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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 5h
The words you're looking for are "attempted murder charges" He intentionally drove his SUV into a pedestrian
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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 15h
Miller favorably compared what Trump insiders privately call his “war on terror” against the US left to COINTELPRO, the FBI’s notorious campaign of surveillance and dirty tricks targeting Black civil rights and other civil society leaders
Privately, according to two people familiar with the matter, Miller has (favorably) compared the Trump administration’s actions on this to COINTELPRO, the notorious Cold War-era FBI surveillance programs that routinely violated fundamental constitutional protections. But it’s a little more than a year of his iteration of MAGA COINTELPRO, and Miller wants more – a lot more. The sources add he’s berated other senior government officials about why more left-wingers haven’t been arrested or criminally charged, and why it is taking so long to dismantle certain liberal nonprofits; Miller has told colleagues that it would be an “existential threat” to the Republican Party if the Trump era were to end without the obliteration of the political network connected to liberal billionaire George Soros.
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 21h
Because my job can be a real bummer, when I am searching for instances of sexual violence among men in a defined group, you don't search for "sexual assault," you search for "hazing." We have euphemized language because we really, really don't want to address this in any real terms.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21h
Montana Dem Sam Forstag just refused to throw trans people under the bus in the MT-01 debate: “Keep politics the heck out of it.” He said government has no business in sports or telling parents what to do. It’s the most competitive House race in the country. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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“Keep Politics The Heck Out Of It”: In Toss-Up MT-01 Race, Dem Sam Forstag Refuses To Throw Trans People Under The Bus
The Democratic candidate accused his republican opponent Aaron Flint supporting people who would “pick our pocket” by distracting voters with anti-transgender attacks.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 23h
Shut up!
"GE warns its toaster may grow human arms and shoot you with a gun" Ok that sounds like their fault. They should do something about that
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is a great story! Scarecrow Video is legendary, give them some love and rent a movie! www.thestranger.com/film-2/shelf... @thestranger.com
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Shelf Life - The Stranger
As he leads me on a tour of Scarecrow Video, longtime buyer Mark Steiner spots former employee Xoe Amer in the new releases section and waves. Steiner, who started working at Scarecrow in 1992 and retired in September, has worked with Amer’s mom, witnessed Xoe grow up, and seen her work at Scarecrow’s erstwhile coffee […]
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CPN @oksettledown.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Shane Gillis is completely replaceable in a world in which Danny McBride exists
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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I think that if millennials/gen Z work together we can drive HOAs to the breaking point
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My HOA once charged me $75 because my trash can was visible from the street for approximately six minutes. So now I use the anonymous form on their website to report myself for having grass that's too long. Sandra has to walk all the way over with a ruler and measure it once a week. It's important to stay involved in your community.

A lady with a ruler walking away from a yard
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.
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Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Investors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12/10/2026
“I'm afraid that we will be the ones that everyone looks back on and says, 'Hey, remember they tried to tell us that these things were hazardous to our health and causing harm,' Polk said. ‘I'm afraid that we're going to be those casualties.’”
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Elon Musk's data centers are pushing out a family that's owned land since "before people of color were allowed to"
A plant in Southaven, Mississippi, that powers Elon Musk's SpaceXAI data centers in the area has sparked backlash from residents concerned about noise and air pollution.
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 12/10/2026
“It was like a machine... And it creates more harm than good.” Like every other part of the U.S. government, the criminal legal system targets and fails Native people — and it starts during childhood.
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Native American kids in WA more likely to be arrested
Before and after trial and even for low-level, nonviolent crimes, Native American youths are locked up at higher rates
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12/10/2026
Probably nothing to worry about for homeowners unless there are a bunch of other devices taking images in your home and making that data available for sale. Good thing no one would do that.
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AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo
Raven, previously called GeoSpy, lets cops figure out what specific Airbnb or Zillow property a photo was taken in.
