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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 8h

I couldn’t watch the game can someone explain to me why the flyers lost by a touchdown

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 19h

A migrant worker in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to death for posting blasphemy in a Facebook comment.

tamilguardian.com

Tamil youth faces death sentence in Saudi Arabia over Facebook comment | Tamil Guardian

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 20h

Sure is curious how regularly "fake news"/"disinformation" charges seem to be just about people publishing information the government doesn't like! rsf.org/en/hong-kong...

On 30 September 2026, officers from the National Security Department of the Hong Kong police arrested journalist Tang Ho-wing, founder of Boom News, an independent, social media-based news outlet, according to local media. The 37-year-old journalist, also known by the pseudonym “Boomhead”, is being held under accusation of “incitement by spreading disinformation”, Hong Kong media outlets.

The arrest is reportedly linked to Boom News's coverage of a gathering on 31 August 2026 that marked the seventh anniversary of a police crackdown on protesters in 2019, during the mass demonstrations against an extradition bill with Beijing. Local media report that eight people have been arrested over the commemoration in recent weeks. At the time of writing, police had not publicly confirmed the journalist’s arrest.

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The police chief responsible for sending a message threatening to have US Marshals arrest a man for his "F you and your Flock cameras" Facebook comment is no longer with the dept. Unclear if he was fired or resigned.

wrdw.com

Ridge Spring police chief no longer with department

Ridge Spring Police Chief Terry Logan is no longer with the department, Ridge Spring City Hall confirmed Tuesday.

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

hell yeah porter martone www.theplayerstribune.com/porter-marto...

Porter Martone letter to Philly: In my bedroom back home in Peterborough, I’ve got these sticks up on my wall. They have little pegs attached to them. Every time I won a medal at a junior hockey tournament I’d hang them from there, and I’d fall asleep looking at them. Since I was four, all I’ve ever wanted was to keep filling up those pegs. When one of my teams would win something I’d think, Yeah, that’ll look just right on my wall.
I get that same kind of energy from everybody in Philly. I felt it as soon as I got here. You guys are the kind of people who hang stuff up on your walls, right? The game room or the basement or wherever. Trophies everywhere. Newspapers framed everywhere. This is just a city of winners. I love it. People who hate to lose, who feel sick to their stomach when they lose. Those are my people. I felt all of that when I joined the team last spring before the playoffs started.

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t blame anyone. I blame everyone

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m afraid to watch 911 Nashville because there’s no way the full hour could live up to the majesty of the ads for it

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you were wronged, king, we will avenge you

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m immensely biased here so I am open to hearing that was reasonable but uhhh how does the penalty for this ugly hit just offset

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

now would be a very cool time for the defense to show up

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja has been arrested for a second time under UK anti-terror law for holding a sign that says: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action." He is one of thousands arrested for holding one of these signs.

riverineherald.com.au

| Riverine Herald

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

the only thing we can hope is that sheer hatred powers the phillies through this series against the braves. i want to see malice in their eyes

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

[happy gilmore voice] phillies learned how to hit...uh oh

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Note how a good number of activists were convicted under British colonial-era sedition laws

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

the Phillies a win away from a playoff berth

Meme of guy stopping mining before hitting diamonds

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m not mad, I’m disappointed. Ok, I’m also mad.

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

the Phillies a win away from a playoff berth

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

getting the vibe that I care more than the Phillies if the Phillies make the postseason

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

trying to resist the urge to talk about how annoying liberty biberty is because if I do they win

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

it's sedition to ask what, exactly, is sedition

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Adam A. Marshall @a-marshall-plan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just in: Judge Kelly has ordered the government to respond to CNN, Politico, MS Now's notice of noncompliance by 12:30 today:

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 24/09/2026

The Trump admin has "already repeatedly violated the Court’s Order" blocking the press ban, the media coalition tells the judge. CNN, MSNOW, and POLITICO ask for an emergency hearing "as soon as possible this morning." buff.ly/w43JPvR

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

BREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.

politico.com

POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access

The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri...

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Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"This case is different. This suit involves speech on a matter of public interest and concern, and allowing a legally faulty claim like this to proceed carries a cost ... because defending it can discourage others from reporting on and debating public affairs."

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Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

BREAKING: An Iowa state court dismisses President Donald Trump’s frivolous lawsuit against veteran pollster J. Ann Selzer (represented by @thefireorg.bsky.social) and the Des Moines Register newspaper, a victory for First Amendment rights. Opinion here: www.fire.org/research-lea...

This case sets a President, a member of Congress, and a former state senator against a pollster and a newspaper, and it arises out of an election. A case of that kind invites the reader to look for a political result. The Court’s role is narrower. It is to sit as an impartial arbiter, to apply the law without passion or prejudice, and to rule without regard to the politics of the day. As such, the only question before the Court is whether the Petition states a claim the law recognizes. At its core, the Plaintiffs’ Petition seeks to stretch both Iowa statutory and common law beyond their current bounds, turning speech that enjoys the highest category of First Amendment protection into a liability. After considering the parties’ arguments, the Court must conclude that the protection is too great and the reach is too far. The case must therefore be dismissed.

