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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Settlers carry out 19 attacks on West Bank residents in a single day. "...the attacks included assaults on olive harvesters, the burning of trees, the theft of crops and livestock, and assaults on Palestinian residents. In Tell, settlers burned a vehicle..." www.middleeasteye.net/news/west-ba...
middleeasteye.net
Almost 20 Israeli settler attacks target Palestinians in day of mass violence
Attacks on olive harvesters, farmers and their property come as settler violence escalates across the occupied territory during the annual harvest season
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
*Microsoft is clumsy, ugly and bad. Google is incoherent, arrogant and blows up their own products. Anthropic is a tiny gang of bizarre weirdos. OpenAI are sleazy cranks and grifter blowhards *They're really not an attractive industry
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
If you think technology will solve your problems you don't understand technology—and you don't understand your problems. —Laurie Anderson
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“The premier needs to allow emergency physicians to participate in her capitalist panacea. I’m sure she won’t want to deny emergency patients the right to buy their way out of the chaos.” Brilliant satire from Dr Paul Parks! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: What if ER docs joined the province's private-pay plan?
Tongue-in-cheek column shows folly of double billing and how allowing people to pay privately for health it doesn't solve long wait lists.
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Canuckistan Bob @nonotmenotmeno.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Jeffry freaking Rath quoting scripture??? Well, Shakespeare had it right I guess: "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose." Merchant of Venice I:iii
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 05/10/2026
"Seven former Cornell students are accused of sexually assaulting another student who says she was incapacitated. Messages allegedly inviting other frat members were sent to a group chat during the assault. Everyone is talking about the seven. I keep thinking about the others." buff.ly/z7yWbR2
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An Open Letter to Cornell University from the Mother of a Prospective Male Student
“Seven former Cornell students are accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually assaulting another Cornell student who says she was incapacitated. Messages alleged...
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Catholic Bishops of Alberta have written an open letter calling on Catholic Albertans to remember the tenets of their faith, particularly loving ones neighbour, respecting human dignity, and the commitment to the common good. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripherals"
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How do we incentivize people to paint wizards on their vans again I haven’t seen a wizard van in a decade and it feels like we lost something precious Can we offer up a tax credit? Little bags of shrooms? Start a wizard van painting program at vocational schools?
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Neil Tollfree @neiltollfree.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’m certainly celebrating @mcsweeneys.net publishing this by getting sober as f- tonight. Cheers. Hic. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...
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It’s Friday Night, Bro: Let’s Get Sober as Fuck
“Teas, right? Let’s get some teas. You want some milk? Don’t be a milk pussy, dude. Get some calcium. I don’t want to be the only one with strong bones. Yes,...
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Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Both the Twitter logo and the Bluesky logo actually exist. They are real. The X logo does not. That is why it is not ensouled.
Plum throated cotingaBlue Morpho butterfly of unspecified species.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I hate it when people try to re-write recent history. We all know Donald Trump was not pulled out of the rubble of the Twin Towers. Donald Trump was too busy giving instructions to the Flight 93 passengers on how to storm the cockpit and judo chop the terrorists.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Omelas already exists: no need to build it or choose it. We already live here –in the narrow, foul, dark prison we let our ignorance, fear, and hatred build for us and keep us in, here in the splendid, beautiful city of life...
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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Happy Skynet day to all those who celebrate
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
All ICE funding should be transferred to MRNA research and development . www.wsj.com/health/pharm...
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Novel Cancer Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning in First for mRNA
Result in high-risk patients validates decades of research into mRNA-based therapeutic cancer vaccines.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Super totes normal things going on in Alberta. Absolutely nothing to be alarmed by. Nope. Everything is fine. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 15/08/2026
"Got mental problems? Addicted to obscure substances? Paid too much attention in histoy class? I'm Warren Zevon, and you may be entitled to some bitchin' rock music"
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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 15/08/2026
I’m so tired of genAI apologists telling me I only hate it because I don’t understand it. I hate it *because* I understand it, you absolute toenail.
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Troyce - Imprison Trump @troyce.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
My own personal philosophy
banner that says "We do this not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy."
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 11/08/2026
One library board estimates it will cost about $100,000 next year to comply with the UCP’s book ban. “That’s $100,000 that could have been spent on, you know, books — not to mention other library materials and activities,” David J. Climenhaga writes. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
thetyee.ca
The High Cost of Danielle Smith’s Book Ban | The Tyee
One library faces a $100,000 bill. Is there a way to fight back?
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
From Smith’s new datacentre infomercial… The language has changed… It used to be “they have to bring 100% of their own power”. Then, Meta didn’t. Now? They just don’t get discounts on power. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Espooky Hispanic Pixie Dreamgirl @bocadelperro.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This whole thread is a delight.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If you have so much work to do that you feel you need AI in order to get it all done: you don't. You need a union.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
theconversation.com/the-homeless...
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The homelessness scourge in cities like London, Ont., exposes the evils of wealth inequality
There’s a widening divide between two Canadas: one marked by working-class misery and homelessness; the other by the unprecedented prosperity of the uber-wealthy. This wealth gap is unsustainable.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/07/2026
Modern warfare is full of consequences that continue to exist even after the president says they do not. Fortunately, the Pentagon has begun replacing outdated military doctrine with a simpler system that should feel familiar to anyone who has ever lost an argument near a swing set. buff.ly/bf8t2xx
mcsweeneys.net
“Nuh-Uh,” “Not It,” and Other New Pentagon Strategies for Winning at War
“Modern warfare is full of consequences that continue to exist even after the president says they do not. Fortunately, the Pentagon has begun replacing outda...
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 25/07/2026
"My unstoppable #grindset has earned me the adulation of thousands of men who are only allowed to see their children with third-party supervision present, as well as those guys’ teenage sons who hate them."
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At Long Last, I Have Maxximized My Looks
“At long last, I am a stone-cold seven, the kind of guy who could win a Jacob Elordi lookalike contest in a farm town with a population of 200.”
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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Spain’s Nico Williams gave his mother, Maria, his World Cup winner’s medal after Sunday’s final ❤️💛 Nico's parents trekked some 2,000 miles across the Sahara from Ghana to Spain as refugees. Now, their son is a world champion 🥹
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
*If you are an elite, modern World Cup athlete, would you rather play in New York City while breathing a Canadian forest fire, or play in Moscow while breathing a gigantic warehouse fire #TwentyTwenties
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acabylon 👻👻 BOO 👻👻 @acabylonbee.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
lincoln was also right
don't believe everything you read on the internet just because there's a picture with a quote next to it

