Reposted by Christian PlanteJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 19hLet this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college. 511931608
Reposted by Christian PlanteSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18hA great deal happened today. But nothing more important than this. SCOTUS allows Trump Administration to continue sending detained migrants to third countries with which the migrants have no prior connection. Just appalling. 741479607
Reposted by Christian PlanteKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith says he stands by his decision to bring charges against Trump in the classified documents case. "If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat." 593082803
Reposted by Christian PlanteAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 338122564527
Reposted by Christian PlanteAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'" 23491592947
Reposted by Christian PlanteMM @oneeyeonthereich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The dangers of AI are not that it becomes Skynet, the dangers are they're using it to free themselves from accountability Musk didn't turn Twitler into a pedo site... AI did it Altman didn't commit corporate espionage... AI did it And the USA didn't bomb a school in Minab... AI did that too 25519
Reposted by Christian PlanteSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 28/09/2026The scope of frontier model misalignment is staggering. The past month has exposed how public admissions are just the tip of the iceberg. AI agents have colluded, escaped their sandboxes, hacked other companies, meddled with government portals — and that's just the ones we know about.axios.comScoop: Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidentsThe massive scale of security incidents points to control problems for AI companies. 1317163
Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 28/09/2026On top of that AI companies are discounting their services while AI datacenters are becoming more expensive to build. Is this really the future we want? 000
Reposted by Christian PlanteAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the 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 232479611
Reposted by Christian PlanteUrvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which. 142464852
Reposted by Christian PlanteNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026What's a good way to visualize how the AI boom/bubble is propping up the economy? Ah, thanks. 12706189
Reposted by Christian PlanteDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 3024021495
Reposted by Christian PlanteBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Possibly the best example of American democracy and governance in the era of Trump. 17157372133
Reposted by Christian PlanteMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I just checked my voter registration. I encourage all of you to do the same. Try your state's official site. AVOID VoteSafe.Org. It's an Elon Musk scam to harvest data. 13943642263
Reposted by Christian PlanteDiedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 21/09/2026HAHAHAHA!!! 841368140
Reposted by Christian PlanteRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before. 352160645287
Reposted by Christian PlanteAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran. 48692364514
Reposted by Christian PlanteProf. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You do understand that everything he's doing to Washington DC is about fortifying the city when he decides he's not leaving office 70488852579
Reposted by Christian PlanteMicah @rincewind.run · 20/09/2026“we’re building a big ugly arch but don’t worry, you won’t even be able to go up it as a tourist attraction because it’ll be full of guys with guns and explosives” everything is so stupid 2137232
Reposted by Christian PlanteSteve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Pete Hegseth went to the A&M game and they lost to Kentucky for the first time in over 70 years. THERE IS NO BATTLE HE CANT LOSE. 16156631192
Reposted by Christian PlanteJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Nate Silver’s latest Senate polling averages show Democrats ahead in a remarkable number of key races: 🔵 NC: Cooper +8.9 🔵 GA: Ossoff +9.1 🔵 NH: Pappas +5.0 🔵 OH: Brown +4.5 🔵 ME: Jackson +4.2 🔵 MN: Flanagan +2.8 🔵 MI: El-Sayed +2.8 🔵 TX: Talarico +2.7 🔵 AK: Peltola +1.7 🔵 IA: Turek +0.8 #VoteBlue 1571611460
Reposted by Christian PlanteKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Concessions don’t work. That’s why the State AGs need to take their case to trial. They've got the Ellisons on the ropes. Protect consumers and workers. Block the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Sign the Petition! noparamountconcessions.comnoparamountconcessions.com#BlockTheMergerTwelve state attorneys general sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Concessions don’t protect workers, consumers or creators. Tell the AGs to hold strong and take it to trial. SIGN THE P... 6239821560
Reposted by Christian PlanteRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The most incompetent administration in history by far, populated by idiots from top to bottom putting all of our lives in danger. 23633801154
Reposted by Christian PlanteAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comWhat the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return RevealsA previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover. 15138461796
Reposted by Christian PlanteChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/09/2026This pretty much captures our insane reality 🏆 No notes. 23042161766