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Clever Resistance @cleverresistance.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Communities have control over whether they sign 287(g) agreements. Its legal to observe and film.
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Andrew Gurza @andrewgurza6.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Rest in power RJ Mitte. You were a role model to so many of us with disabilities; especially to those of us living with Cerebral Palsy.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Nobel Committee must have overlooked this
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Really unpopular things: -data centers -overt bigotry -CSAM -billionaires trying to buy elections -Hitler salutes -stealing people’s personal data -South African Apartheid -causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of children Fighting against Elon Musk is a political winner
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
X is the platform of choice for these smears. Musk himself pushed this conspiracy from his own account three times. Democrats need to go to war against Musk because he's already attacking them. He's deeply unpopular. And, as we saw in Wisconsin, voters recoil when he becomes an issue in a race.
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Rebel Pinecone @rebel-pinecone.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I'm not sorry: if you use the word "dominate" in casual conversation, you're an unsafe person imo. The reddest of flags.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Reminder that HSI should be wholly abolished and none of its staff kept. Their mission is to investigate "the illegal movement of people, goods, money, contraband, weapons and sensitive technology." They're just letting that happen, too busy doing this and guarding the reflecting pool Trump ruined.
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That’s according to people familiar with the matter.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
An important bit of immigration law which is relevant here; there is already a waiver process — Section 212(k) of the INA — by which immigrants who obtain status through fraud that they didn't know about can avoid consequences like losing a green card. So this is *even weaker* than it already seems.
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The proposition of sentience or intelligence is part of the AI Industry’s agnotology gambit. Just as Big Tobacco funded red herring research to flood public discourse with doubt, so this industry poses inane talking points as existential questions and even funds research into them.
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Aren Aizura @incommensurati.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The only doc who would prescribe T in Indiana when I lived there insisted on doing a “prostate exam” on all his trans guy patients and hit on them (us) constantly. His license was later revoked. I can only imagine how he manipulated trans women patients.
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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 10/10/2026
the fundamental thing wrong with this ai-driven "hyper personalization" pipe dream is that your preferences are constantly changing, primarily in response to experiencing things that are different from your current preferences and expectations, through this little-known process called Living.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🧊✈️ SEATTLE: A girl in chains boards an ICE-chartered GlobalX airplane (tail: N630VA) at Boeing Field, to be transported south to Arizona 👀
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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 10/10/2026
Doctors and Democratic lawmakers say a federal pilot program in six states, including Washington, is using artificial intelligence to delay and deny care for Medicare patients seeking certain procedures.
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The feds are using AI to deny care to WA seniors, Sen. Murray says
Doctors and Democratic lawmakers say a federal pilot program in six states, including Washington, is using artificial intelligence to delay and deny care for Medicare patients seeking certain procedures.
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Politico @politico.com · 10/10/2026
ICE targets Hong Kong exiles in US despite deportation protections politi.co/4yMafw6
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ICE targets Hong Kong exiles in US despite deportation protections politi.co/4yMafw6
ICE targets Hong Kong exiles in US despite deportation protections politi.co/4yMafw6
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Death of a handyman: ICE cited “convictions for driving with expired vehicle registration” and an unspecified judgment against him in favor of the Maryland comptroller. The 47-year-old Curo-Churata "had volunteered to leave the country on his own, but a judge denied the request."
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Laurel father and husband died in ICE custody in Louisiana
Julián Curo-Churata lived in Laurel for about 17 years before he was detained in June by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. He died in the agency’s custody on Sept. 29.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed: "I was a junior in HS on 9/11, sitting in my chemistry class. I watched as people started to point to people of my faith & say exactly the kinds of things that Rogers was saying. If that's his entire campaign strategy, you have to imagine how small minded he thinks Michiganders are."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed begs Trump to campaign in Michigan 😆
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"I entered my cell and found my cellmate babbling, a spaced-out look in his eyes. The pungent scent of burnt paper was overwhelming. The K2 crisis in prisons has made me realize it is not realistic to eradicate all illegal drug usage behind bars..."
