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Truthout @truthout.org · 13/10/2026
Rep. Delia C. Ramirez has introduced a bill that would abolish not just ICE, but the DHS altogether, repealing the 2002 law establishing the agency and replacing it with one focused on protecting civil and human rights.
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Rep. Delia Ramirez Introduces Landmark Bill to Abolish DHS, ICE, and CBP
The Department of Homeland Security was established in 2002 as part of the Bush administration’s war on terror.
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is bad, right?
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WIRED @wired.com · 08/10/2026
“There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused this system more than Microsoft,” Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday.
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Trump Administration Cuts Off Access to a Major Immigration Program for Workers at Microsoft and Adobe
“There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused this system more than Microsoft,” Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday.
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Josh @starkey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If you’re in line to play RB for the Seahawks, STAY IN LINE!
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No lie detected
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One way tech oligarchs retain power is through dual-class shares, allowing them to cash in on public stock markets without giving up power over their companies. @ryanlcooper.com thinks this needs to end: Dual-class shares should be banned, or taxed in proportion to founder control over the company.
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Here’s a Way to Stop Silicon Valley Megalomania - The American Prospect
‘Dual class’ shares are a fraud on the public market.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
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Iron Ring - Wikipedia
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Like a stillsuit - but just for bullshit.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 22/09/2026
Free newsletter: I estimate that ~50% of AI chip sales - $200bn to $300bn+ - are sitting in warehouses, with NVIDIA selling hundreds of billions of GPUs years in advance. Data centers take way longer to build than hyperscalers are leading us to believe. www.wheresyoured.at/wherere-all-the-ai-chips/
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https://www.wheresyoured.at/wherere-all-the-ai-chips/
If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter, and you can subscribe on the following links: $70 a year, $18 a quarter, or $7 a month. In return you get a weekly premium…
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Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So sexually, she’s, like, pretty cool?
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hackers stole a Flock camera then ripped the code from it: "Why just destroy them when we can reverse engineer them and find the secrets of those spying on us?” www.404media.co/hackers-stol...
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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Dividing up AI users in 3 categories: Wizard: approaches AI academically & with appropriate guards & wards. Treats it like a tool. Warlock: Makes a pact for power with an alien entity without considering the costs. Is corrupted by the whispers. Cleric: worships their new machine god. Is insane.
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hair plugs are gender affirming care. Fight me.
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As my daughter says : “Fork found in Kitchen “
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Brendon Boo-zard 🎃 @brendonbouzard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This exchange is so good.
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Drill bit
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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hahaa nice
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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Got taken in by the idea of a Venture Bros. RPG so I came up with a fitting character (EMA level 3 I suppose?)
A headless Thompson gunner named Roland Gunnarsson. He wears a photo of his living self taped to his chest so people have something to look at when they talk to him.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“X’s algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” www.404media.co/xs-algorithm...
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X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds
X is driving engagement by making users fight in the replies.
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Dolphin Pilot @theamitie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
There’s a guy on TikTok who posts just him taking a pizza out of the oven every day with tongs and all of the comments are about how their day is ruined from having watched this
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 17/08/2026
“The Nerd Reich”: Author Gil Durán on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance & the War on Democracy www.democracynow.org/2026/8/17/gil_…
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“The Nerd Reich”: Gil Durán on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance & the War on Democracy
A new book by longtime Bay Area journalist Gil Durán investigates “tech fascism” and its mounting influence on U.S. politics. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy follows th...
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Just had to block a sanctimonious jackass. Bye!
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
With my colleague Roni Rabin, I dug into the evidence around Covid vaccine safety in pregnancy, and broke down a statistic about miscarriage that has been repeatedly debunked but was still widely circulated again this week.
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Covid Vaccines Are Not Linked to Miscarriage. Here’s How We Know. (Gift Article)
Prominent Republicans and others have falsely claimed this week that the shots are linked, despite years of data showing they are safe.
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The coffee from the machine at work isn’t so much coffee as it is a penance for my sins.
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The kids are alright
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Sometimes you beat an invasive species by finding a new predator for them to control the population.
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The truth hurts
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 31/07/2026
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AI Doomsday Bullshit Is Getting Tired
The "rogue AI" narrative continues to help obscure very ugly and avoidable human failures.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 27/07/2026
The Hugging Face incident was “both notable and alarming,” EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social told @sfexaminer.bsky.social, “not because ‘ooh, the model’s so powerful,’ but because it demonstrates a colossal failure on the part of OpenAI to secure the sandbox in which it was testing its model.”
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OpenAI hacking incident highlights AI cyberrisks
Experts take company to task for safety efforts
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 27/07/2026
After The Economist’s interview with Elon Musk, will major media finally reassess how they cover the fascist billionaire? As its editor-in-chief did the rounds saying she was “not a Musk hater,” he was on X calling her a traitor to the West and suggesting she be murdered. Please, have some dignity.
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Elon Musk’s tired schtick
Why does the media keep debasing itself for a man who despises them?
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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
ONCE AGAIN TAPPING THE SIGN www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/dont-take-...
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Don't Take Advice From Your Enemies
The most useless genre on earth.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I appreciate Never Trump GOPs for their bravery in leaving their movement behind out of patriotism. But I'd ask them to consider that they are among the most electorally underrepresented groups in America. And they may think they get what voters want, but there's absolutely no proof of that.
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This man is my spirit animal.
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LifuX @lifux.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Testing the acoustic qualities of the Cone of Shame. #Cat #Caturday #Catsofbluesky #LifuX
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Chew bubblegum 🤝 kick ass
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 15/07/2026
oh wait, everybody
karlbode.com
The SpaceX IPO Is A Giant Unworkable Con Orchestrated By An Overt White Supremacist Huckster
Once again a broken U.S. press couldn't bother to convey the truth to the public when it comes to America's shittiest rich person.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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It's Happening Meme
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Douglas Adams was right - Belgium.
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Drain @gigdrain.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
nofilmschool.com/the-shining-... Found this short article on the original photo Jack’s face got added to. Interesting read.
nofilmschool.com
Uncovering the Origins of ‘The Shining’s Infamous July 4 Photo
This in-film picture triggered serious conversations among cinephiles.
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Chuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"Well, actually…" (ha). They excommunicated themselves. The Vatican didn't do anything -- according to their own "canon law" the excommunication is automatic as soon as they did the deed.
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Adam Kunz @adamkunz.com · 02/07/2026
The footage
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
oh my god

