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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 10h

Lethal injection is horrific in a very literal way but in a metaphorically fitting one - we embrace it because, while it is slow and likely painful, it doesn’t look as bad to outsiders as a firing squad

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 30/09/2026

Jesus Christ Cornell

What use was it to bring the writer and activist Chanel Miller to campus in the spring just for fraternity brothers to scroll, bored, on their phones as she movingly shared her experience as Emily Doe, the victim of Brock Turner? As I wrote at the time, I was floored and dismayed as I sat in the audience with one of my brilliant undergraduates; we heard Miller’s shattering account of being sexually assaulted by Turner behind a dumpster at Stanford University after a fraternity party. Her talk was riveting, and there was so much to learn from it. And yet many of the male students who hailed predominantly from fraternities — 15 percent of each chapter was required to be in attendance — were so tuned out that Miller commented ruefully: “You know, this has been my hardest gig, because they didn’t turn down the house lights. I’m not sure how you professors do it, because it’s so hard looking out at this sea of mildly disgruntled faces. I mean, I’m sure you’re all very moved, but …,” Miller smiled. The implication being, it didn’t seem like it, from her angle.

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Truly awful injustice. To everyone who thinks LC is just something "hysterical" rich women complain about um...

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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 29/09/2026

Some old school Wikipedia here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Sc...

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Amy Littlefield @amylittlefield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hey NYC, if you want to hear the behind-the-scenes stories about my wild journey from Texas to DC with Kristan Hawkins, register for this teach-in with me @renee.bsky.social and @prisonculture.bsky.social on 10/3 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Kristan Hawkins helped kill Roe. Now she’s fighting to control the movement she created.

How the Charlie Kirk of abortion moved from the fringes to the mainstream.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

oh my fucking god, you have to watch this. eric schmitt just made himself the main character.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I give up. I’m moving into a cave.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026

A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions.

Aten installed Muse on both his iPhone and a Mac mini that he uses to test out various Al agents and tech. It took Meta a single day to begin "helpfully" pitching article ideas based on texts he'd sent to a podcast co-host.
When he asked Muse how it got the information, it said that it read banners from incoming texts. But that's not true, either.
After doing a little digging, Aten says Muse synced 187,000 lines from his Messages database, despite Full Disk Access being Off.

Unless Aten is the most popular person on the face of the planet, I sincerely doubt he'd gotten 187,000 lines of text in roughly 24 hours. What happened is that, without permission, Muse went into the app and downloaded the information.
He had not given Muse permission to access Messages, and full disk access was not enabled. It just went ahead and uploaded those texts anyway.
Muse can take "unexpected actions" indeed.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Kyiv. Such a beautiful moon. The National Academy of Sciences, a medical centre, residential and office buildings, a petrol station, a café, a warehouse and critical infrastructure were among the places hit or damaged by russian drones today. Autumn. There are casualties.

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Fund Public Goods Not State Violence @mkranz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Watching the X-Men flicks with the kid and we’re on “First Class” now. She just said, about Magneto, “I get it. If I had to live with Professor X, I’d want to kill everyone, too.” I mean… she’s not wrong

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For all that it's been barely reported in the UK press, it's still hard to understate the importance of the stance @labourunionsuk.bsky.social has taken on trans and non-binary rights this week. Every single trade union affiliated to the party of government has stood up and said we will not comply.

Joint statement from National TULO

Solidarity with the trans and non-binary community

Labour's 11 affiliated trade unions stand in total solidarity with the trans and non-binary community.

Trans rights are human rights, and trans rights are workers' rights.

We in the trade union movement will do all we can to stand up for our trans members and all our trans siblings, to protect them from persecution, harassment and attack.

The government must act now to protect all trans people, to make sure their rights are protected, expanded and upheld in our workplaces and communities.

Labour Unions

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Fund Public Goods Not State Violence @mkranz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m really late to the game, but if you’ve got something you can pitch in, please help me raise some money for UNRWA’s children’s mental health programs in Palestine getinvolved.unrwausa.org/mjkranz

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2026 NYC Gaza 5K

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abby emerson @abbyemerson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I had a really nice time at the @ulunyc.bsky.social conference last Friday sharing about @nycplan.org's organizing work over the last couple years. The quest for 0.5% for NYC libraries continues!

Picture of the front entrance to the Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Tall columns and doors with gold!

