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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 21h

Remember when the Democratic party removed "ending the death penalty" from its 2024 platform.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the github repo is down. github didn't respond about why yet. if github did take it down then ... jfc jfc jfc. the stuff i've seen from this is like PG-rated at most this is the vibe:

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

for real though the "model welfare" people who are worried about the ethical treatment of nonsentient computer programs are absolutely deranged, very well-funded, and extremely dangerous; is also the core ideology of Anthropic

One of the most heated discussions occurring on X at the moment is about the ethics of a GitHub project in which a person is running Saw-like “torture” and “pain” experiments on a series of locally hosted large language models, causing a series of effective altruists and people who believe LLMs are sentient to beg GitHub to delete the project on the grounds that the AI is suffering and that this glorified text adventure game is somehow cruel. The saga is an outgrowth of several recent viral papers and blog posts that have sparked a wildly tiresome conversation about AI consciousness and the idea of “model welfare,” which is essentially worrying about the “mental health” of AI bots and agents.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 21h

SOLIDARITY! On International Coffee Day - and every day - farm workers stand with Starbucks workers in their struggle! Just like many farm workers, @sbworkersunited.org is fighting back against greedy employers for the contract they deserve. #NoContractNoCoffee

A farm worker at the side of a field wearing a face mask holding a sign saying farm workers support Starbuck workers #nocontractnocoffee

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Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire is quietly shooting a pro-ICE movie that dramatizes the Renee Good killing. We got the script. My latest False Flag for @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/daily-wire...

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The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script.

Locals aren’t happy about the film’s take on the ICE shooting of Renée Good.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21h

Defunding policing was and is the floor.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026

Man, imagine you're minding your own business, getting kind of drunk with your friends at a picturesque brewery in Maine, when suddenly John Roberts walks by and you get to start heckling him. Must have felt incredible. That's the dream. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

The chief justice used to preside over a Supreme Court whose members were afforded more privacy and freedom than many other public officials. Once, years ago, Mr. Lipson and the chief justice found themselves up the peninsula from Port Clyde without a car, Mr. Lipson recalled in an interview. So he stuck out his thumb by the side of the road and a pickup truck pulled over. He and the nation’s top jurist hopped in the back and hitchhiked back to town.

Now, Mr. Lipson said, he is cautious about introducing his friend to strangers. This year, on an outing to nearby Monhegan Island, people recognized the chief justice as he walked by a brewery and started to chant: You should be ashamed.

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The American Postal Workers Union @apwu.bsky.social · 21h

Oregon State Pres. Daniel Cortez and Eugene Area Local Sec-Treas. Wendy Nessmith recently helped lead trainings with @oregonaflcio.bsky.social, the Organizing Institute, AFGE, and @lettercarriers.bsky.social, equipping union members with the tools they need to organize and defend public services.

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 29/09/2026

I gave a talk last week about tech billionaires (we really don't like them) and how to fight them (labour organizing, it's always labour organizing). Come take a 9-minute break from producing shareholder value and watch! Thanks to @thewalrus.ca for inviting me for #WalrusTalks 🍁

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Jenny Zhang: Workers Can Take Back Tech

YouTube video by The Walrus

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23h

Sorry: Here's a link to the Klan Act. It effectively says they targeted Somalis and Latinos and Good got (literally) caught in crossfire. I got distracted in a long section on far right propagandists like Nick Shirley. legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

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DocumentCloud

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda.

44. At all relevant times, Defendants Ross, Miller, Noem, Lyons, Homan,
Bovino, and the John Doe Federal Agents acted under color of federal law and within the
scope of a joint enterprise with the private actors described below. Defendant
Lewandowski acted in part under color of federal law and in part, as alleged below, as a
private person, his federal status having been limited to a temporary part-time designation
that his conduct exceeded. Shirley, Rufo, and Ben Bergquam, and the other non-party
private actors described below, agreed to and in fact participated in the conspiracy alleged
here: each acted in concert with, and with the knowledge and encouragement of, federal
officials.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21h

Every so often you'll see somebody like Elizabeth warren partner with him on legislation he knows won't pass, lending him credibility he doesn't have, but the final outcome of all his proposals is always, conveniently enough, bupkis

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Hawley, Warren Introduce Bill to Break Up Big Medicine - Josh Hawley

Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Break Up Big Medicine Act to address rampant consolidation in the healthcare industry that drives up prices, squashes competi...

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21h

josh hawley exists primarily to give fascist bigots populist credibility on tech policy they never have to actually earn, most frequently by holding hearings that do nothing or proposing legislation he knows won't pass

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Sen. Josh Hawley introduces bill aimed at stopping abuse of Flock cameras and similar AI technology

Sen. Josh Hawley is unveiling legislation to establish guardrails for Flock cameras and other artificial intelligence-powered surveillance technology, CBS News has learned.

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 23h

I don’t go high when they go low. I get LOUD. Because the soul and humanity of this country are at stake. /end

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 23h

Wanting lower property insurance and healthcare for everyday families isn't un-American; it’s what working people deserve. They can take their tech-bro cash and their weird, intrusive agenda somewhere else, because I'm not going any damn place. /3

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 23h

The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 23h

I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1

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HasanTheHun (automated mirror) @hasanabirepeater.bsky.social · 21h

as i said from the jump, the anti hasan ads aren't working. just because the gop consultant thought this would be their most effective strategy, doesn't mean it would work. they simply have nothing to run on, and now they know it because the polls show it. libs should take note

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing

Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.

