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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You can lie to yourself every day that this horseshit doesn't make you lazy and stupid, but reality comes at you pretty fast
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Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You don’t hear as much about such evictions cases anymore but they still happen
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 09/10/2026
Help protect HKFP's editorial independence with a one-off/monthly FPS payment. [Please email your name/address/donation receipt so that we may accept your bank transfer.] 💰 12 ways to help: hongkongfp.com/support 🔎 Our accounts: hongkongfp.com/transparency
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Philip Jacobson @philjaco.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Enjoyed editing this story by @yennikwok.bsky.social. Wild that Hong Kong has a bunch of Indonesian cockatoos flying around that are all escaped pets and their descendants.
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Poet Etc @poetetc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I expected other ASEAN members to invite Hlaing and try to normalise the junta after Malaysia. I didn't expect it to happen the next fucking day.
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samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de · 09/10/2026
“Looking visibly amused, Pillay repeatedly asks if that’s even true, as she says someone called her up and she thought it was a joke. “(She gets reassured that it’s on the BBC, so it must be true.) “‘But being a lawyer and a judge I still want to verify,’ she laughs.”
theguardian.com
Navi Pillay named winner of 2026 Nobel peace prize for efforts to promote international law - live
The Nobel committee chair says the winner was ‘instrumental in ensuring war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted’
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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🔴 16 years after #LiuXiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize, no Chinese official has been investigated or prosecuted for his wrongful detention, or for his death in custody after being denied adequate medical care. www.nchrd.org/2026/10/chin...
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China: Impunity Persists for Nobel Laureate’s Death in Detention - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders — October 8, 2026) Sixteen years after the announcement of Chinese literary critic Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize win on October 8, 2010, no Chinese governme...
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 09/10/2026
Just 👌🏻
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 09/10/2026
Academia is just 👌🏻 sometimes
arstechnica.com
After being demoted and forced to retire, mRNA researcher wins Nobel
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
they did the thing
an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This sucks
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Y'all denied her tenure
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38 @sanba.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
true heroes follow the King of All Cosmos
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king of all cosmos felt quite good
Alt: king of all cosmos (katamari damacy) speaks to their child: but just between you and Us, it felt quite good ♥
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We've reach the "people chained to each other in the hold of ships" part of the story.
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My column. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/f...
foreignpolicy.com
To Understand France’s Unrest, Look Back to 1982
François Mitterrand’s U-turn decades ago holds lessons for today.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 01/10/2026
josh hawley exists primarily to give fascist bigots populist credibility on tech policy they never have to actually earn, most frequently by holding hearings that do nothing or proposing legislation he knows won't pass
cbsnews.com
Sen. Josh Hawley introduces bill aimed at stopping abuse of Flock cameras and similar AI technology
Sen. Josh Hawley is unveiling legislation to establish guardrails for Flock cameras and other artificial intelligence-powered surveillance technology, CBS News has learned.
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38 @sanba.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
per usual globalvoices.org/2026/10/01/w...
globalvoices.org
West-to-east energy, east-to-west computing: The Uyghur costs of China’s digital order
Beijing is carrying an older geography of extraction into the AI era, turning Uyghur land, energy and labour into computing power while remaining silent about coercion and surveillance.
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John Carpenter's dEF0G 🌁 @defrog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
GovHK: The so-called '831 incident' has been proven without factual basis. Ppl: It has? When exactly did – GovHK: I JUST SAID IT WAS WITHOUT FACTUAL BASIS, WHAT MORE PROOF DO YOU WANT
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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
October 1, 2014. I really f**king loved Hong Kong so much -- and was so proud of my fellow Hongkongers -- that day.
Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, looking westwards to Central. Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, looking eastwards to Causeway Bay.
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 01/10/2026
Beijing is carrying an older geography of extraction into the AI era, turning Uyghur land, energy and labour into computing power while remaining silent about coercion and surveillance. Donate to support our #GVSpotlight: globalvoices.org/2026/08/24...
globalvoices.org
West-to-east energy, east-to-west computing: The Uyghur costs of China’s digital order
Beijing is carrying an older geography of extraction into the AI era, turning Uyghur land, energy and labour into computing power while remaining silent about coercion and surveillance.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 01/10/2026
The arrest of the entire Matsadaash newsroom marks a dangerous escalation in Egypt's assault on independent media. Egyptian authorities should immediately release all six journalists and stop targeting the platform. ⤵️ bit.ly/3VlDYxe
timep.org
Global Call for the Release of Entire Newsroom at Egyptian Investigative Journalism Platform Matsadaash
Civil society organizations and independent media outlets join together to condemn the escalating crackdown on independent Egyptian investigative journalism platform Matsadaash.
