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Carter Lowe @whitesoxx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

They are cooking up food in the #WhiteSox stadium that you cannot possibly comprehend

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend.

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I am disheartened by this as well. I already lost a bunch of followers for agreeing with @tautologer, but it's saddening to see local nerdy women being caricatured as Karen-like outsiders and getting pushed out of the scene. This is exactly why you hear so few concrete, names-attached stories of sexual harrassment and assault. I'm told there is a history of discrediting these because the "slut normalization" thing is top priority and these stories get inconveniently in the way of spreading this ideology.
I got roped into attending last year's Saturday Slutcon party because so many local and out-of-town friends were there (to echo sentiments @tautologer expressed about "slut events becoming central to the larger scenes). Mostly I hung out with people I knew and that was great. But in the course of my 3-ish hours there, there were 2 times my "no" was not accepted by a man I didn't know, and I was physically pushing a huge guy off of me who was rubbing his penis on me, who continued to do it despite my physical force against him, and after I finally wriggled away from him, told him I wanted to dance alone etc., he came back and did it again.
This was scary and bad, but it didn't even cross my mind to report this because one of the other people who didn't accept my "no" earlier in the night was the bartender (an officially sanctioned authority at the event), and I knew the event was organized exclusively by women into CNC (who are vocal about how rapey behavior turns them on), so I figured this sort of thing would just get me laughed at. And anyway, I heard there were a lot of other incidents like it. Later though, someone encouraged me to report this story to the organizers, and despite my embarrassment I did, so *they know* that this and other incidents happened. This is why they cut the Saturday night party this year and created a larger training program for the flirt girls - *because* of things like this last year. Yet the narrative bein…

People who haven't been to Slutcon are saying "it's just group therapy," "it's just innocent flirting." But the environment is much like a sex party in that many people are nude, there is making out and sex acts happening out in the open. I think it's pretty unreasonable to expect that every nerdy girl who likes rationalist bloggers or is into EA/AI safety should automatically be comfortable with this! That if she's not, there's something wrong with her, we don't want her in our scenes, etc.
Not to mention, it's explictly an event *for men*, where men are the clients and the "flirt girls" are the product. Last year I overheard an exchange where a man felt "led on" by a flirt girl and was trying to get her punished/kicked out. (A dynamic that seems inevitable in this context!)
Anyway- it does sound like they've upped their consent education a lot this year, are more organized, and that's good! As I've told my friends who are attending: I hope they have fun!
I heard several accounts last year of women who had no problems and really enjoyed the event. That's great!
Just... can we live in reality about this? There are real reasons why male-female sexual dynamics are tricky.
Encouraging autistic men who can't yet read body language to go around asking to see womens' boobs is maybe a bit ill-advised. Maybe not everyone should be/identify as a slut; maybe it's not for everyone.
And yeah, filtering the Bay Area Al safety scene down to only women who are super comfy with this eliminates *most* women - including many of the really smart, nerdy, weird women who've been in the larger scenes for years. What a loss for humanity.
I absolutely understand why people with a minority sexuality would want to create belonging, would want to create spaces for people like themselves. But why do it like this/at this cost?

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Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🚨 PLEASE DON’T SCROLL PAST AHMED 🚨 Ahmed’s fever is 41°C. His body is covered with painful spots and sores, and he’s crying in pain. 💔 He still hasn’t received his medicine since yesterday. I urgently need $200 tonight for treatment. Please help me get his medicine. 🙏💔 chuffed.org/project/mahm...

Ahmed crying, lying on a red blanket. He has an IV drip connected to his right forearm. Red sores, contusions and abrasion marks are visible on his arms and face.

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Since Elon Musk seems to hate this documentary about him from one of my favorite non-fiction filmmakers, Alex Gibney, figured it was my duty to spread a link to the trailer so you can see it for yourself. ENJOY: loom.ly/oA2_-p8

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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Does it ever feel like this is a metaphor for trying to get by here in America? We work harder and harder to get nowhere at all?

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Me, Robot @robotofdawn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@mapquest.com Is there a reason why the Persian Gulf is named the Arabian Gulf on your map? I'm aware of the naming dispute, but Persian Gulf is the historically and internationally recognized name by the vast majority.

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Night of the Abigail @popeguilty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Game of Thrones started in 2011 which means the first wave of Khaleesis will be getting their driver's licenses next year

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My grandpa would have turned 100-years-old today if he hadn’t double crossed me

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Madeleine Fjäll @madeleinefjall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

tried to go a bit outside my comfort zone ✨

my character Eldra sitting naked with her back towards us. There's a warm light on her right. she looks a bit downcast

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026

Hirono to Patel: "I'm still pretty mystified as to why beastiality was taken off the list. You have been so drunk that briefings have been rescheduled so you could sleep it off."

