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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 8h
House race totals are getting significant too, including: $427,145.17 vs @paigecognetti.bsky.social $362,324.73 vs @joannamendoza.com $340,785.33 vs @rebeccabennettforcongress.com $318,328.00 vs @caitfornewyork.bsky.social
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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 8h
In the last 24 hours, Elon added $5,423,645.66. New totals include: $13,131,789.48 vs @jamestalarico.bsky.social $6,308,848.86 vs @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social $5,117,111.82 vs @abdulelsayed.bsky.social $1,991,872.98 vs @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social $1,176,301.42 vs @troyjackson207.bsky.social
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Dmitri. #freeLink @momus.bsky.social · 9h
we're in literally uncharted territory with our climate, and Brazil just elected a legislative chamber full of climate denialists & Amazon destroyers not that we're doing much better
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 16h
NEW: Trump's HHS just gave nearly $9 million in federal family planning grants to groups with anti-abortion ties. The recipient of a $3 million grant to train family planning providers has a history of discouraging the use of hormonal birth control. read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
autonomynews.co
Nearly $9 Million in HHS Grants Go to Groups With Anti-Abortion Ties
Millions in family planning funds are earmarked to create training centers, including one dedicated to infertility. The recipients have links to crisis pregnancy centers, the Heritage Foundation, and ...
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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 16h
Happening now! Border Patrol amassing forces after land defenders re-established a tree sit on the Mexican side of the border in La Noria, Sonora, this morning, stopping wall construction the day after DHS killed the Grandmother Tree.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 15h
The Ku Klux Klan is rebranding itself as The Knights Party, centered on “family and faith” along with proud & open white supremacy. 💩🖕 [aljazeera.com]
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Can the KKK find a new foothold in the US?
The infamous hate group is trying to rebrand itself as the 'Knights Party' in an attempt to grow its base.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
For Americans voting from abroad www.votefromabroad.org/request/your...
votefromabroad.org
Federal Post Card Application Form | VoteFromAbroad.org
Vote from Abroad: Step-by-step instructions to assist a voter to produce a Federal Post Card Application form suitable to send to the Local Election Official.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA INDIANA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online) MISSISSIPPI MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person) OHIO SOUTH CAROLINA — mail TENNESSEE TEXAS npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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City Atlas @cityatlas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fifth largest donor to Trump builds campus organized around societal challenges www.cmu.edu/news/stories... www.opensecrets.org/elections-ov...
Largest Individual Gift in Higher Education History Builds on CMU’s Distinctive Academic and Research Strengths, Includes $1 Billion Investment in Pittsburgh Campus
$2 Billion Gift Will Launch CMU Miami, Organized Around Societal Challenges and Purpose-Built for Next Era of American Innovation
35-Acre Campus in Miami’s Wynwood Neighborhood Aims to Start Enrolling Students in 2028
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026
The reduction of politics to voting is part of the 50 year neoliberal project whose foremost goal is to make you think of yourself as an atomized individual and not as a member of a polity.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026
In other words, voting only matters if it's the final stage of a sustained campaign to build and mobilize popular power. Without that, voting will get you precious little.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
“The bill would prohibit practices like an airline raising prices for an individual after seeing her search for a family obituary or a ride share app paying a driver less after seeing that she visited a pawn shop.” 🚨🚨🚨Tech bros want to discriminate against you using every imaginable datapoint.🚨🚨🚨
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Urge your reps to ban Surveillance Pricing and boycott any business that uses it. If it’s allowed to take root, you will be robbed for the rest of your lives.
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We gotta start referring to data centers by both their mother and father's last names, Spain style. The Microsoft-Chevron data center, the Meta-ExxonMobil data center, and so forth. Absolutely no reason just the tech bros should be taking the heat on this shit
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Text messages from Zanello and other officials that were previously exposed during the case revealed they were aware of infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, running rampant inside 26 Federal Plaza.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am also fairly sure trying to prevent this from being a senate photo op is the only reason premium isn’t $7
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
genuinely wondering how long the heritage foundation is going to leave up the “our best days are before us” banner
A banner with text “our best days are before us” with a sign for a gas station in foreground with gas going up to 6.19
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A good reason to not focus on abusers, billionaires and constantly war mongers .. Is to avoid accepting their frames
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The US Senate finds that the fossil fuel industry received $190 billion in tax breaks and subsidies from the Trump regime in exchange for campaign donations. The deregulation and subsidies have increased both energy costs for Americans and the damage from climate change and air and water pollution.
