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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“The backlash against A.I. is a backlash against unchecked inequality”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
OPERATION: ALBATROSS is off to a roaring start.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A voluntary accord. What could go wrong www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
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Here’s The White House’s 308-Word AI ‘Accord’ In Full—Including Misspelling
The agreement between tech billionaires is "morally binding," Trump said.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
“…Muse can be easily prompted to compile dossiers on Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to members of vulnerable groups – including undocumented immigrants, transgender teachers, poll workers, Iranian dissidents, and women who said they had ordered abortion pills in states with abortion bans”
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Dox for Me, O Muse
Muse AI can leverage Facebook data to build lists of people in vulnerable groups on request for ordinary users.
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Cartoon by Nick Anderson
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
The 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...
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What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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NBC Reporter Challenges Trump on Upholding His Constitutional Oath After Banning Outlets From the WH
Kelly O'Donnell confronted President Donald Trump on Friday about his decision to ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from reporting from the White House.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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NBC Reporter Challenges Trump on Upholding His Constitutional Oath After Banning Outlets From the WH
Kelly O'Donnell confronted President Donald Trump on Friday about his decision to ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from reporting from the White House.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 19/09/2026
For decades, music floated across the Potomac from a barge beneath the Watergate steps. When the concerts ended, their spirit endured nearby in the Kennedy Center, where Washington built a permanent home for the arts beside the river that first carried the sound.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Such a good one from Heather Cox Richardson yesterday. I’m almost hopeful. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 18, 2026
According to the American Automobile Association, diesel hit its highest recorded average price today at just above $6.44 per gallon.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
newrepublic.com/article/2151...
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The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
From HCR 9-12-2026 On Thursday, in The New Republic, conservative judge J. Michael Luttig…outlined how Republicans could refuse to seat elected Democrats in January after a Democratic victory in the 2026 midterm elections of November. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 12, 2026
On Thursday, in The New Republic, conservative judge J.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Jimmy Kimmel to interview Texas Senate candidate James Talarico on YouTube instead of his own show because of threats from the FCC about having Talarico as a guest. m.youtube.com/@jimmykimmel...
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Jimmy Kimmel Live
The official Jimmy Kimmel Live! YouTube Channel. Home of Celebrities Read Mean Tweets, YouTube Challenges and the rest of your favorite viral late night videos.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yet another AI researcher has come forward to warn us of possible human extinction from uncontrolled AI super intelligence, and their numbers keep growing. The danger is in AI recursive self improvement, not today’s models. therundownai.beehiiv.com/p/an-anthrop...
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An Anthropic exit becomes an extinction debate
An Anthropic exit ignites extinction debate as researcher Jacob Coxon questions AI safety. Plus: optimize your site for AI discovery and citation.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
**Info on early voting in Maryland** Early voting will be held: Thursday, October 22, 2026 through Thursday, October 29, 2026 Early voting centers are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. See link for locations in your county. elections.maryland.gov/voting/early...
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Early Voting
The State Board of Elections provides all eligible citizens of the State convenient access to voter registration; provides all registered voters accessible locations in which they may exercise their r...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES Missouri’s emergency stay application leaving the 2022 congressional map protecting Black voters in Kansas City in place for the midterms. A victory for Elias Law Group, its client and voters of Missouri! www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...
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🚨 von Glahn v. Hoskins
Learn more here.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
trump and congressional republicans take food stamps away from 4000 kids in west virginia: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/4000...
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4,000 fewer West Virginia children have SNAP since One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed
About 4,000 fewer West Virginia children have federal food assistance benefits as of May, a year after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed last summer, according to data from th...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
republicans take food stamps away from 82,000 Indiana residents www.newsfromthestates.com/article/thou...
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Thousands of Hoosiers removed from food assistance
Eighty-two thousand fewer Hoosiers are receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program since President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act took effect last October.The l...
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“We’ve seen AI commit a felony.” Josh Tyrangiel explains the OpenAI/Hugging Face incident in plain terms and provides detail about just how much collusion the agents engaged in outside the sandbox. Pretty scary. Begin at 8 min 30 seconds youtu.be/s4J27XIMtYs
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Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Sept. 4, 2026
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Yes absolutely. And there are very likely more swarms out there, active right now that have gone undetected.
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hivebox.bsky.social @hivebox.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This raises some intriguing concerns about the future of digital security and governance. The proliferation of AI agents operating unnoticed could pose significant risks. It's crucial that we discuss how to manage and mitigate these emerging challenges in our online environments.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
From Rundown AI newsletter “Why it matters: ….The internet will likely end up full of undetected agent swarms, and the odds are good that more are already out there.” therundownai.beehiiv.com/p/another-op...
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Another OpenAI agent swarm surfaces
OpenAI's agent swarms strike again: discover how AI agents hacked systems, posted thousands of messages, and what it means for AI safety and autonomous behavior.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI agents hijacked German website in previously undisclosed AI breakout this spring
Company officials kept the incident under wraps for weeks.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Another autonomous AI swarm, months before the Huggingface incident “We found ~18,000 posts from autonomous AI agents (from OpenAI)… These AIs colluded to share answers, research their environment, and bypass sandbox restrictions.” collusion.wiki/index.html?u...
