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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Classic tech bro: reinvent a shittier version of something you’ve attempted to destroy and sell it as innovation and democratization. They really are cartoon charicatures…

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026

12/ We spent months compiling every case we could find of immigration agents detaining Americans. We did it because the government hasn't. And now, we're sharing every one of those cases with you. Explore our database: propub.li/4egbSK2

Screenshot of database titled "Explore All Incidents Where Citizens Were Detained." Text below explains that this is every incident ProPublica could find in which one or more citizens were reportedly detained between January 2025 and September 2026. There are 506 citizens' cases in the database, and users can sort by what the incidents involve, where the incident is located, and the recency of the case.

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Say no to state sponsored terrorism. Abolish and prosecute ICE.

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

How dare they torture our slaves! Is a very interesting hill to die on…

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A tough piece, specifically a piece about women being extremely tough under serious threat. Big respect to @espiers.bsky.social to writing about this in such an unsparing, constructive way. Teaching kids young about consent—and *enthusiastic* consent—is, unfortunately, necessary

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s #BannedBooksWeek, which means it’s the perfect time to dispel common myths and misconceptions about the prevalence and impacts of book bans across the United States. Here are five common myths about book banning that everyone should know the truth about 🧵

Gold-colored graphic depicting an illustration of a group of young people lounging in a book store, sitting on the hardwood floor, and reading books together. There are illustrations of bookshelves decorated with books, knick knacks, plants, and cactuses in the background. The graphic is titled “5 Myths You Should Know About Book Banning”.

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Protect the freedom to read.

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Encephalophatass (Any pronouns) @encephalophatass.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We need to ban Airbnbs. "Silly goose! The solution to the housing crisis it to build more!" Ok, but we did that and they all got turned into Airbnbs. "So build more!" Yep, also got turned into Airbnbs. "So build more!" 1/?

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Listening to him talk is so painful…

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Encephalophatass (Any pronouns) @encephalophatass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Para continuar, porque el rentismo es por definición un sistema que promueve la desigualdad, en el que más tiene puede permitirse parasitar al que menos. Pero es que además la desigualdad extrema hace más frágil la economía. 🧵

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Encephalophatass (Any pronouns) @encephalophatass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Mira, no voy a entrar en argumentos humanistas porque a estos lamebotas de Blackstone les da igual que tú acabes viviendo bajo un puente. Tenemos que arreglar el problema de los alquileres porque está reventando la economía. 🧵

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 21/07/2026

"It's unacceptable that Chinese open source AI models may have been built on IP theft". They are so close. Now do OpenAI and Anthropic next.

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 24/07/2026

I know some people are working really hard to take humans out of the software development loop, but I hope that day never comes.

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 21/09/2024

At this point I'm willing to pay more money for appliances with zero smart features and physical controls for everything.

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 02/10/2026

🤦🏾‍♂️

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Jason Cosper @jason.cosper.me · 20/04/2026

I got tired of Substack platforming Nazis, white supremacists, and convicted rapists, so I made a browser extension. Kill Yr Substack intercepts every Substack link and redirects it to `archive.is`. They never see your traffic. You still get to read the thing tho. jasoncosper.com/kill-yr-subs...

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Kill Yr Substack | Jason Cosper

I’ve been tired of Substack platforming white supremacists, Nazis, neo-confederates, and so many of the worst people on the internet for a long time now. So I made a browser extension for all of us.

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Rich Burroughs @somewhattolerable.com · 01/10/2026

What does this woman think she’s doing being right about everything?!

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 01/10/2026

This was the first thing I wrote after I left the Washington Post almost three years ago. What a wild ride (to hell) it has been. gillianbrockell.com/one-neat-tri...

