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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 10h

It's interesting, isn't it, that there are people who care about computer code feeling pain, but don't have anything to say about the young people who've lost their lives because of the effect the chatbots have had on them.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky

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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 28/09/2026

Parasocial media: why influencers really aren't your friend www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/04-para... How the very design of social media supercharges misinformation and harm.

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Parasocial media: why influencers really aren't your friend

Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

it's getting cramped in here and it's going to get worse! all the #swordtember ⚔️ swords painted and uploaded in the sword hoard series as stock art on my Patreon until now. #ttrpg #bsnm

an assemblage of two dozen of magic sword illustrations, with designs going from elegant to ridiculous, as a nice chess knight sword, a magic scroll sword, a lava sword, a ghost sword, an insect sword or the very justice sword broken from the arms of a justice statue.

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cuteosphere @cuteosphere.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An old comic from 2021 about being an alien

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

in the long run it's hard to make out the difference between behavior caused by a lack of skill and behavior caused by lack of incentive, since ceteris paribus you'd expect either over time to produce the other. but these changes are recent enough that we can probably sort out which is the culprit

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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 26/09/2026

Do you or someone you know use DraftKings or FanDuel? You can help @propublica.org continue to report on these apps by sharing your data with us. In some states, you can request it. But we also built a browser extension to help download your own data! projects.propublica.org/sports-betti...

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Help ProPublica Report on Sports Betting by Sending Us Your App Data

If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026

Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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Russell Brandon @runtzel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think this meme really speaks to the cohesiveness of @anyaustin.bsky.social 's work - great stuff

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S.T.O.P.—Surveillance Technology Oversight Project @stopspyingny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Flock wants to shut down the Flock Surveillance Map, a detailed map of its surveillance devices. The database not only shows the scope of Flock's reach, but also its vulnerability to data leaks. Read Nikita Mazurov's article at: theintercept.com/2026/09/24/h...

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Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline

A new map shows Flock has more cameras in the U.S. than was previously known. The company wants the map taken down.

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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The challenges we face must be met by a bold progressive populist movement that strengthens democracy and shakes up the system. We can’t simply return to the path we were on before Trump. We cannot allow Big Money to dominate our politics and economy. And we cannot capitulate to the oligarchy.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 22/09/2026

"If you allow the most wealthy and powerful segment of society to opt out of public services, those public services will get worse. The reason is simple: You have removed the incentive for the most influential people to use their influence to improve public services." Mm-hm.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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michaellasley.bsky.social @michaellasley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"The image was timed to capture a total lunar eclipse — but it came with quite a twist. First, the eclipse: the fully Earth-shadowed Moon is visible as the orange orb near the top." A Double Helix Lunar Eclipse (Image Credit & Copyright: Chunlin Liu) apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25110...

The image is of an observatory (lower left of the image) pointed at the sky. In the sky, the band of the Milky Way begins top left and moves to lower right. The following is from the description from NASA's site: "The image was timed to capture a total lunar eclipse — but it came with quite a twist. First, the eclipse: the fully Earth-shadowed Moon is visible as the orange orb near the top. The eclipsed Moon's orange color is caused by a slight amount of red light scattered first by Earth's atmosphere, adding a color like a setting Sun. Now, the twist: one of the apparent double helix bands is the Milky Way, the central disk of our home galaxy. The second band is zodiacal light, sunlight scattered by dust in our Solar System. The reason they cross is because the plane where dust orbits our Sun is tilted relative to the plane where stars orbit our Galaxy. This well-known tilt is shown dramatically in the featured wide-angle Mercator-projected picture, spanning from horizon to horizon, captured in early September from Mingantu Observing Station in Inner Mongolia, China."

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You can read the full investigation here, and you can get a tiny glimpse into the world of surveillance, profiteering, and overriding focus of U.S. policing on crushing any remotely progressive social movements. www.thisisbydesign.com/how-mpd-buil...

