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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/09/2026
Of all the weird recurring motifs of the stories people tell me about the AI labor wars, the *weirdest* is when bosses demand to be reassured that their contractors and workers will *absolutely* use AI to get the job done.
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 11/06/2026
the are publicly in favor of pogroms
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retlav.bsky.social @retlav.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The saddest thing is that I am not even surprised by this. Madness is the new normal.
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N Sims @copyrightlibn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
So weird: there's more than one scammy memorial site inviting donations or tree-planting in my dad's memory. We are not asking for that, but if people feel moved, donations in lieu of flowers to www.aclu-mn.org, www.aclu.org, or www.eff.org Econ folks, can you help get the word out?
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Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2011
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2011 was awarded jointly to Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims "for their empirical research on cause and effect in th...
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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Joseph Halpern was an early explorer of the interface between computer science and game theory. #econsky #cs marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/02/joe-...
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Joe Halpern (1953-2026)
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Amarok Subalpine @amaroksubalpine.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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David Bau @davidbau.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
What should academics be doing right now? I have been writing up some thoughts on what the research says about effective action, and what universities specifically can do. davidbau.github.io/poetsandnurs... It's on GitHub. Suggestions and pull requests welcome. github.com/davidbau/poe...
Federal agents with weapons drawn, moments before murdering American citizens on the streets of Minneapolis at the dawn of 2026.
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Blue Collar Kevin 👨‍🏭 @kevpoliticsland.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
When ever I hear a Trumper exclaim, "Trump Derangement Syndrome!", I think of this...
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
lol sign worked
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Nothing to worry about, just a US official advising our nuclear-armed adversary how to manipulate the President of the United States, a notoriously weak-minded mark
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5. He’s been taken by ICE in Florida. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
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Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/mar...
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Mariella Frostrup silences Nadine Dorries with dismantling of anti-immigrant rhetoric
Mariella Frostrup perfectly dismantled the anti-immigrant rhetoric from the right, leaving Nadine Dorries speechless.
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Joshua Gans @joshgans.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Here is the full Reagan speech from the Reagan Presidential LIbrary that have the Americans so upset last night. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5Q...
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President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
When you fear the messages of 1984, The Lorax and The Handmaid’s Tale you are telling on yourself.
Dumbass conservative reasons to ban 10 books.
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John Pettus @johngpettus.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Bertrand Russell, at 89 years old, to Sir Oswald Mosley, a man most famous for founding, in 1932, the British Union of Fascists. I'm all for civil discourse. But everyone can and should draw a line at who they will talk to. Notice that Russell did not demean himself with incivility, either.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Art history in western Europe: Medieval: can't draw people, only side perspectives, maybe as it was Too Dark? Renaissance: can draw people, can't draw baibes Enlightenment: Can draw people and babies Modernity: Why draw baby when you can draw cube?
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
It’s time for the white community to stop playing the victim & have an uncomfortable conversation about violence, parental responsibility & the families raising the thugs causing all the white-on-white violence in Republican-controlled cities. Maybe it’s their culture Did I do it right?
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Brian Albrecht @briancalbrecht.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Why do economists hate tariffs more than other taxes? Today's newsletter is 6 reasons why tariffs are a terrible way to raise revenue tl;dr they violate all the main results of how to raise revenue efficiently www.economicforces.xyz/p/6-reasons-...
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6 reasons why tariffs are a terrible way to raise revenue
Some principles of taxation
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Dope, a meme chamber @dannybirchall.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
the scenario we all feared
Sausages and cheese, German supermarket
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 24/06/2025
A pregnant woman lost her baby after ICE refused to give her prenatal care. She begged for help and was denied. She was fed food full of cockroaches. She was forced to sleep on the floor. This is absolutely disgusting and we should all be outraged. nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...
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Detained immigrant's pregnancy fails while in ICE custody - Nashville Banner
ICE's treatment of undocumented immigrants raises concerns as a woman's experience highlights what she described as inadequate medical care while in detention.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
I recently heard a high-profile pundit argue that the Trump movement cannot be Fascistic as -its supporters don't wear uniforms; -Trump dislikes foreign wars; -he hasn't tried to amend the Constitution. It's a dangerously complacent view, that misses the sheer gravity of the current situation. 🧵
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retlav.bsky.social @retlav.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Conrad Russell on his father Bertrand, from a 1988 review of Ryan's "Life of Bertrand Russell" (www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v1...)
