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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 23h
its because bringing in people from outside the cult turns it into a normal systems safety problem
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If the baseline argument is young men are just unevolved gorillas, which is what the defense of those men boils down to, why aren't more men offended at being likened to animals. You're cool with that? You're SELF LABELING with that? Okay. Why are unevolved gorillas in charge and not in zoos.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/10/2026
This is part of a series of terrible arguments that people make that they think are real gotchas. Yesterday, someone said "I get why women would choose the bear, but then why haven't they? Why haven't all women walked into the woods?"
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026
He is so good at messaging. It's really kind of unreal.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 17h
looking directly into the camera and supervillain monologuing about how i will do everything i can to ensure my party controls the court for the rest of all of your lives while the party is polling south of rabies is certainly a choice one can make
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 16h
Don't just vote because you're scared of losing. Vote because winning is FUN.
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Elizabeth DeLoria, Pope of Chili-Town @yourdadloves.me · 22h
A two panel meme of the Simpsons. The top panel has kirk van houten gesturing to a race care bed. The text reads "im an AI guy. How many local models do YOU run?" The bottom panel is homer with a pope hat photoshopped onto his head. The bottom text reads "I run the catholic church."
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A. Chill @atchill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes, this is about ICE detention centers.
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Michael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
IT's not here to help us, it's here to immiserate us. It's here to finish the job of stripping us and everything we've built for parts. It was developed with bad intentions and that's why it can never be anything more than a predatory sick joke.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jesus christ this thread These editors need to learn shame
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Shivvers in Fear 🙀 @shivvy.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026
how to lose California’s vote even in the foothills and Orange County
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It was the fucking-aroundiest of times, it was the finding-outiest of times ....
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Jean-Michel Connard @torriangray.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The degree to which Republicans think about bathrooms is really strange.
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Martha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bay Area friends, do not travel for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Do not buy that plane ticket. Do not say you'll drive to someone's house. Save yourselves.
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I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Your sons and daughters are
10000x safer with drag queens than frat boys btw
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The good news is that antifascism, Reconstruction 2.0, the abolition of billionaires, and the Butlerian Jihad are all one project now
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Ted Cruz called the FBI on me @weareronin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This little suggestion on top of my hamburger helper box is how I know we are about to have a Great
Depression part 2
TRY WITH
HOT DOGS
INSTEAD OF GROUND BEEF
TRY WITH
HOT DOGS
INSTEAD OF GROUND BEEF
HAMBURGER
HELPER
CHEESEBURGER MACARONI
WITH REAL CHEESE
PER US CUP AS PACKAGED
NET WIT 550Z (1559)
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
nytimes.com
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“In a letter he wrote before his death, Samuel expressed his deteriorating mental health, stating that his mother’s detention was his ‘one last wall.’ He also addressed the ICE agent who took his mother, saying, ‘I hope it was worth it.’” #AbuseofPowerWatch
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you are planning to vote in the Midterms, do vote early if available in your state. Don't wait for 11/3.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
3. Schmitt's story is part of a broader attempt by the GOP to punish Smith for prosecuting Donald Trump's treason. If we say goodbye now, we miss a chance to say that.
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Dr. Merri 🐸 @merri24.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am going to hunt down this brewery and buy every can 😎
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Unfortunately, there’s just no money.”
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Alex DeLuca @alexldeluca21.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New: A Florida county discovered Flock cameras along its roads that officials didn’t know were there. No one has publicly claimed them. Who has operated them — and who has had access to their data — remains a mystery. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
washingtonpost.com
Florida county discovers mysterious Flock cameras with no obvious owner
Officials say they don’t know who installed the controversial cameras or how the data was being used. Residents are unnerved.
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Cobwebs @shadowmanor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Fascinating move" is so goddamned bloodless. Let's politicize this woman's pain.
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Imagine the Wall Street Journal not defending a billionaire lmao
wapo.st
Wall Street Journal defends billionaire’s use of AI to write op-ed
Investor Stanley Druckenmiller said he used artificial intelligence to pen an op-ed. The newspaper’s opinion editor says that’s okay.
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
alternet.org
Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is your reward for slavishly kissing his ass for 10 years
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
During a sworn deposition on Monday, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) declined to answer repeated questions from one of his ex-wife’s lawyers about whether he pushed a girl down a staircase during high school.
motherjones.com
In a sworn deposition, Rep. Max Miller was silent on staircase assault allegation
"If the incident never occurred, why are you afraid of answering the question?" asked his ex-wife's lawyer.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
"Among those who took full offense to seeing a white man depict welfare fraud was right-wing pastor Joel Webbon, who told Sanders on X, “You should make your message more believable by picking someone Black.” This is what the weeds look like.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the mere fact that the chief justice of the Supreme Court owns a private island explains just about everything about America right now huh
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh no there must be some mistake, I wanted to oppress the country but also be adored for it wherever I go. Can someone put me in touch with the manager of maine
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Executions don't just happen, you know, you have to manage them or else it's all very hurried and awkward and looks uncomfortably like a murder." --Daggerbound, T. Kingfisher
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Me (emerging from a tank I have driven through your house) people, now is a time for healing.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 13/04/2026
I swear I will vote for any person who runs on revenge and court reform. That’s it. Those are the two planks of your campaign? You got my vote
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Josh Crutchmer @jcrutchmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How is it mind boggling
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ah yes “reasonable” republicans yearning for the “reaching across the aisle” days
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“cowboys” here really reminds me of a brilliant post I saw on Twitter that I’ve never stopped thinking about, which is how the manosphere brand of toxic patriarchy isn’t about MEN, it’s about BOYS. everything is a 12-year-old’s fantasy. Pete is playing G.I. Joe on a trillion-dollar budget
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/09/2026
This is obviously disgusting in so many ways. Gonna highlight one: Servicemember beard exemptions are all on religious or medical grounds. They're either Sikhs (mostly South Asian) or have a skin condition related to shaving curly hair (mostly African American). "No beardos" is racist as hell.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
See it’s cool because now every delivery driver can also be part of your neighborhood watch and cops will be able to jack in to live feeds from driver glasses. /s
bloomberg.com
Amazon Drivers’ Smart Glasses Are Going to Be an Image Problem
Coming soon up a garden path near you: an Amazon.com Inc. driver wearing smart glasses, almost constantly taking pictures and sending them back to the company to be analyzed by humans and fed into an ...
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
don’t turn my mailman into a cop, that sucks
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
A thing I learned not too long ago is that when an LLM selects a token that leads it down an incorrect path (factually), it has no way to back up, or even know that it should back up, it's just on to the next likely bit. Literally every LLM is just posting their way through it. What an image.
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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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