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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026

But an increasing proportion of arrests have been made by local law enforcement in partnership with ICE, via 287(g) agreements. In many regions, it can be difficult to know when local officers are conducting routine policework or immigration enforcement. In many cases, they are doing both.

A chart showing immigration arrests by local police, which have increased steadily since ICE's new enforcement strategy began in April 2026, reaching its highest amount above 200 arrests per day in late June 2026.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 23h

Oh bsky.app/profile/ecmc...

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Noel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

he's so out of touch with reality it's almost funny. people can't afford food or driving to work, but yeah. let's pretend we'll all have a world-burning privacy violation machine in 5 years 🙄

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Empire of Grift

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 22/09/2026

"According to the city, this is the largest labor enforcement action in New York City history as well as the largest food delivery worker settlement ever reached in the entire country."

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Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Gov Gavin Newsom over the weekend vetoed legislation aimed at protecting providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state." He was "worried about constraints on the governor's power to approve extraditions". www.ebar.com/story/170505...

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Newsom vetoes bill aimed at protecting providers of transgender care

Governor Gavin Newsom used his veto pen over the weekend to ax legislation aimed at protecting providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The word of the day is: "unleash" I've been seeing a lot of "unleashing AI", "unleashing expertimentation (with AI)", and even ostensibly critical "OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT on the world with no one's consent". >>

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wilber Garcés Pérez "was taken to a hospital late Monday after experiencing paralysis on the left side of his body, his lawyer said." On Sunday, ICE had forced him to leave the hospital even though he still had a bullet lodged in his back/doctors arguing it was "reckless." ICE wanted him to die.

washingtonpost.com

Man shot and detained by ICE is hospitalized for partial paralysis, lawyer says

Wilber Garcés Pérez has been transferred to a hospital after his condition worsened, according to his attorney. He was shot and wounded by an ICE officer in Texas.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

acting morally is a lot easier when it's your only option.

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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NEW: Leo Garcia Venegas, detained three times by DHS, just won a major victory in his case. The court stayed three DHS policies: Immigration agents can no longer raid construction sites without a warrant, round up workers based on how they look, and refuse to let them go after they show a REAL ID.

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 20/09/2026

Hegseth eliminated the reviews and approvals designed to prevent civilian casualties, to avoid culpability for war crimes, figuring "hey, we thought the [boat / school / whatever] was a legitimate target" would be a viable excuse. This can't be allowed.. He must be criminally prosecuted.

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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

but inevitably i find myself running a checklist: does this discourse conclude to rationalize harm? does this discourse ignore or manipulate some important facts, or does it work with those facts toward something bigger? does this discourse enhance or weaken my values?

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

People used to mask in NICUs. Guess when they stoped?

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Symbols matter. White House isn't a palace. Kennedy Center is for the general public to enjoy. We don't have a triumphal arch in DC because that's imperial. We don't put the president's face on money because it's monarchical. It's about tearing down everything that says we're a democratic republic.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 14/05/2026

saw this on an ACT UP poster from 1988 at the Poster House museum today. the more things change :)

THE REPUBLICANS WANT IS DEAD
THE DEMOCRATS DONT CARE

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026

Tallinn, who led Anthropic's series A, funds METR, the "auditing institute" people took seriously 🙄 After criticism that METR was laughably NOT independent, Anthropic announces they'll pay Accenture to "audit" Accenture had acquired Tallinn firm which will be doing the "auditing" Full circle 🙄

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Banning "superintelligent" 🤢 AI plays right into industry rhetoric and keeps the focus off immediate, real world harms such as privacy, bias, and labor. Literally the same name of the silly Bostrom book everyone was reading 12 years ago.

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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026

HaJ3FgupAm8RrDJW3MHgT9X7Ft27eVaD What is that? That's a hard-coded API token that Flock cameras use to identify themselves and get OAuth credentials, which can then be used to talk to Flock's production servers. Like, anyone on the internet can probably do this right now.

