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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 6h
“The promise of AI – the promise AI companies make to investors – is that there will be AI that can do your job, and when your boss fires you and replaces you with AI, he will keep half of your salary for himself and give the other half to the AI company.” — @doctorow.pluralistic.net
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𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮 @anondananda.bsky.social · 15h
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 4h
Did they put Eric Schmitt in charge of ad buys?
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23h
Well, it’s a quick take, and no doubt data will come in, but it sure looks like based on today’s evidence that a lot of pro-Trump and pro-AfD bot work depends directly on Russian data centers.
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WaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦 @waterblusky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Cloudfare: Russian troll activity on X drops to 49%, after Ukraine strikes Yandex Russian data center. 🤖 🫤 Could this disrupt the midterms for the GOP?
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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Lolly Lolly Lolly @bluecheesier.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
OMG! #Hamilton on the midterms! @jbf1755.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
October 10, 2026
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October 10, 2026 (Saturday)
So now, after more than a decade of pretending that he is not associated with Russia and that he would honor the U.S.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This appears to be the new national parks/federal lands entry pass.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 10/10/2026
Putin told Iran the locations of our warships. Today, Trump rewarded him by lifting sanctions and allowing American dollars to fuel Russia’s war machine. Our troops are in harm’s way, and the President cut a deal with the adversary putting a target on their backs.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
October 7, 2026
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October 7, 2026
On October 7, 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 election, the Washington Post broke the story of the so-called Access Hollywood tape, a video from 2005 in which Donald Trump told television host Billy B...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No AI for kids. Full stop.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Part (but far from all) of what's horrific here is: a woman weighing the consequences of speaking up about being sexually assaulted, because speaking up imposes burdens and costs (and so does not speaking up).
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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RockDems VA @rockdemsva.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We have a real chance to flip this very red district blue, and need your help in the last weeks of this election. Please find something you're comfortable doing or willing to be trained to do, and volunteer with us! Seriously, even 1 hour of your time on a Saturday will be put to good use!
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 06/10/2026
New post at Strength In Numbers today with a fresh take on whether the polls are overstating support for Democrats or Republicans. I use a measure of respondent engagement to proxy non-response and simulate potential bias. Error could be quite large www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-10-06...
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Steve the Dog🐾 @stevethedogcivics.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
She's not wrong. ⁣ From "What the Heck Just Happened", 10.4.26, with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social ⁣⁣ 🐾⁣⁣ Steve⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #protectdemocracy 15s
quote from the october 4 2026 episode of "what the heck just happened" with Heather & Joanne. Slide reads "Trump is not even just destroying the constitution; he's acting as if it never existed."
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Openly provoking a foreign adversary to kill millions of Americans is completely unhinged and reckless. Donald Trump is the most dangerous and corrupt president in our nation’s history. The stakes are too high to send him another yes vote from Minnesota.
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Tom Bonier @tbonier.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'll post more state breakouts tomorrow, but so far in every state I have checked, the Hispanic turnout share exceeds that of 2024. In Minnesota, total Hispanic turnout has exceeded the same point in 2024 as well.
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Tom Bonier @tbonier.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is pretty wild. While the total turnout in VA so far is 23% below where it was at the same point in '24 (expected, given that '24 was a presidential year), total Hispanic turnout is almost 50% ahead of the same point in '24.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A whole political movement should be stood up against this arrogant and sociopathic bullshit www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We will never again be a democracy if we don't get the big money out of American politics. There should not be any higher priority. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/one-priori...
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One Priority Above All Others
We Must Drain the Poison Out of Our Body Politic If There Is to Be a Better World After Trump
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The best Jack Smith, a/k/a John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, vs. Eric Dumb Schmitt, yet. 🤣
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
History won't ask what you posted. It'll count who showed up. Be in the count: check your registration, make your voting plan, and bring two people with you. When we vote, we win. #LetsGetVoteReady
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Part of the post-Trump repairs to democracy must be inspectors general. What if we house them in the legislative branch, where a president cannot fire them? Courts could serve as a check.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord"
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump refuses to turn his camera on at the G7 summit
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?
Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 01/10/2026
Washington Sun: President Donald Trump wants the Oval Office declared a federal landmark so no one can take down the gilded accents he’s affixed to the walls.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026
A little over a year after leaving government service, Elon Musk is set to return in a limited capacity, co-directing a Pentagon initiative known as Project Meridian, focused on the future of warfare, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced. wapo.st/4ytVaiG
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elijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 01/10/2026
Today I joined veterans, preservationists, and concerned citizens demanding that the Administration stop construction of Trump's vanity arch. No one but Trump wants this, so I will not stop fighting against this selfish, dangerous, and illegal proposal until it's gone. youtube.com/shorts/0bx0D...
youtube.com
Beyer Joins Call to Stop Trump’s Vanity Arch
YouTube video by Congressman Don Beyer
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
SO excited to see the launch of The Propaganda Playbook - this is a critical resource for everyone and it's coming at exactly the moment we need it. Check it out! propagandaplaybook.org
propagandaplaybook.org
The Propaganda Playbook | Onyx Impact
A practical guide to identifying, verifying, and responding to political propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation in the digital age.
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Volunteer Blue @volunteerblue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Video: On Senate Floor, Sen. Mark Warner Calls for Data Center Guardrails, Urgent Need to Pass AI Security Legislation bluevirginia.us/2026/09/vide...
bluevirginia.us
Video: On Senate Floor, Sen. Mark Warner Calls for Data Center Guardrails, Urgent Need to Pass AI Security Legislation - Blue Virginia
Earlier today on the US Senate floor, Sen. Mark Warner” called on Congress to enact meaningful protections for communities facing the rapid expansion of data centers, arguing that legislation must inc...
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ONE WEEK LEFT to register to vote in TN. There is no same-day registration, so everyone must be registered by October 5th. It is also important that you double-check your registration. You can do both on Vote.org! Early voting starts on Oct. 14th.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Trump is selling nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia despite reported US intelligence that the Saudis still want a bomb—while the Trumps have taken billions in bribes from the Saudis. This is Trump corruption at the expense of US national security. Stop the deal.
Saudi Arabia Open to Possibly Developing Nuclear Weapons
An intelligence assessment examined Saudi Arabia’s military ambitions as Congress reviews a new civilian nuclear deal between the U.S. and the kingdom
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Riverboat Chris @riverboatchris.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's really funny to say "we are likely to receive a resounding election defeat largely driven by this war and once the election is over and there is a mandate to end it, I am tripling down."
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I could not more strongly agree with this take from @jamellebouie.net. youtu.be/NmYspr5wakI?...
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What should Democrats do if they win?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
TONIGHT! A gorgeous book you should get even if you can't come to any of Leah's events. A fast-paced, vivid (but thoughtful!) account of how the Inflation Reduction Act was created and passed.
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BungalowBill @opinionsarelike.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“While the word intelligence is constantly deployed in these circles, the word stupid often seems applicable.” 👌
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The disappeared*" was a term for those the military dictatorship in Argentina imprisoned/tortured/murdered during the dirty war. *"detenidos-desaparecidos" (detained-disappeared)
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
The cervical punch biopsy and colposcopy was easily the worst pain I’ve felt in my entire life.
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.
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The Deportation Project Map
Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...
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