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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Thirty years ago, Susan Collins promised Maine voters she’d serve only two terms. Now she’s a multimillionaire asking them for a sixth. Her current net worth is estimated to be roughly $6.8 million. Not bad for a Senate salary of $174,000 per year.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Ex-boss filed a $12 theft charge against an ex-employee because she got a restraining order in response to his creepy behavior. Charge was never prosecuted, but it gave ICE an excuse to arrest and detain her. Congratulations to the 58 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act. You own this.

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A disgruntled boss filed theft charges against her. When she went to court, ICE arrested her. | Baltimore Brew

BREW EXCLUSIVE: A $12.08 dispute over a McDonald’s meal leads to the arrest of a 25-year-old by ICE agents in the Carroll County District courthouse.

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Morgan Johnson @poormojo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Students made their first minicomics in my intro making course - mostly standard format but this student, a first time maker(!), did something so off the charts I’m still reeling from it! & he made like 12 of them for his classmates! A paper engineering feat of flipbookery as well as killer drawing!

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Chills, Thrills and Kills October Itchio book sale is live!!! Get this amazing deal of October-themed reads that'll last you until next year! 80+ books for just $69! Less than a dollar a book and all the jokes you can make about the price! itch.io/b/3904/chill...

Graphic 2 for the Chills, Thrills & Kills October Itchio Sale. 93 books for $69. A VERY BIG AND SPOOKY BUNDLE of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year’s Hallowe’en Season! Hosted by Indie Book Spotlight.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i wasn’t looking for a man to be my protector, i was looking for backup flaminghydra.com/gentlemen-an...

"What the hell was that?" I asked. "Why didn't you say anything?"
"You expect me to pick a fight with a crazy person?"
"No!" Even I could hear myself sounding hysterical.
"I don't expect you to pick a fight with a crazy person, I expect you to say something for me!"
My friend had a point. If a guy is so determined to own the sidewalk that he'll literally behave like a rabid animal about it, he might indeed take any remark about his behavior amiss, perhaps even as an invitation to fight. But I had a point, too. As long as my friend said nothing on my behalf, the lone man correctly figured it was just him against some girl. He could take me. We both knew it. I wasn't looking for a protector; I was looking for backup. For someone to take my hand and assure me that whatever happened, it would not be one against one.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.

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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is not deporting people. Literally. Legally. There is a deportation process and this isn't it. This is rendition. This is disappearing people.

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026

I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

LEARN TO HOWL is my COMPLETE werewolf trilogy! Allie didn't know she's a werewolf. But now she has even more problems?? Luckily, her cousin Morgan is there to help* *do everything authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/learn-to-h... itch.io/c/5930931/le...

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MoveOn @moveon.org · 15/09/2026

It’s Hispanic Heritage Month, and children and families are still being held in captivity at Dilley Detention Center. While politicians celebrate their culture, families in our communities are being locked up. Call your member of Congress and urge them to shut down the camps for good.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thursday in Kyiv. Another jet-powered drone attack. The fifth since midnight. I’ll write today. But first, groceries. Constant attacks on warehouses and logistics centres are being felt: temporary shortages of some products and slower deliveries. Still grateful for what we have.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.

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Haiti TPS has been TERMINATED.
Those with terminated TPS are in our nation Illegally. They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY or be DEPORTED.
DHS.GOV/CBРНОМЕ

Underneath is a screenshot of a video showing two Haitian men in chains being led to the aircraft. I didn’t post the video, but it’s vile.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Bay Area friends: A friend found these small kittens behind a gas station and we've been trying to find them a home for almost two months. For now, they live in a small bathroom. Would you consider adopting? They are vaxxed, neutered, and incredibly affectionate. Please help!

Photo of three kittens. Two are orange; one is black.

Photo of two orange cats, one black, and one dark gray.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton was a supporter of Willa B. Farms, an animal rescue in Old Hickory, TN. I hope you will consider a donation in her memory. 💔 www.willabfarms.com/donate

Photo from the 1970s of the most radiant and wonderful Dolly Parton, smiling brilliantly and holding a tiny orange tabby kitten up to her cheek.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🧊🚸⛓️ ”ICE just arrested a 5-year-old boy on his way to a soccer game in my home city of Austin, Texas. His name, just like the name of the little boy from Minnesota, is Liam. And Liam should be starting kindergarten this week, but instead he’s sitting in a trailer prison right now in Dilley, Texas.”

