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North Easton

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Dad, gamer, general geek. He/him.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 1h
They don't know what happened to almost all the dudes defending the alamo, do they.
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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 1h
Two big bits of news today: You're not allowed to be mean to one of the main AIs anymore and also the president says you're not allowed to say AI anymore.
Trump on Truth Social: The White House considers anyone that uses the term, “Artificial Intelligence,” as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, “Super Intelligence,” THE ENEMY! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 1h
Because as everyone knows, videos of executions have never been used as propaganda to inspire further violence.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 21h
Part (but far from all) of what's horrific here is: a woman weighing the consequences of speaking up about being sexually assaulted, because speaking up imposes burdens and costs (and so does not speaking up).
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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NPR @npr.org · 1h
A trove of documents and interviews with people close to tech billionaire Elon Musk reveal a damning picture of his rise as one of the world's richest and most powerful men. n.pr/4j6d5aj
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How 'Musk' director Alex Gibney became a critic
A trove of documents and interviews with people close to tech billionaire Elon Musk reveal a damning picture of his rise as one of the world's richest and most powerful men.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 1h
AVGEEKS! Time to mobilize the boat freaks. Get at me.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1h
I’m literally at a loss for words
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North Easton @north-easton.bsky.social · 55m
It's not "genocide", it's "redirecting into the ground". These fucking guys.
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How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel (Gift Article)
A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 5h
Pay to play, baby...
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Foucault's heterotopia is an interesting idea, considering how frenzied every single billionaire pedophile nazi is to destroy the heterotopia that was once the internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterot...
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Heterotopia (space) - Wikipedia
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
what a fantastic all-timer thread on this phenomena and the psychology behind it I think about this all the time and not understanding this is the difference between successful liminal horror, and just horrorslop. liminal horror is about the baked-in hostility of public spaces we millenials saw die
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 5h
New: We got body camera footage of the Flock search and traffic stop a judge ruled unconstitutional and "indiscriminate mass surveillance" www.404media.co/watch-footag...
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Watch Footage of the Flock Search a Judge Ruled Unconstitutional
"I saw her go by, and I just started running her info on Flock."
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North Easton @north-easton.bsky.social · 4h
Elon Musk entered the United States on a educational visa, either a J-1 or F-1 visa, under which he could attend a college or university. He immediately skipped out on it to seek employment. Or, in Republican terms, he fraudulently came here to get an education but stole someone's job instead.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 6h
Vote early and in person, folks. If you're in a "vote by mail" state and can deliver your mail-in vote directly rather than relying on USPS this year, do it. Otherwise get it into the mail at the earliest possible date. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?
Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h
Man, it's a good thing Jared Polis pardoned this woman. She has absolutely learned her lesson.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 6h
This is horrifying Tuskegee-level shit.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 6h
it’s whatever they’re mad about. always has been. it doesn’t mean anything to them, it’s just a place to store bad feelings.
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Data for Progress @dataforprogress.org · 7h
NEW POLL with @refugeesinternational.org and @refugeeadvocacylab.bsky.social: Voters across party lines strongly support the U.S. having a refugee program, including 78% of Democrats, 66% of Independents, and 55% of Republicans. Support rises to 90% among voters who know a refugee.
Bar chart of polling data from Data for Progress. Title: More Than Two-Thirds of Voters Believe the U.S. Should Have a Refugee Program. Question: A refugee is a person forced to leave their country to escape war, violence, or persecution due to factors such as race, religion, or political opinion. Should the government have a refugee program that helps bring some people seeking refuge to safety in the U.S.? Results (should have / don't know / should not have): All likely voters: 67% / 10% / 23%. Democrats: 78% / 7% / 15%. Independents/third party: 66% / 10% / 24%. Republicans: 55% / 13% / 32%. Know a refugee: 90% / 1% / 9%. Don't know a refugee: 66% / 10% / 25%. September 18–20, 2026 survey of 1,194 U.S. likely voters.
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North Easton @north-easton.bsky.social · 6h
Weird to see the @wsj.com Editorial Board issuing a full-throated defense of genocide, but here we are.
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New York, used Oct. 7, 2026, the same way he used Oct. 7, 2023: as another opportunity to libel Israel. After his perfunctory mention Wednesday of the Hamas massacre came a stream of propaganda, much longer, about Israel’s “ongoing genocide,” “so-called ceasefire,” “apartheid” and “war crimes”—with Hamas disappearing from the picture as if to its hostage tunnels.

Basic dishonesty is a feature of all such harangues. Mr. Mamdani passes off the Hamas-supplied Gaza casualty figure as if all the dead were civilians, not bothering to mention that at least 25,000 are believed to have been terrorist combatants
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 11h
While Rebecca notes its explicitly pseudoscientific and racist framing, I’ll pipe up to fixate on the comparison between ‘most anthropologists themselves, geneticists, and other university academics’ with the Nazis because they oppose ‘scientific anthropology’. Classic bonkers right-wing rhetoric
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Dexerto @dexerto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Amazon users are discovering a bizarre "About You" page that reveals what the company thinks it knows about them One woman found Amazon had determined she "has flat buttocks"
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Dexerto @dexerto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Here's how to check what it thinks about you
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Amazon users discover bizarre “About You” page detailing their interests: How to check yours - Dexerto
Amazon users have discovered an “About You” page that reveals some of the surprisingly specific assumptions the company has made about them.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 23h
It took three years for these thugs to release the body cam footage. Now we know why. bsky.app/profile/al.c...
