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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 28/09/2026

“Same goes for the claims that these companies are already profitable… [essentially] the companies are claiming that they are so cool that their profitability can only be measured using a novel, secret form of mathematics.” www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

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Cory Doctorow: AI’s big beasts aren’t really scared of their products. They’re scared of their competition

The US giants would love to stop battling each other and be protected from China – and they might have hit on just the narrative to make that possible, writes our tech columnist

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026

Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Amazon achieves enshittification inception; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/04/c... #Pluralistic 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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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Banger report from @shaanthx.bsky.social on self-dealing from Oregon's Republican gov. hopeful. Sen. Christine Drazan registered a new consulting business in 2023, then a new nonprofit 3 weeks later, then paid her consulting biz $100k from the nonprofit. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/04/h...

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How Drazan’s consulting firm pocketed nearly $100k from her nonprofit with little oversight • Oregon Capital Chronicle

The situation offers insight into how one of Oregon’s most successful recent Republican politicians handled her finances ahead of a campaign.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

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Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

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ordinarylight.bsky.social @ordinarylight.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

We are caught in a class war declared by the wealthy. Refusal to engage is not virtue, it is surrender.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

"It's like watching a train crash. Deliberately targeting the poorest and most amateur investors and locking them in until the top of the ponzi scheme can get out. And unlike 2008, everyone can see this happening." $SPCX www.patreon.com/BindingChaos...

$It's like watching a train crash. Deliberately targeting the poorest and most amateur investors and locking them in until the top of the ponzi scheme can get out. And unlike 2008, everyone can see this happening. "For most of history, getting into a marquee IPO at the offer price was a privilege reserved for big accounts. Fidelity just changed that for SpaceX, opening the offering to any customer with at least $2,000 in a retail brokerage account, a fraction of the threshold that has historically gated access to hot new issues. That's an easy in. The costly out is in the fine print: a 15-calendar-day leash, and penalties that escalate with each early sale until a third strike triggers a lifetime ban on Fidelity IPOs tied to your SSN. Fidelity tied the lower bar to this SpaceX offering specifically, and has not adopted it as a permanent policy. Insiders aren't on the same leash. SpaceX reserved up to 5% of the offering for a directed-share program, shares for "certain employees and persons" its executives pick, with no lockup at all. They bought at $135 and can sell on day one, roughly $3.75 billion in stock that can hit the market immediately while retail waits 15 days. One early investor’s 7% stake is set to be worth close to $90 billion. Fidelity's 15-day window is the shortest of the brokers offering SpaceX, well under FINRA's 30-day benchmark" https://www.patreon.com/posts/spacex-flying-on-159613360$

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Trump is stealing your entry fees to national parks.

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ordinarylight.bsky.social @ordinarylight.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co... The original Cybertruck

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HEALTH @health.band · 23/04/2026

R-TYPE V :: OUT NOW :: i.hlth.band/r-typev

ordinarylight.bsky.social @ordinarylight.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It's time to consider that capitalism is incompatible with the existence of AI.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

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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HEALTH @health.band · 03/04/2026

A.L.O.N.E. :: NEW SONG :: OUT NOW :: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNVA...

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HEALTH :: A.L.O.N.E.

YouTube video by HEALTH

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HEALTH @health.band · 26/03/2026

R-TYPE III :: OUT NOW :: i.hlth.band/r-typeiii

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

The United States committed this crime on Cuba

Journalist in Cuba confirms deaths caused by US

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 20/03/2026

I spoke to Anthropic’s AI agent Claude about AI collecting massive amounts of personal data and how that information is being used to violate our privacy rights. What an AI agent says about the dangers of AI is shocking and should wake us up. youtu.be/h3AtWdeu_G0?...

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I spoke to AI agent Claude

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Vegan4TheAnimals @alayazbvegan17.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

There’s NOTHING “humane” about THIS 👇‼️

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ordinarylight.bsky.social @ordinarylight.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The one upside of the current malaise in America? Maybe we will discover a small bit of humility, like hope in Pandora's box, when it is all over.

