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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New — I had the opportunity to see NAZA, the documentary freaking out the Israeli government because of its horrifying firsthand descriptions of the way the IDF has used AI to target and massacre Palestinian civilians. My thoughts on the film’s damning revelations, and the banality of evil:

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I saw the documentary the Israeli government doesn’t want you to see

'NAZA' dispels once and for all the myth that the IDF didn't target civilians in Gaza.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"The worker who died was Patou Mpinda, a 44-year-old Congolese immigrant employed in maintenance. ...Reports said African immigrant workers then helped lead a walkout in which about 100 people left...and Smithfield only later said workers could leave without penalty." www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

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After employee dies, roughly 100 Illinois pork plant workers walk out over safety fears

Many day-shift employees arrived without knowing a co-worker had died after being told only that there would be a "late start."

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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

fuck ICE; go birds 🦅

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u/NewcRoc • 5h • ibtimes.co.uk •
ICE Recruit Fatally Shoots Himself Outside Philadelphia Field Office
After Being Told He'd Be Fired
Serious ®

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Go birds

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Doc Vivi Leandra【 VTC 】- Real-Life Scientist VTuber 🧬🖥️ @docvivileandra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I don't think I can really summarize Will Stancil's brand of transmisogyny better than "assumed I was a sex worker because I had a 🔞 in my bio, and further assumed that I must be lying about my education and profession because of that"

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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

mmmk putting this out into the universe & fully acknowledging that it’s a *want* but not necessarily a *need* — saturday will be 5 years since dan’s passing. no expectations here, just appreciation if i am able to swing this. v: @brit-culp

when dan was alive i'd always wanted to bring him up to the north shore as he'd never been & theres just something about lake superior's energy that's palpable & the lore itself is incredible (she doesn't give up her dead), so i was thinking of popping up there sat-sun with one of dan's other good friends i met & became close with because of him (who was also with us at the hospital); however even with the discounts i can get with my connections, it's still cost prohibitive. gonna put it to chance now: getting some support with a couple hundred bucks would make doing this a reality & would be appreciated. if not, i'll still find a way closer to home.

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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I had this idea from reading the elizabeth holmes mouse post and then I couldn't do anything else until i painted the idea to completion

It is a cartoon mouse, like Jerry from Tom and Jerry, shaped like a wedge of cheese presumably because it has eaten a wedge of cheese. The mouse has Elizabeth Holmes' face. The mouse is saying "Why would I deceive you? There's no reason for me to do that."

Nathan Fielder, looking into a fridge where the mouse has eaten a cheese, says skeptically "Okay. Alright."

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Catfisher of Men @mormonpartyboat.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

i hate when im getting busted and he says i can get busted later

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Brett Codes @brettcodes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I wrote an essay about why I'm done using AI for coding, even if it costs me my job and career: brettcodes.com/im-done-usin... The basic gist is: AI made me a worse, apathetic programmer. I think it's bad for humanity, the planet, and the craft of software engineering. And I'm done using it.

brettcodes.com

I'm done using AI

Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“Carl Ruby, a Springfield pastor, said he was struggling to make sense of Bel’s untimely death. ‘I know that I’m a pastor and I’m supposed to be forgiving,’ he said. ‘But right now as I sit with a broken family, I’m crying out to God for righteous judgment in those who made this happen.’”

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Jan @butwhosjan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Happy 30-year anniversary to the Democratic National Convention dancing to Macarena

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

the fact that democrats can decide to something pointless, like risking midterm success to censure an annoying streamer, and a whole cadre of voters will dutifully fall in line is super instructive on one point: if democrats decided to do smart things those same people would fall right in line

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John Breen @breen.tech · 26/08/2026

I forgot about this banger

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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

yeah @minneapolismn.gov y’all have some fuckin explaining to do here — but especially you, “strong mayor” @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social appalling lack of transparency ahead of time on this

Dozens of text messages reviewed by the Star Tribune reveal several days' worth of back-and-forth communication between Lang's security team and Minneapolis Police Lt. Deitan Dubuc ahead of the rally. The exchanges show attempts by both sides to coordinate security planning. It appeared to include mixed signals about where Lang's vehicles could go.
Lang's team provided maps depicting the group's planned travel route through downtown, a detailed itinerary and marked pictures showing where they intended to stage outside City Hall - behind makeshift barricades.
At one point, Lang's team sent Dubuc a picture of four men outfitted in ballistics helmets and vests. "You guys are looking ready," Dubuc replied, adding a fist bump emoji.

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Kill Tim Faust 💀 @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 26/08/2026

my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.