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It’s Time to Allow Marijuana Use in Prison
K2 is arguably the most popular drug in prison. It’s also dangerous and deadly. We could allow pot use behind bars as a form of harm reduction.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
Aminata Seck has been freed. "I'm just ready to go back to school, get my master's and get this surgery done,” she said. ICE kept her in pain in detention for two months for no reason. www.espn.com/womens-colle...
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Kentucky State player released on bond from ICE custody
Kentucky State University women's basketball center Aminata Seck was released on bond Wednesday after spending two months in ICE custody.
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If you need bulk whistles in WA, get in touch! We have a solid network of local 3D printers and can hook you up. DMs open
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 08/10/2026
Latest data on US light rail transit ridership: —Seattle & San Diego are far above pre-pandemic levels —Seattle's ridership is by far the highest in the nation now —LA's ridership is close to pre-pandemic level —Denver is *really* struggling www.thetransportpolitic.com/databook/us-...
Transit ridership over time, showing change from the pre-Covid period, with levels benchmarked to January 2020 levels, for top 10 US light rail systems.Transit ridership over time, showing monthly ridership levels, for top 10 US light rail systems.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 08/10/2026
David Byrne turns Elon Musk’s own words into a proto-punk song on “Let Me Sell You a Dream,” the Talking Heads singer’s contribution to the Alex Gibney-directed 'Musk' documentary, out Friday. Listen ↓
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David Byrne Turns Elon Musk's Own Words Into New Song 'Let Me Sell You a Dream'
David Byrne turns Elon Musk’s own words into a protopunk song on "Let Me Sell You a Dream," the singer’s contribution to the 'Musk' documentary.
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John @johnbull.wtf · 08/10/2026
John Wilson with an entire bar about ai and creativity said on @pablo.show show
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026
It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
X post from AI industry insider Alvin Sng :

My wife: Can you read our baby a book?
Me: I can just play an audiobook from my phone.
My wife: But then it won't be in your voice.
Me: I can train a voice model.
Parenting hits different when you work in Al.
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 07/10/2026
Trump announced $100M to train U.S. citizen scientists only. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... These are not new funds. NSF underspent its education funds by $100M this past year. Of course, it pales in comparison to the $560M lost due to terminated NSF education grants: grantwitness.org/nsf 🧪
Trump Makes $100 Million Push to Train American Scientists

By Liam Knox
October 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM UTC

The Trump administration is injecting more than $100 million into education programs for American researchers in STEM fields, as federal policies stanch the flow of foreign scientists to the US and policymakers focus on an AI arms race with China.
The initiative, which President Donald Trump is set to announce at a White House summit on Thursday, aims to increase the number of highly trained scientific researchers who are American citizens through fellowships for PhD programs in science and engineering disciplines, according to a White House official.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
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.
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"take a hike" joke's on you, exercise would be great for my mental health
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026
reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news
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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.
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sami 🔵 @hellosami.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I catalogued over 500 hours of Youtube footage for a website that lets you stare out the window of a train, and also control the weather somehow train.samismith.com
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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"I think it's cool that you and your LLM supposedly got this to work. It has no place in my world." is now my favorite AI bro brush-off.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026
All prisoners should have the right to vote while in prison
Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Any suggestions for middle grade books with arab protagonists? My kid just said they dont like being arab because "we're always the bad guys."
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 03/10/2026
the Cornell case should make us question prosecutors and police all the time: the same DA offices discounting college students’ sexual assault cases (the lacking investigations, the disbelief) are happy to jail countless women for far less, day in and day out, when most people aren’t watching
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Every single newspaper that reported that Jane Doe “changed her story” should be rushing to publish retractions right now. This case should be a lesson in taking a DA’s victim-blaming statements at face value. Victims do not report to the police because they thought nothing happened to them.
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