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The Warrior-Witches of Ukraine’s Resistance
An underground intelligence network uses subterfuge and honey traps to direct drone strikes deep inside Russian-occupied territory.

By Ken Harbaugh
An illustration of a rocket headed from a shadowy female figure toward a soldier whose face is illuminated by the glow of his phone
Illustration by Ann Kiernan
June 21, 2026

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For several months last year, a Ukrainian housewife, 35 and lonely in a marriage that had gone cold, traded WhatsApp messages with a Chechen commander, Achmad, stationed somewhere in Ukraine’s occupied south. They wrote about their days, their disappointments, what they hoped to do when the war ended. She asked about the front. He told her.

“Send me a picture,” she said. “I want to see your life.”

One afternoon, he obliged—a photograph taken inside the barracks, of himself and another soldier grinning for the camera. Behind them, pinned to the wall, was a map of the compound showing the unit’s position.

The housewife did not exist. “She” was a middle-aged officer named Serhiy working for Ukraine’s military-intelligence directorate, part of a concerted effort to draw secrets from the men sent to occupy his country.

“Serhiy was great at flirting,” his commander told me. “Guys in our team started asking him for dating advice.” Shortly after Achmad sent that photograph, the coordinates it revealed were struck by a Ukrainian drone.
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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
[screaming]
US soccer head coach Mauricio Pochettino screaming and photoshopped next to a Australian musician Jimmy Barnes. It’s the famous “screaming cowboy” scene of the music video for the song “Big Enough”
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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
[screaming]
US soccer player Chris Richards screaming and photoshopped next to a Australian musician Jimmy Barnes. It’s the famous “screaming cowboy” scene of the music video for the song “Big Enough”
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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
[screaming intensifies]
US soccer player Christian Pulisic screaming and photoshopped next to a Australian musician Jimmy Barnes. It’s the famous “screaming cowboy” scene of the music video for the song “Big Enough”
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A Few Thoughts On Graham Platner, Who Definitely Proves Your Point talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
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A Few Thoughts On Graham Platner, Who Definitely Proves Your Point
Kate and I discussed the ongoing Graham Platner controversies on last week’s...
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Mark of Distinction @mhanch.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Old man screams at eggs to unscramble themselves
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