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onion person @junlper.beer · 09/10/2026
elon musk has more empathy for lines of code than a majority of humanity
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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
trans people “apparently able to feel pain,” surprising new study reveals
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The Humanist Report @humanistreport.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Democrats will never learn.
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Ressikan @phantomharmonic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.citizen.org/news/trump-c... Crime president covers for more criminals
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Trump Cancels Enforcement Against Corporate Criminal Defendants - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump administration has to date canceled enforcement actions inherited from the Biden administration against 205 corporations,…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
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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Alternate Histories @alternatehistories.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
While I am certain that the Blocks will continue to find ways to stall payment, it is gratifying that literally every judge and court in this country has told these assholes to, and I'm paraphrasing here, eat shit. newsguild.org/post-gazette...
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Post-Gazette union-busters hit dead end at Supreme Court, must pay back millions to journalists | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
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Alternate Histories @alternatehistories.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gotta hurry...and get to the Grand Opening of Alternate Histories Video TODAY, October 3 from 12-4pm! The party is at 517 Greenfield Ave with free screenprinting, new artwork from friends, and VHS & DVDs for sale! I made a fool of myself on video so now you have to come!
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Ressikan @phantomharmonic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
blog.artisans.coop/blog/a-bette...
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A Better Handmade Marketplace Launches: Beta is Over! – Artisans Cooperative
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Onion Inc Union @onionunion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Onion Union has four months until our contract expires. Here are some tips to unionize your workplace.
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Ressikan @phantomharmonic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.vox.com/politics/504...
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The 13 Democrats: Castor Cuellar Davis (NC) Golden Gonzalez Gottheimer Kaptur Lee (NV) Moskowitz Pappas Perez Soto Tran
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
House Republicans and 13 House Democrats today voted to pass the Stop Insider Trading Act, which (1) Does not ban insider trading among members of Congress or the President (2) Imposes a stringent photo ID law and basically eviscerates mail voting
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Skiddius↙️↙️↙️ @skiddius.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Really takes the wind right out of the "bbbb-but they're in a red state!!" arguments
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026
current state of the fix social media playbook: *nationalize facebook and hold it to rigorous privacy and content moderation standards *break up google and make youtube robustly fund a streaming PBS *turn off x the everything app *keep linkedin the same. that'd be a good bit *begin The Tribunals
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Alternate Histories @alternatehistories.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sunday from 12-3pm I'm joining my pals at BOOM concepts for STOOP GAMES! Join us for a family-friendly afternoon of fun, music, games, art and more. You can get a tour of the new Rotunda at 327 N Negley and I'll be playing music & bringing Make Your Own Monster worksheets (plus free stickers!)
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yep, our collective bargaining agreement was ratified a few months back!
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ECP @ecppdx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Once again, fuck Gavin Newsom.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 22/09/2026
It'd be great if Bluesky posted a monthly count of the number of law enforcement requests it receives to unmask accounts.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 22/09/2026
The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit newsroom, and our journalism is free for everyone to access. That means Texans can read our reporting whether or not they can afford a subscription.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/09/2026
I created a live anti trans ad tracker that tracks all anti trans ad spending on meta and Google. It runs and updates nightly. You can see ad campaigns in real time. adtracker.lgbtqlegislation.com
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2026 anti-trans ad tracker
Anti-trans political ads in the 2026 US midterms on Meta and Google, flagged nightly by a classifier.
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General Guinan @madmaudlin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
arstechnica.com/health/2023/...
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UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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Alternate Histories @alternatehistories.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
MONDAY is the last day to pre-order this sweatshirt! Net proceeds go to the National Immigration Law Center!
A giant monster wearing an oversized black crewneck sweatshirt that reads "Protect Your Neighbors / Abolish ICE" with a graphic of a monster
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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Family of Tierra Walker—Who Died After Being Denied Abortion Care—Sues Texas AG Ken Paxton - officials imposed a merciless blanket prohibition on abortion that intimidates doctors into inaction: lawsuit. “Too many pregnant Texans have died preventable deaths www.commondreams.org/news/abortio...
