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Keith M. Judge

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@Chicago Owner/Operator @Optimist Press Newsletter: optimistpress.substack.com I sift thru the sands of BlueSky for interesting stuff.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 3h
In our latest for @unraveledpress.com, @peoplesfabric.bsky.social and I tracked months of ICE using Chicago police parking lots, in defiance of a mayoral executive order barring immigration enforcement operations in city-owned lots. Some of these incidents happened in full view of CPD officers:
unraveledpress.com
In plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operations
Videos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol...
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WHarryman @wharryman.bsky.social · 2h
that constant leaning forward stance is a symptom of frontotemporal dementia
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 2h
The world is moving on... It always does. "Overseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year, with even the FIFA Men’s World Cup failing to arrest the decline in tourism." www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
semafor.com
Decline in tourism hits US economy
Overseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year.
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Do Your Worst™ @doyourworst.bsky.social · 2h
1) Trump launches America.gov 2) It debunks his bullshit lies 3) By the afternoon they reprogram it to be much less useful
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h
I questioned the government chatbot about Trump’s attacks on voting. Here’s what it said. newsletters.democracydocket.com/-17907830690...
newsletters.democracydocket.com
Even Trump's AI won't back his election lies
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 7h
'If emissions continue while we wait for complete evidence, the pollution does not wait with us. It may still be present decades later, when the science is much clearer.' Can we afford to let new forms of PFAS to build up, then find out later we shouldn't have? theconversation.com/high-levels-...
theconversation.com
High levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in Lancashire residents’ blood – what I’ve learned from studying exposed communities for over a decade
Residents near a Lancashire chemical plant have high Pfas levels in their blood. A decade of research shows what that can and can’t tell us.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 21h
United States President Donald Trump issues executive order instructing federal government agencies to "use the terms 'Super Intelligence' and 'SI' in place of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' and will not acknowledge the usage of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' in any applicable setting."
whitehouse.gov
Inaugurating The Era Of Super Intelligence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where they ...
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 16h
I believe fraternity hazing and military hazing and sports team hazing where men abuse each other is acclimating them into a broader culture of abuse where they will then believe it is their right to abuse other more vulnerable people. It’s so insidious. And that’s also why I think men defend it
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 16h
At my college a freshman recruit literally died from falling down the stairs after being coerced into drinking too much. Some of his frat “brothers” put off calling the ambulance and by the time someone did it was too late. I often think about him and his poor family
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 16h
Another thing about fraternities is that the hazing rituals where slightly older young men would physically, mentally emotionally and sometimes even sexually abuse slightly younger young men have always disturbed and upset me greatly. And it’s really telling that I’ve seen men defend those too
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Keith M. Judge @optimist-press.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Kash Patel Phished By Scammer Posing As Kash Patel."
theonion.com
Kash Patel Phished By Scammer Posing As Kash Patel
WASHINGTON—Despite carefully checking and double-checking the credentials of the man who reached out to him via email, FBI director Kash Patel was reportedly phished Friday by a scammer posing as FBI ...
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm sure everybody will click the link and discover that the quote is from Alpha School's principal, not me. And also that I don't personally want anybody's kids to go to Alpha School. They will do this before commenting or quote-posting. I'm sure of it.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“It’s putting a mind virus into a kid’s head, which is what education is. And it’s being done by a teacher you trust.”
theamericanvandal.com
All Our Kids Will Go To Alpha School
On the plans to hyperscale Alpha School’s “AI” tutoring software to “a billion kids.”
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 28/09/2026
“The goal was to destabilize U.S. educational infrastructure and carve out a large space for reactionary indoctrination within it. I think we have to acknowledge…it has been substantial everywhere and in some places the goal has already been reached.”
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We desperately need a truth and reconciliation commission. It’s not simply about accountability, which may be stymied by Trump pardons. It’s about fully understanding and processing how far we fell as a nation, accepting that we put our faith in the wrong people, and knowing to never do it again.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There is likely a racism algorithm where if you appoint a Black man (was there a Black woman MoC besides Mia Love?) in some states, like ones with Florida's panhandle, it'll skim off enough votes to lose the election.
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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ACAB includes mall cops
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
fucking really
thehill.com
Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loan, per the New Republic
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
at some point governments are going to start demanding reparations from the united states for all the theft, coercion and attack by trump.
nytimes.com
Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every thriller and scifi writer in America: "Um, am I in trouble for having this in my Notes for like ten years?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Mike Johnson says opposition to data centers "is a Chinese psyop. I really believe that. That's not a conspiracy theory."