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Conrad Russell · Radical Heritage
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retlav.bsky.social @retlav.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
commencement.news.wfu.edu/2020s/c2025/...
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2025: Scott Pelley - Commencement News Archive
Good morning, everybody. What a beautiful day. What a beautiful North Carolina day for a graduation. Incredible. Thank you, President Wente, Provost Gillespie, members of the Board of Trustees and Kat...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY. And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon. And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
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Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Bravo, to Stanford faculty, led by physics, to ask their administrators to stand up and fight Trump. stanforddaily.com/2025/05/22/f...
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From the Community | Stanford professors respond to political interference in the governance of U.S. universities
Over 300 Stanford professors respond to Trump administration's interference in U.S. universities.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
"These people came to the United States with advanced US government permission, were vetted and screened before arrival, violated no US immigration law, and the US government turned around and “disappeared” them without due process to a foreign prison." www.cato.org/blog/50-vene...
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50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to US Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law
The US government not only denied these men due process; it has generally failed to provide their families, their attorneys, or the public any information about what it alleges these men did to deserv...
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Remember the good times when the main threat to the scientific endeavor was conditioning on a collider
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Michael Bang Petersen @m-b-petersen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This statement from the NSF is insane. Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false. Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
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cyber professional @permadeath.com · 18/04/2025
i am going to Lose My Fucking Mind if the seed crystal for an antifascist general strike ends up being david fucking brooks
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Opinion | Time for a Civic Uprising (Gift Article)
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.
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Keith Schnakenberg @keithschnak.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
This is a very costly way for everyone at Columbia University to learn subgame perfection
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
A teacher in Idaho has been told to remove posters reading "Everyone is welcome here" - specifically because it features different skin tones. As I wrote last week, this is a global political movement that has explicitly set the goal of eradicating the very concept of equality.
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West Ada teacher stands firm after she’s told to remove ‘Everyone is welcome here’ signs
Sarah Inama said she was told by administrators that her signs “don’t allow people to express differing opinions.”
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest “Stop resisting” “He’s not resisting” Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Yeah, this is a perennial truth -- landmark struggles over free speech typically involve people who are saying and doing things that are *unpopular* That's, uh, why they need the protection of the First Amendment. It's sort of the whole point.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
This is straight-up fascist dictatorship activity. Not fascist-adjacent or “reminiscent of authoritarian regimes” or whatever euphemistic bullshit — fascism.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment. Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too. His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
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BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This is a profoundly evil betrayal and a direct reflection of Trump's soul—a disgusting, small, and shameful ghoul who gets off on harming the powerless. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
it wasnt very popular but i do think this was a late-breaking fave for me among my own tweets
some idiot tweeted "none of the 'stand with ukraine' people have a plan for victory" etc etc, i QTed "you snivelling fucks would have surrendered at marathon/thermopylae/etc and we wouldnt have any fucking western civ for you to jerk yourselves off over"
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/03/2025
Javier Milei just deleted from his socials every trace and photo of this June 2024 visit, during which he awarded Volodymyr Zelenskyy the Order of Freedom medal. ~AA
Javier Milei giving the "thumbs up" with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in June 2024.Javier Milei awarding Volodymyr Zelenskyy the Order of Freedom medal in June 2024.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Hegseth has ordered the Pentagon to STOP offensive cyber operations against Russia. This is insane. Russia is actively targeting the U.S., and the ability to conduct offensive operations (which was authorized by Trump in 2018!*) was at least one deterrent. Not anymore www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
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Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia
The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war.
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Roger Myerson @rbmyerson.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Only 2 nations have endured a long masterclass on war in the new drone age. Trump would make peace by having one submit to the other, putting both of their armies under the Kremlin. Without an independent Ukrainian army, could Europe withstand these authoritarian forces? But Trump sees "no cards."
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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...
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US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics
The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.
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