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How MPD Built a Police Surveillance Operation Around Renee Good’s Memorial — and What It Cost the Community

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𓇢𓆸𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆ꫂ❀ @fsohns.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Now with colour

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🐊 @kyssimmee.com · 20/09/2026

read-a da comic i make, wontcha

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

who benefits: oligarchs cuz AI is a political project, but who benefits also: corrupt trustees of universities hoovering public money to prop up tech companies with a diffusion crisis faculty need to connect the dots too; join us in chicago for a workshop! www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

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Against the AI Campus: Building Power in Higher Ed

Welcome Reception / October 23 / 6-8 PM Central / Chicago, ILWorkshop / October 24 / 9AM-5 PM Central / University of Illinois-Chicago Email us to inquire…

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 21/09/2026

It's official: Starbucks is gutting DEI policies company-wide to curry favor with Florida politicians as our union's call for a boycott grows. Vote with your dollar. BOYCOTT STARBUCKS.

Fox News headline: Starbucks agrees to DEI overhaul after blockbuster Florida legal showdown. The coffee giant will pay $1M and submit annual compliance certifications for four years under the agreement

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Sam Antics @dsoart.com · 21/09/2026

Garffeld Pt 14

3 panel comic of Garffeld: panel 1, Garffeld is crouched on a cushion while Jon is saying, "A poor, benighted creature was left at the door. I will tend to it till it is well."; panel 2, Jon holds up a small grey kitten and says, "This is Nergal."; panel 3, Garffeld flops his head down on the cushion, while thinking, "Wake me on judgement day."

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S E Case @secase.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

every cat should get to see the great lakes, at least once

A comic page featuring Darius taking a long road trip with his cat, Pugsley. Panels show them driving next to Lake Erie, standing at the beach at sunset, Darius rubbing his eyes while driving, Darius and Pugsley sitting in a cheap motel room watching TV and eating Chinese food, then the next morning, driving on I-90 into Chicago. Darius sips coffee from a to-go cup while Pugsley stares out the window at the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge. I'm not sure why they went this way. That toll bridge is expensive.

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Comedy Bang! Bang! World! @cbbworld.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🖐️ raise your hand if this picture is all you need to get excited about this week’s ep!!

Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn, John Gemberling, Owen Burke, and Scott Aukerman. Glasses report—three prescription and zero sun!!

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Copper Hamster @copperhamster.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My friend got a picture of them all together.

Sailor Moon cosplayers in a Mexican themed variation

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I think there is a good chance that if Democrats sweep Congress one of the first things they'll do is try to pass an Australia-style social media ban for under 16s. We need to start organizing against this right now. Ron Wyden can't be the only Senator who will understand this is terrible.

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TRASHFUTURE @trashfuture.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A recent article claimed @doctorow.pluralistic.net theory of tech's continual worsening is actually fake, and that people actually love their phones and apps more than ever. Cory wasn't going to read it, but we got him on and let him respond. Let's just say there are some holes in the logic.

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Washington State Standard @washingtonstatestandard.com · 15/09/2026

In an unexpected move, President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Pete Serrano, a former state attorney general candidate from Pasco, to be the next U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/09/14/t...

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Trump nominates Pete Serrano for US attorney in western WA • Washington State Standard

President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Pete Serrano to be the next U.S. attorney for the western District of Washington.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

AI doom or not, something has shifted with AI recently. The guardrails that kept AI sitting in a chatbox are gone, the models are better, there's more compute. AI agents are everywhere. They are annoying as hell. IMO the situation is going to get much worse www.404media.co/theres-a-100...

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There’s a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Already Ruining the Internet

“AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be extremely annoying online.

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 15/09/2026

The Library Edition release of eco-horror series INTO THE UNBEING is available now! Details: bit.ly/49a6Nk8 By @zacthompson.bsky.social, @cleanlined.bsky.social, and Jim Campbell. With cover from @slimyswampghost.bsky.social

Cover of Into the Unbeing Library Edition, illustrated by Trevor Henderson

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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ah, that age where you're doing things adults do, but aren't adult enough to change your own sheets. Jeordie doesn't want to hear it, but maybe he needs to! 😰 In THE TRASH, Jeordie! The Trash! (Trash!... trash...) 🗑️👈 RIGSBY, WI is now funding its THIRD volume! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

"Uuuh." Jeordie stalls as he cannot believe that his father is giving him the "didn't I raise you right" lecture, guy's version, before work. But his keys are being held hostage so he had to deal with it. There's no mercy as his father just continues on. "Your mother was SO UPSET when she found that condom she called me at the hospital last night and I Do Not blame her. That is so DISGUSTING." Especially considering that his mother was still cleaning his sheets the least his old man thought he could do is hide the evidence like an experienced man.