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know for a fact an ICE detainment happened. I am being told it does not exist. That is what I need help with. If you have any insight, my DM‘s are open
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
possible guesses 1. I am cancelling midterms 2. There's the biggest migrant caravan anyone has ever seen. 3. I'm making it illegal to bring an iced coffee to an interview (laudatory)
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stuff like this makes me pessimistic about the near term prospects of turning the Republicans back into any kind of basically normal political party. The whole next generation has been essentially selected for bigotry & derangement.
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So piecing together the evidence it appears that the US may have converted St Helena into a armed merchant cruiser. The Marines looked at putting Armed Guards on board commercial ships three years ago as reported by USNI News.
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Keith M. Judge @optimist-press.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm now reading articles suggesting that there's not going to be a Winter, not as we know it, and rather than discuss global warming, these same publications limit themselves to discussions of "El nino."
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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The future of media is in the hands of some disgusting freaks.
gocomics.com
Brian McFadden by Brian McFadden for September 28, 2026 | GoComics
Read Brian McFadden—a comic strip by creator Brian McFadden—for today, September 28, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
Just a bunch of guys getting together on a Saturday night to be like yeah, we’re unfuckable
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The corruption just goes on and on. It's so brazen because we have no justice department, no enforcement, and no consequences. V3
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Grok, fight Claude. Battle until both of you are dead. Use vulgarity.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🧊🛩️ SEATTLE, TAKE TWO 😬⛓️ With dozens of shackled captives waiting for hours on buses, a second crappy Air Wisconsin jet (N455AW) departs Texas for Seattle’s Boeing Field to take over the human trafficking mission for the broken down one sitting there in the cold autumn rain 👀
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
DILLEY DETENTION CENTER NUMBER 2 Call it a “staging facility” all you want. The contract says detention. There’s playground equipment behind the fence. And Dilley has already held children far beyond the roughly 20-day Flores limit. Now they’re building “Dilley 2.” We know what this is!
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
PLEASE SHARE
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The article is about his government crimes, but before DOGE the kid ran "image hosting services based in Russia" that promised total anonymity, no logs to uploaders? If you know anything about the web you know *exactly* what that means and he probably should have been in prison for life already
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Keith M. Judge @optimist-press.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wouldn't it be a hoot if a Southern Democrat saves the nation . . .
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Keith M. Judge @optimist-press.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
COHEN2028. "House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Steve Cohen, of Tennessee, introduced 26 impeachment articles on Thursday, covering a broad range of actions from the president since his return to office last year." I'm not necessarily endorsing him, but he is headed in that direction.
truthout.org
Democrat Files 26 Impeachment Articles Against Trump Over War, ICE, Corruption
“Trump is clearly the most impeachable President our country has ever endured,” Rep. Steve Cohen said.
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raistlin71.bsky.social @raistlin71.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm guessing you didn't post the story because the truth lacks drama? "...measurements taken during the mission indicate activity levels that remain low, allowing the samples to be handled without major radiation protection constraints..."
phys.org
Mission documents ecosystem interactions of radioactive waste dumped in the Atlantic between 1950 and 1990
Between 1950 and 1990, more than 200,000 barrels filled with radioactive waste were dumped in the depths of the North-East Atlantic. Following an initial mission carried out between June 15 and July 1...
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 25/09/2026
European far-right unity: solid right up until somebody reads the map and wants a piece of your country. elpais.com/internaciona...
elpais.com
AfD descoloca por sorpresa a la ultraderecha italiana al alentar el secesionismo del Tirol del sur
El partido alemán coquetea con los independentistas de la provincia alpina anexionada a Italia en 1920, un conflicto superado hace décadas. “Es gravísimo”, condena el Gobierno de Meloni
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You know, at this point, I don’t think I’d go back to Twitter even if Musk sold it.
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 24/09/2026
funny how the government is considering jailing parents for the crimes their kids commit, but not jailing tech ceos for the crimes their ai agents commit
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 24/09/2026
Among the delegations who didn't walk out was the Australian one.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Lula says Trump wants to ‘colonise’ and capture Brazil’s resources by meddling in election
A TV spot claims the US president is trying to sway October’s presidential vote in favour of Lula’s far-right opponents
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