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Narwhal in the Sky @narwhalinthesky.bsky.social · 3h

Oh so he’s taking a page out of the mullahs’ handbook now. Reminder that the IRI publicly hangs people from cranes to murder them.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 07/10/2026

there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 21h

⚡️Update: Death toll from Russian glide bomb strike on Kramatorsk bus stop rises to 33. At least 18 others were injured in the Oct. 8 attack, prompting local authorities in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk to suspend all public transport.

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At least 30 dead after Russian glide bomb strikes Kramatorsk bus stop

"Russia comes to the Ukrainian land with death," Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin said.

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Narwhal in the Sky @narwhalinthesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you can’t say words in remembrance of Oct. 7, 2023 and keep it focused on the horrors of that day, full stop….yikes.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is APPALLING. The Trump administration is detaining multiple random Somali immigrants with no criminal record at Guantanamo Bay, seemingly because the White House ordered ICE specifically to detain Somalis at Gitmo as part of its effort to punish an ethnic group Trump has attacked.

According to Mohamed, guards at Guantanamo have said they are being held there because that's what officials in Washington, DC, want. "There's no other nation, only Somali people in Guantanamo Bay, in the prison," he told me. "And when we ask them why we are here, they tell us... Washington...ordered to keep Somali people in the Guantanamo Bay."

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Narwhal in the Sky @narwhalinthesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This. Only a very small amount of people are getting a very small amount of money. Do not forget that Republicans/Trump refused to extend the added advance premium tax credits - and instead let the government shut down.

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 06/10/2026

“While OpenAI admits to agents behaving ‘unpredictably’, they must also acknowledge their responsibility to monitor and prevent these risks,” Wikimedia said. “AI companies are not doing enough to secure their systems and protect the public from the harm they cause.” arstechnica.com/security/202...

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OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic

The reports of OpenAI agents harming third-party sites keep coming.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 05/10/2026

Ukraine war latest: Kharkiv devastated by Russian glide bombs, children among victims • Children among dozens injured as Russian glide bombs hit Kharkiv, 5 dead; • New automatic gun turrets successfully down first Russian jet-powered drones, Air Force says;

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Ukraine war latest: Kharkiv devastated by Russian glide bombs, children among victims

Key developments on Oct. 5: * Children among dozens injured as Russian glide bombs hit Kharkiv, 5 dead * New automatic gun turrets successfully down first Russian jet-powered drones, Air Force says...

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Narwhal in the Sky @narwhalinthesky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Max is increasingly required to reach government services, in Russia and in the occupied areas of Ukraine, down to enrolling a child in school.”

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Narwhal in the Sky @narwhalinthesky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Well looky there…… This is insane.

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When Congress passed the biggest health care cuts ever, they delayed almost all of them until after the midterms, while the temporary rural health fund they created started this year. But, very few rural voters have heard much of anything about the rural fund.

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Narwhal in the Sky @narwhalinthesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Oh but both sides are the same” NO.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New: Through a series of complex agreements with cities, the White House built a massive license plate camera database accessible to the feds. The program aggregates data across license plate companies (Flock, Axon, more) & is searchable by many agencies: www.404media.co/how-cities-a...

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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...

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Anna Kuzemko @anyameadow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Russians struck the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Dear international scientific community, isn't it time to stop tolerating a terrorist state and calling on us to be tolerant?

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Listen, I just think it's weird that the same people who are saying they're worried that AI is going to wipe out humanity are also eager for military contracts that will give AI control of weapons.

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Hilary J. Allen @profhilaryallen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

These guys are starting a school?? THESE GUYS???? Kids should be nowhere near people who believe all this: fintechdystopia.com/chapters/cha... (and I wrote that before I found out about the sex cult bit)

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Tracy Jordan: This Is The Worst Thing I've Ever Seen

ALT: Tracy Jordan: This Is The Worst Thing I've Ever Seen

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

a quick writeup of the pod, and some thoughts on how these concepts have evolved over time: www.404media.co/sherry-turkl...

404media.co

How AI Chatbots Are 'Deskilling' Human Empathy

Sherry Turkle's latest book, Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines, comes out on September 29.

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Narwhal in the Sky @narwhalinthesky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This. We are losing even more, and at a time where we are already bad at having tough conversations, the ability to sit with discomfort and work through problems as humans.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 16/09/2026

Read Mikhal Zygar on Umar Kremlev, the oligarch who helped pay for Don Jr's wedding zygaro.substack.com/p/the-oligar...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children. He praises Stalin on social media www.propublica.org/article/dona...

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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 13/09/2026

🚨 BREAKING: Russian drone targeted a passenger train on the border with Poland. "Russian barbarians are at your gate, dear partners. Act now: throw the full weight of your sanctions at Putin’s aggressive regime," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha wrote in response.

