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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 1h

Trying to convince NGO leaders and elected officials to take this seriously made me leave politics. Earned media is a hostile hellscape compared to where it was 20 years ago and there are very few people and orgs in positions of power trying to fix it.

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SteveLibrarian @librariansteve.bsky.social · 2h

Journalists keep wanting the story to be "normal working class centrist has questions," not "our country is currently dominated by stupid people in a right wing echo chamber."

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 2h

Ben Affleck is one of those actors who is underrated, not just as an actor, but as a thoughtful businessman. It was interesting seeing his perspective on #AI, particularly as he just sold the company he invested in for $500+ million to Netflix.

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Ben Affleck on AI and Hollywood Economics

YouTube video by Bloomberg Live

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 2h

"What I discovered was a film of extraordinary intelligence and deep political thought amid the surface-level goofiness. ...the film brings its hero right to the edge of the world, and then confronts him and the audience with a dark truth about the human tendency toward violence." #PlanetOfTheApes

justatad.xyz

‘You Maniacs, You Blew It Up’

A few words about ‘The Odyssey’

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5h

Hot news for the sea lion in my comments bothering everyone about how training data is fair use www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...

courthousenews.com

AI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third Circuit

Using someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found.

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 2h

This is really bad. See 🧵

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Maria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 2h

The way they found out about the Hanning spy scandal. Wowsers. www.ft.com/content/4c56...

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 2h

What's wrong with this is what has been wrong with the democrats for years now. Focus on social media and tv advertising (which helps political consultants. Funny that) and not enough on the ground game. You could save a fortune by doing grassroots.

nytimes.com

Democrats Eyeing the House Face a Conundrum: Rent or Buy?

With less money than G.O.P., Democrats are torn over where to spend in the final weeks. The party is making its biggest move in years against one of G.O.P.’s biggest blue-district survivors.

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 3h

The first major crack in Putin's campaign to disrupt the EU. Budapest will not block the transition to the next clusters of accession into the European Union for Ukraine and Moldova. However, Hungary’s support does have a condition granting educational support for Hungarians in the western Ukraine.

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Hungary set to drop veto on Ukraine and Moldova EU bid progress

Also in this newsletter: Singapore’s Temasek to invest in EU scale-up fund

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 6h

The new police chief is right that there are too many traffic deaths but considering how both drivers and pedestrians (let alone people on those scooters and e-bikes whizzing around) are lacking awareness (crossing the road even though the light is telling them to stop), I'm amazed its not more.

thebanner.com

Who is running the Montgomery County Police Department?

Darren Francke, a 30-year veteran of the Montgomery County Police Department, is its new interim chief. We asked Francke about the challenges facing the department and whether he wants to keep his new...

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pax-nw.bsky.social @pax-nw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

👇In a nutshell.

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 14h

They forced one of their lawyers to change their name to irrefutable evidence didn't they?

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404 Media @404media.co · 05/10/2026

NEW: In the immediate weeks before Muse’s launch, Meta engineers found several security vulnerabilities, at least one of which could have allowed malicious users to break outside of Muse’s intended environment and access Meta’s own sensitive databases and services, 404 Media has learned.

404media.co

Meta Rushed to Fix Muse ‘VM Escape' Vulnerability Immediately Before Launch

The vulnerability could have let a Muse user access sensitive internal Meta databases.

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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 20h

ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...

Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Through the end of August 2026, the House was in session for roughly 383 hours total. That’s an average of about 48 hours per month. Their average monthly floor time is well below the 80-hour monthly threshold the same Congress imposed on Medicaid recipients.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 17h

Notice the absence of the traditional olive branch? The olive branch symbolized America prioritizing peace with war as a last resort. It has been part of the Great Seal of the United States since 1782 and was part of the original seal of the Department of Defense.

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 19h

During his 1st term, "Trump wanted to host the G7 at his private Miami golf resort. Democrats & Republicans in Congress reacted with outrage, and the plans were changed. Fast-forward seven years, Trump has decided to host the Group of 20 at the same resort, with nary a peep from anyone in Congress"

steady.substack.com

No Checks Only Blank Checks

Corruption is a Trump family affair

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 20h

According to a press release, Turkey and Pakistan will be sending troops to Saudi Arabia under the three countries’ new “Mecca Pact” to assist with fighting the Houthis in Yemen. Fallout from Trump's Iran fiasco (and refusal to support the Saudis despite the billions they have given him), continues

gulfnews.com

Turkey, Pakistan to deploy forces to Saudi amid Houthi attacks: joint statement

Turkey and Pakistan to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia under a new defence pact amid escalating Houthi attacks, reaffirming their commitment to regional security.