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Texas Lawmakers Call on ICE to Close Detention Camp Where 100+ Children Are Held

In Texas, calls are mounting to shut down the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, where it’s estimated more than 100 children are being detained by ICE. This comes after a 5-year-old boy,...

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Having a friendly and prosperous country on your border is something societies have hungered for for thousands of years and we've now intentionally fucked that up by antagonizing and disrespecting Canada for no good reason. Just the stupidest fucking own-goal in recent world history.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/07/2026

I've said it before and I'll say it again, a West Wing style hyper-saturated but not melodramatic episodic hopecore drama series about a progressive political operation that was just the Mamdani administration with the serial numbers filed off would have endless viewership numbers.

Meme made of screenshots from the Lulu Garcia Navarro interviewing Zohran Mamdani

[Top: picture of mamdani, with text reading] *New York Times interviewing Zohran Mamdani*
[Middle: picture of Navarro and Mamdani with text reading] *Mamdani has a cough attack mid-interview* "I'm so sorry... It's just a bad cough."
[Navarro:] "Have you had it checked out?"
[Mamdani:] *recovering, sipping glass of water* "I have."
[Bottom: *Mamdani,] fighting for his life, [trying not to cough and choke,] staring directly at the camera, still smiling*
"That's why I believe in Medicare for all. Everyone can check it out."

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.

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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026

A statement from WIRED leadership.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Breaking News: ICE kills again in Florida Today. ICE cannot be reformed; We must Abolish ICE.

BREAKING NEWS
ICE KILLS MAN IN FLORIDA THE SAME DAY THEY AEE ORDERED TO STOP VEHICLE
PURSUITS
ICE Reforms Fail Once Again, As ICE's reign of terror will continue until they are abolished.
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WIRED @wired.com · 14/07/2026

Members of DOGE who were working at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) used artificial intelligence to inform policy decisions. Now, the agency appears to be denying FOIA requests about it.

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DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How

In response to a public records request, HUD has withheld documents about DOGE’s use of AI—in part by citing a privilege that doesn’t exist.

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Gabriel Hargrave (he/him) @ghargravewrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

If you've been waiting to donate until things were the most urgent and dire that they've ever been, now would be an amazing time. *lolsob* gofund.me/49a4a2dbd

I have 3 days to raise $900 or the eviction process starts. The housing navigator I was working with ended up not being super helpful and gave me contradictory advice, so now I'm scrambling like mad to try and stay housed.

If you can donate, please do. And please share.

And if you need an edit done later this year and want to book now, please let me know.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/07/2026

There is still time to submit your comment and tell the government that you don't want US research to be completely destroyed by politicians meddling in individual grants. You can submit your comments here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...

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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🚨BIG ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 InfoWars endorses the #MAJA movement's mission to rename Austin to JONESTOWN for the late Alex Jones, who popped like a balloon.

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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In today's newsletter, which is free, I used an obviously AI-drafted tweet from Hunter Biden as the basis for talking about why AI writing bothers me separate and apart from the "I'm a writer and this threatens me" perspective. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...

I don't engage with AI if I can possibly avoid it, but even I've seen enough AI-produced text in various places over the past couple of years that I know it when I see it. And once you become aware of its traits you cannot help but see it every time it pops up.

AI writing has a certain cadence. One that relies heavily on cliche, quick analogy, and the massive overuse of sophomore writing seminar tricks like stinger tag lines, such as "Mamdani didn't ask permission. He took the field" and "The middle is not a strategy. It's an empty room". Most AI writing reads like it was written by or, perhaps, for some tech executive who lives for elevator pitches and executive summaries because he doesn't have time for actually developed ideas and "sounds good" beats "is good" most of the time. It's pithy stuff with the illusion of cleverness but which doesn't hold up to close reading. It's becoming ubiquitous and it's grating.

The pernicious thing about AI writing, though, is that it does make people who couldn't otherwise put two sentences together sound vaguely and superficially competent. I mean, I don't know Hunter Biden apart from what's been in the news about him over the years, but I'm pretty sure that he's not the sort of guy who whips out concise, seven-point political breakdowns on social media 12 hours after an election goes down. Which is to say that that tweet, however AI-created it was, is better than he likely would've done on his own.

Is fake literacy better than nothing? I suppose we could argue about it. But I'm really, really tired of everything reading like this. Words that sound broadly smart, but which, because they are not reasoned, cannot be reasoned with and are thus utterly empty. Words that sound like a sales pitch or the preamble to an actual con not a narrative or a conversation or an argument.

