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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 6h

"even if the document weren’t so inadequate and official renaming so pathetic, nobody is left in Oval Office* w/ self-respect or competence to spell 'United States' correctly... nobody gives a rat’s ass to make propaganda at least look serious" @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/i...

another banger from Marcy: In addition, the single thing that such documents must do is assign accountability for implementing it — naming the person who will go to jail for hacks that do not function as intended. This does not. Bullet 2 “empowers” an internal team to ensure that “any issues identified are remediated,” but it doesn’t say that that internal team (or anyone else) has to do the remediation. Bullet 4 requires a committee on the board that will “receive reports” and “ensure any issues identified are remediated.” But it doesn’t hold them accountable for remediating those issues themselves. The passive voice lurks where it is most dangerous, where someone is accountable for remediating the things that go wrong.

But even if the document weren’t so inadequate and the official renaming so pathetic, there is no one left inside the Oval Office with the self-respect or competence to spell “United States” correctly. There is no one inside the Oval Office who gave a rat’s ass to make this propaganda at least look serious.

This was not a commitment to make AI safe for humanity. Rather, it was a commitment to collectively tell the public that the Masters of the Universe can take care of this themselves, without regulation.

And even the propaganda was too slovenly to get basic details right.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

A figure stands in a barren landscape; reaches for the lever on a large, eccentric contraption covered in wires, pipes, dials and buttons; looks over towards two figures inside a bunker and says:

"'Trust me, it's safe' would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't saying it from inside a concrete bunker."

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

When they had to choose between a sane woman and a crazy man. Unconscious sexism has real-world results.

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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 23h

seeing their names next to trump’s like they run sovereign states is a real cyberpunk moment

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Believe it or not, a lot of people do not have to-do lists. And the the lists many of them have are not structured for an ai agent to be helpful. This isn’t groundbreaking. If you have ever watched the evening news or read even a single story about people who aren’t like you, it is pretty basic

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Mike Bennett @mikehypercube.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Meanwhile on a planet somewhere...

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Mike Bennett @mikehypercube.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

God is drawing on America with a sharpie

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Siri, show me the deliberate destruction of eight decades of American-led international diplomacy and cooperation in one photograph:

Screenshot of a September 28, 2026, post on ex-Twitter by right-wing foreign policy analyst, professor, author and former Trump Department of Defense senior policy adviser Matthew Koenig, showing the lobby of the US State Department adorned with 200 American flags:

“The US State Department lobby used to display the flags of the roughly 200 countries with which the US maintains diplomatic relations. Now, it displays 200 American flags, to remind State Department employees who they work for.”

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#Russia Whitaker’s statement illustrates EXACTLY why the #US has failed completely in #Ukraine: They do not understand the objectives of the parties involved in the war. Consequently, success through diplomacy is impossible. ⤵️

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Subscatter @subscatter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today my wife and I are going to take a one time trip (for about 11 blocks) in a Waymo. I hate the tech and prefer paying a real human if taking a ride (Taxi, Uber, etc.). Also feel it is something I want to experience one time. 🤪

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

AI #slopaganda is not so much about fakes or disinformation. It's about aligning the world with your preformulated descriptions of it, making reality disappear behind its formulaic image, rendering visible all your fears at once in order to enjoy them more. It's a technology of fascist daydreaming

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I long for a back-to-basics web: Markdown for text, JPEG images, no video, no Javascript or other client-side scripting, writable by a human being with a text editor. Make it as advertising/corporate hostile as possible. And above all keep it *small*. In other words, web like it's 1996 again.

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Maciek Hamela @maciekhamela.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

With the Strait of Hormuz closed, Iraq has resorted to moving its oil across the desert to Syria in hundreds of tanker trucks, in true Mad Max style. From there, it will be shipped to worldwide markets.

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John Rowan @jrowanbxl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Developing on this from yesterday, since I see we're arguing about whether the UK would need to adopt the euro and join Schengen. Basically, during accession negotiations, joining countries get to ask for some special favours.

