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Peter Principle @peterprinciple.bsky.social · 1h
The real resistance. Just wish we had more like him, especially in the upper ranks. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Air Force Major Recommended for General Court-Martial After Protesting Trump
The recommendations are not binding, but it is rare for them to be ignored in the military justice system.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 2h
“Patel is apparently planning a trip to Russia, a country that (a) is no friend of the United States nor the FBI specifically and yet (b) is quite friendly with Patel, including via a ‘Russia-linked production company’ that evidently previously paid Patel $25,000 to appear in an anti-FBI TV series.”
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3h
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez was shot by an ICE agent. Now the Justice Department is charging Pérez. trib.al/Mwnx0Kq
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Man Shot by ICE Agent Is Charged With Assault
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez was shot by an ICE agent. Now the Justice Department is charging Pérez.
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 9h
Trump has said the Iran war is almost over at least 60 times. It's been 212 days. 19 service members are dead, 800+ wounded, $43 billion gone. We counted every broken promise with @votevets.org.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h
“You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.” How ChatGPT fueled the violent fantasies of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter, according to our new investigation. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 4h
Here's an incredible example of how far DOJ and ICE will go in their failed attempts to prosecute the people they shoot. Also of the surveillance state. chicagoreader.com/news/ice-flo...
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Feds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions - Chicago Reader
During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 5h
The National Guard is in DC neighborhoods now, gooning with other members of Trump's posse. Trinidad, Park View, Columbia Heights, and more
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 8h
Musk can flood elections with cash because #SCOTUS barred legislatures from limiting it in McCutcheon v. FEC (2014). To beat big money, Congress can pass a constitutional amendment, or states can call a convention to propose one, ratified by three-fourths of the states. tinyurl.com/3k94tjhh
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 7h
Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him
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Meta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious Mess
Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable
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Luke Kawa @ljkawa.bsky.social · 6h
The end result of the p(doom) conversation is that all AI players involved think they’ve made it clear that any unintended negative side effects from here are just the cost of doing business
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 7h
ICE is having another hiring surge, adding 5,000 new employees by the end of the year. That would expand the agency’s workforce by about 17%. As of July, ICE had more than 29,000 employees, funded by substantial new funding from Congress. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 8h
OpenAI Ignored Employees Who Warned It Wasn’t Doing Enough About Security www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models
Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but OpenAI did not listen.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8h
OpenAI cancels its advanced model launch, then heads to lunch with Trump
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OpenAI cancels its advanced model launch, then heads to lunch with Trump
The startup has apologized for several security incidents and canceled the public launch of its latest advanced model. That's not enough.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 10h
"The Trump administration is going to bat for the prediction market industry, now tangled in lawsuits in at least 20 states." Don Jr. holds investments in both Kalshi and Polymarket David Moore for @sludge.bsky.social
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Trump's CFTC Is Suing States for Kalshi and Polymarket, Backed by Trump Jr.
The prediction market companies have been loading up on revolving-door lobbyists from both the Democratic and Republican sides, while ramping up their influence spending amid legal battles with state ...
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 11h
#ELB: “A.I. Groups Are Spending Millions to Influence the Midterms” electionlawblog.org/2026/a-i-groups…
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Peter Principle @peterprinciple.bsky.social · 11h
"Are NYT Reporters Completely Brainwashed?" would be a better question. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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Peter Principle @peterprinciple.bsky.social · 11h
Absolutely the most abhorrent polling question I've ever seen. Like: "If the Führer decides to annihilate the Jews, do you think he will succeed? d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 13h
OpenAI’s unlawful incidents are piling up. I’m not talking about the models; I’m talking about what its executives are accused of doing to obtain the data to create the models. AI is following its master down a road of deceit. And we don't have the will to hold those responsible accountable.
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Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man? - The American Prospect
OpenAI’s models aren’t “going rogue” from their creators as much as they are mimicking them.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Seriously, just do not use muse
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h
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Peter Principle @peterprinciple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gosh. Whaddya know. One month before a mid-term election the GOP is losing badly, with the billionaire class in the spotlight, the IRS publicly announces a crackdown on tax evasion schemes for the ultrawealthy. Purely coincidental, I'm sure.
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Peter Principle @peterprinciple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kind of a mixed message: "AI could wipe out the human species, and wouldn't you like to own a piece of that?" www.cnbc.com/2026/09/29/a...
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Anthropic warns AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' in IPO filing: Reuters
Anthropic plans to warn IPO investors that advanced AI could pose “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity.”
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Zombie GWOT continues
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The 4-year-olds don’t know where they are and what’s going on" “I have no one. I have nothing.” This is beyond grotesque. Shame, Shame, Shame on Trump and everyone involved in this horror.
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has assigned personnel to use "advanced intelligence and cyber capabilities to identify, disrupt, and neutralize foreign interference" in the upcoming elections, Axios has learned. Who checks if Hegseth is planning to meddle in elections www.axios.com/2026/09/28/h...
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Exclusive: Hegseth directs Defense Dept. to fight foreigners who "meddle" in U.S. elections
Hegseth's order doesn't direct military personnel to the polls, but Trump hasn't ruled that out.
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/09/2026
With the threat of political violence at unprecedented levels, state and federal GOP candidates are openly sharing racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views.