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 20h

I'm not so sure about that. If the physics community can recover from Nixon's cuts, pretty sure the science and public health community can recover from his.

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 20h

This is a very good point. A lot of homelessness in US cities highlights the failures of the rest of America to love their children for who they are.

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 21h

"The tone was more “this is a public relations problem for Republicans” than “the Trumps are selling America to the highest bidders, some of whom are enemies of the State”. But apparently even the formerly pro-Trumpian Wall Street Journal editorial page has finally reached its gag level."

paulkrugman.substack.com

The Trump Administration is a Cesspit of Corruption

And fighting it should be at the heart of the Democratic agenda

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 21h

Not a good look for the tech industry.

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 22h

Between 1981 and 2025 the average weight of new #cars rose from 3200 pounds to over 4400 pounds, and the fraction of new cars that were small passenger cars fell from 80% in 1975 to 34% in 2025. (Shocked they didn't bring up the VW Golf, the greatest small car in history). #AutoIndustry

worldofsystems.co

The Small Car Is Disappearing

Production and sales of compact vehicles have declined to all-time lows, while SUVs and pickups continue to dominate the American automotive market. Data and research suggest this trend will have far-...

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 23h

When I went through the circulation of @physicstoday.aip.org eons ago, you could see a massive drop of subscribers from around 1970, a crash that would last for 15 years. Caused by the Nixon era, it led to careers pipeline being lost at faculty cut junior positions. Will that happen again? #academia

physicstoday.aip.org

The last crisis of US physics

At the end of the turbulent 1960s, the postwar funding boom in US physics came to a crashing halt. The lessons learned then may be helpful to today’s physicists.

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 23h

Students pursuing physics say that career uncertainty is the biggest issue facing them. Understanding how successful scientists develop professional relationships has thus become especially important. But what do scientists who are particularly effective at cultivating professional relationships do?

physicstoday.aip.org

How to build long-lasting professional relationships

Interviews with 22 successful early-career physical scientists and engineers reveal that networking has been one of the most critical ways to nurture their careers.

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The #BrokenTimes is so desperate to appear even handed it's overlooking that one party wants to end democracy in the US. "The correct way to practice politics in 2026 is to read The New York Times but remember that much of the essential news to save our democracy has been fit to print elsewhere."

newrepublic.com

Liberals Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly Too

The paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today.

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This indicates that either the quality of Russian forces is declining (because they attacked in neutral waters) or they are getting desperate (also quite likely).

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Paul J. Dauenhauer @pauldauenhauer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My contribution to the NYTimes list of 100 great scientific questions was published today at the gift link below as #81. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...

List of 100 scientific questions, 80-to-82

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Half the reason we're in this mess is because of the advice Emanuel gave Obama.

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Eventually, Mr. Biden arranged a complicated swap that involved 24 prisoners and seven countries. He helped seal the deal with a key telephone call...less than two hours before announcing that he was dropping out of the race for re-election because of concerns about his age.” #ThatsAPresident

margaretsullivan.substack.com

A biting critique of the New York Times that may change what you read

Plus: Something for which I’ll forever be grateful to Joe Biden

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A fellowship at the USC Shoah Foundation giving access to their archive of 60,000 Holocaust and other survivor videos. I’ve watched three several times. My father and two of his cousins - who tragically never re-made contact as adults or even knew they had each survived. sfi.usc.edu/news/2026/08...

sfi.usc.edu

Non-Residential Fellowship Academic Year 2026-2027

The Programs Division at the USC Shoah Foundation invites applications for its Non-Residential Fellowships for the academic year 2026-2027. This program is open to scholars from any discipline who do ...

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Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The world premiere of Blazing Saddles (1974) took place at Pickwick Drive-In Theater, Burbank, CA. All 250 invited guests, including Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, watched Mel Brooks' beloved film on horseback.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 05/10/2026

the brazil thing is so depressing because they did the right thing, man they did what we couldn’t, they actually prosecuted their coup and threw bolsonaro’s ass in jail and generally showed the united states what a functional state looks like and now they are gonna elect his dipshit son? really?

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One unexplained death in Russia, with possible concerns about #plague, is dominating headlines. Meanwhile, #Ebola continues to worsen in DRC with 8,300 cases. 4,018 deaths since May Yet much of the world and the media seems to have moved on. What’s wrong with this picture?

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Asymmetric warfare strikes again. Reminds me of that old myth that NASA spent millions on designing a pen to work in space while cosmonauts used pencils.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

so i think that the major difference between this and a human personal assistant that matters is that you are actually the employer, there are industry-specific professional norms, and legal contracts/reliability. additionally, the PA is often looking to advance to a higher position and has more

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