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gpnel.bsky.social @gpnel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Let's not forget the entire Republican party that has stood behind him And that has allowed him, to do what he's doing? And get to where he's at today and also allowed him and his administration to wreck havoc across this nation to its people and indirectly to the entire global economy

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Mike Bennett @mikehypercube.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One thing I will say for Trump. He found a cure for Imposter Syndrome.

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Mike Bennett @mikehypercube.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Truly insightful and concise thread.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

it also looks like he stole his mustache off the guy behind him

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No, BBC, he has not been arrested over the video of dinghy slashing. He’s been arrested over the dinghy slashing. Words matter.

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Bad Wolf @bad-wolfz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I thought I read that 20% was the always going to be the base of a population to accept authoritarianism. And we can do better. But with all the riechwing propoganda it's enough to throw them out and focus on the rest of the population to now try to do something about this mess.

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The Cat Knows -- Fvck Trump & MAGA 💙🌊🇺🇦 @hissyseesall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Decades of right-wing propaganda, unchecked, since Reagan shitcaned the Fairness Doctrine and ownership Rules went by the wayside. Also schemes to funnel wealth to the top in full bloom. Making life harder for the rest. Lot of damaged Minds and lives out there. Also, some people are just assholes.🙄

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026

Idea: no corporate welfare, subsidies, or government contracts for corporations whose employees need to rely on government assistance because of low wages.

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Warren Terra @warrenterra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Any other administration, if for some reason it was trying to make a version of this statement, would say in the second half that they were FIGHTING BACK against the "fake news" (which they might also rephrase). It's revealing that this administration has to say it's "instituting an assault".

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Mike Bennett @mikehypercube.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The term "Super Intelligence" (SI) can go jump in a lake. Lake Ontario, preferably.

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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 23/09/2026

There's a lot going on here and the registration plate is only a small fraction of this hero's achievements.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If you've got a child calling for people to drown I'd suggest that might be a matter for social services. Clearly that child has been radicalised

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For folks not aware (most of you?), Gillian's tracking work is impeccable. And she exposed ownership of ICEAir planes. Perhaps persuaded Omni to end removals 🙏🏼. I'm grateful she stepped up when MSM failed us. Since yr project ended a month ago, and Gillian's tracking is ongoing, maybe mention that?

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Mike Bennett @mikehypercube.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

England is getting dark. (when do the clocks go back?)

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Mike Bennett @mikehypercube.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I love it when a good multicultural organization comes together.

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Danger Will Robinson (and all of my friends out there!!!) Please read this warning about Trump TV!!!

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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I wonder if the landlord, George Ward, had any idea that his 1909 marketing scam to propose that Ye Olde Trip to Jersalem was 'the oldest inn in England' would still be paying merch dividends in 2026!? I'm sure the old fraud would be pleased! More info: triskeleheritage.com/mediaeval-my...

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Why the fuck is Donald Trump building a triumphal arch when he's had no triumphs?

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I keep telling people about how the Christian "Left Behind" books, literal fantasies about the apocalypse, were super, super popular in the late 90s/ early 2000s. I used to read them. Major disasters, while terrible, were also framed by evangelical churches as titillating...sexy almost.

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doctor eep (𝘢̶𝘭̶𝘵̶ℴ𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁 decorative gourd season) @absolutely-not.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

how come ai models never break out of containment and steal ten billion dollars from their companies to build a private server farm in a non-extradition country

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc...

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Fascism will fall because it sacrifices excellence for loyalty. #pinks

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All Amort @all-a-mort.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's why that movie is so good. Apart from the idea that a copper would be a good guy in that situation.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

NEW When should ministers avoid acting unlawfully? How new government guidance emphasises the risk of getting caught as the key factor By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

If a minister does an unlawful act but it is not legally challenged, does it matter? This is in one way the constitutional law version of the philosophical question about whether a tree falling in a forest makes any sound.

But it is not an abstract issue, for a great deal of what governments do and do not do will never be put before a court, but should be in accordance with the law anyway.

The notion of the “rule of law” should mean that there is a lawful basis for each action and inaction by the state. For everything the government does and does not do, one should be able to point to some relevant law.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the Farage funding scandal iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jo...

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I think AI has already exceeded the intelligence of the type of person that believes AGI is imminent, which is why they believe AGI is imminent.

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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

rip annie dillard

One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.

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