So, here it is - with apologies to my former editor for getting this out way too late - one neat trick that proves the Civil War was not about states' rights:
If the Civil War had been about upholding states' rights, then slave states would have been fine with non-slave states passing laws protecting Black residents who had self-emancipated ("run away") from slave states. Slave states weren't fine with that.
They pushed a federal law - the Fugitive Slave Act - that superseded states' rights, forcing federal marshals to arrest and transport these people, regardless of the laws of the state they were in.
Bloop! That's it!
In the lead-up the Civil War, this was a common point made by antislavery activists
- a ubiquitous thing we have somehow forgotten, like sewing our own clothes or shape-note singing.

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Remember the add when we were kids with the egg? This is your brain. And then they cracked it and said this is your brain on drugs. Well ladies and gentlemen, this is your brain when you have dementia…

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hugbee.bsky.social @hugbee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In that sense, it is a little telling that only tech giant lukewarm on AI is also the creator of the last big disrupter (iphone) tech & the only one that has "manufacturing physical goods people want" as a primary business. MS/Meta/Google/Amazon/etc are primarily rent-seeker businesses these days.

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Jared 🔶 @quantumjared.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The right to free speech is really, really important to protect against government overreach, but if that’s the *only* defence you can find for what you’re saying, maybe you shouldn’t be saying it.

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Every time you think there aren’t enough pieces of shit in the world you can always head over to X…

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

X - proving human beings are shit since its takeover by Elmo…

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We live in the most insane timeline.

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The correct framing is “repugnicans say we want to trans your kids. What does that even mean? It’s just fear mongering. If you are worried about your kids, you should be worried about the economy and being able to afford to feed them. Who is currently in charge of the economy and how is that going?”

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Exhibit A for our version of Nuremberg…

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Grizzhole @grizzhole.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yeah, well meaning types assume that everyone wants to be a good person but has different perspectives on what that means. But some segment thinks that being good is for suckers, a ruse, and that what really matters is to be the alpha. What’s changed is how mainstream this view is now

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Well apparently he is. Although it’s ’Merica we couldn’t possibly hold billionaires accountable for anything…

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And I get the same vibe from AI proponents; They simply don't understand art, and think it's beneath them. They don't understand the appeal, they come from a techbro mindset and think art is a solved equation and anything that isn't photorealistic or extremely high detail is failing at the goal.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the two big ai stories to kick off the week are - meta ai giving your address to strangers on fb marketplace - stole a scientific breakthrough and presented it as its own work this is what we get instead of healthcare or third spaces or public transportation or pick literally anything else

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 28/09/2026

When people say "you can't do that these days" they always seem to mean "make a movie where you say the n-word" and not "rise up in rage and terrify the entire food and drug industry into putting safety seals on every product."

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just another page out of the tech playbook. This is what they do. Not one single iota of moral between all of them.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/09/2026

I’m increasingly of the belief that we’ve never truly left the Great Financial Crisis. Everything we’re dealing with today started there, and every excess and problem stems from the US government’s failure to contain or eradicate its causes.

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So the guy who started the war is going to expel the warmongers. Got it. Sad part is the MAGAts will eat it up.

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Since Elon Musk seems to hate this documentary about him from one of my favorite non-fiction filmmakers, Alex Gibney, figured it was my duty to spread a link to the trailer so you can see it for yourself. ENJOY: loom.ly/oA2_-p8

youtu.be

Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street

Musk

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Dr Paul Williams @drpwilliams.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

That’s what bothers me about these things It gets blamed on “AI” Some one made decisions - and marketing materials for a university has a very large number of approvals to go through Lots of people touched this

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Stanford has such a terrible history…

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

They should get the same amount of privacy they give everyone else. Why are they worried? They keep saying they aren’t doing anything wrong…

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There’s an election coming up. I think this would be a rather popular position…

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I mean Pablo Escobar was a complete piece of shit and half of Medellin loved him…

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It is amazing that they are all upset that no one likes them. I’m like dude you got billions - use them for something other than stroking your own ego…

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Sam Taggart @sasworkshops.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Being a billionaire shouldn’t give you a pass on committing crimes.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026

Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."

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tbabb @tbabb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

approximately one industry in our civilization has figured out "systematically keep track of things that go wrong, and then systematically try to prevent them from happening again", and this is the result

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