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HEALTH @health.band · 12/03/2026

OUT NOW :: i.hlth.band/r-typeii

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone] Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 03/03/2026

Surprise! The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post is against my 5% billionaire wealth tax. I wonder why? If enacted, Bezos would owe $12 billion in taxes, and an average family of 4 would receive a $12,000 direct payment. Poor Jeff would be left with just $224 billion to survive.

Bernie Sander’s 2028 litmus test would strangle America’s golden goose

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HEALTH @health.band · 26/02/2026

R-TYPE I :: OUT NOW :: lomavista.disco.ac/share-new/56...

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ordinarylight.bsky.social @ordinarylight.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

www.goodreads.com/book/show/18... It's not a novel observation that Trump is a symptom and not the cause, but we must be clear-eyed about this. If we manage to rid ourselves of him but leave the systems that pre-determined this moment in place we accomplish nothing. youtu.be/zPGXnhvEp9k?...

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Capital in the Twenty First Century

What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation…

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Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Yoko Taro is working on a new Evangelion series. www.evangelion.jp/news/260223-1/

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Wil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net · 10/02/2026

If you still have a Ring camera, you may want to think about replacing it with something a little less Continental Panopticon. www.404media.co/with-ring-am...

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With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet

Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.

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HEALTH @health.band · 09/02/2026

EXPERIENCE HEALTH :: @turningpointusa.bsky.social

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van @cobaltmustdie.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..." apnews.com/article/immi...

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ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital

Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.

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van @cobaltmustdie.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Spying on me trying to spy on them

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ProgGrrl @proggrrl.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Tom Morello live in Minneapolis

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Don Lemon @donlemonofficial.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

My first remarks since being arrested last night.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers. The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second. And the Hunter hunters are silent. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 28/01/2026

Google is creating AI-powered “agentic” tools including shopping assistants. Many fear they are not only monopolizing online commerce with AI, but also leveraging user data to enhance targeted shopping results. More on this story from @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/CgtvaOI

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Organized Money: The New Frontier in Price Discrimination - The American Prospect

We talk to Lindsay Owens about Google’s plan to turn its Gemini AI into your personal shopping assistant.

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES

YouTube video by Billy Bragg

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.” newrepublic.com/article/2057...

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Donald Trump Is Frightened

Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Trump regime ICE thugs have been spotted driving around Arizona attacking unarmed civilians at random with drive by pepper spray attacks. They are escalating their attacks on the public nationwide. #3E #GoodvsEvil

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van @cobaltmustdie.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I hope Green Day starts a fuck ICE chant

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 27/01/2026

I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:

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👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 27/01/2026

I'm going to share this photo again and again because it wounds me again and again. I have photos of my own child who looks exactly like this, except they're not being used as bait by the Gestapo to entrap the father before they send them both hundreds of miles away.

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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

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I grew up with Alex Pretti

The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

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Rev. Prof. Matthew J. M. Coomber @mjmcoomber.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti Absolutely heartbreaking

Photos of Alex Pretti with Sara’s caption:

On August 16th at approximately 10:00 pm
I received a call from the ICU at the VA saying my Dad had sepsis and needed to be intubated to stay alive so Josh and I headed in. We were greeted by the kindest, most calming and warm soul who helped us understand what was happening and showed deep care for us and my Dad. He continued to show utmost patience and kindness over the next few days as my Dad remained in the ICU and we were there continually. It was Alex Pretti, the man shot today by ICE. If you see this video and don't think it's murder, I don't understand your thinking and ask you to question your heart. He was out there trying to help and protect and from the little we knew of him, it doesn't surprise me he was not afraid to be on the front lines of this horrible scene in our Minneapolis. Weeping for his family and all those at the VA who no longer get to work with him or receive his care.

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 25/01/2026

Video of Alex Pretti reading final honors for a veteran he cared for at the VA. Rest in Power 🇺🇸

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Statement from the family of Alex Pretti, Michael and Susan Pretti: #3E #GoodvsEvil

Statement from the family of Alex Pretti, Michael and Susan Pretti:

We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman.

The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs.

He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

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