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Mohammed's son Elias urgently needs treatment to save his fading eyesight. You helped Elias survive horrific malnutrition through your shares & donations, & he urgently needs your help again. Time is running out to keep him from going blind, & he's already hurt his hand badly falling down:

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Help Mohammed and his famile.

Father's Urgent Call: Save Little Elias's Sight and Life

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ms. Rachel: "Ed Sheeran had an opportunity…Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows." "If more than 20,000 white children were killed…everyone would be shouting…Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."

Ms. Rachel post:
"Ed Sheeran had an opportunity show that we won't be bullied into punishing people for supporting Palestine. Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows. A genocide is happening in Gaza. We all need to speak out against it.

"If more than 20,000 white children were killed in another part of the world, everyone would be shouting about it at their concerts. Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."

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Me, Robot @robotofdawn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

That's what people are saying.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.

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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 28/07/2026

Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

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Christian preachers are turning airplanes into unwanted worship services

Evangelists are exploiting captive audiences who can’t walk away—and broadcasting it online

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Indicreates Art🖌️ @indicreates.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This painting sold ♥️ Should I make a package video? #art #workingartist #red See which paintings are available from me, got a few more form the red collection and other ones; Indicreates.com

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 20/04/2026

If you're thinking of Tim Cook's legacy, this piece from last September: How Tim Cook sold out Steve Jobs. www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/h...

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How Tim Cook sold out Steve Jobs - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I told you we’d be back

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🌛Caio Santos Art🌜 @blacksalander.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Tress of the Emerald Sea

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Me, Robot @robotofdawn.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Aromantic recognition in both the USA Today and LA Times crossword puzzles today. Amazing coincidence. #aromantic

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Jackie Llanos @llanosjackie.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.

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Annalouche @annalou.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I'm going to keep shouting about this as long as I have to. They're setting up a system to compile lists of providers who offer legal, necessary care for young people who experience gender dysphoria. The "whistleblower" framing is misdirection. It's smokescreen for gathering names of providers.

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Me, Robot @robotofdawn.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

A film that takes place where you're from

Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in the film Election

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Fell down the rabbit hole of stock trading subredditry and it's quite amazing seeing these guys struggle to accept the fact that there's no actual science to crack behind rich people feelings and god king mood swings

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 10/04/2025

whatever one thinks of Harris, I don't think her biggest obstacle was something she said to The Groups in 2019, but people in power always deflect their failings to people with less power

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Me, Robot @robotofdawn.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Describe yourself with a building

A building front that looks like a shocked face

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

Bridget hanging out in Grant Wood's American Gothic.

Bridget in Bruegel's Hunters In The Snow (with a freshly caught mouse).

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Me, Robot @robotofdawn.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Spotted at the Hands Off protest in Omaha. Sometimes the best message is the simplest. #HANDSOFF #PROTESTS

People at a protest holding up various signs, with one holding a brown cardboard sign that simply says FUCK.

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Me, Robot @robotofdawn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

@eyepatchwolf.bsky.social once again made me care about wrestling. He and @fdsignifier.bsky.social should do a wrestling podcast together.

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 01/04/2025

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

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Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker

YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 29/03/2025

No criminal record, no gang ties, no tattoos, applied for asylum, father of a 9-year-old, government's case full of errors, sent to mega-prison anyway amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him. Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.

Tweet from Yuval Abraham:
"A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co director of our film no other land. They beat him and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding. Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him. No sign of him since."

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Half-burnt Toast @idahopotatoes.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

People are getting out and physically attending rallies to the only two candidates that resist the institution. This is about the people, not these two. This is a turning tide, don't go all doomer now that people are waking up.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

If you are a Department of Education employee who handles disability and Trump’s executive order affects you, I want to speak. This is my Signal. I will protect your identity.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points. She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine. “Deport Elon, Deport Elon!” Watch to the end…

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H.E. Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org · 16/03/2025

Holy fucking shit

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 18/03/2025

Wasteland Warrior Clippy Illustration done for autonocast.com 🛻📎🧡 Thank you so much @niedermeyer.online for the opportunity, this was one of my favorite jobs in 2024!

Illustration of Clippy the Paperclip in a Mad Max style truck, blasting through the wasteland.
#kimgakaku

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

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