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The Onion @theonion.com · 10h
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Cornell Student Diego Sarabia Loses Wells Fargo Job Amid Alleged Sexual Assault Case
Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, is suddenly out of a job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation of the alleged 2024 incident ... TMZ has learned...
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 21h
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today, Marist's midnight poll drop is from Ohio: Sherrod Brown leads Sen. Husted 51% to 43%. Amy Acton leads Vivek Ramaswamy 50% to 44%. A key stat: 50% *strongly disapprove* of Trump, in Ohio. maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/midter...
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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Companies
• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
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• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 5h
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 13h
The sign being used in stores across Canada, thanks to Trump. =====================
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others."
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12h
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9h
Striking stuff from Nate Silver: Dem lead in House generic ballot matchup now approaching 10 points. Dems hold small leads in the polling averages in six big Senate races.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEWS: More than TWO THOUSAND events have been registered so far with No Kings: Vote Early, making it the largest early vote mobilization in history. It's not too late to get your town on the map - submit today: www.nokings.org
Photo of No Kings event map
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not the flex you think it is, buddy
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I saw Wilber in ICE detention yesterday, in a wheelchair with a bullet still in his body. Here’s what’s next: He needs surgery. And ICE needs to cooperate with the independent investigation.
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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Props to Ezra Klein for having a conversation with Abdul El-Sayed that helps create a permission structure for self-described moderates to vote for him. Similar interviews really helped Mamdani! Say what you will about Klein (I have serious critiques) but he’s nowhere near Matt Yglesias level-bad.
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When we win the majority, we’ll hold hearings to hold ICE, DHS, Miller, and the rest accountable for these crimes. For now, we’ll keep showing up to court-watch, to connect kids to lawyers, to support litigation, to object.
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Dem establishment is doing her so dirty. Because she will work for the people and not for all of the dark money that runs Democratic leadership. Angie is tied in the polls. We need a massive get-out-the-vote movement in Florida.
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They're terrified of Angie. Because she's with us.
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Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am facing 17 years in federal prison for doing my job and standing up to Trump’s merciless immigration enforcement campaign. I am finding the strength to keep standing up every single day.
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U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver is eight months pregnant and facing 17 years in jail | Jenice Armstrong
McIver’s inner strength is next level. She is running for reelection while fighting efforts by the Trump administration to jail her. Plus, she’s repping her constituents and caring for her family.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
2. In return, he got practically nothing. Inside a historical capitulation. 👇
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Democrats capitulate to MAGA media mogul
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and 11 other states drop their lawsuit to block David Ellison’s Paramount from acquiring Warner Bros. — and get little in return.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
😂 there were more people behind JD (for the camera shot) than in front of him
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky describes the isolation she experienced and the realization that came from finally seeing the scope of the case: “It’s weirdly vindicating to sit here and see in the files like, ‘Oh no, I’m not crazy. This really happened and it happened to so many people.’”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
Epstein survivor Liz Stein becomes emotional while viewing the candlelit tribute honoring survivors: “I come to the realization that I’m a part of this… This is me. This is what happened to me.” “I really genuinely felt like they took my light away.”
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Nancy Mace told me there is not a genocide in Gaza. It's just a 'narrative,' she said. So I educated her on Gaza and genocide in less than 60 seconds. I brought receipts. I named names.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You can keep the culture wars. I’m fighting for working people to have a real say in our communities and our economy. That includes LGBTQ+ folks too. Everybody means everybody. Thanks for having me on @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social  #AngieForFlorida
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Huge turnout at the Kennedy Center tonight! 💚✊ Thank you!
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yep. Trump's super PAC is sinking money into 3 Texas districts that he carried *by double digits,* as I reported below. That's really something. Let's also recall how 2024 was treated as a clear sign that MAGA male supremacy was culturally ascendant. Might soon be time to reconsider that.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17/09/2026
There’s a lot going on right now, and Susan Collins is hoping voters won’t notice that she was the deciding vote in confirming another anti-abortion Trump judge to a lifetime appointment.
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Susan Collins Casts Major Anti-Abortion Vote 6 Weeks Out From Election
The Maine senator voted in favor of a Donald Trump judicial nominee who served on the board of an anti-abortion pregnancy center.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Generational self-own by Ed Sheeran. Remarkable.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ms. Rachel: "Ed Sheeran had an opportunity…Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows." "If more than 20,000 white children were killed…everyone would be shouting…Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."
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"Ed Sheeran had an opportunity show that we won't be bullied into punishing people for supporting Palestine. Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows. A genocide is happening in Gaza. We all need to speak out against it.

"If more than 20,000 white children were killed in another part of the world, everyone would be shouting about it at their concerts. Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ed Sheeran fans are leaving him for dumping @macklemore (whose message was not antisemitic)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“They treated us like we were criminals” 😕
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Zelenskyy: The first drone deal with a country in the Americas will be with Canada. We looked at the drones that will be used under this agreement. Canada is ready to place large orders, and 30% of production will be transferred to Ukraine. Thank you, Canada, for a true partnership.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Enough with the infighting. The election is too close and we have bigger fish to fry.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you’re a Democrat in Michigan voting for an election denier endorsed by the biggest election denier because you don’t like Abdul El-Sayed, then you’re not a Democrat or a democrat.
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tom Tiffany owns the affordability crisis. While Wisconsin families pay more for groceries, housing, and healthcare, he’s making life easier for his billionaire donors.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/09/2026
Epstein survivor Dani Bensky reveals that Fox News has refused to give survivors a platform, even as they try to reach Americans across the political spectrum. “We have survivors on both sides of the aisle... but there really is this great divide that we can’t seem to cross.”
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Very sad. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
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Bruce Campbell Says He Has 5 Years to Live After Cancer Diagnosis
“With the type of cancer that I have, which I don’t want to get into, the current thing is a five-year deal,” Campbell said. “I’ve decided pretty specifically though to live with it, not die from it.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New Gallup polling finds that 71% of Americans approve of labor unions and 56 million Americans would join a union tomrorow if they could. We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power. If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
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Unions are extremely popular: 56 million workers would join a union if they could
New Gallup polling finds that 71% of people in the U.S. approve of unions, continuing the highest period of favorability in over 60 years. This coincides with the greatest number of workers represente...
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026
You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
BREAKING: The House REJECTS a constitutional amendment to keep the Supreme Court locked at 9 justices. Mwuhahahaha www.cbsnews.com/news/house-s...
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House rejects GOP constitutional amendment to limit Supreme Court to 9 justices
A GOP-proposed constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices failed in the House, coming up well short of the two-thirds majority needed.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
UPDATE: Katie Phang makes new argument to the judge, seeking court order for Todd Blanche to turn over more of the Epstein Files =====>
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Victims of Epstein’s abuse sued celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai Tuesday for allegedly helping to “groom” women for Epstein’s abuse. This, after Rep. Thomas Massie, named Fekkai on the House floor as one of several alleged Epstein “co-conspirators” who should be investigated & prosecuted.
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Epstein Victims Sue Frédéric Fekkai For Alleged Grooming—Hairstylist Is Accused Of Being ‘Co-Conspirator’
“Epstein used” hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai “and his entities to control and further abuse the victims and in turn Fekkai made millions,” the victims alleged.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A dog takes his first steps on a custom 3D printed prosthetic after weeks of fittings and physiotherapy, and his gait changes instantly.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hasan Piker isn't part of the Abdul El-Sayed campaign. Lorenzo Sewell is a member of the Mike Rogers campaign. And he's a proper extremist and bigot who the media isn't covering. I brought receipts in the Guardian today: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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