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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 55m

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 3h

shutting down frat houses won't end rape culture, but it will disorganize a lot of rapists, and i think that's probably worth doing if only to destabilize what is apparently an ecology of organizations that functionally exist to rape women per the whole "purpose of a system is what it does" insight.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2h

A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2h

I believe fraternity hazing and military hazing and sports team hazing where men abuse each other is acclimating them into a broader culture of abuse where they will then believe it is their right to abuse other more vulnerable people. It’s so insidious. And that’s also why I think men defend it

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026

Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.

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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 3h

After being raped by a man on my hall sophomore year, I couldn’t leave my dorm room for weeks and failed several classes. I had to take out student loans so I could retake those credits. We almost never talk about the financial toll of campus sexual assault on survivors.

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actioncookbook @actioncookbook.com · 4h

Yankees-Red Sox being a wild card series is how things always should have been. This is a minor regional dispute that they need to settle amongst themselves before playing the rest of the country

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 8h

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 8h

Mind you there are 45.5M registered Dems and 39.2M registered Republicans and a mere 120k members of the DSA which is just an organization and is not an actual political party of its own so tbh I think a 30% Fox poll respondent favorable for the Democratic Socialists of America is pretty fuckin good

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 8h

Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez is the SECOND DoorDash driver shot by ICE, and the silence from DoorDash is deafening. Delete DoorDash until they speak up against ICE violence and push for Wilber’s release. Learn how to delete it so it counts at deletedoordash.com.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 8h

weird who gets a response in 11 minutes and who gets one in 6-9 months!

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 12h

They are shutting this down by the end of the day.

Can the president build a giant triumphal arch in Washington
DC without congressional authorization?

No. Not on federal park or public grounds in the District of Columbia without express authority of Congress. I

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 14h

"SCOTUSblog’s small army of new contributors includes Federalist Society co-founder Steven Calabresi, for example, and Brian Fitzpatrick, a former Scalia clerk whose column promises to “recreate lunch with Justice Scalia one blog post at a time.”" just lost my appetite all of a sudden

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

like I hope it's obvious by now that all the "MeToo went too far!" bleating is because it got rapists in trouble and they don't think rapists should get in trouble.

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Rachael @rachaelt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I was given some feedback that this thread is really long. so for my visual learners... pictures!

Direct
Direct is best for those who can confront people but remain calm
Intervention is meant to deescalate, not raise tension
Direct is exactly what it sounds liRe; if it
is safe to directly interact with the
person causing a disturbance you
address them.
Direct is not an opportunity to join a
fight.
An example of a good time to use direct
would be if you hear problematic
language such as slurs being used.
If it is safe for you to do so
addressing the person and saying "you're
really maRing me uncomfortable, please
stop" is direct intervention.
Direct worRs really well with a buddy. If
one person tells the person that they're
maRing them uncomfortable and don't
st o p, ha vi n g a friend o r two c h i me i n to
say that they're a Is o u n co m f o rt a b I e does
wonders. Big mouths are easily shamed
when told they're being a problem.
@rachaelt.bsRy.socia I

Delegate
Delegate is best for those who Rnow what needs to get done
but maybe aren't as confrontational or it's not safe to be direct
Delegate is good for when you can see a
problem and can identify what needs to
be done to deescalate.
Take the loud mouth scenario, maybe
you delegate by getting your
confrontational friend to go ask them to
stop using dangerous language. Maybe it
looks like going and finding security and
asking them to tell them to stop.
Delegation is great for when it's not safe
to jump into the conflict yourself.
Delegate is also fantastic in a first aid
situation. Maybe you see someone in
need of medical care but you aren't
qua Ii fie d to do it. You can ca 11 9 11, you
can get others to get involved if needed.
Intervention isn'tjust about conflict,
sometimes it's about assembling a team.
@rachae lt.bsRy .socia I

Distract
Distract is probably the most fun of the three d's
Distract is for those who see a conflict, Rnow something needs to be
done, and can tap into their class clown tendencies to pull attention
LiRe the other two, distract is exactly
what it sounds liRe. You are going to
become a distraction.
Do you have a bag you can drop and
then clean up? Can you trip and fall? Do
you liRe to dance in public?
These are all excellent ways to distract
and d if fuse tensions.
A great example of distraction as a
dee s ca I at ion are the Po rt I and frogs o r
TUrRiye PiRachu. They were able to join
large scale protests and destroy the
message that protesters were dangerous
and destructive.
The point of distract is to pull attention
off of the conflict giving the person
being harassed a chance to get away.
If you don't mind Io o Ring a Ii tt I e s i 1y1 in
public, this one is for you.
@rach aelt. bsRy .social

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s not just that getting 5-10 of these a day is annoying, although it is extremely annoying. I think polluting political communications channels like this is actively corrosive to democracy.

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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The discussions I’m seeing of the changes to Title IX are leaving out that it’s drastically rolling back changes made under Biden that gave more protections against sexual harassment and lowered the burden of proof to allow such to use a “preponderance of evidence” standard. 🎁link

nytimes.com

Trump Officials Revise How Title IX Sex Discrimination Rules Are Enforced (Gift Article)

The change follows a court ruling barring Title IX from protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people and has angered advocates for sexual assault survivors.

