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mound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 16h
I think it should be leading news across the networks that a supreme court justice doesn’t think women can think for themselves.
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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 04/10/2026
i worked in chemicals for one of the most historically evil corporations to ever exist. if mgmt had public statements out there like "yeh we know our process might make these rivers uninhabitable for centuries" and then had a giant spill after ignoring all known best practices, heads would roll
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mound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The US ambassador from The Hunt for Red October asking the Soviet ambassador if they’re telling him they lost another submarine.
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mound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the correct view on so many topics. But AI is the private-sector king of all time for this. I still don’t know how so many organizations also square the intellectual property theft on a global scale with letting their employees and - more importantly- students use it.
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mound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pretty ironic for the current Republican US government, which “misplaced” billions during the occupation of Iraq, to cut off American University over accusations of financial mismanagement. Not that I would expect this admin to support the education of women, in Iraq or anywhere else.
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American University of Afghanistan at Risk of Closure Amid Funding Cuts
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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mound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
As if these corporations don’t give people enough reason to hate them. This is the 4th story I have see today that describes American society getting worse of the abandonment of the social contract to the benefit of the wealthy: public schools, cigarettes, science skepticism, now this.
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Your Big Mac might cost more if McDonald's pricing AI thinks people nearby can afford it
McDonald's is reportedly using AI to determine how much you pay for items on its menu based on the neighborhood where you buy them.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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mound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Small quibble given the bigger issues at hand, but why do all the AI related websites use the same graphic design ethos? It’s like they all used the same “theme” tab in Office.
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
instead of pervert glasses it's a pervagotchi
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mound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We need to treat more jobs as professions and more professions need a tradition like this.
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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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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here is the opening paragraph of the ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan that the six MAGA justices just overruled, to their everlasting shame: www.headsupnews.org/i/203459883/...
This case implicates two fundamental rights that protect Americans from government overreach: the right to privacy and the right to vote. In the past year, several federal agencies have joined forces to create a centralized federal database that contains the private information of United States citizens, including Social Security numbers, citizenship status, and other sensitive data. But decades ago, Congress put protections in place to prevent precisely this type of centralized data bank. And the record in this case shows that the federal agencies that created this database knew that the database violates those statutory protections. The agencies were scrambling to comply with an Executive Order aimed at reshaping federal elections, which directed them to create a system for mass voter verification. So they haphazardly combined and repurposed the private information of millions of Americans, including citizenship data that they knew to be unreliable. Since then, states have partnered with the federal government to access the database and are actively removing United States citizens from voter rolls based on inaccurate information. All in all, the federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote. This Court cannot stand idly by while that happens.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Wyatt Sinclair @crumblsucks.wyattswickedgoods.com · 23/09/2026
Congratulations to the Los Angeles Queens. Your inaugural WPBL Champions! Ayami Sato throws the first complete game (and shutout) in WPBL history.
The Los Angeles Queens celebrating.
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 21/09/2026
None of us can top E.B. White on this argument
“Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of these three trembling cities the greatest is the last--the city of final destination, the city that is a goal. It is this third city that accounts for New York's high-strung disposition, its poetical deportment, its dedication to the arts, and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion.”

-E.B. White, "Here is New York"
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I bought this sign a few years later at the going out of business sale of a locally owned restaurant in, I think, North Haven CT.
metal sign with stick-on lettering reading NO FRENCH PRODUCTS SOLD HERE/"GOD BLESS AMERICA"
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mound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I think the correct translation is “there is a 100% chance we will hand over this technology to corporations who will continue to put their profits over people’s lives.” To be fair, greed and global warming will do most of the work before any “super intelligence” tries to enslave the human race.
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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I can’t stop laughing
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 03/09/2026
It cannot be emphasised enough, it cannot be flung in the faces of the likes of Matt Yglesias often enough, this "popularist" nonsense they're advocating for is politically illiterate and a cowardly unwillingness to simply say what you believe.
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Jeremy Diamond ☕️ @dmnd.me · 31/08/2026
Holy shit huge news for one of the top frontier AI labs
LinkedIn post by Graham Ganssle

New chapter: I've joined Chipotle Mexican Grill to support the future of our Al investments, and act as a partner and a guide in the next chapter of what's possible for our customers using these technologies.

Nineteen years of building applied ML, data, and Al teams has taught me that the constraint is almost never the technology. It's whether the strategy is coherent enough to point the technology at something that matters, and whether the company can fund the work with great people and great data for it to compound. Chipotle has both.

In the conversations that brought me here, I got to go deep with the exceptional Chipotle leadership team on how the business actually works and where it's headed. What struck me was the coherence. The strategy holds up under pressure. The operating model and the data are understood at a level of detail that gives Al augmentation a true runway. I'm grateful to Arlie Sisson, Curt Garner, Dave Estlick, Zach Sippl, Colin McGuire, Sandy Rose, Katherine Laird, MBA and to the rest of the leadership team for that depth and candor, and for bringing me in as a partner in the agenda.