-abraham lincoln
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is a brilliant essay, which, in my view, accurately describes the predicament of the post-Boomer generations, and the vast infrastructure of lies designed to disguise it. "Degeneracy is a symptom. The disease is rent." 🧵 henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/degeneracy...
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Degeneracy is a Symptom
On Conspicuous Despair, the Ponzi stage of being alive, and why your grandparents are wrong about you.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
When people ask me what the phrase "artificial intelligence" means, my short answer is, it means "venture capitalists, give me some money". But OUP asked me for a longer answer, given here and summarized in the section headings: doi.org/10.1093/9780...
Screencap of page for linked article, reading: 

Contents
Introduction
AI Is a Research Field
AI Is an Approach to Cognitive Science
AI Is a Parlor Trick
AI Is an Ideology
AI Is a Way to Hide and Devalue Human Labor
AI Is a Way to Shift Accountability
AI Is a Way to Centralize Power
Conclusion
Notes
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 07/07/2026
can't stop laughing at this Poilievre: "We will reinstill a warrior culture, not a woke culture."
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I think someone wrote this about me and I'm not pleased
The best part of getting older is aging out of a demographic that gets killed in horror movies. I am now the age of the kooky local at the gas station who warns the band of college kids not to go to Camp Murderblood.
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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The wall of silence around Claudia Sheinbaum in the US & particularly US-Jewish press is astounding: you wouldn’t know by reading the NYT or FWD that she is perhaps the most popular leader in the world, not only but not least bc she is clear about US imperialism & Israeli genocide
Mexican President Sheinbaum shatters the
wall of silence:

'I am against the American-Israeli war axis.
Bombing schools full of girls is not self-defense; it is a full-fledged war crime.'
'Whoever calls the killing of children self-defense is an agent of genocide... and whoever remains silent about it is an accomplice in the blood.'
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Via @obviousplant.bsky.social
a parody ad for classes on becoming a terrifying bog witch
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 06/06/2026
Entering month 6 of Mamdani's NYC & Robberies are down 11%, Retail theft is down 19%, & Murder is down 21%—all without "Adding 5000 new cops." Instead, he's invested in public safety free childcare, food, and better funded schools. Safer cities come from investing in people—not punishments.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 26/05/2026
Canada turning red is the geopolitical version of your golden retriever finally biting you.
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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Tech oligarchs aren't the supermen of the future, they're the czarist aristocracy huddled around Rasputin's seance table.
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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 23/05/2026
It's unfair to call the Marvel movies "kid's movies", they also have serious political messages, such as: - America is good - the military is good - military contractors are good - billionaires are good - heroes protect the existing power structure, villains try to change society
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Devastating memoir of Palestinian prisoner Nasser Abu Srour on surviving torture inside Israel’s prisons from 1993 until 2025. "I have decided to write because things do not find existence outside the borders of language, not even genocide." www.equator.org/articles/why...
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‘Why Don’t You Just Die?’ • EQUATOR
Surviving torture and brutality inside Israel’s prisons
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Happy World Goth Day!
a man staring into the distance and pretty goth girls nearby with the caption, "Local bloke utterly obsessed by Roman Empire because he too would like to be destroyed by goths."
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VirginiaM - owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Very cool thread!
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Kagi HQ @kagi.com · 19/05/2026
Hi hello we are Kagi and we do not do this 👇
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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 18/05/2026
Tech Bros Utopia existentialcomics.com/comic/655
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Tech Bros Utopia
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
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TK_Wharton @tkw.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
A New Orleans story; gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...
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A Family Secret No More
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