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Abbiamo un debito enorme verso l’ucraina per questa cosa qui. Di fatto (seppur indirettamente) stanno proteggendo le nostre democrazie.

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Kees Klomp @keesklomp.bsky.social · 10h

Ik vind het een geweldige ontwikkeling dat we desinformatie beantwoorden met minstens zoveel harde feiten

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 12h

Many now notice people they know starting to sound--in person--like chatbots, speaking and reasoning in AI's stiffened tropes. I warned in The AI Mirror against becoming entranced and captivated by these mirror reflections of our aggregated minds. Worse is if we also begin to resemble them. 21/n

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 14h

First caveat: the asbestos analogy does not apply to AI or machine learning generally, nor all AI uses. Not all AI/ML is GenAI, and AI does not equal 'chatbot' or even 'LLM'. If the analogy applies, its clearest application is to commercial GenAI chatbots used to automate cognitive tasks. 5/n

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 14h

OK, since this thread has blown up a bit, I think it's worth clarifying in a new thread to what extent the 'GenAI is asbestos for the mind' analogy might hold up, and where it breaks down (as even useful analogies always do): 1/n

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Roger Watt @rjwatt42.bsky.social · 7h

It's a striking image really: to move yourself voluntarily and with hope into someone else's world; to let their words free in your mind. And it's an idea that works best when we are all close to the Golden Rule "Do unto others..." I'll read your writing the way I wish you to read my writing.

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LaBombetta Rettiliana @labombetta76.bsky.social · 12h

2026 Le macchine volanti, i viaggi spaziali, dicevano.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 9h

The replica is a valuable tool for museum-goers to understand the shifts in computer architecture since 1976: arstechnica.visitlink.me/BYw1wf

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A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis

Stylish upcycling, with a retro flair, at Spain's Museo de Historia de la Computación.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 12h

This story makes it sound like the major problem is that the Trump Admin did this w/in 60 days of an election. Yes, that's a real abuse. But the major problem is they're basically threatening to denaturalize an opposition legislator, based on racist insinuations. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...

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Federal Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (Gift Article)

The search takes place within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when the Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative steps related to political candidates.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 11h

And yet, every single Democratic member of Congress and every progressive organization (except @indivisible.org) still uses X as their primary method of breaking news. The pro-democracy movement really needs to boycott X.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11h

Just a reminder: child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on X is not a flash-in-the-pan thing associated with Grok's loose image generation rules. It is a persistent, ONGOING feature of X Fair to assume X will be one of the few to carry a live-streamed execution too, btw www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/t...

Despite Pledges From Musk, Child Sexual Abuse Material Persists on X
Reviews by the Canadian Center for Child Protection and The New York Times found that explicit images of children remain on the social media site owned by Elon Musk.

Elon Musk has long vowed to remove child sexual abuse material on his social media platform, X. But some of the content continues to appear.

A review by the Canadian Center for Child Protection found that the site’s own artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, responded to requests from users by creating dozens of sexualized and sometimes sexually explicit photos of children, including victims previously known to law enforcement, at the beginning of the year. The images included children in sexualized poses with partially exposed genitals, in states of undress and with fluid on their faces.

A separate analysis by The New York Times found that during the first half of the year, users on X posted child sexual abuse material previously flagged by authorities, including some of the most egregious content that the site attempts to block using automated filters.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12h

When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear & the internet becomes friendlier. So much of politics is driven by the internet & so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 13h

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Reyes is furious. She has repeatedly told the government to inform her before any major demolition work was done on the golf course. The abrupt removal of 500 trees, without notice, "has cost the government all of its credibility" in this case.

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Ander Bruckestand @anderbruckes.bsky.social · 11h

Quanta della propaganda anti-UE è generata dai bot russi? Quanta dalle quinte colonne filorusse? E quanta dagli utili idioti che leggono i bot, credono siano persone reali e ripetono ciò che loro scrivono? Io credo che sommando queste tre categorie si arrivi quasi al 100%.

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Tommy Soda @tommysoda.bsky.social · 11h

Out of curiosity I went to look at Elon Musk's Twitter to see how many likes he was getting after the bot numbers went down. Dude went from 500k+ likes per post to about 20k per post. Explains why he's so mad about it lmao

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12h

Zelenskyy on the Yandex bot purge: "when our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations. Because there were fewer bots."

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luca @lucanellarete.bsky.social · 17h

Giungono voci che raccontano di come l'improvvisa dipartita di bot russi abbia ripulito i social mainstream, rendendoli innocui e sereni quasi a livello Bsky. Rifletto sulla quantità abnorme di veleno artificiale cui sono sottoposte le nostre misere vite per il solo fatto di accedere a un account.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 11h

This is NOT an ad for @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social’s new documentary “MUSK” (in theaters now). We are promoting it for free. Join us right here on October 20, 2026 at 9am Pacific/noon Eastern for a livestream hosted by @niedermeyer.online.

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 11h

*So, you're a big fan of these ladies, then

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 11h

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

WASHINGTON—Trump’s federal agents raid Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home over decades-old “immigration paperwork” her father filled out when she was a kid. No charges. Breaking DOJ norms. Over the cliff, folks.

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Ander Bruckestand @anderbruckes.bsky.social · 13h

Guardate questi numeri: da quando sono stati colpiti i datacenter di Yandex, l'attività su alcuni subreddit a tema politico, sia europei che americani, si è ridotta sensibilmente. Il livello di inquinamento delle nostre democrazie da parte delle bot farm russe è GIGANTESCO.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

perhaps this is a lesson that judges need to stop taking the government at its word!!!!

