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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 6h
COULD IT BE THE UNMITIGATED HOMOPHOBIA AND GENDERED VIOLENCE UNDER A FASCIST REGIME?
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 4h
Big money in politics is toxic. Also, let's just outlaw billionaires. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Billionaires fund California ballot measure to make voters show ID at polls
Various out-of-state conservative donors have given millions of dollars to support California’s Proposition 39
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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 9h
I’m increasingly convinced people who are obsessed with AI have no idea how to enjoy being alive. I have read countless books to many friends littles…because it is a thrilling experience to make a child giggle at silly voices or ask questions where you can see their neurons making connections
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Chris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 8h
This is both Colorado’s and Denver’s hottest start to a year on record (Jan-Sept), and it’s not even close. Statewide temps so far in 2026 are 1.6° warmer than 2012, a blowout for warmest year-to-date on record. The influence of a warming climate is clear on the chart below.
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cara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me:
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 23h
You can simultaneously condemn what happened three years ago while still calling what Israel has done in Gaza genocide. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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‘Neither war nor peace’: Palestinians in Gaza on existing amid disease, despair and ruins
People tell of lives changed beyond recognition after the 7 October attacks by Hamas three years ago and the subsequent Israeli offensive
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Very sad to hear that Margaret Hamilton has passed away. Here's a short thread about her role in the Apollo mission, and her lesser-known work on the simulations that led to the discovery of Chaos Theory. 🧪 👩‍🔬 ⚛️
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My cold, dark, empty heart has been replaced by a Spirit Halloween. Insidious really.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
People are in here telling me their particular phone does not work when they hold it to to their ear. I assure you it does. I'm so sorry to be a stickler on this point but yes it does
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am super excited for this!
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 07/10/2026
The Trump administration will start selecting lawyers for unaccompanied minors. Meaning the judges work for Donald Trump, the prosecutors work for Trump, and now the attorneys representing children will work for Trump. This is a rigged system that will result in more untold horrors for these kids.
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Chris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So Fort Collins had its latest 90°+ yesterday by more than a week (old record: 9/28/2011), after its earliest 90°+ by more than a month back in March (3/21, old record 5/5/2000). #COwx
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Much of the content on Facebook and Instagram really is addictive slop, and Zuckerberg can often display a frustrating refusal to acknowledge that the time a user spends on social media is not by definition a reflection of the 'value' they are deriving from it." colossus.com/article/mark...
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Profile of Mark Zuckerberg
A journey to the heart of history’s largest nonterritorial empire
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026
A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I respect my haters and share their concerns
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This actually looks pretty darn good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCAZ...
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Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook — Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
AI is going to be transformative but leaders like Altman are immature children and should not be in charge of its regulation in the least. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A thousand measles cases in a single state. A decade ago this seemed unimaginable in America. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Pennsylvania faces largest measles outbreak in decades as case count rises to 1,000
Neighboring states are also reporting hundreds of cases, with over 3,800 recorded across the country
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If only it had real mountains.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Every single Representative and Senator who has not spoken up against this President is complicit and should be voted out.
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
He is a very bad person.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
For years, Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has set out to erode our system of checks and balances of power and to concentrate power in the hands of one person: President Trump. Now he’s quietly making it all happen. 🔊 Listen to this episode: propub.li/3TzIyaA
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” - Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026
[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The GOP promised their tax cuts for the rich would lead to growth. But growth slowed down. They said their tariffs would bring back manufacturing. But factory jobs are down under Trump. Republican policies don’t work. Change begins on November 3.
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My company's Total Addressable Market is just half a trillion, I pinky swear, so can I have a few million of investment?
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
TODAY: New SNAP cuts are kicking in because of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." 5 million people have already lost food assistance, including 1.5 million+ kids since the bill was enacted. No kid deserves to go hungry so Trump can give his billionaire buddies another tax handout.
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"That's a big Twinkie." www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs
Anthropic is making a massive bet that AI will transform the global economy more profoundly than ​industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters. But ...
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
OMB's focus on NIH and NSF, which has confused a lot of folks, pretty much boils down to stopping money going to universities.
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh FFS.
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"The Heritage Foundation...maintains a database of noncitizen voting – and identified 100 cases from 1982 to 2025...that represents 0.000008% of the 1.3bn votes cast in presidential elections over that period." Voter fraud is a non-issue and they know it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump DoJ indicts 10 individuals on noncitizen voting related charges in Minnesota
The charges are senior officials’ latest attempt to heighten voter fraud concerns amid midterm election campaigning
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We're seven months into losing a war that costs $100 million/day in military outlays and raised the price of gas $1.5/gallon. All we have to show for it is more radical Iranian leadership and a blown up school. "Just warriors" isn't working, bring all those other people back and put them in charge.
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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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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Really makes you wonder why the Speaker of the House adjourned Congress early in order to stop a vote on impeaching Hegseth.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. (Published March)
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Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/09/2026
"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment." buff.ly/5na4oMY
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Announcing Cornell University’s Newest Writing Course: Rape Essays 101
“Can a rapist’s prose effectively elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect wh...
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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We found immigration courts have issued more than 10,000 removal and voluntary departure orders each month for immigrant minors — nearly four times the rate as Trump’s last term. With legal representation disappearing that pace could accelerate www.propublica.org/article/unac...
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These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.
A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the firs...
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It feels to me that war crimes and crimes against humanity are just happening all the time and nothing is being done about it. I'm not sure how to enforce international law, especially against nuclear powers like Russia and the US, but it could use a little help.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/09/2026
Russell Vought is upset his ideas are overwhelmingly unpopular, but he won’t stop until he is the evil henchman for all NIH grants. 🧵
The graphic displays a photo of Russell Vought and the red Stand Up for Science logo. The graphic reads: "Update: Russell Vought joins the war on cancer, on the side of cancer."
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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Trump’s Mail-In Voting Plan Was Originally Far More Extreme, with @peterelkind.bsky.social @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have not forgotten the abortion bans. I have not forgotten the glee Republicans in certain states have felt at suppressing women's rights. And I have read the stories of the consequences. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why has abortion faded from America’s national conversation? | Moira Donegan
The US has already grown used to the horror caused by abortion bans. And Republicans have sought to quash the stories
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Morales García told the officers that he had his birth certificate and social security card at home, but they didn’t believe him. Days later, he was deported to Mexico." They don't care who they hurt. What families they destroy. What children they leave behind. They are racist thugs.
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fuck ICE. Fire all of them. Take their bonuses and prosecute the violent ones. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY!!! Join the MAGA Resistance & make your voices heard. Accountability. Is. Coming.
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Religion is no guarantee of ethics or morality.
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Paul @paul-in-repose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Israel did this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies
Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history
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