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Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call
Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after ‘bargain’ between president and major polluters
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
propublica.org
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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josephwolf1.bsky.social @josephwolf1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
nytimes.com
F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins (Gift Article)
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Massive thank you to all the people who continue to amplify this story within their networks and support those who are working to get Amina home. The Trump administration has inadvertently hit Senegal’s women’s basketball programme hard this year and this is the worst of many incidents. #wnba
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The disappeared*" was a term for those the military dictatorship in Argentina imprisoned/tortured/murdered during the dirty war. *"detenidos-desaparecidos" (detained-disappeared)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/09/2026
These Democrat warriors surrendered to Trump's oligarchs, giving them *everything*, including control over the American film and TV industry for so long as it limps along. They just assumed you wouldn't notice.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/09/2026
This is the "force majeure" clause, which is not like a normal force majeure clause (which allows the parties to back out of their commitment in case of war, wildfires, etc). *This* force majeure clause lets Warnermount tear up the entire agreement if there's a *strike* or a *recession*.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Crypto is going to dump $30 million to sink Sherrod Brown, per: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
nytimes.com
The Crypto Industry Targets Sherrod Brown of Ohio, a Top Democratic Senate Candidate
Angry after the defeat of a major crypto bill last week, the industry is planning to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Kevin Roberts is the president of The Heritage Foundation, the largest conservative think tank in America. He claims we shouldn’t be free to do what we “may,” but what we “ought.” Who says what we “ought” to do? Him? If that isn’t a threat to our freedom, then what is? More in our profile:
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Kevin Roberts, “Mastermind” of Project 2025 — Civil Defense
Kevin Roberts has been the president of the Heritage Foundation since 2021. His tenure has been marred by controversies.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Roses are red The runs got your neighbor
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The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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Editing the Blue-Gray Lady @nytdiff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Change in Headline
Before: MS NOW Reporter Barred From White House After Trump Imposes Press Ban
After: CNN and MS NOW Reporters Barred From White House After Trump Announces Ban
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Protest Testimony Project @ptpproject.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📣 Red Hook, we want to hear from you! Join us on Sept. 24 from 5–7 PM at Red Hook Library (362 Van Brunt St.). Your voice matters. Come learn, listen & testify. #RedHook #ProtestTestimonyProject #Brooklyn @nyclu.org @legalaidnyc.bsky.social
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Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our music and our memories are being wiped out. AMERICA built this city. Not a president. Join us!
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I wrote about the necessity of persuasion (and its pitfalls), a disappointing statement from a national figure, and how we might disrupt traditional popular exclusionary and bigoted stories of Them, by challenging them with open and expansive stories of Us. www.the-reframe.com/us-and-them/
the-reframe.com
Us and Them
Exclusion isn't good for the team. Telling disruptive stories in a fascist locker room.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026
When an industry that is eating itself alive through "hyperscaling" demands that the government bless a conspiracy to halt competition and ban open source alternatives, you should be suspicious.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
along those lines, if you plan to vote by mail, do it ASAP:
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Half Moon Rising @half-moon-rising.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#Colorado #Vote Today is a great day to check on the status of your Voter Registration! Pop open the Secretary of State site at the family picnic and help your relatives to check theirs! www.sos.state.co.us/voter/pages/...
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Find My Voter Registration - Colorado Secretary of State
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Panama Canal uses a tremendous amount of fresh water. Chronic regional drought combined with a super El Niño are going to create another big bottleneck for global trade.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 04/09/2026
this is horrifying, unnecessary capitulation by an institution that absolutely knows better than this and both @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @governor.ny.gov should be imposing consequences on mount sinai at the state level as a result
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026
Amazon's own balance sheet presents the most compelling evidence that we are stuck in the Enshittocene, the era in which everything is turning into a pile of shit, because the worst ideas of the worst people now make the most money. 1/
Hieronymus Bosch's 'The Conjuror,' a painting depicting a medieval con artist playing a shell game for an audience of astonished peasant rubes. The image has been altered: the conman now has Jeff Bezos's grinning head, and the mouths of all the peasants have been replaced with inverted Amazon 'Smile' logos, so they are now frowning.

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Steve Jurvestson (modified)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeff_Bezos%27_iconic_laugh_crop.jpg

CC BY 2.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026
This is *pure* enshittification. Of all the ingenious, innovative ways that Amazon came up with to make money, the *most* successful is a scam that makes everything you buy more expensive *even as* it reduces the profits of the companies you're buying from. 49/
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026
Let me remind you: *payola is Amazon's single largest source of profits*. When I was researching *Enshittification*, Amazon's take from payola was in the mid-$30 billion. 40/
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026
Payola accounts for more of Amazon's profits than *anything else* the company does. It's more profitable than *all* the things Amazon sells directly. It's more profitable than AWS, Amazon's industry-leading cloud service. 32/
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
we have always been at war with east aflac
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/08/2026
If this were happening somewhere else, we would call them what they are: Internally Displaced People.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“The Maryland Dept of Health has declared a measles outbreak in St. Mary’s, Carroll and Cecil counties, health officials said Monday. The health department said it is investigating 14 confirmed cases among unvaccinated MD residents & that most of the case contacts occurred w/in specific households.”
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Maryland declares measles outbreak in 3 counties
The Maryland Department of Health has declared a measles outbreak in St. Mary’s, Carroll and Cecil counties, health officials said Monday. The health department said it is investigating 14 confirmed c...
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