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Family of Tierra Walker—Who Died After Being Denied Abortion Care—Sues Texas AG Ken Paxton | Common Dreams
The family of Tierra Walker filed a lawsuit against Texas officials and doctors over her "preventable death" linked to the state's abortion ban—the first case of its kind.
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Andrea Suozzo @andreasuozzo.com · 15/09/2026
When my colleagues and I started digging around in CDC data on pregnancy-related deaths, we noticed something surprising: the rate of ectopic pregnancy deaths had more than doubled in recent years. Nearly 200 women died between 2020 and 2025. So we set out to learn why 🧵
A chart showing an increase in the rate of deaths after an ectopic pregnancy, normalized by the number of live births. In the three-year period starting in 2014, the rate is a little above 4 deaths per million live births. The rate rises sharply for the 2020-2022 period and continues to increase, to 9.8 deaths per million births, in 2023-2025.
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General Guinan @madmaudlin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
They will call you pro-trans socialist Muslims or whatever, regardless of whether you give up ground You might as well stand up for trans people, who have done nothing to deserve becoming the target of fascism again and again Capitulation is not a successful strategy truthout.org/articles/elo...
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Elon Musk Spends $100 Million on Anti-Trans Ads Targeting Dems in Midterm Races
Some of the candidates being targeted have already capitulated to the right on trans rights.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
During McCarthyism, it was common to target lawyers who dared to represent those who were accused of communism as if they themselves had done anything wrong. In the infamous Dennis v US trial, Judge Medina held defense lawyers in contempt and sentenced them to six months in jail. And now ...
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Alternate Histories @alternatehistories.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We're doing a run of Abolish ICE Monster Sweatshirts and looking for suggestions for a National charity to donate to. I have great places I've worked with before, just looking for suggestions to see if there's any orgs in need I'm missing. Prefer orgs that serve folks on a national basis. Thanks!
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Power to the people! ✊
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Pittsburgh graffiti @pghgraffiti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Good thing he's not a Twitch streamer without any formal role in government or his entire political party would be compelled by the media to denounce him. Just a Nazi working in the State Department. No big deal!
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.
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Guillotine Hunger Force @handle.invalid · 06/09/2026
lmfao this place is evil
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brent 🌹🗽 @therealbrent.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is how Fetterman responded to a proposed meeting with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) because they were worried about Medicaid cuts, holy shit this guy needs to resign tonight
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brent 🌹🗽 @therealbrent.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Norcross Panetta Gluesenkamp Perez Riley Schneider Scholten Schrier Sherman Soto Stevens Suozzi Thanedar Titus Torres Vargas Vindman Wasserman Schultz
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brent 🌹🗽 @therealbrent.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
These 33 Democrats just voted for HR 4795, which denies federal funding to any university that boycotts Israel, including companies in illegal settlements: Auchincloss Castor Cisneros Costa Courtney Cuellar Davis Frankel Gillen Golden Gonzalez Landsman Latimer Lee (NV) Mannion Moskowitz
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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Really truly was not expecting to see the second part of this after the quote that's just straight analysis of labor under capitalism in PC Gamer of all places????? Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
It's become particularly nasty with generative AI, however, because now said CEOs can still see an end result that mimics the thing they don't understand—and are able to self-delude themselves into thinking it's replicable at scale, or that it's even producing the same quality as the product they've actually been selling.

After all, if actual studies are being done into AI-induced psychosis that's impacting us serfs, there's nothing to say the executive suite is immune, either. Especially given that a lot of them don't even understand why others are put off.It's become particularly nasty with generative AI, however, because now said CEOs can still see an end result that mimics the thing they don't understand—and are able to self-delude themselves into thinking it's replicable at scale, or that it's even producing the same quality as the product they've actually been selling.

