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It's weird how the federal government is constantly being hacked after DOGE gutted the government's cybersecurity agencies.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 13h

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 16h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 17h

destroying Greek life would be useful for stemming an entire mode of social reproduction which, as I must remind everyone, was born of the confederate south. Greek life prides itself on keeping the tradition of rape alive in more than one form. Sometimes literal.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 29/09/2026

Being woke is good, kids. Being anti-woke doesn't make you an edgy leftist. It just makes you a bigot.

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Business Otter @ottersimple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Well, I mean, yes. One does not lose to a Simpsons punchline. One "loses" to a Simpsons punchline.

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journeyman folklorist @aniceburrito.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The psycho pedophile regime who kidnaps and kills us is polling unfavorably

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Business Otter @ottersimple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No one who has money is sane any more.

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Business Otter @ottersimple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One of the fundamental truths of US politics is that white farmers are totally unloseable for Republicans and totally ungettable for Democrats (especially after a Black President). They do not care about anything whatsoever other than white supremacy.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the cornell case has me thinking about christine blasey ford and how she so bravely testified in 2018 about how future supreme court justice brett kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her. i'm thinking about what i wrote at the time and how nothing has changed:

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 28/09/2026

because the plaintiff's actions were illegal. The judgment was enforced anyway because no one showed up to oppose it. Now the Generative AI says to just bring a new lawsuit. Guess what? You can't, because the judgment already happened. STOP USING AI FOR LEGAL THINGS.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've been reading bell hooks, and she talks about children being the most oppressed class in society. To this end, the United States has not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child-- I wrote about this years ago www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-p...

washingtonpost.com

Why won’t the U.S. ratify the U.N.’s child rights treaty?

The non-ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is hypocritical.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Because for a lot of men and women, dominating children is the only absolute, god-like power they will ever have in this existence.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 28/09/2026

Republicans aren't just saying they will kill or institutionalize or forcibly detransition all trans people: they are actively and overtly *campaigning on promising it*. And every day, cis people are saying that trans folks are fearmongering, overreacting, or don't know what genocide is.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Haven't thought this out all the way through, but now would be a good time for an aggressive humanitarian movement to combat the death cults, the rise of AI, and otherwise anti-life impulses coursing through our politics and society.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the two big ai stories to kick off the week are - meta ai giving your address to strangers on fb marketplace - stole a scientific breakthrough and presented it as its own work this is what we get instead of healthcare or third spaces or public transportation or pick literally anything else

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himham @himham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You guys ever think about the fact that we had hundreds of articles correctly pointing out how deepfakes were going to ruin the world, and now we just have those things and they're ruining the world? Seems like there is an absent regulatory step in between these two things.

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Business Otter @ottersimple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh good the CSAM machine is now the CSAM and revenge porn machine.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 28/09/2026

really not joking, though. so much of the vanguard had been DSA law professionals. expanding those ranks would be a strategic move and a whole lot of people have been radicalized since. lol.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you take Vitruvias Therapeutics' 30mg thyroid tablets, check your bottle for expiration date Sept 30, 2026 and NDC number 69680-166-00/lot number 504950

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/09/2026

I hope all the middle-aged women whose lives have been vastly improved by an ADHD diagnosis understand that we’re on the list after trans and autistic people. RFK Jr thinks we should be sent to camps instead of taking a daily medication to bring our dopamine pathways up to a normal level.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.

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ICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?

Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious.

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Caleb Heeringa @calebheeringa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

But I don’t want Clippy, I want trains, libraries and abundant affordable housing.

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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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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 25/09/2026

They have been raiding the golden triangle, six hours away, for three days now. I have people there sending me updates. Ghost town. Nobody is outside. People are delaying shifts. Schools are preparing kids for the possibility they go home and nobody is there. Majority latino cities and counties.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 25/09/2026

rolled out of my bed this morning and barreled down Linwood for 10 minutes to have the privilege of watching a neighbor get kidnapped with his son in front of a YMCA and high school, busses full of kids watching, while a kcpd officer joyfully cooperated. It was a car crash. How did ICE know?

