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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 13h

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

Yikes — abc news has fallen… “outright deleted” a story about the Trump boys getting billions in government contracts 🤔👇🏽

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22h

Don’t forget: billionaires are using their grip on social media and the news to convince us that peaceful protests don’t work, our vote doesn’t matter, and that both parties are the same. They’re spending billions on it.

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Eric Rogers @ericrogers.org · 07/10/2026

KCK police are looking for info on a hit-and-run driver who killed a bicyclist last night. 2200 block of Metropolitan Ave (in front of a police station!) www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

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Bicyclist killed in hit-and-run crash in Kansas City, Kansas, police say

Officers found a deceased man in the 2200 block of Metropolitan Avenue on Tuesday. An investigation revealed a hit-and-run crash occurred.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

How does MAGA whine about socialism, which they never define correctly, but never say a peep about techbros insisting that no one will have to work ever again and we’ll all just be given a check by our overlords?

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I ALSO enjoyed the incredible honor of reconnecting at the @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social author event with LEGENDARY librarian @melissacorey.bsky.social. Unfortunately, I neglected to take a picture of her in a vaguely disappointing pose.

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mine is ads that mention A.I. as if I’ll want their product more once I know there’s A.I. in it. No, on the product. {skip} on the ad.

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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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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was just about to ask if you were going to get tickets (like I planned to) to see the Rainmakers at Knuckleheads in November but then discovered they’re *sold out*. :-(

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cities everywhere are discussing the dangers of ebikes in cities and passing swift legislation to tightly control them. Meanwhile:

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

Sounds great.

According to experts I interviewed, the internet is about to get more frustrating. These agents may cause a cascading chain of problems that shake the foundations of digital infrastructure. Chances are good that you're about to live through an era of online chaos.
The internet was built for humans with limited time and patience. AIs don't have those restraints. You'll probably have to fight with robots over concert tickets and booking appointments. Small businesses could drown in machine-made pestering. AIs don't look at ads, and websites that rely on them are already crumbling. You'll be buried in endless loops of proving you're human. And if you use these AI tools, some may betray you.

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I mean, I get it when I see some Smithville townie in a King Ranch brodozer complaining that apartments are being built near their “city center.” It still saddens me, but I get it.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here’s what we really need to focus a lot more discussion on — you don’t need to hate cars in order to want people to have the CHOICE to walk, bike and take public transit in your city. Better cities provide more choices, and work better for EVERYONE. Bad cities offer only dependency. #CarDependency

Picture of a street with public transit (trams), people riding bikes in a bike lane, and people strolling while holding hands on a wide sidewalk, in central Melbourne. #MultiModal

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S.T. Bikes KC 🚶🚴 🚌 & 🚎 @stbikeskc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cars and parking have ruined the brains of so many people who no longer can comprehend any other way of getting around other than driving living room sized boxes around and storing them for free just feet from their destination.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Data centers are gonna be very popular”🤔 Trump again makes it clear his loyalty is to the tech oligarchs (who enrich him and his family), not to regular Americans

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never run moonshine with Bo and Luke Duke? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with them? [SMITH]: That is Coy and Vance

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Seriously #SickOfIt 😡

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Eric Schmitt is such a galactically moronic clown his stupidity may be breaking Bluesky.

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Would love to! Would also like to *attend* one before organizing one. I’ll be in touch.

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Northland: {quietly continues existing, making up about 1/3 of KCMO and 1/6 of the whole KC metro population} Note: posted with all love for BOTG and their important mission. I just get salty when folks say ‘in the metro’ or ‘in KC’ when they really mean ‘in one corner.’ Anyway, go to one of these!

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Alabama’s legislature and governor — both from the party of “small government” and “freedom” — made a law *requiring* anyone affiliated with the state to go along with Orange Dear Leader’s insane “Gulf of America” bullshit. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

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Public radio station in Alabama says it can no longer use ‘Gulf of Mexico’

Sometimes authoritarian shifts in modern American life are obvious, but in other instances, they can be subtle and easy to miss.

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“I think that's the answer—the response, if not the solution—to all this anti-human momentum. Find people who haven't been bought, who do something that's meaningful to you or helpful for you, and help them do that.”

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“I don't use the new machines (A.I.) not because I'm against machines (I am using many different machines to write this/deliver it to you), but because these machines propose to do the part that makes it meaningful and worthwhile, and I have no interest in that.” www.the-reframe.com/thank-you-fo...

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Thank You For Your Support

The increasing need for independent writing in the age of billionaire slop.

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Would have liked to have seen even one of those tiny replicas carry the label “Originally Known As The Six Grandfathers.” 3/3

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I had to laugh at the idea that literally any person at ALL who attended even 40 seconds of American Public School might not instantly know what to call these four granite faces. It’s quite possibly the most recognizable image in America. “Better put a label on it, just in case!” 2/3

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

While strolling through the gift shop yesterday, I couldn’t help but notice that every one of the 500 or so tchotchkes and geegaws there was *aggressively* emblazoned with the name “MOUNT RUSHMORE” in letters so bold they can only be described as “overbearing.” 1/3

Picture of 4 American presidents’ faces carved into the 6 grandfathers rock formation near Keystone, SD.

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Less than a half-hour until the start of the Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup, which YOU can watch from the comfort of your easy chair at www.sdpb.org/buffalo-roun.... I’m here reporting live from on scene, because all I do is give. :-)

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Buffalo Roundup

Every year, SDPB partners with South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks, Travel South Dakota, and Custer State Park to bring live streaming coverage of the Buffalo Roundup to viewers all over the world.

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

And then, we can finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and finally be done with Republican election fuckery. Which would probably get us to the 5-3 (leaning R) map that Missouri SHOULD have based on population, rather than the 6-2 map we inexplicably allow, nor the 7-1 map R’s want.

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

OR, we could respect the word of the United States Supreme Court and hold the regular election at the regular time using the only legally-created map (the 2022 one) and be done with this drama.

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Seems to me, if the problem is that we can’t hold an *election* if the already-held *primary* was using an incorrect map, then we ought to invalidate the primary and start over, holding a special election to fix the mess Hoskins and Hanaway intentionally created.

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yeah, I’m not sure I get it, either. But it’s pretty wild. #KadokaSD

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There's plenty of corruption, crimes against humanity, and downright evil shit to focus on, but every so often it strikes me how thoroughly we USians have been exposed and disgraced on the world stage. A country who can elect such a man—twice!—is not a worthy country. We need radical reformation.

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I don’t know if I’d call it “joyless,” though. The Trumpers I know seem to take away boundless glee whenever they get a chance to “own the libs.”

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The @nytimes.com’s “deep bench” and “thorough reporting” and long reputation cannot be squared against their predilection for coddling fascists and poisoning the image of progressives. Dump the New York Times and support independent media.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

because the ny times wants to kneecap AOC the way they did hillary clinton. they don't do this for any other politician but her. and we must pound them into the dust for this.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“So the bottom line is Trump doesn’t do the show anymore.” “Yeah.” That time Dave Letterman said Trump stopped doing the show unless he apologized for calling Trump “racist” — and Dave wouldn’t do it.

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Michael “Concentration camps are bad, actually” Gier @mgier.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Dear podcasters: I know you see the reports. You’ll say that the ads inserted into your p’cast are out of your control. But you can still talk to the platforms. Tell them: if the commercial in your podcast even mentions the term “A.I.”, I’m skipping the commercial.

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