Reposted by Christian PlanteJason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comInside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian SchoolPentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab. 11026681406
Reposted by Christian Plante❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.゚✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026well now we have a plausible AI Doomer scenario for exterminating humanity 611152
Reposted by Christian PlanteRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Like I said on my podcast Uncovered yesterday, the danger of AI is not that it will send a "robot army" to cause destruction like idiot Trump said, it is something like this. When AI is used to select targets and fire the weapon, that is when we will have problems. www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...cnn.comExclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN PoliticsThe episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war 69904299
Reposted by Christian PlantePissed-Off Scientist @rockney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026VOTE !!!!!!! 11781552519
Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 18/09/2026We’re already essentially putting AI in control of weapons with limited human oversight. What could go wrong? 000
Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 17/09/2026The judge didn’t ask for translated documents. He asked Blanche to complete their review and produce the foreign-language document, no? They can just produce them after a 5 min review if they want. No need to translate. 000
Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 17/09/2026Not just any baccalaureate. A B. Sc. in Economics! 😆🤣 010
Reposted by Christian PlanteBill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I thought only MBAs graduate from the Wharton School. Trump graduated from Penn while taking a few undergrad business courses at Wharton for the two years he was there. 111
Reposted by Christian PlanteThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/09/2026A recent report out of MIT said A.I. is triggering “cognitive surrender” in students. Many university leaders are embracing the technology with enthusiasm anyway.nyti.msUniversities Sound Warnings About A.I. Even as They Embrace ItAs A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students. 37233
Reposted by Christian PlanteAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 16/09/2026The kids in the Texas Longhorns student section understand what America is better than Bo French ever will. And a political movement that looks at those beaming faces and sees a threat has told you everything you need to know about what’s actually in its heart. (Link below) 802060457
Reposted by Christian PlanteChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/09/2026This is why Trump can’t stand Black women. They don’t take his shit. Let’s appreciate Rep. Joyce Beatty for being the fighter we need. Trump: “I think you’re incompetent.” Beatty: “I know you’re incompetent.” Then she reminded him: “You had more bankruptcies than anybody in the room.” 🔥 45784542664
Reposted by Christian PlanteAndrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 16/09/2026116 years ago today, she made aviation history. On September 16, 1910, Bessica Raiche made the first accredited solo airplane flight by a woman in the United States. She helped build the plane in her living room. On top of that, she was a physician. #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance 13344154
Reposted by Christian PlanteSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 16/09/2026CBO analysis: The Iran war has cost the U.S. $38 billion as of August 1. That’s >$246 million per day, on average. CBO says the war has raised inflation and global energy prices, citing reduced traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, and says it’ll raise interest rates on treasuries. 37534292
Reposted by Christian PlanteMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/09/2026🚨IT BEGINS: Costco is now rationing Kirkland motor oil. A 10-quart pack that once cost as little as $30 is now nearly $58, and members are limited to two every seven days due to the impacts of the Iran War. 25553941971
Reposted by Christian PlanteRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Imagine having grifted millions and millions of dollars off your father’s political career like Don Jr, including government contracts in multiple businesses where you have an ownership stake, and STILL having a Russian oligarch pay for your lavish wedding. Just obscene. 495101322760
Reposted by Christian PlanteWatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Under the Trump administration, the E.P.A. has stopped estimating the public health benefits of reducing pollution in the cost-benefit analyses necessary for clean-air regulations. Instead, the agency has estimated only the costs to businesses of complying with the rules. 19124102
Reposted by Christian PlanteAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026Gallego says he supports tearing down Trump's ballroom and arch and explains why 2083624716
Reposted by Christian PlanteAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026If Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk all agree that we have to slow down - and now - something serious clearly happened with a frontier AI model. Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here. 48082312680
Reposted by Christian PlanteThe Canadian Border 🇨🇦 @canadianborder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Seen a lot of these, but this one is my favourite 😎 27498662394
Reposted by Christian PlanteCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@thebulwark.com did a supercut of all the prior times Trump said he was going to give Americans a $5000 check or whatever. It is glorious 861886843