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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026
reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news
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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.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“The Two Minutes Hate was… a hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge-hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one’s will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic.”
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is a community note for the ages.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026
Basically using LLMs and agentic ai is a massive security risk and no one should do so basically ever and these companies should be prosecuted for hacking. Also two-party consent should extend to all electronic communications.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026
A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions.
Aten installed Muse on both his iPhone and a Mac mini that he uses to test out various Al agents and tech. It took Meta a single day to begin "helpfully" pitching article ideas based on texts he'd sent to a podcast co-host.
When he asked Muse how it got the information, it said that it read banners from incoming texts. But that's not true, either.
After doing a little digging, Aten says Muse synced 187,000 lines from his Messages database, despite Full Disk Access being Off.Unless Aten is the most popular person on the face of the planet, I sincerely doubt he'd gotten 187,000 lines of text in roughly 24 hours. What happened is that, without permission, Muse went into the app and downloaded the information.
He had not given Muse permission to access Messages, and full disk access was not enabled. It just went ahead and uploaded those texts anyway.
Muse can take "unexpected actions" indeed.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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SJ @pagemaid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
very amused by the mailer i got today that says it was “paid for by the Kansas Republican Party” and is attacking adam hamilton but does NOT mention toxic roger marshall anywhere, literally just says “vote against adam hamilton for u.s. senate” 🤣
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: The signs are everywhere that FBI and DOJ are gearing up investigate distributors of abortion pills. While Anti-abortion zealot Andrew Bailey may be leaving, Todd Blanche is Comstock-curious and FBI Director Kash Patel recently told Josh Hawley he's open to criminal probes. @autonomynews.co
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What Was This Anti-Abortion Zealot Doing at the FBI?
Andrew Bailey has always been hellbent on eradicating abortion access. As the FBI’s No. 2, he may have set the stage for investigations into abortion pill providers.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, working at a desk. A brain next to her says, "We need to take breaks!"
The second panel zooms in on Sarah's face. She is annoyed. She says, "What if I don't listen to you?"
The third panel shows the brain smiling.
The fourth panel shows the brain reaching towards a lever. The brain says, "I'LL MAKE YOU."
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andy vs. @im-all-id.me · 26/09/2026
It's really comin down out there (civilization)
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
context. sentiment. inferences. People seriously cannot do these things anymore. That’s why they angrily demand you spell out every joke, every reference, super duper promise you mean something only this one prescribed way. They cannot do it for themselves or tolerate the any ambiguity.
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every time there’s a mass shooting, people circulate those posts reminding everyone how to avoid spreading false information in the first chaotic hours. We need one of those for AI stories.
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V Pace @vpace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The profession most likely to domestically abuse has been given tools to make that even easier. Good job everyone.
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 17/09/2026
“Agentic AI” (someone wrote a computer virus) “Emergent behavior” (the virus evolved) “Jailbreaking” (the virus spilled over) “Slop” (phlegm from your coworkers’ sick computers)
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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Ms. Rachel thing is instructive because ppl just vaguely talk about her being antisemitic so as to avoid articulating her original offense: daring to feature in her videos a 3 year old whom the IDF blew the feet off of
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” - Goethe
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
imo it would be better if the president were not crazy.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026
There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
extremely alarming the people we give unfettered access to powerful surveillance tools: www.404media.co/florida-depu...
404media.co
Florida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi Salute
The deputy resigned after an investigation uncovered an alleged history of racism, stalking, and sexual abuse.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton embodied the fact that people just can do good things, if they want to ...
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A reminder that when evangelicals say “parental rights” they mean they want to be allowed to beat their children.
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 24/08/2026
the way of the future | patreon.com/lubchansky

PANEL 1: MATTIE is looking down. A SECOND PERSON is on the ground.
MATTIE: WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN THERE?
PERSON: OH I'M MOVING AROUND LIKE A LITTLE WORM.

PANEL 2: Closer in on the PERSON, who smiles beatifically.
MATTIE: SEEMS UNCOMFORTABLE.
PERSON: IT'S THE FUTURE! ALL THE BIG MONEY IS ON IT, MANY ARTICLES AND LEADING FIGURES ARE SAYING IT AS WELL.
PERSON: WHO AM I TO ARGUE!

PANEL 3: MATTIE puts a hand to her chin.
MATTIE: I JUST DON'T SEE THE BENEFIT. FOR MY OWN LIFE.
PERSON: YOU CAN EITHER GET WITH IT OR PERISH IN THE FUCKING DUST, OLD WOMAN.