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Asha @ashatenbroeke.bsky.social · 16h

Gisteren is er op de Dam iemand opgepakt omdat hij een variatie op een antifascistische spotprent van Magritte bij zich had. Is dit wat we nu zijn: een samenleving waarin je gearresteerd kunt worden voor het tonen van ‘verkeerde kunst’?

Een spandoek met een variatie op een spotprent van Magritte wordt vastgehouden door een demonstrant en een politieagent. De prent heeft een donkergele achtergrond. Bovenaan staat: het ware gezicht van the Donald.
Linksonder staat een tekening van Donald Trump, die een handspiegel omhoog houdt. In de reflectie ziet hij Adolf Hitler.

De originele spotprint van Magritte, met de tekst: ‘Spotprent van René Magritte tegen fascisme geveild voor 38.400 euro, 15 keer het startbod.’ Eronder staat de prent zelf. Op een lichtgele achtergrond staan in zwarte letters: le vrai visage de rex. Linksonder een tekening van Rex, die in een rode handspiegel kijkt en daar de reflectie van Adolf Hitler ziet.

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Lev Nikolaevič Myškin @andreasperelli.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

L’apocalisse amministrata. Le dichiarazioni di Amodei e le indiscrezioni di Axios riportate dal Corriere sul pericolo imminente derivante dalla perdita di controllo dell’AI, mi hanno portato a fare alcuni ragionamenti partendo da un antico mito. Prometeo donò il fuoco agli uomini molto

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Fuser @fuser86.bsky.social · 15h

Vedere i bambini palestinesi rapiti dalle forze di occupazione e sapere che non c'è nessun gruppo di Paesi volenterosi pronti a difenderli. Che per un canale val ben morire, per l'umanità anche no.

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Luc Stultiens @lucstultiens.bsky.social · 19h

Verstandige woorden van oud-staatssecretaris Marnix van Rij. Lezen jullie mee VVD, CDA & D66?

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 17h

Ukraine just did more to clean up American elections than Congress has done in twenty years.

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Possibile @possibileit.bsky.social · 20h

Finta partita iva da meno di 4€ l’ora Lavoratori e lavoratrici non devono accettare gli illeciti e i soprusi di un sistema incapace di garantire realtà lavorative dignitose, mentre chi di dovere resta a guardare. Non possiamo normalizzare così sfacciatamente lo sfruttamento.

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 20h

Since the UK Labour (I repeat, Labour) is about to do a most myopic anti-decarbonization move in the name of higher defence spending, worth remembering that electrification and heatpumps are not a trivial way to fight fossil aggressors abroad while supporting people with affordability

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Badiucao巴丢草 @badiucao.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Diesel Bath My cartoon for The Age on Monday

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Axel Wicke @elziax.bsky.social · 21h

Omdat mijn voorouders debet eraan zijn, dat het zionisme een koloniale macht werd,vermijd ik dit thema hier liefst, maar @stefanpaas.bsky.social heeft in @trouw.nl gelijk: Geen land heeft “zich de laatste jaren meer… ingespannen voor het ondermijnen van het bestaansrecht van Israël dan Israël zelf.”

Column in dagblad Trouw door Stefan Paas: “Israël ondermijnt het bestaansrecht van Israël”, deel 1.

Column in dagblad Trouw door Stefan Paas: “Israël ondermijnt het bestaansrecht van Israël”, deel 2.

Column in dagblad Trouw door Stefan Paas: “Israël ondermijnt het bestaansrecht van Israël”, deel 3.

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Gennaro Carotenuto @gennarocarotenuto.bsky.social · 20h

Nella Madrid di Maricarmen, dove un'anziana disabile può essere sfrattata e lasciata morire di pena, emerge che nella stessa città, l'allenatore dell'Atletico Madrid, Diego Simeone, il popolare Cholo, possegga la bellezza di 180 immobili. Diritto alla casa, di chi?

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Assurdistan del Nord 🇺🇦🇬🇪 @assurdistan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Saltano in aria tre data center Yandex. Crolla il traffico AfD in Germania. Nel Twitter italiano sembra di essere su Blu Sky.

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Vladimir Putin Waving and Smiling

ALT: Vladimir Putin Waving and Smiling

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OldAmigan @nixen.bsky.social · 21h

Buongiorno Silvia e buon inizio di settimana.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The backstory: Ukrainian drones struck a Yandex supercomputer facility in Vladimir, taking it out. Suddenly, bot activity in US social media fell by 49%, confirming suspicions that this was the site of a massive Russian influence operation targeting US social media—mostly targeting MAGA.

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Hendrik-Jan @slowpokedj.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Na het vernietigen van Yandex datacenters door Oekraïne… Is ineens de bot activiteit op platforms als X volledig ingeklapt. In Duitsland schijnt AFD aanwezigheid online veelal weg. Zo zie je maar, kijken wat dat ook doet voor de Midterms in de VS. Vooral doorgaan zou ik zeggen, go Oekraïne ! 🔥

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Bart Aafjes @bartaafjes68.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Drie van de vier datacentra van de techgigant #Yandex zijn aangevallen. Vrijwel alle diensten zijn getroffen, inclusief de cloud services. Nog slechts één vestiging blijft over in de regio Moskou, Skolkovo 1, die is van cruciaal belang voor Sberbank en het hele Russische bankwezen. Wordt vervolgd.

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Lucathequietone @lucathequietone.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ruin a book by adding a word: Dune Buggy

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