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 24/09/2026

I was at this meeting, and I'm furious and disgusted. I'll have pictures, video, and thoughts to share tomorrow. Strongly suggest following and supporting the @newkingsdems.bsky.social if you live in Brooklyn.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 23/09/2026

Incredibly important message from the heroes protesting NYU Langone's denial of health care to trans youth: "WAKE UP, WAKE UP, THIS IS YOUR FIGHT TOO "WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH US, THEY'RE COMING FOR YOU"

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is a really scary clip and a great example of how insufficient infrastructure and dangerous driving puts even the most experienced and prepared riders at risk

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Fund Public Goods Not State Violence @mkranz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Only 18 more votes until this resolution gets adopted. Come on, NYC Democratic Socialists, let's get the party to commit to investing in public goods!!!

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 22/09/2026

A UN fact-finding mission has claimed that a Feb. 28 missile strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, that killed more than 150 people likely constitutes a war crime. Bellingcat was the first to identify the weapon that hit the school as a US Tomahawk missile.

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Video Analysis Shows Two Waves of Bombings in Iran Elementary School Strike

YouTube video by Bellingcat

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Rebecca Burns @rebeccaburns.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🧵The billionaire-backed Common Ground Collective was just caught electioneering at a back-to-school event for its endorsed candidates—including fundraising consultant Kyna Lenhof. NB: 6 months ago, Lenhof had this to say about another race where CGC was spending big to spread misinformation. 🤔

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Fund Public Goods Not State Violence @mkranz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hey, NYC DSA members! There’s currently a proposal to resolve to a commitment to 1% of the city budget for parks and 0.5% of the city budget for libraries. It still needs 55 more co-sponsors, so, if you’re a member, please vote! convention.socialists.nyc/proposals/08...

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Member Login | 2026 NYC-DSA Convention

Convention 2026 planning tools.

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Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tomorrow is the final deadline for my children’s school fees. 💔 Only **£160** remains to keep their education going. I’m hoping, with your kindness, we can complete this small remaining amount before tomorrow. 📚❤️ Every little contribution brings us closer. 🙏

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Donate to Help Hasan & Duaa Rebuild Their Lives., organized by Natalie taffal

Deep within the alleys of Gaza, a life story full of pain and challenges unfolde… Natalie taffal needs your support for Help Hasan & Duaa Rebuild Their Lives.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And this works issue by issue. Look what people who consider themselves on the Lefts are saying and doing re trans people. They are taking a centrist so called position so accepting bigotry in the name of political expediency.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

How is what Dreher is saying here different from what you are hearing from some white "centrist" pundits? And sadly some of the white dude bros of the Left(s)?

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God @thegodshow.com · 18/09/2026

BECAUSE THEY TAKE MONEY FROM AI COMPANIES

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Be Jay, Do Crimes. @templinjay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

That looks like SO much fun!

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Fund Public Goods Not State Violence @mkranz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is fucking bleak. While I feel old reading about some of the specifics, the dynamics are so damn familiar. Side note: the buried assertion that it’s surprising boys & men from “wealthy families with support systems” wouldn’t do this is bananas. That’s exactly who I’d expect to engage in abuse

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#BREAKING: Over public dissents from Justices Thomas and Alito, #SCOTUS *denies* the Trump administration’s request for a stay in the mail-in ballots case. The USPS Rule will remain blocked—almost certainly through the midterms.

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Courtney E. Smith @thecourtneyesmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Good morning and I hope you’re having a great day. I am about to ruin it with this long form story I did on how private equity is ruining cookies but also people are building shit cookie companies to get money from private equity on @weareravenous.com. www.weareravenous.com/the-curious-...

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The Curious Case of the Soulless Private Equity Cookie

If you’re going to pay more than $5 for a single cookie, it should at least have some soul.

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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

EXCLUSIVE: The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly removed multiple online resources for companies on how to measure the carbon footprint of their supply chains, called Scope 3 emissions. Gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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EPA Removes Online Scope 3 Emissions Guidance for Companies

As the Trump administration rolls back environmental rules, it’s also taking down resources that help corporations understand their environmental risk.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 09/09/2026

“In addition to monitoring activists in the vicinity of Anthropic executives and keeping tabs on protests near physical Anthropic assets, the firm is also implementing a ‘pre-crime’ approach… In some cases, that also means reporting suspects to police before a crime occurs.” @drboguslaw.bsky.social:

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Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect

New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.

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Fund Public Goods Not State Violence @mkranz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"“Public housing residents shouldn’t have to choose between becoming homeless and being subjected to constant electronic monitoring inside the privacy of their own homes,” said Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy director of ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project" www.aclu.org/press-releas...