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 16/09/2026

As a rule here: blame systems, not people.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026

Thinking of/with antiwar activist A. J. Muste:

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Once a reporter asked him, "Do you really think you are going to change the policies of this country by standing out here alone at night in front of the White House with a candle?" A.J. Muste replied softly: "Oh I don't do this to change the country. I do this so the country won't change me.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/09/2026

yes. i would wager that these people genuinely believe that the country is MAGA and that there is a vast and untapped audience to be appealed to. incidentally, these people also exist in an impenetrable bubble of sycophants.

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 16/09/2026

This report shows that, here in Virginia, only 37% of Starlink subscribers have a connection fast enough to legally qualify as broadband. In most states, most Starlink subscribers aren’t getting broadband speeds. Increased Starlink adoption will make this worse.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 14/09/2026

Transphobia is a losing strategy. If you’re telling trans people to eat shit for the cause you either know this and want cover for your own transphobia or you don’t know this and think it’s morally acceptable to mark some bodies and lives for death in the name of expediency. Fix your hearts or die.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/09/2026

Osama bin Laden's great hope for the attack was that the US would overreact -- tear itself apart, destabilize the post-war international order, & sacrifice its moral standing. The Republican Party obliged him, beyond his wildest dreams. (And let him get away!)

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas.

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

All AI generated content can do is waste your time. It is, in this sense, stealing your life, the precious finite time you have on this earth from you, every second you are forced to interact with it, forcing you to look at its meaninglessness. It is a mindless vampire.

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

NEW: Meta is facing a proposed class action alleging it used Facebook and Insta photos to build its NameTag face-recognition system and train AI models without consent. WIRED found code for NameTag hidden inside Meta’s AI app downloaded by tens of millions. Meta said the feature “doesn’t exist.”

wired.com

Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems

The proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build its unreleased “NameTag” face recognition feature...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

white supremacy is not a "growing" problem in the republican party. it is a central feature attracting new younger members. from october:

politico.com

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.

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Pause AI in BC Schools @aicaution.ca · 10/09/2026

The data from this OECD PISA report is damning. "students who do not use AI outperform those who do, ... equivalent to being around one year of schooling ahead of their peers." www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

Graph showing students who never use AI scoring 505 on a "draft texts for writing assignments" task. As students use AI more, the score goes down, until students who use it daily score 480.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In what universe would a white Mayor be told he could not attend a commemoration in Oklahoma City because "Timothy McVeigh?"

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Imagine if you just gave mathematicians 22 million dollars

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

To all @wgaeast.bsky.social members, please take one minute today and vote in your union council elections. You’ll get a voting email this morning. You can read all of our candidate statements here and frankly everyone running is great. Support union democracy, vote! www.wgaeast.org/candidates/#...

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Candidates | Writers Guild of America East

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 09/09/2026

if AI developers are truly scared AI could wipe out humanity, humanity should wipe out their companies.

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daniel sieradski @self.agency · 09/09/2026

from the very get-go it was so obvious and clear what was going on and absolutely no one wanted to fucking hear it because they knew it was a golden opportunity to wipe gaza off the map

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her school

Norman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine.

Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 08/09/2026

This endless train of puff pieces about charming neo-Nazis inevitably leads to Nazi ideologies being mainstreamed. Once you shift from "we should kick Nazi's teeth down their throats" to "What if the Nazi is wearing a buttondown shirt?" it's very hard to come back from that. And the Nazis know it.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Um… 😶

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Norwegian data: 98% more doctor visits for memory problems and 150% more for concentration problems than the trend before the pandemic.
At the same time, an enormous increase in prescribed heart medications. Even in Sweden.
Precisely the things we know COVID infections cause. Why don't we want to see the connection?

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The declining labor share of income is the class war crystallized and everything progressives want is downstream of putting the power of capital on a leash. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/capital-is...

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Capital Is Organizing the World to Its Advantage and Everything Else Is a Sideshow

Capitalism or humanity, but not both.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 07/09/2026

2026 really was a fundamentally different summer to 1976 in terms of temperature across the UK and Europe Data: ERA5

Comparing 1976 and 2026 summers in NW Europe

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