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Narwhal in the Sky @narwhalinthesky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Please stop calling it “leaf peeping.” It’s fall foliage enjoyment or whatever. Leaf peeping just sounds creepy.

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Sadly, poor management by Drexel University has led to the ill-conceived decision to close the Academy Museum and sell the property. While Drexel says it's "just" the nearly 200-year old Museum closing, "the Academy remains committed to public engagement and education". Right. 🙄

Mounted skeleton of Bison antiquus, on display at the La Brea Tar Pits & Museum in Los Angeles, California. The LA museum is currently undergoing renovation costing $234 million - showing how some museums take their exhibits & outreach seriously & work to develop funding for their efforts.

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Narwhal in the Sky @narwhalinthesky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I didn’t know/remember this. Thank you, Canada. “Canada's goal was to ensure that potentially destructive air traffic be removed from United States airspace as quickly as possible, and away from potential U.S. targets, and to instead place these aircraft on the ground in Canada....”

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Operation Yellow Ribbon - Wikipedia

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

To mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the Library has launched an online collection of nearly 500 first-hand accounts that document what responders witnessed, why they responded, what they endured, and how the experience affected their health, families and lives in the years that followed. 🧵

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10/09/2026

⚡️Russia's recruitment of foreign nationals amounts to human trafficking, Amnesty International says. Russia targets people from low-income countries, uses coercion to send them to active combat after two weeks, a new Amnesty International report says.

kyivindependent.com

Russia's recruitment of foreign nationals amounts to human trafficking, Amnesty International says

Russia targets people from low-income countries, uses coercion to send them to active combat after two weeks, a new Amnesty International report says.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 11/09/2026

⚡️Update: 5 dead, 67 injured after Russian attack on Pavlohrad shopping center. It has not been confirmed which type of weapon Russia used in the attack, but videos posted on social media suggest at least one drone struck after the initial explosion.

kyivindependent.com

5 dead, 67 injured after Russian attack on Pavlohrad shopping center

It has not been confirmed which type of weapon Russia used in the attack, but videos posted on social media suggest at least one drone struck after the initial explosion.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you optimize a model to find exploits, you should expect it to find them—and prepare for that. OpenAI didn't. They built a model, removed the safeguards, gave it the ExploitGym task, let it run, and didn't even monitor it. That's human decision-making. mail.cyberneticforests.com/models-dont-...

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Models Don't Go Rogue

Stochastic Flocks & Cybersecurity 'Pandemonium' 💡This essay was drafted from my appearance on Mél Hogan's podcast, The Data Fix, discussing the OpenAI / Hugging Face hack. Embedded below or find it o...

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 10/09/2026

CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using iGarden Swim Jets Combination Drain Covers Immediately Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Entrapment and Drowning; Violate the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...

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The New Voice of Ukraine @english.nv.ua · 09/09/2026

Ukraine’s Russian-occupied territories have once again been ranked the least free place in the world by Freedom House, scoring below North Korea, Gaza and South Sudan amid widespread repression and deportations

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Occupied Ukrainian territories ranked least free place in the world by Freedom House

Freedom House has ranked the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine as the least free place in the world for the second year in a row, placing them below North Korea, Gaza, and South Sudan in its glo...

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you or someone you know is struggling, you aren't alone. Text TALK to 741741 for a trained helper. If you have a story to share about chatbots and mental health, as a user, a bystander, or from inside one of these AI companies, I would love to hear from you: sam.404 on Signal or sam@404media.co

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“I feel like it’s really easy for people to hear these stories and go, ‘Oh, that's so sad,’ and then go on with their lives and not think about the fact that this was a person,” Megan said. “A silly, funny, kind person who is dead now.” www.404media.co/austin-gordo...

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'Tell Everyone:' A Man Died by Suicide After Talking to ChatGPT. His Former Partner Wants to Warn the World About AI

After allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 05/09/2026

⚡️Global food prices climb to highest level since 2022 amid Black Sea strikes, UN reports. Grain prices spiked 2.5 points in August from the previous month, partly due to "continued uncertainty surrounding Black Sea export flows," the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization reported.

kyivindependent.com

Global food prices climb to highest level since 2022 amid Black Sea strikes, UN reports

Grain prices spiked 2.5 points in August from the previous month, partly due to "continued uncertainty surrounding Black Sea export flows," the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization reported

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Narwhal in the Sky @narwhalinthesky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Maybe I’ve changed maybe the series has evolved, but damn if Silo hasn’t gone (for me) from being more heavily mystery to big and little questions about being human - and that’s so much harder to process!

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