTIMATED)
=
TOTAL
$31.5B
(ESTIMATED)
Estimated Cumulative
GAAP Earnings Since
Inception
Estimated Cumulative
GAAP Earnings Since
Inception
(Approximately)
The estimated cumulative GAAP earnings/(losses) of Tesla, PayPal, and SpaceX since their inception totals only about $31.5 billion.
MAKES NO SENSE THAT ELON MUSK IS WORTH AN ESTIMATED $1 TRILLION.
Note: Figures are estimates based on publicly available financial filings and reports.
ELON MUSK
WORTH
$1 TRILLION
(ESTIMATED)

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Oh, we *can*. It's just that our government refuses to do so. It's gross.

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Old Uncle Dave @olduncledave.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Before Reagan became governor, California State Colleges and Universities were tuition-free.

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

If you're old enough to remember this commercial—you knew that its purpose was more than just selling Coca-Cola. The message is powerful and beautiful at the same time. 🥹☮️🕊 #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory 🌎🌏🌍✊🏻✊️✊🏾✊🏿🪶🌈✡️ *sound up🔊

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

We need more rich people with normal interests like "your movie sounds neat" instead of, like, white fertility rates.

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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 04/06/2026

TOMORROW: Call attention to our nation’s gun violence crisis that steals nearly 47,000 lives every year. All you have to do is wear orange, post a selfie, and tell the world why you #WearOrange. 🍊 RSVP for a Wear Orange Weekend event in your community: etwn.us/4o2lsEg

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I don’t trade stocks. I don’t take corporate PAC donations. I don’t take money from fossil fuel companies. I don’t treat public office as a personal self-enrichment fund. And I will NEVER sacrifice trans kids to win political points.

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The Picture of Doriane Gros @grosdoriane.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

You used to be able to google the time of the sunset, and Google would give you the exact time right on top every single time. Thankfully, with artificial intelligence, you can now ask Google what time the sun will set and it will conveniently tell you "I don't know."

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/05/2026

"I am told by several lesser gods that the boulder understands the seriousness of the moment, though I will grant that the stone has not said this to me directly."

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I, Sisyphus, Am Ninety-Five Percent of the Way There

“The remaining 5 percent concerns only the final portion of the hill, the tendency of the boulder to inevitably roll back down to the very beginning, the ete...

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