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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Agree With Abdul El-Sayed 💯%....
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Shane M. Bailey @shanembailey.com · 28/09/2026
Book 1 and 3 of @seananmcguire.bsky.social's (as Mira Grant) excellent Parasitology series are on sale digitally. $1.99 and $2.99. The middle book is full price but very worth it. www.amazon.com/dp/B074C8M94...
Mira Grant's Parasitology series
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 28/09/2026
Just in case it wasn’t clear, when they say the U.S. Government’s paying for this, that’s YOUR taxpayer dollars they’re using. I’ll say this as many times as I need to: it is ILLEGAL to use American taxpayer dollars from the government to pay for candidates’ or parties’ political ads.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Or Anything You Aspire To Be.......
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Ralph the Corgi @riotthecorgi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We need this in Chicago! Seattle Votes 7-2 to Restrict Algorithmic Grocery Pricing www.thestranger.com/news/seattle...
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Seattle Votes 7-2 to Restrict Algorithmic Grocery Pricing - The Stranger
The Seattle City Council voted Tuesday to limit how companies use personal data to set prices in grocery stores. The move will prohibit large grocery stores from using algorithmic pricing for individu...
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
25 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force into law. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against it, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👇👇👇👇
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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’ve shared this before, but it bears repeating. A lot.
This graphic has a black background and white letters for the words “Support these data centers: Schools, Libraries, Bookstores.”
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John Kusters Jr @jkusters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I just finished “A Wizard’s Guide To Defensive Baking” by @tkingfisher.com. For such an absurd concept, this book delivered hugely on warmth, humor, character, and a tremendous amount of satisfaction. Five 🌟s!
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I am generally opposed to capital punishment but I now concede there's a strong case for applying the death penalty to anyone who intentionally pursues a line of R&D that they *believe* will lead to the extinction of the human species. And Sam Altman and the AI bros are standing on the trapdoor.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/02/2026
GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 08/09/2026
I have received news of a perfectly named cafe located on the waterfront of Nova Scotia's capital, if you know what I mean
"Broken Man cafe" sign on a big plate glass window, through which one can see cafe tables and chairs and backs of people's heads. In the distance, a sign indicates that this is Pier 22 on the Halifax waterfront
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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Perfectly states what I've been saying for some time, now.
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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Data centres should pay ten times the consumer rate for energy. They should subsidise us, and not the other way around.
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🇺🇸🇨🇿🇺🇦⚫ @czeckmate2024.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
All Russian oligarchs living in luxury in the West should be rounded up, given a suitcase w a change of clothes abd dropped off at a border crossing. All their assets in the West confiscated.
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Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
My country, right or wrong. When right, to be praised. When wrong, to be fixed.
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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
EXACTLY 👇 THIS.......
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Octism Queen @snowqueenofhoth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I GOT MIXED UP AND SENT MY GRANT PROPOSAL TO MY PUBLISHER AND MY SCIENCE-FICTION
MANUSCRIPT TO THE FUNDING BOARD.
THEY BOTH GOT APPROVED,
SO NOW I HAVE TO WRITE A NOVEL ABOUT EEL MIGRATION AND BUILD A FLEET OF TELEPATHIC ROBOT CRABS THAT FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE WITH LASERS.
TOM GAULD for NEW SCIENTIST
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Miss Sage Hunter“Hello, Beautiful Humans.” ™₂₀₁₈ @pollypocketoxo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Unpopular opinion: dinner after sex is objectively superior. Sex works up an appetite. Dinner beforehand just risks making you sleepy, overfed, and far too comfortable. So really, the proper order is simple: chemistry first, carbs second. 🥂😉 And honestly… I will die on this hill.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
END CITIZENS UNITED.......
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that.
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Lindsey Rachev @lrachev.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
There it is.
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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 01/08/2026
If you're voting for the Hugos this weekend, please consider A GIRL AND HER FED for "Best Graphic Story or Comic." We're eligible as we wrapped the most recent act in 2025, a 20-year project about the illusions of freedom we somehow managed to land. #Hugos #WorldCon #GraphicArt #GraphicStory #Comic
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
As "Cadillac Desert" taught 30+ years ago.
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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Dear Prime Healthcare: Welcome to the Streisand Effect. www.youtube.com/shorts/ha7Te...
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I Received a Cease and Desist
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Stay the hell away from Elon Musk and especially his cars, rockets and software….
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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This is an apt descriptions of Republicans now.
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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism
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thxchef.bsky.social @thxchef.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Americans cannot allow this. 💯👇💯👇 Repost Please 💙
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Kongou @kongoubongou.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Governor Beshear... Get in your car. Drive to the hospital. Demand to speak to the Senator. No more waffling, no more waiting for them to reply. "I see the Senator now, or I assume he's not coming back and call an election when I leave."
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
AOC: A genocide in Gaza committed with American bombs and financed by our American dollars, while our kids here at home have to ration their inhalers because politicians tell us that healthcare is too expensive.
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 13/07/2026
JKR and her new org apparently helped get the new Amnesty International report on how TERF organizations destroy lives taken down from their site. Well, guess what? The Streisand Effect is real. Here's the entire report in a thread. Read it. Share it.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Murray: Is it true that people making under $184,000 pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate? Dahl: Yes. Murray: And what is the rate for someone making $1,000,000? Dahl: 2.2%.
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Amy McNally @infamousfiddler.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Okay, take a sec with me. If you can, put one hand on your forehead and the other hand over your heart. Take a breath and remember that under one hand is your mind, fighting its hardest for you. Some of this worry and stress is your mind trying to keep you safe from dangers in your life.
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Robin Kirby @robinmk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Not only are groceries way more expensive, people are reporting food going bad almost immediately. Now on top of everything else there's a outbreak in 20 states making some people sick enough to be hospitalized? Who knew gutting the FDA would cause so many problems. 😒
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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Please, please, if you're eligible to vote, please vote. I'd rather lose because people voted for other things than because no one voted at all. And please, consider October Daye for Best Series. The poor woman's been through enough. Make me explain her from the Hugo stage.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
and I just think Leo went “yeah no fuck this, they had their chances, there’s no compromising with these people,” and I think the reason this is all so satisfying even to non-Catholics is that we all want to see people like this actually removed from their access to power but it happens so rarely
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Skip Bleecker @skipbleecker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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65yearcitizen @usa24freedom.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity @deborah-10.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I wonder if he read it or just looked at the cover. People who banned books are very shallow.
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donnelljones57.bsky.social @donnelljones57.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Convicted and imprisoned!!
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C.V. Danes @cv-danes.com · 29/06/2026
The first thing will be to resist the urge to sweep everything under the rug so we can focus on rebuilding. All the top people of the Trump regime and anyone associated with Project 2025 need to be tried for actual treason. If not, they will regroup and come back even worse. Like Stephen Miller.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
If Mitch McConnell and his family want privacy, he should resign. Otherwise, he needs to reveal his condition and advise of his ability to do his job.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 29/06/2026
SQUEEEEEEE
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Gwyllm Llwydd @gwyllm.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
“You cannot make billions of dollars without hurting lots of people. And you can’t hurt lots of people without, in some sense, believing that they’re not really people.” Corey Doctorow
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