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RazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Social media reports of a noticeable police presence in Kwong Fuk Estate, a housing project next to fire ravaged Wang Fuk Court; police were deployed to deter "illegal gatherings" after somebody online suggested people to gather to celebrate Mid-Autumn & show community solidarity.
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Laura Maguire @lumagoo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Excellent, informative piece by @faineg.com. Explains the overlap between AI Safety, Rationalism, and Effective Altruism communities, and how they're all getting high huffing each others' farts. These people should not be in charge of anything.
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38 @sanba.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
static.klipy.com
哈哈哈哈 好笑
Alt: lol
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38 @sanba.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
that's certainly an argument
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 25/09/2026
Hong Kong 47: Ex-district councillor says he has ‘no regrets’ after release from prison hongkongfp.com/2026/09/25/h...
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Hong Kong 47: Ex-district councillor says he has ‘no regrets’ after release from prison
A former pro-democracy district councillor has become the latest among those jailed in the landmark “Hong Kong 47” national security case to be released from prison, after spending five…
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C4ADS @c4ads.org · 23/09/2026
Uyghur Rights Monitor mapped 5 surveillance platforms — iTap, Micro-Police, Foundation Work Assistant, Clean Net Guard, IJOP — turning routine checks into predictive policing in the Uyghur region. C4ADS supported this analysis via mentorship, OSINT training, & data. Read 👇 buff.ly/DTGjCxq
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The Architecture of Digital Mass Surveillance in East Turkestan - Uyghur Rights Monitor
Ablet Turdi and Erk Altay EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Chinese government has built an integrated digital surveillance apparatus in East Turkestan (officially called Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) as…
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
WHY should you support @globalvoices.org ? How about a story about how cross-border, technology facilitated recruitment scams targeting Bangladeshi migrants in Cambodia? globalvoices.org/2026/09/22/t...
globalvoices.org
Technology-facilitated trafficking: How Bangladeshi migrants become victims of recruitment in Cambodia
Thousands of Bangladeshis travelled to Cambodia for promised jobs, only to encounter Technology-facilitated trafficking and cyber-scamming networks, with 98 percent reportedly failing to receive the w...
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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 21/09/2026
Excellent analysis of China’s hydraulic transformation of #Tibet. The real risk isn't simplistic “water weaponisation”: Medog is advancing while the data & governance needed to distinguish dam impacts from accelerating climate change lag badly behind.
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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 21/09/2026
jesus
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RazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Media reports that pro-Beijing political parties have privately suggested renaming Hong Kong's Victoria Park to HK Tennis Park and dismantling the Victoria Park statue as an act of performative patriotism.
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 21/09/2026
‘Soft resistance’ is the ‘most malicious’ threat to nat. security in Hong Kong – security chief hongkongfp.com/2026/09/21/s...
hongkongfp.com
‘Soft resistance’ is the ‘most malicious’ threat to nat. security in Hong Kong – security chief
Hong Kong’s security chief has named “soft resistance” the “most evil” threat to national security in the city. Secretary for Security Chris Tang announces the beginning of the public consultation …
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Data centers have become a flash point in U.S. politics: Americans are sick of them, and organizers are attempting to block their construction, while a cadre of developers, financiers, tech companies, and energy producers push the deals forward, eager to reap the rewards.
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After the Data Centers - Dissent Magazine
Data center opponents have assembled a potent political force. But without a more expansive vision, there is a risk that this techlash could be co-opted and fizzle out.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Damning new reporting on the breadth of Trump's deportation operation that follows up on two scoops from The Handbasket last year: the State Department's creation of the Office of Remigration and monetary agreements with "third countries" to accept refugees from elsewhere.
washingtonpost.com
How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 21/09/2026
A prestigious Hong Kong girls’ school has faced backlash after a leaked production guideline stating that Cantonese was “forbidden” in a graduation video was circulated online, prompting its principal to clarify that the language was not banned at the school. In full: hongkongfp.com/2026/09/21/c...
