Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1hSen. Thom Tillis says he expects there will be pressure on Mike Johnson to not seat the new Congress if Democrats win 215678250
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2h“This entity appears to be run by James Burnham, a former member of DOGE and the current general counsel of SpaceXAI, the artificial intelligence space company founded by Musk. It is not clear who is funding the foundation or how much money it has.” www.wired.com/story/myster...wired.comA Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government WorkersThe National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel. 02416
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 3hMusk advocating for Quebec separatism then following it up by saying Alberta & Saskatchewan should leave too gives away this is just about dissolving Canada for being lib, but I'm glad he's too dumb to realize it undermines separatists' chances by further associating them with right-wing Americanism 13577118
TheGhostOfDebs @mirror4truth.bsky.social · 11has to what it is and if supporters want it, it's actually stated there in the opening line of their post. implying people don't know what it is when they do, is insulting 020
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 12hyou don’t hold "AI" accountable; you hold AI developers, vendors, and corporations that profit off it accountable holding "AI accountable" is like holding a toaster accountable. it's an inanimate object. it doesn't have wishes, feelings, or desires 281508474
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 13hHoly shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/appsgetartcraft.comCrafting Apps: open-source creative toolsImage editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use. 17438511108
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"But the handicapped need cars!" No, what they need are options in mobility. The tech exists to enable their freedom of independent mobility, but almost always what is lacking is the enabling infrastructure. Bike lanes and quality sidewalks serve everyone. 3857681391
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Another excellent read is this quick statistical analysis of the Presidential Election vote by @alexandreafonso.bsky.social Bolsonaro Jr. did particularly well in municipalities that are richer, more Evangelical, "white", and not (too) old.alexandreafonso.substack.comWho Voted for Bolsonaro junior?Some snazzy graphs on the results of yesterday’s Brazilian election 17231
TheGhostOfDebs @mirror4truth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026to the USSC, bankruptcy doesn't matter if there aren't enough people to buy and use your product 000
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsJeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Sánchez calls elections for November 29. Odds strongly against him but history suggests it would be unwise to write off the great survivor of Spanish politics entirely. The timing is typically canny: seizing moment where the national conversation has turned from migration to housing. 715545
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsAsh @queerash.bsky.social · 04/10/2026adding '5 British doggers' to the list of surprising defeats for the US military, alongside the IRGC, Viet Cong, and geography 221020253
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsKevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 03/10/2026Russian authorities still haven't confirmed reports that a 28-yr-old woman in Shelekhov died of pneumonic plague. But the local hospital is quarantined, a nearby city briefly warned residents not to travel there, & local pharmacies are running short of key antibiotics. t.me/Baikal_Peopl...t.meЛюди БайкалаНе ездить в Шелехов из-за чумы попросили власти Байкальска — и через два часа удалили пост. РЕН ТВ стер пять публикаций об инфекции 18+ НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН, РАСПРОСТРАНЕН И (ИЛ... 1622183
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsReuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 02/10/2026Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.reut.rsUS appeals court blocks Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law for now in XAI lawsuitElon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional. 75513265
TheGhostOfDebs @mirror4truth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"hitler said 15% of poland was once..." "putin said 15% of ukraine was once..." 🤔 010
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Tucker: “I never understood why 🇬🇧 fought World War 2?” 😕 Rees-Mogg: “It was good vs. evil…We did the right thing…” Tucker: “Has 🇬🇧 benefitted?” RM: “We defeated Hitler… We’d all be speaking German…” Tucker: “Who cares?” 🤔 8052138596
TheGhostOfDebs @mirror4truth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026some well known university admins have the view of using ai to monitor input/actions/research, to funnel that work to private industry something to keep in mind 001
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsGuggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Years of Fear by Matta, 1941 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten… 0155
TheGhostOfDebs @mirror4truth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"The Texas-based Dynamic (managed by a Russian) Frontier Holdings purchased Teghut, one of Armenia’s largest copper mines, this summer." 010
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 24730571795
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsalternet.org @alternet.org · 03/10/2026Behind a $20 million taxpayer-funded ad blitz lies a highly calculated, psychological campaign that mainstream journalists are already ignoring.alternet.orgTrump’s new MAGA cult videos are part of a much larger propaganda operationBehind a $20 million taxpayer-funded ad blitz lies a highly calculated, psychological campaign that mainstream journalists are already ignoring. 0127
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsMolly White @molly.wiki · 03/10/2026Fellow FTX executive Caroline Ellison is out of jail, and the Manifund effective altruist grantmaking organization has just let slip they hired her. She “brings specific, useful expertise around finance”, they say, which yeah — much in the same way that Bernie Madoff had very specific expertise. 335655
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.socialwired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 12529931783
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsH.E. Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org · 01/10/2026Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, is deleting posts on X 3457
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsJennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Better link here ICYMI---this is huge. Making state and federal campaign finance data accessible from the same portal has been a project years in the making. Congrats, @opensecrets.org! What a service! www.opensecrets.org/state-profilesopensecrets.orgState Profiles: Money in Politics by State - OpenSecretsPick a state to follow the money in its state elections and its U.S. House and Senate races: who raises it, who gives it, and from where. 23922
