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Pau Amma

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'Ah!' said the Eldest Magician. 'Now I know who has been playing with the Sea;' and he called out, 'What are you doing, Pau Amma?' Picture by @SWakahisa (Twitter) English: singular they (he OK) French: iel (il and ielle OK) Tagalog: siya (no sila please)

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 16h
This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 04/10/2026
I checked again today. I have been purged in Alabama before. Everyone check!
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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Pau Amma @pauamma.bsky.social · 14h
I hope this one doesn't get exfiltrated out of reach of Japanese courts.
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Theresa McLeod @westtexascatlady.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If feeding a hungry kid accidentally benefits an "undeserving" kid, I am prepared to live with this devastating outcome.
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Emily @becausechaucer.bsky.social · 21h
"no I do not struggle with wearing socks for you see I have a System"
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 04/10/2026
🤯 Russian officials and state media are refusing to publicly name pneumonic plague following the death of a 28-year-old anti-plague lab technician in Siberia. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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Russia Hides Potential Pneumonic Plague Outbreak After Fatal Lab Breach
A 28-year-old researcher's death from suspected pneumonic plague in Irkutsk has led to 189 people being isolated and emergency measures.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 18h
Thankfully it’s treatable with antibiotics assuming enough are available and started right away. That said, there’s absolutely no harm in masking. We’re in a covid surge. Measles is still spreading. A well fitted respirator can keep you and your loved ones healthy!
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 20h
That’s exactly where I’m at. We have to be careful not to share misinformation or sensationalize but we also have to be sure we aren’t overlooking a threat because we assume it’s being sensationalized. That’s a heck of a tightrope to walk. One good thing is there’s no harm in masking!
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David Lebo @leboism.bsky.social · 23h
For those not following NJ politics, please know that the Lt Gov resigned a few days ago because a report came out saying he did serial harassment, and yesterday he went on TV to say "i put that report through multiple AIs and they told me it wasn't sexual harassment." Former university president
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 19h
we fucking loved it, even when there was basically nothing on it, and let me tell you something else: we loved it because of human connection, human diversity, human creativity. WE DON'T NEED A SINGLE THING ANY OF THESE COMEMIERDAS HAVE MADE AND TRIED TO SELL US IN ORDER TO HAVE A GREAT INTERNET.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fibro folks do you ever get numbness or tingling in your limbs?
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/09/2026
I don't believe that every trans person in America should immediately be made aware of every single evil bill introduced by some podunk state rep in a random red state they don't live in I don't think that's healthy. I have always needed to see a likelihood of advancement before I would write it up
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/10/2026
Restorative justice doesn't mean "nothing bad ever happens to you." It means, "in determining what happens from here on out, we center the needs of your victim to repair what happened to them over your own needs."
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Men: “Jane Doe is lying! That’s why the Cornell 7 weren’t charged! Won’t you think of the reputations of the rapists?” Reality: Cornell lied. Not Jane Doe. They withheld crucial details of her story when they gave the information to police and prosecutors. They protected the men:
nytimes.com
Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/10/2026
I went to Geneva a few weeks ago and spoke on a panel about the nature of time for a Geneva Watch Days event. While I was there, on a lark, I entered a competition to most precisely calibrate a Swiss watch. And today I found out that I won! 😃 www.instagram.com/reel/Dd6hUTB...