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A man commented “F you and your Flock cameras" on a South Carolina police department's Facebook post. And then the police department — reportedly the Police Chief himself — messaged the man threatening to have "U.S. Marshals" arrest him for “unlawful communications.” www.wrdw.com/2026/09/23/r...

The situation stems from a comment McClellan made on a public post the department made about Flock cameras being cut down across town. McClellan said something along the lines of, “F you and your Flock cameras.”

“I just said something and it really, it upset that police chief obviously and he messaged me roughly a week later. Not happy with what I said,” McClellan said.

In screenshots McClellan provided, the Facebook account labeled Ridge Spring Police Department responded to him, saying it is unlawful to use profanity electronically and stated, “I will be obtaining a warrant” for “unlawful communications.” The message also stated, “I will send the U.S. Marshals to pick you up.”

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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 23/09/2026

Scoop: Data allegedly stolen from the FBI provides sensitive assignment descriptions for named employees, exposing members of the "China criminal enterprise unit” & “Russia Operations Section" among others. One ex-employee described it as a foreign intel "goldmine." www.reuters.com/world/hacked...

reuters.com

EXCLUSIVE: Hacked FBI data has sensitive information about employees’ intelligence roles

FBI data allegedly stolen by the hacking group ShinyHunters carries granular detail about scores of bureau officials’ job assignments, including sensitive work ‌against Chinese spies, Russian intellig...

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Nathan Ruser @nrg8000.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A BBC Verify investigation found that Apple Maps' censoring of Chinese Military and Government sites has included arbitrary detention sites in Xinjiang, including the prison where Ilham Tohti is detained. Watch the investigation.

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I urgently need good news about the status of Dan Vladar

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 10/07/2024

brandon marsh is our protected wetlands

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Beyond China, the authors found an intriguing general pattern: when you ask an AI questions in the language spoken in a less-than-open society (Vietnamese or Turkmen, for example), the system is more likely to provide pro-government responses than critical ones."

prospectmagazine.co.uk

How AI learned to love the Chinese Communist Party

Regardless of whether it might end humanity, we should worry whether AI will kill off informed democracy

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Junaid Hafeez's story is tragic. He was a poet and a lecturer of English Literature until he was accused of blasphemy and targeted by a mob. He has spent 13 years in unsanitary prison conditions. His lawyer was shot and killed. This comment about sums it up. www.dawn.com/news/2031802

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Who can comment on this, even commenting can put you in danger .

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 22/09/2026

The Security Bureau has said it is "taking relevant follow-up actions" after a state-backed newspaper flagged a years-old Netflix documentary about pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong. In full: hongkongfp.com/2026/09/22/s... Photo: Netflix.

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Joshua Gibbons filmed a police SUV illegally speeding, then he briefly stopped to criticize the officer at a drive-thru. He also he posted a video of an officer flipping him off. *And then 8 armed officers arrested Gibbons in a pre-dawn raid.* Gibbons is suing to defend his First Amendment rights.

fire.org

LAWSUIT: FIRE announces lawsuit against Tennessee police department over pre-dawn raid at critic’s home

A Tennessee man who was arrested before dawn after he filmed police misconduct is announcing a lawsuit against the department for violating his First Amendment rights.

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

the skilled goals. the speed on the ice. the unbelievable saves. the fistfights in a preseason game that means absolutely nothing. hockey is back

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The British gov't promised Hong kongers that charges they incurred from protesting in 2019 would not be held against them when applying for BNO visas. Yet more HKers say the home office is denying their applications over protest associated charges.

metro.co.uk

'We were promised escape to UK - but they've betrayed us by denying our visas'

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

fascinating use of "assaults." last I checked, words aren't violence.

Trump rapid response team: Reminder: TV News Assaults 2nd Trump Admin With 92% Negative Coverage

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Two updates: The plaintiffs have already filed for a TRO: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... And the case has been assigned to Judge Timothy Kelly—a Trump appointee, but the same one who ruled *for* Jim Acosta in the press pass revocation dispute during the first Trump administration.

storage.courtlistener.com

Temporary Restraining Order – #2 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com

MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order by CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., Akayla Gardner, Cheyenne Haslett, Betsy Klein, MS NOW Cable, LLC, POLITICO LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Declara...

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

BREAKING: The nation's major television networks are declining to participate in White House pool duties moving forward in response to the Trump admin's decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from the White House, Fox News D.C. bureau chief Bryan Boughton wrote in an email to TV pool subscribers.

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

my cat was glaring at me because my cris collinsworth impression woke him up. buddy, i hate listening to him too

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind but for my sports teams. cleanse my brain of the pain

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

the phillies picked a pretty bad time of the season to play joyless, lifeless baseball

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

can we get the phillies in the corn again. is that an option

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If I understand this correctly, Trump is unaware of the well-established fact that China represses journalists but even if they do, it is “repressive” that the media here has the freedom to publish things the president of the U.S. dislikes. Just unreal.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The First Amendment prohibits Trump from punishing journalists because he doesn't like their coverage, just as it prohibits him from punishing universities because he doesn't like their courses, or from punishing law firms because he doesn't like their clients.

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