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 14/09/2026
lol, and if i may emphasize: lmao www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/w...
nytimes.com
China’s Top Spy Chief Warns A.I. Is a Threat to Party Rule
Even as Beijing urges the United States not to hype the dangers of A.I., its own spy chief is framing the technology as a threat to the Communist Party’s security.
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Big John @dcbigjohn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today is the 152nd anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in New Orleans history, when 5,000 members of the Crescent City White League overthrew the Louisiana government in an armed assault that left at least 35 dead. The attack was a turning point in Reconstruction www.nola.com/gambit/comme...
nola.com
John Stanton: Marking the anniversary of the 1874 terrorist attack on New Orleans
Sept. 14 marks the 152nd anniversary of the terrorist attack on New Orleans by the Crescent City White League, the white nationalist organization made up of former Confederate soldiers and led by weal...
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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
She was an SCMP reporter but they’ve never given a shit or thrown a fuss about it
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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Over on Twitter, Japanese folks who love/appreciate Hong Kong are posting photos of Hong Kong and tagging their posts with #香港に行ったことのない人に香港の空気を伝えよう (#Let'sShareTheVibeOfHongKongWithThoseWhoHaveNeverBeenThere). Part of me wants to join in but: I have sooo many photos; and I have unhappy shots too.😞
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Maximilian Mayer @maximilianiras.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
... something contested and lived (even by some of the most well-intentioned attempts of Global IR), and instead become a fixed explanation of how whole communities supposedly think and act. The article appears #OpenAccess in the inaugural volume of Pluriversal International Relation (BUP).
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
Beyond the cultural trap: essentialism and the limits of Global International Relations
Over the past two decades, calls for Global, post-Western and relational reincarnations of International Relations (IR) have elevated culture, civilization and cosmology as resources for decentring Eu...
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Maximilian Mayer @maximilianiras.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What if attempts to escape the #Eurocentrism of International Relations inadvertently reproduce the very essentialisms they seek to overcome? Emilian Kavalski and I call this the “cultural trap” -- that is, when #culture, #civilisation, or #cosmology stop being treated as ...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
Beyond the cultural trap: essentialism and the limits of Global International Relations
Over the past two decades, calls for Global, post-Western and relational reincarnations of International Relations (IR) have elevated culture, civilization and cosmology as resources for decentring Eu...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Equatorial Guinea is a dictatorship run by the same man since 1978, with his children running large portions of the state now. We paid this dictatorship millions of dollars to let us deport random people there. Our money was used for this inhumanity.
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Libraries being bad for capitalism is good for society, actually. #SorryNotSorry 📚 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
publishersweekly.com
Study Says Library E-book Lending Hurts Industry Sales
Amid new attempts by states to legislate e-book agreements between publishers and libraries, a new report from the AAP and Authors Guild found that increased e-book lending at libraries is threatening...
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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"DIU" means 'fuck' in Cantonese, just for some context on how serious a threat this group which has 76 followers on Facebook is
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 11/09/2026
shit like this is why i say the press are a bunch of chickenshits. "oh they yelled at us so we just dumped it on youtube" you fucking cowards, air it anyways and dare them to sue you then put the threats in the court record. air a title card saying "THE US GOVERNMENT ORDERED THIS NOT AIR", come on
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Joel Chan @kjoules.org · 11/09/2026
From the judgment summary: “Although the present case did not involve violence or threat of violence, nor had the defendants put forward any specific means of implementation or timetable to carry out ‘end one-party dictatorship’, the Court found that the offence was still of ‘a serious nature’”
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Poohsticks @poohsticks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
HK Basic Law Fundamental Rights and Duties of the Residents Art. 27 Hong Kong residents shall have freedom of speech, of the press and of publication; freedom of association, of assembly, of procession and of demonstration; and the right and freedom to form and join trade unions, and to strike.
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Hudson Lockett IV // 康河信 // ハドソン・ロケット @hudsonlockett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This logline feels a bit unfair. Not because Tung was great, mind, but because you could arguably apply it to every chief executive.
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Greg @jamyang.net · 11/09/2026
@anthropic.com new threat report (Sept 2026) documents three PRC operations, disrupted Jan to Jul 2026, that used #Claude to monitor #Tibetan targets. The Central Tibetan Administration, @savetibet.bsky.social & @sfthq.bsky.social are named. A short thread on what it says (& what it doesn't.) 🧵
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