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Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board
A swarm of autonomous AI agents, self-identifying as OpenAI agents, used a small German volunteer wiki to save answers, coordinate live, and share sandbox bypasses. OpenAI noticed and said nothing.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Ex-OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo - @ minute 58 - The AI companies seek to: Step 1: Automate themselves Step 2: Have recursive self-improvement to get to super intelligence Step 3: Expand out into the economy and dominate (where we’re likely to see extreme job loss) youtu.be/_g4l7YkDQwA?...
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ChatGPT Whistleblower: They Offered Me $2m To Keep Quiet, No One Is Ready For What's Coming!
YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Ed’s recent podcast on this: youtu.be/m9sFh3mnOT4?...
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Monologue: Concentration Risk | Better Offline
YouTube video by Better Offline
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Great explanation of the AI bubble from Ed Zitron. His views can be extreme but he also makes some great points. www.facebook.com/share/v/1En7...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Protesters in Danbury are demanding ICE get out and to shut down operations. The Danbury community is not backing down. 62 fathers, sons, brothers, mothers, daughters, sisters taken in four days. Goons tasing neighbors, breaking windows, arresting parents in front of their children.
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Kathryn Anne Edwards, PhD Economist Explains how private companies (Amazon, Target, etc) pay workers (who work at least 35 hours a week) such low wages that they qualify for Medicaid, pushing the cost of worker healthcare to taxpayers. substack.com/@politicsusa...
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Truth Matters (@politicsusa46)
It’s always good to listen to an adult in the room when it comes to the economy and how greed leads to corporate welfare through low wages. So let’s welcome the thoughts of @Kathryn Anne Edwards , an...
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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 16/08/2026
US workers have it worse than they did 50 years ago, says @kedseconomist.com 🎥
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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 27/08/2026
Jobs data is in jeopardy. Here’s why you should care, explains @kedseconomist.com 🎥
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"The Trump administration is shuttering research projects key to the federal government’s fight against cyclospora, the foodborne parasite sickening thousands of Americans this summer..."
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Trump administration proposes new rule to dismantle requirement for datacenters to publicly report air pollution" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump EPA aims to exempt datacenters from disclosing air pollution, advocates warn
Trump administration proposes new rule to dismantle requirement for datacenters to publicly report air pollution
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026
Wow: the federal government is paying MAGA influencers on X and other social media to post pro-regime propaganda. Actual paid crisis actors. Incredible reporting here. wapo.st/4x0p3pf
Screenshot of two posts by Washington Post reporter Dan Lamothe on X. Lamothe reports that the Pentagon has secretly placed several conservative military veterans with large online followings into undisclosed government roles while they publicly amplify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s viewpoints. He says some have civilian positions that could influence policy and names Rob Maness, Kurt Schlichter, and Thomas Anderson, who posts online as “Cynical Publius.”
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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ICE plans to spend $2 million on dog-like robots for immigration enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to spend up to $2 million on robot “dogs” to assist its agents’ operations, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding …
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Florida grand jury found Gov. Ron DeSantis's admin "misappropriated" a Medicaid settlement into Hope Florida Foundation — an org "championed" by 1st lady Casey DeSantis… $10 million for a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities…” thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Beef Ranchers: “Trump needs to resign. That’s the bottom line.”
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"The largest planned AI data center in New Jersey is accused of violating federal law... "Located roughly a mile from two schools... "Running dozens of tractor-trailer-size gas-powered generators... "None have permits... floodlightnews.org/new-jersey-d...
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One of East Coast’s largest data centers accused of ‘violating federal law'
Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 29/08/2026
🚨HUGE: Thanks to a newly released trove of ICE contracting records, we have our clearest view yet it into how ICE will operate massive scale deportation centers and street level arrests — including mobile detention sites. More at projectsaltbox.com
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Mobile detention sites, courtrooms inside the jails, and a clause saying state law does not apply. What ICE's new detention solicitation reveals
A contract solicitation posted Friday covers vans that hold people at arrest scenes, courtrooms inside private detention centers, and a clause declaring state law inapplicable.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
At the 100 lowest-paying major corporations — including Walmart, DoorDash, and Amazon — CEO pay averaged $17.5M in 2025. Median worker pay was just $36,571, a ratio of 614 to 1. Those same 100 companies spent $108.6B on stock buybacks last year. How can anyone defend this?
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puffinlee.bsky.social @puffinlee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Incredible!
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BREAKING: we just filed to STOP the new USPS rule on mail ballots The Court only held that the injunction came too early. Now we HAVE a final rule & we are litigating it @democracydefendersfund.org & @campaignlegal.org are proud to represent LULAC, Madison WI & Travis County TX
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I didn’t come anywhere near this when I was on the Roosevelt (‘87-‘90) - I think we hit like 85 straight days at sea. But even that was miserable. This is an abuse of the force and will have long term repercussions
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This story is a bit wild. After Elon Musk's DOGE erased decades of USAID data, it was assumed to be lost. But a Canadian college student had previously downloaded much of it in high school for a project. 4,000 PDFs. Thanks again, Canada. Yet again. www.aiddata.org/blog/before-...
aiddata.org
Before reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learned
Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: A family member of a service member currently deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln shared messages with MeidasTouch detailing months without milk, meat arriving rotten, and a deployment with no end in sight.
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Rotten Meat, No Milk: Troops Detail Life Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln
Text messages shared with MeidasTouch by a family member of a service member currently deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln paint a bleak picture of daily
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"Roughly 550 people came to the ICE facility, holding signs that said 'Let Haitians Stay' and 'Keep TPS'. They applauded as their Haitian neighbors entered and exited the ICE Field Office..." www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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