After all, if actual studies are being done into AI-induced psychosis that's impacting us serfs, there's nothing to say the executive suite is immune, either. Especially given that a lot of them don't even understand why others are put off.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Meet Daniel Janzen: The ecologist who turned 169,000 hectares of Costa Rica into a giant forest filled with biodiversity" timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-o...
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Meet Daniel Janzen: The ecologist who turned 169,000 hectares of Costa Rica into a giant forest filled with biodiversity
Daniel H. Janzen is a biologist whose career has blurred the traditional boundaries between field ecology, evolutionary science and conservation.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Permafrost is thawing deeper and it’s happening worldwide. A new study of 156 monitoring sites found that the active layer, the soil that thaws each summer, increased significantly at many sites from 2000–2024. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Long-term monitoring of active layer thickness confirms global permafrost degradation - Communications Earth & Environment
Active-layer thickness increased at 55% and 38% of Arctic and Antarctic sites, and >90% in European, Asian, and South American mountains, driven by increasing thawing degree-days and rainfall, acco...
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Alternate Histories @alternatehistories.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Had the pleasure of hosting Oakland TNR in my studio yesterday for the Greenfield Yard Sale and thought the internet would want to know about adoptable cats named after #DS9 characters: Keiko, Sisko, Jadzika & Nerys! www.oaklandtnrcoalition.org/adopt
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/08/2026
Looks like we’re using Gitmo to imprison immigrants again. This is an ICE charter airline owned by ICE’s flight broker using the callsign they use for all their ICE flights.
An FR24 map showing N411ZW going from Miami to Gitmo.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/08/2026
This is a really special feature on our co-founder Jordy, our story, and our new book, WTF America?!, from Pittsburgh City Paper. “We’re not striving for neutrality in a political landscape that demands moral clarity.” Give it a read:
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Pittsburgh’s Jordy Meiselas and MeidasTouch are fighting for journalism, and democracy itself
The Pittsburgh-based Meiselas and his two brothers have built a following of millions in just six years.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 25/08/2026
Texas cannot enforce restrictions on some public drag shows after a federal judge again declared a 2023 law unconstitutional. “For those who find such activities offensive, the solution is relatively simple... just don’t go,” Judge David Hittner wrote.
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Texas’ limits on some drag shows found unconstitutional again
A federal judge reasserted his 2023 ruling that the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sent back for reconsideration. The law went into effect in March as the case proceeded.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour.
A network graph visualization on a dark background showing connections between various accounts. The central, highly connected node is labeled "J.K. Rowling," with lines radiating out to many other nodes color-coded by region (UK, US, etc.). A detail panel on the right displays stats for her account, including her role as "Author & commentator," an in-degree of 153, an out-degree of 84, and 14 million followers.A scatter plot graph on a dark background comparing accounts based on "followers (log)" on the x-axis and "in-degree" on the y-axis. The data points are color-coded by region. J.K. Rowling is highlighted as a major outlier in the top right corner, possessing the highest number of followers and the highest in-degree. Other labeled points lower on the graph include various politicians, individuals, and campaign organizations.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.
A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottomA nearly identical mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It shows a search for the same Amnesty International UK resources URL, resulting in the same message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."A mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A URL for an Amnesty International UK resources page is entered in the search bar, but the page displays the message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 15/08/2026
A little Friday extra ... something to tell your pals over a pint. According to the latest CFSv2 model run, this El Nino has just shy of a 95% chance of breaking 4.0°C above the 1991-2020 baseline in November.
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Ressikan @phantomharmonic.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US conducted ‘mass spying campaign’ against leftwing groups and anti-ICE protesters, records reveal
DHS sent undercover agents to meetings and infiltrated chats of groups opposing Trump’s immigration crackdown
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
most cucked newspaper of all time
NYT headline from last year about Trump suing the NYT for 15 billion dollars overs some bullshit
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