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 23h
As scientists we are trained to look for simple explanations that fit the data in front of us and make testable predictions about what will happen in the future.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 23h
by @self.agency, brilliantly structured, essential, applying what Jews ourselves defined about genocide denial to much of our community's attitudes towards Gaza these last years.
jewschool.com
When Jews Deny Genocide · Jewschool
“Keep far from a false charge; do not bring death on those who are innocent and in the right, for I will not acquit the
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North Easton @north-easton.bsky.social · 22h
Fucking darn. Killing seventy two thousand people in retaliation for killing twelve hundred is still reprehensible. Watch NAZA.
nytimes.com
Mamdani Draws Anger With Oct. 7 Statement Denouncing Israel’s Gaza Attacks (Gift Article)
After calling the anniversary of the attacks on Israel “profoundly painful,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani denounced Israel’s military action in Gaza, prompting criticism from some Jewish leaders.
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Bran DJ @brandj.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a bot reminding you of a sale on boots — for ever.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Unprecedented corruption
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North Easton @north-easton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Creating a prediction market betting pool for this information being stolen
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Pumpkin Spice8Rack @spice8rack.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I BEG YOUR FUCKING PARDON EXCUSE ME WHAT?? As if I didn't already think the @uwotc-official.bsky.social was NECESSARY.
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North Easton @north-easton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"debate" Either rape is acceptable or it is not. There is a wrong answer. Anyone who presents the issue as two-sided is immediately suspect and must be ostracized until they learn better.
wsj.com
The ‘Cornell 7’ Lawsuit Has Reignited America’s Debate Over Sexual Consent
As a high-profile case alleges rape at a fraternity, New York lawmakers face renewed pressure to close the state’s “voluntary intoxication” loophole.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump historically wore Brioni, an Italian luxury company that makes suits in Italy. Here he flashes a Jos. A Bank label, a US company that long offshored its production to China and Bangladesh. They carry an associated label called Joseph Abboud, which is made in US. Curious he didn't choose that.
Donald Trump in a navy suit. He's opening the jacket, so you can see the label. A close up of the suit label says Jos. A. Bank.
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North Easton @north-easton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I really want to know what GL account this money came out of. Was it CBP again? HHS vaccination funds? NSF grants?
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Seán Ferrick @seanferrick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I was tempted to pirate HP, curiosity and all that. But @jessiegender.bsky.social is right - think of the amount of times HBO commented on GOT leaks and downloads, just as an example. They DO track these things, and even that drives interest. Let this show die. Trans people deserve better.
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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This whole, "everything I don't like is Israeli," thing people keep doing is getting closer and closer to just being mask off Nazis. And Sunrise doing it is making a bid for a red-brown ecofascist alliance based on shared conspiratorial thinking blaming Israel for everything they don't like.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It would be great to get clarity on why so many state level supporters pulled out of #Disinfo2026. There's a stink of US meddling about it. I guess US FIMI is the acceptable version of FIMI. bsky.app/profile/robi...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 07/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE: A third-country national finally freed from an Eswatini prison got stuck in the international terminal of the Johannesburg airport for days due to suspicion about his emergency travel document. He’s now safe in Laos, his “home” country he’s never been to. prospect.org/2026/10/07/t...
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Third-Country National Stuck in Airport for Days After Release From African Prison - The American Prospect
Finally out of the prison Trump expelled him to, Phone Chomsavanh’s fight for freedom hit one more snag.
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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 03/10/2026
Since 👇 post 9 days ago, Elon has spent almost $11 million more, over a million bucks a day. In the Senate races alone, he's spent: $8.7m in Texas $4.5m in Ohio $4m in Michigan
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's a doubly infuriating dynamic because Republicans called out Piker as if he mattered. Democrats have decided, for the second straight election, to let Musk's hundreds of millions and the flurry of Nazi hate at trans people pass by as if it's not worthy of comment.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 07/10/2026
oh look paid protesters
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The French police are so militarized they blew up a 15-yr-old’s hand and took the eye of another one. Why are grenades being used to quell student protestors who are unarmed? Now the labour unions are stepping in to protect the students
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Eddy Conroy @econroy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Insane. These jobs typically have a hundred or more applicants for every open role.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Something is wrong with this guy’s wiring www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
When hecklers from the liberal group
Code Pink interrupted the Treasury secretary at a Washington restaurant in December and criticized the Trump
administration's economic sanctions policies, Bessent called them ignorant and erupted at the owner of the restaurant for not removing them.
According to the owner and also a nearby diner, Bessent spit in his own food before leaving
"When people legitimately question what he's doing he falls back on ad hominem attacks," said Myrow, the
managing partner at Beacon Policy
Advisors. "People want someone in that role who's less thin skinned and seen as almost boring."
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump and his sons quietly moved 20 billion crypto tokens into an account that lets them cash out. Corruption, plain and simple.
washingtonsun.com
Is the Trump Family Preparing to Cash Out on Its Own Crypto?
President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to sell World Liberty Financial’s digital tokens.
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Brad Guigar @bradguigar.com · 06/10/2026
Some relationships burn hot. Vampire relationships just burn. What supernatural creature would make the worst date—and why? #HaHaHaHalloween
Halloween Countdown: 25 more days. A woman sits on a park bench beside a pile of ashes and a wooden stake while Cupid flies overhead holding a bow. Caption: “Why vampires rarely date.”
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Christa Pike is “conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care” nearly a week after her botched execution, her attorneys said
wsmv.com
Christa Pike ‘conscious, speaking’ nearly a week after botched execution
Christa Pike is “conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care” nearly a week after her botched execution, her attorneys said on Tuesday.
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
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