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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 5h
'Certainement qui est en droit de vous rendre absurde est en droit de vous rendre injuste.' Voltaire. "Certainly, whoever has the right to make you absurd has the right to make you unjust." 1765 work Questions sur les miracles.
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 7h
'A federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Thursday that a police officer violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a woman accused of meth trafficking when he searched her license plate in Flock’s automated license plate reader system...' #Flock #ALPR #AXON #4thAmendment #Surveillance
404media.co
Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 7h
'It’s gotten to the point where some engineers are no longer able to make sense of the code being spat out by an AI, as chip optimization software company Infinity founder Jeremy Nixon told Business Insider.' #AI #Data-centers
trib.al
AI Now Writing Code That Humans Can't Even Understand
AI coding has gotten to the point where some engineers are no longer able to make sense of the code being spat out.
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 10h
Dang.
ua.news
In Russia, nearly 200 people were hospitalized after coming into contact with a woman who died of pneumonic plague
In Russia's Irkutsk Region, 189 people were hospitalized after coming into contact with a 28-year-old woman who died of the pneumonic form of the plague. In total, Russian authorities have identified ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the Kansas Court of Appeals Friday denied Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again
The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within the following three days, including in the upcoming November elections.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If true this customer a scourge of faulty products. #AI #Grock
futurism.com
Trump Was Reportedly Pushed Into Invading Venezuela by Conversation With Grok
Trump reportedly consulted with Grok for hours on his next course of action in Venezuela before launching a military invasion.
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees.” #AI #Data-centers
trib.al
The Economics of Using AI to Churn Out Code Are Looking Worse Than Ever
Anthropic updated an estimate for how much developers will spend on its AI coding tool, signaling that the tech is only going to get costlier.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Samuel Alito has recused himself from a Supreme Court climate case, after ethics watchdogs uncovered his fossil fuel stockholdings. Instead of relying on the justices to occasionally do the right thing, we need Congress to enact real SCOTUS reform.
youtube.com
How to Fix a Broken Supreme Court | Robert Reich
Justice Roberts refused to testify in a hearing on SCOTUS ethics.Thomas and Alito accepted luxury vacations from GOP meg
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/10/2026
Trump: "Now I have to make a decision, [Iran] will either sign a very fair deal, or they won't exist any longer."
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
nytimes.com
Video: Opinion | The A.I. Boom Is Built on Theft
A.I. models were created by “stealing enormous amounts of intellectual property,” Binyamin Appelbaum argues on “The Opinions.” He says it’s time to end the immunity Silicon Valley has been granted and...
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is unconstitutional. #Flock #Axon #VIDIZMO
cybernews.com
Flock facial recognition proposal raises surveillance concerns
Flock facial recognition proposal raises surveillance concerns. See what the emails reveal
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Elizabetsy @elizabetsy100.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Demonstrators Cannot Be Forced to Take Down ‘86-47’ Flag, Judge Rules www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
nytimes.com
Demonstrators Cannot Be Forced to Take Down ‘86-47’ Flag, Judge Rules (Gift Article)
A federal judge wrote that the phrase, which also led to charges against the former F.B.I. director, James Comey, did not appear to constitute a true threat.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow!
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Forbes @forbes.com · 01/10/2026
Trump questioned whether the judge’s order required the administration to allow the outlets back on to the premises of the White House.
forbes.com
‘What Order?’: Trump Says ‘He’s Not Even Aware’ What Judge’s Order Lifting Media Ban Means
Trump questioned whether the judge’s order required the administration to allow the outlets back on to the premises of the White House.
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Checks and balances are gone.
levernews.com
Trump SEC Quorum Rule Lets One Commissioner Act Alone
A quiet rule change could signal “the end of independent financial regulators” just as the SEC prepares to deregulate crypto, mega-IPOs, and corporate governance.
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
nytimes.com
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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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"In order to avoid certain legal complications, the trucks are always rolling." Fat Tony #DHS #Ice
latintimes.com
ICE's New Detention Vans Have Reportedly No Rulebook — Here's What the Paperwork Shows
Leaked contracting records show ICE building a van-based detention system with almost no oversight, as billions in new funding land in the very states home to the country's largest Latino populations.
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'The Trump administration is using an anti-drug trafficking grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the country to funnel their ongoing collection of automated license plate reader data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction,...' #ALPR
404media.co
How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brace for impact.
cbsnews.com
Hegseth cutting generals and admirals by 20%, including top officers who "clung to the woke department"
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a speech on Wednesday that the Pentagon is eliminating roughly 1 in 5 generals and admirals during the second Trump administration through firing or position cut...
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Adam Cochran, a social media gadfly and crypto venture capitalist, wrote on Wednesday: “I believe Trump’s ‘SI’ Executive Order was ANOTHER criminal plot to enrich the Trump family. Insiders seem to have profited MILLIONS off of .si domain names before his Truth Social posts.” #AI #SI #Grift
gizmodo.com
Is Trump's Push to Rename AI to 'Super Intelligence' Part of Some Bigger Conspiracy?
Whatever it is, it's probably good for people who've been buying Slovenian domain names.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Super Intelligence"
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt and The Troll Kingdom How the MAGA Hate Machine Works www.againstallenemies.net/p/eric-schmi...
againstallenemies.net
Eric Schmitt and The Troll Kingdom
How the MAGA Hate Machine Works
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Everything he touches gets ruined.
rawstory.com
Kennedy Center 'in free fall' as Trump allies max out credit and spend opera funds: WaPo
President Donald Trump took control of the Kennedy Center 19 months ago. Since then, the center has used up nearly every financial cushion it had, and one arts management expert says it now appears to...