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsChaos Torgo @chaostorgo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Nothing else like the incredible TIME HAS COME TODAY 🎸🎶💙youtu.beThe Chambers Brothers • “Time Has Come Today” (Psychedelic Freakout!) • 1969 [RITY Archive]YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66 174
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsGuggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Stables by Franz Marc, 1913 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten… 0355
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsKelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026At the same time, the AGs sued 30 individual abortion providers in Louisiana's federal district court, including Massachusetts abortion medication provider Angel Foster. 24810
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsKelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEW: Amid ongoing lawsuits seeking to revoke nationwide access to abortion drug mifepristone, AGs in Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama have filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to strike down shield laws in states with abortion access.stateline.orgRepublican AGs sue abortion ‘shield law’ states in U.S. Supreme Court • StatelineBATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the attorneys general in Arkansas and Alabama filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, suing California, Massachusetts and New Y... 1311366
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebs404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned404media.coHow Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance ProgramHow the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program. 6213651083
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 30/09/2026“Patel is apparently planning a trip to Russia, a country that (a) is no friend of the United States nor the FBI specifically and yet (b) is quite friendly with Patel, including via a ‘Russia-linked production company’ that evidently previously paid Patel $25,000 to appear in an anti-FBI TV series.” 18390163
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Eric Schmitt’s conspiracy theory, slander and b-ball ignorance yesterday was humiliating. But also remember who he is: a natcon with a blood-and-soil belief that the only real Americans are descended from white Christians who immigrated before the mid-1800s. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 2332589
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026Friends, while they're trying to talk about fictional machine gods, don't lose sight into what they're all actually powering in real life. You can browse the the entities on the website and use the API, and learn more about it on the DAIR project site: dair-institute.org/projects/sur....dair-institute.orgSurveillance WatchThis interactive map reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations. 3227142
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/09/2026Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A... 16497214
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The US today pulled out of Erbil Air Base in Iraq, ending Operation Inherent Resolve in the country after 12 years. 1721045
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 178124632671
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Last week the Portland Police made a huge deal about a K9 killed in the line of duty apprehending a dangerous suspect. Turns out that K9 was shot and killed by...the Portland Police www.kgw.com/article/news...kgw.com 962694549
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebspumpkin spice jorbo 🍂 @bookenj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026mayors and city councils have near-unlimited power to make life miserable for anyone within their sphere of influence. university, corporation, federal government. doesn’t matter. if the mayor wants to fuck up your day, he will. i wish more municipalities were willing to exert that power for good 06720
TheGhostOfDebs @mirror4truth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026how bad do you have to f*** up to be shown up by amy klobuchar? 000
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsLauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hegseth freezes hiring of civilian tenured faculty at US military academies thehill.com/policy/defen...thehill.comHegseth freezes hiring of civilian tenured faculty at US military academiesDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed departments on Tuesday to halt appointments of civilian staff to tenured positions at U.S. military service academies and develop hiring plans that prioritiz… 11610
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal). 941241511
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in. 401241255
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 29/09/2026thehill.com/policy/defen...thehill.comHegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaulDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, a Pentago… 592
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Justice Department charges Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent with assaulting an officercbsnews.comJustice Department charges Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent with assaulting an officerFederal prosecutors in Texas have charged a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot by an ICE agent earlier this month with assaulting a federal officer. 95437
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wind and solar supplied 33% of EU electricity in the 12 months to August 2026, against 29% from fossil. In 2016 it was 13% and 43%. 13309125
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsGuggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Enchanted Forest by Jackson Pollock, 1947 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten… 0243
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsCatalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 29/09/2026Meta pulled down Brazilian President Lula's Facebook page and blocked his campaign from running political ads but allows paid ads calling for a military coup It also didn't take down any of the right-wing disinformation campaigns reported in August novaramedia.com/2026/09/28/f...novaramedia.comFacebook Blocks Lula’s Campaign Ads Just Days Before Brazil ElectionMeta briefly disabled ads on the Facebook page of Brazil’s leftwing president on Friday – just days before he faces a far-right challenger in national elections. 110056
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsJaz @jaz.sh · 27/09/2026Okay so I've built a new Atlas, this time it lets you explore the conversations on Bluesky over the past 7 days graphically. It should update every ~6 hours and help you navigate the information environment that exists on here. I've learned a LOT about what people do here today... atlas.jazco.devatlas.jazco.devAtlasA living map of what Bluesky is talking about: the past week's conversations, grouped into topics and regions and rebuilt every six hours. 1161423422
Reposted by TheGhostOfDebsCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWaycnyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 882124874