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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 44m

In a human sacrifice to deity there might be at least a mistaken and terrible beauty; in the rites of the moneychangers, where greed, laziness, and envy were assumed to move all men's acts, even the terrible became banal.

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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 8h

INVESTIGATION: Victoria denies that its bylaw officers put unhoused people’s new, perfectly good tents in the trash. So we tracked them with AirTags. www.defactomedia.ca/bylaw-office...

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Victoria bylaw officers trashed newly donated tents within days — contrary to city claims

The city has disputed years of claims that it discards unhoused people's belongings. De Facto reporters tracked new tents and carts to see where they ended up.

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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 12/10/2026

this is community 🪴

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Greenb3ar @greenb3ar.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Okay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Disguising yourself as a civilian in order to carry out a lethal attack is called perfidy and it’s one of the most serious of war crimes. The usual punishment is execution.

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U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane

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Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Columbus didn’t discover America. He never set foot on what is now the United States. Know what he did do? Enslave Indigenous people, traffic human beings, and help set loose a campaign of conquest that left entire populations devastated. Some national hero.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

People sometimes ask if I'm worried that posts like this will make me lose fans. Let me say for the record that if you find comedians who call women whores funny, you're a fan I want to lose.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Decomposing Princess Jackie @jackiesupernova.northsky.social · 12/10/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is the correct energy. No respect to Republicans, KKK, or any other hate group.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/10/2026

If you are on an escalator or moving walkway in an airport and you are standing on the left (or worse, in the middle), you are a bad person and you should feel bad about yourself.

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 09/10/2026

Quebec is the most anti-Elon Musk province in Canada “Musk’s net favourability in Quebec sits at -74%.”

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Quebec is the most anti-Elon Musk province in Canada

Quebec is the most anti-Elon Musk province in Canada.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The next Democratic president should appoint 700 Supreme Court justices, and during their first session, without warning, they should all swarm Bret Kavanaugh and eat him.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 09/10/2026

The time to stop things was before the public execution stage.

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NDP @ndp.ca · 09/10/2026

The Liberals are ramming through a bill to fast-track major projects at the expense of workers’ rights, Indigenous rights, and the environment. Join us for a mass organizing call on how we build the power to stop Bill C-39 and win a Canada that delivers for the many, not the money. RSVP today 👇

Graphic for a virtual mass organizing call and phone zap: Stop Bill C-39! Featuring Avi Lewis, Mark Hancock, Bushra Asghar, and Ramon Kataquapit. Wednesday, October 14th at 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 08/10/2026

News in Photo:

Elon Musk says Alberta should separate from Canada just like his wives and adult children separated from him

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PZ Spiders @pzmyers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Rooting out the rot in academia is a long, slow process, even when the evidence has been out in the open for years. freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 07/10/2026

Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

Use of artificial intelligence
By registering with ISBN Canada, you declare that your book was created by a human author. You may use AI tools only for limited support tasks, such as brainstorming ideas, checking grammar, or formatting your book. You must not use AI to generate the text, create the artwork, or translate the book. ISBN Canada does not issue ISBNs for works whose content is primarily generated by AI. LAC is currently reviewing its policy regarding the use of AI content creation and our guidance is subject to change.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

a little louder for the cheap seats in the back

One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.

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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 06/10/2026

Jim Bakker is dead at 86. His legacy? Fraud, fake cures, giant apocalypse-fueled food buckets, and decades spent turning Christian fear into personal wealth. His ministry was never about saving souls. It was about converting fear into cash. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/jim-bakker...

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Jim Bakker, the godfather of scamvangelism, is dead at 86

The convicted fraudster spent decades exploiting Christians with bogus promises, survival buckets, partisan paranoia, and a fake COVID cure

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

*I'm inclined to believe that lots of people do really like lies, as long as the lies are perceived as a flex and they're visibly harming somebody else. #MAGA

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Rae Patterson @rae-patterson.northsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes. Depressingly, the enjoyment of lies that hurt someone we don't like is not constrained to any particular political party or ideology. Lies about the opposition are considered to be fair game if they do damage or even provide a chuckle.

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Rae Patterson @rae-patterson.northsky.social · 06/10/2026

Plague is also endemic to the southwestern US.

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Rae Patterson @rae-patterson.northsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm sure they can find someone with fewer scruples and less pride in their work to be the human crumple zone for their publication.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/10/2026

Well, this is cute. I looked up an #AirCanada flight in Firefox and then pasted the URL into a Chromium window where I was logged into my #Aeroplan Elite account. Air Canada added $300 to the flight price when I tried to load it from a logged-in browser. Hell of a customer loyalty perk!

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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Those Who Walk Away From Harry Potter.

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PZ Spiders @pzmyers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Only a truly desperate, ugly woman would let herself be fondled by this creature, and then be silent about it. Right, Megyn Kelly? freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

we fucking loved it, even when there was basically nothing on it, and let me tell you something else: we loved it because of human connection, human diversity, human creativity. WE DON'T NEED A SINGLE THING ANY OF THESE COMEMIERDAS HAVE MADE AND TRIED TO SELL US IN ORDER TO HAVE A GREAT INTERNET.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Very saddened to say I won’t be able to headline Tim Pool’s student event in Chicago this week. I unfortunately have other plans.

Hi Katherine,
Timcast Media is partnering with the Chicago Thinker to host a student event in Chicago on October 9 at 4:00 PM.
The event will feature a one-on-one conversation with Tim Pool followed by a live student Q&A. To create a dynamic and balanced dialogue, we are specifically seeking a featured guest to represent a left-leaning perspective.
Timcast Media will fully cover and arrange all travel and accommodations.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Sincerely,
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Hi Lisa,
Sorry, I'll be too busy slamming my hand in a car door that day to talk with Tim. Hope you understand.
Kat

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026

The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

To expand on this: Bigotry isn't a result of an innocent misunderstanding, or not having all the facts. It's not a choice made rationally, defeated with a rational argument. Bigotry is a self-protective, foundational belief used to help make the world make sense to them. Debate won't change that.

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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Writer friends: don’t give up. I was rejected 299 times before I got my 300th rejection.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“GOTTA LEARN AI OR BE LEFT BEHIND.” Good. Fuck off! Leave me behind! Enjoy your artbarf rapture, your janky Temu future. I’ll be back here looking at real birds and writing weird, also real, books.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Whistleblower and former banker Simon Andriesz, 57, has died by suicide, The Banker reports. Andriesz exposed US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s past links to Jeffrey Epstein.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 04/10/2026

Dear indie bookstores: Please stop creating your logos (& posts & graphics &c.) with genAI. Those tools are built on the stolen work of the authors & illustrators you're supposed to be supporting & promoting. It's like someone using you for recommendations & buying from Amazon, only worse. 💜Me

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

10yo asked what i did at the festival and i said oh it's a book festival, so i just talked about my books, and he said "yikes" under his breath

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jay, god's most perfect princex @jaythenerdkid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

why pay for school photos when, for the low, low price of feeding your own child's sensitive personal information to a machine that churns out child sexual exploitation imagery, you could get a bunch of photos of a creepy waxwork simulacrum of your child instead?

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 03/10/2026

Like every LLM and agentic bot still comes with a disclaimer that you shouldn’t trust what it tells you and also might ruin your life so what part of that am I supposed to find useful?

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

YOU - By the way, I'm a fascist. THE DESERTER - You're not. You're part of the meat shield surrounding the *real* fascists, while they rape children. That's what *you* are.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026

If the whites were to get rid of the rest of us it would be nothing but peace, quiet, and harmony until 45 minutes later when they start the hair color killings

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