"It... was an accident!" Jeordie stammers, pulling his hood up to hide his darkening cheeks. "I... it... I fell asleep and it just disappeared! Why would I leave it there on purpose!" Why wouldn't he take it off in the first place? Lazy. His dad lays into him for that crappy excuse. "We have ample trash cans in this house. Your mother and I work hard to provide SO MANY trash cans." There's a glaze over his eyeglasses as daddy gets dramatic. "In the trash, Jeordie!" Jeordie turns away because he is just dying of embarrassment at this point, but maybe he should have thought of his own mom's mortification to see her son's banana skins. It's mostly a dammit, my son, I don't mind you sleep with your girlfriend safely but be discreet kinda thing. "It is the most important thing that is ends up IN THE TRASH!" Having got his keys Jeordie is trying to retreat but his dad continues once more as Jeordie walk-of-shames to his car, hood up. "The TRASH."

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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEW REPORT ON ALPHA SCHOOL Last week, I reported on troubling activities at Alpha School's boot camp. This week, I report on the broader activities going on at Alpha School, and its culture. What I found is deeply disturbing. Children are at risk. I will now share some of what I uncovered.

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“It’s pretty dystopian if you think about it”

New report on Alpha School’s activities and culture

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Rebecca Strang @bexagons.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There's one week left to submit proposals for this call! @redfish-brewfish.bsky.social and I are looking forward to reviewing them all soon!

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Ghost in the Machine @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

TONIGHT! GHOST IN THE MACHINE is coming to @pbs.org and YouTube TONIGHT at 10pm ET / 7pm PT!

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H.B. Tyson @hbtyson.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

📌 My name is H.B. and I'm a fantasy artist specializing in a nostalgic style. My work is inspired by woodcuts and vintage children's books. 🔗: hbtyson.carrd.co 🖼️: www.inprnt.com/gallery/hbty...

A digital illustration in the style of a block print. A humanoid figure wearing a red cloak stands next to a long, segmented creature that resembles a carrot. The creature’s body weaves in-and-out of dark bushes.

A digital illustration in the style of old print. It displays three plants in various states of transformation. All are growing vague animal-like bodies: one birdlike, one serpentine, and the other humanoid.

Digital illustration in the style of old print. A large two-headed beast with dark fur emerges from a cave. It lifts its heads to make eye contact with a redheaded child sitting above the cave’s entrance.

A digital illustration in the style of a woodcut. It depicts the upper half of humanoid figure whose “head” is a flattened organic shape. A serpentine creature delicately wraps around the figure’s arm and into an opening in their face. The figure handles the creature gently.

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"Using some of my own work, I set out to clear up a few relevant concepts from theoretical computer science and computational cognitive science that can help to build conceptual hygiene and immunity against hyped claims about “AI” capabilities." irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2026/09/12/c...

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Computational complexity for hype immunity

Using some of my own work, I set out to clear up a few relevant concepts from theoretical computer science and computational cognitive science that can help to build conceptual hygiene and immunity…

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Here's the thing. We do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to them. No common cause with TESCREALists, no platforming their nonsense as if it had any value, no picking up the Overton window and carrying it over to them.

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 04/10/2025

New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft: Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf... 🧵 1/

Cover page of Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 1 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 2 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

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BadTasty | Wishlist THE BAGMAN on Steam @badtasty.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The Bagman now has a Steam page! Being made for the retro console Sega Megadrive/Genesis and modern platforms. It's a retro #pixel stealth/point and click #horror. Inspired by classics and my love of slashers. Links below and in bio Please Wishlist Retweets would mean a lot

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/09/12/g...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026

Once you understand the corporate culture of AI hyperscalers is everyone cooking their brains by locking themselves in the bathroom, holding flashlights under their chins, and saying "Aaaaaaaaaay Eyeeeeeee" until they wet themselves in terror, things snap into focus: pluralistic.net/2023/06/04/a...

A cutaway view of a stone tower containing an elaborate water-powered medieval geared machine. Rising out of the machine is a rainbow-tinted, pixelated God with the robes, beard and all. To one side of this scene is a cluster of tiny people in Jesus-era robes, falling about themselves in religious ecstasy all over a stone staircase, atop of which stands a robed priest with his hands upraised. The background is a set of shining golden rays, emanating from pixel-God.

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