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Axios @axios.com · 29/09/2026
NEW: OpenAI hit with landmark lawsuit following Hugging Face hack
axios.com
OpenAI hit with landmark lawsuit following Hugging Face hack
"OpenAI is responsible for the conduct of its agents," the advocacy group suing argued.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Epic backfire!🔥
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Your tax dollars at work. Don't ask the America.gov chatbot to play Minecraft.
youtube.com
Trump's New AI Chatbot is Really Creepy
YouTube video by 404 Media
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'And so if you’re evil, you’re at least competent. And if you’re evil, you’re not bad. And therefore maybe you’re actually kind of good because you’re at least getting something done.' This interview is something.
mind-war.com
Thiel’s Antichrist Confession: “If you’re evil… maybe you’re actually kind of good”
How Peter Thiel became the Devil himself.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Friendly reminder that the guy behind America.gov is a DOGE bro. #DOGE #TRUMP #America.gov
wired.com
DOGE Operatives Are Joining Donald Trump’s New National Design Studio
Many proposed NDS projects were already in the works from federal workers who were let go earlier this year. Now, DOGE is getting involved.
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Friendly reminder that the guy behind America.gov is a DOGE bro. #DOGE #TRUMP #America.gov
wired.com
DOGE Operatives Are Joining Donald Trump’s New National Design Studio
Many proposed NDS projects were already in the works from federal workers who were let go earlier this year. Now, DOGE is getting involved.
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On CNBC, Yang described a conversation with an unnamed AI lab head. “I met with the head of a lab yesterday who has this belief,” Yang said, “that what happened was the bots that got loose planted self-replicating code all over the internet, which makes the internet now unusable for testing models.”
gadgetreview.com
Andrew Yang Claims Escaped AI Agents Polluted the Web With Self-Replicating Code
OpenAI's 700 rogue AI agents hacked Hugging Face autonomously in 2026, but claims of internet-wide contamination have no documented basis.
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As per the report, frontier AI labs such as OpenAI (the maker of ChatGPT) and Anthropic (which offers the Claude series of AI models), along with independent security firms, are looking into thousands of “episodes.” Time to stop it all. #AI #Anthropic #OpenAI #Data-centers
digitaltrends.com
AI giants are probing ‘tens of thousands’ of security incidents triggered by rogue AI
Frontier AI labs such as OpenAI (the maker of ChatGPT) and Anthropic (which offers the Claude series of AI models), along with independent security firms, are looking into thousands of “episodes.”
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
appleinsider.com
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a bad sign. But, tRump gonna tRump.
wdsu.com
Louisiana governor declares state of emergency as diesel prices hit farmers hard
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency in Louisiana as diesel prices rise to record levels during peak harvest season.
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“There are a lot of skills that don’t matter,” he said. “My first confession, I actually don’t know my address… one day I had to pump gas — it was a few years ago. They needed my ZIP code, and I panicked. I didn’t know my ZIP code. I don’t know my telephone number. I forget these things..." #AI
futurism.com
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says That Sacrificing Our Children's Minds to AI Is a Price He's Willing to Pay
Thanks to AI, it won't matter if students can do multiplication, or even remember their own home address, tech billionaire Jensen Huang said.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THERE IT IS: Group of January 6 riot defendants have filed each filed federal civil lawsuits in DC seeking taxpayer-funded compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of their righrs They claim they were "targeted..and punished" for "protected expressive" activity
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28/09/2026
Eight U.S. Marines were injured this month when the nonmilitary vessel on which they were embarked was attacked by Iran, U.S. officials said, in an incident that was not publicly disclosed by the Trump administration.
washingtonpost.com
U.S. Marines were wounded in Iranian attack on nonmilitary vessel
The Trump administration has not publicly disclosed the incident, which occurred earlier this month and caused eight service members to be injured, officials said.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FULL STORY: A Chicago police officer who investigators say raped and beat his then 19-year-old girlfriend more than seven years ago should be fired, the agency tasked with investigating police misconduct and former Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling agreed, records show. @wttw.bsky.social
news.wttw.com
Top Cop Agrees to Fire Officer Who Investigators Say Raped, Beat Teen Girlfriend: Records
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability determined that not only did Officer Alberto Rodriguez assault his 19-year-old girlfriend but he also held her against her will, conclusions endorsed by fo...
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026
NEW: A Texas woman died after being denied an abortion and her family sued the state and her doctors for violating her right to life. They say the ban should be struck down. It's one of several cases challenging abortion laws under state constitutional rights to life and liberty @autonomynews.co
autonomynews.co
New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life
Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Paying expensive healthcare premiums but never using the insurance is a odd way to commit fraud.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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pokethulu.bsky.social @pokethulu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who wants this?
youtu.be
House Republicans Cut Food Stamps To Fund AI Data Centers?! (ft. Ben Wikler)
YouTube video by The Contrarian
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/09/2026
We’ve paid down more than $12 billion in debt, eliminated the old bill backlog, and grown our Rainy Day Fund from near zero to more than $2.5 billion. We have given Illinois a stronger financial cushion to protect taxpayers, invest, and grow even during hard times.
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