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Sam Leibowitz @samleibowitz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Inside you there are two brains. Which one wins? The one that you feed. ( they eat short form video AB and memes )

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026

I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.

A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottom

A nearly identical mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It shows a search for the same Amnesty International UK resources URL, resulting in the same message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."

A mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A URL for an Amnesty International UK resources page is entered in the search bar, but the page displays the message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."

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Sam Leibowitz @samleibowitz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Counterpoint: the ability to fire a powerful energy beam from your hands would also enable you to replace many problems with entirely different, potentially worse problems.

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Sam Leibowitz @samleibowitz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

My dad used to travel sometimes on business and would come back with the occasional Chick tract. I specifically remember the volume, “Are Catholics Christians?” which asserted that veneration of the Virgin Mary was actually Isis worship.

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 02/07/2026

some amazing things happening over on threads — ever since they “shut down CERN”

CERN has to be real. Why do the days magically feel longer again? I keep looking at the clock in disbelief.

Honestly... I can feel the immediate difference with CERN turning off. It's like turning off the annoying big light in the house that's been on for last 4 years. It's like finally getting some quiet after being immersed in a screaming heavy death metal concert or rave for days and days. It's like there's no restrictions. No hindrances. No more delays. I feel free.

They turned off CERN and now the days feel twice as long. I'm TIRED

Call me crazy, whatever ya whatever you want but since CERN shut down their machine time IS slower (i saw somewhere that our minutes are actually 60 seconds long again after being 45 seconds since COVID, ive had a mild frontal headache for 2 days and just had this weird energy around me. I can't be the only one, right?!

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 30/06/2026

Have a little joy this morning:

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

5-4 for what it explicitly says in the constitution is incredible. They were this close to undoing the civil war entirely. bsky.app/profile/mjsd...

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Sam Leibowitz @samleibowitz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I am a full time software developer and utterly middling fiddler, and I am here to tell you that I played a crowd this size at last year’s Porchfest.

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Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

what on EAAAAAAARTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Narcissism. In the interest of maximizing data availability and minimizing social desirability and self-deception biases, we measured CEO narcissism unobtrusively (Chatterjee and Hambrick, 2007, Grijalva et al., 2020). Consistent with prior research on CEO narcissism (e.g., Cragun et al., 2020, Ham et al., 2017, Ham et al., 2018, O’Reilly et al., 2014), we collected four unobtrusive indicators of CEO narcissism and created a composite index: (1) the prominence of the CEO’s photograph in the company’s annual report; (2) the CEO’s signature size; (3) the CEO’s cash compensation divided by that of the second-highest paid executive in the firm; and (4) the CEO’s non-cash compensation divided by that of the second-highest-paid executive in the firm (Chatterjee and Hambrick, 2007, Ham et al., 2017). These formative indicators reflect CEOs’ tendencies to be portrayed as special and superior—both in centering their images and identities in company communications and in displaying entitlement to pay themselves more than others (e.g., Oesterle et al., 2016, Rijsenbilt and Commandeur, 2013). Of the 318 CEOs, 259 CEOs had available data for all four indicators. To ensure the most accurate representation of where each CEO fell in the population, we standardized each narcissism indicator using all available data.2 Our results were consistent in magnitude and direction when we standardized the data after removing CEOs with missing data from the sample.

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Sam Leibowitz @samleibowitz.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

You know how sometimes it seems like generative AI understands the structure of a joke, but not what makes it funny?

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Had a few (more) unkind words for the professional strategists who regurgitate the lazy, often self-serving advice that voters don’t care about democracy. www.offmessage.net/p/trump-iran...

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The subtext of this comment by Murphy isn't really that trans women deserve abuse in prison for breaking the law, because cis women who break the law are deemed worthy of protection, no matter their crime. The subtext is trans women deserve rape, abuse, even death as a punishment for being trans.

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 15/01/2026

been thinking a lot about James Baldwin recently - from a 1970 documentary

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...

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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Meanwhile at the White Trash White House last night the main event wasn’t even in the ring. Fights were breaking out on the lawn everywhere under the light of fireworks. Not since the White House burned down in 1814 have we seen so many battles. Sign! 🤡

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Leaf~ @leaftilde.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Wait, Farscape's just up on YouTube in (seemingly) its entirety? Huh! ... Iunno watch Farscape it's pretty good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJQl...

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Farscape S1E1 FULL Episode | Pilot

YouTube video by Farscape

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Conrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

There’s an incredible new mural in Germantown by Ernel Martinez and Keir Johnston (co-founders of Amber Art and Design) with Mural Arts that honors The Sun Ra Arkestra! Location: October Gallery Museum at 6353 Greene Street.