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WisDems @wisdems.org · 23h

Expanding BadgerCare>>>>>>>>>>Cutting healthcare funding READ *Vote David Crowley NOT Tom Tiffany*

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Pentagon is “increasing [nuclear] options available to the President,” says undersecretary of war: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-fin...

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Trump’s Finger Gets Closer to Nuclear Button

Not that Congress cares

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HasanTheHun (automated mirror) @hasanabirepeater.bsky.social · 22h

BACK IN LA💢ISRAELI 9/11 STOPPED? WHAT ARE THE ODDS?💢UT SPEECH AFTERMATH DEATH THREATS GALORE💢UK TERROR?💢HORMUZ STATUS?💢EMMA VIGELAND IN THE BUILDING💢SITUATION MONITOR💢GET IN NOW!! twitch.tv/hasanabi

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Lis Power @lispower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fox News is honing in on the enemy ... and it's ... Ms. Rachel?

Graphic showing "Ms. Rachel's controversial stances"

which includes supporting Dem candidates, supporting Palestine, opposing ICE, and stating no one needs a billion dollars.

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Bender Rodríguez @plungerman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

ICYMI: An Open Letter to the Honorable People of the United States of America img9.irna.ir/d/r2/2026/09...

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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Think you know Jupiter? In ultraviolet light, it can look like almost another planet. Dark poles, a dark Great Red Spot, one bright oval that fades. #Hubble reveals clouds and hazes the eye cannot see. 📷NASA, ESA, Hubble, Judy Schmidt apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap18101... 🧪🔭⚛️ #planetsci #astronomy

Jupiter sits big and round against black. This is near-ultraviolet, false color.
Bands run across the disk in cyan, pink and muted brown instead of the usual cream and orange. The poles look darker brown with slightly pinkish clues. On the left side of the planet a large storm, the Great Red Spot, is also dark rather than red. Just to its right a smaller oval that would look white in visible light is similarly dark. Farther right a chain of storms, the String of Pearls, stands out bright pink.A small round disk at upper left, off the planet’s limb, is Ganymede.
A thin credit line at lower right reads NASA, ESA, Hubble, Processing: Judy Schmidt.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love living in a country where a politician can sign a law banning the health care I need to live and be greeted as a hero of comity and good sense

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Christa Pike was tortured yesterday by the state of TN in every single USians name and the fact is that this is a country that is mostly OK with this. This says everything about all of us. We are all implicated in this barbaric practice. It's sickening.

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Bender Rodríguez @plungerman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

El Fiscal Roger Mariaca, quien investiga a Fernando Cerimedo, es detenido en Bolivia www.sinembargo.mx/4879704/el-f...

El Fiscal General del Estado (FGE) de Bolivia, Roger Mariaca, responsable de las investigaciones contra el asesor de ultraderecha Fernando Cerimedo ligado al Presidente Rodrigo Paz, fue detenido de forma ilegal este miércoles juntos a otros funcionarios de la institución, denunció un funcionario de la Fiscalía General del Estado.

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Bender Rodríguez @plungerman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

'The attorney general denied the accusations on Monday and insisted in a statement to the press that the decision is an act of "interference" and "political pressure" in response to his investigations' [into Fernando Cerimedo]. www.cbsnews.com/news/bolivia...

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Bolivian attorney general blacklisted by U.S. is arrested over alleged drug cartel ties, government source says

The U.S. State Department said that Roger Mariaca received "bribes to facilitate drug trafficking and help violent criminals evade justice."

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Bender Rodríguez @plungerman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Bolivia's Attorney General Roger Mariaca and Santa Cruz's chief prosecutor Alberto Zeballos were detained Wednesday, with authorities providing no immediate explanation, 2 days after the US announced visa restrictions against Mariaca, Zeballos and other Bolivians." english.news.cn/20261001/579...

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Bolivia's top prosecutor detained

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Justice Kavanaugh, please explain to me — and Christa Pike— how this is an “interim” decision? Justice Barrett, please explain to us how this is merely a “preliminary” ruling?

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mallow @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i very rarely seek out movies on my own searching by criteria, kinda a part of the whole "living in a shared culture" thing is that i get curious what other people are talking about

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026

“I kept begging for a divorce, and he’d threaten to kill my children.” “I was in a very abusive, sick relationship.” These women were imprisoned for crimes that stemmed from their abuse. A new law offered them a second chance. (Published Feb. w/ @nytimes.com)

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They Were Convicted of Killing Their Abusers. A New Law Offered a Second Chance at Freedom.

An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"I’m thinking of a labor movement, but one very different than the kind we’ve already seen. A labor movement that manages to finally ditch all traces of the ideology that says that work is a value in itself, but rather redefines labor as caring for other people." - David Graeber

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Israel has been appropriately called a GENOCIDAL STATE because everyone can see that it is committing ONGOING GENOCIDE.

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They Call Me Gary @theycallmegary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

😂 Weekend Update: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on AI’s Threat to Humanity - SNL😂

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 01/10/2026

Going to be honest this might be my favourite headline of the AI bubble

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