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dr peppermint patty @jessespector.com · 29/09/2026

he’s 38 and i do believe this is the face any bluesky user would make before being put at quarterback on monday night football

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Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t wanna hear SHIT about woke run amok when protesting genocide gets you banned from campus and sexual assault gets you an apology letter.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is the article I most vividly remember. A sympathetic portrait of mothers defending their sons who were “not falsely accused” but “wrongly accused.” They were fighting for impunity for rapists. It ran the week #MeToo went viral.

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‘Willing to Do Everything,’ Mothers Defend Sons Accused of Sexual Assault (Published 2017)

Some of the mothers met with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos before she changed the rules on how colleges should handle accusations.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026

I still think splitting the atom is the more significant scientific achievement but it's a little odd inventing a protein bar that doesn't taste horrible is taking a lot longer

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Like this view? You won’t experience it anymore if the presidential arch is approved. You’ll just see a militarized structure that is a symbolic embodiment of the brand. Probably will also include a banner with his pic on it, as seen at DOJ and elsewhere. You can comment by 9/29.

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026

NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...

futurism.com

You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell

Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s earlier than I expected to announce this, but we’re in the process of founding an organization to build cross-generational solidarity on campus sexual violence. It’s called the Survivor Alumni Network. And if you want updates from us when we are ready to go public, you can stay in touch here:

survivoralumninetwork.org

Survivor Alumni Network

Join a national survivor network. Access free Title IX resources, peer mentorship, and Campus Response Teams dedicated to campus safety reform.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just make the pitchers hit again for fucks sake, I want to see weirdly proportioned guys hit dingers 3 times a year not ruin the majesty of creation

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Christina Kahrl @christinakahrl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As if the Las Vegas ballpark wasn't indication enough, MLB has completely dispensed with its sense of obligation to its constituent communities, not to mention the sport itself. It has instead twisted itself into destination tourism packages while being fundamentally afraid of its core product.

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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Activists and elected officials are demonstrating outside Texas’ health department in Austin as the state’s maternal mortality committee holds a meeting closed to the public and press about the women who have died since the state banned abortion.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 25/09/2026

This is clearly pleather.

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 25/09/2026

i want nathan fielder to do undecided voter focus groups

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

call myself a single issue voter but keep changing the single issue for each question they ask

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ATTENTION BLUESKY! Annie says they are really hoping to boost the number of artists (crew, performers, creative teams, anyone) outside New York who are filling this out to get a broader sampling. If you are in the arts please take a second and fill this out!

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One of my most galaxy-brained takes is that politicians and political groups should talk more about workers’ share of national income. It's one of the clearest, simplest ways to describe how billionaires and corporate elites captured so much of the economy--and something policy can change.

axios.com

U.S. workers' share of national income falls to a new low

Labor's bargaining position has worsened markedly in the last half-decade.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Across the wide-ranging discussion, Carlson repented for his decades as a cable TV partisan, saying he called too much attention to the wrong issues." It would be good to have criteria for attributing "repentance" for decades of behavior beyond saying sorry once. www.npr.org/2026/09/24/n...

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.

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Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)

At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.

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Kwasi B. @nonstndrd.com · 23/09/2026

We lost so much when what you buy replaced what you create as the mainstream form of self expression.

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🚨full trailer for Nathan Fielder/Elizabeth Holmes documentary🚨 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvW_...

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 23/09/2026

This is going to lead to so much more domestic violence.

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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 22/09/2026

"That said, Tesla Takedown...was successful, according to the documentary, in large part because it bruised Musk’s ego so much. He is desperate to be liked and loved by a critical mass of people." 😂🔥🤘 LFG! www.hardresetmedia.com/p/we-got-a-s...

hardresetmedia.com

We Got a Sneak Peek at the Massive Musk Doc

Elon Musk is so insane that he must be a genius, we’ve been told. But is that true? Is he actually just … insane? A new film peels back the layers of his illusions.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026

i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's

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Cameron Clark @cameronclark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A key point: you do need a theory of communication, alongside a theory of politics, to be an effective operator I think the centre and left struggle, generally, with "playing the game" - it's not enough to just have policy prescriptions you think will work

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 22/09/2026

I think you had to be very online at a time when most people weren't to know that the bush administration was comically evil to the extent that it was, but for those of you who weren't: trust us! these were stupid evil people, not so different from the current ones!

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bret HAS NOT READ the books that have been longlisted for the National Book Award. Bret DOES NOT HAVE SPECIFIC BOOKS IN MIND that he thinks were wrongly overlooked. He just thinks we should all be concerned that so many *ahem* MINORITIES are being nominated. Very troubling, indeed.

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

in the last decade, Guterres says, the UN has achieved gender parity for the first time across all leadership and professional staff, and if the UN can do, so can everyone else: "Equality is not a dream. It is a decision."

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