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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 10m
The human stakes became clear over Labor Day weekend, writes @kpaoletta.bsky.social, when attorneys rushed to detention shelters to stop federal contractors from putting 600 unaccompanied children—including a 3-year-old—on secret deportation flights before a court order halted the planes.
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pileque.bsky.social @pileque.bsky.social · 5m
AI companies are run by complete and utter lunatics. This is the same company that forecasts it will BURN over half a trillion dollars over the next few years... 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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Mom for Gliberty @fakegreekgrill.bsky.social · 1h
This is a better description of a potential harm from AI than the sex cult has ever produced.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 5h
Go For It Ladies.......
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 45m
Yesterday, the Governor signed into law my bill authorizing people to sue ICE and Border Patrol (or any other federal official) for violating their rights. Hours later, 3 people filed lawsuits under the new law. The era of impunity is ending. When we act decisively, we can fight authoritarianism.
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3 Californians sue ICE officers hours after Newsom signs bill greenlighting lawsuits
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Sen. Scott Wiener’s SB 747 Tuesday as part of a slate of bills designed to combat the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 43m
The Yudkowsky who got his money from Thiel, Musk and the likes? The one who arranged for the PR blitz for so-called Anthropic "whistleblower"?? WHAT THE FUCK DOES IT TAKE TO EXPOSE THESE PEOPLE
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 11h
State Department employees were falsely accused of "censoring" Americans. When do they get justice? thehill.com/opinion/nati...
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We need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretenses
I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C…
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 12h
The most bizarre thing about this idiotic, embarrassing line of questioning by Eric Schmitt is that it’s totally irrelevant Even if Jack Smith went to a basketball game in Atlanta-he didn’t-there isn’t even a scintilla of proof that he met, much less conspired with Fani Willis 35 days
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pileque.bsky.social @pileque.bsky.social · 13h
"this is a football club majority-owned by a country that, according to the UN’s own reports, is defying arms embargoes in Sudan and Libya, and that, according to Human Rights Watch, is responsible for widespread acts of political repression and rights abuses." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Manchester City case shows us how the global mega-rich now expect to operate with impunity | Jonathan Liew
When transnational alliances have scarcely been weaker, the way the club was allegedly run offers a bleak vision of a world driven by brute power and wealth, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 15h
“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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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14h
Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 15h
If the future of democracy depends on shared truth, and if shame is the right response to bad faith, what is the future of democracy when men like Eric Schmitt not only shrug off humiliation but are even rewarded for it? For an answer, I got in touch with @donmoyn.bsky.social.
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pileque.bsky.social @pileque.bsky.social · 17h
Who thinks it was a good idea to make Kimberley Guilfoyle a diplomat? Anyone?? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
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Trump envoy warned Greek minister US can bring down ‘any country we want’: report
Greek representatives have denied claims ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle had a heated exchange with energy minister Stavros Papastavrou
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17h
They can, & should, also defund the Supreme Court itself, until such point as the Wizard in Robes decide to start following the laws & Constitution again: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 20h
Look, the solution is obvious. Hold the execs accountable for the crime that the committed by their greedy negligence. Who cares about "superintelligence", what's rogue here is a number of companies with unsafe business practices which knowingly endanger the public
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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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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21h
These people are utterly shameless
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 29/09/2026
lolololol
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radgrapes.bsky.social @radgrapes.bsky.social · 23h
What genocide looks like by every possible definition of the word genocide.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
HOLD MEN ACCOUNTABLE.......💪🏻
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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.propublica.org/article/trum... trump is not going to stop until he completely wrecks the 2026 elections which is a trial run for the 2028 Presidential elections. trump is stark, raving insane and must be removed - I no longer care how he goes . . . .
propublica.org
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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JL Croner @jlcroner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The ultimate goal was to create chaos and doubt in the vote-by-mail process,” he said. “You’re creating a rule to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.” The Trump Method. Chaos, Doubt, Failure. Sorry. Forgot: Meantime, Enriching Himself. Go ProPublica, go! www.propublica.org/article/trum...
propublica.org
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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Mark Gos @markgos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“That’s not what we do,” a former official involved with the discussions said. “We deliver mail. We don’t decide what goes and what doesn’t.”
propublica.org
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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Indivisible Ventura @indivisiblevent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Prop. 40 forces CA's villain-aires pay their fair share after their BBB tax cuts smashed our safety nets. They've responded with Prop. 41 - a technical time-waster, and Prop. 42 - a flat-out lie that Granny's pension is in danger. #YESon40, #NOon41, #Noon42 (www.commondreams.org/opinion/repu...)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The arguments you've heard against California's billionaire tax are utter BS. Here to debunk them — and explain why you should vote YES on Prop 40 — is renowned economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hard to imagine what that would be like
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El Faro English @elfaroenglish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
International attorney Jared Genser has taken on the case of Ruth López, one of El Salvador’s highest-profile political prisoners. “We have allies in the State Department and White House who would think similarly.” he said. beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvad...