PANEL 4: The PERSON holds up their phone. On it is a photo of a tech CEO-looking guy on the ground, being interviewed by a journalist
TEXT: DAVOS 
TEXT: CEO OF SquirmX SAYS WRITHING AROUND WILL ACCOUNT FOR 700% OF US ECONOMY WITHIN 2 MONTHS
PERSON: THAT'S A DIRECT QUOTE.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Once again, Trump’s foreign policy isn’t really realist, or imperialist, or neoroyalist, or about spheres of influence, etc. Its sexual predation/abuse elevated the level of the state
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
this couldn't be a more clear, textbook, beat-by-beat example of how women who've been stalked are talked to and treated by police, versus how their harassers are treated and spoken to by cops. add to that: her stalker WAS THE POLICE www.404media.co/i-saw-a-shin...
404media.co
'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman
Body camera footage shows police surveillance abuse is common: "We’ve told them over and over again: 'You see a hot chick, you don’t look them up in a database.'"
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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
if there's a writer you like, and you'd like to keep reading that writer's work, *you need to pay for their work*
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
buy books borrow books talk about books you love lend books to friends books are great
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Internal National Park Service records shared with us: 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades ===>
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 07/08/2026
Here's the release. Make America 1950 Again nwlc.org/press-releas...
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Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Parents Parents 2026 BCE 2026 CE 🤝 "These kids and their damned tablets"
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
this is generally part of a broader conservative goal to kill women's sports so girls are more docile and feminine with trans panic the spice on top
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
i personally don't think child molestetion should be required to play volleyball
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It broke the brain of so many people in the US because so many of them had already been primed by a deliberate partisan attempt to undermine the expertise of scientists and scholars
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Chaser bsky.app/profile/need...
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Shot
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KAFUI 🇬🇭 @mykafuiohkafui.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Graduating high school before ChatGPT is like having a brain made of recovered steel from warships old enough to not have been weakened by atomic bomb isotopes.
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Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
*of the stain on the soul of mankind* Sorry. Im sorry. Im trying to remove it
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Leiracal @leiracal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The last time I researched this, I discovered the timeline "sport is open to all; woman wins; sport is immediately closed off to women; women's league is eventually formed years later" is almost universal. Women's leagues were overwhelmingly created *strictly* to protect the egos of men.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
it does actually sound like taylor farms and the white house teamed up to try and blame taco bell for the outbreak. unprecedented corruption
Within hours, the White House agreed the patient surveys painted a clear picture, the people said. In an internal call, the White House aides approved statements from the public health agencies for public release — though they still only identified Taco Bell as linked to the outbreak, without naming Taylor Farms specifically.
Taco Bell moved first, releasing a statement. While it did not explicitly name Taylor Farms it said it believed "public health is a shared responsibility among restaurants, their suppliers, and authorities, and we are proud to have consistently acted quickly and proactively to protect our guests."
The agency updates on the outbreak were finally posted after 10 p.m. New York time - hours behind schedule - and also omitted directly naming Taylor Farms or saying if the company would recall products.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
this is how dumb you sound, democrats, when you accept the absurd premise that this is an issue that you need to campaign on
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 22/07/2026
Suppressing birth control information (for girls), scaremongering about masturbation (for boys), it’s the kind of sex ed that Anthony Comstock stood for until his dying day (in 1915)
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Feds have a new teen pregnancy prevention plan: Fertility and ‘reproductive goals’ • Stateline
The Trump administration has a new plan for teenagers learning about pregnancy: Beginning this summer, it will steer millions of dollars toward organizations that focus on anatomy, fertility tracking,...
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Let’s be really clear about this lettuce situation: it’s not just the destruction of public health tracking, it’s also years and years of ending regulations that would have prevented conditions causing outbreaks in the first place, combined with climate change that makes them more likely to happen.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Now that mystery has been resolved. But the episode reflects a grim reality of US politics: both that many of our elected leaders are far past the age of their greatest competence and stamina, and also that they are so completely insulated from the consequences of public opinion that they face no risks for staying in jobs that they’re no longer capable of doing. In other words: many American leaders are so old that it is plausible that they could drop dead at any moment, and so unaccountable that it’s not clear anyone would bother to tell us if they did.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 13/07/2026
"Your horror has been stolen from you" really defines the conditions we're in
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