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These Extremists Are Running for Election in November
With the threat of political violence at unprecedented levels, state and federal GOP candidates are openly sharing racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here's the final episode in the Legal AF 5-part podcast on my new book, "HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." This one focuses on how Russian intelligence worked with Trump's inner circle to smear Joe Biden in 2020. Learn more at HowRussiaWon.com.
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Trump-Russia BOMBSHELL Conspiracy COLLAPSES...
YouTube video by Legal AF
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/09/2026
Six of the nine independent experts on the advisory board of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism—a consortium run by several of the biggest US tech companies—resigned on Monday, according to a letter seen by WIRED and interviews with three of the people.
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Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers
Meta and other tech giants are pushing through structural changes at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism that outside researchers allege will weaken oversight of an already embattled consor...
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/09/2026
Meta and other tech giants are pushing through structural changes at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism that outside researchers allege will weaken oversight of an already embattled consortium. www.wired.com/story/indepe...
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Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers
Meta and other tech giants are pushing through structural changes at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism that outside researchers allege will weaken oversight of an already embattled consortium.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
NEW: 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 nearly a year.
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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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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 28/09/2026
AI doomerism obsesses over a highly implausible "Terminator 2" scenario, not the looming crash in stock market values.
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Discipline and Punish: How to Think About the AI Industry’s Extinction Pitch
The hyped-up threat of AI apocalypse is used to misdirect both opposition and regulation. Don’t fall for it.
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Peter Principle @peterprinciple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To update Jean-Paul Sartre, hell is other people + AI. "These contractors are then asked to review whether the generated image successfully fulfilled the prompt — such as, did the image generator make the woman’s AI-enlarged breasts big enough." www.404media.co/humans-readi...
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 28/09/2026
"It's, of, course not just him. It's his entire family. There's a researcher, I believe at @publiccitizen.bsky.social, Zach Everson, who called this out. I have to show this to you, because this is really wild." - @chrislhayes.bsky.social, Sept. 25, 2026
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‘What the hell?’: Your tax dollars just paid for a 'PSA' praising Trump
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Peter Principle @peterprinciple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Moderate" wing of the Texas GOP. bsky.app/profile/stev...
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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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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israeli far-right minister Smotrich calls for full-scale war in occupied West Bank www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...
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Smotrich calls for full-scale war in occupied West Bank
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
Even Navatek’s executives were surprised at how far their money went in D.C. “It was eye-opening for me, frankly. ‘Oh my God, all of it is for sale. It’s all for sale,’” said one.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 28/09/2026
California billionaires' wealth grew more than 15% a year from 2019 to 2025 while they paid just 0.26% of it in state income taxes.
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Meet the 22 California Billionaires Opposing Prop. 40
The rich Californians who've spent the most to fight a ballot proposal to tax billionaires have seen their personal wealth increase by over 64% in the last 20 months.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Itamar Ben Gvir: a psychopath, thug, convicted terrorist... and Israel's police minister.
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Peter Principle @peterprinciple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't know who or what "Semafor" is, but this headline and subhead read just like a press release. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Firms take lead on AI safety standards as security incidents mount
Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are coordinating on their own “Standards Authority for Frontier AI,” The Information reported.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026
Seriously, we can’t let these Silicon Valley weirdos control AI and how we regulate it for the future.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026
Anthropic and OpenAI are both very intermeshed with the disturbingly bizarre rationalist/effective altruism/“AI safety” cultures in Silicon Valley, just FYI.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here’s your periodic reminder that Howard Lutnick is still Commerce secretary despite blatantly lying to the public about his personal and business ties with child molester Jeffrey Epstein.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 27/09/2026
In Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine and Iran, a generation of children is being orphaned at a pace the world has stopped finding shocking.
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A Generation of Orphans
From Sudan to Iran, children are losing their parents at a pace the world no longer finds shocking.
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Grows to Nearly 900 Cases www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Grows to Nearly 900 Cases
State health officials said 55 new cases had been reported since Wednesday. In all, 890 measles cases have been reported across 39 counties so far this year.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@washingtonpost reported earlier that hospitals insurance costs next year are projected to spike by the most in 2 decades, partly "due to medical providers’ increased use of artificial intelligence to find more claims they can bill for" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Taegan Goddard @politicalwire.com · 27/09/2026
Trump Asked Xi if He Wanted to Buy American Weapons politicalwire.com/2026/09/27/trump-…
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Trump Asked Xi if He Wanted to Buy American Weapons
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cornell University takes rape so seriously that seven #ChiPhi fraternity rapists (Matthew Ingalls, Jonathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar) were punished by having to write an essay. And you wonder why women don't feel safe . . .
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026
This is another great, approachable explainer on “the rationalist wackos who have managed to take over much of the AI industry, and who now have tons of money and political power.” www.iankduncan.com/personal/202...
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Sex, AI, and the Apocalypse - Ian Duncan
How a community devoted to thinking clearly incubated salvation stories, abusive experiments, race science, and an affection for autocracy, and why that history matters now that its alumni are asking ...
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Futurism @futurism.com · 26/09/2026
"In the regulated space, this kind of thing does not happen."
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Polymarket Is Being Used for Massive Money Laundering
A bombshell investigation revealed a massive amount of financial fraud roiling Polymarket, and executives couldn't care less.
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