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Sam Leibowitz @samleibowitz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Justice for ROD STUART LOOKING GUY LAST NAME O’CONNOR AND HIS WIFE DENSEL O’CONNOR.

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Blake Wexler @blakewexler.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Give it up for the American healthcare system!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/06/2026

WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged "You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her" "I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads

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Toast Conger @toastchanges.com · 06/06/2026

Someone recently asked me as an amateur futurist, "What do you see Toast? What's going to happen?" What struck me at that moment wasn't specifics. All the various bits and bobs of news and dross and trends hit me all at once. "This is the year historians will use to demarcate two eras."

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

(fall 2026) - I'm James O'Keefe - I'm the overweight guy from those Washington Post opinion podcasts with 35 views - And I'm Bari Weiss's little sister. These stories, and Chris D'Elia, tonight on 60 Minutes

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/05/2026

BREAM: The Journal says percentage of delinquent credit card balances is 13%, the highest in 15 years. People are using them for necessities. Your message to them? HASSETT: We talk to CEOs of the credit card companies all the time, and there's not any threat to them. People are taking a bit longer.

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Minilla Jovovich 🍉 read Merynthia's Master ⚔️🪱🐦 @minillajovovich.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A lot of news might be *worse* but I don't know if there's anything quite as *emblematic* for our current moment as the fuckin Candy Crush guy saying "science is for losers ya gotta listen to chatgpt"

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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

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dc9503.bsky.social @dc9503.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Fucking pigs did this.

Broken cello with the words "this machine loves serves + protects life" written on it by its owner.

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Sam Leibowitz @samleibowitz.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

One of my co-phillyists must explain this to me immediately.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Campos: While I want to thank CBS news for funding this generous gift towards my education, I want to acknowledge how the recent direction of the outlet stains the legacy of Mike Wallace, the namesake of this scholarship.

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 23/05/2026

Starbucks done EFFED up in Korea. Bad. May 18th just passed, Democratic Movement Day, when rose up after the military dictatorship sent tanks to mass-murder citizens. Some inappropriately call it "Tank Day." Starbucks commemorated Tank Day with a sale on tank tumblers. It gets much worse...

A Starbucks add that says 5/18: Tank Day! Slam it on your desk! And features a selection of coffee tumblers.

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Ɐuska @auska.esq · 23/05/2026

People always make fun of middle management and analytics but it is absolutely no coincidence that AI corporations are getting rid of the people who can tell you when the numbers don't add up.

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Sam Leibowitz @samleibowitz.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

TIL that RFK Jr wrote a book about St. Francis of Assisi, and I’m wondering if he thinks Francis preached to the animals and then cut off their penises.

The cover of the book “Saint Francis of Assisi”, written by RFK Jr. and illustrated by Dennis Nolan. It depicts Francis kneeling with dove perched on his hand, while a deer and multiple other birds listen attentively. It isn’t clear if any of the animals have had their penises removed, but if they have they seem very calm about it.

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Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · 22/05/2026

For years, people have tried hard to get websites to build accessibility affordances. Now developers are willingly building them for AI.

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Affordances for me, but not for thee

For years, people have tried hard to get websites to build accessibility affordances. Now developers are willingly building them for AI.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

/9 Defense lawyer: Can this plz go RIGHT TO THE TOP Judge: Oh fuck yeah

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Legitimately crying at how funny this is. I am EXTREMELY excited about the possibility that Shaq and Chuck are about to learn about I Think You Should Leave. I would pay $1,000 dollars to watch them watch "Coffin Flop" live.

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Sam Leibowitz @samleibowitz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Using the coffee maker at my dad’s place and it feels like someone is going to make fun of me for not knowing how to use the three shells.

A photo of an XBloom coffee machine. It has three push knobs with symbols lit up behind them, and fucked if I know what they mean.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

wrote about the claim that Ds & Rs flipped on race in the 60s. that isn't what happened. at the time neither party supported Black rights. there was a bipartisan consensus for white supremacy. & forgetting that means we forget why bipartisanship is bad. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/ds-and-rs-...

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Ds and Rs Did Not Flip on Race in the 60s

Neither party had supported Black rights for 100 years.

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 14/05/2026

After over 17 years of imprisonment for taking direct action to defend the ecosystems that all our lives depend on, environmental activist Marius Mason has finally been released from captivity. Thank you for everything, Marius. supportmariusmason.org

A photograph showing Marius Mason embracing a tree, moments after being released from prison, en route to a halfway house.

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A Fellow of Infinite Vest @osomatic.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I'm going to start a cheesemongery where we keep detailed files on customer preferences. The idea is to make sure that each customer gets matched with exactly the sort of cheese they're looking for. It'll be called Your Own Personal Cheeses.

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