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Camelina @camelina.bsky.social · 13h
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey so, science and tech that was developed with gov't funding--as LLMs/AI/etc. were--should BENEFIT not HARM the public.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In 1997 I was at an art conference where everyone was saying cozy things about close-knit deeply rooted small communities so I stood up and said "I am a San Franciscan and I live among people those close-knit deeply rooted small communities wanted to kill."
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Anand Giridharadas | City Arts & Lectures
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cowboys past and present are: Black, Indigenous, Latino, immigrant, queer, trans, radical, female (and the ones in rodeos rely on rodeo clowns to keep them safe). And that pro-democracy pro-Constitution patriots despise this dimwitted pile of hatreds. I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026
this is a bit of an obsession of mine especially here in charlottesville. the cost of commercial real estate is prohibitive if you want to experiment and the city seems categorically opposed to small lots and small units that could allow people to start businesses without a huge capital investment
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
All we can say is this Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in a clubhouse after all the atrocities she was involved in, while MAGA is still finding ways to justify immigrants being treated like this.
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sb1900.bsky.social @sb1900.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | This Is Really Bad (Gift Article)
We can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Spoke with some of 600+ people who were punished for Charlie Kirk-related speech over the past year — about the anxieties they’ve faced, the crazy reasons they were fired or even arrested, and what their life has been like since:
zeteo.com
A Year Ago, Charlie Kirk Was Killed. Meet the People Who Were Fired for Speaking Out About Him
In the year since the murder of the far-right commentator, those who were punished for comments about his death have met mixed fortunes. Over in Dallas, the GOP’s mad midterm Trumpapalooza began.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
People who continue to pursue a technology under these circumstances are either massive liars or truly believe this and are persisting anyway, and either way they are rotten people who should be removed from all forms of power and access.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026
Tapping the sign.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/09/2026
According to the whistleblower, USPS hasn't disclosed this to the public, and even days before launch, still has no policy for how many ballots will actually be checked.
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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Jesus
washingtonpost.com
College student steps into traffic, is killed after losing immigration status
Pierre Damas Bel’s family said he took his own life on a busy highway after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants and ICE officers placed him in an ankle mo...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 29/08/2026
Montana's constitution and the Indian Education for All Act of 1999 dictate that every public school student in the state must be taught about the history and contributions of Tribal Nations. We've reached a landmark settlement that will help ensure students receive the education promised to them.
aclu.org
Montana to Implement Indigenous Education Statewide
Montana first led the nation by enshrining Indigenous education in its constitution. Now’s the time to implement those promises.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"The solicitation seeks 5,500 detention beds in four regions on contracts running 10 years each: 1800 beds in central Pennsylvania, 1500 near Denver, 1500 near Seattle, 700 near Miami..." www.projectsaltbox.com/p/mobile-det...
projectsaltbox.com
Mobile detention sites, courtrooms inside the jails, and a clause saying state law does not apply. What ICE's new detention solicitation reveals
A contract solicitation posted Friday covers vans that hold people at arrest scenes, courtrooms inside private detention centers, and a clause declaring state law inapplicable.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/08/2026
Genuinely abundant, cheap, accessible energy has vastly more liberatory potential than AI, for vastly more people -- especially more poor people. Which, I guess, is your answer.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“And please, when I fail, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if need be, when I deserve it, because no one knows or cares about me more.” … “With all my heart, Natalie”
Dear Mr. President,
I'm sorry. I thought I was the only one left behind last night, and had no idea Margo's car was also pulled over, and sent back to the Airport. Since I was alone in the van outside Customs without my passport, I panicked, and should have just called Secret Service instead of you. I also am sorry if I was an embarrassment walking the course in Scotland. The first day I was told there were no carts, and people walked, which is why I walked. The second day, 1 was specifically asked by, I forget who his name was, but one of the main people who worked there, if I could continue walking, and tell any other girls who would head out there to do the same to spare the Course any more Carts. If there is anything else I have done to cause you trouble, please forgive me. I know that some people have said I haven't been texting them back, and there have been some International cell issues (John was having technical issues on the Plane too, so asked me to help him out).
