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Reader Nana

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 8h
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 11h
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Bible actually does have something to say about this: Exodus 20:16: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think we all saw that coming
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Private companies are hiding the Musk doc, while public funds are makin' Trump ads. If you are cool with it you can kiss my entire black ass and whatnot.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 28/09/2026
I'm doing my taxes to do an extended filing and the reality of what the disappearance of the capped ACA clawback will do to me in 2026 is crushingly real. If that sounded like gibberish to you, you're very lucky and I envy you.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨"Admin initially floated..wd have virtually shut down mail voting: requiring all ballots to be delivered exclusively thru certified mail..wd have required voters to be home, sign for delivery of ballots..ult abandoned, after vehement Postal Service objections that it wd have been imposs to execute"
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today, I see angry young men online LARPing as Catholics, often for the aesthetic. They celebrate strength and hate the weak. The use slurs against the disabled and fantasize about enacting Crusader violence against their enemies. I wish the Pope would speak directly on this.
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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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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 26/09/2026
"Mr. Vice President: Peter Thiel played a decisive role in your life. Recently, he suggested that evil is good and called the Pope a 'useful idiot.' How do you respond to these extreme statements from your benefactor? Do you agree with him?" —Question a DC reporter should ask (but likely won't)
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 27/09/2026
"Obama tried to freeze Fox out" is a complete lie and it's incredible that Jake Tapper feels the need to both-sides this
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I hope that young woman bankrupts Cornell University.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I don’t want to be a dick. But having read a few things by this Yudkowsky guy and now seeing that he left school in middle school and didn’t go to high school or college I think I’m understanding the situation a lot better, or things at least seem to fit.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Well, Sen. Grassley, if he does something after you tell him he can't, and you don't do anything, it turns out he *does* have the authority.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Grassley has repeatedly made clear to Iowa GOP grandees that in the event of his death in office, he expects his grandson and designated heir, Pat Grassley, speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives, to succeed to his senate seat. Applying the principle of dynastic succession.
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Called it
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Chuck Grassley at a GOP dinner in Des Moines:
"One of the reasons I'm worried about who's going to be elected governor. I don't plan on dying in office, but if I did I don't want a Democrat governor choosing my" replacement
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts. Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad. The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that.
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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 25/09/2026
Blow it up, BlueSky. $9.25 pays for months of books for a kid.
donate.imaginationlibrary.com
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Make a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children.
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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
Trump’s EPA let a major pesticide company pick what its regulations should be. Alarming proof that EPA is there to serve corporate interests, not protect the safety of Americans. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule
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Minnesota DFL Party @dfl.org · 23/09/2026
Richard Uihlein has given Lisa Demuth more than $13 million to try to put her in the Governor’s Office. Minnesotans don’t want a Wisconsin billionaire buying our elections.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The random civilian who illegally stole everyone's data & dismantled large chunks of the federal government, in an end run around Article I of the Constitution, should be jailed for life & not have large govt contracts, the ability to contribute to political campaigns, or stakes in large media orgs.
Rockwell FoS
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/09/2026
I told ya she did it.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
whenever i hear some variation on "but what if trump does X or Y or Z" i think of this ulysses s. grant remark to a subordinate during the wilderness campaign.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
just coincidentally, the author of this racist screed is also the ex-husband of Pamela Paul, who ran the NY Times book review for almost a decade
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For God's sake, this is craven. The Russians have been trying to obliterate US companies in Ukraine repeatedly and with some success. The US government says nothing at all.
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 22/09/2026
Elon Musk’s America PAC has spent nearly $2 million backing Ken Paxton. Republican strategists working on the Texas Senate race reportedly hope Musk keeps his distance. The money can stay, apparently. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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GOP candidates want Elon Musk to pay them and shut up
Republicans are concerned that Elon Musk’s role in financing the GOP might backfire.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 21/09/2026
We gotta defund all these fascist tech creeps.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If executive branch creates a system so that people under government control can be located and then just stops listing some people in that system — despite their still being under government control — that should be a five-alarm fire for the other branches, the states, and the public.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
We’re not in a new Gilded Age in America: inequality is now far worse | Casey Michel
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We’re not in a new Gilded Age in America: inequality is now far worse | Casey Michel
Today’s wealth gap is much bigger, and the country’s richest have much more power than they once did. It’s an Age of Oligarchy
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Anyway, panic is a psy-op. Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I wish there were a single sentence that could simultaneously encapsulate and explain every single problem we have in modern society.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Spotted new posters around DC today
OMG.
AMERICANS ARE LOSING ACCESS
TO
LIFE-SAVING
CLINICAL TRIALS.
OMB.
UNITED SCIENCE
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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You do understand that everything he's doing to Washington DC is about fortifying the city when he decides he's not leaving office
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ask yourselves why people want panic for you and power for themselves. Who does that serve?
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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Notorious VOG @notoriousvog.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Barack Obama explaining WHY we need strict AI regulation—likening it to vital airline and drug safety—is a masterclass. Tech monopolies will always prioritize profit over humanity. It stands in drastic contrast to Trump's unserious hands-off approach and nonsense 'AI force.' Choose sanity!🤦🏾‍♂️🛑
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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
nice of him to give away the game. so, they want americans to "be healthy" enough to... work more. notice how they don't talk at all about happiness or well being. they only want to extract the maximum value out of you until they dispose of you
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It would be cool if they covered the literal top Republican donor for the second cycle in a row being an Actual Nazi as being as important as they covered Piker saying Mao had some good ideas bsky.app/profile/mcke...
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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Every celebrity who appears in an ad for online gambling has had plenty of warning that they’re collaborating, for cash, with the new version of the tobacco industry. Hold them accountable. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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At DraftKings, AI Targets the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose (Gift Article)
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“.. Large plume of black smoke rises from the fuel storage area at King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 19, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.” REUTERS/Stringer
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 17/09/2026
Maybe we need to elect someone smart.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026
ICE cannot be reformed. It must be abolished.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Weird, she ‘moderated’ on trans rights and yet her opponent is still calling her a deranged leftist SJW. If only there was some kind of precedent for this so it could have been predicted in advance.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The combination of ignorance, lack of curiosity, certainty, and surrounding himself with yes-men is not good. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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