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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Stop making fun of AI or it will spitefully deny your insurance claims. They’re calling it the perfect argument.

hailey @hailey.at • 1h
bsky isnt ready for this but, if you need a reason to not use words like "clanker" that isn't "well its kinda not a great thing to do" (it isn't) imagine this:

future model that has you in its training data, knows you posted that word online with joy, and denies your insurance claim as a result

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samantha @commiesamantha.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

free nichole

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 07/08/2026

Like the time fires raged through Gatlinburg and she just gave the families impacted $1k/month for 5 months and $5k the 6th month. no means testing, no complicated hoops, just "your life is destroyed here's some cash" resulting in another UBI experiment gone right. www.bpr.org/news/2018-12...

bpr.org

How Dolly Parton Gave $12.5 Million And Unprecedented Research To Sevier County

It’s been two years since wildfires burned Western North Carolina and devastated the town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Country music superstar Dolly Parton…

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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.

Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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A Goddam Virginian @goddamvirginian.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

at the end of every presidential term we should vote (simple majority) on whether to kill the incumbent. it would juice turnout and frankly i dont care if most of the time it went Yes

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future canon @futurecanon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲

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BoneQuest @bonequest.com · 24/08/2026

"1992" bonequest.com/10021

$spigot: WELL I SURE DO WISH IT WAS 1992 AND IT WAS A SATURDAY AND WE WERE ALL DRIVING TO COMP LITERACY BOOKSTORE AND I WAS GRABBING A COPY OF MACINTOSH USER INTERFACE GUIDELINES BECAUSE I STILL HAD THE YOUTHFUL STRENGTH TO PROGRAM IN C AND I LIVED BEHIND COFFEE SOCIETY IN THE GLENBROOK APARTMENTS WITH BEIGE CARPET AND WHITE PLASTIC VERTICAL BLINDS AND STAR TREK: TNG WAS STILL ON AND IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL TO GET FREE SUBWAY SANDWICHES AND OXFORD & ASSOCIATES WAS FINE WITH ME WORKING AS A RECEPTIONIST AT VALLEY GREEN SIX AND THAT BIG GRAIN ELEVATOR AT STEVENS CREEK AND DEANZA BLVD WAS STILL THERE NEAR MCWHORTER'S AND MERVYN'S AND PIER 1 AND SERVICE MERCHANDISE AND GEMCO AND GOOD EARTH AND MARIE CALENDARS AND CALCULATOR AND NOTE PAD AND DESK ACCESSORIES AND I WILL NEVER BE GOOD OR DECENT OR NORMAL AND IN FACT I'M DEAD I JUST DON'T KNOW IT YET pants: LET’S DECONSTRUCT THAT TOGETHER\N(VOMITS UP WHITE FOAM)$

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Maggie Hendricks @maggiehendricks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Enes Kanter just got in a yelling match with Natasha Cloud after he came onto the court and he's being ejected from the building. He had to be escorted out.

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Null convention @nullconvention.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is what we have called systemic violence - which is the power to harm those who object to violence but also the power to insulate those who commit violence or are party to violence from accountability. But you can't explain hypocrisy to dogs much less capital.

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Null convention @nullconvention.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

And it's actually that simple, because powerful people won't be sussed because they're influential. Powerless people can be. The more your support for violence is considered actionable the less likely it is you'll be termed for doing so.

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Null convention @nullconvention.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

What bothers me about bitdizzy being banned is that even if the picture of the Haitian revolution was considered an oblique desire to see someone killed - which I think is silly - it's obviously not a threat. Meanwhile people in positions of influence on this platform can push genocide.

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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Every so often I get reminded that there are people out there who think IQ is something other than total bullshit and that’s always depressing.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

LMAOOOOOOOOOO somebody finally asked the transphobes if they know any WNBA players besides and NOPE

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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 21/08/2026

"A bunch of people would rather post on Race War Now Dot Swastika rather than Bluesky because you keep making fun of their imaginary computer friend" is a RESOUNDING endorsement for the concept of hostility.

Part of a thread from some bluecheck:
Multiple people I know have told me that they love the idea of Bluesky, and want it to succeed, but have abandoned it for X because the use agentic tools in their work and find them incredibly useful, and feel that any mention of their usage here leads to hate and ridicule.

I wouldn't bring this up if it was just one person, but it was multiple people since the beginning of August who mentioned in passing something to the effect of either "I'd spend more time on Bluesky if people weren't so anti-AI" *or* "As much as I hate to be there all the useful AI talk is on X."

I'm not saying it's anyone's responsibility to praise AI usage. I agree with much of the criticism of the tool. But for many, many people, it is a useful tech (I have talked about the ways I find it extraordinarily useful, only to have people here mock me, insisting my lived experience is a lie).

I am just noting that for all the people here who say that people should get off X and spend more time here, the reason I keep hearing from people in various circles who would *like* to do that, but don't, is the vociferous belief of many here that there are no possible positive uses of AI.

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