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“If Trump told Bukele to release Ruth López from prison, he would do it”
International attorney Jared Genser has taken on the case of Ruth López, one of El Salvador’s highest-profile political prisoners. “This will be an all-hands-on-deck operation,” he said. “We have…
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lmaooo💤💤💤
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El Faro English @elfaroenglish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Bukele government said they imprisoned a man deported from Texas citing “sovereign cooperation.” They asked that an international order protecting his rights be withdrawn, despite their own admission that they are holding him without criminal charges beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvad...
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Man Deported from Texas Faces No Criminal Charges in El Salvador but Remains in Prison
The Bukele government said they imprisoned a man deported from Texas citing “sovereign cooperation.” They asked that an international order protecting his rights be withdrawn, despite their own…
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We've all heard how corrupt Ken Paxton is. But he is also incredibly stupid if he thinks this "well, he served 60 whole days" excuse for releasing Adam Hoffman, who sexually abused a boy over a three-year period starting when he was 8.
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!
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pileque.bsky.social @pileque.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ecuador's president Daniel Noboa awards Marco Rubio the National Order of Merit for “helping to promote peace in the region” as USA blows up Ecuadoran fishing boats and kidnaps crews. Noboa is more loyal to Trump's murderous regime than he is to his own people. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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US strikes on Ecuadorian fishing boats raise humanitarian concerns but Trump admin not wavering
Attorney says fishers ‘losing their livelihoods’, but Marco Rubio maintains US still willing to ‘blow up ships if need be’
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pileque.bsky.social @pileque.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Would this nepo-baby be a multimillionaire and selling his garbage "educational software" via government contracts if his daddy's name wasn't Tony Blair? The answer is "NO"! The Blair crime family is the British equivalent of the Trump crime family. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Teachers at Euan Blair firm report ‘horrendous stress’ after AI used to rate their work
Exclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at ‘remorseless’ and ‘unnerving’ monitoring system
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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 28/09/2026
Seriously though WHY. Meta isn't the VERY last company that I would trust to touch any serious aspect of my life, but that's only because Palantir exists.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
👀⚖️🗳️👇👇👇👇👇👇
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
He says this with a straight face as gas reaches $4.50/gal, diesel reaches $6.50/gal, mortgage rates soar over 7%, grocery costs are rising, and Americans’ sentiments towards the economy are the lowest they’ve been since the Great Recession.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026
"it certainly sounds like the US government through the DFC is being used leverage a deal for business pals of the Trump family." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/us-ta...
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US Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family Cronies
This has gotten very little attention, as far as I can tell....
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 28/09/2026
Well well well, I wonder how we got here, Mr. Karl Rove: www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
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Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 28/09/2026
are we finally going to accept it's all a scam, a "mechanical turk", it's all humans?
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yes absolutely, positively do not feed a scientific paper, grant, or whatever you are peer reviewing into LLM or any other software without permission.
static.klipy.com
Seinfeld's Babu Bhatt: No Bad!
ALT: Seinfeld's Babu Bhatt: No Bad!
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pileque.bsky.social @pileque.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Talking to miners at the heart of the deals, I found that this industry is still deeply tied to criminals. Gangs profit from Trump’s gold boom and none of the money is helping the local area." It's even more deeply tied to criminals now. The ones in the White House. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
nytimes.com
Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
States can and have banned 287 agreements within their borders. There’s a template for this, and any state that hasn’t done so is choosing not to do so.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rise of 287(g) programs has meant that ICE is increasingly using local police as a very significant force multiplier, with up to 1 in 8 arrests of noncitizens in the interior now being carried out by state and local police. This is going to have profound impacts on community relations.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 27/09/2026
What an odd moment in United States history. A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government. Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government (Gift Article)
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 27/09/2026
"we can't uninvent this" we can't uninvent my car either but it still doesn't go anywhere without gas in the tank
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Antonio E. Porreca 🐳 @aeporreca.org · 27/09/2026
Imagine replacing people with tokens for plagiarism slot machines. This is why I take the extreme position that LLM-fuelled papers are not research, should not be read or cited, and should definitely count in one’s CV, but negatively.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jim Ratcliffe patriotic billionaire hater of immigrants who funded Brexit then emigrated to avoid paying UK taxes "Does anyone else NOT give a damn about what Jim Ratcliffe has to say about the country?⁠" via Greenpeace UK
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