Me peering through a little magnifier at a tiny watch mechanism connected to some monitoring equipment, while making adjustments with a small screwdriver
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Girl on the Net @girlonthenet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘if I were there in that room, I’d have stopped it.’ ‘if I were there in that group chat, I’d have said something.’ You're here now. What are you doing? A blog post about Cornell. www.girlonthenet.com/blog/cornell/
girlonthenet.com
Cornell | What are you doing to challenge rape culture right now?
Protecting women from rape doesn't mean swooping with a sense of victory, it means starting a conversation that might leave you feeling like shit.
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Ailbhe @ailbhe.ossifrage.net · 02/10/2026
I hope the men following me (a) read this (b) act on it and (c) repost it.
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 02/10/2026
Dr. Karen Hoyland, a researcher at the Institute for Tea, Biccies and ITV, made the statement explaining that neurotypicalism is a serious condition and explaining that it’s impossible to tell from someone’s public persona whether or not they have it.
thedailytism.com
Public warned to stop armchair diagnosing celebrities as neurotypical
The general public has been asked to stop assuming all celebrities are people with neurotypicalism, as it’s impossible to make that judgment without proper qualifications.  Dr. Karen Hoyland, a…
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I actually get my information from people who understand exactly what it is and why it’s a fucking autocorrect slot machine that does nothing but extract. This is hot garbage. Just because I have ethics and a spine doesn’t mean I don’t also engage critical thinking. Slop boosters don’t.
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Booksky Amazon is keeping the lion’s share of the cover price for THE COMPLETE ASTREIANT, which means our amazing authors get paid less and we get paid less (and have to wait 2 months for it), which is why we’re asking folks to buy direct! queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
wired.com
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is an incredibly important decision, and the judge is requiring the court to throw out all evidence obtained against her. Judge wrote Flock’s network is “a type of indiscriminate mass surveillance” and that courts must update their understanding of the technology
“The Fourth Amendment requires courts to draw a line when the cost is too great. Alaniz’s search in just the ALPR system provided him with more than 50 individual records of Kyle’s whereabouts across the country for an entire month,” Hill wrote. “The Court finds that because the ALPR systems Alaniz used to search Kyle’s historical location information intruded on her reasonable expectation of privacy in the whole of her physical movements, it was a search under the Fourth Amendment. Based on the information in the record, the only reason Alaniz conducted that search was because he saw her license plate was from California.”
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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thread. Especially important to have in your mental notes file if you ever do any press.
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 01/10/2026
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is a way to communicate without talking, like using a letter board or typing on an iPad. We want AAC available for anyone who needs it, and for all autistic people to be supported to communicate in the way that works best for us.
Watercolor blue background, blue text reads: “October is Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Acceptance Month.” There’s a graphic of an orange AAC device that says “Communication is a human right!” The ASAN logo is below.
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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Jacey is a suitable combo of my actual name for privacy reasons @spacegrace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A block within ten minutes for asking a legitimate question. That’s pretty quick going for the secretary for @labour4transrights.bsky.social.
Bluesky post by Nathan Ramsden saying:

If you have experienced transphobic harassment within the Labour Party or if you know someone who has, please get in touch with us by emailing
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Reply from SpaceGrace saying:

Can I report MPs? Well start with Hinder calling trans women 'lads' the other day.
We can work our way up to Streeting, Phillipson and the rest.
Today at 11:25

.@nathanjramsden.bsky.social has
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Can I report MPs? Well start with Hinder calling trans women 'lads' the other day. We can work our way up to Streeting, Phillipson and the rest.
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WIRED @wired.com · 30/09/2026
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it. www.wired.com/story/how-is...
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How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
futurism.com/artificial-i... Is anyone surprised?? Anyone?
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Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Terrorize Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools
Teen boys are using Meta's AI glasses to harass and bully victims -- overwhelmingly girls -- at middle schools and high schools.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you’re not from Missouri, you may not know that Eric Schmitt got his start in MAGA politics by suing public schools for mask mandates while their teachers died during a pandemic. The really strange thing? He never sued his own kids’ school for their mask mandate. He’s a piece of Schitt.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 30/09/2026
On this day in 1919, enraged white mobs began a massacre of 200 or more innocent Black women, men, and children in Phillips County, Arkansas, after white men attempted to invade a Black farmer's union meeting.
calendar.eji.org
Sep. 30, 1919 | 200 or More Black People Massacred in Elaine, Arkansas
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Rivka @rivka-otter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Saw this horrorshow while I was on Red Cross duty. What kind of Luddite texts her own kids? Why model my values by doing something hard but vital that takes me away from them, when I could just upload my values to the parenting machine to deliver? Why have their *human father* nurture them?!
The most tech-savvy parents have built their own tools Sarah Baldeo, a cognitive neuroscientist, spent the past year traveling for work, so she built a custom GPT of herself to chat with her 15-year-old son when she's unavailable. Baldeo
tells me she programmed the chatbot with her personality, uploading
screenshots of texts between her and her
son, along with documents about her values, the family rules, and challenges she felt in parenting.
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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 30/09/2026
🧵 The UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, @iesogi.bsky.social, is seeking input for his upcoming report on the human rights situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and other gender-diverse people deprived of liberty.
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A photo of hands holding different LGBT flags. Below is the text: "Call for inputs on the human rights situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and other gender-diverse people deprived of liberty." Deadline: 10 November 2026." The ILGA World logo is in the top right-hand corner
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Where are all the women” ask knuckle dragging far right scum while talking about asylum seekers. Getting sexually assaulted by British men, it would seem.
Female asylum seekers report being sexually assaulted by British men
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 30/09/2026
An autistic man who recently left university is reportedly longing for the halcyon days of having unfettered access to academic journals.
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Autistic graduate sad he can’t browse PubMed for fun any more
An autistic man who recently left university is reportedly longing for the halcyon days of having unfettered access to academic journals. Onye Egbuchunam, 21, spent much of his sociology degree…
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On point B, the NASA Exoplanet Archive typically serves ~10-20TB of data per month. In July it jumped to 70TB. In August it jumped to 600TB. So either our user base organically grew *30x* in two months (... unlikely), OR the bots have taken over already.
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Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Remember this @404media.co report about the Vegas Amazon facility destroying rare books? Today in my AI class, one of my students realized we were talking about the facility where he had worked. He had no idea what the purpose of the book scanning was - they were told they couldn't know.
404media.co
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maybe time for those who don't experience this directly to return to this thread (which I posted when PTSD was being weaponized to relieve Graham Platner of responsibility for his actions).
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I do worry a TINY bit that this is how we got JK Rowling long before she went fully mask-off TERF, she was the darling of liberal Twitter for her sassy Trump dunks and that is 100% the reason she got so high on her own supply that she began sincerely believing she was a necessary voice in politics
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Pau Amma @pauamma.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Managed to power through dunwannas today and take care of dailies. Nondailies will have to wait until a better day.
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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There are many, MANY ways to make the drudgery of clothing and textile production less awful, but most of them are related to workers’ rights and enforcing safety standards, and capitalists hate workers and women (who make up the majority of global textile workers) so that’s gotta go first.
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Pau Amma @pauamma.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
indianexpress.com/article/life... First a new cat species, and now a new penguin species. Will wonders ever cease?
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Scientists identify a new penguin species for the first time in more than 100 years
A penguin from the remote Kerguelen Islands has been identified as a new species, more than 100 years after scientists first collected it.
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Governor just signed my bill to allow people to sue ICE, Border Patrol, and other federal agents for violating people’s constitutional rights. Starting immediately, people can sue federal agents retroactive to abuse occurring in March 2025.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
This part of the muse privacy and security debacle manages to be worse than it agreeing to lowball offers in your name on marketplace, giving the buyer your address, and then telling them you're home when you're not; because this part? The "it reading messages you explicitly told it not to" part?…
appleinsider.com
Meta Muse AI reportedly read Mac Messages without consent
In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to.
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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Excellent thread! There *are* rewards for being A Good Guy Who Speaks Up even if they are not immediately obvious or publicly bestowed. First, integrity is its own reward. Maybe you didn’t save the world or change hearts & minds. But if you held the line on not making it worse, that’s something.
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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Scientists say house cats could help unlock better cancer treatments for humans
Scientists have mapped the genetics of cat cancer on an unprecedented scale and found surprising similarities with tumors in humans. The findings could help bring precision cancer treatments to cats w...
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Jack Delehanty @jackdelehanty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In this piece, two social scientists do an exemplary job of identifying substantive problems resulting from writing produced with AI. AI-assisted writing makes unwarranted causal leaps, fails to specify conceptual links between ideas, misrepresents key facts and leaves out essential information.
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 29/09/2026
Autistic parents have been warned to be vigilant for signs that their child could be afflicted with Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder, or NSD.
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Every parent’s worst nightmare! Could your child be neurotypical?
Autistic parents have been warned to be vigilant for signs that their child could be afflicted with Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder, or NSD. Speaking in front of a parliamentary group, paediatrician…
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