Words are the manifestation of ideas, AI deploys words to

Words are the manifestation of ideas, AI deploys words to create the illusion of an idea. Their illusory nature is made plain by the knowledge that if Biden wanted to argue exactly the opposite of what he's arguing here all he'd need to do is type in "OK, now argue it from the other side" and ChatGPT or whatever he uses will give him seven completely different and completely opposite takeaways from Tuesday's election. There's no weight there at all – there's no there there at all – and if you took Biden away from his laptop he'd be utterly unable to provide any weight on his own.

This probably doesn't matter when all it involves are Hunter Biden's political takeaways. But my lawyer friends tell me that they're seeing obviously AI-generated legal pleadings by pro se litigants. Others have noted that they're seeing it more and more in other forms of advocacy writing, applications, grievances, and the like. All of which bothers me on a superficial level as a writer who takes pride in writing things, but which truly concerns me as a human being.

It bothers me because words, deployed in any number of contexts, can and do alter people's lives. It's bad enough when they're deployed poorly or maliciously, but to see them deployed so carelessly, with less than zero consideration for their meaning, is truly frightening. It's frightening because making words mere window dressing to pre-ordained conclusions rather than the tools of deliberation itself makes the most fundamentally evil impulses disturbingly easy to carry out. Stuff like "find some reason to do that thing, I don't care what it is, as long as it sounds plausible." But the means matter, not just the ends, and working through the means forces us to reassess the ends if and when the logic doesn't add up.

The worst part of this is that I know I'm fighting a losing battle. A large account reposted Biden's tweet to Bluesky, and most of the responses were people eating that shit up. Not because they were convinced of anything but because their priors were being confirmed in a way that sounded superficially pleasant and appealing. Maybe that doesn't matter here, where the substance of the matter isn't necessarily wrong, but as someone who has spent his whole life in the business of advocacy and persuasion I know how easy it is to make people think and even do bad things by deploying words that sound superficially pleasant and appealing.

I don't know what if anything can be done about this, but nothing seems more important to me right now than than finding and valuing real human connection, wherever we can find it.

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Secret Tabby @secrettabby.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Use one mini to promote your page. Alright rat you're up #minipainting #nerdlings

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

this is a pride flag made from real nasa imagery happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈✨

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Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Hey everyone! Just putting this out there again: if you've enjoyed (and/or hated) the posts from this account, it would mean so much if you're able to drop some support on Ko-Fi! ko-fi.com/badmedicalta...

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Mista Kotta 💙 🇺🇦 @mistakotta.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Those Jan. 6 losers and criminals are going to get paid, but not Epstein survivors or cancer centers in need of funding. I hate every single person in this administration so much!

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

It's still a shock every time I look at what used to be one of the standard US environmental data services and see that the live data just isn't being updated any more due to funding cuts. It hurts all of us.

National Snow and Ice Data Centre (a US facility) webpage that says that the top that its services have been reduced due to non-renewed funding.

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Some More News @somemorenews.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Hi. In today's episode, we're looking at the Trump administration's attempts to rewrite history, specifically by diminishing the contributions of anyone who isn't a straight white man and pretending that things like slavery didn't happen. Link: youtu.be/3VmBoZbMeUo

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Defiance Dispatch @defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

A demonstration at the Dilley Concentration Camp in Texas. Children and families have been imprisoned in the concentration camp in Texas for months, and all they’ve experienced is abuse, neglect, mistreatment, undrinkable water and moldy food. #SHUTDOWNDILLEY Credit: @mommmaliz.bsky.social

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

chyron has me asking a lot of questions already answered by the chyron

Fox screenshot: FLOTUS: NEVER BEEN FRIENDS WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN

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OMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 @amsickofpollies.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Nothing left to say Billions feel this way .

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

To all who celebrate

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 08/04/2026

I’m relieved Trump did not destroy an entire civilization last night, but his unhinged threat and illegal war make it clear he is unfit to serve as president. Trump needs to be removed from office. And we must oppose his administration’s new $1.5 trillion budget proposal for more war.

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Congressman Shri Thanedar @thanedar.house.gov · 07/04/2026

Trump just threatened to slaughter 100 million people. It's clear he's unfit to be president, the 25th amendment must be invoked. If Vance, Rubio & the others continue to be spineless cowards, Congress must do everything possible to stop Trump & this war. www.spectator-index.com/tweet/breaki...

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BREAKING: Iranian media says talks and indirect ne... - The Spectator Index

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The President of the United States needs to be removed from power immediately. This is an existential emergency.

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