I want things to always be right between us. I also know I've been distracted all week (forgetting to eat throughout the days, and even forgetting to sleep, and only catching a couple hours at a time). I haven't been myself, dwelling on the Past, and the pain of losing my Dad, and I started letting the remarks of people who haven't bothered me before, get to me-not because I care what others think, but because I see myself being lowered in your eyes and good opinion. That is the fear you see, because 1 never want to bring you anything but joy. I'm sorry I lost my focus. You are all that matters to me. I don't want to ever let you down. Thank you for being my Guardian and Protector in this Life-That's what I wanted to use this card for, when you saw me at the Cash Register, and once again did what you didn't have to do, and gifted me with Mementos of this Trip of a Lifetime, a Coming of Age. I will return a better person. I have to sign off now, as the cars are leaving.
See you soon.
With all my …Dear Mr. President,
Now this is the Note I wanted to write (But the apology needed to come first.)
I have learned so much about myself on this Trip-I always knew coming home to my roots would be enlightening, but I had no idea how much. For the first time, in I don't know how long, you forced me to "unplug." We could be out on the Course, with no machines, and even forget what time it was! I didn't have to be "Human Printer." I could take time to enjoy good conversation, and still get all my work done at the end of the day. In fact, I even had time to take long morning and evening walks to enjoy each Sunrise and Sunset (though I did forget to eat and sleep!). With so much thinking time, I confess it did have a slightly negative effect at times, that I know you picked up on, but the end result, I believe, will be worth it. I had no idea how rapidly I was approaching burnout, and starting to envy those whose only "job" seems to be to talk with you, and look pretty. I want that job!! So many times, I'm just trying to stay afloat with all that's coming in for you, I look like a hunchback who didn't have time to freshen up (at least you know what I should look like)! Plus, I miss the days when you used to call, during my Talkshow days, and we'd talk about everything and nothing. I want to get back to that synergy. We shouldn't have to talk about work all the time!! I've always felt like an in-betweener, somewhere between Staff and those you enjoy talking to on the Plane or at Dinner, because that's who I used to be to you when I was a "Talkshow Host" (as much as I hated that actual job!). I wish I could hear every conversation, because that's when you're having a good time, getting away from it all, at least for a few moments.
But after going through all this self-analysis, my conclusion? I need to reunite my past self with my current into a better version who will make you proud. And please, when I fail, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if n…
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/08/2026
Redneck racists?! In *Texas* you say?!
nytimes.com
Islamophobia’s Rise in Texas: ‘I Won’t Rest Until Every Muslim Is Gone’
Muslim communities have been growing for decades, particularly around Dallas. Now, conservatives want to roll up the welcome mat.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
David Rohde says that the major logistics problems for the Navy largely come from the fact that the Navy's chief resupply station in the Gulf of Oman was completely destroyed in an Iranian attack, and Hegseth decided to keep it secret, from the public, Congress and the White House.
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USS Lincoln wasn't resupplied because Hegseth 'hid' that Iran destroyed main U.S. base: Rohde
President Trump continues to say that Iran wants to make a deal to end the war and that the U.S. has control over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the president downplayed concerns about the condition...
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The media relentlessly promotes the narrative that progressives are too mean to anti-vaxxers and we must bring them around with compassion. This isn't true and isn't helping. The more public sympathy you show them, the more empowered they are in their beliefs. www.statnews.com/2026/08/19/s...
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 19/08/2026
Correct. @sanders.senate.gov please listen to Cory! NO bailout for tech oligarchs when their bubble pops.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This is nice!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/08/2026
🚨EXCLUSIVE: Military families and service members are now describing horrific conditions across MULTIPLE ships: human waste flooding bathrooms, virtually no food, water or soap, months without port calls, exhausted crews, and no end in sight. This crisis is far bigger than just the Lincoln.
meidasnews.com
Not Just the Lincoln: Families Describe Human Waste, No Food, No End in Sight Across Multiple Ships
Since MeidasTouch began reporting on conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, messages have poured in to MeidasTouch from military families and service
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12/08/2026
Abolish this agency. Burn it to the ground. Scatter the ashes. Imprison those involved.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Again, WHCA why...?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/08/2026
Yes yes yes to this whole thread! Another aspect that needs some reckoning is what an *industry* the whole anti-woke thing became -- how many people came to fame & prominence through it and desperately cling to it to this day because they know it's their meal ticket.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The excesses of the Woke 1 era mostly amount to cringe public statements, harmless vocabulary updates and loss of prestige for public figures. The backlash to Woke 1, on the other hand, is imprisoning dissidents, dismantling public education and eroding democracy. That's what needs reckoning
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026
I'm sure that working in social media - dealing with people as mass statistical abstractions - is a cognitohazard, the sort of thing that could make anyone a little solipsistic, convinced that everyone else is a kind of stimulus-responding automaton lacking the interiority that you experience. 1/
A medieval siege engine, tended by gnome-sized purple figures. Around it are several human-like figures with robot heads, clad in medieval garb. Their legs are missing, tapering off into nothingness. The giant floating head of Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse avatar overlooks the scene. Each of the robot people is being closely observed by a distorted, grotesque version of Zuckerberg's avatar head.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is grotesque and fascist.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
What if someone told you there's MORE than one horse? Have you ever considered that?