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ACLU and New Hampshire Legal Assistance Sue Housing Authority Over Electronic Surveillance of Residents | American Civil Liberties Union

The Concord Housing and Redevelopment Authority has amassed hundreds of millions of data points recording movement, sound levels, and other information...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 08/09/2026

This is TODAY at 4:30, friends in NYC! See you there!!!

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 07/09/2026

You can tell this is true because when Michelle Obama made healthy eating and exercise her issue as First Lady, this same movement failed to coalesce around her and in fact she met a ton of resistance from the same people who made RFK Jr possible

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

at this point: carbon removal is, at best, essentially a research project. renewable expansion is a policy project

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026

I've been Black long enough to have at least some built-in 'yup, people be racist, and yet we move' defense systems But ngl shit can still sometimes be...jarring! Like seeing this, openly and shamelessly, and knowing Gorsuch had him in his chambers, and that he helps pick federal judges. Sickening!

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026

Guys, this is Bernie Sanders' guy for all things AI. Max Tegmark of the Future of Life Institute, funded to the tune of $665m by crypto billionaires, that's of course, after all the Muskrat + friends' money. Their "seed funding" was from Musk. 🧵 www.politico.com/news/2024/03...

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The little-known AI group that got $660 million

Powered by a massive cash infusion from a cryptocurrency mogul, the Future of Life Institute is building a network to fixate governments on the AI apocalypse.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Our elite press corps consistently refuses to state the obvious: that Illegality is something almost all of Trump’s major policy moves have in common: presswatchers.org/2025/04/the-trump…

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026

The question I am left with after reading this isn't about AI; it's about opportunity and how race and place determine it: If Black African students are writing essays that get the US students into college, then shouldn't those Black African students have a chance to go to those same colleges too?

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 06/09/2026

People of color are disproportionately affected by California’s restrictions on reunification services for formerly incarcerated parents. 11.4 percent of Black children in the state have an incarcerated parent, compared to 1.8 percent of white children.

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California Could Give Formerly Incarcerated Parents a Chance to Get Their Kids Back - Bolts

People who lost parental rights helped pass a bill to reform California

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I believe that you can still RSVP to attend. I have a meeting that conflicts but am going to try to make it for the final few minutes to celebrate with everyone who has made and sustained this group over the past 3 decades. Stop by if you're in NYC.

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Fund Public Goods Not State Violence @mkranz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Such a good read. And nuanced. “Quality software is not about how many features something has or how quickly it is built but rather how cared for it is by the designers, developers, and product people who work on it”

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I want to throw up. “They described the meetings as a chance to…listen and to “brainstorm” about how the two sides might “build a movement together”...” @aoc.bsky.social you are in bed with eugenicists. Their goals are based on conspiracy theories and anti-science lies. Honestly how dare you?

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If AOC cared about this she’d speak to science journalists and reporters who have been covering MAHA and their predecessors and understand that their “clean food” beliefs are very literally based on white supremacist and classist ideals. bsky.app/profile/kcco...

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Fund Public Goods Not State Violence @mkranz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This (very good) article talks about “contradictions,” but is it really a contradiction when people who are known con artists (like Kennedy & Oz) will say anything to promote their scam? Is a conscious & intentional lie the same thing as a contradiction?

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A tornado hit Detroit's East Side last night so we came out to assess the damage and check in on the community. To support residents who need water, food, and batteries to get through the next few days, go to: afterthestormmi.org

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 19/08/2026

Glad to see some reporting on this. When I first posted on July 17 about these incidents where an airline worker is asked or tricked into helping ICE, person who told me was too afraid of being identifiable for me to report it out. Bottom line: If you are not a citizen, do not use US air travel rn.

Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com
I saw video this week from another major airport of a woman being taken by plainclothes ICE after an airline worker paged them to the ticket counter.
Worker clearly didn't know it was ICE asking them to page and was upset. They follow, asking ICE for a warrant & woman who they can call for her.

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Aya @melangell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Good article, one gripe! The absence of popular enthusiasm for war is not evidence that consent has ceased to be manufactured, imo. Propaganda need not manufacture a desire to kill Iranians; it may only need to manufacture enough distance from Iranians that their killing fails to produce solidarity.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

this is classic neera in that it’s extremely racist but also substantively incorrect: bin Laden was interviewed repeatedly pre-9/11.

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