Financial strength is what makes the rest possible. Chipotle is in a strong position and is poised to give customers and partners the next level of support by leveraging Al tooling. A strong balance sheet buys the patience to build durable systems and transformative experiences instead of demos. That is the difference between Al as a headline and Al as an operating advantage.

More to come soon on the great work the team is cooking up!
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 29/08/2026
who fucking gives a shit
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mound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Beyond refusing the regime’s dog-walking, this may force them to actually dig for their own stories. Some great reporters at outlets large and small are doing incredible work. But daily pressers allow the regime to set the tone for the average news consumer via the main news outlets.
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mound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Why aren’t all these reporters suddenly popping up to dish on Harp reporting these stories when they discover them? They suddenly have a lot of information to add. Why weren’t they telling anyone before?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/08/2026
perfect synopsis of modern Republicanism
Darline Graham: I tripped up on one question last night, regarding Taiwan. I don't speak politician. I was just honest. Of course, Taiwan is our friend. But I think people in South Carolina are more worried about boys in girls sports.
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mound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
These are the same folks who tell women they can’t run on access to abortion because it makes them uncomfortable. Instead of advocating for issues that will make people’s lives measurably better, they’d rather be seen as clever and aloof to their peers in the media and republican establishment.
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mound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
On a whim I began watching “Conan O’Brien Must Go” and I was immediately struck by the absolute riot of color. Even in snow-covered Bergen, Norway (the first episode) they found more color and life than a US media production has had in years.
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Dan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Darryl Strawberry is in attendance at Busch Stadium tonight to see the Phillies, managed by Don Mattingly, and the Cardinals. When was the last time we had two or more of the stars of "Homer at the Bat" in the same stadium?
Darryl strawberry batting on the Simpsons Don mattingly wearing a red hat on the Simpsons
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
So, I completely understand secreting POTUS away from a credible assassination attempt. But leaving the entire Air Force One crew, press pool, etc. to play decoy is some sick shit.
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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Bullshit. Trump smelled burgers, jumped in the cart like Scooby Doo and ended up accidentally flying home. That’s the rumor I’m spreading anyway.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Ornithologist Florence Merriam Bailey popularized #birdwatching for everyday people. Her 1889 book, Birds Through an Opera-Glass, laid the foundation for modern birdwatching by advocating for live observation rather than shooting birds for study. She was born #OTD 1863. #WomenInSTEM #BookSky
A black-and-white photograph of pioneering American ornithologist Florence Merriam Bailey (August 8, 1863 – March 19, 1948). The left two-thirds shows Bailey standing outdoors. She has light-colored hair pulled up in an elegant updo from the late 19th century, looking directly forward with a calm, serious, and dignified expression. She wears a long, light-colored, vertically striped Victorian dress with full sleeves and a high collar. Standing behind leafy branches, she is surrounded by thick foliage and trees, emphasizing her connection to nature. Overlaid on the bottom right is an inset image of a modern blue book cover for her landmark 1889 work, Birds Through an Opera-Glass. The textured blue background features gold-gilded, intricate corner filigree framing a central golden bird perched on a branch. Text reads "The First-Ever Field Guide to American Birds" in a central diamond. The composition seamlessly pairs historical portraiture with her enduring literary legacy, evoking an academic, respectful, and pioneering mood.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/08/2026
President Trump wants to soften one of the strongest legal protections American workers have: the right to hold an employer accountable when retirement savings are mishandled. Here's what you need to know: propub.li/4g078bJ
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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Okay, so after I finish laughing so hard I pee a little, I will answer this question: no. Not just no, but fuck, no.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Former President Obama breaks out the tan suit once again.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I can't compete with this. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
nytimes.com
In Texas’ Most Eligible Senate Race, It’s Bachelor vs. Divorcé-to-Be
Ken Paxton is divorcing. James Talarico is dating a onetime staffer. Both have had their romantic lives scrutinized as part of their high-stakes campaigns.
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mound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Classy. Let’s hope the disappointed supporters don’t decide to sit out November.
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Meghan Montemurro @mmontemurro.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Forget Tarik Skubal’s Dodgers debut, the biggest moment tonight at Wrigley is obviously the Cookie Monster singing the 7th inning stretch
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Well...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We've gotta make the Monorail Simpsons episode required viewing for every city councilor in the country. Every single thing he says here is a lie. A Potemkin Village Imaginarium.
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This is why they’re going after Dr Fauci: he impeded grifters
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mound-city.bsky.social @mound-city.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It’s an entire industry of guys who missed the point of every work of art and historical scholarship they have been exposed to. If in the year 2026 you have some doubt the Nazis were all bad, you have deviated so far from the moral and ethical scale that you should have yourself committed.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
stephen miller killed this couple, as surely as if he'd pulled the trigger himself
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Encouraging violence against minorities, journalists and basically anyone who disagrees with him. There's no convincing reason to stay on there whilst he remains in charge
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
More evidence surfaces documenting intervention by Trump administration figures to try to stand down sex trafficking and sexual assault investigations into conduct by the Tate brothers. They're Platinum card members of the Epstein class.
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