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Imperial guard
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 18/07/2026
This is the best TV coverage of ICE Air that I’ve seen - the interviews with detainees, longing to see their children, are gut-wrenching; the facts are well-researched and presented. Fuck ICE.
youtu.be
WATCH | ICE AIR: Inside America's Secret Deportation Network
YouTube video by 9NEWS
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 18/07/2026
Medicaid covers low-income adults, children, pregnant people, the elderly and people with disabilities. It’s one of our few social safety nets. Giving HIPAA-protected data to ICE and Palantir is a betrayal of public trust and straight-up illegal. The ongoing theft of our country’s data is a heist.
npr.org
ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with Palantir
The revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts.
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Remember when everyone praised Giuliani for the "Broken Windows" law enforcement policy? That you do the little things and it makes the city better? Mamdani is doing the non-dickish version of that.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/07/2026
i had fun making this one youtu.be/3ifVbF29WlY
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A diarrhea outbreak is what happens when you elect Republicans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/07/2026
"What the federal government has been doing to people assumed to be immigrants is different from normal police brutality. It is a targeted campaign. We are witnessing, for the first time since Jim Crow, American death squads."
lnk.thebulwark.com
America’s Death Squads Are Real
Sometimes you can’t see the world clearly from the inside.
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It’s not illegal to be a Communist. It’s not illegal to be a Communist and get elected to Congress. But I guess we’re just gonna pretend it is.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Jeff Timmer: Fun Fact: The President of the goddam United States paid nearly $6 million in damages today to a woman he raped. Once upon a time, this would have been the only news you heard.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/07/2026
i strongly believe that the unpopular and widely-hated president should spend more time giving prime time speeches and thus forcing republicans in congress to defend his madness
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Mike D'Angelo @mickeyd123.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
25th Amendment. @schiff.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @ocasio-cortez.house.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @crockett.house.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Huge new class action lawsuit filed by big publishers and authors against Google this week over AI training. It accuses Google of taking millions of books / articles provided to them for use only in Google Books, Google Play Books, and Google Scholar, and secretly using them to train LLMs. 🧵 1/4
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Want to keep people cool AND generate energy? Solar panel shading systems! This is a new timber-framed office and laboratory in Basel, by Herzog de Meuron
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 04/07/2026
We reject their sick perversion of this historic day. We reject the very idea of claiming freedom of speech to obliterate *all* the constitutional rights of people they hate and exclude by force—via ethnic cleansing (“remigration”) or other weapons. WE define ‘nation’. WE define ‘patriot’.
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
People who are unfamiliar with the UCMJ may not realize that for an active duty major to do this in uniform, the consequence can be court martial and incarceration. All of it is prohibited, but the wearing of the uniform was an intentional choice, and a likely forfeit of both his career and freedom.
cnn.com
US service member arrested at Capitol after calling for Trump’s impeachment | CNN Politics
A US Air Force major was arrested on the steps of the US Capitol on Wednesday after delivering a speech calling for the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
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Politico @politico.com · 03/07/2026
Trump's record-setting July 4 fireworks could shower the city with pollution
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Trump's record-setting July 4 fireworks could shower the city with pollution
The National Park Service will launch a dazzling 850,000 fireworks in the nation's capital this year. Officials acknowledge the potential health risks.
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salbr29891.bsky.social @salbr29891.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/07/2026
It's just like MAGA, except it wants a more tolerant, egalitarian society, where everyone has healthcare and the material prerequisites of a life of dignity. I guess from the perspective of the theater critics in media, that difference is invisible.
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WHO @who.int · 28/06/2026
If you feel unwell in the heat: stop, find shade, drink water. Get help if you don't improve. If someone near you looks unwell, do not leave them alone. Move them to shade and call for help. Heatstroke is an emergency. Act fast. #BeatTheHeat
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