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Kantyash 🏞️🌊 @kantyash.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

we live in a world where gen z gets chastised for not knowing some made up rules about bringing coffee to a job interview but the ceo of nvidia can say he doesn't know his own address

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

to this day, @kurtandersen.bsky.social is the only person I know of who’s owned up to getting this wrong. everyone else just moved on despite all the harm it did.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026

I read this story and can’t help think of the breathless coverage media has given these delusional fantasies about superintelligent AI killing humanity in ten years, when companies are releasing tools coaching mass shooters and helping people kill themselves. People need to wake the fuck up.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

some pilots are part of the furry community

An illustration of the Ralph Lauren Polo bear dressed up as a pilot and standing in front of a red airplane. The text says "Polo Aviator by Ralph Lauren."

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anna, journalist, get woke or DEI trying @fakerobotgamer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

what do you know the most predicable thing happened when a bunch of you decided lolcow farming was ok when you do it

lastditchbar on instagram:

Our community should expect more details in
the future. Today we need to address the safety
of the community itself. Stop harassing Soe
Noire. It is neither productive, progressive, nor
valiant to attack and harass a black patron. He
has been a collaborator and performer of Last
Ditch for a while, and he deserves to speak his
mind about accountability and repair from the
bar. There are so many misconceptions due to
the disorganization of the Globe's article. He did
not call for a shutdown, nor did he call for the
bar to be firebombed. Further, he did not
disparage the owner for being homeless. As a
result of this abysmal journalism, Soe has been
getting additional threats, slurs, and
harassment, and now he is being reported to the
police over something he did not do. This is not
supporting us at Last Ditch, and it is at its core,
anti-blackness hysteria.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"In 2020, there were only six programs in the U.S. that sent unarmed responders, such as mental health clinicians, to certain 911 calls instead of police officers. Now, these programs — sometimes called alternative or community response — are in nearly 100 cities." www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...

npr.org

How unarmed 911 teams are reshaping public safety in nearly 100 cities

Alternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well?

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.

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The Deportation Project Map

Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

they are going to come for your contraception, it is literally only a matter of time. I just replaced my IUD and if you think any of the long-term methods of contraception would be a good fit for you and/or your partner, now is the time to do it

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's too depressing and obnoxious to write about, but virtually all of the doomy/horny AI hyperventilating is transparently displaced anxiety about our fucked climate and political situation. Even rich idiots know it's bad and being permitted to get worse. They're trying to write their own ending.

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Even US citizens are being attacked by #ICE. Trump's ICE thugs bloodied, brutalized & put their knee in the back of a US citizen on Sunday in Chicago. No one is safe from tyranny under autocratic regimes. So VOTE BLUE & VOLUNTEER, too at mobilize.us www.cnn.com/2026/09/24/u...

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Micah @rincewind.run · 24/09/2026

"they're coming for birth control" is not alarmism, that is absolutely next on the agenda I have my doubts on how successful it'll be but they're going to make a real go of it

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Allison Hantschel @allisonhantschel.com · 24/09/2026

Well-meaning people say they want to create space for everybody. That's like a hummingbird feeder for the kind of attention whores that derail every gathering to talk about THEIR THING and accuse you of being mean. You have to be ruthless about identifying those personalities and exiling them.

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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This really puts stuff like publicly funded third spaces in perspective for me. It's so relatively cheap to build out community centers, gyms, makerspaces, studios etc.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ICE brutally detain woman's gardener-right in front of her house. 4 goons drag and violently pull man out of truck head-first. Kneel on his back after pinned down to pavement. "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" he cries out. Incident occurred in Everett, Washington.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

News: A California DA tried Stanford students with felonies over pro-Palestine protests. Bolts reported the DA was fundraising off of this. A defense attorney dug more & filed a motion to recuse him off the cases. A judge removed him in May + gave cases to the AG. AG just dropped felony charges.

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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

the next time someone tries to argue that students are failing because teachers have reduced classroom rigor, remember: the top 3 factors for improved student outcomes are: - improving childhood nutrition - reducing poverty - reducing class size

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 07/08/2026

If you are a lawyer barred in Minnesota, I will personally sponsor your admission to the District Minnesota (you need one other person as well) and teach you how to do habeas cases. It's going to be all hands on deck.

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Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thought this was newsworthy enough to post a Twitter screenshot

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

god all sympathy to sarah for this ordeal. and BA was clearly a nightmare. the only thing I really miss about old twitter was the ability to tag an airline or business and actually get a response because they were afraid of going viral in a bad way. musk fucked that up.

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Anyone who wants to understand how policing works in the U.S. needs to read this incredible local investigation about what Minneapolis police did after feds killed Renee Good.

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