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Alexander Luckmann @aluckmann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

With AI use, as with politics and public life in general: bring back shame (as @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social says)

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

GODDAMN IT THIS IS AMERICA

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

This is why civic owned teams make so much sense imo, why should some rich guy get to define what are in every function public institutions.

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck man, I think he's cooked.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Over the past months, I've seen a lot of headlines/news coverage written like this: "WH does [fill in the blank] *despite* court order." No! It is *in violation* of the court order. "Despite" makes it seem like their choice. It is not!

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I think losing Louisiana would, even more than losing Mississippi or South Carolina, make white Dixie Republicans have a nervous breakdown.

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Unlike Macklemore, these support acts don’t have big followings and they are giving up their chance to perform to stadiums to push back against censorship, not of themselves but of a fellow artist. Respect.

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I think a lot of the technology is inherently morally bad and should be banned, or at least extremely tightly regulated.

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Contribute you bastards

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you made software not intended to kill everyone and now you think it might kill everyone that sounds like a product liability issue. You should go fix it and stop bothering me

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BBancTucson @robertappod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you live in Pima County, here's a good voter guide. Please pass it along! pimavote.com?utm_source=p...

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PCDP Voter Guide

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Get the laptops out of the classroom!! No internet!!! Print readings for the students! Use real books, pens, & paper! We are doing a “low-tech” classroom this semester, and just a week in, I can tell it has made all the difference

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The cats graciously put on a magic show for us last night. I figured out how they did most of the tricks, but I didn’t say anything, because that would have been rude.

Two cats on a platformed tower. One is on the lower level, head hidden behind the middle section. The second is on the top tier with only their head showing.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Any candidate who accepts Musk's money will be repeatedly asked if they think it's a political liability to partner with an open bigot—blatantly racist, unambiguously sexist, egregiously antisemitic, you can pick one of many, many available examples—and if they'll give the money back, right? Right?

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i love that this has had literally no impact on my day lol

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Good fucking Christ

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BBancTucson @robertappod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Ngl, I'm really pleased to see the AZ numbers.

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Beth ran an incredibly hardworking campaign without big money or institutions behind them. And they're a real comrade. As they said: join.dsausa.org

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Beth Andres-Beck @beth4ma.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Vote TODAY!

A graphic that says "It's time. Vote for Bethany to: Regulate AI, Abolish ICE, Medicare for All."

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“Carl Ruby, a Springfield pastor, said he was struggling to make sense of Bel’s untimely death. ‘I know that I’m a pastor and I’m supposed to be forgiving,’ he said. ‘But right now as I sit with a broken family, I’m crying out to God for righteous judgment in those who made this happen.’”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/09/2026

I would like ask JD Vance about Pierre Damas Bel.

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BBancTucson @robertappod.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Hear, hear! I drink water all day, every day, and I add electrolyte drinks in the summer when it's 100°+ for weeks on end. Gotta do it just to survive.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"The unpopular President calls upon government regulators of the media to punish reporters for accurately reporting the news" is a statement that can only possibly describe an authoritarian regime. www.reuters.com/business/med...

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Trump says NBC's Welker will be reported to FCC

U.S. President Donald Trump ‌on Sunday said in a post on Truth ⁠Social that NBC's Kristen Welker will be reported to the FCC for "rebuke or ‌punishment", ⁠after he said she reported the ⁠Repu...

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Hudsonia @bopstyle.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

In fact, Dem response should be to expand national parks and animal habitats. Put on platform. Start now for 2028. Make repubs vote against popular ideas.

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Don't cross a picket line.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said. Both were unvaccinated. These the first deaths related to measles within the state in 35 years, it reports

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2 people die from measles in Pennsylvania

Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday.

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"If we want people to stop using AI, we need to help them come up with alternatives for what they use it for." THINKING. WITH YOUR BRAIN. THAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Too, the idea we should debate everything is usually proposed by those whose rights and humanity are not subject to debate. Debate amplifies and legitimizes false and abhorrent views plus it's a bullshit sport weaponized by the likes of Charlie Kirk, not a sound method of arriving at truth.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Let’s call this what it is: an atrocious betrayal of people who risked their lives to help Americans.

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 21/08/2026

Never let a writer help you move

A cardboard moving box with EPHEMERA written on it in Sharpie

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recamc.bsky.social @recamc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

WHY DO TWO CABINET SECRETARIES HAVE REALITY SHOWS NOW???????

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Redford would have turned 90 today. “All the President’s Men” (1976) owes its existence to him; he bought the film rights, developed a script and cajoled a reluctant Woodward & Bernstein. I thought it was “a great character study,” he said later — but for months, “they didn’t return my calls.”

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Beth Andres-Beck @beth4ma.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

To reboot our democracy, we need politicians with integrity. I care about more than just following the rules. bethfordemocracy.com

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Love how this dude discovered the cheat codes of "what if I listened to constituents" and "what if I modeled good behavior" and "maybe I behave like a normal person should." These are apparently dark secrets that have been hidden from other politicians.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

During the AIDS crisis, a lot of men died alone or comforted by non-family because their parents had cut them off. Where the hell are the articles --and the judgments-- about parents who cut their children off or abused them so badly separation was survival?

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

For context: Fifteen years ago, Elon Musk told me at a public forum he was "highly confident" that SpaceX would be sending manned flights to Mars within 15 years.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/08/2026

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has spent a good portion of his adult life sitting on gold toilets and doesn't know what hardship is, and doesn't understand our service members. In fact, it's insulting what he said -- that the deployment wasn't long enough. He doesn't know sacrifice."

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Is it because they openly muse about replacing humans with technology as if human beings were a problem to be solved through elimination, is it that.

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